America. pars 4. Latin, Americae pars qvarta, Insignis & admiranda historia, and Insignis et admiranda historia
Description:
2nd. ed. Cf. Chruch. T.p. signed: A.E. Arabic numbers on plates. Plate XI with catchword "Indi.", Engraved t.p., Imperfect: wormed with some loss of text. Map (32 x 43 cm, on sheet 34 x 45 cm) bound following leaf R6., Includes Urbain Chauveton's Latin translation of bk. 1 of Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo, with additional notes., Map: Occidentalis Americae partis, vel earum regionium quas Christophorus Columbus primu[m] detexit ... praesertim verò ex Hieronyni Benzoni (qui totis XIIII annis eas provincias diligenter perlustravit) historia, conflata & in aes incisa à Theodoro de Bry Leod' anno MDXCIIII. Scale not given., and Signatures: 2):(⁴, ²2):(⁴, A-Q⁴ R⁶, ²A-E⁴ F⁶ (R6, ²F6 blank)
Publisher:
Typis Ioannis Feyrabend : Impensis Theodori de Bry,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800., America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Early works to 1800., America--Early accounts to 1600., America--Maps--Early works to 1800., Latin America--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., Latin America--History--To 1600., and Latin America--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Benzoni, Girolamo, 1519-1572? Historia del Mondo Nuovo. Book 1. Latin., Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598., Chauveton, Urbain, -approximately 1616., and Feyerabend, Johann, 1550-1599, printer.
General editor, Benedictus Arias Montanus. and The second of the great polyglots; known as the Antwerp, or Plantin's polyglot, otherwise the Royal polyglot.
"Portrait of Sir William Temple, half-length to right, with head turned to front, looking towards left; wearing a wig, loose gown, and lace cravat; in an oval frame decorated on top with Acanthus leaves and ribbon lettered with motto "Servare modum [...] sequi.", placed on a pedestal, with coat of arms in front."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Frontipiece to: The works of Sir William Temple. London : Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke [and 6 others in London], 1720., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of Latin text below title: Sermi. et Potmi. Mag. Brittanniae Regis ad Ords. Faedti. Belgÿ̈ Legatus ..., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 76 (leaf numbered '125' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke, and 6 others
"Corrigenda"--p. [10] at end., "En Ceretae desideratam hactenus effigiem, nuper Brixiae repertam"--Half title., Includes index., and Signatures: [chi]² [cross]⁸ A-P⁸.
"Portrait, half-length, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing long wig, neckcloth and gown, left hand seen; oval frame resting on plinth"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Frontispiece to: Gildon, C. The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. London : Printed for Robert Gosling, 1710., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 196 (leaf numbered '7' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Robert Gosling
Subject (Name):
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, and Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.
