(EARLY EXPLORATION) Novus Orbis Regionum ac Insularum Veteri

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(EARLY EXPLORATION.) Novus Orbis Regionum ac Insularum Veteribus Incognitarum, bound with Theodore Bibliander's unrelated 1558 Temporum a Condito Mundo usque ad Ultimam Ipsius Aetatem Supputatio. Text illustrations [52], 677, [3]; [12], 227, [24] pages. Folio, early calf gilt, worn, front board coming loose; lacks the folding map, minor dampstaining, a few leaves coming detached; numerous ownership inscriptions on front endpapers and title, defunct library bookplate on front pastedown, its embossed stamp on title page and II:135. Basel: Herwagen, 1555

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Consists mostly of a compilation of voyages compiled by Johann Huttich and edited by Simon Grynaeus, first published in 1532; this edition also includes the second and third narratives of Cortés and other new material. European Americana 555/42; JCB I:185-6; Sabin 34104.