Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 196

Price Realized: $ 5,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
BRY, JOHANN THEODOR and JOHANN ISRAEL DE. II. pars Indiae orientalis. General title within engraved historiated architectural border; 38 half-page engraved illustrations, including one folding; numismatic plate; 2 (of 3) folding maps of Goa and Java; lacks the map of Mozambique. [12], 114, [2] pages, including blank P2; [1], 38, [2] leaves. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 295x195 mm, modern binding of Hebrew manuscript vellum (text side down) over boards; general title cropped in outer and lower margins, numismatic plate and some text leaves browned, map of Java spotted, browned in upper and outer margins, trimmed to bottom border. Frankfurt am Main: Wolfgang Richter, 1599

Additional Details

first edition of the second volume of the De Bry Little Voyages, containing chapters 1-44 of the narrative of Linschoten's voyage to India (see lot 261). Church 207.