GOTTFRIED JOHANN LUDWIG Newe Welt und Amerikanische Historie

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GOTTFRIED, JOHANN LUDWIG. Newe Welt und Amerikanische Historien. 3 (of 4?) folding maps, folding plate, illustrated half-title, numerous illustrations and maps in text. Folio, contemporary vellum, moderate wear and warping, later calf spine labels, mostly detached from text block; first five leaves rehinged with moderate tears and defects, half-title mounted on heavy paper, lacks leaf Z2, very minor foxing and dampstaining; inked signature stamp of John Carter Brown on title page, and his bookplate with release stamp on front pastedown. (JCB) Frankfurt, 1655

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Second edition, also known as Historia Antipodum from the half-title. A compendium of earlier histories and travel narratives spanning North, Central, and South America. "An important and magnificent work. It is greatly sought after, expensive, and rare"--Borba de Moraes page 372. Plates seem to vary from copy to copy, but this one includes: Historia Antipodum America Noviter Delineata (folding map) Untitled double-page map of Virginia on two pages (pictured) Das norder Theil des Lands Brasilien (folding map) Two Brazilian views on one folding plate, Olinda and Olinda de Phernambuco. European Americana 655/74; JCB II:443 (this copy is "a second copy"); Leclerc 265; Sabin 50.