HUTTICH JOHANN; compiler Novus Orbis Regionum ac Insularum V

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HUTTICH, JOHANN; compiler. Novus Orbis Regionum ac Insularum Veteribus Incognitarum. Woodcut illustrations on pages 30 and 129. [48], 584, [2] pages. Folio, later paper-covered boards, moderate wear; lacks map (facsimile laid in); includes colophon leaf. Basel: Johann Herwagen, 1532

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first edition. An important early collection of voyages. Of particular American interest are the voyages of Columbus, pages 90-121; and Vespucci, pages 122-130 and 184-7. With an introduction by Simon Grynaeus, to whom the entire work is sometimes credited. Borba de Moraes pages 376-7 ("very rare and much sought after"); European Americana 532/17; Harrisse 171; Medina, BHA 46n, page 68; Sabin 34100.