Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 268

Price Realized: $ 1,440
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
LAET, JOHANNES DE. Novus Orbis, seu Descriptionis Indiæ Occidentalis. One double-page map (of 14), engraved title page, many text illustrations. Folio, contemporary 1/4 calf, worn; lacking dedication leaf *3, foxing and toning, a bit of worming on the fore-edge; with half-title. Leiden: Elzevir, 1633
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First Latin edition. Includes the map of New France, which was the first to depict Prince Edward Island, and traces the coastline as far south as Cape Cod. Book III is devoted to the Virginia colony, New England, and what became New York. Borba de Moraes page 451; European Americana 633/65; Kershaw, Maps of Canada 88; Sabin 38557; Vail 84.