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WYTFLIET, CORNELIS. Histoire Universelle des Indes Occidentales. 3 engraved architectural titles, 19 double-page engraved maps, final leaf with woodcut printer's device. Small folio, 11 3/4x8 inches, later morocco-backed marbled boards, a bit worn and cracked; text moderately browned with occasional dampstain affecting margins of only a few maps, scattered early marginalia. Douai: Francois Fabri, 1607
Second French edition. Originally published in 1597, Wytfliet's book was the first separate atlas devoted to the Americas and many of the fine maps are among the earliest printed of specific regions in North and South America.
