Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, autrement nommée Amerique: & de plusieurs terres & isles decouuertes de nostre temps: Par F. André Theuet

"Two issues exist of the same original edition, one dated 1557 and the other 1558. the 1558 copies are the remainder of the 1557 edition with a new title page." See Moraes's lengthy notes. Side notes leaf 135 misnumbered 125. Signatures: ã⁸ a-z⁴ A-T⁴. Woodcut armorial of the dedicatee...

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Other Authors: Lima, Oliveira, Thevet, André
Format: Text
Language:French
Published: Chez les heritiers de Maurice de la Porte… 1558
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1961/lima:28242
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Summary:"Two issues exist of the same original edition, one dated 1557 and the other 1558. the 1558 copies are the remainder of the 1557 edition with a new title page." See Moraes's lengthy notes. Side notes leaf 135 misnumbered 125. Signatures: ã⁸ a-z⁴ A-T⁴. Woodcut armorial of the dedicatee, the Cardinal de Sens, on t. p. [11] full p. woodcut ill. and [30] in the text decorative initials Alden, J. E. European Americana, 558/40. Holmes, Ruth E. V. Bibliogr. & hist. description of the rarest books in the Oliveira Lima Coll., no. 12. JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 2: 202. Moraes, R. B. de. Bib. Brasiliana (1983 ed.), p. 857-858. Bookplate of M. de Oliveira Lima on front paste-down. Lima library copy in full red morocco binding by Lortic Frères, panel with triple gold fillets, fleurons in corners, on both covers, gold-tooled spine, inner dentelles, all edges gold, marbled end-papers