| Summary: | Woodcut of polar stars verso of leaf 436. Eden's "Decades of the newe worlde", 1555, rearranged, some parts omitted, and a number of translations added. Includes the 1st three Decades of P. Martyr d'Anghiera, Pope Alexander VI's Demarcation Bull of 1493, Oviedo's History of the West Indies, Pigaffetta's circumnavigation account, 'The stryfe betwene the Spanyards and Portugales' from Gomara, an abridgement of Anghiera's 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th decades, etc. Errata: leaves [1-3] at the end. Originally published in 1555. Printed in black letter; initials; marginal references. Signatures: 4to: (.)⁴ [fleuron]⁶ A-B⁴ C-3O⁸ [$4 (-[fleuron]4, B4, 2T4) signed (missigning [fleuron]3 as [caput]3, 2G1 as G1, 2O4 as O4, 2X2 as 2Y2, 3O2 as O2)]; 482 leaves: [10] 1-466 [6] (misprinting 24 as 42, 27 as 29, 29 as 27, 90 as 84, 96 as 86, 99 as 96, 127 as 128, 131 as 139, 132 as 133, 133 as 141, 155-156 as 148-149, 218 as 128, 234 as 233, 235 as 237, 251 as 253, 261 as 254, 262 as 254, 271 as 274, 272 as 274, 320 as 400, 398 as 397, 399 as 398, 400 as 399, 401 as 408, 402 as 409, 403 as 402, 404 as 403, 405 as 404, 406 as 405, 407 as 414, 408 as 415, 409 as 409, 410 as 410, 411 as 410, 412 as 411, 413 as 412, 432 as 431, 463 as 436). Alden, J.E. European Americana, Brown Univ. JCB library catalogue, Mode of access: Internet. Burns Library copy: dealer descriptions pasted on front free endpapers Burns Library copy: Binder's title: "History of Trauayle. 1577"; early 20th century full red morocco gilt binding; marbled endpapers; housed in modern morroco-backed box. Burns Library copy: lacks the Errata.
|
|---|