Constitutes the sixth part, sole issue of the first Latin edition of Theodor de Bry's Great voyages, printed in fourteen parts, in Latin, German, French, and English, in Frankfurt am Main, Oppenheim, and Hanau from 1590-1644, and the Elenchus, an outline of the thirteen Latin parts, published by Matthias Merian in Frankfurt am Main in 1634

This work has been identified as the sole issue of part six of the first Latin edition of the Great voyages by Church

Place and date of publication supplied by Church

The sole issue of Latin part six can be identified by its properly printed title page proper and the text accompanying the plates is printed in italic text on nos. 1-6, 8, 9, 20, and 23-26, and in roman text on nos. 7, 10-19, 21, 22, 27, and 28

Latin translation, by Urbain Chauveton, of book three of: Historia del Mondo Nuovo / by Girolamo Benzoni, first printed Venice, 1565, which was first printed in Latin, Geneva, 1578, under title: Novae Novi Orbis historiae

This part contains the third and last portion of Benzoni's History, relating to Peru. In this volume there are also to be found a history of the Canary Islands; a history of the expedition of the French into Florida; and (pages 105-108) the petition by the widows, children, and friends of the French who had been massacred by the Spanish in 1665 [sic, i.e. 1565]. Cf. Church

"Seqvvntvr icones artificiosae ordine historiam praecedentem illustrantes as ditis ad singulas suis explicationibus", p. [1-2], 2nd count, has fully engraved title page

Contains a double map of the western hemisphere bound between p. 4-5, 1st count, double page pan of Cusco which is bound between p. 18 and 19, 1st count; also contains plates numbered 1-28, printed on recto only, and bound following p. [1-2], 2nd count which are signed A2-4 through G1-5

Signatures: A-M⁴ (A1 verso blank) N⁶ ²A-²F⁴ (²A1 verso blank) ²G⁶ (²G6 blank)

Fully engraved and illustrated title page; engraved head and tail pieces; initials

Church, E.D. Discovery

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting slip on title page to plates, p. [1-2], 2nd count, which is pasted over the engraved title within ornamental border; it is unknown exactly what the exact text reads, and the transcription is taken directly from the image 158b as it appears in Church; wanting double map of the western hemisphere bound between p. 4 and 5, 1st count; double plan of Cusco, intended to have been bound between p. 18 and 19, 1st count, is misbound between p. 4 and 5, 1st count

John Carter Brown Library copy has the double plan of Cusco bound between p. 4 and 5, 1st count, the plates appear in the first state as printed in the first Latin edition, and are identified in pencil in the upper right hand corner, as they are described by Church

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