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Book/Printed Material Americae pars VII

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Title

  • Americae pars VII : verissima et iucundissima descriptio praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum & insularum, quae quidem nullus ante haec tempora visae cognitaeque, iam primum ab Vlrico Fabro Straubingensi, multum cum periculo inuentae & ab eodem summa diligentia consignatae fuerunt

Names

  • Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, editor
  • Arthus, Gotthard, 1568- translator
  • Bry, Johann Israel de, -1611
  • Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623?
  • Schmidel, Ulrich, approximately 1505-approximately 1581
  • Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Frankfurt am Main] : [s.n.], anno Christi, MDXCIX [1599]

Headings

  • -  Schmidel, Ülrich,--1510?-1579?
  • -  Explorers--America--Biography
  • -  Explorers--Spain--Biography
  • -  Indians of South America
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish
  • -  Argentina--History--1535-1617
  • -  Paraguay--History--To 1811
  • -  Río de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)--Discovery and exploration
  • -  Germany--Frankfurt am Main

Notes

  • -  First edition. Cf. Church.
  • -  Fully-engraved t.p.
  • -  Signatures: A-H⁴ (H4 blank)
  • -  The 3 numbered plates intended to illustrate this part were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599.
  • -  Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung.
  • -  Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 161
  • -  Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 31
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1309, Part VII note
  • -  Sowerby, E. M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 3979
  • -  LC copy: with the mark on the "plinth of the left-hand pier" on t.p.
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-09-07 update (1 card)
  • -  G159.B7 pt. 7-8 Copy 4 transferred to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he18 2024-09-16

Medium

  • 62, [2] p. : ill. ; 37 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G159 .B7 pt. 7 E125.S3
  • G159 .B7 pt. 5 Copy 3 Rosenwald Coll 36 cm. No mark on the "plinth of the left-hand pier" on t.p. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 6 Copy 3 Copy 5. 36 cm. With the mark on the "plinth of the left-hand pier" on t.p. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 6. Latin. Francoforti] 1596. Copy 5.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 7 Copy 4 Forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. No mark on the "plinth of the left-hand pier" on t.p. Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 8. Latin. Francofurti] 1599.
  • G159 .B7 pt. 7 Copy 2 36 cm. With the mark on the "plinth of the left-hand pier" on t.p.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50004217

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Chicago citation style:

Arthus, Gotthard, Translator, Johann Israel De Bry, Johann Theodor De Bry, Ulrich Schmidel, Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Americae pars VII: verissima et iucundissima descriptio praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum & insularum, quae quidem nullus ante haec tempora visae cognitaeque, iam primum ab Vlrico Fabro Straubingensi, multum cum periculo inuentae & ab eodem summa diligentia consignatae fuerunt. editeds by Bry, Theodor De [Frankfurt am Main: s.n., anno Christi, MDXCIX, 1599] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50004217/.

APA citation style:

Arthus, G., Bry, J. I. D., Bry, J. T. D., Schmidel, U., Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Jefferson Exhibit Collection, Bry, T. D., ed. (1599) Americae pars VII: verissima et iucundissima descriptio praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum & insularum, quae quidem nullus ante haec tempora visae cognitaeque, iam primum ab Vlrico Fabro Straubingensi, multum cum periculo inuentae & ab eodem summa diligentia consignatae fuerunt. [Frankfurt am Main: s.n., anno Christi, MDXCIX] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50004217/.

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Arthus, Gotthard, Translator, et al. Americae pars VII: verissima et iucundissima descriptio praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum & insularum, quae quidem nullus ante haec tempora visae cognitaeque, iam primum ab Vlrico Fabro Straubingensi, multum cum periculo inuentae & ab eodem summa diligentia consignatae fuerunt. ed by Bry, Theodor De [Frankfurt am Main: s.n., anno Christi, MDXCIX, 1599] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/50004217/>.