Search Results: brevis narratio eorum quae in florida by le moyne jacques

Frankfurt: Theodor De Bry Leodiense, 1591. Folio. (13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches). *4 a-d4 A-G6 H-I5 K4. 76 ff. [8] 1-30 [4] [84] [26]. 152 pp. 47 engravings including the title, section title, folding map "Florida Americae Provinciae," and 42 plates after Le Moyne with letterpress titling and descriptive text, and 2 other illustrations. With woodcut initials and head and tailpieces. Title, Dedication, Preface, Privilege, Folding Map, Americanae Historiae Pars Secunda, Index Capitum, Section Title, Plates I-XLII, Supplicatoria, Gallorum, Index, Parergon, Colophon. Map with expert restoration, some leaves from second setting. Expertly bound to style in contemporary full limp vellum with flat spine all edges stained red. Housed within a black clamshell Seminal early American illustrated work, with Le Moyne's spectacular images of Native Americans and the "most important map of Florida." [Baxter] With the publication of this work, together with Hariot's Virginia, De Bry launched what would later become known… Read More