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Part 2 of De Bry's Grands Voyages - Brevis Narratio - Jacques Le Moyne - De Bry Florida - Complete set of 42 plates and Title page - German 1st Edition - 1591

Part 2 of De Bry's Grands Voyages - Brevis Narratio - Jacques Le Moyne - De Bry Florida - Complete set of 42 plates and Title page - German 1st Edition - 1591

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“DER ANDER THEYL/ der Newlich erfundenen Landt- schafft Americae, Von dreyen Schiffahrten/ so die Frantzosen in Floridam (die gegen Nidergang gelegen) gethan. Eine vnter dem Hauptmann H. Laudonniere, Anno 1564. Die ander vnter H. Ribald 1565. Die dritte/ vnter H. Guorguesio 1567. ges- chehen. Francofortiad Moenvm Typis Ioanis Wecheli, Stantibus vero Theodori de Bry Anno MDXCI. Venales reperiutur in officina Sigismundi Feirabedii”

-Jacques le Moyne

-Published by Theodore De Bry

-1591 (1st German Edition)

-TP to plates, Index to plates, Plates 1-42 (of 42)

-No maps

-Bound as one but no binding

-Good Condition overall but toning and old repairs to pages. Some plates are trimmed affecting the title (plates 16 -20 particularly)

 -This celebrated work by Jacques Le Moyne, and illustrated by De Bry, is the most important early work on the History of Florida. It describes the first French settlements in Florida and is beautifully illustrated with plates of the Timucua First Nation.

-The German editions are much rarer than the Latin editions

 

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