De Bry Petits Voyages - Complete set in Latin of the "Small Voyages" parts 1 to 12 and the Appendix Congo - 13 (of 13) parts bound in 5 volumes.

Rare Complete set of De Bry's Petits Voyages with Parts 1 to 12 plus the Appendix Congo.

13 parts (of 13) all in first editions.

This monumental multi-part account describes Voyages of the Europeans to Asia and Africa and was published by the De Bry family across several generations between 1598 and 1628. This is the most important account of early European voyages and is abundantly illustrated. Of note, the later parts (11,12 and the appendix Congo) are particularly rare and are lacking in most sets.

In this set, parts 1-8 are in a contemporary vellum binding, parts 9 and 10 in a contemporary 14th Century Antiphonal leaf binding with Provenance from the Jesuit college in Ingolstadt, and parts 11, 12 and the Appendix Congo are bound individually in later 19th Century bindings.

The accounts include many early reports of the Dutch VOCs East Asian expansion, including the voyages of Linschoten, Houtman, Van Neck, Spilbergen, Verhoeff, De Weert and van der Hagen. African voyages are described in Parts 1, 6 and the Appendix Congo with the voyages of Lopez, De Marees and Samuel Braun. Important voyages to the Arctic include those of De Veer, Hudson and Linschoten, all of which are accompanied by important maps. An early publication of Quiros' account of the Pacific and Vespucci's "discovery" of America are also included. The Petits Voyages were published separately over several years and this set is comprised of five separately bound books.

Nearly all sets have some faults but this set is remarkably complete with 272 (of 272) plates and 16 (of 17) maps. Of note, the Supplementum to part 9 is supplied separately in German and the Map of China in part 12 is replaced with a restored English edition (from Purchas) with some facsimile. The set is missing the following: the map of nova Zemblya in part 3 and the last text page of part 12.

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Regnum Congo (Complete 1st edition): TP, [3], 1-60, [index 3], letterpress title to plates,14 (of 14 plates), 3 (of 3) folding maps (2 of which are joined). (Complete)

Part 2 - Linschoten's account of his voyage to the East (1st published in Dutch in 1596 as the Itinerario). 1599 (1st Latin Edition by De Bry)-Complete with 39 (of 39) plates and 3 (of 3) maps - depicting Mozambique and Goa and including the important folding map of Java. Collation: -TP, Portrait of Linschoten, (4), text pp 1-114, index (2), TP to plates, 38 plates (plate 37 is double page). (Complete)

"Tertia Pars Indiae Orientalis Voyages of Linschoten, Houtman and De Veer. Frankfurt, 1601. First edition. Fifty-eight (of fifty-eight) plates and Five (of six) maps.

"Pars Quarta Indiae Orientalis" 1st Latin Edition - Theodore De Bry 1601. Complete text section (TP, [3], 1-121, Letterpress Title Page to Plates, 21 (of 21) Illustrations. (Complete)

"Quinta pars Indiae orientalis -1601 - 1st Latin Edition of Part 5 of the Petits Voyages. Complete: 20 (of 20) fine engraved plates. Collation [8], 60, [2], Letterpress title to plates, 20 plates. (Complete)

"Veram et historicam descriptionem auriferi regni Guineae." Indiae Orientalis part 6. Johann Theodor de Bry; Johann Israel de Bry; Pieter de Marees. Published in Frankfurt by Wolfgang Richteri in 1604. Complete: TP, [8], 1-127, TP to plates, 26 (of 26) half-page engraved illustrations. (Complete)

"Indiae Orientalis pars septima . Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry and Wolfgang Richter, 1606. TP, Dedication [1]. pp1-126, Plates 1-22 (of 22). (Complete)

Part 8. 1609. TP, 1-100, 18 (of 18) plates including the rare map of Singapore and view of Macao. (Complete)

Part 9. 1612. TP, 1-50, 12 plates. Supplementum provided in German with text and 5 plates. (Complete)

Part 10. 1613. 1-32 pages (inc Title page), Letterpress title page to plates and 3 plates. 3 important maps of the Arctic by Hudson and Linschoten. (Complete)

Part 11. 1619. 1-61, 11 plates (Complete).

Part 12. 1628. 1 1-206 (missing last leaf 207/8), 14 plates in text and 1 (of 2) maps.

Appendix Congo. 1625. 1-86 (12 plates in text). (Complete)