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De Bry Rare Books

Two De Bry Prints - BBQ and cooking - Florida and Virginia

Two De Bry Prints - BBQ and cooking - Florida and Virginia

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Two plates:
"How they cook fish over flames"

-Original Copperplate Engraving

-Theodore De Bry (1528-1598)

-Image 8.5 x 6 inches (22 x 15cm)

-Engraved in 1590 (This image is from the German 1st Edition of 1591)

-Good condition but trimmed

-Verso blank
This is an original plate from Part 1 "Admiranda Narratio" of De Bry's famous set of "Grands Voyages". This part described Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition, granted by Elizabeth I, to settle the first English colony in what is now Carolina. The expedition founded the famous failed colony of Roanoke in 1585. John White was sent to be the artist for the voyage and produced a famous set of water colours. He stayed in Roanoke for over 13 months and produced over 70 images, now in the British Museum.  Once he returned to London he met Theodore De Bry, who published the images in engraved form in Thomas Hariot's account of the journey.

This is plate 15 from the series, describing How they cook fish over flames
Second plate:
Timucua indians cooking over a fire:
This is an original plate from Part 2 "Brevis Narratio" of De Bry's famous set of "Grands Voyages". This part gives an account of the early expeditions of the French to Florida under Jean Ribaut (1562), Rene de Laudoniere (1564) and Dominique de Gourgues (1567). The account of the Laudonniere expedition was written by Jacques le Moyne (de Morgues), an artist who accompanied the expedition. He escaped massacre by the Spaniards at Fort Caroline and went to England, with the drawings he had made, where he died. After his death his manuscripts and drawings were sold by his widow to De Bry who published them in this volume. It is one of the earliest descriptions of Florida and the first to be clearly illustrated and to describe the local peoples.
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