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"Wunderbarliche doch Warhafftige Erklärung Von der Gelegenheit und Sitten der Wilden in Virginia" - A Brief and True Report - Admiranda Narratio - Part 1 Grands Voyages - Thomas Harriot / Theodore De Bry

"Wunderbarliche doch Warhafftige Erklärung Von der Gelegenheit und Sitten der Wilden in Virginia" - A Brief and True Report - Admiranda Narratio - Part 1 Grands Voyages - Thomas Harriot / Theodore De Bry

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"Wunderbarliche doch warhafftige Erklärung Von der gelegenheit und sitten der wilden in Virginia"

-2nd German Edition of De Bry's Admiranda Narratio / A brief and True report

-Thomas Harriot

- 1600 (1st Edition was printed in 1590)

- Rare 2nd German edition ( less common than the Latin editions)

- Complete text and plates

- No Map

- Fair, unbound condition. Some plates have been restored and are of different sizes and from different copies -27 (of 27) plates (22 of the Algonquian First Nation and 5 of Picts).

-Plate 1 is trimmed without the text, Plate 4 is German 3rd Edition, Plates 7 & 8 are German 1st edition. Plate 18 is in poor condition and is incomplete. Title page 1st Latin edition with beautiful original colour.

-Unbound. Foxing to many plates.

-Collation: TP, dedication, 5-31, TP to plates, register, Plate of Adam and Eve, Plates I-XXII, Letter press title to picts, 5 pict plates with accompanying leaves, register and colophon (2 leaves).

This famous work is a cornerstone of all collections on early Americana. This is the very rare German 2nd editions. This copy would benefit from restoration and binding.

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