Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcriptions

Constitutes the sixth part, sole issue of the first German edition of Theodor de Bry's Great voyages, printed in fourteen parts, in Latin, German, French, and English, in Frankfurt am Main, Oppenheim, and Hanau from 1590-1644, and the Elenchus, an outline of the thirteen Latin parts, published by Matthias Merian in Frankfurt am Main in 1634

This work has been identified as the sole issue of part six of the first German edition of the Great voyages by Church

Text on engraved title page printed on label and pasted over Latin title. The reproduction of the title in Church shows a large portion of the Latin text on right not pasted over by German text label

Imprint from colophon

The sole issue of German part six can be identified by the German title pasted over the Latin title on the engraved title page, the running title reading "Histori von der Newen Welt" on versos and "Das dritte Buch" on rectos; the words "Hieron Bentzo" is sometimes found on a slip pasted in the caption title on leaf 1 recto, 2nd count, after the words "Das dritte Buch"; the plates in the first state, as printed in the first edition, all have the word "ARGVMENTVM" printed below the roman numeral, and the identical Arabic number in the upper right hand corner, which is not mentioned by Church

German translation, by Nikolaus Höniger, of book three of: Historia del Mondo Nuovo / by Girolamo Benzoni, first printed Venice, 1565, of which the German text was first printed as book two of Der Newenn Weldt und indianischen Königreichs, newe unnd wahrhaffte History, Basel, 1579 and here supplemented by annotations by Urbain Chauveton in Novae Novi Orbis historiae, first printed Geneva, 1578

This part contains the third and last portion of Benzoni's History, relating to Peru. This German edition has a dedication and preface not to be found in the Latin edtion. The German edition lacks the thirty-one pages relating to the Canary Islands and Florida. Cf. Church

"Folgen hernacher eigentliche Fürbildung, aller neuwen frembden, seltzamen Historien vnnd Geschichten, so sich warhafftig in dem Geltreichen vnnd mächtigen Königreich Peru, zu zeitten dess gewaltigen Königs Attabalibae, als die Spanier erstmals dasselbige Landt erfunden, zugetragen haben, auss etlichen warhafftigen Autoribus gezogen, vnd klärlich für Augen gestellet. Sampt warhafftiger Beschreibung vnd Erklarung derselbigen Bildnussen, je zu nechst vnder jede Figur ordentlich gesetzt. Alles zierlich vnd künstlich, in schönen artlichen Kupfferstücken fürgestochen, vnd jetzo von neuwem an Tag geben, durch Diterich de Bry Leodiensem", leaf [2], 4th count, has letter press title page with imprint: Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mäyn, durch Johan Feyrabendt. Im Jahr M.D.XCVII

Contains a double map of the western hemisphere bound between leaf 3, 1st count, and leaf 1, 2nd count; double page plan of Cusco is also bound between leaf 3, 1st count, and leaf 1, 2nd count; also contains plates numbered I-XXVIII and 1-28, printed on recto only, and bound following leaf [2], 4th count which are signed A2-4 through G1-5

Signatures: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-O⁴ P⁶ (P5 verso, P6 blank) ²A-²F⁴ (²A1 verso blank) ²G⁶ (²G6 blank)

Fully engraved and illustrated title page; engraved head and tail pieces; initials

Church, E.D. Discovery

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: the words "Hieron Bentzo" sometimes found on a slip pasted in the caption title on leaf 1, 2nd count, after the words "Das dritte Buch" is not found in this copy; wanting leaf [1], 4th count, blank leaf P6, and leaf [3], 4th count, blank leaf ²G6; double plan of Cusco, intended to have been bound between leaf [1], and [2], 4th count, misbound between leaf 3, 1st count, and leaf 1, 2nd count

John Carter Brown Library copy has the double map of the western hemisphere and the double plan of Cusco bound between between leaf 3, 1st count, and leaf 1, 2nd count, the plates appear in the first state as printed in the first German edition, and are identified in pencil in the upper right hand corner, as they are described by Church, except for plate VII which has the text of the first state of the plate but is lacking the word "ARGVMENTVM" printed below the roman numeral

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