[Rarebooks] FS: Wonderfully Illustrated 1621 Account of Travels with Columbus on His Second Voyage

[Charles Agvent]

PHILOPONUS, Honorius (pseudonym of Caspar PLAUTIUS, O.S.B.). NOVA TYPIS 
TRANSACTA NAVIGATIO. NOVI ORBIS INDIAE OCCIDENTALIS ... NUNC PRIMUM E 
VARIIS SCRIPTORIBUS IN UNUM COLLECTA ... AUTHORE ... HONORIO PHILOPHONO. 
First Edition. Folio (7" x 11-1/4") in contemporary full blindstamped 
vellum bound with a 17th century religious work. Illustrated with an 
engraved title page, 18 numbered engraved plates, and the "Owl" plate, 
not found in most copies. The book begins with a lengthy and fantastic 
account of the Atlantic voyages of St. Brendan, the 5th century Irish 
monk. Most of the book describes the exploits of the Benedictine priest 
Bernard Buil of Montserrat, who accompanied Columbus on his second 
voyage in 1493 to Haiti and led a team of papal-appointed missionaries 
to the peoples of the Americas. One of the most curious and interesting 
volumes of Americana with its mixture of fantasy and authentic details 
of Caribbean life in both text and its wonderful plates including: 
Columbus with a hemispherical map showing America (signed by Wolfgang 
Kilian); St. Brendan celebrating mass on the back of a whale with the 
coast of Africa to the east and to the north the mythic island of St. 
Brendan; cannibals attacking and roasting members of Columbus's crew; 
indigenous fruits including the pineapple; and more. All of the 
impressions are dark and strong; all are trimmed on one side about a 
half-inch into the image. The upper corner of the plate of the pineapple 
and potato lacking and replaced in expert facsimile. The specimen of 
printed music on the bottom of pages 35-36 represents an early printed 
example of Native American chants. Very Good copy of a scarce, 
marvelously illustrated book. (#014134)        $25,000.00

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