[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1655 Compilation of Voyages to America with 7 Folding Maps & 174 Engravings

[Charles Agvent]

GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig. NEWE WELT UND AMERICANISCHE HISTORIEN. 
Frankfurt: Erben, 1655. Second Edition. Folio (8" x 13") in contemporary 
vellum lettered in brown on the spine; (vi), 661, (2) pages; ):(4, A-Z6, 
Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Hhh6, Iii8. Important compilation of narratives of voyages 
to the Americas. An abridged compilation of de Bry's GREAT VOYAGES, with 
many illustrations from that work: Engraved title page, 7 engraved 
folding maps (including the important Virginia map by Schmidt and a map 
of the Americas) and views bound between the dedication and first leaf 
of text, and 174 half-page engravings, many quite sensational in their 
subject matter. First published in 1631, the book is divided into three 
parts: the first with the geography, history, and natural history of the 
Americas summarizing Acosta, Oviedo, and others; the second with the 
accounts of 33 voyages to America, from Columbus to Spilbergen and 
Schouten; and the third with the voyage of Jacob l'Hermite, the 
conquests of Brazil by the Dutch, and descriptions of Cuba, Guatemala, 
Mexico, Chile, and Guyana. SABIN 50 (wrongly attributed to J.P. Abelin). 
Early owner ink name on front endpaper; occasional minor repairs or 
stains. Generally a Very Good example of this scarce and important work. 
(#020460) $18,500

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