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Beschreibung der Globuskarte / des Giovanni Verrazano vom Jahre 1530
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Das ist die mapa mundi und alle land und Kungreich wie sie ligend in der gantze welt
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Reproduction. Relief: pictorial. Printing Process: Lithography. Original map in Latin and German, On a separate sheet, accompanying description in German.
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Globuskarte von Jahre 1523
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Reproduction. According to Shirley, the responsibility of Schöner for this map has been disproved; it has however been proved to be based on the globe that appeared in Hans Holbein the Younger's painting The Ambassadors; though the author is not known, it is believed that his gores were based on Maximilian of Transylvania's De moluccis insulis (Shirley, map 62 - date of reproduction also drawn from Shirley entry). Printing Process: Lithography. Original Map in Latin. Publisher information on a separate sheet with accompanying description in German.
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Icones auium omnium, quae in Historia auium Conradi Gesneri describuntur, : cum nomenclaturis singulorum Latinis, Italicis, Gallicis et Germanicis plerunque, per certos ordines digestae. I ritratti e le figure de gli ucelli. Les figures & pourtraictz des oiseaux. Die figuren vnd contrafacturen der vögeln
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Signatures: A-K⁶ L⁸. Woodcut printer's device with inscription "Christof Froshover su Zurich" on title page. Woodcut medallion portrait of the author at foot of leaf L8r. The names of the birds depicted are given in Latin, Italian, French and German. Woodcut initials. Includes index. Bound in vellum boards; gilt-stamped frames on covers; gilt-stamped spine panels. Printer's device and illustrations are hand-colored.
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Hÿ̈e nach volget das püch der natur, das Innhaltet
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Based on the Latin work, De natura rerum, by Thomas de Cantimpré́.--Cf. BM 15th cent. Leaf [a]2r printed in red and black. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 29.3 x 20.1 cm. Text in one column, 28 lines. With ornamental woodcut and printed lombard initials and printed paragraph marks; without foliation, signatures, and catchwords. Includes 12 full-page woodcut illustrations. Signatures: [a¹² b-h¹⁰ i⁸ 2a⁶ 2b-2d¹⁰ 2e-2g⁸ A-H¹⁰ 2A¹⁰ 2B-2C⁸ 2D-2E¹⁰ 2F⁸ 2G⁸ *² (2G8 blank)]. Imperfect: leaves 2G7-2G8 lacking. Binding error: gathering [*] misbound at beginning. Binding: contemporary German [Augsburg?] blindstamped calfskin; extensively restored.
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Das norder Theil des Lands Brasilien : darinn die fürnemsten Hafen angedeütet werden, als zu Parayba, Pernambuco, Todos os Santos, und andere
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Reverendi patris fratris Bartholomaei à Ledesma ordinis praedicatorum et sacrae theologiae professoris De septem nouae legis sacramentis summarium. : Cum indice locupletissimo
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Done at the behest of, and dedicated to, the Archbishop of Mexico City, Alonso de Montúfar. Colophon on verso of leaf 404: Ad laudem Dei et gloriosissimae matris eius, nec non omnium sanctorum, & ad profectum & vtilitatem fidelium, sub sedis Apostolicae, ac piorum omnium benigna correctione, summariu[m] omniu[m] sacramentorum à reuerendo patre fratre Bartholomaeo à Ledesma pr[a]edicatoriae familiae ac sacrae theologiae magistro aeditum, foeliciter finem habet. Excussum Mexici, apud Antonium de Espinosa Anno Domini 1566. Die .25. me[n]sis Februarij. Numerous foliation errors. Woodcut coat of arms of Archbishop Montúfar and cartouche on title page, woodcut diagrams on leaves 352v and 373v, printer's device in colophon (leaf 404v), ornamented initials. Errata on verso of leaf [4], 1st count, and on leaf [16] at end. In Latin, with some of the prefatory material in Spanish. Signatures: [Maltese cross]⁴ A-2C⁸ 2D⁴ 2E-2Z⁸ 2& ⁸ 2a-2f⁸. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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