Accession number
PML 3798-800
Creator
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598.
Published
Franckfort am Main, 1598-1628.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
First editions.
12 parts (lacks part 12).
Part 1, 1598, has 2 maps (Egypt on 2 sheets) and the 2 blanks. Part 2, 1599 has 2 leaves, dedication and the blank, 2 maps, the other one is bound at end of Part 9. Part 3, 1601, 1st issue, has 3 blanks and 3 maps. Has plate LIX and small LX (an extra plate LIX is bound with Part 9). Part 4, 1601, 1st issue. Part 5, 1601, 1st issue, lacks blank after preface, has 1st blank. Part 6, 1604, 1st issue, has the 2 blanks f⁴ and G⁴. Plates 3 and 4 were interchanged in printing as in other examples. Part 7, 1606, 1st issue, with the two rare blanks. Part 8, 1607, 1st issue, with the blank leaf before the plates. Part 9, 1612, 1st issue. Has the 2 blanks, and 2 extra maps. Title has the border used in Part 4 (there are 3 variants of this title). Plates 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 11 are 1st issue, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12 are 2nd issue. (These are exactly opposite to those in the Church copy). Added is, Supplementum & colloquia Latino-Malaica with 2 titles, 88 p., 1 blank (L⁶) and 5 plates. Part 10, 1613, has 3 plates and 3 maps. Part 11, 1619, has the correct plate 7, all plates from a shorter copy.
12 parts (lacks part 12).
Part 1, 1598, has 2 maps (Egypt on 2 sheets) and the 2 blanks. Part 2, 1599 has 2 leaves, dedication and the blank, 2 maps, the other one is bound at end of Part 9. Part 3, 1601, 1st issue, has 3 blanks and 3 maps. Has plate LIX and small LX (an extra plate LIX is bound with Part 9). Part 4, 1601, 1st issue. Part 5, 1601, 1st issue, lacks blank after preface, has 1st blank. Part 6, 1604, 1st issue, has the 2 blanks f⁴ and G⁴. Plates 3 and 4 were interchanged in printing as in other examples. Part 7, 1606, 1st issue, with the two rare blanks. Part 8, 1607, 1st issue, with the blank leaf before the plates. Part 9, 1612, 1st issue. Has the 2 blanks, and 2 extra maps. Title has the border used in Part 4 (there are 3 variants of this title). Plates 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 11 are 1st issue, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12 are 2nd issue. (These are exactly opposite to those in the Church copy). Added is, Supplementum & colloquia Latino-Malaica with 2 titles, 88 p., 1 blank (L⁶) and 5 plates. Part 10, 1613, has 3 plates and 3 maps. Part 11, 1619, has the correct plate 7, all plates from a shorter copy.
Description
3 v.
Provenance
This set was collected for H.C. Murphy, bought at his sale, 1884, by Theodore Irwin. Inscribed in Part 5, Great and Part 9, Small voyages is "Bibliotheq S. Catherine". In Part 4, at end is stamped: "Ex bibli. Convent. el. coll. Regii. Carmelit. Paris."
Binding
1/2 green morocco.
Classification
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