D 1649 (41 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17 x 24 cms. Category: Mariner's Mirror; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17.5 x 24 cms. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 99 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Sussex Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 39 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Sussex Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 97 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Sussex Archaeological Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 50 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 25 x 30 cms. Category: Archaeologia; Printed before 1800; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

[0035-6867] 1978. (Periodical) Very good plus. 199pp. Index, table. Previous owner's name on cover. Note: if purchased in combination with other periodicals bearing this message, we will discount the price depending on quantity ordered. Edited by Leo S. Olschki. Includes A.W. Atlas (La Provenienza Del Manoscritto Berlin 78.C.28: Firenze O Napoli?), R. Brown (La Sperimentazione Ritmica in Dallapiccola Tra Liberta E Determinazione), P.E. Carapezza (Canzoni Popolari Alla Siciliana Cioe Alla Catanese Ed Alla Palermitana), J. Chater (Fonti Poetiche Per I Madrigali Di Luca Marenzio), P. Fabbri (Vita Musicale Nel Cinquecento Ravennate: Qualche Integrazione) & D. Frosini (Antonio Cesti Da Volterra a Pisa Nel 1649). Article about Luca Marenzio. Text in Italian Language. (Music).…

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A splendid antique portrait, circa 1860. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Stipple engraving, from Lodge's Portraits, a little spotting in surround.

Stipple engraving, with decorative border, from Lodge's Portraits.

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Neuf. Edition originale. Paris 2012. 1 Volume/1. -- Neuf Reliure éditeur cartonnée illustrée . Format in-8°( 24,7 x 16,5 cm )( 1055 gr ). ------- 702 pages . ****************** "" Le Conseiller d'Etat ou Recueil général de la politique moderne est l'un des grands traités politiques du XVIIe siècle. Son auteur, Philippe de Béthune, diplomate réputé et fin connaisseur de la vie publique, a écrit un livre étonnant de philosophie politique, de stratégie, d'économie et d'urbanisme. uvre d 'un homme de cour, habitué à côtoyer les princes, il est le produit de la réflexion et de l'expérience d'un personnage singulier, mais aussi d'une époque insolite de mutation entre deux mondes, - celui de la Renaissance, des guerres de religion et des troubles de la Ligue, et celui de l'absolutisme monarchique et de l'État moderne, - marquée par une transformation profonde des valeurs politiques et morales. Personnalité peu commune, qui a voyagé à travers toute l'Europe, qui par deux fois a été ambassadeur à Rome et qui a bénéficié d'une longévité remarquable, Philippe de Béthune est le frère puîné de Sully Il naît sous Charles IX, commence sa carrière comme mignon, dans l'entourage de Joyeuse, l'archi-favori d'Henri III, sert Henri lV Louis XIII, Richelieu et termine sa vie sous le ministériat de Mazarin. Publié en 1633, avec l'accord du cardinal ministre, Le Conseiller d'Etat n 'a jamais été réédité depuis 1684. Cette nouvelle édition est précédée d'une longue introduction sur l'art politique de la première moitié du XVlle siècle et le paysage mental de l'époque. "" *********************.…

Copertina rigida. Condizione: Come nuovo. 310 p. ; 21 x 12 cm. Testi a fronte. Introduzione, traduzione e apparati di Domenico Bosco. Testo francese a fronte. Titolo originale dell'opera: «Traité des scrupules, de leurs causes, de leurs espèces, de leurs suites dangereuses, de leurs remèdes généraux et particuliers». Legatura editoriale, coperta in cartoncino semirigido colorato con titolo impresso al piatto e al dorso.…

rigide. Condizione: Moyen. Le tout mis en ordre par Monsieur D*** Prevost de la Compagnie des Maîtres Chirurgiens de Paris, 1 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque pleine basane marron Chez Laurent d'Houry, A Paris, 1703, 1 f., 550-71 pp. et 7 ff. Rappel du titre complet : L'Art de faire les Raports en Chirurgie, où l'on enseigne la Pratique, les Formules & le Stile le plus en usafe parmi les Chirurgiens commis aux Raports ; Avec un extrait des Arrests, Statuts & Reglemens faits en consequence. [ Edition originale ] Rare exemplaire de l'édition originale. Il se termine sur L'Edit du Roy portant création de Médecins & Chirurgiens Jurez du mois de février 1692. L'ouvrage remporta un franc succès et fut souvent réimprimé. Etat moyen (reliure fort. frottée avec manque, qq. frott. en feuillets, les 4 feuillets de la préface mal placés et insérés en find'ouvrage au milieu de la table, ex-libris ms : "Ce livre apartient à Duppière chirurgien major aux Régiment de Brie") Langue: Français.…

Original marbled boards. Condizione: Very Good. None. Illustrated Edition. The Hague., Chez Arnout Leers., 1692. Folio. Original marbled calf binding. There are 16 single and double page engraved illustrations including the title page. Landwehr, R. de Hooghe, 80; Vinet 752, Hoefer 147, Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 147. The account of the arrival of King William III and the reception in the Hague gives the impression that the author's text closely followed the illustrations by de Hooghe. (Landwehr). All of the bibliographies concur that this work is one of the chefs d'oeuvre of de Hooghe. "One of his best books" (Hofer, Baroque Book illustration, 47) and is concurred by Didot, 951. This book represents a height of festivities begun by the Italians at Mantua more than a century before in the triumphant new era which began with the abdication of James II in favor of William of Orange. After the Battle of the Boyne William traveled to Holland to seek the safety of an alliance against the French and this book celebrates that visit. The Dutch text was issued in 1691, a French text in 1692. In this French edition the plates were printed at the same time as the Dutch therefore they are first state. A very fine copy with beautiful impressions of all the plates in the original calf binding. One of the most beautiful Dutch baroque festival books, superbly illustrated with 15 plates by Romeyn de Hooghe, the great chronicler of his age. The frontispiece was commissioned for this reception. This edition, after the Dutch edition, has the introduction of Jean Tronchin de Breuil. There are unnoticeable water contractions on the verso of some of the illustrations not affecting the image. Could have been the expert removal of a collector's stamp. de Hooghe and Bidloo (illustratore). …

Hardcover. 1st collected. vii, 584 p.; 21.5 cm. Dell had become a `preacher of the army' by 1645 and by some was considered antinomian. Contents: Christ's Spirit, a Christian's strength: or, a discovery of the power that all believers receive through the gift of the Spirit, 1651 -- Uniformity examined, whether it be found in the Gospel, or in the practice of the Churches of Christ, 1646 -- The building, beauty, teaching, and establishment of the truly Christian and spiritual Church, 1646 -- Right reformation; or the reformation of the church of the New Testament, 1646 [influenced Benjamin Hoadly about 1711 at outset of Bangorian controversy] -- The way of true peace and unity in the true church of Christ, 1645 -- The crucified and quickened Christian, 1652 -- The stumbling-stone; or a discovery of the offence which the world takes against Christ himself, his true word, true worship, his true church, his true government, his true ministry. Wherein the University is reproved by the word of God, 1653 -- The doctrine of baptisms, reduced from its ancient and modern corruptions; and restored to its primitive soundness and integrity; according to the word of truth, the substance of faith, and the nature of Christ's kingdom, 1648 -- The trial of spirits, both in Teachers and Hearers; wherein is held forth the clear discovery and certain downfal of the carnal and antichristian Clergy of these Nations, 1653 -- A plain and necessary confutation of divers gross and antichristian errors, delivered to the University Congregation, 1653 -- A testimony against divinity-degrees in the universities, 1653 -- The right reformation of learning, Schools and Universities, according to the state of the Gospel, 1653. VG recent brown buckram. Pages moderately toned and foxed.…

Condizione: Buono (Good). [bound with:] Relazione delle devozioni ed opere di pieta che si son fatte nell'Anno 1716. Per ottenere da Dio la grazia di discacciare le cavallette che infestavano le maremme di Pisa, di Siena, e di Volterra. Florence, Gaetano Tartini e Santi Franchi, 1717.Two works in one volume, 8vo (212x152 mm.). XI, [1], 48 pp., [2] full-page engraved plates, 55, [1] pp. Woodcut ornaments on the title pages, many woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Slightly browned throughout, worm track to the utter margin of the first about 20 ll. not affecting the text. Contemporary cardboards with manuscript title on the spine (minor losses to the spine, panels slightly foxes, bookblock a bit loose), uncut copy.First edition. Lastri, 108: ?He speaks of various remedies, among which the main one is to attract the Grasshoppers to white curtains, and then destroy them? In the first work there are two very rare and curious copper-engraved plates, depicting locusts and their eggs, in their natural size. Giuseppe Del Papa was a Tuscan physician, lecturer in Pisa and the first physician to the Grand Duke. He was the author of numerous treatises including: De praecipuis humoribus qui in humano corpore reperiuntur (Florence, 1733), Consulta medica (Rome, 1733), Trattati varij, (Florence, 1734) and many others.Cf. Melzi, vol. II, 423-24 pp.; Moreni, vol. II, 155 p. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good- condition. Emblem book; European history; ; 72 [8] pages; 20.4cm; 3/4 old leather binding, badly rubbed; edges very rubbed; engraved title page; 72 plates; bound with Oorlogend Europa, of een korte chronyk van het voorgevallene in Staat en Oorlog; beginnende met het jaar MDCL, en eindigende in MDCCXIV. Amsterdam, 1715. [12], 180, [12] pages, index. Book.…

4to. 7, [1] p. Royal arms woodcut on A1v. Modern quarter bound style with marbled boards and handmade endpapers. Small marginal paper repairs, otherwise a very good copy. Scarce. Thomason E.117[18]; Wing (2nd ed.) C2350; ESTC R17920.

First Edition. [Biblical Chronology] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS PHILIP STANHOPE. Two volumes. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.[50] 790 [4]; pp.[6] 866 [22]. With five engraved maps, as well as an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and a vignette title page to volume I. Occasional engraved head-pieces. All text in French. Contemporary full speckled calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin brown and black labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. All edges speckled red. Armorial bookplate of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) to front pastedown of each volume. Quite heavy browning to plates and title page, otherwise crisp, clean copies. Moderate wear to bindings, with rubbing especially to volume-number labels. Joints starting, but holding firmly. Very good. Des Vignoles' magnum opus, published in exile in Berlin during his long life outside France following the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685. This copy is from the library of essayist, courtier and wit Philip Stanhope, best known for his posthumously-published 'Letters to His Son' (1774).…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Single sheet, (13 ¼ x 15 ¾ inches, full margins showing the platemark). Fine engraved map of North and South America, sparsely labelled, showing part of Africa, the title within a strapwork cartouche, showing the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator, and the Tropic of Capricorn (old central fold, edges browned). First French edition, first appeared in the second edition of 1630. Fine engraved map showing North and South America. This map's "most interesting feature is that although we know de Laet had seen maps of California as an island, he relies on the more trustworthy accounts, such as Herrera, in depicting a peninsular form. The map has the best west coast delineation to date. He also does not get drawn into the debate about the North West Passage, preferring to cut his map short of these latitudes" (Burden, p. 285). De Laet was born in Antwerp but in 1585, the family, like thousands of Flemish Protestants, fled to the northern Netherlands. After studying philosophy in Leiden the young de Laet traveled to London in 1603, obtained his denizenship, but after the death of his wife returned to Leiden, where in April 1608 he "married Maria Boudewijns van Berlicum (d. 1643). There he made a fortune through overseas trade and land investments, at home and at Laetburg, near Albany, in New Netherland. In 1619 he was appointed a director of the Dutch West Indies Company, a position he held until his death. "In the ongoing religious quarrels which troubled Holland, de Laet sided with the counter-remonstrants (Gomarists) against the remonstrants (Arminians), an allegiance evident in his 'Commentarii de Pelagianis et Semi-Pelagianis' (1617). In 1618 he was delegated for Leiden to the Synod of Dort, where he befriended the theologian Samuel Ward, master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, one of the several English delegates. In his leisure time he proved a prolific, many-sided scholar with a keen interest in theology, geography, botany, classical philology, and comparative historical linguistics. Still of importance are his lavishly illustrated books on the Americas-'Nieuwe wereldt' (1625), which he also translated into Latin (1633) and French (1640) [as here], a detailed account of the early years of the 'Dutch West Indies Company' (1644), and 'Historia naturalis Brasiliae' (1648). He contributed eleven volumes to the Elzevier 'Respublicae' series, including ones on Scotland and Ireland (1627), England (1630), and India (1631). In a magisterial polemic with Hugo Grotius, he disproved Grotius's claims that the Native Americans originated from China, Ethiopia, and Norway (1644). His deluxe edition of Vitruvius's 'De architectura' (1649) includes his Latin translation of Sir Henry Wotton's 'The Elements of Architecture' (1624). De Laet was an astute Anglo-Saxonist, corresponding and co-operating with (but also envied by) such antiquaries as William Camden, Sir Henry Spelman, Sir John Spelman, Abraham Wheelock, Sir Simonds D'Ewes, John Selden, and Patrick Young. Archbishop James Ussher lent him the famous 'Caedmon' manuscript (Bodl. Oxf., MS Junius 11) for an Old English-Latin dictionary he was compiling. His correspondence with John Morris reflects contemporary Anglo-Dutch intellectual exchange, while his unpublished epistolary exchange with Sir William Boswell (d. 1649), English ambassador in The Hague, is a particularly rich quarry for evidence of political and economic interchange between England and Holland. "In 1638 de Laet visited England for several months both in connection with his dictionary and to obtain denizenship for his son Samuel, who had married Rebecca, daughter of Timothy Cruso of London. During another visit in 1641 parliament asked his advice on the prospects for an English West Indies Company and Charles I requested him to provide the genealogy of his future son-in-law, William II of Orange" (Rolf H. Bremmer jun. for DNB). Burden 229.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 2 of 3 volumes ; bound in vellum ; stamps of the African Mission Library, Blackrock, Cork [Ireland] ; 21 cm. ; OCLC: 28103952 ; only one set held by the Athenaeum of Ohio ; Title vignette; head and tail pieces ; covers soiled ; slight damage to top of spine of Volume 1; textblocks decorated in red ; detailed listings of contents ; Volumes 1 and 2 contain 18 sermons each ; FAIR. Book. …

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1624 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 18 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: Italian.…

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Bon. Paris . Chez Antoine Dezallier . 1690 . EDITION ORIGINALE RARE . " AUTEURS DEGUISEZ sous des NOMS ETRANGERS , EMPRUNTEZ , SUPPOSEZ , FEINTS à PLAISIR , CHIFFREZ , RENVERSEZ , RETOURNEZ , ou CHANGEZ d'une LANGUE en une AUTRE ". Un volume relié époque plein veau , dos à nerfs orné , piece de titre , roulette sur coupe , 9,4 x 16 cm , de XXVI ( 2 p ) + 615 pages . En fin d'ouvrage , un index de 1700 pseudonymes . Pages blanches , mais sans pages de garde .Manques de cuir en bas des mors ( voir Photo ) , papier jauni . De la Bibliothéque de Antoine BERGIRON ( 1653 - 1731 ) Lyonnais , Avocat au Parlement de PARIS , avec son EX - LIBRIS gravé , en garde [ D'Azur à la Fasce d'Or chargée de trois tréfles de Sable , accompagnée en chef d'un phénix et en pointe d'un croissant d'Or ] . C'est le pere de Nicolas Antoine BERGIRON de BRIOU , compositeur & chef d'orchestre lyonnais . …

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Oktav. 8°. 16 nn. Blatt, 600, 56 Seiten, 142 nn. Seiten (Index). Mit gestochenem Titel und 23 Kupfertafeln mit Münz-Darstellungen. M.D. Angebunden : Epigrammata obscoena. Index vocabulorum. Pergament der Zeit. Der Einband leicht fleckig, mit montiertem Rückenschild, teils entferntem Exlibris, der Schnitt fleckig, anfangs fleckig, kleine Papierschäden an drei Seiten, aber sonst gut erhalten und komplett. Brunet 3,1492, Graesse 4,425; Eine Sammlung von Epigrammen, bzw. Spottgedichten auf die römische Gesellschaft bzw.deren Brüche, Lügen etc. Die Welt ändert sich nicht, aktuelle Beispiele gibt es nicht nur in Berlin, Wien, Washington. Die Tafeln ergänzen den Text. Ludolph (ook Ludolf) Smids (Groningen, 13 juni 1649 - Amsterdam, 7 maart 1720) was een zeventiende-/achttiende-eeuwse arts, oudheidkundige en dichter. The roman poet Martial lived from 40n C to 104n C. Sprache: latein.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1625 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 94 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 94 Language: Italian.…

1st Edition. Single sheet, (13 ¼ x 16 inches, full margins showing the platemark). Fine engraved map of Venezuela, the title within a strapwork cartouche and a large compass rose (old central fold, pale stain on upper left corner, edges browned). First French edition, first published in Dutch in 1625. A fine engraved map of Venezuela, with particular detail along the coastline. Depicted are Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Trinidad, Tobago, St. Lucia, Grenada, etc. With a fine strapwork title cartouche, large compass rose, and distance scale within a second cartouche at lower right. De Laet was born in Antwerp but in 1585, the family, like thousands of Flemish Protestants, fled to the northern Netherlands. After studying philosophy in Leiden the young de Laet traveled to London in 1603, obtained his denizenship, but after the death of his wife returned to Leiden, where in April 1608 he "married Maria Boudewijns van Berlicum (d. 1643). There he made a fortune through overseas trade and land investments, at home and at Laetburg, near Albany, in New Netherland. In 1619 he was appointed a director of the Dutch West Indies Company, a position he held until his death. "In the ongoing religious quarrels which troubled Holland, de Laet sided with the counter-remonstrants (Gomarists) against the remonstrants (Arminians), an allegiance evident in his 'Commentarii de Pelagianis et Semi-Pelagianis' (1617). In 1618 he was delegated for Leiden to the Synod of Dort, where he befriended the theologian Samuel Ward, master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, one of the several English delegates. In his leisure time he proved a prolific, many-sided scholar with a keen interest in theology, geography, botany, classical philology, and comparative historical linguistics. Still of importance are his lavishly illustrated books on the Americas-'Nieuwe wereldt' (1625), which he also translated into Latin (1633) and French (1640) [as here], a detailed account of the early years of the 'Dutch West Indies Company' (1644), and 'Historia naturalis Brasiliae' (1648). He contributed eleven volumes to the Elzevier 'Respublicae' series, including ones on Scotland and Ireland (1627), England (1630), and India (1631). In a magisterial polemic with Hugo Grotius, he disproved Grotius's claims that the Native Americans originated from China, Ethiopia, and Norway (1644). His deluxe edition of Vitruvius's 'De architectura' (1649) includes his Latin translation of Sir Henry Wotton's 'The Elements of Architecture' (1624). De Laet was an astute Anglo-Saxonist, corresponding and co-operating with (but also envied by) such antiquaries as William Camden, Sir Henry Spelman, Sir John Spelman, Abraham Wheelock, Sir Simonds D'Ewes, John Selden, and Patrick Young. Archbishop James Ussher lent him the famous 'Caedmon' manuscript (Bodl. Oxf., MS Junius 11) for an Old English-Latin dictionary he was compiling. His correspondence with John Morris reflects contemporary Anglo-Dutch intellectual exchange, while his unpublished epistolary exchange with Sir William Boswell (d. 1649), English ambassador in The Hague, is a particularly rich quarry for evidence of political and economic interchange between England and Holland. "In 1638 de Laet visited England for several months both in connection with his dictionary and to obtain denizenship for his son Samuel, who had married Rebecca, daughter of Timothy Cruso of London. During another visit in 1641 parliament asked his advice on the prospects for an English West Indies Company and Charles I requested him to provide the genealogy of his future son-in-law, William II of Orange" (Rolf H. Bremmer jun. for DNB).…

1st Edition. Single sheet, (13 ¼ x 15 ¾ inches, full margins showing the platemark). Fine engraved map of the southern tip of South America showing the Strait of Magellan, with a large compass rose with north oriented to the right, the title within a strapwork cartouche and the large distance scale within a scroll on the lower left (old central fold, edges browned). First French edition, first published in Dutch in 1625. One of the earliest to focus on the region, this highly detailed map of the southern tip of South America shows a clearly labelled Strait of Magellan, Strait of Le Maire, and "Tierra del Fuogo." The fine compass rose indicates north to the right. This map features the latest discoveries of Dutch explorers Isaac Le Maire and Willem Schouten, including the Strait of Le Maire and Cape Horn. De Laet was born in Antwerp but in 1585, the family, like thousands of Flemish Protestants, fled to the northern Netherlands. After studying philosophy in Leiden the young de Laet traveled to London in 1603, obtained his denizenship, but after the death of his wife returned to Leiden, where in April 1608 he "married Maria Boudewijns van Berlicum (d. 1643). There he made a fortune through overseas trade and land investments, at home and at Laetburg, near Albany, in New Netherland. In 1619 he was appointed a director of the Dutch West Indies Company, a position he held until his death. "In the ongoing religious quarrels which troubled Holland, de Laet sided with the counter-remonstrants (Gomarists) against the remonstrants (Arminians), an allegiance evident in his 'Commentarii de Pelagianis et Semi-Pelagianis' (1617). In 1618 he was delegated for Leiden to the Synod of Dort, where he befriended the theologian Samuel Ward, master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, one of the several English delegates. In his leisure time he proved a prolific, many-sided scholar with a keen interest in theology, geography, botany, classical philology, and comparative historical linguistics. Still of importance are his lavishly illustrated books on the Americas-'Nieuwe wereldt' (1625), which he also translated into Latin (1633) and French (1640) [as here], a detailed account of the early years of the 'Dutch West Indies Company' (1644), and 'Historia naturalis Brasiliae' (1648). He contributed eleven volumes to the Elzevier 'Respublicae' series, including ones on Scotland and Ireland (1627), England (1630), and India (1631). In a magisterial polemic with Hugo Grotius, he disproved Grotius's claims that the Native Americans originated from China, Ethiopia, and Norway (1644). His deluxe edition of Vitruvius's 'De architectura' (1649) includes his Latin translation of Sir Henry Wotton's 'The Elements of Architecture' (1624). De Laet was an astute Anglo-Saxonist, corresponding and co-operating with (but also envied by) such antiquaries as William Camden, Sir Henry Spelman, Sir John Spelman, Abraham Wheelock, Sir Simonds D'Ewes, John Selden, and Patrick Young. Archbishop James Ussher lent him the famous 'Caedmon' manuscript (Bodl. Oxf., MS Junius 11) for an Old English-Latin dictionary he was compiling. His correspondence with John Morris reflects contemporary Anglo-Dutch intellectual exchange, while his unpublished epistolary exchange with Sir William Boswell (d. 1649), English ambassador in The Hague, is a particularly rich quarry for evidence of political and economic interchange between England and Holland. "In 1638 de Laet visited England for several months both in connection with his dictionary and to obtain denizenship for his son Samuel, who had married Rebecca, daughter of Timothy Cruso of London. During another visit in 1641 parliament asked his advice on the prospects for an English West Indies Company and Charles I requested him to provide the genealogy of his future son-in-law, William II of Orange" (Rolf H. Bremmer jun. for DNB).…

1st Edition. Single sheet, (13 ¼ x 16 ¼ inches, full margins showing the platemark). Fine engraved map of central South America showing the Paraguay River Basin, the Peru-Chilean coast, and Lake Titicaca, with a large compass rose and the title within a fine decorative cartouche (old central fold, edges browned). First French edition, first published in Dutch in 1625. A highly detailed map of the central region of South America, from central Peru to Rio de Janeiro and Cape San Antonio, with numerous cities and rivers identified. The large compass rose, adorned with a fleur-de-lis, is at the center of the map, and the title cartouche is embellished with tropical plants and the head of a cherub, situated below the distance scale. De Laet was born in Antwerp but in 1585, the family, like thousands of Flemish Protestants, fled to the northern Netherlands. After studying philosophy in Leiden the young de Laet traveled to London in 1603, obtained his denizenship, but after the death of his wife returned to Leiden, where in April 1608 he "married Maria Boudewijns van Berlicum (d. 1643). There he made a fortune through overseas trade and land investments, at home and at Laetburg, near Albany, in New Netherland. In 1619 he was appointed a director of the Dutch West Indies Company, a position he held until his death. "In the ongoing religious quarrels which troubled Holland, de Laet sided with the counter-remonstrants (Gomarists) against the remonstrants (Arminians), an allegiance evident in his 'Commentarii de Pelagianis et Semi-Pelagianis' (1617). In 1618 he was delegated for Leiden to the Synod of Dort, where he befriended the theologian Samuel Ward, master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, one of the several English delegates. In his leisure time he proved a prolific, many-sided scholar with a keen interest in theology, geography, botany, classical philology, and comparative historical linguistics. Still of importance are his lavishly illustrated books on the Americas-'Nieuwe wereldt' (1625), which he also translated into Latin (1633) and French (1640) [as here], a detailed account of the early years of the 'Dutch West Indies Company' (1644), and 'Historia naturalis Brasiliae' (1648). He contributed eleven volumes to the Elzevier 'Respublicae' series, including ones on Scotland and Ireland (1627), England (1630), and India (1631). In a magisterial polemic with Hugo Grotius, he disproved Grotius's claims that the Native Americans originated from China, Ethiopia, and Norway (1644). His deluxe edition of Vitruvius's 'De architectura' (1649) includes his Latin translation of Sir Henry Wotton's 'The Elements of Architecture' (1624). De Laet was an astute Anglo-Saxonist, corresponding and co-operating with (but also envied by) such antiquaries as William Camden, Sir Henry Spelman, Sir John Spelman, Abraham Wheelock, Sir Simonds D'Ewes, John Selden, and Patrick Young. Archbishop James Ussher lent him the famous 'Caedmon' manuscript (Bodl. Oxf., MS Junius 11) for an Old English-Latin dictionary he was compiling. His correspondence with John Morris reflects contemporary Anglo-Dutch intellectual exchange, while his unpublished epistolary exchange with Sir William Boswell (d. 1649), English ambassador in The Hague, is a particularly rich quarry for evidence of political and economic interchange between England and Holland. "In 1638 de Laet visited England for several months both in connection with his dictionary and to obtain denizenship for his son Samuel, who had married Rebecca, daughter of Timothy Cruso of London. During another visit in 1641 parliament asked his advice on the prospects for an English West Indies Company and Charles I requested him to provide the genealogy of his future son-in-law, William II of Orange" (Rolf H. Bremmer jun. for DNB). …

1st Edition. Single sheet, (13 ¼ x 16 inches, full margins showing the platemark). Fine engraved map of present-day Panama and Colombia, with a fine strapwork title cartouche and large compass rose (old central fold, edges browned). First French edition, first published in Dutch in 1625. This highly detailed map shows "New Granada" and Popayan (present-day Colombia), Panama, and part of Venezuela. With a fine title cartouche and large compass rose, a very attractive map of the region. De Laet was born in Antwerp but in 1585, the family, like thousands of Flemish Protestants, fled to the northern Netherlands. After studying philosophy in Leiden the young de Laet traveled to London in 1603, obtained his denizenship, but after the death of his wife returned to Leiden, where in April 1608 he "married Maria Boudewijns van Berlicum (d. 1643). There he made a fortune through overseas trade and land investments, at home and at Laetburg, near Albany, in New Netherland. In 1619 he was appointed a director of the Dutch West Indies Company, a position he held until his death. "In the ongoing religious quarrels which troubled Holland, de Laet sided with the counter-remonstrants (Gomarists) against the remonstrants (Arminians), an allegiance evident in his 'Commentarii de Pelagianis et Semi-Pelagianis' (1617). In 1618 he was delegated for Leiden to the Synod of Dort, where he befriended the theologian Samuel Ward, master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, one of the several English delegates. In his leisure time he proved a prolific, many-sided scholar with a keen interest in theology, geography, botany, classical philology, and comparative historical linguistics. Still of importance are his lavishly illustrated books on the Americas-'Nieuwe wereldt' (1625), which he also translated into Latin (1633) and French (1640) [as here], a detailed account of the early years of the 'Dutch West Indies Company' (1644), and 'Historia naturalis Brasiliae' (1648). He contributed eleven volumes to the Elzevier 'Respublicae' series, including ones on Scotland and Ireland (1627), England (1630), and India (1631). In a magisterial polemic with Hugo Grotius, he disproved Grotius's claims that the Native Americans originated from China, Ethiopia, and Norway (1644). His deluxe edition of Vitruvius's 'De architectura' (1649) includes his Latin translation of Sir Henry Wotton's 'The Elements of Architecture' (1624). De Laet was an astute Anglo-Saxonist, corresponding and co-operating with (but also envied by) such antiquaries as William Camden, Sir Henry Spelman, Sir John Spelman, Abraham Wheelock, Sir Simonds D'Ewes, John Selden, and Patrick Young. Archbishop James Ussher lent him the famous 'Caedmon' manuscript (Bodl. Oxf., MS Junius 11) for an Old English-Latin dictionary he was compiling. His correspondence with John Morris reflects contemporary Anglo-Dutch intellectual exchange, while his unpublished epistolary exchange with Sir William Boswell (d. 1649), English ambassador in The Hague, is a particularly rich quarry for evidence of political and economic interchange between England and Holland. "In 1638 de Laet visited England for several months both in connection with his dictionary and to obtain denizenship for his son Samuel, who had married Rebecca, daughter of Timothy Cruso of London. During another visit in 1641 parliament asked his advice on the prospects for an English West Indies Company and Charles I requested him to provide the genealogy of his future son-in-law, William II of Orange" (Rolf H. Bremmer jun. for DNB).…