Eden d editor (10 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.x; 44; xi-xiv. Publisher's card wraps printed in red and black, price of one shilling net to upper. Some spotting to edges and covers, staples rusted, lightly handled. Very good.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. paperback/cd-rom edition. 226 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 156 pages. 8.50x5.51x0.40 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 2010 edition. 477 pages. 10.24x7.60x1.11 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 2nd edition. 1244 pages. 9.25x6.10x2.83 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 2nd edition. 1244 pages. 9.25x6.10x2.83 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. SECOND EDITION, GREATLY EXPANDED. A fine, complete copy in 18th c. calfskin, rebacked, with some wear at the board edges. Title page lightly soiled, the outer corner and lower margin a bit ragged, a few light marginal stains in the text, some text on p 30 lightly printed. Light damp-staining at the beginning of the volume, heavier in gatherings B and C; small marginal wormhole to first 5 and last 2 leaves. Scattered light finger-soiling; last leaf verso soiled and lightly foxed. Text printed in black letter; woodcut illustrated initials. Illustrated with a woodcut of the South Pole showing "the order of the starres about the pole Antartike" on folio 436 verso. Provenance: bookplate of Thomas Pennant, 1726-1798, Welsh naturalist and travel writer. Complete copies are rare, especially in early bindings. The second (and best) edition of Richard Eden's translation of the first four books of Peter Martire d'Anghiera's "De Orbe Novo"(On the New World), only the third book in English to describe the Americas, here revised and greatly expanded by Richard Willes, who translated the remaining parts of d'Anghiera's original and added numerous additional travel accounts from the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. The book, with its accounts of the voyages and travels of Columbus and Magellan, and Cortes' conquest of Mexico, ignited English interest in exploration and colonization. The account of Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe is the first in English (as is the description of Japan). Among the other accounts are Frobisher's search for the Northwest Passage, travels to Persia by English merchants, and Ludovico de Varthema's travels to the Middle East and India in 1502-1507. Shakespeare likely derived the name of Setebos, the unseen god in "The Tempest", from Willes's translation of Magellan's account of the Tehuelche people of Patagonia. Peter Martyr occupied a position of unrivalled authority among the early historians of exploration. A member and official Chronicler of Charles V's Council of the Indies (Consejo de Indias), he knew Columbus and had direct access to the original documents of his voyage, as well as access to the documents from the voyages of da Gama, Cortés, Magellan, Cabot, and Vespucci. His "De Orbe Novo Decades", the first part of which was published in Latin at Alcalá in 1516, drew on this exceptional proximity to produce the first systematic history of the Americas. His works were "held in the highest esteem by his contemporaries and are indispensable as a primary source for the history of early European exploration of the Americas." (Hill) Richard Eden's translation of the first three Decades (and an abridgment of the fourth), published in 1555 as "The Decades of the Newe World", was a landmark in English publishing history. It made detailed knowledge of the New World available to English readers for the first time, contained the first publication in English of Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, and helped to create a robust appetite for voyages of discovery among the English. Eden's "translations of the geographic works of other writers helped foster a spirit of overseas exploration in Tudor England. The new protector, the Earl of Northumberland, wished to challenge Spain's global empire and he encouraged publications that would help encourage such enterprise" (Hadfield). Eden was "the pioneer of British geographic research, the very first of our naval chroniclers, and the herald and forerunner of all our subsequent discoveries". (Arber) Following Eden's death in 1576, Willes undertook a thorough revision and vast expansion of the work, transforming the compilation into a comprehensive survey of the known world. In his preface, Willes explains that Eden had intended to augment his earlier translations "by putting thereunto in English Ludovico de Varthema's navigation into Egypt, Arabia, Siria, Persia, and India, with our Merchantes, Muscovian and Persian travelles: but death prevented his purpose." Willes reorganized the book to make.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. London, 1914. Four Issues Complete in Publisher Triannual Binding. Light extremity wear, square, sewn binding Extremely tight with spine curved, fore edge perfectly concave. Publisher speckled edges. Light age to ends, internally bright, clean. Contemporary owner to pastedown, otherwise Unmarked. A VeryGood+ copy indeed. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ribbed Cloth, Sewn. Very Good+. 8vo - over 9½" tall. …

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. paperback/cd-rom edition. 226 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.