32. Ortelius, Abraham: AMERICAE SIVE NOVI ORBIS, NOVA DESCRIPTIO. Antwerp: Ortelius, 1587 [i.e. 1595]. Copper engraving with period hand coloring. Sheet size: 17¼ x 21½ inches. Latin text on verso of one half of the sheet. In generally excellent condition.
The Ortelius map of the New World with the amended coast of Chile, from the Latin edition of his Theatrum. Among the most beautiful Dutch maps, this is a superb example of the Ortelius aesthetic with its marginal floral ornamentation, strapwork cartouches, masks, sphinxes, ships, and sea monsters, all of which collectively transform the geographical facts and conjectures into an evocative work of art. This example from the 1595 Latin edition has beautiful period color. The map is a depiction of European knowledge and ignorance of the New World after a century of immense activity. There are settlements, mostly Spanish, all over northwestern South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and southern North America. The relatively accurate transfer of geographical information is impressive as well, when one considers the enormity of the task. BURDEN 64 (state 1). KARROW 1/7a. KOEMAN/MEURER (1991) 114. VAN DEN BROECKE 11. D. Reinhartz, “The Americas Revealed in the Theatrum,” pp.209-20 in Van den Broecke, et al (editors), Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas (1998). $9500.
With the Excessively Rare Suppressed “Voyage to Cadiz” and the 1598 Titlepage 33. Hakluyt, Richard: THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, VOIAGES,
TRAFFIQUES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION, MADE BY SEA OR OVER-LAND, TO THE REMOTE AND FARTHEST DISTANT QUARTERS OF THE EARTH, AT ANY TIME WITHIN THE COMPASSE OF THESE 1500 YEERES...AND LASTLY, THE MEMORABLE DEFEATE OF THE SPANISH HUGE ARMADA, ANNO 1588, AND THE FAMOUS VICTORIE ATCHIEVED AT THE CITIE OF CADIZ, 1596.... London: George Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker, 15981600. Three volumes in bound two. [24],619; [16],312,204; [16],868pp. Folio. Late 19th-century morocco, expertly rebacked, raised bands, spines gilt. Moderate edge wear, third volume worn at spine ends. Bookplates on front pastedowns. “Voyage to Cadiz” leaves present in their first issue according to Church (pp.607619 in the first volume) supplied from another copy and with extensions to the margins of the leaves. Overall a very good set. In half morocco clamshell boxes, spines gilt.
The first enlarged edition of Hakluyt’s voyages. In fact, this is an entirely different book from his 1589 compilation, with the first volume containing a supplied copy of the rare