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Huttich, Johann – Simon Grynaeus
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum una cum tabula cosmographica. Basel: Johannes Hervagius, March 1537 [colophon: November 1536]
Folio (12 3/8 x 8 in.; 315 x 203 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, large woodcut folding map after Hans Holbein, small woodcut text illustrations on pages 30 and 129, some fine woodcut historiated initials; hole in one cartouche of map with loss, map soiled, stained, and mounted on silk, some marginal soiling and spotting. Eighteenth-century vellum, remains of ties; joints torn, soiled with a few repairs.
Folio (12 3/8 x 8 in.; 315 x 203 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, large woodcut folding map after Hans Holbein, small woodcut text illustrations on pages 30 and 129, some fine woodcut historiated initials; hole in one cartouche of map with loss, map soiled, stained, and mounted on silk, some marginal soiling and spotting. Eighteenth-century vellum, remains of ties; joints torn, soiled with a few repairs.
Literature
Harisse 223; Leclerc 123; Alden-Landis 537/14; Sabin 34103
Condition
Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum una cum tabula cosmographica. Basel: Johannes Hervagius, March 1537 [colophon: November 1536]
Folio (12 3/8 x 8 in.; 315 x 203 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, large woodcut folding map after Hans Holbein, small woodcut text illustrations on pages 30 and 129, some fine woodcut historiated initials; hole in one cartouche of map with loss, map soiled, stained, and mounted on silk, some marginal soiling and spotting. Eighteenth-century vellum, remains of ties; joints torn, soiled with a few repairs.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Second Hervagius edition, with the woodcut map of the world in the second state [Harisse B]. Compiled by Johann Huttich (1480?–1544), with a preface by Simon Grynaeus (1493–1541), this collection of travel narratives includes the voyages of Columbus, Pinzon, Vespucci, and an extract from the Fourth Decade of Peter Martyr, with others. The present copy contains quire delta entitled "Typi Cosmographici et Declaratio et usus" by Sebastian Muenster.
This edition adds the letter of Maximilian of Transylvania to the Cardinal of Salzburg recounting the voyages of Magellan in 1519–1522 (pp. 585–600).