Benzoni, Giralomo (b.1519), Hennepin, Louis: De gedenkwaardige West-Indise Voyagien, Gedaan door Christoffel Columbus, Americus Vesputius en Lodewijck Hennepin; Aenmerkelyke voyagie gedaan na’t Gedeelte can Noorder America

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Benzoni, Giralomo (b.1519), Hennepin, Louis : De gedenkwaardige West-Indise Voyagien, Gedaan door Christoffel Columbus, Americus Vesputius en Lodewijck Hennepin; Aenmerkelyke voyagie gedaan na’t Gedeelte can Noorder America

Pieter vander Aa, Leyden, 1704

contemporary blind-ruled vellum rebacked expertly. Spine with 6 compartments of raised bands title on two., Lightly browned, occasional minor marginal spotting. Aenmerkelyke Voyagie lacks one map, otherwise a very good copy., Small 4to, P. frontis, title, blank, 5-89 (error in pagination pg 89 numbered 86), (11); title, blank, (20), 1-219 (error in pagination pg 214 and 215 numbered 114 and 115), (13), . Elaborate tail pieces. “De Gedenkwaardige West-Indise Voyagien” has an engraved frontis, 5 folding plates and one decorative map of the West Indies by Vander Aa. “Aenmerkelyke Voyagie Gedaan na’t Gedeelte can Noorder America” has 6 plates., Volume : 2 in one volume

“De Gedenkwaardige West-Indise Voyagien” is a dutch translation of Benzoni’s La Historia del Mondo Nuovo, Venice, 1565. Benzoni, a soldier in the Spanish army, left Milan 1541 and spent 15 years stationed at various posts in America. This work is one of the first histories of America written from other than Spanish sources.
“Aenmerkelyke Voyagie Gedaan na’t” is One of the most important volumes in the early history of North America according to Lande.
Second edition in Dutch of Hennepin’s “Nouvelle Decouverte.” Benzoni’s and Hennepin’s works were issued together in this format by Pieter Vander Aa., Alden and Landis 704/16; Sabin 4806.

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