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WYTFLIET (Cornille 1555-1597). Histoire universelle des Inde…
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358
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WYTFLIET (Cornille 1555-1597). Histoire universelle des Inde…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
WYTFLIET (Cornille 1555-1597). Histoire universelle des Indes Orientales et Occidentales et de la conversions des Indiens. Divided into three parts by Cornille Wytfliet and Anthoine Magin, and other historians.
Douai chez François Fabri l'an 1611. Three parts in a single folio volume (31x 20 cm). Bound in contemporary vellum. First part les Indes occidentales with an ample description of the discovery of these Indies, engraved title page; summary of chapters, tables of the most notable things - 108 pages, 17 double-page engraved maps, the first of which shows the two hemispheres according to Mercator. Second part les Indes Orientales divided into two books by Antonio Magini, containing the discovery, navigation, situation, conquest by both the Portuguese and the Castilians. Engraved title page, table of chapters, 66 pages, 4 double-page coloured maps of Japan, India, China and the Philippinae (often missing), and 1 map. Third part: la suite de l'histoire des Indes Orientales de la conversion des Indiens, 54 pages, unpaginated table.
This work has traces of wetness, but the maps are in good condition, bound in contemporary vellum.
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BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS - FROM THE LIBRARY C. MAISONNEUVE
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06/04/2026 at 2:15 PM
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