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Frankfurt: Johannes Wechel for Theodor De Bry, 1590.. 34,[6]pp., one plate and one double-page map followed by twenty-two plates (two of them folding, five of them with accompanying text leaves), [3]pp., five plates with accompanying text leaves, [7]pp. Folio. Engraved titlepage. Antique-style paneled dark brown calf, boards tooled in blind, front board gilt, raised bands. Minor worming at upper right center of text block with no loss of text, plate 12 trimmed close at top edge, repair to right edge of plate 13 with some loss of image, a few spots of foxing, and some mild tanning throughout. Ink inscription in a 17th-century hand on front blank, ink inscription in a contemporary hand on titlepage. Very good. A foundation work on the early exploration and delineation of America, describing and illustrating the first British colony to be established there. This volume is the first issued by the publisher, Theodor De Bry, in his extraordinary series, GRAND VOYAGES, describing the exploration of the New… Read More