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<dl><dd>Bry's device on engraved historiated t.p. on which the "us" of Rudolphus has been obliterated, described in Dutuit as a third printing. Cf. Church 155</dd>
<dd>First edition, second issue (except t.p.s?)</dd>
<dd>Signatures: ):():( ²):():( A-Q, R (last blank) ²A-²E, ²F (last blank)</dd>
<dd>Imprint supplied from colophon, sig. R5v</dd>
<dd>Running title: Americae Liber IIII</dd>
<dd>Page 109 incorrectly numbered 100</dd>
<dd>Duplicate engraved historiated t.p. to plates, sig. 2A1r. Plates captioned with roman numerals, plates as such numbered in arabic from 3-24</dd>
<dd>America, Part 4 contains the first book of Girolamo Benzoni's "Historia del Mondo Nuovo"; the remaining text was published in parts 5 and 6. Bry utilized Urbain Chauveton's Latin edition which was first published at Geneva in 1578, and some notes from Chauveton's French translation</dd>
<dd>Church, E. D. Discovery</dd>
<dd>Sabin</dd>
<dd>Brunet</dd>
<dd>Collection Dutuit</dd>
<dd>Library's copy lacks folded map</dd>
<dd>Library's copy with books 2 and 3 of Benzoni's work as America pars 5-6</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Indians</div>
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<dl><dd>Benzoni, Girolamo, b. 1519</dd>
<dd>Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598</dd>
<dd>Chauveton, Urbain, 16th cent</dd></dl></div>
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