Americae Pars Quinta. Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni [sic] Mediolanensis secundae sectionis Hi[stori]a[e] Hispaniorum, tùm in Nigrittas seruos suos, tùm in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorumq[ue] pirataru[m] de Hispanis toties reportata spolia; adventu[m] item Hispanoru[m] in Novam Indiae continentis Hispaniam, eorumq[ue]. contra incolas eius regionis saeuitiam explicans. Addita ad singula fere capita scholia, in quibus res Indiae luculenter exponuntur. Accessit praeterea tabula chorographica Nouae Hispaniae in India Occidentali. Ad inuictis Rudolph. II. Rom. Imp. Aug. omnia elegantibus figuris in aes incisis expressa à Theodoro de Bry Leod. cive Franc. A[nno] M D XCV

Edité par Theodor de Bry, ?1595?, but, Frankfurt, 1617

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An excellent, tall copy with broad margins. Bound in early 20th c. green morocco with a large central arabesque, gilt, at the center of each board (hinges heavily rubbed and just starting but sound, some wear to the corners and board edges.) Illustrated with an engraved title-page, engraved portrait, double-page engraved map of Mexico, engraved sectional title-page, and twenty-two engraved plates, with printed explanatory text. Short, slim printer's crease at the top of the map and a short split at the foot, just entering the image but with no loss. This book constitutes the fifth part of Theodor de Bry's "Grand Voyages" ("America"), the most famous collection of travel narratives from the Americas, printed in fourteen parts from 1590 to 1634. The text of Part V is a translation of the second book of Girolamo Benzoni's influential "Historia del Mondo Nuovo", in which Benzoni narrates his experiences in the New World and gives an unflinching account of the Spaniards' brutal treatment of the Amerindians and Africans whom they enslaved. He gives a great deal of ethnographic detail, describing the various Indigenous societies he encountered, modes of dress and ornamentation, economies, religious practices, etc.; as well as notes on flora and fauna. First printed in 1565, Benzoni's work would prove enormously popular. Its popularity would increase dramatically with this deluxe edition published by de Bry, who amplified the text with new, striking illustrations. These 22 large engravings, accompanied by explanatory text, include images of Indigenous social practices, the Amerindians' encounters with the Europeans -including acts of resistance, such as open warfare and an assassination attempt- and the aforementioned tortures inflicted upon them. Also depicted are battles between the Spaniards and the French (in some of which Indigenous warriors participated), the French sack of Havana, and scenes of events described by Benzoni that occurred before his arrival in the New World (Hernando de Soto's barbarous treatment of the Floridians and Cortés' men attacking a Mexica social gathering). The letterpress text that accompanies each image explain the scene. Plate X shows an Amerindian market in Colombia. "The people of the province of Cartagena have plenty of fruit, fish, and other necessities, and poisoned arrows for weapons. Their trade goods are salt, fish, and pepper, carried inland in exchange for other things. In time of peace they held great markets in grain, fruit, cotton, feathers, feather cloaks, gold ornaments, gems, emeralds, and slaves, each taking only what he needed 'without any mark of avarice,' saying 'take this, give me that.' Food is what they value most, though many have now learned from our example to prize wealth, a desire that has cooled in most of them." In addition to these illustrations, the book features a double-page map of Mexico, "tabula chorographica Novae Hispaniae" (A recent and true description of New or Great Spain), copied, with some changes and additions, from Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (1579). De Bry has populated his map with Native Americans and bison, and has added notes about the inhabitants of various lands: the Guachichiles ("go naked, live under the open sky, intent only on hunting"), the Tepehuanes (gens fera sine legibus, "a fierce people without laws"), and the Chichimecas, "A people wandering far and wide and living under the open sky". In the same region "the Anthropophagi [the maneaters]-are the ones who inhabit these mountains." The book opens with an engraved portrait of Columbus, which de Bry claimed that this portrait was engraved by his son, Jean (or Johann), and was copied from a painting of Columbus commissioned by the King and Queen of Spain, now lost. The portrait, however, was copied from a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani). No images of Columbus are known to have been taken from life. De Bry opines that if the avaricious Spanish had followed the e.…

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Americae Pars Quinta. Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni [sic] Mediolanensis secundae sectionis Hi[stori]a[e] Hispaniorum, tùm in Nigrittas seruos suos, tùm in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorumq[ue] pirataru[m] de Hispanis toties reportata spolia; adventu[m] item Hispanoru[m] in Novam Indiae continentis Hispaniam, eorumq[ue]. contra incolas eius regionis saeuitiam explicans. Addita ad singula fere capita scholia, in quibus res Indiae luculenter exponuntur. Accessit praeterea tabula chorographica Nouae Hispaniae in India Occidentali. Ad inuictis Rudolph. II. Rom. Imp. Aug. omnia elegantibus figuris in aes incisis expressa à Theodoro de Bry Leod. cive Franc. A[nno] M D XCV
Auteur
AMERICAS. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. Bry, Theodor de (1528-1598); Benzoni, Girolamo (1519-1572?)
Éditeur
Theodor de Bry, ?1595?, but, Frankfurt
Année de publication
1617
État de l'article
Fine
Reliure
Hardcover
Dimensions
Folio: 36 x 24.5 cm.

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