| Other author/creator | Wechel, Johann, 1549-1593, printer. |
| Included Work | Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588. Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis acciderunt. |
| Included Work | Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609, translator. |
| Other author/creator | Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Other author/creator | Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Uniform title | America. Pars 2 |
| Variant title |
Brevis narratio eorvm qvae in Florida Americae provi[n]cia Gallis |
| Variant title |
Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis acciderunt |
| Variant title |
Title for plates: Indorum Floridam provinciam inhabitantium eicones |
| Contents |
Gallorum in Floridam Americae provinciam altera navigatio, duce Laudonniero, anno MDLXIV -- Narratio -- Indorum Floridam provinciam inhabitantium eicones -- Libellus siue epistola supplicatoria, regi Galliarum Carolo IX -- De quarta Gallorum in Floridam navigatione sub Gourguesio, anno 1567 -- Index rerum praecipue memorabilium in hac historia contentarum -- Parergon: de autore et occasione huius historiae -- Mendae quaedam partim exemplaris vitio ... -- Parergon continens quaedam quae ad praecedentis narrationis elucidationem [...]. |
| General note | "First published 1591, reprint 2019"--title page verso. |
| General note | First Latin edition. A German edition was also issued in the same year. |
| General note | Part 2 of de Bry's collection known as America gives an account of expeditions by French Huguenots to Florida under Jean Ribaut (1562), René de Laudonnière (1564), and Dominique de Gourgues (1567). Jacques Le Moyne is the author of the account of the Laudonnière expedition and the artist of the drawings. The authors of the other two accounts which follow the plates have not been identified. |
| General note | In addition to Le Moyne's previously unpublished manuscript, another French source used for De Bry's edition was "L'histoire notable de la Floride" (Paris, 1586). See Michiel van Groesen, Representations of the overseas world in the De Bry collection of voyages (Leiden, 2008), appendix 2. |
| General note | "C. C. A." on title page = Carolo Clusio Atrebatensi (Charles de L'Écluse, identified in Church catalogue entry 140). |
| General note | Imprint date on title page "Anno MDXCI" follows immediately after "Sumtibus vero Theodori de Bry." |
| General note | Colophon (K4v): Francofurti ad Moenum, apud Ioannem Wechelum, impensis Theodori de Bry. [decorative tailpiece] M D XCI. |
| General note | Signatures:)(⁴ a-d⁴ A-H⁶ I⁴(chi¹) K⁴ [in some copies: K⁶ (last leaf blank)]. First 3 leaves of each gathering signed throughout; remaining leaves in each gathering have blank signature line. In some copies, leaves a, H2 and K3 have no signature marks, H3 is wrongly marked H2, H4 is H3; K2 is K and K3 is marked)()(2. |
| General note | Church catalogue describes a colophon following the plates, counted as leaf [H2], not present in many copies. |
| General note | Decorative initials, factotum initials, decorative head- and tailpieces in the text and descriptions of plates. |
| General note | Engraved, historiated title page consisting of an architectural frame and an internal text block; the engraved title page for the plates consists of the same architectural frame and a different text block; the plates, engraved by de Bry, are numbered 1-42 in arabic numerals in the engraving and in roman numerals in the title, and consist of a letterpress title above the engraving, and letterpress description below. Verso is blank for all plates. |
| General note | Errata leaf inserted after I4 as chi¹ with the catchword on I4 verso matching the first word of the leaf (Mendae); verso is blank. In Church catalogue, the errata leaf is described as leaf [K]. |
| With note | With: America. Pars 1. Latin. Francoforti ad Moenum : Typis Ioannis Wecheli, sumptibus vero Theodori de Bry, venales reperiuntur in officina Sigismundi Feierabendii, 1590. Bound subsequent to publication. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (printed marginal annotations) and index. |
| References |
Brunet, I, columns 1320-1322 |
| References |
Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 145 |
| References |
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1309 |
| References |
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, III, p. 30-33 |
| References |
Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 3974 |
| Original version | Facsimile reprint. Originally published: Francoforti ad Moenum : Typis Ioan[n]is Wecheli, sumtibus vero Theodori de Bry, venales reperiu[n]tur in officina Sigismundi Feirabe[n]dii, 1591. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Special Reference copy purchased from Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd. 11/14/2019 |
| Language | Some Hebrew characters appear in illustrations. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. America. Pars 2. Latin. Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provi[n]cia Gallis acciderunt. Francoforti ad Moenum : Typis Ioan[n]is Wecheli, sumtibus vero Theodori de Bry, venales reperiu[n]tur in officina S. Feirabe[n]dii, 1591 |
