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"Americae Pars Sexta Sive Historiae Ab Hieronymo Benzon Mediolanese scriptae…Ao. MDXCVI", Bry, Theodore de

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1596 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 11.2 inches
20.3 x 28.4 cm
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This is the title page from De Bry's Grand Voyages, an account of Girolamo Benzoni's travels in the West Indies and America. It is beautifully engraved and richly colored and shows natives working the gold mines, while the Inca king, Atahualpa, is being carried on the shoulders of his honor guard to meet Pizarro at the battle of Cajamarca.

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Condition: B

Remargined at top, slightly affecting image, with a couple of other expert repairs, including a long tear and a wormhole.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $230

Closed on 7/18/2007

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