The Earliest Acquirable Map of America
In a Magnificent Example
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America/ Gulf of Mexico.. WALDSEEMULLER, M.
[Strasbourg, 1513]
Tabula Terre Nove.
14 ½ x 17 ½ inches.
A few invisibly mended wormholes; else a superb, wide-margined example
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One of the Earliest Maps of Cuba
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Cuba/ Jamaica. GASTALDI, G./ RUSCELLI, G.
[Venice, 1561/?]
Isola Cuba Nova.
7 ½ x 9 ¾ inches.
Small mend at centerfold outside printed area, else excellent condition.
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Very Early & Rare Maps of Cuba & Hispaniola on a Single Sheet
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Cuba/ Hispaniola. FORLANI, P.
[Venice, 1564]
L’Isola cuba e piu settetriōal della Spagnola. . ./ L’ Isola Spagnola….
16 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches
Two maps on a single sheet; fine condition.
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An Early Atlas of Islands Engraved with Delicate Beauty
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Atlas/ Islands/ Caribbean. PORCACCHI, Thomaso
[Venice, 1590]
L'isole piu famose del Mondo.
Small folio [20.25 x 29.5]
(6) (of 12) ff., including engraved title, 201, (1) pp., including 47 copper plate engraved maps in text. Note: bound contemporaneously without 2nd half of index (b signature). Complete with all maps. Bound in contemporary flexible vellum, borders of covers gilt-ruled with arabesque in center, spine gilt with double bands. Head of spine chipped, and some soling to covers. Engraved ex libris of Thomas Heath, Merchant of Exeter and another of the Western Reserve Historical Society, stamped withdrawn. Some soiling in outer margin of title and scattered leaves, faint waterstain in margin of others; notwithstanding a fresh example with the maps with excellent impressions.
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“The Definitive Map of the Region for Over 100 years.”
Schwartz
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Southeast/ Florida/ Cuba. LE MOYNE, J./ DE BRY, T.
[Frankfurt, 1591]
Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio . . .
14 1/2 x 17 5/8 inches
Slight offsetting, else excellent condition.
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