Maps, Atlas, Title page, Johann Theodor de Bry
"Americae Pars Quinta Nobilis et admiratione plena Hieronymi Benzoni Mediolanensis, secundae sectionis Hispanorum"
Title page - copper etching - for the fifth volume of the famous America Discovery Account, published by de Bry
Author: Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1572)
Copper etching. Title Page for Book V.
Publishing House Theodor de Bry (1528-1598)
Publisher: Johann Theodor de Bry (1560-1623)
The date in the title catriuche on the title page reads 1595. But the book was actually only published in Frankfurt on the Main in the year 1617
Original antique print
Description of image: A Jesuit priest takes the oath of two Spaniards, while four other Spaniards are watching the scene. Driven by armed Spanish soldiers a number of native slaves carry encumbrances up a ragged steep mountain to the summit, on top of which the Christian cross is raised. On the opposite side of the title cartouche soldiers and natives are descending.
Trimmed to borderline of print. All four margins have been added at an indeterminable later time. There are some minor paper faults upper right and upper left - with no loss to image.
29 x 21 cm (ca. 11.4 x 8.3")
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