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Novvs Orbis regionvm ac insvlarvm veteribvs incognitarvm, unà cum tabula cosmographica, & aliquot alijs consimilis argumenti libellis

Holbein, Hans, the younger, 1497-1543, engraver, Huttich, Johann, 1480?-1544, Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · 1532 · Basileae, Apvd I. Hervagivm · 11 pictures

This is a 1532 Basel imprint, Novus Orbis, a Latin collection of travel and geographical texts edited by Johann Huttich and Simon Grynaeus for scholars and readers of voyage literature. The four pictures are woodcut historiated initials: a large letter A with a figure in a turbaned headdress beside a brick tower, a B framed by foliage and a classical column, a second A repeating the tower scene, and an R with a seated figure among leaves.

Voyages and travels

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