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    XII primorum Caesarum et LXIIII ipsorum vxorum et parentum ex antiquis numismatibus, in aere incisae effigies ...

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    La segunda parte del pie de imp. consta en colofónSign.: A-Z\p4\s, 2A-2C\p4\sErro tip. de sign. en A\b3\s consta a\b6\sApostillas marginalesLas il. son grab. calc. intercalados en el text

    Descriptio totius orbis terrae, ex vars recentior [cartographic material] / autoribus in hanc formam redacta. Ano. 1598 /

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    Double hemispherical map of the world. In the corners and between the hemispheres are six medallions of celebrated navigators - Americus Vespuccius, F. [i.e. Amerigo Vespucci], 1497; Christoph Columbus G, [i.e. Chistopher Columbus], 1492; Francisco Draco [i.e. Francis Drake], 1577; Thomas Candisch [i.e. Cavendish], 1588; Ferd. Magellanus [i.e. Ferdinand Magellan], 1520; and Sebast. Del Cano [i.e. Juan Sebastian del Cano], 1521. The track of Magellan's circumnavigation is marked on the map which also notes some of Drake's discoveries, such as Anglia Nova in America's western coast. The map includes a large southern continent. Relief is shown pictorially.; Historical background: The German writer Levinus Hulsius compiled an extensive collection of accounts of explorers' voyages, published ultimately in twenty-six parts. Eight years after de Bry began the publication of his Great Voyages', Levin Hulsius, stimulated by the success of the Bry's work, began the publication of a similar collection in quarto. Hulsius is credited with having exercised better judgment in his selections and translations than the de Bry.; At top right of map: pag. 1.; Text on verso entitled: Die ander LandCharten dess gantzen Erdreichs, pp. 2 and, pp. 45 on the right side [no signature].; [Map 1 with verso of Map 2] from: Ausszug auss der Abrahami Ortely Theatro Orbis Teutsch / beschreiben durch Levinum Hulsium. Frankfurt am Main [Germany] : Apud Iohannem Keerbergium et Levinum Hulsium, 1604.; Koeman/Van der Krogt ; 333:41:[1/2] (v. 3); Shirley, R. Mapping of the world ; 210.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3897; National Library's copy RM 3897 accompanied by certificate of guarantee from supplier Paulus Swain

    Emblemata anniversaria academiae altorfinae studiorum juventutis exercitandorum causa proposita et variorum orationibus exposita.

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    Relié avec : Dionysii lebei-batillii regii mediomatricum praesidis emblemata. Emblemata a iano iac. Boissardo vesuntino delineata sunt. Et a Theodoro de bry sculpta, et nunc recens in lucem edita no: 709309309Signatures : )(⁴ )(² A-Z⁴ 2A-2Q⁴ Provenance(s): Acquisition par l'Université de Liège : Legs Baron A. Wittert 1903 (R247B(2)) Empreinte: s&i- e.ca r,se DIan (3) 1597 (A

    Erster [- vierter] Tractat der mechanischen Instrumenten Levini Hulsii

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    Impressum von Tractat vier: Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn, bey Erasmo Kempffern, in Verlegung dess Authorn, 1615Geschenkexlibris-Etikette: "Legat von Prof. Dr. R. Wolf" 002281405_0001 Exemplar der ETH-BI
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