Vadianus, Joachim:
EPITOME TRIUM TERRÆ PARTIUM, ASIÆ, AFRICÆ, ET EUROPÆ.
Zurich. . 1534 564,[9]pp. Thick 16mo. Vellum. Slight paper loss to one text leaf, else internally fine. Lacks the map. The "small octavo" edition. An early description of world geography, with a reference to America on page 267. A basic early 16th-century geographical source. The world map sometimes found with this work is, as usual, lacking from this copy. HARRISSE 189. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 534/32. SABIN 98279. JCB (3)I:115. JCB GERMAN AMERICANA 534/9.
[Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]
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