HUTTICH, Johann (compiler)

Die new welt, der Landschaften unnd Insulen...

      Georgen Ulricher von Andla Strassburg, 1534. Small folio, [6],252 leaves, printed in double columns; title-page and final leaf of text expertly repaired; a clean and handsome copy in later half vellum and marbled boards, gilt leather label; slightly rubbed. First edition in German, translated by Michael Herr, of this early and large collection of important voyages, many of which relate to America. Especially interesting among these are the first three voyages of Columbus, the voyages of Pinzon, and of Vespucci. It also includes a full translation of Peter Martyr's Decades, of which only a portion appeared in the 1532 edition, and Martyr's De Legatione Babylonica. There are also accounts of the voyages and travels of Marco Polo, Cabral, Cadamosto, and others. Translated from the Latin and expanded by Michael Herr from the 1532 Basel printing called Novis Orbis, this edition is often attributed to Simon Grynaeus, who wrote the preface to the 1532 edition, though this volume's preface is also by Herr."An invaluable collection, which reflects credit upon John Huttich, who alone compiled it" - Harrisse (of the 1532 edition). "less known and much rarer than the original" (Sabin).Alden, 'European Americana', 534/20; Arents Additions, 2; Harrisse, 188; JCB (3) , I:113; Rich, 9; Sabin , 34106; Stevens, 'Historical Nuggets', 2018; Streit, 'Bibliotheca Missionum', I:33.