Indiae Orientalis [Pars Quarta, Quinta Pars, Pars VI et Pars Septima]

Francofurti [Pars Quarta, Quinta, et Septima]. Francofurti ad Moenum [Pars VI]: Apud Matthaeum Becker [Pars Quarta et Quinta], Ex officina Wolfgang Richteri [Pars VI], Typis Wolffgangi Richteri [Pars Septima], 1606. 1st eds. Hardcover. Fair (because of all the repairs, trimming and reconstruction.). 4 parts [or volumes] now bound in 2 volumes, [of the 12 parts or volumes which constitute de Bry's "Petits Voyages" on travels, mostly to the East Indies and elsewhere in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, all of which were published between 1598 and 1628]. Later leather, probably 19th or early 20th century, with joints tender and the appearance of modest loss of leather. Armorial bookplate (Henry Howard of Graystoke) in both volumes as well as a later small nameplate ("EHH") mounted on both bookplates. At some point the text and plates in these volumes were carefully and painstakingly repaired and reconstructed leaf by leaf from a damaged copy. A large percentage of the leaves have been trimmed, mounted, remargined, etc. with some loss of text or portions of illustrations. The result is a serviceable copy with all illustrations and text appearing to be there (often with some loss though not enough to say that anything is completely missing. Pencil notes on verso of free endpaper in first volume indicate that these volumes were purchased by the former owner from Blackwell's in Oxford in 1968. Latin text.