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WYTFLIET, Corneille (late 16th/early 17th century). Histoire universelle des indes, orientales et occidentales . Douai: François Fabri, 1607].
WYTFLIET, Corneille (late 16th/early 17th century). Histoire universelle des indes, orientales et occidentales . Douai: François Fabri, 1607]. Second French edition with a double-hemisphere world map and 18 maps of the Americas. 3 parts in one volume, folio (307 x 204mm). 3 engraved titles, 20 double-page maps. (First title coming loose, lacking the 2-leaf dedication in the pt 1, short wormtrack to last 2 leaves of pt 2 affecting a couple of letters in headlines, engraved title to pt 3 possibly supplied, variable browning, sometimes very heavy on text leaves.) Contemporary limp vellum. Provenance : occasional early ink marginalia at beginning. The double-hemisphere world map is after Rumold Mercator (Shirley 207). This copy includes the 4 half-page maps of Japan, India, China and the Philippines sometimes lacking in other copies. Alden & Landis 607/100; Borba de Moraes II, p. 381; JCB (1919) II, p. 48; Phillips Atlases 1143; Sabin 105700.