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On t.p. of Getty copy the words "volume terzo" have been effaced · Binding: old goatskin, rebacked retaining portions of original backstrip. Original backstrip gold tooled, including brief author & title · Centered on front pastedown is engraved port. of Annibale Albani, (1682-1751); image 13.5 x 8.2 cm.; legend: D:ANNIBAL ABBAS ALBANVS. At lower left-hand corner of front pastedown is bookplate of Francis Augustus MacNutt · The 3rd ed. of the 3rd vol., first published in 1556; see Sabin · The 10 leaves of plates comprise 5 double-page woodcut maps (America; bird's-eye view of Cuzco; New France; Brazil; Sumatra) · Getty copy lacks 2 of the 7 double-page maps called for by Sabin: part of Africa & Taprobana, the Land of Hochelaga in New France · Arms of Christopher Columbus, leaf 69v · Giunti device on t.p.; variant incorporating initials L.A. at colophon. Head-piece. Historiated and foliated initials · Leaves [376]r and 385v: vocabulary of the Huron language · Signatures: *⁶ B-D⁸ E-F⁶ ²A-2V⁸ 2X⁴ 2Y-3E⁸ 3F¹⁰ · Sabin

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