Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611
Title:: Iohn Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies : deuided into foure Bookes.
Alternate Title(s):: Iohn Hvighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Published / Created:: [London] : Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London, [1598]
Physical Description:: [10], 197, [4], 198-259 [i.e. 295], [3], 307-462 p., [23] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 30 cm (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database (1976 +273) http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?WC=N&SS=N&CN=1976_+273
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BEIN 1976 +273: Imperfect: all maps and 2 plates ("The island of St. Helena ..." and "The true description and scituation ...") wanting. This copy has the port. (bound as front.) with French caption, plates 1-5, 7-32, 35 of the Dutch edition of 1596 (cf. Church, E.D. Catalogue, no. 252). The plates have no printed text on their verso. This copy has a marginal note at p. 141, referring to I. Newberry. Frontispiece mounted.
Exhibition History:: Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:: Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800. | Egremont, Charles Wyndham, Earl of, 1710–1763 -- Bookplate. | Meagher, James -- Ownership. | Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1564–1632 -- Binding. | Aldersey, Thomas -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:: Annotations (Provenance) | Armorial bindings (Binding) | Hand-colored illustrations. | Maps in books. | Engravings. | Wood engravings.
Contributors:: Beckit, Robert, engraver. | Phillip, William. | Rogers, William, approximately 1545– engraver. | Windet, John, -1610, printer. | Wolfe, John, -1601, printer.