Extremely rare edition containing several works, most notably an important account of the New World and its discovery by Christopher Columbus: De Ophira Regione written by the Portuguese geographer Gaspar Barreiros (= Caspar Varrerius, d. 1574), first published in his Chorographia (Coimbra, 1561).
The first two works, by the Italian philologist Angelo Canini (1521-1557) and the Spanish classical scholar Antonio de Nebrija (1444-1522) reflect on the names of places, (also of people and animals, etc.) of Hebrew origin in the New Testament. The collection also contains Barreiros's letters (including one to the King of Portugal) and other short works. The collection was simultaneously printed in Antwerp, by the Heirs of J. Bellerus, and in Louvain. The present Louvain printing is of the utmost rarity.
Some slight browning in a few quires. Good copy of an extremely rare collection of works including an early Americanum. Alden & Landis 600/28; Belg. Typ. 548; Index Aureliensis 131.043; Leclerc 414; USTC 414149 (3 copies); cf. Adams C-507 (Antwerp ed.); Machiels C-85 (Antwerp ed.); Sabin 3596 (Antwerp ed.); not in KVK; STCV; WorldCat.