Constitutes the sixth part of Theodor de Bry's Small voyages, printed in 13 parts and an Appendix in Frankfurt am Main and Oppenheim from 1597 to 1633

This work has been identified as the first issue of the sole Latin edition of part six of the Small voyages by Church

This part contains a description of the kingdom of Guinea in Africa, the results of observations made in a voyage, undertaken by the Dutch, in the years 1600-1601; together with a history of the early voyages to that coast by the Portuguese, French, and Dutch. The original account, which is the first description of that country in Dutch, was written by Peter de Marees and published at Amsterdam in 1602. It was translated, with changes, into German by Gothardt Artus for the German edition of part VI. which appeared in 1603, and into Latin for this edition. Cf. Church

Translation of: Beschrijving en historisch verhaal van het Gouden Koninkrijk van Guinea / by Pieter de Marees, first printed Amsterdam, 1602

There are three issues of the sole Latin edition of part 6. In the first issue, plates II and III are wrongly printed with the plate of the women being printed with the text for the men and vice-versa. The second issue has plates II and III printed with the correct text. The third issue has plates II and III printed with the correct text and plate XXV has been re-engraved to be much darker, with land under the animals on the lower portion of the plate. In all issues plate II has been misnumbered III

"Icones seu Verae vivae repraesentationes omnivm praecipvarvm rervm, de quibvs in hoc libro petractarum est, virorum nempe & mulierum cum vestimentis, armis & ornatu ipsorum, mercatuum item & superstitionum, bellorum, ludiciorum, aedificiorum, piscationum, co[m]merciorum, & rerum huiusmodi aliarum: cermoniarum item creandi nobiles & sepeliendi defunctos: variorum praeterea animalium, arborum & fructuum ex terra nascentium, &c. quae omnia in aurifero Guineae littore inueniuntur & cernuntur. Elegantissime in aes incisae, & legentium oculis expositae. Studio & opera Iohannis Theodori, et Iohannis Israelis de Bry, fratrum germanorum", p. [2-3], 3rd count, has separate title page with imprint: Francoforti. Ex officina typographica Wolffgangi Richteri, sumptibus fratrum praedictorum. M. DCIII. [1603]

Signatures: (?)⁴ ((?)1 verso, (?) blank) A-Q⁴ (Q4 verso bank) ²A1 (²A1 verso blank)

Fully engraved and illustrated title page; engraved head and tail pieces; initials

Contains 26 leaves of plates which are printed on recto only and numbered I-XXVI, following p. [2-3], 3rd count, and which are signed ²A2-²F4 and ²G1-3

Church, E.D. Discovery

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 bound as 1st item of 2 with: Indiae Orientalis pars septima, Nauigationes duas, primam, trium annorum, à Georgio Spilbergio, trium nauium praefecto, Ann. 1601. ex Selandia in Indiam Orientalem susceptam; ... / by Joris van Spilbergen, Frankfurt am Main, 1606, which is the sole Latin edition part 7 of De Bry's Small voyages

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 represents the first issue where plates II and III are wrongly printed with the plate of the women being printed with the text for the men and vice-versa

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy 1: Rhode Island Historical Society: book stamp on recto of second front flyleaf and pink book stamp on title page

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 represents the first issue where plates II and III are wrongly printed with the plate of the women being printed with the text for the men and vice-versa

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 is untrimmed and measures 35 cm. in height

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