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SCARCE FINAL STATE THEVET, ANDRE. Le Nouveau Monde Descouvert et Illustre de Nostre Temps. Double-page engraved map, 380x465 mm, ample margins;

SCARCE FINAL STATE THEVET, ANDRE. Le Nouveau Monde Descouvert et Illustre de Nostre Temps. Double-page engraved map, 380x465 mm, ample margins; nicely colored and in outline; two short neatly closed tears extending from the bottom margin, small hole repaired in upper right corner. Paris, 1581

  • Notes: scarce separately-published third and last state, with Burden locating only 6 surviving examples of which 3 are located in the Bibliotheque Nationale. It is derived from several sources, including Mercator's 21 sheet map of 1569, and is a lovely depiction of the New World. Burden 46.

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