Vera descriptio regni africani, qvod tam ab incolis qvam lvsitanis Congus appelatur
By: Per Philippvm Pigafettam, olim ex Edoardi Lopez acroamitis lingua Italic excerpta; nunc Latio sermone donata ab Avgvst. Cassiod. Reinio. Iconibus & imaginibus rerum memorabilium quasi hiuis, opera & industria Ioan. Israëlis de Bry fratrum, &c. exornata
Contributors: Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604
Series: Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. India Orientalis -- I₃; German books before 1601 -- roll 75, item 1
Publisher: excudebat VVolffgangus Richter, impensis Io. Theo. & Io. Israel. de Bry, frat.
Published: 1598
Place of publication: Francofvrti
Language: lat
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Description and travel
Notes: Signatures: (4, A-G⁴, H⁶ (H⁶ blank), Aa-Dd⁴ (Dd⁴ blank)

Engraved t.-p.; head pieces; initials.

First edition.--Church 205.

"Illvstrissimo principi ac domino, Domino Friderico IIII. co-miti Palatino ad Rhenvm: ... [3 lines] [his coat of arms]: sig. )(2r.

"Epistola dedicatoria", and "Præfatio ad lectorem": sigs. )(2v-) (4v.

Folded map of Africa on two sheets has inscription, lower right-hand corner Tabulam hanc Aegypti ... Folded map of the Kingdom of Congo has inscription, at top Tabvla geogra-regni Congo.

The plates have special t.-p.

Modern binding: signed by Sangorski & Sutoliffe, London, England, for Henry Stevens, Son & Stile, London.

Master microform held by: GmC.