VAN LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen Itinerario, Voyage... Lot 978

VAN LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert [...] naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien, inhoudende een corte beschrijvinghe der selver Landen ende Zee-custen [...]. [And] Beschrijvinghe van de gantsche custe van Guinea, Manicongo, Angola, Monomotapa, ende tegenover de Cabo de S. Augustijn in Brasilien [...]. [And] Reijs-gheschrift vande navigatien der Portugaloy-sers in Orienten, inhoudende de Zeevaert, soo van Portugael naer Oost-Indien, als van Oost-Indien weder naer Portugael; Insgelijcx van Por-tugaels, Indien nae Malacca, China, Japan, d'Eijlanden van Iava ende Sunda [...]. Amsterdam Cornelis Claesz. 1596 [1596; 1595] Folio, 3 parts in 1 vol.: [8]-160, 82-[1], 147-[4: title page "Een seker extract" and dedication]-[4: table "Itinerario"]-[4: table "Reijsgeschrift"] pp., 41 (of 42) pls (Text: in reversed order with part 2 and 2B at the end; edges and corners used and occasionally repaired, repaired corner with loss of text on p. 11 part 1, errors in numbering part 2, p. 59, and part 3, p. 97, sl. browned text and small spots in general; 6 Maps: 1. World map: underlaid, light dampstains, small lack of paper at the middle of the central fold, trimmed to the vertical plate marks; 2. East-Africa: part. reinforced folds at reverse; 3. Abyssinia: underlaid, a few small drops of glue, small perforation; 4. China, Malacca, Sumatra & Java: a few small spots, part. reinforced at reverse; 5.Guinea, Angola and the W. African coast: small brown spots; 6. South-America: underlaid, trimmed to the vert. plate marks, small lack of ink on the cartouche; all maps with small spots and reinforced tears in the foldings, 35 (of 36) Plates: extra pl. figuring the coast lines of Saint Helena, but with pl. figuring Angra missing; large plan of Goa: underlaid, small brown spots, trimmed to the plate marks; Aethiopeans and people of Mozambique: censored male genitals, Saint Helena: small brown spots, trimmed to the vertical plate marks, manuscript notes concerning Napoleon Bo