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Newe vnbekanthe Landte und ein newe Weldte in kurtz verganger Zeythe erfunden

unknown, Fracanzano, da Montalboddo, active 1507-1522 · 1508 · [Nuremberg] : Und durch mich Georgen Stüchssen zu Nüreinbergk, gedrückte vnd volendte nach Christi ... geburdte · 7 pictures

A 1508 German translation of Fracanzano da Montalboddo's collection of voyage accounts, printed in Nuremberg by Georg Stüchs for a readership following the early New World voyages, including those of Vespucci and Columbus. The pictures are full pages of black-letter German type in dense justified columns, with a few decorated initial capitals such as a large ornamental A and O, showing how a designer might use heavy blackletter texture and ornamental drop caps.

Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512 · Columbus, Christopher · Voyages and travels · Imprint 1508

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