Joannes Cavaye diploma

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  mssHM 80297

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  Apothecary diploma of Robert Mouritz

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  mssHM 80408 (a-c)

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  mssHM 80293

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  mssHM 80397

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  Natural y General Hystoria de las Indias, 1539-1548. [volume 1]

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  Paper; ff. i (modern) + 71 + ii (1 contemporary, 1 modern); Vol. 1: 1-5¹² 6¹²(-12); 290 x 210 (220-232 x 105-110) mm. Written in the hand of the author. Catchwords enclosed in brown ink scrolls in the middle or right lower margins. Leaf signatures in roman numerals in the middle of the lower margin; quire and leaf signatures in a later hand in letters and arabic numerals, frequently including the seventh leaf of a quire, in the right lower margin close under the text. 32-38 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in dry point. The manuscript was written probably in Santo Domingo between 1539-46 and completed in Spain in 1546-48: the dates given in the text are March 1539, in Book IV, chap. 7 and 1548 in the prologue of Book VI. Illustrated with 24 pen and ink drawings by the author, a few shaded in black lead. Marginal notes in 3 hands: i, the author's corrections, additions and directions to the printer; ii, note on f. 49 of vol. 1 made after 1580; iii, pencilled notes in English in vol. 2 with the book numbers, probably made by a bookseller. Contents: [Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés] Historia general y natural de las Indias. Spanish. In vol. 1, Book VI: Este es el libro que Capitan Gonzalo Fernandez Fiço de la Natural y General Hystoria de las Indias ... [f. 1, Prologue:] Poco tiene que hazer ... [f. 2v, Text:] Capitulo primero del libro ... Bivian los Indios del esta ysla de hayti ... no deve ser sin misterio y secreto de la natura el qual yo no alcanço. Fin del presente libro.

  mssHM 177