Johannes Blocius / Johann Bloy:

Historiae per saturam ex Novi Orbis scriptoribus excepta memorabilia.

Rostock, Joachim Pedanus / Johann Hallervord, 1627. 12mo. 134 pp. including final blank.

Disbound, slight wear and browning of pages. Later worn blue wrappers preserved, one loose.

Originally published in 1625, this is the enlarged second edition. Sabin, A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time, 5942. - - - These ”Memorable stories in mixed form, selected from writers about the New World” are an early German compilation of stories about America, based on excerpts from earlier explorers and chroniclers who wrote about the Spanish and Portuguese conquests in the Americas.

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