| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 115 |  | Details | Thevet, Andre | 1575 |
| Palimbotre |
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Thevet, Andre |
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| 1575 |
| LOC:6 |
| $150.00 | Thevet--Andre | Palimbotre | Attractive antique woodblock engraving by Andre Thevet of a perhaps mythical island 'Palimbotre' that he places south of the Ganges River in the Bay of Bengal. About Palimbotre Thevet writes " in this island most of the inhabitants idolize and respect their idols which are made of decorous ebony, where their neighbors of the continent fashion them from marble, stone, sandalwood and other materials" (Conley, Tom. P. 195).<BR> </BR>
Thevet, born around 1516, became a Franciscan friar and wrote extensively about his travels in both the old world and new, widely embellishing the stories and images with myth and fiction. |
| 4800 |  | Details | Thevet, Andre | 1584 |
| Portrait of the King of Florida Paraousti Satouriona |
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Thevet, Andre |
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| 1584 |
| LOC:87 |
| $450.00 | Thevet--Andre | Portrait-of-the-King-of-Florida-Paraousti-Satouriona | Fine antique portrait of Paraousti Satouriona, styled the <b>"King of Florida",</b> and dressed in a thick animal skin, wearing a head-dress made from what is apparently the skull and head of a lynx, with the front legs and claws stylishly knotted about the King's neck.
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This scarce engraving comes from "Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et payens" by Andre Thevet. That source contained a collection of over two hundred portraits and biographies of subjects such as Montezuma, Atahualpa, Cortez, Paracoussi "Roy du Platte", and this Paraousti Satouriona the "Roy de La Floride" .
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Andre Thevet, born around 1516, became a Franciscan friar and wrote extensively about his travels in both the old world and new, widely embellishing the stories and images with myth and fiction.
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French text on verso and recto. Page 661. |