“These engravings were a window that gave the Europeans a mindblowing possibility, to view life and happenings on a different continent they knew nothing about," said Katharina Fahlstedt, Head of the Department for Books, Maps & Manuscripts at Stockholms Auktionsverk. "De Bry wanted to make sure the general public understood what was happening across the Atlantic Ocean and what the colonizing Europeans were up to. In an effort to make it available to as many as possible, he focused on the imagery and illustrated them as detailed as he could.”
The collection up for auction consists of 11 volumes, the first of which is considered the rarest and most valuable since it contains a high number of important engravings and maps that were printed in a smaller edition.
The estimate for de Bry's Voyages, part of the Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts Collection auction in Stockholm on June 10, is €224,000 – €258,000.
