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Nieuhoff,John, Capt. John Smith and others (edited by Awnsham & John Churchill)
COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, Some now first printed from original manuscripts .. Vol. II
VOLUME TWO ONLY of four. Folio contemporary speckled calf (worn/hinges cracked but held by cords/some marks) [8],838,[12]pp but LACKING pp153-180 & 301-328 and the full-page plates, and a few pages loose. Contains: Voyages and Travels into Brasil, and the East-Indies .. By Mr. John Nieuhoff, Both Adorned with Copper Plates, done after the Life .. [4],pp1-369 but lacking pp301-328; The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations, of Captain John Smith, into Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, From Ann. Dom. 1593. to 1629 pp371-412; Two Journals: The First Kept by seven Sailers in the Isle of St. Maurice in Greenland, In the Years 1633, 1634 .. The Second Kept by seven other Sailers, who in the Years 1633 and 1634. Winter'd at Spitzbergen pp413-430; An Account of Iseland [Iceland] pp431-436; An Account of Greenland pp447-478; Captain Thomas James's Strange and Dangerous Voyage In his intended Discovery of the North-West Passage .. In the Years 1631. and 1632 pp479-544; The Travels of Feodor Iskowitz Backhoff from Muscow into China pp545-556; The History of the Life and Actions of Adm. Christopher Columbus, and of his Discovery of the West-Idies, call'd The New World .. Written by his own Son D. Ferdinand Columbus pp557-688; Pyramidiographia:o, a Description of the Pyramids in Aegypt [Egypt] and a Discourse of the Roman Foot and Denarius .. by John Greaves pp689-786; and An Account of Cochin-China .. By the R.F. Christopher Borri a Milaneze pp787-838. *A fascinating collection of early Travels to many parts of the world, with some excellent text-illustrations of birds (inc. Dodo), people, city plans etc. but lacking the full-page plates.
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MASCARENHAS DE MORAES, M.
MEMORIAS RIO DE JANEIRO LIVRARIA JOSE OLYMPIO EDITORA 1969
2vols. 8vo Varias pp ills Wrappers Good copy 2 Tomos. Tomo 1: 328 pp.; Tomo 2: de 329 a 641
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VIANNA, O.
EVOLUCION DEL PUEBLO BRASILENO. TRADUCCION DEL ORIGINAL DE JULIO E. PAYRO. PROLOGO DE RODOLFO RIVAROLA BUENOS AIRES BIBLIOTECA DE AUTORES BRASILENOS TRADUCIDOS AL CASTELLANO 1937
8vo 328 pp Cloth Good copy
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FREZIER, (A.F.).
RELATION DU VOYAGE DE LA MER DU SUD AUX COTES DU CHILI, DU PEROU, ET DU BRESIL. FAIT PENDANT LES ANNEES 1712, 1713 & 1714. AMSTERDAM, PIERRE HUMBERT, 1717.
2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt, gilt inner-dentelles, g.e. Engraved frontispiece and title in red & black, repeated in second volume. 27 engraved plates, of which 19 folding, showing maps, cityplans, plants and flowers, activities of the local people etc. XX, 1-294; (2), 297-600 pp. Second French edition of rare and often praised work by Amedee Francois Frezier. The first edition which was issued a year earlier in Paris was in one 4to volume. An important work because of the exactness of the descriptions and maps. Frezier (1682-1773) left France in 1712 and returned there in 1714 with large amounts of information about his travels to Brasil, Peru and Chili. His contributions to knowledge of botany and mineralogy were considerable, his contributions to the geographical knowledge, however were of great importance, because he rectified a lot of topographical positions on the maps as they were known until that moment.Our Amsterdam-edition contains a "Memoire touchant l'etablissement des P.P. Jesuits des les Indes d'Espagne", a relation of missionaries in Paraguay. This text is not by Frezier. It originally appeared at Amsterdam as a separate publication in 1712. Beautiful set. Sabin 25924; Chadenat 3221, 5372, 5981, 6605; Borba de Moraes I 328.
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G Bazin
Aleijadinho et la sculpture baroque au Brésil
Monographie sur l'oeuvre sculptée nombreuses illustrations n/b et coul,texte en français, exemplaire relié + jaquette défraichie,bon état interieur,328 pages,éditions du temps
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BOUGAINVILLE. - RICCOUS:
Le Bougainville de la jeunesse, ou Nouvelle abrégé des voyages dans l'Amérique. Contenant la description des moeurs et coutumes des peuples de ce continent extraits des voyages de Bougainville, Cook, etc. 4e édition.
Paris, (Moquet pour) D. Bellin, 1834, pt. in-8 , 328 p., frontispice et titre gravés + 2 planches gravées, lég. tache d'eau dans la marge infér., çà et là qqs rousseurs, qqs ms. au crayon sur la prem. garde ÔRecompense donnée à Philippe Corminboeuf de Domdidier emn 1837', reliure en demi-cuir originale, dorure au dos passée, papier peint, tranches jaspées.
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DAUTHEVILLE ANNE-FRANCE
La piste de l'or
PLON 1982 in-8 328 p
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Webber, Ruth H.
Hispanic Balladry Today. (Hard Cover - SIGNED COPY),
NEW HARD COVER - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED BY AUTHOR - The Albert Bates Lord Studies in Oral Tradition series & complete as issued with references, brief biographies of authors, double index & xiv-328 pages. Original octavo cloth hard covers (22 x 13.5 cm approx), titles gilt - no dust jacket. Book not previously sold or read &v as described NEW & IN PERFECT CONDITION. Author's SIGNED presentation copy. // Tela editorial - primera edici�n - libro en ingl�s / book in English. UNA NUEVA COPIA EN ESTADO PERFECTO. Con la firmada inscripci�n de presentaci�n por autor.
Bookseller reference : 14517 ISBN : 082404035X
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VIANNA, O.
Evolución del pueblo brasileño. Traducción del original de Julio E. Payro. Prólogo de Rodolfo Rivarola
Buenos Aires, Biblioteca de Autores Brasileños traducidos al Castellano, 1937. Cloth. 8vo 328 pp Good copy.
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MASCARENHAS DE MORAES, M.
Memorias
Río de Janeiro, Livraria José Olympio Editôra, 1969. Wrappers. 2vols. 8vo Varias pp ills Good copy. ¶ 2 Tomos. Tomo 1: 328 pp.; Tomo 2: de 329 a 641.
Bookseller reference : D07G000017
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BOUGAINVILLE. - RICCOUS:
Le Bougainville de la jeunesse, ou Nouvelle abrégé des voyages dans l'Amérique. Contenant la description des moeurs et coutumes des peuples de ce continent extraits des voyages de Bougainville, Cook, etc. 4e édition.
Paris, (Moquet pour) D. Bellin, 1834, pt. in-8°, 328 p., frontispice et titre gravés + 2 planches gravées, lég. tache d'eau dans la marge infér., çà et là qqs rousseurs, qqs ms. au crayon sur la prem. garde 'Recompense donnée à Philippe Corminboeuf de Domdidier emn 1837', reliure en demi-cuir originale, dorure au dos passée, papier peint, tranches jaspées. ¶ Voyages où on parle e.a. des "sauvages" du continent de l'Amérique, leurs moeurs, etc., surtout: Canada, Pennsylvanie, Virginie, Louisiane, Mexique, Pérou, Brésil, Chili. This edition not in Sabin (cf. 6873 edition of 1860 , 128 p., ill.). Für Schweizer Kunden kommen noch 2,4 % MWST hinzu. Our books are stored in our warehouse, not in the shop. Please notify beforehand, if you want to visit and see a specific book.
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XAVIER MARMIER
LETTRES SUR L'AMERIQUE CANADA ETATS UNIS HAVANE RIO DE LA PLATA A PARIS CHEZ PLON, 1881, DEUX VOLUMES BROCHES (PEITTS MANQUES DE PAPIER AU DOS DES COUVERTURES), IN 12 DE 369 PAGES ET 367 PAGES (LEGERES ROUSSEURS PALES). NOUVELLE EDITION.
Bon etat
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VON ZIMMERMANN, EBERT AUGUST WILHELM:
BRASILIEN, ENLIGT DE NYASTE OCH SAEKRASTE UNDERRAETTELSER. JOENKOEPING, JOH. PEHR LUNDSTROM (LUNDSTRUEM), 1809.
12mo. Pp. (viii), 179, (33). Original printed wrappers, damaged. Translated into Swedish by P. Georg Scheutz.
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THUNBERG, CARL PETER:
FAUNA BRASILIENSIS. DISSERTATION. RESP. C.H. EKSTRAND. UPSALA, PALMBLAD & CO., 1823.
4to. Pp. (iv), 10. Disbound. Old ownership signature on title. First edition. Marklind p. 148. Wood p. 598.
Bookseller reference : 44018
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SKOGMAN, CARL (EDITOR):
FREGATTEN EUGENIES RESA OMKRING JORDEN IREN 1851D1853, UNDER BEFEL AF C.A. VIRGIN. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. STOCKHOLM, ISAAC MARCUS, 1854D55.
Pp. vi, 250, (1); vi, 224, (3). With 20 lithographed plates (of which 18 coloured), 6 woodcut plates and 3 folding maps. Occasionally some light browning. Contemporary hallf calf, spine gilt, rubbed. First edition of the official account of the first Swedish circumnavigation from 1851 to 1853. Skogman served as the astronomer on the voyage. The expedition went to South America, Panama, California, Hawai, The Pacific, Tahiti, Australia, Hongkong, Canton, the Philippines, Singapore, Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Hope. The beautiful coloured plates, mainly costume plates from Brazil, Hawai, Honolulu and some Pacific Islands, are engraved after the author's drawings. Borba Moraes ii,265. Du Rietz, Bibliotheca Polynesiana, 1196.
Bookseller reference : 99483
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<B>[TREATY].</B>TRATADO DE AMIZADE, NAVEGACAO E COMMERCIO RENOVADO ENTRE PORTUGAL E A RUSSIA, E ASSIGNADO EM PETERSBOURGO AOS 16/27 DE DEZEMBRO DE 1798. LISBON, REGIA OFFICINA TYPOGRAFICA, 1800.
4to. Contemporary 'Brokat' paper wrappers, yellow edges. 65 pp. First and only edition of this renewal of a 1787 (commercial) treaty between Portugal and Russia with 38 articles. They cover subjects such as freedom of religion for Portuguese or Russians visiting both countries (article II), the trading of colonial products a.o from Brazil (article VIII), contraband, export of Portuguese wines, desertion of sailors (article XIX) and weapons and naval artillery on ships (article XXIII). With Portuguese and French text on opposite pages. Very fine copy.- (Some annotations in ink in ms.) Imprensa Nacional 552;<B> </B><I>OCLC </I>4133807; not in Palau nor Sabin.
Bookseller reference : A4NECGRBPUPB
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HARTSINCK, JAN JACOB.
BESCHRYVING VAN GUIANA, OF DE WILDE KUST, IN ZUID-AMERICA, BETREFFENDE DE AARDRYKSKUNDE EN HISTORIE DES LANDS, DE ZEEDEN EN GEWOONTES DER INWOONERS, DE DIEREN, VOGELS, VISSCHEN, BOOMEN EN GEWASSEN, ALS MEDE DE EERSTE ONTDEKKING DIER KUST, DE BEZITTINGEN DER SPANJAARDEN, FRANSCHEN EN PORTUGEEZEN EN VOORNAAMELYK DE VOLKPLANTINGEN DER NEDERLANDEREN, ALS ESSEQUEBO, DEMERARY, BERBICE, SURINAME, EN DERZELVER RIVIEREN, MET DE NOODIGE KAARTEN EN AFBEELDINGEN DER FORTEN. WAARBY KOMT EENE VERHANDELING OVER DEN AART EN DE GEWOONTES DER NEGER-SLAAVEN. AMSTERDAM, GERRIT TIELENBURG, 1770.
2 vols. 4to. Contemporary three quarter calf with spine richly gilt decorated, red morocco title label and a green morocco volume label. 6 folding engraved maps and plans, 6 engraved full page plates and 2 engraved folding views, 1 engraving in text. 1 blank, (2), XII, (4), 520; (2), 521-962, (16) pp. Untrimmed large-paper copy of the first and only edition of the classic work on 'Guiana', the North coast of South America, covering primarily modern Guyana, Surinam, parts of French Guyana and northern Brazil. The book contains very interesting and thoroughly accounts of the geography and history of the regions, customs and habits of the natives, flora and fauna; discoveries of the Spanish, French, Portuguese and Dutch voyagers and their settlements and colonization, the commerce of the Dutch West India Company, and the Company of Berbice, the Surinam Society and the slave trade. Warden (<I>Bibliotheca Americana</I>) calls it "by far the best work ever published on the countries described". Several hundred pages provide transcriptions of numerous original documents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including a 1662 land grant proclaimed by Charles II on behalf of English settlers establishing there in 1650, with parallel English and Dutch texts. There are five maps: Guiana, Essequebo and Demerary, Berbice and Canje, Surinam, and the rivers Corentin, Copename and Sarameca; four plans of forts and towns (the first together with a view on a single plate): Fort Nassau, Redoute Wieronje, the New retranchement near Nieuw Amsterdam in Rio Berbice, and Fort Nieuw Amsterdam); three views (redoute St. Andries and Samson, Fort Nassau in Berbice, Paramaribo and the Fort Zeelandia) and two representations of native men. All are finely engraved by Jacob van der Schley. The engraving in the text shows one coin and two blank circles.J.J. Hartsinck (1716-1779) was an official of the admiralty in Amsterdam and a member of the Zeeland Academy of sciences; later he became a director of the Dutch West India Company. He had ready access to many documents which are now lost, and he also made extensive use of the papers of his father, who had been director of the Surinam Society for 25 years, and of oral and manuscript accounts by several local officials. For these reasons, his book will always remain an essential primary source for the history of the regions. The work is dedicated to Stadholder Willem V. In 1784 a German translation of the first volume only was published in Berlin.Sabin notes the existence of large-paper copies. The present copy, printed on unwatermarked Medium paper surely qualifies, having untrimmed lower and fore-edge margins of about 5 cm. Fine uncut large paper copy.- (First half of vol. I sl. browned). This copy has always been in the same family, never removed from the library and is untouched by the trade! Fresh and clean copy as it was in 1770. <I>JCB</I> (1700-1800) 1742; <I>JFB</I> H-41; Sabin 30712; <I>Suriname-catalogus</I> 2560; Tiele 457; not in Borba de Moraes; Church; Eberstadt; Streeter.
Bookseller reference : 76OD0K01U79O
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VARNHAGEN, FRANCISCO ADOLPHO DE, VISCONDO DE PORTO SEGURO.
HISTORIA DAS LUTAS COM OS HOLLANDEZES NO BRAZIL DESDE 1624 A 1654. NOVA EDICAO MELHOARADA E ACRESCENTADA. LISBON, CASTRO IRMAO, 1872 (1874).
8vo. Contemporary half red morocco, gilt spine with title lettered in gold. (5), VI-XXXI, XV, 401, XIII, (4) pp. Second enlarged edition of this very important and interesting work on the colonial history of Brazil during the years 1624 - 1654, including of course the activities of the Dutch and the history of their possessions in Brazil, by Francisco A. de Varnhagen. The many notes and documents Varnhagen had added at the end of the first edition in 1871, were - except for the transcriptions of five original documents (p. I-XIII) - incorporated in the text. The work went to the printer in 1872 but did not come of the press until mid 1874. Just before this second edition appeared, Varnhagen wrote a 15-page ''Post-facio'' , dated Vienna, 7 May 1874, responding to certain assertions in Candido Mendes de Almeida's <I>Memorias do Maranhao</I>. Varnhagen had the post-facio printed so it could be bound in the new edition after the preface (as it is here). Borba de Moraes and Horch both call for a plate in this edition, the same as the one in the first edition, but Rodrigues, describing an actual copy, does not mention one. Good copy presented (by the author?) to Mario Lyster-Franco, whose ex-libris is pasted to the inside of the front cover; with the label of the bookbinder Jose' a Catella at Evora.- (Some sl. foxing at places). Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 883; Blake II, 377; Bellido 47a; Horch 65; Rodrigues 2435.
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AVEZAC-MACAYA, ARMAND D'.
CONSIDERATIONS GEOGRAPHIQUES SUR L'HISTOIRE DU BRESIL. EXAMEN CRITIQUE D'UNE NOUVELLE HISTOIRE GENERALE DU BRESIL RECEMMENT PUBLIEE EN PORTUGAIS A MADRID PAR M. FRANCOIS-ADOLPHE DE VARNHAGEN CHARGED'AFFAIRES DU BRESIL EN ESPAGNE. RAPPORT FAIT A' LA SOCIETE' DE GEOGRAPHIE DE PARIS DANS SES SEANCES DES 1ER MAI ET 5 JUIN 1857. PARIS, L. MARINET, 1857.
8vo. Modern three quarter red morocco with marbled boards and ribbed spine, lettered in golf; the original wrappers are bound in. Two folding maps, one of (the greater part of) South America, esp. Brazil and one showing the estuary of the Amazon river. (4), 271, (1) pp. First separate edition of this interesting account on Brazil by Marie Armand Pascal d'Avezac de Castera-Macaya (1800-1875). It is an abstract from the <I>Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie</I> (the Aout-Octobre 1857 issue) with a separately printed new title.This copy was <B><I>presented by the author </I></B>to 'La Societe Orientale': his autograph dedication in ink is on the front wrapper and a library stamp of the Societe Orientale on the title.In this work d'Avezac disputes several of Varnhagen's views concerning the period of the discoveries. He does not agree the Vespucci's second voyage was made in the company Hojeda. Varnhagen defended his position in his <I>Examen de quelques points de l'histoire geographique de Bresil </I>(Paris, 1858). He believed that d'Avezac disagreed with his opinions because he supported the French assertions that the boundaries of French Guyana should stretch to the banks of the Amazon. D'Avezac replied to Varnhagen in<I> Les voyages de Americ Vespuce au compte de l'Espange </I>... (Paris, 1858). It is also a criticism of Varnhagen's work about Vespucci's first voyage. Good presentation copy. Borba de Moraes I, 57; Sabin 2491; Rodriques 301; not in Welsh nor in<I> NUC</I>.
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<B>DAGVERHAAL</B>, GEHOUDEN OP EENE REIZE NAAR JAVA, AAN BOORD VAN ZR. MS. SCHIP NASSAU, DOOR DEN HEER ***, BEGINNENDE MET DES SCHRIJVERS AANSTELLING ALS AMBTENAAR BIJ DE OOST-INDISCHE BEZITTINGEN VAN DEN NEDERLANDSCHEN STAAT, TOT DE AANKOMST VAN HET GEMELDE SCHIP TE RIO-JANEIRO, OP DEN 26 MEI 1816. MIDDELBURG, GEBROEDERS ABRAHAM, 1816.
8vo. Contemporary blank paper wrappers. Woodcut illustration of a ship sailing towards probably the harbour of Rio de Janeiro on title. 16 pp. Very rare leaflet, giving a precise day by day report of the journey of the Dutch ship Nassau, sailing under the command of captain Sloterdijk, until the day of arrival in Rio de Janeiro on May 26th, 1816. The work starts with the appointment of the writer, who remains anonymous, as civil servant at the East Indonesian possessions of the Dutch state on Java on January 2, 1816. The ship sets sail from the harbour of Vlissingen to Rio de Janeiro on March 29, 1816. That same day an apprentice fell overboard and drowned. In the morning of April 1 the ship got stuck at the reef of Calais and ended up in trouble until they were assisted by an English ship who helped them on their way again. The following days expired, despite of some heavy winds and rain, without much problems. On April 10 a thief was exposed who had stolen property from the passengers: bound to a lattice-work, he was condemned to 100 whiplashes. The island of Tenerife, Gomera and Palma, Ferro were passed on April 11. Two days later, a two-year old child died who was given a naval funeral the day after. On May 1, Aurora was reached and on May 22 they finally reached the Brazilian coast at Cape Frio. Four days later the journey ends with the arrival in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. The report of May 27 a.o. tells of the city and it's roads and houses, churches and monasteries, the royal library, palaces, the opera house and stock exchange, the shipyard, the people, fortresses and the bay of Rio de Janeiro. Fine copy. <I>Cat. NHSM </I>I, p. 178; Saakes 6 (1816), p. 237; <I>NCC</I>: 1 copy in the Royal Library at the Hague; <I>KVK</I>: 1 copy in the British Library in London; not in Van Doorninck nor Tiele, Borba de Moraes and Rodrigues.
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LA CONDAMINE, CHARLES MARIE DE.
RELATION ABREGEE D' UN VOYAGE FAIT DANS L' INTERIEUR DE L AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE. DEPUIS LA COTE DE LA MER DU SUD, JUSQU' AUX COTES DU BRESIL & DE LA GUIANE, EN DESCENDANT LA RIVIERE DES AMAZONES; LUE A L`ASSEMBLEE PUBLIQUE DE L`ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES, LE 28 AVIRL 1745. PARIS, WIDOW PISSOT, 1745.
8vo. Original marbled wrappers. Folding engraved map of the Amazon region titled: 'Carte du cours du Maragnon ou de la grande riviere des Amazones', engraved by G.N. Delahaye. (4), XVI, 216, (4) pp. <B>IDEM. </B>Lettre a Madame *** , sur lemeute populaire excite' e en la Ville de Cuenca au Perou, le 29. d' Aout 1739. Contre les Academiciens des Sciences, envoyes pour la mesure de la terre. Pieces justificatives..... (Paris), 1746 (1745). Folding engraved plate with a bull-fight arena titled: 'Vue d'une place preparee pour une course de taureaux en la ville de Cuenca au Perou'. (1), 108 pp. First edition of the travel account on a voyage through Brazil on the river Amazon written in a lively and picturesque style by Charles Marie de la Condamine (1701-74), French geographer, astronomer and mathematician. In 1735 La Condamine was appointed to lead an expedition to South-America, especially Peru, its primary intention being to determine the precise lenght of a degree of longitude in the region of the equator. The expedition was granted permission by the Spanish king Philip V and was joined by two Spanish scientists and naval officers, Juan and Ulloa. Next to La Condamine, Bouguer, Godin and Joseph de Jussieu, were the other French academicians involved. The expedition took over a decade. For the return home, the leaders of the expedition decided to follow different routes in order to add to the value of their reports, La Condamine choosing the dangerous course of crossing Brazil by navigating the Amazon. His account of this journey was "of great importance, because for the first time the long course of the Amazon was traversed by a man of science capable of making astronomic observations, and determining longitudes." (Borba de Moraes). One of La Condamine's preoccupations was to verify the existence of the women known as 'Amazons''. The engraved map of the river accompanying the text was drawn by La Condamine, and is the first in which the latitudes were observed. It also shows by dotted lines Father Sebastian Fritz's inaccurate charting of the river, and is the first to feature the course of the Araguay. <B>Ad 2:</B> First Edition. Appended to the Relation is an account of a riot in which the members of the expedition were involved during a bull-fight at Cuenca. At this event in the year 1739 the surgeon of the King, Semiergues, was lynched by a mob in a bull-fight arena after gallantly defending the hour of a girl. The <I>Relation </I>and <I>Lettre</I> appear to have been issued both separately and together. Good copy. This is a presentation copy by the author sent to Baron Cloots, dated 26 February 1746'.- (Frontwrapper restored; library stamp on verso title 'Bibliotheca Collegii maximi traiectensis'; waterstain on title). Palau 129370; Borba de Moraes, I, 378; Brunet III, 729; Cox II, p. 272; <I>European Americana </I>745/115; Howgego L10; <I>JCB</I> I 797 (calling for map & plate) & 829; Sabin 38484; Rodrigues 700; cf. Hill pp. 168-69; cf. Medina 3371n. <B>Ad 2:</B> Palau 129371; <I>European Americana </I>746/109; Sabin 38481.
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<B>EPISTOLAE</B> IAPANICAE, DE MULTORUM GENTILIUM IN VARIIS INSULIS AD CHRISTI FIDEM PER SOCIETATIS NOMINIS IESU THEOLOGOS CONVERSIONE. IN QUIBUS ETIAM MORES, LEGES, LOCORUMQUE SITUS, LUCULENTER DESCIBUNTUR. LOUVAIN, RUTGER VELPIUS, SUB CASTRO ANGELICO. 1569.
2 vols. in one. 8vo. Contemp. calf, ribbed spine in 5 compartments, both sides ruled in blind with gilt centre piece and four ornaments in the corners. Printer's device on second title and the last lvs of both vols.; first title in typographical border; interesting woodcut initials. (60), 263 (1); 310, (2) pp. Rare highly interesting first edition of a compilation of Latin letters written by the first Jesuit missionaries in Japan, published in two parts. The first part is dedicated by the editor Hannardus van Gameren to William, Duke of Bavaria (the preface, f. 2r-13, is dated Louvain, 1st of January 1569). It starts with fragments from the letter by <B>Franciscus Xavier </B>(1506-1552), the founding father of the Jesuit mission in India, Japan and China, of 14 January 1549, written in Coccini (f. 14r-16v) and a letter by Xavier to the Jesuits in Coimbra from Cogaxima, 5 November 1549 (f. 16v-30r). Then follow the letters by Xavier's companions from Japan covering the years 1553-1561. Among the writers of the letters are <B>P. Dalcena</B>, <B>B. Gago</B>, <B>Melchior Nunez</B>, <B>Ed. Silvius</B>, <B>Luiz Frois</B>, one of the ablest observers and chroniclers ever to be associated with the Jesuits in Japan, <B>Gaspar Vilella </B>(1526-1572), and <B>Anthonius Quadrus</B> (p. 1-262). Part 1 closes with a poem 'Ad lectorem' ) on p. 262-263.The second part is dedicated by Hannardus van Gameren to Gerard de Hamericourt, bishop of St. Omer, dated Louvain, 24 Dec. 1568 (p. 3-11). The letters by <B>Cosma de Torres</B>, <B>Joh. Ferdinand Bongo</B>, <B>Aloysius Ameida</B>, covering the years 1561-1564, follow on p. 12-158. On p. 158-176 follow the letters written from the Moluccas by <B>Petrus Maskarenhas</B> in 1564; on p. 177-186 the letters written from Brazil by<B> Emanuel Nobrega</B> in 1552, and on pp. 187-310 an extensive letter by <B>Jacobus Navarehus</B> on the conditions in Asia and Japan written in Louvain, 1 December 1568. A last unnumbered leaf contains the errata and the printer's device.The very interesting and popular collection of these early Jesuit letters from Japan, India, the Moluccas and Brazil is not only important for the history of the Jesuit mission in those parts of the world, but also for the history of those countries and religion, customs and traditions of the Japanese, Indian and Asian peoples. Good copy.- (Spine rubbed (restored), first fly-leaf with contemporary annotations). <I>Alt Japan Kat</I>. 469-470; Cordier, <I>Japonica</I>, cols. 51- 2; Streit IV, 927; <I>Bibl. Belg</I>. II, E-15; <I>Belg. Typ</I>., 1018.
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LEOD, JOHN MC.
VOYAGE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ALCESTE, ALONG THE COAST OF COREA, TO THE ISLAND OF LEWCHEW; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HER SUBSEQUENT SHIPWRECK. SECOND EDITION. LONDON, JOHN MURRAY, 1818.
8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with black title-label, double gilt fillets on sides. With engraved portrait and 5 fine engraved coloured aquatints depicting views and costumes of Korea. (10), 323, (1) pp. Second and best edition of the account by the ship's surgeon of the 'Alceste' of the British Embassy to China headed by Lord Amherst. Rio de Janeiro, of which interesting observations are made on pages 6-15, the Cape of Good Hope and Batavia were visited by the expedition before reaching China. The Embassy was dropped, and the ships sailed on an expedition to explore the west coast of Corea and the Ryukyu Islands. The sailors visited the island of Liu-Kiu (now Okinawa). The native people, who met with Europeans for the first time, were very hospitable. Three of the five plates in the present work depict portraits of natives: Islanders of Sir James Hall's group; Korean chief and attendants; and Lewchewan chief and attendants. So the Embassy of Lord Amherst had become a failure, since Lord Amherst refused to greet the Emperor by kow-tow. After being picked up at Macao by the returning ships, the company visited Manila. When the 'Alceste' sailed home a submerged reef in the Gaspar Strait was struck, and the ship was completely wrecked. But everybody reached a small island nearby and survived. Lord Amherst went to Batavia with one of the other ships to get help. There is a long and vivid account of the sailors being attacked by Malay pirates, and of their final rescue. On the return voyage, St. Helena was visited. An interesting report is given of an interview with Napoleon. McLeod describes Napoleon as follows: "Although there was nothing descending in his manner, yet it was affable and polite; and, whatever may be his general habit, he can behave himself very prettily if he pleases. He is by no means so corpulent as is usually represented, and his health appears to be excellent". The present work was received enthousiastically. Together with Captain Basil Hall's "Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea", 1818, it was described in the <I>Edinburg Review</I> (quoted in Abbey) as: "We do not know when we have met with two more pleasing works than this very delightful account of the people of Loo-Choo, and Mr. McLeod's animating and ennobling story of the loss of the Alceste, and the deliverance of the crew. They make us proud of our country, and put us in good humour with our species". Good copy.- (Head and tail of spine rep.; sl. foxed). Cordier, <I>Japonica, </I>468; Borba de Moraes 507; Hill 188; Abbey, <I>Travel</I>, 559; Lipperheide 1529; Hiler 559.
Bookseller reference : 6838
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MATHISON, GILBERT FARQUHAR.
NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO BRAZIL, CHILE, PERU AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS, DURING THE YEARS 1821 AND 1822. WITH MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS ON THE PAST AND PRESENT STATE, AND POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF THOSE COUNTRIES. LONDON, FOR CHARLES KNIGHT, 1825.
8vo. Later three quarter green painted calf, gilt tooled spine and black gilt morocco title label. Engraved folding map of the Sandwich Islands by Cruchley, handcoloured lithographed frontispiece of "Riding costume of Peruvian females" and three handcoloured lithographed plates showing, Females of Lima, an Ancient stone found in the interior of Woahoo and a Sandwich Islander. XII, (4), 478 pp. First edition of narrative of a journey to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich Islands by Gilbert Farquhar Mathison. A third of the book relates to Brazil, the rest concerns Chile, Peru and the Hawaiian Islands. Information on Hawaii includes discussion of the natives, missionaries, government & the royal family, shipping and the King's speculation in the Canton trade. The story of the cannibal King of central O'ahu in this account became popular. It describes the cannibal king's stone platter, on which the King supposedly carved up his victims. Near fine copy. Hill 1105; Abbey 700; Sabin 46858; Borba de Moraes II p.36; Judd 119; Forbes 610.
Bookseller reference : 653DI0C3E9X8
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MAWE, JOHN.
TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL, PARTICULARLY IN THE GOLD AND DIAMOND DISTRICTS OF THAT COUNTRY, BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRINCE REGENT OF PORTUGAL: INCLUDING A VOYAGE TO THE RIO DE LA PLATA, AND AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE REVOLUTION OF BUENOS ARES. LONDON, FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME AND BROWN, 1812.
4to. Contemporary calf, sides blindtooled with checked pattern and gilt decorated borders, gilt spine with title lettered in gold. Frontispiece, 7 plates and 1 map, all full page and one in colour. (1), VII, 366, (8) pp. First edition of a travel to Brazil by John Mawe (1764-1829), who was an English mineralogist who opened a curiosity-shop at Piccadilly, and in 1804 went to South America on a business trip. When he arrived at Montevideo he was captured and accused of being a British spy. He was released very soon, but was sent to the interior of the country, where he remained for several months. When the English under Beresford occupied Montevideo (in 1806), Mawe returned to the city and was employed to the staff of General Whitelocke, accompanying the latter in his unsuccessful expedition against Buenos Ayres. After his return to Montevideo he sailed to Brazil, 11 September, 1807, making various explorations on his way. He was well received by the prince regent, who gave him permission to visit the diamond-mines of Minas Geraes, and also to the government archives, allowing him to take copies of charts and documents.The view of gold washing at Jaraqua is the first landscape document which exist of the interior of Sao Paulo. Fine large paper copy from the Henry Polissack collection. -(Some offsetting, rebacked). Sabin 46991; Borba de Moraes II, p. 541-2.
Bookseller reference : 64TF5AN3923W
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