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Index:
Argentina 1 – 8 – 10 – 14 – 17 – 21 – 23 – 24
Brazil
3 – 10 – 11 – 14 – 18 – 19 – 24
Chile
7 – 9 – 13 – 14 – 16
Colombia
2–5
Jesuitica
7 – 8 – 9 – 11 – 12 – 15
General Americana
4 – 6 – 9 – 12 – 15 – 16 – 17 – 18 – 25 – 26
Mexico
6 – 12 – 15 – 25
Peru
7 – 20 – 26
Piracy, Navigation & Travels 20 – 21 – 22 – 24 – 25
Venezuela 27
1- The most important and substantial traveller´s guide to Buenos Aires, printed
in Buenos Aires
[Araujo, José Joaquín]. Guia de forasteros del Virreynato de Buenos
Ayres para el año de 1803. 1803. Buenos Aires. Real Imprenta de los
Niños. In 12vo (132 mm x 95 mm). 180 pp. + 1 ff. + 2 folding tables.
Slightly later half calf over boards, spine flat lettered in gilt, rubbed. A
very good copy with only scattered foxing; else a fine example of a
usually harmed work for the use-purpose given to it.
4,500 $
First edition. An important description of Buenos Aires and a rare
colonial printing, containing the most substantial array of information on
the River Plate Viceroyalty. Furlong, who dedicated 4 pages to it in his
Historia y bibliografía de las primeras imprentas rioplatenses, emphasizes its
wealth of historical information and detail provided for the foreigners
and locals, on the reality –social, cultural, infrastructure, and such- of the
region. Araujo (1762 – 1835) was a Spanish administrative officer; he
helped Dean Funes write his landmark Ensayo histórico. Although the
authorship of the guide is not mentioned in the title, on page 46 he gives
himself as the compiler.
Provenance: ownership inscription on title “Andres Jose de Acosta”; ex
libris to front pastedown.
Palau, 354641 (attributing it to Diego de la Vega). Furlong, II, 675-679.
2- A beautifully engraved iconographic view of Bogota
Austin, C. F. T. Bogota. N.d. [ca. 1840]. London. Engraved by Harris and
published by Ackermann. Strong paper, finely colored.
4,800 $
With no doubt, amongst the best artistic insights of the Colombia’s
Capital City a few years after becoming a Republic, possibly not at all that
different from when it was Capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada.
The view was created from a high point, allowing a comprehensive view
of the city, thus a terrific piece for Colombian iconography. It illustrates
in detail women washing clothes and carrying water, and men in local
costumes at the front. The city, shown from the outskirts, stands
formidable at the background, resting at the feet of the valley of Bogota.
Bogota’s Cathedral is clearly an unequivocally distinguishable, and so are
the bell towers standing besides it and the dome (structures all still
standing).
There is very little known about Austin, although another example of this
lithograph is to be found at the “Coleccion Casa Museo Quinta de Bolivar”,
(“Mapoteca Colombiana”, Uricoechea, 1860, nº 76). Needless to point out,
lithographs of this magnitude on Bogota are scarcely found, thus truly a
unique opportunity to acquire it.
3- Rare biography of one of the founders of Sao Paulo
Beretario, Sebastian. Vita R.P. Iosephi Anchieta Societatis Iesu sacerdotis
in Brasilia defuncti. 1617. Cologne. Johannes Kinchium. In 12mo (131 mm
x 75 mm). 1 [blank] + 2 ff. + 427 [428] + 1 ff. + 1 [blank]. Contemporary or
near contemporary vellum, ties as fragments, soiled. A fine copy, some
leaves browned.
5,650 $
Although printed the same year as the Lyon edition, Leclerc states that
this is the second edition. Father Anchieta (1534 – 1597) was a Canarian
Jesuit Priest, and writer; after short studies in Portugal, and being only 19
years old, he was selected to travel to the Jesuit missions in Brazil,
accompanying Duarte da Costa. Before making shore they shipwrecked,
but still Anchieta was able to make shore at Sao Vicente; this allowed him
to meet with the Tapuia Indians, the region´s native tribe. His labor for
the conversion of the Indians into the Catholic faith –along with Nóbrega, was crucial to the establishment of a colonial settlement.
Anchieta is considered one of the founders of Sao Paulo (in 1554) and Rio
de Janeiro (in 1565, after the defeat of the French settlers). The work is
“based on the manuscript by Father Pedro Rodrigues, visiting Father to
Angola and Brazil. This manuscript was unpublished at the time, but
several copies were in circulation and served as the basis for all the
biographies of Anchieta.”
Borba de Moraes, 99. Rodriguez, 379. Leclerc, 1558.
4- Important Ejecutoria, addressed to Mexican Families, copiously illuminated
[Carta Ejecutoria]. Don Juan Antonio de Hozes Sarmiento Rey de Armas,
y Coronista de todos los Reynos… del Gran Rey Don Filip Quinto el
Animoso. [ca. 1789]. In folio (302 mm x 200 mm). 140 ff. Contemporary
Mexican[?] calf, spine flat, finely tooled, lower compartment of spine
restored, some rubbing. Scattered foxing, generally fine.
7,000 $
An excellent example of an American Carta de Ejecutoria, or nobility
grant; made out to the Berdugo, Davila, and Haro families, all closely
related to Mexico´s colonial history. The illumination comprehends a fullpage coat of arms on vellum, painted in red, blue and gold, and four
smaller coats of arms (a rampant lion for Berdugo, two wolfs for Haro,
twolions standing on a tower for Torre, and 13 golden spots over the
shield, signifying the 13 heads of decapitated Moors for Davila), often a
quarter page, each for one last name: Berdugo, Haro, Torre, and Davila.
All these names are associated with high-ranking colonial civil officers
and members of the clergy, amongst them Alonso Nuñez de Haro (1729 –
1800) Archbishop and Viceroy of Mexico, and another Archbishop of
Mexico in the first half of the 17th century. The manuscript was probably
confected in Mexico, the illumination being somewhat naïve, typical of
18th century colonial Mexican artists; however, the Rey de Armas is
giving it, so it might be Spanish. Provenance: Bibliothec Dirk Stenger
The binding is strictly contemporary, and features endpapers of Mexican
origin –pasted on to boards-, although the volume has its endpapers
renewed.
5- The state of colonial Colombia, prepared for the Archbishop-Viceroy
[Colombia]. Estados de los cuerpos veteranos fixos y de milicias de
infant.a caballeria y drag. correspondientes al nuevo plan propuesto por
el Arzobispo Virrey de S. Fe en Carta reservada del 15 de Junio de este
año, para la dotacion de aquella Capital, Plaza de Cartagena y otros
Parages del Reyno de Tierra Firme. 1783. Santa Fe de Bogota. In folio (300
mm x 196 mm). 35 ff. + 3 [blanks]. Contemporary full calf, gilt fillets to
boards, spine flat tooled in gilt with lettering piece; light rubbing.
Excellent condition, remarkably clean, oxidation to one page a small rust
hole; verso of ff. 34 with lead seal.
7,500 $
A handsome contemporary manuscript copy detailing the estate of New
Granada’s colonial forces, during the reign of Antonio Cavallero y
Gongora. As stated on the first ff., this is a copy of the brief provided by
the Teniente General del Regimiento fijo of Cartagena; the copy is, however,
authenticated, it is signed at the end by Antonio Cavallero y Gongora
(1723 – 1796); Cavallero was a Spanish Archbishop and, from 1782 to
1789, Viceroy of New Granada. He gained fame for his participation and
efforts to disarticulate the Comunero revolt in 1781, as well as for
exercising the position of Viceroy simultaneously to being the
Archbishop. The comunero revolt was based on the thought that the will
of the King cannot be above the will of the common folk. This ideal will
later lead to the fragmentation of the Spanish Empire in South America
during the wars of Independence.
It contains the state of the infantry division of Catagena and Santa Fe, the
Batallón de Pardos Libres, Compañías de Pardos Libres, Compañías de
Milicianos de Lorica, etc. The battalions of “pardos”, refer to the sons of
Spanish and criollas.
6- An invaluable sourcebook for the history of New Mexico
Davila Padilla, Agustín. Historia de la Fundacion y discurso de la
provincia de Santiago de Mexico de la Orden de Predicadores por las
vidas de sus varones insignes y casos notables de Nueva España. 1625.
Brussels. Juan de Meerbeque. In folio (305 mm x 194 mm). 4 ff. + 654 + 3
ff. Contemporary limp vellum, front board lightened and a little stained,
bookplate of William Mayer on front pasteboard, ties missing, upper joint
cracked, spine lettered in ink. Title with seal erased, light browning to
text as often, final leaf with mainly marginal loss of paper causing text
loss repaired in manuscript facsimile, ff. 1 re-margined; overall entirely
genuine, unrestored copy of a great rarity, of wide margins and generally
fresh and clean.
19,500 $
Second edition. The first edition was published in Madrid in 1596, and a
third edition appeared in 1634 under a new title “Varia historia de la Nueva
España y Florida”. Davila´s is a main source of information on the
Dominican’s work in New Mexico from 1526 to 1592, and the basis for
future works on the region.
It is rich in new information, namely drawn out of missionary´s
experiences working in Mexico, namely amongst Indians, with notes on
their activities, beliefs and mysticism, their conversion to Catholicism;
thus, it’s contents are not to be found in previous relations. Amongst
others, the lives of Domingo de Betanzos (founder of the Province and its
first Provincial), Domingo de la Cruz, Domingo de Santa Maria, Julian
Garces (first Bishop of Tlaxcala), Cristobal de la Cruz, Pedro de Pravia,
and Luis Cancer (missionary in Mexico and Florida, where he was
martyred by natives). “An invaluable work for the history of the earliest
missions to the New World. All editions of this important work are of
extreme rarity. It contains some of the most valuable materials in
existence for the history of the Spanish Conquest and settlements in
America; as well as of the manners, language, and religions of the
aborigines.” (Maggs).
Davila Padilla (1562 – 1604) was Mexican born, studied at the University
of Mexico, where he achieved a degree of Master of Arts when 16 before
going into the Dominican Order. He is one of the foremost chroniclers of
Mexico and one of the first to be born, raised and educated there. During
a visit to Spain Davila met Philip II, who appointed him Chronicler of the
Indies. He was also an Inquisitor in Mexico.
Medina, Hispano-Americana, 784. Palau, 68981. Sabin, 18780. European
Americana, 1625/62.
7- Journey overland in colonial Peru by a Chilean Jesuit
[Eysaguirre, Miguel de; Pastoriza, Carlos de]. Informe que hacen los PP.
Miguel de Eysaguirre y Carlos de Pastoriza de la Compañia de Jesus de
todo lo sucedido en la expedicion que han hecho a la montaña por orden
e intruccion del Exmo Sr. D. Jospeh Manso de Velasco teniendo general
de los exercitos del S.M. Virrey y Capitan gneral de estos Reinos. 1795.
Lima. In folio (304 mm x 208 mm). 6 ff. Manuscript in brown ink; overall
very good, water staining into text.
5,000 $
Important manuscript copy in perfectly legible calligraphy, with the
itinerary of Eysaguirre and Pastoriza in Peru; it contains vast news of the
expeditions carried out by the Jesuits in the mountains of several
Peruvian towns as Quimiri, La Sal, Metraro, Eneno, and others. The
relation begins by informing the dispatching of Father Yrusta to Eneno
and of being detained at Quimiri for four days, awaiting the response of
the Inca (“estuvimos cuatro dias detenidos en dho pueblo esperando la
respuesta del Ynga, al cavo de ellos, llegaron de Eneno los Curacas de
Nijandares, y la Sal, acompañados de seis soldados, armados todos de sus
arcos, y flechas”), after which soldiers armed with arrows and bows
arrived and mentioned their father expected them. The relation continues
in full detail, with the audiences with the tribal leaders, welcoming’s,
farewells, and other details with the outstanding details observed during
their journey overland.
Miguel de Eysaguirre was son of Domingo de Eysaguirre and Maria Rosa
de Arechavala y Alday y Azpee, thus a member of a prominent Chilean
family; it seems that he was at some point Fiscal of the Real Audiencia de
Lima.
Apparently a rare relation, we could find no other copies of this text.
8- A Jesuit traveller in Patagonia,
after serving in a ship trafficking slaves
Falkner, Thomas. A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of
South America… and some particulars relating to the Falklands Islands.
1774. Hereford. C. Puch. In 4to (265 mm x 203 mm). 2 ff. + 10 + 144 + 2
folding maps. Nineteenth century half morocco by Lloyd of London,
upper cover lettered in gilt “Cruising Association Library”, raised bands
to spine, tooled and lettered in gilt, with monogram “C” to lower
compartment of spine. Excellent copy, very large; with crisp paper and
virtually flawless examples of the two folding maps.
12,000 $
First edition. Falkner (1702 – 1784) was a singular character, born a
Calvinist in Manchester; he studied medicine in England and in 1729
enrolled in a slave-trafficking vessel, which took him to Buenos Aires –
along with their cargo. There, after falling ill, a Jesuit Priest convinced
him of abandoning Calvinism and converting into Catholicism. Falkner
became a Jesuit in Cordoba, travelling extensively throughout Argentina
and working in Paraguay, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman and other places
for 38 years. His travels were the basis of his work, consisting of entirely
new information. Falkner is one of the first to dispute the existence of a
race of giants in Patagonia.
The map, in two sheets by Thomas Kitchin, is extraordinary, probably
one of the most detailed of the region to date; embellished with a large
cartouche portraying natives of the Patagonia “The Great Cacique
Cangapol”, it is mentioned in pp. 26 “I have endeavored to draw his likeness
as well as I could by memory. . . . He must have been seven feet and some inches
in height; because, on tiptoe, I could not reach to the top of his head”.
Sabin, 23734. Palau, 86485. Streit, 972.
9- One of the most important vocabularies on the Chilean language; printed in
Lima
Febres, Andres. Arte de la lengua general del Reyno de Chile con un
diálogo chileno hispano muy curioso a que se añade la doctrina cristiana,
eso es, rezo, catecismo, coplas, confesionario y platicas; lo más en lengua.
1765. Lima. Calle de la Encarnación. In 8vo (140 mm x 94 mm). 15 ff. + 682
+ 1 ff. Contemporary, probably South American, full limp vellum, one tie
present, spine lettered in ink with title. A very good copy overall, with
remnants of a vocabulary meant for teaching –light damp and a few
foxing spots.
5,000 $
First edition. A very genuine example, in its first binding, of one of the
single most important works on the Araucanian´s language; written for
the benefit of the Jesuits missionaries in the evangelizing of the local
tribes as well as to complement the military campaign to bring the tribe
under Spanish rule. The ferocity of the Araucanos was well known and
subject of considerable relations as the “Araucana” and the “Arauco
domado”. Medina could only trace one copy of this significant treatise. The
works importance is matched somewhat by its printing, in Lima. Febres
was a German Jesuit, dedicated to the missionary work in Peru still at the
time of their expulsion from the Spanish colonies.
This copy is absolutely complete, with the last leave, unknown to Sabin,
and the earlier issue as that described by Nebenzahl “This is the earlier
issue with the imprint ´Encarnacion´ instead of ´Incarnacion´.”
Medina, La Imprenta en Lima, 1228. Palau, 87065. Sabin, 23968.
10- The siege of Montevideo, by Buenos Aires troops, to prevent Brazilian
presence in Uruguay
Ferreira da Silva, Silvestre. Relacao do sitio, que o Governador de
Buenos Aires D. Miguel de Salcedo poz no anno de 1735 a Praca da Nova
Colonia do Sacramento, Sendo Governador da mefma Praca Antonio
Pedro de Vasconcellos, Brigadeiro dos Exercitos de S. Magestade. 1748.
Lisbon. Officina de Francisco Luiz Ameno. In 4to (226 mm x 157 mm). 1
[blank] + 4 ff. + 109 + 1 [blank]; including 5 mostly folding plates.
Contemporary calf, raised bands to spine, gilt fillet on boards, wormholes
and scratches restored. A large copy with scattered foxing and marginal
damp stains; ff. 27 and view of Buenos Aires with loss of paper, restored
in expert facsimile, hardly noticeable.
8,500 $
First edition. An exceptionally rare work on the siege of Montevideo by
Buenos Aires, a conflict emerged from a long-lived dispute. In 1678 the
Portuguese founded the city, its geo-political importance was evident as
it lies on the shore of the River Plate. The Spanish, aware of the troublemaking situation of having to share exclusivity on an important
navigational river, attempted to invade the city several times. By 1726 the
Capitan General Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, preventing further expansion
of the Portuguese in the opposite bank of the River Plate, settles what is
today Montevideo.
In the midst of the Spanish-Portuguese War (1735 - 1737) the Capitan
General of the River Plate Miguel de Salcedo receives orders from Madrid
to attack Sacramento and reduce it to insignificance. Salcedo marched
towards the city with a garrison of 1500 men and several thousand
Guarani’s, who hated the Portuguese for their continuing incursions into
Paraguay. The siege started on October 1735 and lasted for a few months,
until Portuguese reinforcements arrived and destroyed the Spanish fleet
attempting to blockade the entrance. The Portuguese defeated the
Spanish both in the siege and at the naval engagements; subsequently
even attempted to invade Montevideo, unsuccessfully.
A handsome work, illustrated with a plan of Colonia del Sacramento, a
plan of Montevideo –amongst the earliest-, a view of Buenos Aires from
the River –the fourth view of Buenos Aires-, a map of the River Plate and
an architecture plate of the Casa de Armas da Colonia do Sacramento.
Not in Borba de Moraes. Sabin, 24173.
11- Rare and early grammar of a Brazilian language
Figueira, Luiz. Arte da grammatica da Lingua do Brasil. 1795. Lisbon. Na
officina Patriarcal. In 8vo (187 mm x 130 mm). 2 ff. + 103. Attractive 19th
century polished calf, raised bands to spine, morocco lettering pieces,
front cover detached. A fine copy internally, quite fresh and clean.
5,000 $
Fourth edition, first printed in 1681 –virtually unobtainable. This is an
early grammar of the Tupi-Guarani language. The Tupi-Guarani is part of
a larger family of languages spoken in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru,
and other places in America. Specifically, the Tupi, was spoken in Brazil
(tribes close to Rio de Janeiro), whilst the Guarani was spoken in
Paraguay, where Guarani settlements were close-by. Anchieta records the
Tupi it in its purest and earliest state, and calls it the most widespread
language in the region.
Figueira (1576 – 1643) was a Jesuit priest stationed in Brazil from the
beginning of the 17th century; he first arrived to Salvador, where he
learned the native’s language with Father Francis Pinto. Figueira
participated in an expedition to the Maranhao, which ended in disaster,
after being attacked by hostile Indians instigated by the French; shortly
after, he returned to Pernambuco. His life ended tragically: after 20 years
of missionary activity in Brazil, Figueira returns to Portugal seeking new
missionaries, on his way back to Brazil, he shipwrecked at the mouth of
the Amazon river, and was “massacred with 12 companions” (Maggs).
“A volume of extreme rarity, not included in the ‘Bibliotheca Lusitana’ of
Barbosa Machado.” (Sabin).
Sabin, 24313.
12- Promoting Mexican Saints, and preaching on the virtues of Mexicans
Florencia, Francisco de. Origen de los dos celebres santuarios de la
Nueva Galicia, obispado de Guadalaxara en la America Septentrional.
Noticia cierta de los Milagros Favores que hace la Santissima Virgen.
1757. Mexico. Imprenta de la Biblioteca Mexicana. In 4to (205 mm x 160
mm). [24], 1-206, [14] pp. + 3 copper-engraved plates. Contemporary
vellum spine lettered in ink, lightly darkened, hinges partially broken. A
fine copy internally, very fresh and clean.
4,500 $
Second edition, the first was published in 1694 (with lesser illustrations).
A beautiful Mexican colonial printing, handsomely illustrated with three
full-page plates. Florencia´s is an important source for the history of
Guadalajara and Nueva Galicia (current Jalisco, Zacatecas, Colima, and
Aguascalientes), and the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Tzapopán and
San Juan de los Lagos Churches.
Florencia (1620 – 1695) was a Florida born Jesuit Priest, theologian,
historian and writer –as evidenced by this work. An interesting aspect of
his ascendance is the fact that he unequivocally promotes indigenous
Saints, preaches on the virtues of the Mexican people, and praises the
labour of the Jesuits. A fierce defender of the cultural independence of
Americans, he may be considered instrumental to the establishment of a
separate Mexican national identity. Dedicated to Francisco de S.
Buenaventura Martinez Texada, Bishop of Yucatan and Guadalaxara.
The engravings are: 1- “Milagrosa Imagen de Na. Sa. de Tzapopan”,
showing the Lady of Zapopán wearing a crown and a halo stands, the
Virgin of Zapopan is said to have interceded between the Spanish and the
native population during the European conquest of Mexico; 2- “Hac Crux
Gentiles, qui nollunt esse Salutis Ut credant Signum, credere nata docet”,
showing the Prodigious Grass Cross of Tepic; and “V.R. de la Milagrosa
Ymagen de Na. Sa. Juan de los Lagos”, portraying the Virgin of San Juan
of the Lakes. A half page woodcut displays the arms of Francisco de San
Buenaventura Martínez de Texada Diez de Velasco, Bishop of Yucatan.
The work proved popular and a best seller, with 6 editions published up
to the 18th century. “The Prodigious Grass Cross of Tepic is exceptionally
interesting and highly unusual, giving a birds-eye view of the Tepic
region, the Cross, and its history, with a precision and attention to detail
one might expect to find in a map rather than in the rendering of a
miracle… The engravings and their accompanying text all deal with
themes indigenous to Mexican Catholicism.” (Dorothy Sloan).
Provenance: Frederik Starr, engraved ex libris on front pastedown.
Medina, México, 4406. Palau, 92349. Sabin, 24816.
13- Remarkable and early photographic testimony of Santiago de Chile and
Valparaiso
Garreaud, Pedro Emilio. [Santiago de Chile y Valparaiso]. N.d. [ca. 1870].
Chile. Large folio oblong (450 mm x 315 mm; photographs 193 mm x 243
mm). 24 albumen photos pasted onto large boards. Modern calf, raised
bands to spine. Some toning to boards, generally fine.
6,000 $
A fine album, including visually arresting images of the Chilean cities of
Valparaiso and Santiago de Chile; constitutes a very early photographic
testimony, portraying the rural and civil life, with an emphasis on the
most significant buildings and monuments, allowing us an
understanding of the architecture of the time. The album is rare; we
cannot find any other albums by Garreud having sold recently.
Although no reference is made to him in the photographs, they can be
identified as the work of Garreaud. Garreaud (1835 – 1875) was a French
photographer who spent most of his productive life in Chila and Peru. By
1856 –shortly after arriving- he had established in Lima, becoming a
precursor of the carte-de-visite; in the 60´s he moved to Chile (Copiapo),
then Santiago de Chile and later Valparaiso (1869). Three albums were
edited by his studio: Vistas de la Patagonia, del Estrecho y de la Tierra del
Fuego (1869), Vistas de Chile (1872), and Album del Santa Lucia (1873).
Unfortunately Garreaud decided to invest in mining prospects, which
lead him to ruin, and in 1875 death followed disease in Viña del Mar. His
firm was acquired and re-named by Felix Leblanc as Garreaud y Leblanc,
then Fotografia Garreaud de Leblanc y Adaro.
14- Byron & Cook, amongst the most famous 18th century Pacific and South
American explorations
Hawkesworth, John; Cook, Captain James; Byron, John. Relation des
voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majeste Britanique… Pour faire des
Decouvertes dans L’Hemisphere Meridional. 1774. Paris. Saillant et Nyon
& Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou. Four volumes in 4to (250 mm x 202 mm). 1
[blank] + 2 ff. + xviii + 1 ff. + xxxii + 388; 1 [blank] + 3 ff. + 536 + 1 [blank];
1 [blank] + 3 ff. + 394 + 1 ff. + 1 [blank]; 1 [blank] + 1 ff. + viii + 367 + 1
[blank] + 52 engraved, mostly folding and double page maps and plates.
Contemporary French calf, rather artisanal, raised bands to spine, tooled
in gilt, title labels, a little worn, volume 4 with one hinge starting. Edges
stained red, generally a very good copy, maps are in excellent condition,
very crisp and clean, some pp. browned and with foxing spots as often.
6,000 $
First French edition –first published in English in 1773. One of the most
widely reproduced expedition narratives: includes the voyages
undertaken by Byron, Carteret –mostly the first volume-, Wallis & Cook,
aboard the Daulphin, Swallow and the Endeavor. Hawkesworth wrote
the work at the request of the Admiralty “It was Lord Sandwich who
advised John Hawkesworth, a writer and journalist, to write a book on
the discoveries in the Pacific” (Borba de Moraes). Possibly the most
important portion of the book is dedicated to Cook’s first voyage, made
for scientific purposes –to observe the transit of Venus and determine the
distance between the sun and the earth- as well as exploration. During
the voyage, he visited several islands on the Pacific, amongst others, New
Zealand and Australia; his contributions to the mapping of the region are
considerable. The first volume begins with the expedition sailing to Rio
de Janeiro, and cover the passing through the Strait of Magellan,
represented in detailed folding chart, which is often missing, here
present. The work is profusely illustrated with maps and plates, showing
coastal profiles, city and settlement’s views (notably the Vue de la
Riviere… sur la Cote de la Nouvelle Hollande), skirmishes with the locals (Le
Capitaine Wallis est attaque dans Le Dauphin par les Otahitiens), maps (the
route followed by the expeditions across the Pacific, several of New
Zealand and Australia), fauna, and local customs. The voyage was
destined mostly to the East Indies, but the true object was to make
discoveries in the South Seas. Byron (1723 – 1786) sailed in 1764 in the
Dolphin with junior officers Charles Clerke and John Gore. Both Clerke
and Gore later sailed with James Cook, with Clerke taking command of
the final voyage after Cook's death. Byron visited Brazil and then
continued south through severe storms and ice for Patagonia and
through the Strait of Magellan, relating one of the best accounts of the
Strait to date –from this part of the voyage; he earned the name 'FoulWeather Jack'. Ashore in Patagonia, he reported on the eight-foot tall
Indians he found there (the famous meeting is shown in the frontispiece),
and finally sighted the Falklands. He claimed them for England, unaware
that Bougainville had recently claimed them for France. Ignoring his
instructions to sail for New Albion, he headed for Juan Fernandez and
the Tuamotus, where he discovered Danger Island and others in the
Tokelaus and Gilberts before making for the Philippines, Sumatra, Cape
of Good Hope and then home to England.
Sabin 30940. Borba de Moraes 395.
15- Substantial chronic on the Jesuit Missions all over the World
Hazart, Cornelius. Kirchen-Geschichte, das ist: Catholisches
Christenthum durch die ganze Welt auszgebreitet, Insonderheit bey
nächst verflossenen, und anjetzo fliessenden Jahr-hundert. 1678 – 1701.
Viena. Leopold Voigt. Two volumes in folio (292 mm x 195 mm; 327 mm
x 223 mm). [10] + 1-666 + [16] pp. + 2 plates (1 folded); frontispiece + [14]
+ 1-606 + [28] pp.; [14] + 1-220 + [2] + 1-159 + [22] pp.; frontispiece + [12]
+ 1-304 + [8] + 5-284 + [24] pp. Contemporary non-uniform blind
stamped pigskin over wooden boards, raised bands to spine, lettered in
ink; some minor rubbing, clasps lacking (condition is uniform, possibly a
made-up set from the beginning). Occasional light staining and a few
leaves with small repairs (loss of some words on one repair; larger repair
to pictorial frontispiece to Vol. III), engravings in very fine condition and
in strong impressions.
9,000 $
The first edition, Kerkelijke Historie van de geeheele Wereldt, was published
in Antwerp between 1667 and 1671, and was subsequently translated into
German, and added to by other Jesuit historians. The work contains
information on the Jesuit missions around the World, mainly focused on
America and Asia –deals in remarkable length the missions of Brazil and
Paraguay. It is handsomely illustrated with numerous half-page
engravings in strong impressions. “Pages 311 to 457 are occupied with
the Jesuit Missions among the Indians of Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Florida,
Canada, Paraguay, and Maragnan [Island of St. Louis, a French colony off
the coast of Brazil]. This portion of the work is illustrated with eighteen
full-page copperplate engravings, of which seven are portraits of Indians,
and eleven represent the martyrdom of the missionaries by the natives.
These plates are beautifully drawn and engraved, and exhibit, with the
most vivid and painful fidelity, the various forms of torture and massacre
endured by the missionaries and their converts.
The account of the missions in Florida and Canada fills thirty-four pages.
One of the pages in this part of the work represents the martyrdom of
Father Jogues and two French associates by the Mohawks; another
exhibits the tortures by which Fathers Brebœuf and Lallemant were killed
in Canada; and a third the murder of Fathers Daniel and Garnier by the
Indians of the same country” (Field, 673).
Hazart (1617-1690) was a Dutch Jesuit, author, historian and orator. His
life was almost exclusively devoted to the struggle against the Calvinists
of the Low Countries, but his real forte was writing. This universal
church history is considered his greatest work; it deals with the Jesuit
missions and missionaries in Asia, Africa, America and Europe. Among
the fine engravings is a complex allegorical image, which visually
suggests the goal of the Jesuit missions to expand throughout the world.
In this engraving, a Mohul, an American Indian, and a Chinese are before
a personified Church wearing the papal tiara and putti bearing a shield
with the IHS motif.
JCB II (1675-1700), p. 234. Cordier, Japonica 379. Leclerc, Bibliotheca
Americana (1878), 277. Sabin, 31114. Sommervogel, Bibliotheque de la
Compagnie de Jesus, VII:1407.
16- A fundamental 18th century work on Chile, by a Chilean
Molina, Padre Juan Ignacio. Compendio de la historia geográfica,
natural y civil del Reyno de Chile. 1788-95. Madrid. Antonio de Sancha.
Two volumes in 8vo (208 mm x 142 mm). xx + 418 + 1 [blank]; xvi + 382 +
1 ff. + 1 [blank] + 8 plates & maps. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with
raised bands forming compartments, red morocco labels lettered in gilt;
very good condition, only slightly rubbed. A fine copy, with only a few
scattered foxing spots and mainly marginal wormholes to several leaves
in second volume touching headlines, but overall clean and fresh.
5,000 $
First Spanish edition -first printed in Italian during the author´s exile.
According to Sabin, the Spanish translation is more complete than the
original Italian, with several notes from the translator to the second part.
The work deals with the country´s history, costumes, natural history and
natives. Illustrated with three folding maps of Chili –two regional and the
other including the Coast, handsomely decorated with a cartouche-, a
frontispiece with the portrait of the author, three folding tables showing
the state of Chili and one folding plan of the parks and fortresses in the
border of Arauco. Molina (1740 – 1829) was a Chilean historian –one of
the first-, naturalist, and Jesuit Priest. After the 1767 expulsion of the
Jesuits, he exiled to Bologna, from where his works where published. The
later years of his life were his most productive, having being father of a
progressive evolutionary theory, which gained him an investigation from
the Church. Molina, known for his linguistic skills, included a Chilean
vocabulary at the end.
Palau, 174563. Sabin, 49889.
17- The only imprint by the first
printing house in Buenos Aires to be printed in four languages, declaring
Indians as equals and free men
[Native languages]. Decreto. La Asamblea general sanciona el decreto
expedido por la Junta Provisional Gubernativa de estas provincias en 1º
de setiembre de 1811, relativo á la extinción del tributo, y ademas
derogada la mita, las encomiendas, el yanaconazgo, y el servicio personal
de los indios, baxo todo respecto, y sin exceptuar aun el que prestan á las
iglesias, y sus parrocos, ó ministros. 12 March 1813. Buenos Ayres.
Imprenta de los Niños Expósitos. In folio. 1 ff. Browned, as expected.
6,000 $
A fantastic imprint, a patriotic ideal establishing the need for inclusion of
the original inhabitants of Argentina and Paraguay. Impressively rare, of
linguistic significance, this is the first Buenos Aires imprint in four
languages, and one of the few translations ever made to Quichua,
Aymara or Guarani by the Niños Expositos printing house. The argentine
institutionalization created normative that aimed to a better coexistence
with the native peoples of the region; it also searched for a
comprehensive inclusion to the new Republic –at first expected to reach
Paraguay. In this sense, the General Assembly suppressed, with this
decree, the mita, yaconazgo, encomiendas and personal service of the
Indians, for both civilians and clergy. All the systems herein suppressed
were forms of Indian forced labour, dating from colonial times.
It being destined mostly at the original tribes of the region, it was
considered necessary to have the document translated into the languages
most appropriate for audiences it was destined to; “se les tenga a los
mencionados indios de todas las provincias unidas por hombres libres, y en
igualdad de derechos a todos los demás ciudadanos”.
Zinny, n. 7. Furlong, n. 2890.
18- The first Jesuit explorations and discoveries in the East and West Indies
Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio. Ideas de virtud en algunos Claros Varones de
la Compañia de Jesus. 1643. Madrid. Maria de Quiñones. In folio (280 mm
x 196 mm). 1 [blank] + engraved frontispiece + 6 ff. + 804 + 1 [blank].
Handsome contemporary vellum, spine lettered in ink, ties as fragments,
text block re-attached, else entirely genuine condition. A fine, fresh, and
tall copy; about 20 ff. with restored worm-hole, touching some letters,
hardly perceptible.
5,500 $
First edition. The first work of a series of 4 –although complete-, and
arguably the most significant for the biographies included in it. It is a
compendium of the explorations, travels, discoveries, and evolution of
the Jesuits, during the period of their most significant expansion. “This
work having been published at different periods during the space of
almost a century... The interest of the work, excluding some ‘jesuitical
chaff’, is not inferior to its rarity, as it contains accounts of many early
voyages to the Indies, not elsewhere to be found” (Sabin). Dedicated to
Ines de Guzman, Marquis of Alcañizes.
Most copies do not contain the rare engraved frontispiece, showing
members of the Order being handed a Cross by Jesus Christ, with Saint
Loyola receiving it, flanked by his succeeding Generals.
It contains the biographies of some of the first Jesuits to travel the East
and West Indies, including: Ignacio de Azevedo -martyred in Brazil with
39 companions-, Francisco Perez Godoy -one of Azevedo’s 39
companions-, Pedro Diaz and eleven Jesuits martyred on the way to
Brazil with Azevedo, Joseph of Anchieta -the Apostle of Brazil, who spent
44 years with the Indians, Gaspar Barceo –who worked mainly in India-,
Pedro Carnicio “Hammer of the Heretics”, Mateo Ricci –one of the first to
visit China, and of remarkably importance for the history and progress of
the Order in the region-, Juan Nuñez Barreto (worked in Tetuan,
Morocco, outstanding for his work amongst Muslims). Begins with the
biographies the first Generals of the Order: Ignacio de Loyola, Diego
Lainez, and Francisco de Borja, with their efforts to give the Society a
place in the Vatican and permission to evangelize abroad, in the newly
discovered lands.
Sabin, 55269.
19- A fundamental work on the Maranhao and the Amazon
Pereira de Berredo, Bernardo. Annaes historicos do Estado do Maranhao,
em que se da noticia do seu descobrimento, e tudo o mais que nelle tem
sucedido desde o anno em que foy descuberto até o de 1718. 1749. Lisbon.
Francisco Luiz Ameno. In folio (283 mm x 194 mm). 13 ff. + 710. Later half
vellum over boards, title lettered in gilt and with printed paper label at
foot, a bit soiled but else very good. A wide margined copy, a few leaves
with mainly marginal small worm holes, hardly noticeable, exceedingly
fresh and clean, a splendid copy overall.
9,000 $
First edition. Genuinely rare Portuguese work on their settlements at the
northern states of Brazil, and one of the vastest sources of information on
the Maranhao & the Amazon. It deals with wide range of subjects,
commencing by its colonization, and focusing on its history, population
and struggle with the Dutch. It would be hard to overestimate the
immense importance of this chronic of Brazil. “The first edition is rare
and much sought after, as it is a classic on Maranhao” (Borba de Moraes).
Berredo was Governor of the Marañon from the year 1718-1722; he died
in 1748 at Lisbon, whilst preparing this work for the press. Sabin quotes
Southey saying “(Pereira)… has left for himself a more durable
remembrance in his historical annals of the state over which he
presided”; “One of the rarest books and at the same time one of the best
private histories of Brazil” (Leclerc). “A obra fundamental da história do
Maranhao” (Correa do Lago). Provenance: stamp on title page from the
Centro Italiano di studi Americani.
Borba de Moraes, 103. Correa do Lago, Brasiliana Itau, 2009. Palau,
218678. Rodrigues, Bibliotheca Brasilica, 388. Sabin, 4967.
20- Impossibly rare Limenian imprint on the defense against British Pirate
Dampier´s attacks to the Pacific port
[Piracy] [Anonymous]. Relacion de las prevenciones que el
Excellentissimo Señor Marques de Castel-Dos Rius mi Señor Virrey,
Governador, y Capitan General de estos Reynos, hizo para la defense del;
y apresto de Armada, que despacho del Puerto del Callao el dia 16 de
Julio de este año de 1709, contra los Enemigos Yngleses, que entraton en
este Mar por el Estrecho. 1709. Lima. In folio. 15 ff., lacks two folding
tables (Estado General de la gente de artillería etc., and Estado General de
las raciones). Unbound. Some minor toning, else good.
7,000 $
First edition. Rare imprint printed in Lima with the instructions and
orders of the Viceroy to prepare the ports against raids and other acts of
British Piracy, with the imminence of Dampier and Rogers’ recently
organized fleet, in course to South America.
The Viceroy, Manuel de Sentmenat-Oms de Santa Pau (1651 – 1710),
having received news in the Despachos sent to Lima on May 1708, heard
that the British had sent a fleet of 7 ships under the command of the
pirate William Dampier to the South Pacific. In response to this, and to
repell attacks as those of Charles Wager and Thomas Colb (1708), he
immediately organized the defences of the port of Callao and the coast of
Peru. News came on the 23rd May that the pirates had taken the city of
Guayaquil and were demanding ransom. The fleet organized by the
Spanish authorities to challenge the British had already set sail when a
new report was received informing the Viceroy that the British pirates
had gone to the Galapagos Islands, taking with them two Spanish ships.
Their intention was to rest there and await the arrival of the galleon from
the Philippines.
The need for secrecy accounts for its lack of dissemination, and likely
short amount of copies made. The rarity is considerable, we can only find
the JCB example and only one copy in Spain.
Palau, 259164. Medina, Lima, 732. Vargas Ugarte, 1163.
21- Instructions to carry out Privateering activities against the Empire of Brazil
[Privateering]. Instrucciones reservadas que confiere el Gobierno
encargado del Poder Ejecutivo Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Rio
de la Plata a D.
como armador de Corsario nombrad para
hacer
el
Corso contra el Imperio del Brasil. N.d. [182?]. Buenos Aires. In folio. 2 ff.
Unbound. Uncut, excellent example.
1,900 $
The instructions are based mostly on the Reglamento Provisional de
Corso, signed and promulgated on 15 May 1817; extremely rare, the
imprint was meant as a form of passport for ships engaging in
privateering against the Empire of Brazil during the ArgentinianBrazilian war of the 1820´s. This imprint is left blank in the parts where
the person or Captain´s name should have done (thus resisting the
passing of time). It was rare even in the 19th century, to the point it was
reproduced in 1957, to honor the most famous pirate ever to engage in
Argentina, Almirant William Brown.
The imprint is set out in instructions, each identified with numbers. The
first clearly states that any and all Brazilian vessels will be considered
enemies of the Republic, and thus susceptible of taking it or setting it on
fire.
The imprint is not found in any of the usual bibliographic references.
22- Rare first edition of this account of
buccaneering in the West Indies and the Pacific coast of South America
Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur de. Journal du voyage fait a la mer de sud
avec les flibustiers de l'Amerique en 1684 & annees suivantes. 1689. Paris.
Jean Baptiste Coignard. In 8vo (166 mm x 95 mm). 1 [blank] + 8 ff. + 448 +
2 ff. + 1 [blank]. Contemporary French calf, raised bands to spine, tooled
and lettered in gilt, old restorations but an attractive copy in its first
binding. A remarkably fresh, and clean copy, in its entirely genuine
binding.
4,600 $
First edition. A colorful narrative, filled with details of his exploits,
portraying a “realistic picture of the life of pirates” (Bourgeois and
Andrew); “He details both the romantic and the bleak sides of the
buccaneering profession, interwoven with colorful descriptions of the
natives of the region and a clear picture of the Spanish colonies on the
Pacific" (Hill). It gave Defoe inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.
Raveneau de Lussan doesn’t strike one as the archetype of a 17th century
pirate; he, according to his own account, was a “devout” Catholic, who
insisted on attending mass before looting –churches were off-limits- and
didn’t allow his crew to disturb the clergy; he took on piracy (1684) in the
West Indies and the Pacific coast of South America (including Chili) to
settle his creditors and be able to return to his “fashionable” (Maggs) life
back home. During his buccaneering years, he attacked Realejo in
Guatemala, Grenada, Guayaquil (Peru), amongst many other ports. His
narrative was included in almost all editions of Exquemelin´s seminal
history of the pirates, assessing to its importance.
Alden & Landis 689/152. Sabin 67983.
23- Rare pair of Buenos Aires
printings with Instructions for Colonial Militias
Reglamento para las milicias disciplinadas de infanteria y caballeria del
Virreynato de Buenos-Aires [with] Prontuario o extracto del Exercicio, y
Evoluciones de la Caballeria conforme a la Real Ordenanza de 8 de Julio
de 1774. 1802. Buenos Aires. Two works bound in one, in 4to (205 mm x
145 mm). 48 pp. + 11 folding tables; 28 pp. Contemporary vellum, strictly
unrestored. Fine copies of both works, the folding tables in immaculate
condition.
4,500 $
First printing in the Americas of the first work, first edition of the second.
A collection of two treatises on the infantry and chivalry divisions of the
Vice Royalty of Buenos Aires; printed by the Niños Expositos, the first
press of Buenos Aires. The first imprint includes 11 folding tables, and
establishes the regiments due to exist in each province (Corrientes,
Cordoba, Paraguay, etc.), and clear instructions for soldiers on how to
conduct themselves. The system of disciplined “milicias” was
implemented in the Viceroyalty of La Plata from 1801, with the Cuban
system as model. The “milicias” were the Spanish Crown´s response to
the problem of how to keep well-manned garrison in the American
colonies, especially after the capture of Habana in 1762. The militias were
not regular troops, and only active if defensive actions became necessary;
and thus, were not in the colonial army pay-roll –another big issue
during the colonial period-, although were trained by professional
soldiers. In 1806, following the British invasion, the system lost prestige
and a new method was implemented.
We were unable to trace a single copy held in institutions, and no copy
having been offered for auction.
Furlong, 624 and 625. Not in Sabin.
24- Arguably the most accomplished and detailed charts of Brazil
Rodriguez, Eugenio. Atlante della Guida generale per la navigazione
delle coste settentrionali ed orientali dell´ America de Sud dal Rio della
Plata al Pará. 1857. Naples. Caro Batelli. In folio (454 mm x 318 mm). 1
[blank] + 2 ff. + 33 –mainly folding- maps, plans and views.
Contemporary half cloth over boards, spine lettered in gilt, slightly worn
and rubbed, but generally fine considering size. Gorgeous copy, extra
illustrated (Borba de Moraes calls for 32 plates instead of 33), wide
margins, exceedingly clean and fresh, virtually flawless.
11,000 $
A splendid copy of the first edition, extra illustrated. The Atlante is a rare
and important collection of lithographed charts, plans, and city views of
the Atlantic coast of South America, focusing on northern Argentina and
mainly Brazil. The views are of singular beauty, and show exclusively
Brazilian cities and landscapes, mostly Rio de Janeiro. Some of the maps
fold to reach almost 1 meter, and are amongst the most accomplished and
detailed charts of the region by that time.
Rodriguez was a Sicilian naval officer who accompanied Empress Tereza
Cristina to Brazil to meet her husband Pedro II of Brazil. “Very rare”
(Borba de Moraes). The work is usually found with text volumes,
however Borba de Moraes refers to them as a different work and makes a
different entry for this atlas; he also collates it as having 32 plates, instead
of the 33 this album contains.
Very rare, only one copy has appeared at auction in the last 50 years, not
known to Sabin.
Borba de Moraes, 743. Not in Sabin (who only mentions one text volume,
72507).
25- Navigation on the Seno Mexicano and Florida, extremely rare Pilot Guide
San Martin Suarez, Josef de. Tablas modernas de la situacion que tienen,
en Latitud, y Longitud todas las Costas de Tierra firme, è Islas de
Barlovento, con sus adyacentes. Sondas, viriles, baxos, arrecifes ... del
Seno Mexicano recopiladas en este puerto de la Havana. N.d. [1784].
Barcelona. Imprenta de Bernardo Pla. In 8vo (202 mm x 142 mm). 1
[blank] + 3 ff. + 80 + 31 + 2 [blank]. Later half vellum over old boards,
very good. A fine copy, very bright and clean.
9,000 $
First complete edition of this rarity on the navigation of the Antilles,
Florida, the Caribbean and the Seno Mexicano; a previous edition was
published in 1781 in La Habana at the Imprenta de la Capitania General, not
including the second part (we have been able to find only one extant copy
of the Habana edition). This edition is also extremely rare; we can only
find one copy in Spain, one in Chile (the Medina copy, from which
facsimiles and digital copies have been made) and one at the JCB. The
rarity is predictable as the need for secrecy of the navigational
possibilities was best kept a secret from the British and other naval
powers. Quite possibly, besides a short publication, the book was swiftly
taken out of circulation by the colonial administration.
The tables were compiled from the combined knowledge of a gathering
of First and Second Pilots of the Spanish Fleet, by order of Jose Solano y
Bote (1726 – 1806), Spanish marine officer, Governor and Captain General
of Venezuela (1763) and active in the struggle against contraband and
piracy.
The Advertencia is dated January 1784, signed by Sinibaldo Mas, Director
of the Nautical School of Barcelona; his aim was to endow the pilots with
the most up-to-date information on the coasts of the Seno Mexicano and
Florida. He explains his desire of printing the book after reviewing the
copy printed at La Habana and of which only one copy was found at the
Capital.
Provenance: inscription on first blank “Hic liber Benedictus - hic liber
benedictus es nabegantium literas profesanty”.
Palau, 293078. Medina, BHA, 5101. OCLC, 24730137.
26- One of the earliest Quechua Vocabularies, printed in Lima; for the first time
including the Vocabulary on the Chinchaisuyo
Torres Rubio, Diego. Arte, y vocabulario de la lengua Quichua general
de los Indios de el Peru. Ahora nuevamente corregido, y aumentado en
muchos vocablos, y varias advertencies, notas y observaciones, para la
major inteligencia del Idioma. 1754. Lima. Imprenta de la Plazuela de San
Christobal. In 12mo (148 mm x 98 mm). 1 [blank] + 6 ff. + 254 ff. + 5 pp. +
1 [blank]. Contemporary vellum, ties present, spine lettered in ink,
slightly soiled. Generally a fresh copy, in its entirely genuine condition;
overall fine except for some toning to first and last folios.
5,000 $
Third edition, corrected and enlarged. The first edition is, as expected, of
extreme rarity (1619); this third edition was considerably enlarged –
almost twice as large- by Father Juan de Figueredo, a Jesuit learned
Priest. These grammars often survived in damaged conditions, if at all,
due to the use they were put through, and perilous voyages to the tribes
for whom the works were made, thus aiding the missionaries in the
evangelizing activities. Torres Rubio, it´s first author (1547 – 1638) was
professor of native languages at the Jesuit college of Chuquisaca, the
Quechua, official language to the Incas, was the most widespread
language in the Viceroyalty of Peru. In 1616, Torres Rubio also published
his Arte de la Lengua Aymara.
This edition is significant as it includes the first edition of Figueredo´s
entirely original work “Vocabulario de la lengua Chinchaisuyo, y algunos
modos mas usados de ella”, which occupies over 30 ff., as well as numerous
additions and corrections to the original Arte.
De Backer-Sommervogel III, 725. Medina, Lima 1068. Palau 337262. Sabin
96271.
27- Puerto Cabello libre! Venezuela has no more Spanish armed forces
[Venezuelan Independence]. Puerto Cabello libre. Conciudadanos! El
pabellón nacional fue tremolado el 8 de Noviembre sobre los muros de
Puerto Cabello. 1824. Guayaquil. Imprenta de la Ciudad, V. Duque. In
folio. (290 mm x 194 mm). 1 ff. Light browning.
1,700 $
Rare Guayaquil imprint, first edition. The Venezuelan process of
Independence was one of the earliest in South America, having started
with the actions of Francisco de Miranda. In 1810, the Cabildo replaced the
Spanish officers in Caracas. The 5th of July of the following year, Simón
Bolivar at the Sociedad Patriótica declared the Independence from Spain
preceded by a vigorous speech. Though an accelerated political
movement until that point, the armed conflict was one of the lengthiest
and bloodies. After 13 years of wars the Spanish army was left only with
one fortress, which was the Castle of San Felipe, in Puerto Cabello –
understandable as it was the most important port in Venezuela and a
significant one on the Caribbean-, which concentrated the remainder of
its forces and determined to last as much as possible. The imprint
celebrates the victory and taking of the Castle, thus ending the wars of
Independence and eliminating Spanish armed force´s presence in
Venezuela.
The joy and happiness resulting from this event is eloquently expressed
“Nuestra Patria es integramente independiente, después de una lucha dilatada y
sangrienta. Debemos este inmenso beneficio al valor y constancia del jenio tutelar
de Colombia, al denuedo y obediencia del egercito, y a la gratitud y amor del
Pueblo que sostubo al Gral. Bolívar á la cabeza de la Nacion, con igual confianza
en la adversidad que en la fortuna”.
José Toribio Medina “Notas Bibliográficas referentes a las primeras
producciones de la imprenta en algunas ciudades de la América Española (1754 –
1823)” registers only two imprints from Guayaquil, dated 1810 and 1823.
Not in Suarez. Not in Palau.
A short selection of Maps & City Plans
Amongst the rarest and charts of the River Plate, by the first pilot of Buenos
Aires
Aizpurua, Benito. Carta esferica del Rio de la Plata en la America del Sur,
levantada por Don Andres Oyarvide. c.1826. Buenos Aires. 1040 mm x
810 mm. Recently mounted on linen, foxing to folds mainly.
4,800 $
A rare map of the Rio de la Plata, wonderfully engraved by Besnes
Irigoyen. Aizpurua (1774 – 1833) was a Spanish navy officer and pilot; he
moved to Buenos Aires at a young age, the city still being the seat of the
Viceroyalty of La Plata. Once there he was appointed as pilot of the
Bergatin Tigre and began his cartographic activities mapping the region.
During the wars of independence he sided with the revolutionaries and
stayed in Buenos Aires; his knowledge of the region –he having mapped
a large portion of it- and his understanding of hydrographical reality and
navigation of the River Plate granted him the commission from Brown as
Chief Pilot of the argentine fleet during the war against Brazil. For a river
such as the Plata, said knowledge may be decisive in the outcome of the
engagement. His charts, under the recommendation of Brown himself,
were acquired by the Nation and compiled into one chart –this one- by
Andres Oyarbide.
The map includes two cartouches and inset maps of the Port of
Montevideo and Maldonado, as well as coastal profiles; historical
explanation of the “Derrota de Montevideo a Buenos Ayres por el N. Del
Banco Chico” and “Derrotas por el S. del Banco Chico, o Costa del sur”. It was
drawn by Manuel Besnes e Irigoyen (1789 – 1865), a celebrated
Uruguayan painter, which accounts for its artistic beauty.
Rarísimo plano de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Cerviño, Pedro Antonio. Plano Topográfico de la Ciudad de BuenosAyres Capital de las Provincias Unidas del Rio de la Plata. 1817. Paris.
Amplio plan de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. 719 mm x 516 mm. Reforzado
con membrana para protección, márgenes extendidos para enmarcar,
alguna mancha de óxido eventual, restauración sin afectar texto sobre
sello eliminado, esquinas con porción en facsímil, en general fresco y
limpio.
5,000 $
Extremadamente raro plano de Buenos Aires, producido por uno de los
primeros gobiernos del País, encargado por “orden del Supremo
Directorio de Ellas”. Provee una detallada vista de la ciudad, incluyendo
la Urbe y extendiendose al fuerte. Cerviño, un español hijo de
inmigrantes Gallegos, fue bautizado en 1757. A los 25 años llega a Buenos
Aires, coincidiendo con los primeros años del Virreinato, para quién
cumplirá misiones como ingeniero del ejército. Posteriormente será
miembro de la comisión demarcadora de límites entre España y Portugal
y, a encargo de Azara, junto con Pedro Zizur, realiza un viaje al Río
Paraná, como resultado, junto con Jose Oyarbide, levanta una carta del
Río Uruguay. Cerviño mantiene buenas relaciones con Azara, al punto
que, al volver este último a Europa, le deja en custodia cartas geográficas.
Después de realizar otras tareas, en 1801 el Virrey Avilés reclama sus
servicios para levantar un plano de Buenos Aires y “reconocimiento y
delineación del pueblo de la Ensenada y de sus cuadras, calles, sitios y
solares, el que después de formado debería titularse Villa de Nuestra
Señora de Mercedes y Puerto de la Ensenada de Buenos Aires” y para
planear una campaña contra los indios con el fin de ensanchar las
fronteras. En 1814, el Supremo Directorio, encargó a Cerviño el
levantamiento de un Plano Topográfico de Buenos Aires, grabado
posteriormente en Londres. El plano, siendo una de sus últimas labores,
resulta la culminación de su labor cartográfica. De generosa dimensión, la
característica mas interesante resulta el detalle de 56 edificios, fuertes,
obras, instituciones y demás en cada una de las divisiones de la ciudad.
An exceptional rarity, the map to accompany the 1596 relation of Drake´s voyage
to the Americas
[Drake, Francis] [Boazio, Baptista]. Die Gross Insel Cuba Mit Der
Umbligen Der Lantschaft. N.d. [ca. 1596]. Amsterdam. Hand coloured,
strong impression, very good.
9,000 $
Fascinating map of the coast of America; published in an extremely rare
account of Drake's Third Voyage to the New World, published in
Amsterdam shortly after Drake's death in 1596.
This remarkable map illustrated the original Dutch edition of Franciscus
Dracus Redivivus. Published in Amsterdam by Johann Clausen, the book
espoused the virtues of Drake and Cavendish as champions of
Protestantism in the struggle of the United Provinces and England
against Spain. The title suggests that the book reflects the action of Drake
during his voyage, which commenced in Plymouth in November 1585.
On this voyage, Drake struck first Santiago (Cape Verde Islands), and
then arrived in Santo Domingo on January 1586, where he ransomed the
city. He proceeded next to Cartagena, which he attacked on February
1586. At this point, Drake proceeded to the north, in search of Sir Walter
Raleigh's Roanoke Colony in the modern day Carolinas, which at the
time was also known as the area of Nova Francia (as illustrated on the
map). Drake's expedition first reached Cuba in April, 1586, before
proceeding northward where they coasted Florida in May 1586, where
Drake attacked the Spanish fort and later the settlement of St. Augustine.
The map would appear to depict the coastline of America, with Florida at
the center, Nova Francia in the far north and Peru in the far south, with a
disproportionately large image of the Island of Cuba and the harbour of
Havana in the foreground. The view of Havana, albeit fanciful, is the
earliest surviving view of the town. Whilst crude in its construction and
clearly derivative of the Boazio map of Civitas Carthagena in Indiae
occidentalis (1588), it provides a template for Drake's time in the New
World in 1586; it includes a key which cross references his various
encounters in the New World, beginning in Santa Domingo and the east
coast of Cuba, and ending in Florida (note 8) and Nova Francia (note 9).
The John Carter Brown description of this work suggests that it consists
of a letter written by Thomas Cavendish, concerning the expeditions of
Cavendish, Drake and Sir John Hawkins. The pamphlet consists of 11
pages, portraits of Drake and Cavendish, a view of the taking of Cadiz in
1596 and the present map.
battle plan illustrating the ill-fated Drake expedition to Portugal
Rare
[Drake, Francis]. Portugaliae Pars. N.d. [ca. 1600]. [Frankfurt]. Georg
Keller. Trimmed to neat line and remargined, in the style of a Lafreri
map, in order to fit into a larger binding. 280 mm x 200 mm.
2,500 $
Exceedingly rare map depicting the battle between the English Armada
and Spanish Galleons off the Coast of Lisbon, during the failed DrakeNorreys expedition of 1589.
Enraged by England's piracy and heresy, in 1588, Phillip II assembled
what was by far the largest naval fleet to date. It sailed from Lisbon to
attack England. However, a combination of brave and clever English
resistance, Spanish incompetence and terrible weather resulted in the
complete failure of the mission and the loss of most of the Spanish
fleet. The 'Defeat of the Armada' was one of the momentous events of
British history. Sir Francis Drake (1540-96) was one of the leaders of the
resistance to the Armada. Following the defeat of the Armada, Elizabeth
and her ministers quickly moved to strike a deathblow to Spanish naval
power. In 1589, the English mounted the Drake-Norreys Expedition, led
by Sir Francis Drake as admiral and Sir John Norreys as general.
The commanders of the so-called "English Armada" unwisely decided to
attack Corunna on their way to Lisbon. While they managed to create
quite a bit of trouble for the Spaniards, the diversion seriously weakened
the English fleet and spoiled the element of surprise, as the Spanish
garrison in Lisbon was alerted and given two weeks notice to shore up its
defences. Drake and Norreys were forced to withdrawal with heavy
losses both in lives and ships. The Spanish victory marked a revival of
Philip II's naval power.
Spanish-made map of Colombia and Venezuela, extremely rare, in contemporary
color
Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Juan. Carta Plana de la Provincia de la
Hacha; Situada Entre las de Santa Marta y Maracaybo. 1786. Madrid.
Contemporary color, wide margins and striking impression; a virtually
flawless copy. 370 mm x 395 mm.
4,000 $
Rare map of La Hacha, a region situated between the oil-rich Maracaibo
(Venezuela) and Santa Marta (Colombia); the map stands out for it´s
color, a rare feature in Lopez´ maps, normally in black and white. The
clarity of detail assures us that the most up-to-date cartographic
knowledge on the region was available to Lopez. The map shows the
Departamento de La Guajira Rare with the capital city Riohacha and
northern part of Venezuela with the area around Maracaibo and the Lago
de Maracaibo. Spanish separately issued maps from the 18th century are
rare, not many were published due to the secrecy policy of the Spanish
Crown; to see them in contemporary color is almost impossible.
Juan Lopez was the son of Tomaz López; and possibly the foremost
Spanish mapmaker of the 18th century. From a young age he worked with
his father, who made a career making and publishing maps, in a period
when the secrecy policy on cartographical evolution –especially in the
colonies- was still an issue, and access to information was restricted to
authorities. After his father's death he published the “Atlas Geográfico de
Espana” –the first of its kind- and became Royal Geographer to the King
of Spain. His position, as well as his father´s before him, gained him
access to otherwise inaccessible sources of information (manuscript
charts, recent geographical discoveries, and engineering labors altering
the geographical reality of a region), guaranteeing his maps as the
culmination of the Spanish cartographic knowledge. Advertisement note
found at bottom margin “Se hallará en Madrid, con todas las obras del Autor
y las de su Hijo, en la calle de Atocha, frente de la Aduana vieja.”
Tooley, Dictionary of Mapmakers, 273.
Extremely rare Spanish map of Kingston, in contemporary color
Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Juan. Plano de la Ciudad de Kingston, en la
Jamaica. 1782. Madrid. Contemporary color; wide margins and striking
impression, a virtually flawless copy. 355 mm x 395 mm.
4,500 $
Extremely rare separately published Spanish map of Kingston, divided
into four parts “Plano de la ciudad de Kingston”, “Plano de la ciudad de Puerto
Real en la Isla de la Jamaica”, “Carta del Puerto de Bluefields” and “Carta de los
puertos de Kingston y Puerto Real”. Spanish separately published maps
from the 18th century are rare, not many were published due to the
secrecy policy of the Spanish Crown; to see them in contemporary color is
almost impossible. Although not saying so directly it, it is based on the
maps by Thomas Jefferys, to whom a reference is made, measures are
given In Fathom´s, with a conversion to Spanish measurement systems.
Advertisement note found at bottom margin “Se hallará en Madrid, con
todas las obras del Autor y las de su Hijo, en la calle de Atocha, frente de la
Aduana vieja.” Rare, we couldn´t trace any copies in the U.S.
Kapp, The Printed Maps of Jamaica up to 1825 (in Map Collectors' Circle Fith Volume), Nr. 120. Tooley, Dictionary of Mapmakers, 273.
Extremely
rare, original-color, map of Veracruz, compiled from Spanish sources
Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Tomas. Plano del Puerto de Veracruz, Plano
De La Ciudad Y Plaza De La Veracruz, y Castillo de San Juan de Ulua.
N.d. [ca. 1780]. Madrid. Original hand color, strong paper, wide margins
and striking impression, a virtually flawless copy. 365 mm x 390 mm.
4,500 $
Very rare separately published map of Veracruz, in the Caribbean, in
contemporary color. The map is divided in two parts, one portraying the
port, and the other city and main square. The plan of the city contains a
numbered-key to the city´s landmarks; the plan of the port contains a
brief historical note and explains it virtues and current reality –saying it is
the most frequented port in Mexico, with ships coming from Caracas,
Santo Domingo, Barlovento Army, amongst others.
Tomas Lopez (1731 - 1802) was a one of the foremost Spanish mapmakers
and publishers of the 18th century; he studied under Jean-Baptiste
Bourguignon d'Anville in Paris, until returning to Madrid in 1760, when
became Royal Geographer to King Charles III. His position gained him
access to otherwise inaccessible sources of information, manuscript
charts, recent geographical discoveries, and engineering labors altering
the geographical reality of a region, guaranteeing his maps as the most
up-to-date published in Spain.
Advertisement note found at bottom margin “Se hallará en Madrid, con
todas las obras del Autor y las de su Hijo, en la calle de Atocha, frente de la
Aduana vieja.”
Tooley, Dictionary of Mapmakers, 154.