New York. 1889. xv,450,17pp. Later buckram, gilt label. Cloth somewhat dust soiled and worn. A few interior leaves with closed tears from fore-edge or chipped at lower corner. Contemporary manuscript annotations throughout. Light tanning. Good. One of the great early collections of Americana, with an introduction by Henry Harrisse, which.....
Vienna: Im Selbstverlage des Verfassers, 1869. [8],202,[2]pp. plus seven woodcut plates and folding color map. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, paper library label. Slightly rubbed. Old institutional stamps on titlepage. Internally quite clean. Very good. Departing San Francisco in 1866, Bechtinger travelled to Hawaii and remained there for one.....
Toronto: Hunter, Rose, & Co., 1894-1895. Three volumes. Portraits. Green publisher's cloth, gilt stamped. Boards moderately rubbed, slight damstaining to boards of volumes two and three. Corners bumped, spine ends and hinges slightly worn. Some tanning, but otherwise clean. About very good. Begg, a Scottish immigrant to Canada, served in.....
Paris. 1758. Engraved title, xii,171pp. including nine engraved views in the text, plus thirteen engraved maps and plans (eight folding). Quarto. Contemporary French calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt, leather label. Calf scuffed and edgeworn, a few chips along spine. Leaf L3 with a small hole, affecting a few letters.....
Basel: Sebastian Henripetri, 1582-1583. Two volumes bound in one. [20],ccxliii,[24],ccxlv-dcii,[2]; [12],cccvi,[2]pp., plus folding table. Titlepages printed in red and black. Folio. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, yapp edges. Rubbed, front hinge neatly repaired. Marginal tear in folding table. Internally clean. Old bookseller's label and later ownership signature on front.....
Geneva: Eustatium Vignon, 1578. [32],480,[12]pp. Later limp vellum, later ink title on spine, marbled foredges. Covers slightly bowed. Unobtrusive contemporary ink signature on titlepage, very occasional contemporary manuscript annotations, trimmed closely at top margin, not affecting text, moderate tanning. A good copy. First Latin edition of Benzoni's important early account.....
[Geneva]: Eustatium Vignon, 1578. [32],480,[12]pp. Lacks errata leaf. Later mottled calf, gilt leather label. Titlepage lightly soiled, contemporary inscriptions, small portion of top corner torn away on first two leaves. Top edge trimmed closely, affecting running title and page numbers on some leaves. Internally fresh and clean. Very good, with.....
Paris: François Clovzier, 1664. [24],432pp. Woodcut decorations. Small quarto. Later vellum, slightly Yapp edges. Scattered foxing and staining, particularly affecting title-leaf and last leaf, else very good. One of the primary sources for the French ventures in Guiana. Biet was a French priest who went to the West Indies in.....
Paris: François Clovzier, 1664. [24],432pp. Woodcut decorations. Small quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, ruled in blind, spine richly gilt with raised bands, a.e.g. Lightly rubbed, some loss to gilding on spine. Quite clean internally. A very good copy. One of the primary sources for the French ventures in Guiana. Biet was.....
Antwerp. 1542. 123 leaves. Modern vellum. Some spotting and thumbing, some occasional dampstaining. Small erasure and old ownership inscription on titlepage. Good. One of the classic works on the different races of mankind, first published in Venice in 1520 and here present in the first edition to include American material.....
London. 1762. [2],viii,141,[1]pp., including advertising and errata leaves. Quarto. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, expertly rebacked, spine gilt, morocco label, gilt inner dentelles. Calf a bit scuffed at extremities, slightly worn at corners. Internally clean. Very good. William Bollan (1710?-82) was the colonial agent from Massachusetts in England from 1745.....
Venice: Federico Toresano, 1547. [10],74 leaves. Titlepage printed in red and black, with ornamental woodcut border, woodcut initials throughout. Full-page diagram of a world map and windroses; four woodcut double-page or folding maps; four smaller double-page maps; 103 other woodcut maps and plans scattered through the text. Small folio. Contemporary.....
Venice: Nicolo Zoppino, 1528. [10],73 leaves, including four double-page maps and two single-page maps, and numerous woodcut maps and plans in the text. A few leaves misnumbered. Small folio. 18th-century vellum, spine gilt, leather label. Boards and spine moderately soiled, leather label abraded. Titlepage printed in red and black with.....
Rome: Giacomo Mascardi, 1615. 16pp. Later speckled paper boards. With the bookplate from the stock and reference library of H.P. Kraus on front pastedown. Minor separation of spine paper from rear joint. Very minor foxing. A very good copy. In a half morocco box. The present work is a rare.....
Baltimore. 1837. Two volumes. xii,[9]-314;728pp. Contemporary speckled calf, leather label, speckled edges. Spines chipping, boards rubbed. Front hinges cracked on both volumes but secure. Light to medium foxing. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Good. Second and "best edition" (Howes) of Bozman's history, including much material on the discovery and early.....
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882. viii,367,[1]pp., plus frontis, folding map, and three plates. Later three-quarter brown morocco and green morocco boards, spine gilt, edges marbled. Library binding, Light tanning and foxing, heavier on initial leaves. About very good. A history of the province of Manitoba and an.....
London. 1777. Two volumes. [6],xii,324; xii,308pp. Folding frontispiece map in each volume. Later speckled calf, maroon and black gilt morocco labels, ornate gilt spines. Front board of second volume detached, but present. Covers slightly bowed. Armorial bookplate and early 19th-century ownership signature on front paste down of each volume. Later.....
Madrid. 1906. Two volumes.xxx,388,[5]; xii,428,[4]pp. Original paper printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled. Volume one with repair tape on spine, small tear on front wrapper. Later ownership stamp on front flyleaves. Text block cracked in volume one. Small section loose but attached on volume two. Good. Later edition of the famous.....
Cleveland: The Williams Publishing Co., 1892. 284pp. plus one double plate and errata page. Original maroon cloth stamped in black and gilt, spine faded. Contemporary ownership signature of Robert Lee Goodbred on front flyleaf. Mild toning to text. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Very good. First edition of this account.....
Firenze. 1788. viii,80pp. Lacks frontispiece portrait. Contemporary blue paper wrappers. Spine perished, front wrapper detached. Discreet ink stamp on titlepage. Very minor scattered foxing, but generally quite clean internally. Very good. The author devoutly believes that Vespucci, who was a Tuscan by birth, was the discoverer of America, and that.....
[Firenze, 1789]. 16pp. Small quarto. Modern half morocco and cloth. Very good. The author is known for his ELOGIO D'AMERIGO VESPUCCI...(Florence 1788) in which he describes Vespucci as the true discoverer of America and dismisses Columbus as an imposter. Sabin lists a variant title. The NUC notes only the Lenox.....
Paris. 1607. Engraved title, regular title, [6]pp., 506 leaves. Thick 12mo. Later speckled boards, leather label, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Contents tanned, fore-edge trimmed affecting some sidenotes but no main text. Minor marginal worming to some leaves. Else very good. A rare and important volume, containing one of the first.....
[Augsburg? 1520]. [4]pp. Small quarto. Later plain paper boards. Marginal tears and old fold marks with slight discoloration, else very good. "After the death of Ferdinand II, Charles V succeeded to the Kingdom of Spain. In 1517 he proceeded to Spain, which he left in 1520. At his departure he.....
Antwerp: Martin Nucio, 1554. [8],204 leaves, with forty-one woodcuts in the text. Woodcut vignette on titlepage. 12mo. Contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties. Vellum attached to text block with ties through foredges of pastedowns only. Slight age toning, occasional dampstaining, minor soiling on leaf 55. A very good copy. In a......
London. 1783. 136pp. Textual illus. Half title. Small quarto. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Bit tanned, some scattered foxing. Very good. A very popular navigational guide, first published in 1688, according to the NUC, which lists the latest edition as 1784 but does not note this edition of 1783. All of the.....
