222 CASAS. TRATADOS, original editions. 223 1. Breuissima relacion de la destruycion de las In- | dias: colegida por el Obispo dō | fray Bartolome de las Casas, o | Casaus de la orden de Sacto Domingo. | Año. 1552. Fol. 50a: . . Fue impressa la presente obra enla muy noble z muy leal ciudad de Seuilla | en casa de Sebastian Trugillo impressor de libros. A nuestra señora de Gracia. | Año de . M. D. Lij. Fol. 51a: Lo que se sigue es un pedaco de vna carta yrelacion que escriuio cierto hombre: refirie do las obras que hazia z consentia hazer el capita por | la tierra que adaua.. Fol. 54b: ... | todas las yndias. ..! 2. Entre los re- | medios q dō fray Bartolome delas casas: |.. refirio 3. Este es vn tratrado q.. do | fray Bartholome de las Casas . . | 5. .1. Año. 1552. Aqui se côtienē tre | ynta proposiciones. . en las quales. . se 6. Aqui se contiene | vna disputa, o controuersia: entre el | Obispo.. 8. Principia queda ex quibus procedendum est. . ad- . . defend- 8 parts in 1 vol. sm. 4to. crimson morocco extra, tooled to a Grolieresque 1552-53 22 10 0 the same, 8 parts in 1 vol. sm. 4to. a very large copy in old russia, from the Crofts, Grafton, and Heber libraries 224 CASAS. Destruccion de las Indias . . sm. 4to. bds. 1552-53 Puebla, 1821 This is a reprint of the Brevissima Relacion, published in 16 numbers of four leaves each, except the last, which has three. 225 CASAS. NARRATIO REGIONVM INDICARVM PER HISPANOS QVOSDAM deuastatarum verissima: prius quidem per Episcopum Bartholomæum Casaum Hispanice conscripta. . Anno vero hoc 1598 Latine excusa. FRANCOFVRTI, Sumptibus Theodori de Bry, & Ioannis Saurii typis. Anno M.D.XCVIII. Small 4to. with 18 fine engravings by De Bry and Jod. a Winghe; 24 0 0 0 15 0 CASAS, continued: 226 : with some MS. notes by an early possessor; in the original stamped pig- NARRATIO . . . OPPENHEIMII, Sumtibus JOHAN-THEOD. de BRY, Small 4to. a re-issue of the preceding treatise, with the same 18 illustrations; brown morocco, gilt edges 1614 2 16 This work is chiefly an abridged translation from the Brevissima Relacion, with extracts from the Entre los Remedios. 227 CASTELL (William) A SHORT DISCOVERIE of the Coasts and Continent of AMERICA.. Whereunto is prefixed the Authors Petition to this present Parliament, for the propagation of the Gospell in America .. London, Printed in the yeer 1644. Small 4to. with the autograph of "Daines Barrington" on the flyleaf; blue morocco extra, gilt edges 1644 24 0 6 preliminary leaves; the first book, 44 pp., numbered 1-48; second book, 54 numbered pages-altogether 55 leaves, of which the first two have no signatures and the others are marked * and B-F in fours, G in two leaves; Aa-Gg in fours (of which the last is a blank). The text is preceded by the Ordinance of Parliament appointing the Earl of The Sunderland copy fetched £46. There was no copy in the famous Barlow 228 CASTELLANOS (Juan de) PRIMERA PARTE DE LAS ELEGIAS DE VARONES ILLVSTRES DE INDIAS . En Madrid, En casa de la viuda de Alonso Gomez.. 1589. Small 4to. woodcut portrait; a wormhole on twelve or fifteen leaves; vellum wrapper 1589 RARE. Although divided into separate Eulogies upon the early conquistadores, it forms in the whole a sort of Epic upon the Spanish conquest of the New World. No more of the text was published till the present century. Pp. 11-89 are devoted to the career of Columbus. The whole book is in ottava rima. 5 0 229 CASTELNAU (Francis de) Expédition dans les partiés centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro à Lima et de Lima à Para, exécutéé par ordre du Gouvernement Français 1843-47. 6 vols. 8vo. and 9 vols. in 4to. and folio, with about 500 maps and plates plain and COLOURED (pub. 1450 fr.); hf. morocco, h. r. s. m. Paris, 1850-61 30 00 Land and river journeys made twice across South America for the study in every respect of the course of the Amazon. 350 of the plates illustrate the Natural History; but a large share is also given to Archæology, Views, and Ethnology. 230 CATHERWOOD (F.) Views of ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yvcatan, impl. folio, ornamental title, map, and 25 large tinted plates; the paper foxed throughout; hf. morocco 1844 This serves as a Pictorial Atlas to Stephens' work on the country. The plates are devoted entirely to the mysterious architectural and sculptured monuments of the region, and give a better idea of what they are like than perhaps any other work on the subject. 231 CATLIN (Geo.) Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and con 232 233 dition of the North American Indians, written during eight years' Portfolio of Hunting-Scenes and Amusements of the American EARLY COLOURED COPIES have become very scarce. 3 16 1 16 0 4 4 0 1844 15 15 0 234 CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORTFOLIO, plates of Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies, coloured and mounted on cardboard, resembling drawings, in a portfolio, scarce £ 8. d. 1844 10 10 0 Twenty-five plates form the complete work; this copy has 6 additional plates. "Mr. Catlin is the historian of the red races of mankind; of a world fast fading 235 CAUCHE (François). Relations veritables et cvrievses de l'Isle de Madagascar, et dv Bresil .. Paris. . M.DC.LI.. Small 4to. old calf 1651 This volume was edited by Morisot. It contains Cauche's Voyage to Madagascar, 1638-44, and the Voyage to Brazil in 1647 of Roulox Baro, Interpreter of the Dutch West India Company. The Egyptian and Persian relations which, according to the title, should follow, are not in this copy. 236 CAULIN (Antonio) Historia coro-grafica natvral y evangelica de la Nveva Andalvcia, provincias de Cumana, Guayana, y vertientes del Orinoco, sm. folio, title engraved, 3 plates, and large map; fine copy in blue morocco extra, gilt edges, by Niedrée (Madrid) 1779 237 CAVO (Andres) LOS TRES SIGLOS DE MEXICO publicala con notas y Suplemento. . Carlos Maria de Bustamante, 4 vols. 8vo. bd. Mexico, 1836 A good history of Mexico, from the Conquest down to 1766, written by an exiled Jesuit in Rome. Bustamante printed it from the MS. in two volumes, and added to it vols. III and IV as a continuation from 1766 to 1821. 238 CENTENO (Amaro) Historia de Cosas del Oriente . . Small 4to. the last three leaves slightly wormed in the margin; calf, A description of the regions of Asia, history of the Tatars, of Egypt, and of 239 CEPEDA, y CARRILLO. RELACION VNIVERSAL LEGITIMA, Y 240 4 parts in 1 vol. small folio, fine copy in citron morocco, gilt edges another copy, calf extra, gilt edges 1637 1637 VERY RARE. Copies are usually imperfect, and for that reason a collation is annexed. COLLATION: Title; Address by the editor, Juan Albares Serrano, to the Viceroy, dated 12th January, 1637, and the Viceroy's note in reply, dated 14th January; with the dedication by the two authors on the reverse. Text foliated 1-31; 1-38; 40-42; 1-18; 17-39, having the colophon on the reverse of the thirty-ninth leaf. Supplement (or Part IV): Title; text foliated 1-11, 11. The book, therefore, consists altogether of 128 leaves. The description by signatures is as follows: Two preliminary leaves; signatures A-P in twos, Q one leaf; Aa-Uu in twos, Xx one leaf; Aaa-Iii, and Iii-Ttt, in twos, Vvv one leaf; Title; A-F in twos. 241 CHAMPLAIN. LES VOYAGES DV SIEVR DE CHAMPLAIN XAINTONGEOIS, CAPITAINE ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine . IOVRNAL TRES-FIDELE DES OBSERVA-tions faites és descouuertures de la Nouuelle France. . . A PARIS, Chez IEAN BERJON.. M.DC.XIII. . Small 4to. maps and plates; vellum 1613 12 0 0 A very rare book, and a valuable text. This copy, which is generally large and fine, wants the larger of the two maps specified on the title; it also wants a small chart at p. 176, and a plate at p. 136. 242 CHAMPLAIN. LES VOYAGES DE LA NOVVELLE FRANCE OCCIDENTALE, DICTE CANADA, FAITS PAR LE SR DE CHAMPLAIN Xainctongeois . . | Descouuertes qu'il a faites en ce païs depuis l'an 1603, iusques en l'an 1629 ... A PARIS. Chez PIERRE LE-MVR.. M.D.C.XXXII. . 243 Small 4to. with the rare folding map; fine and large copy in old calf, with the bookplate of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke £ s. d. 1632 45 0 0 another copy, also large and fine, and having the rare map mounted on linen, but the title a little soiled; red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf 1632 42 0 0 This is the complete record of Champlain's Canadian Explorations; comprising, as it does, narratives of all the expeditions made between 1603 and 1629, as well as the great map which he drew up in Canada in 1631. Most of the copies of this book have a reprinted title dated 1640. Voyage to the West Indies 1599-1602, translated by Wilmere, 1859-see HAKLUYT SOCIETY. 244 CHARDIN. Voyages de Monsieur le Chevalier Chardin en Perse et autres lieux de l'Orient, 3 vols. 4to. with a map and a great number of fine large plates; calf Amsterdam, 1711 FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, published for the author himself. The previous edition printed in London had only contained a part of the work. 245 246 247 248 249 nouvelle edition, augmentée d'une notice de la Perse par L. Langlès, 10 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt; with roy. folio Atlas, containing the plates, bds. 1 16 0 Paris, 1811 2 00 1 4 0 the roy. folio Atlas, separately; bd. Portrait; xl preliminary pages; pp. 412; two leaves of Errata and Privileges. The signatures are a 4 leaves, e 8, i 8; A-Z, Aa-Cc, in eights; altogether 228 leaves not including the portrait. Marie Guyard-Martin, the Mère de l'Incarnation, sailed from Dieppe on May 4, Histoire et Description generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le 3 10 0 3 10 0 1 16 0 Histoire du Paraguay, 6 vols. 12mo. with folding maps; fine copy in veau fauvre extra, gilt edges Paris, 1757 250 CHASE (John Centlivres) The Cape of Good Hope and the Eastern province of Algoa Bay, 12mo. map and illustrations; cloth 251 CHAUNCY (Charles) Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New-England. . With a Preface giving an Account of the Antinomians, Familists and Libertines. . 8vo. calf Boston, 1743 The intrinsic value and interest of this book (consisting of pp. xxx, 18, and 424) are amply shown by the list of subscribers. Over 1000 copies are recorded as subscribed for, and the list is stated to be unfinished. Yet the volume is now a rare one. 252 CHRISTIAN HISTORY (The) Containing accounts of the revival and propagation of Religion in Great-Britain & America for the year 1743 (and 1744), 2 vols. 8vo. original calf 1 5 0 Boston, N. E., S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1744-45 2.10 0 253 the same, vol. I (for 1743) 8vo. calf, fine copy 1744 100 254 CHURCHILL'S COLLECTION of Voyages and Travels, some now first together 8 vols. folio, numerous maps and plates, calf 1747 1704-47 For anyone wishing to study the advance of geographical knowledge no better or more entertaining collection exists. 255 CHIMALPAIN. Annales de Domingo Francisco de San Anton Muñon Chimalpahin Quautlehuanitzin, Sixième et septième Relations (12581612) publiées et traduites sur le MS. original, par Rémi Siméon, Nahuatl et Français, 8vo. sd. Paris, 1889 256 CIEZA DE LEON, Title, under a woodcut of the imperial arms, and within a woodcut border: PARTE PRIMERA | Dela chronica del Peru. Que tracta la demarca- | cion de sus prouincias: . . fundaciones de las nueuas ciudades costumbres de los indios. Y otras cosas estrañas 257 258 529 .. por Pedro d'Cieça de Leon vezino de Seuilla. | 1553. Colophon on last page: Impressa en Seuilla en casa de Martin de montes doca. Acabose a quinze de | Março de mill y quinientos y l cinquenta y tres años. Small folio, gothic letter, printed in double columns, with numerous woodcuts; some leaves slightly waterstained; Dutch vellum binding, stamped in gold with the arms of Lord Stuart de Rothesay 1553 12 12 0 A VERY BAre volume. The original edition of one of the best of the early 144 leaves, with signatures 6, 4, a-q in eights, and r 6 leaves. La Chronica DEL PERV, NVEVAMENTE ESCRITA, POR Pedro de Cieça de 1554 These are two volumes of the BIBLIOTECA Hispano-Ultramarina, 6 The Seventeen Years Travels of Peter de Cieza, Through the . Small 4to. a map and a view on separate plates, and four engravings printed with the text at pp. 20, 29, 99, 102; bound London, 1709 Some copies are found without the engravings which were printed in the text. Mr. Barlow's was one of that kind and also wanted the map, but it fetched 13 dollars. the same, translated by Markham, 1864-83-see HAKLUYT SOCIETY 260 CISNEROS (Diego de) Sitio, Natvraleza y Propriedades de la Civdad de Mexico Small 4to. with an engraved title, and a portrait, but without the map; vellum wrapper Mexico (1617) . 261 CISNEROS (Joseph Luis de) Descripcion exacta de la Provincia de Benezuela. . Small 4to. slightly wormed in the margins and having the dedication supplied in MS.; limp vellum Valencia, 1764 Probably the first book printed in Valencia, which is, next to Caracas, the chief city of Venezuela. It is to be hoped that this book was considered by the arbitrators in the Venezuela-Guyana dispute. 3 15 0 3 16 0 1 5 0 220 3 16 0 |