510 With the Author his owne Voyage, being the XVIth | Six lines lower Small 4to. with a fine and perfect impression, carefully mounted, of L 8. d. 1635 18 18 0 another copy, in good condition, the map equally fine with the preceding one, and unmounted; calf neat 1635 22 00 In the edition published a few years ago by the Hakluyt Society, the editor dwells upon the great intrinsic value of Foxe's text and map, and upon the rarity of the book when complete. Henceforward the North-west Fox must rank among the chief of the early English books relating to the Hudson's Bay region; and the value of the original edition ought to increase proportionately. COLLATION: 6 preliminary leaves and pp. 1-168; four pages of which the first three are marked 172, 170, 171; and pp. 169-(272); with signatures A in 4, A in 2, B-T in fours, V 4 leaves with two other leaves marked u 3 and u 2 inserted between V 2 and V 3; X, Y, Z, and Aa-li in fours; and Kk 2 leaves. The leaves u 3 and u 2, were evidently printed at the end of the book to supply a deficiency which would have made V four instead of six leaves. Some of the accounts of anterior voyages given by Foxe are not to be found elsewhere; including the important expedition of Sir Thomas Button in 1612. FOXE and JAMES, edited by Christy, 1894-see HAKLUYT SOCIETY 511 FRACANZO'S COLLECTION OF VOYAGES. Title (printed in red ink): under the words CVM PRIVILEGIO Small 4to. fine copy in brown morocco, gilt edges, by 1507 225 00 This rare and celebrated volume was the precursor of all the Collections of Voyages. According to Mr. Harrisse, the copies in American libraries are all of the second issue, that is of the issue which contains 143 chapters; which omits the specification of privilege for ten years in the colophon; and which only came out in 1508, notwithstanding its retention of 1507 in the imprint. The above has 142 chapters, likewise the prohibition against reprinters, and is consequently the first edition of the book. The best proof that copies with 143 chapters came out in 1508 at the earliest is this: that the Latin translation ("Itinerarium Portugallensium") printed in 1508 contains only the 142 chapters of the Paesi of 1507. The text of Cabral's voyage, whoever its author was-perhaps Vaz de Caminha-was printed here for the first time, and differs toto cælo from the brief sketch contained in the Letter of Manoel to Fernando, which was printed in 1505 at Rome, and which Mr. Harrisse con- Books I-II. Voyages of Cadamosto and Pedro de Cintra along the These had never been published before and occupy here capp. 1-50. Never published before. It occupies capp. 63-83. Book IV. Abridgment of Peter Martyr's yet unpublished first Decade, Book V. Vespucci's Voyage of 1501-2. This occupies chapters 114-124. This was a retranslation into Italian of the single Letter already printed in Latin. Book VI. Five letters from Venetians in Lisbon, dated 1501-2-3, giving accounts of Portuguese expeditions to the East and the West (Corte-Real included). Chapters 125-128. Never published before. Book VI. Accounts of India, by Joseph of Cranganor (who had been This list of contents offers a curious contrast to Mr. Harrisse's 512 FRACANZO'S COLLECTION OF VOYAGES, SECOND EDITION. Title: Paesi nouamente retrouati. & Nouo Modo da Alberico Vespu | tio Florentino intitulato. Under this a large woodcut of Florentine character representing the return of ships to Lisbon, and Vespucci kneeling before the the King. On the reverse: TABVLA.. this table ending at the top of fol. 4b, the remainder of that page being occupied with the dedication of Montalboddo Fracan to his friend Ioanne maria Anzolello. Fol. 5a: LIBRO PRIMO Incomenza el libro de la prima Nauigatione Fol. 83b: Stampato in Milano con la impensa de Io. Iacobo & fratelli da Lignano: & diligente cura & industria di Ioanne Angelo scinzen zeler: nel M.cccccyiii. a di. xyii. di Nouembre. Under this the Registro in two lines. Fol. 84 blank. Small 4to. Roman letter, 84 leaves, 40 lines to the page, with woodcut initials; the last two leaves in facsimile; crimson morocco extra, gilt edges, by Lortic 1508 25 00 This edition, like the Princeps of 1507, and the Latin translation, consists of 142 chapters; and must therefore have preceded the Vicenza reissue with 143 chapters. It is of excessive rarity; as may be imagined from the fact that I have never had a copy except this one; and that Harrisse was unable to specify more than two copies, in one of which the title was a facsimile. Moreover, he describes the book as consisting of 79 unnumbered leaves. The copies he saw wanted probably the four preliminary leaves, although in one of them a facsimile title was inserted, which was a great drawback, as one of the chief merits of the book is its fine woodcut on the title. Inserted in the beginning of the volume is an original Passport or Licence on a strip of vellum, written and signed by "Antonius Vespuccius Cancell' Exu'act'" : giving to Laurentius de Cambis, son of Antonius Bernardus de Cambis, the right, as Gonfalonerius vexilli unicorni of Florence, to pass to and fro with his company, with or without lights, and with or without arms, throughout the city and its suburbs, for four months, namely from 7 January 1513(-14) to 7 May 1514. There is no difference between the editions of 1507 and 1508, except that some small corrections here and there are made in the latter, where there had been obvious faults easily remedied. This included the transfer of cap. 128 to its proper place: it had previously been put between 125 and 126. The note of erratum on this subject which occupies the last three lines of 125a in the 1507 edition (beginning " Item sappie che in nel. vi. lib. p incuria . .") is consequently suppressed. Milan edition of 1512-see post under VESPUCCI. 513 FRACANZO'S COLLECTION. ITINERARIU Portugaltesiù e Lusitania Small folio, Roman letter; fine large copy in gilt russia, the arms of Milan, 1508 22 0 0 This Latin translation of the Paesi was made by Archangelo Madrignano, a Cistercian monk, from the first issue of the Vicenza book, as appears from the circumstance that the translation did not even transpose cap. 128 to its proper place, but simply called attention to the error in his Ad lectorem. (In the Italian edition published a few months later and described above, the transposition was duly made.) The first compiler's name appears in the form of Montaboldus Francanus. COLLATION: title and introductory matter, 8 leaves; index, 2 leaves; text 88 numbered leaves (the last two numbered erroneously as 77 and 78). The signatures are A 8 leaves; a 2; and B-N, of which D, G, I and N are in sixes, the rest in eights. The Iudex is frequently wanting: it seems to have been printed for insertion in copies after the book had already gone into circulation. 514 FRANCISCAN LETTERS FROM MEXICO. Title: DE INSVLIS NVPER INVENTIS FERDINANDI CORTESII. . Narrationes. . His accesserunt Epistolæ duæ, de felicissimo apud Indos Euangelij incremento, quas superioribus hisce diebus quidam fratres Mino. ab India in Hispaniam transmiserunt M.D.XXXII. At end: Coloniæ, Impensis.. Arnoldi Birckman.. M.D. XXXII Mense Septembri. 515 517 Small folio, 82 leaves; calf 1532 The main contents of the book are Peter Martyr's fourth Decade, and the Second and Third Letters of Cortes. But the special feature of importance is the two Epistles which are found on leaves 76 and 77, and which were printed here for the first time. The one is an Epistle from Martin de Valencia dated 12 June 1531; the other is by Bishop Zumarraga; both from Mexico, and giving an account of the educational work of the Franciscans among the natives. another сору, bound up with a copy of the Novus Orbis of Basel 1532 which has the rare map, but wants two of the preliminary leaves; old calf 1532 1779 516 FRANKLIN (Benjamin) Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical 518 519 M. T. CICERO'S CATO MAJOR, OR HIS DISCOURSE OF Small 4to. fine copy in brown morocco extra, gilt edges, 3 30 4 4 0 100 1 5 0 1744 22 10 0 the same; A MATCHLESS COPY IN THE ORIGINAL BLUEPAPER WRAPPERS, UNCUT; enclosed in two cases, the outer one being of red morocco 1744 100 00 THE MOST CELEBRATED PRODUCTION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PRESS. The translation was made in 1734 by Chief Justice James Logan, who was the second of the three famous worthies of Pennsylvania: Penn, Logan, Franklin. Copies were circulated in manuscript among friends, and Franklin got one, which he determined to give to the press. In his preface he calls the book "this first translation of a Classic in this Western World," and he wishes it may prove a happy omen that Philadelphia shall become the seat of the American Muses.' 520 FRANKLIN (afterwards Sir John) Narrative of a Journey to the shores of the Polar Sea 1819-22, 4to. 4 maps and 30 plates, some coloured; hf. bd. 1823 521 FREITAS (Seraphinus de) de Ivsto Imperio Lvsitanorvm Asiatico.. Small 4to. limp vellum wrapper Vallisoleti.. M.DC.. XXV. (1625) RARE. A defence in legal form of Portuguese rights in Asia as against the accusa tions of the Dutchmen. 522 FRENCH (George) The History of Col. Parke's Administration whilst he Some interesting English maps of Australia done in 1827, 1834, etc., are inserted. 525 FREYRE DE ANDRADA (Iacinto) Vida de Dom. Joas de Castro quarto Viso-rey da India, small folio, engraved title, letterpress title, a fine full-page portrait; 3 unnumbered leaves; pp. 1-443; and 24 unnumbered leaves; calf 526 527 528 529 the same, a very fine and large copy in limp vellum £ 8. d. 0 12 0 100 0 10 0 0 20 1 10 0 Lisboa, 1651 1 16 0 2 16 0 A fine example of typography and illustration; first edition of the work. agora terceira vez impressa, sm. folio, in the original stamped calf Lisboa, 1703 Vida de Dom Joao de Castro quarto Visorey da India, 12mo. with 4 engravings; calf Paris, 1759 the same, Beckford's copy, a very fine one in red morocco extra, gilt edges 1759 530 FREZIER, Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud aux côtes du Chily et du Perou 1712-14, 4to. numerous maps and plates; old calf gilt Paris, 1716 531 FROBISHER (Martin) Historia Navigationis Martini Forbisseri . . 1577 . jussu Reginæ Elisabethæ . . in Septemtrionis & Occidentis tractum susceptæ . . à Joh. Thoma Freigio translata. . small 4to. engraved frontispiece; bds. Hamburgi, 1675 The frontispiece has three compartments, 1. Frobisher's men fishing in Arctic Waters; 2. map of Frobisher's Strait; 3. figure of a Unicorn. Three Voyages, edited by Collinson, 1867-see HAKLUYT SOCIETY 332 FROGER (F.) Relation du Voyage de MR. DE GENNES au detroit de Magellan, small 8vo. GRAND PAPIER, 29 maps and plates; veau fauve, with the Soubise badge on the back Paris, 1698 533 FROUDE (James Anthony) The English in the West Indies, 8vo. woodcuts from Froude's own sketches; cloth 1888 070 534 FRYER (John) A New Account of East India and Persia in eight letters, 1509 On leaf 11 ii there is a notice of Columbus, and also a notice of Gutenberg: the one being praised for his discovery of a shorter way to India than the Portuguese had found; the other for his invention of typography. 220 uncut 536 FUNES (Gregorio) Ensayo de la Historia Civil del Paraguay, Buenos- The plates are: Portrait of Fürer; interior of the chapel on Mount Calvary, with tombs; plan of the same; Mounts Sinai and S. Katherine; view of Jerusalem; interior of the Church of the Sepulchre; exterior of the same. 539 GAGE (Thomas) The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: or, a new survey of the West-India's his Voyage from Spain. . to Mexico. . from Mexico through . . Guaxaca, Chiapa, Guatemala . With a Grammar . . of the Indian Tongue, called, Poconchi, or Pocoman.. Small folio, old calf, with the bookplate of the Rev. Arthur Young London, 1648 Gage was a Dominican monk who spent a good many years in Mexico, passing as a Spaniard. In 1639-40 he made his way to England after twenty-four years' absence, and almost immediately joined the English Church. First Edition of a noteworthy book. 540 [GALLOWAY (Joseph)] Letters to a nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies. . with the large military plan 1780-a Reply to the Observations of Sir William Howe . to which is added an Appendix.. 1780-2 vols. 8vo. calf 541 GALVAO. Title printed with 1780 A powerful attack upon Sir William Howe, well followed up in the Reply. : Small 4to. black letter; blue morocco extra, gilt edges £ 8. 2.10 220 220 1 16 0 120 1601 24 0 0 One of the rarest of Hakluyt's books; so rare indeed that the Hakluyt Society was obliged to make use of a transcript in publishing the edition which it produced in 1862; just as Hakluyt himself had been unable to get a sight of the Portuguese original printed at Lisbon in 1563. If he had succeeded in getting access to that volume, he would probably have done no more than correct the visible errors of the English MS. (lying in his hands from about 1588); but since he found that course impracticable, he did better, and carefully investigated the whole of the matter, leaving us a work which is nearly as much Hakluyt's as Galvao's. He describes the treatise as one which "though small in bulke, containeth so much rare and profitable matter, as I know not where to seeke the like. . . it was first done into our language by some honest and well affected marchant of our nation whose name by no meanes I could attaine vnto." 55 leaves consisting of 6 preliminary and 97 numbered pages; with signatures A-N in fours, O three leaves. the same, translated 1862-see HAKLUYT SOCIETY 542 GAMA (Vasco da). Roteiro da Viagem que fez Dom Vasco da Gama em 070 |