1013 PALENTINE (DAVID T.)- HISTORY of the CITY OF 3.50 8°; pp. vii.-404; maps and plates. Cloth, rough edges. FIRST EDITION. 1014 VAN DER LINDE (DR. A.)—THE HAARLEM LEGEND of the INVENTION OF PRINTING by LOURENS JANSZOON COSTER, Critically Ex- 3.00 amined. From the Dutch by J. H. HESSELS, with an Introduction, and a Classified List of the COSTERIAN INCUNABULA. LONDON: Blades, East & Blades, 1871. 8°; pp. xxvi.-170; paper wrappers. 1015 VARNUM (J. M.)-The CASE of TREVETT AGAINST WEEDEN; On Information and Complaint, for refusing Paper Bills in Payment for 20.00 Butcher's Meat in Market, at Par with Specie. Tried before the Honorable Superior Court, in the County of Newport, September Term, 1786. Also, The CASE of the JUDGES of said COURT, before the Honorable General Assembly at Providence, October Session, 1786, on Citation for dismissing said Complaint. Wherein the Rights of the People to Trial by Jury, etc., are stated and maintained, and the Legislative, Judiciary and Executive Powers of Government examined and defined. By JAMES M. VARNUM, Esq., Major-General of the State of Rhode Island, etc., Counsellor at Law, and Member of Congress for said State. PROVIDENCE: John Carter, 1787. Sm. 4°; pp. iv.-60; half red roan. VERY SCARCE. "This was a case of very great importance at the time it took place. The plaintiff bought meat of the defendant, a butcher, and tendered to him certain paper money issued by act of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, which was refused. The defendant pleaded, 'that it appears that the act had expired and hath no force'; 'that the matters of complaint are made triable before special courts uncontrollable by the supreme judicial court of the State,' &c." 1016 VECELLIO (CESARE).-HABITI | ANTICHI | ET MODERNI di tutto. il Mondo. | Di nuouo accresciuti di molte figure. | VESTITVS | Antiquorum, recentiorumque | totius Orbis. | PER SVLSTATIVM | Gratilianum Senapolensis | Latinè declarati. IN FINE : IN VENETIA, | M.D.XCVIII. | Appresso Gio. Bernardo Sessa. This is the FIRST EDITION in this form of a book which has been held in high esteem for This copy is perfect and in excellent condition. 40.00 1017 VEGA (GARCILASSO DE LA).— PRIMERA PARTE DE LOS | COMMENTARIOS | REALES, | Escritos por el Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega, natural del Cozco, |y Capitan de su Magestad. | EN LISBOA: | En la officina de Pedro Crasbeeck. | Año de M.DCIX. 10.00 410.00 Sm. folio; bound by ARNAUD in crimson morocco extra, richly ornamented, with wide border, delicately tooled on sides, gilt back and edges. The title-page has been repaired. This is the original edition, and is perfect and complete by itself, although the history was continued in a subsequent work in 1616. 1018 [VERARDUS-COLUMBUS.]-In laudem Serenissimi Ferdinandi Hispaniar[um] regis Bethicæ & regni Granatæ obsidio victoria & triūphus. Et de Insulis in mari Indico nuper inuentis. (On the recto of the second leaf:) Caroli VerardI Cæsenatis Cubicularii Pontificii in historium Bæticam ad R. P. Raphaelem Riarium S. Georgii Diaconum Cardinalem. (Colophon on the recto of the 29th leaf:) Acta Ludis Romanis Innocetio octauo in solio Petri sedente Anno a Natali Saluatoris MCCCC.XcI1. Vndecimo Kalendis Maii. . . 1. 4. 9. 4. Nihil sine causa .I B. (Basle: Bergman de Olpe.) (On the verso of the 29th leaf:) De Insulas nuper in mari Indico repertis. (On the recto of the 30th leaf:) De Insulis muper inuentis Epistola Christopheri Colom (cui etas' nostra multum debet: de Insulis in mari Indico nuper inuentis: ad quas perquirendas octauo antea mense: auspiciis & ere inuictissimi Fernandi Hispaniaru Regis missus fuerat) ad Magnificũ dominŭ Raphaelem Sanxis: eiusdem serenissimi Regis Thesaurarium missa: quam nobilis ac litteratus vir Aliander de Cosco: ab Hispano ideomate: in latinum conuertit: tercio Kalendis Maii M.CCCC.xcIII. Pontificatus Alexandri Sexti Anno Primo. 8°; 6 woodcuts; 36 unnumbered leaves, the Letter of Columbus filling only the last seven and a half. Crimson morocco, paneled sides, gilt edges, by PRATT. A volume of EXTREME RARITY. Of the seven early editions known of the Cosco translation of this celebrated Letter of COLUMBUS, only two bear a date. The first part of the work is simply a drama on the capture of Granada from the Moors by Ferdinand. THE VOYAGES OF AMERICUS VESPUCIUS. Four voyages are ascribed to Vespucius. The first two were made in 1497 and 1499, in behalf of the King of Spain. The third and fourth were undertaken in 1501 and 1503 for the King of Portugal. He was not the author of the accounts of his voyages which have been transmitted to us; a fact which, probably, explains the existence of the many conflicting statements made in and concerning them. The preponderance of evidence seems to indicate that he landed on the shores of this continent a short time before the Cabots, and a year or more before Columbus. There is no proof that he is directly responsible for the giving of his name to the continent. The second and third voyages alone have been printed separately in the form of plaquettes, all within the first eight years of the sixteenth century. Four of these are described in the numbers immediately following. They are all of the greatest rarity. These copies are perfect and in beautiful condition. They came from the Barlow Collection. 1019 VESPUCIUS (AMERICUS). Mundus Nouus. Albericvs Uespvtivs Lavrentio Petri de Medicis Salvtem Plvri Sine loco aut anno, sed 1503. 800.00 Sm. 4°; bound in crimson crushed morocco, gilt center ornament, gilt edges, by HARDY- Four leaves; forty-two lines in a full page; text in black letter; no signatures. 1020 VESPUCIUS (AMERICUS). Mundus Nouus Mundus nouus de natura & mo ribus 7 ceteris id generis gentis que in nouo mū Sine loco aut anno, sed 1502. Sm. 8°; bound in dark blue crushed morocco extra, gilt edges, by MATTHEWS. B. A. V., No. 25. 1021 VESPUCIUS (AMERICUS). Mundus Albericus vespucius Laurentio Petri de me dicis salutem plurimam dicit. Sine loco aut anno, sed 1502. Sm. 4°; bound in brown crushed morocco, gilt ornament in center, gilt edges, by HARDY- Four leaves; forty-five lines in a full page; text in black letter; no signature. Harrisse says, in a note accompanying the volume, that he found it in the library of S. Marco, in Venice, in 1867; that he had never seen a copy before; that he bought it after much negotiation; that the only other copies were in the Trivulzio Library in Milan and the Imperial Library of Vienna; that it was not in the British Museum, and that it was not described in the B. A. V. But there is no doubt that it is described, nevertheless, in the B. A. V., No. 30. The description there given is copied by Harrisse from the "Serapeum" for January, 1861, and is exceedingly minute. It corresponds exactly with the collation of this volume, excepting that the title is printed in one line instead of two. A glance at the B. A. V. will be enough to convince any one that no attempt was made to copy the description line for line. It is, perhaps, more rare and valuable than any other of the series. 600.00 1075.00 1022 VESPUCIUS (AMERICUS). 150.00 [Verso of fourth leaf:] Mundus Nouus Albericus vespucius Laurentio. Magister johānes otmar: vindelice impressit Auguste Sm. 4°; bound in vellum, by W. PRATT. Four leaves; forty lines in a full page; a triangle at the top of the fourth page; neither signature nor water-marks. B. A. V., No. 31. 1023 VESPUCIUS.—PAESI NOUAMENTE RETROUATI. Et Nouo Mondo da ABERICO VESPUTIO FLORENTINO intitulato. 180.00 Sm. 4°; crushed levant morocco, gilt back and edges, by DE COVERLY. COLOPHON: Stampato in Vicentia cù la impensa de M. Henrico Vicentini, 1507. EXCESSIVELY RARE. The title and last leaf of table in facsimile. The volume contains an original account of the first three voyages of Columbus and of Vespucius's third voyages written by himself and first published in Latin in the year 1504, the only voyage made by him of which there is any account coming from his hands, unless that of the four voyages in the COSMOGRAPHIÆ INTRODUCTIO, also published in 1507, be considered, as it claims to be, his work. Vasco da Gama's first voyage, the voyage of Cabral, and Pasqualigi's account of Caspar Cortereal's first voyage are also found in this the first collection of voyages extant. The work was republished in 1519 and 1521. The latter edition is said to have some additions. A copy at the sale of the Bolton Corney Library, in 1871, brought £157. The Beckford copy sold for £270. 1024.[VESPUCIUS — HYLACOMYLUS.] 460.00 COSMOGRAPHIAE INTRODVCTIO: CVM QVIBVSDAM GEOMETRIAE ASTRONO MIAE PRINCIPIIS AD EAM REM NECESSARIIS Insuper quatuor Americi Ve- Vniuersalis Cbosmographiae [sic] descriptio | tam in solido plano, eis etiam | insertis que Ptholomeo | ignota a nuperis | reperta | sunt. DISTICHON Cum deus astra regat, & terrae climata Caesar Nec tellus nec eis sydera maius habent. IN FINE: Tempore venturo cætera multa premet. Finitu. vij. kl. Maij Qua Vogefi montis sunt iuga preffit opus Sm. 40; bound in maroon crushed morocco, gilt center ornaments, gilt edges, by GRUEL. 1025 [VESPUCIUS-HYLACOMYLUS.]-COSMOGRAPHIÆ | INTRODUCTIO | cum quibus | dam Geome | triae | ac | Astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. | Insuper quattuor AMERICI | VESPUCIJ Nauigationes, &c. [ST. DIE:] Septembris, 1507. Sm. 4°; bound in red crushed morocco, gilt edges, by BEDFORD. The SECOND EDITION. The printer's mark and surrounding words are the same as in the May edition, except that "September" is substituted for "May." The subject matter is the same in both editions. They are of equal rarity. The title-page of this copy has been slightly torn and mended. Otherwise it is an even finer copy than the First Edition. The margins are wider, and many of the initial letters are colored by hand. B. A. V., No. 46. 1026 [VESPUCIUS-HYLACOMYLUS.]-COSMOGRAPHIE INTRO| DUCTIO: cum quibusdam Geome- | triæ ac Astronomiæ principiis ad eam rem | necessariis. | Insuper quattuor Americi Ve | spucii Nauigationes. | Uniuersalis Cosmographiæ descriptio | tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam | insertis quæ Ptholomæo | ignota, a nuperis | reperta sunt. | ARGENTORA, Joannes Grüniger. [1509.] Sm. 4°; bound in green morocco extra, gilt edges, by MATTHEWS. B. A. V., No. 60. 200.00 196,00 |