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Maximilianus Transsylvanus
De Moluccis Insulis
Colonia, Eucharius Cervicornus. Jan. 1523 (Harisse 122; Sabin 47038; Church 51; European Americana 523/7; John Carter Brown I:88; Medina (BHA) 68; Borba Moraes II, 547; Medina, Filipinas nr 2; Pardo de Tavera 2722; ) In octavo. Later (XVII) full calf. 15 no numbered leaves , lacking last blank ; title within broad engraved borders ; cut upon earlier rebinding not affecting the text and leaving a small but decent margin all through the book. Rebound in XVII century full calf. Extra contemporary free endpapers. First two leaves washed and rests of stamp ink removed. Frontis with restorations in the lower margin, not affecting the image.
First edition of the very first account of the first circumnavigation of the world ever !! Extremely rare. European Americana calls for 11 institutional copies. Among them in British Library; Biblioteque Nationale in Paris; and the major North American collections like John Carter Brown; Harvard, Yale; Newberry and Huntington. Apparently no copies in Brasil, Argentina; Philippines or Australia. Magellans circumnavigation started September 20, 1519 in Sevilla with five ships and 265 men. It ended three years later, september 8, 1522 in that same Sevilla. Of the original ships: the Trinidad (110 tons); the San Antonio: 120 tons; the Concepcion: 90 tons, the Victoria: 85 tons and the Santiago only one ship reached Sevilla: the Victoria, and 18 members of the original crew. Magellans himself had been killed in a fight at the Philippine island of Cebu in April 1521. His shipmate Sebastian el Cano became captain of the ship and finished the first circumnavigation. If one analyses the text literally (see annex) it is noticable that the main stated aim is to find spices and claim land (against the Portuguese) for the King of Spain, justified by a certain interpretation of the Tordesillas treaty. Reading the text however, there is indeed emphasis on the spices, but there is hardly any emphasis on possessions being either Portuguese or Spanish. There seems to be no intention to sail around the world, the intention is to reach the spice islands and avoid the Portuguese. There are descriptions of Brasil, Patagonia, there is great wonder about the size of the Pacific (being crossed by Europeans for the first time) there are descriptions of the Philippines, Borneo, the Moluccas and there is the final claim how they sailed around the world. But the facts, for which this text became so famous and important: the discovery of Str Magelans the first description of what was thought to be the Southland ; the first crossing of the Pacific and the first circumnavigation ever, proving the world was round, none of these predominated these men's thinking. Their thinking was how to get the spices better then anyone else, and sell them, in Europe.
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de Bry Th.
Grands voyages, partes VII & CIII (Latin)
Frankfurt a/Main, Becker/de Bry, 1599/1599. (VII: Text Schmidel; VIII: only the plates, relating to Argentina) (Crawford, p 139; Church 161 & 163). Folio, full XIX century calf; title in gilt on spineLarge margin copy (34x23 ½ cm). Book VII: engraved titel page, 62 lvs plus one leave blank, 1 text engraving. Book VIII: title page (imagenes), 3 leaves, each with one engraving, 2 blank leaves.
Part VII contains Schmidels text on his long stay in Argentina, Paraguay & Brasil. The plates that come with the text were published by de Bry's widow and sons, after Theodor's death in 1598 in part VIII in 1999 (the Latin version) and in 1600 (the German version). The plates in this present Latin edition precede the German edition and also the Hulsius editions ( Bonifacio de Carill, Monumenta Iconografica…Argentina, 1964) are thus the very first illustrated texts on Argentina ever. De Bry editions of the Grand Voyages after book VI are very rare. This is an exceptionally fresh and undamaged copy.
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de las Casas, Bartolome
Narratio regionum Indicarum...
Oppenheim, Theodor de Bry, 1614 (Palau 46960; John Carter Brown II, 164). Quarto, contemporary vellum. 1nn lv; 128 pp (numerous pagination errors, number last page: 138). Engraved title page, 17 text engravings. Complete.
Second edition in Latin of the original treatise by the famous Dominican Bishop of Chiapas. He denounced the treatment of the Indians in the Spanish colonies in the Americas. The text became famous and was hotly debated. The translation in Latin comes from the French version of 1579. The plates, that did not appear in the original Spanish text, are published for the first time in the first Latin edition. The engravings were done by Theodor de Bry himself, after Iodocus a Wigne.
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Schouten, W.C.
Journal ou relation...voyage de Guill. Schouten
Paris, Gobert 1618. (Sabin 77952; Leclerc 1990; not in Tiele; JCB 618/119). In small octavo, full contemporary calf. a 7; A 4; B-P in 8 = 115 leaves; 8 folding maps & plates, plates in old colour. Complete as in Sabin. This little booklet which is complete and in its original binding has been illustrated by an early owner who drew geometrical figures on unprinted leaves, at the end and start of some parts of the book, and in verso of the worldmap. That same person coloured these geometrical figures in three basic colours. The booklet thus became a very personal copy. The plates are in old, possibly contemporary colour, the maps are in black & white. The text leaves are in excellent condition.
“This is mainly a reprint of the Amsterdam French edition of 1618, but with many alterations and improvements in the text” (Sabin). The maps and plates are close copies of those of the first edition but slightly smaller and the views are in reverse. Thus the initial worldmap lacks additional inscriptions like Tropicus Cancri etc as happened only in the very first printed books of the first edition. Both le Maire and Schouten, who split up during the voyage, claimed the discovery. Both wrote their own journal. Schouten was the first to publish his version of the circumnavigation (this book, 1618) while le Maire, who died on the way back home after having been imprisoned in Batavia for breaching the VOC monopoly on sailing through the Street of Magelaans, had his story first published in 1622 (see our copy of the Herrera, 1622). Sabin states that Schoutens journal was quite certainly not written by Schouten but composed by Blaeu from different log books of the journal especially the one of the commissary Arie Claeszoon.
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Nodal, Bartolome & Gonzalo
Relacion del viaje...San Vicente
Madrid, Correa de Montenegro, 1621 (Palau 99485; Sabin 55394; JCB; Church 386). Small in quarto, old parchment binding, title in manuscript on spine. 12 nn lvs; 85 folios; 15 folios; 1 lf in manuscript, engraved title page, 3 woodcuts in the text. Folding map and leaf 65 in modern manuscript on old paper. Book in slipcase. Binding with a few, small holes. Manuscript owners name burned little, marginal hole in the tile page. Else clean copy.
First edition of the famous and rare report of the voyage of the Nodal brothers around Cape Horn. The book is more than a diary of the voyage. It provides precise sailing instructions and data on tides and winds and observations on needle variations of the compass sailing so far South. A copy with the original map hardly ever appears, possibly because the maps were taken out on publication in accordance with Spanish secrecy policies at the time. Overall the book is very rare in its first edition.
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Herrera, Antonio de
Descriptio Indiae Orientalis...
Amsterdam, Colijn. 1622(Tiele, Memoire 294; Tiele 477; Leighly, 1972 nr 1). Folio (35x23cm), full, blindstamped contemporary calf binding (restored, spine renewed). 4nn leaves (incl. engraved title page); 44 folios (= Herrera) plus 14 double page maps; 3nn leaves plus one double page map (North coast of New Guinea); 29 folios (= le Maire, plus 5 text engravings and two folding maps (South Sea & Street le Maire); 9 folios: summary of various voyages through Magelans Street plus dictionary words used on Solomon Islands; 10 folios: Ordonez: Descriptio Indiae Orientalis; 11 folios: Bertius: Brevis Americae Descriptio; 3 blanks (full of contemporary notes). Slightly soiled copy, partly underlined and with contemporary end notes in Latin. Complete & large paper copy.
This book is important from various points of view.Seen from California this book carries on its frontispiece the first map ever to depict California as an island. There were three editions of this book by Cleaszoon: one in Latin, one in French and one in Dutch. Tiele places the Latin edition as the first one printed, Leighly calls this map the second state and places the French one first.Seen as an Americana the book is important as it carries three descriptions of the Continent: by Herrera (1601); by Ordonez, the other Spanish historian of the Americas and Petrus Bertius, the Dutch cartogapher and mathematician. The first 14 maps represent the second edition ever of the atlas of the Americas by Herrera (1601). Seen from a larger view of Pacific & Australian interest, this book is important for the first description of the discovery of Street le Maire by le Maire himself whereas we also bring a description of that same discovery by his co traveler Schouten who contested the honour of that discovery.
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Schouten, W.C.
Diarium vel descriptio....Australi
Amsterdam, L. Vlasbloem 1662. (Sabin 77961; Tiele memoires Schouten z, pp 52). In small quarto, later vellum binding. 4 nn leaves, 6 folding maps & plates, 1 folding map added in manuscript on old paper72 pages, last page blank. Complete according to tabellae.
This is the third reprint by Dirk Vlasbloem of Schoutens journal in Latin (first & second, both 1648). All of these Vlasbloem editions are extremely rare. Tiele and the index of this book gives 6 plates for this Vlasbloem edition which would thus be complete. In our copy the map of the Southsea is added in manuscript. Sabin states that “The map of the South Sea is evidently not included in the plate numbers on page 71 and is probably lacking in some copies. There is no doubt however of its belonging to the book”. Both le Maire and Schouten, who split up during the voyage, claimed the discovery. Both wrote their own journal. Schouten was the first to publish his version of the circumnavigation (this book, 1618) while le Maire, who died on the way back home after having been imprisoned in Batavia for breaching the VOC monopoly on sailing through the Street of Magelaans had his story first published in 1622 (see our copy of the Herrera, 1622). Sabin states that Schoutens journal was quite certainly not written by Schouten but composed by Blaeu from different log books of the journal especially the one of the commissary Arie Claeszoon.
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Dapper, Olivier
Nauwkeurige beschrijving van gantsch Syrie... Heilige Lant
1677, Amsterdam, van Meurs
Folio, contemporary full calf (6nn leaves); 262 pages (3 nn leaves); (1 nn leave; 582 pp; 4 nn leaves); 10 plus 27 folding maps & plates plus one extra (complete). First and only Dutch edition of the Dutch medical doctor and armchair traveller Olfert Dapper of especially Palestine in rich detail and with elegantly engraved plates & maps
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Dapper, Olivier
Nauwkeurige beschrijving van Asie... (en Arabie)
1680 Amsterdam, van Meurs (Tiele, Ned. Beblio. 300; KNAW nr 679)
Folio, contemp full calf., restored. Blindstamped & gilted Coat of Arms on both covers “revovabitur et orietur viror” Family Ullens Anveri (4) 358pp (1); 324pp (2) Engraved frontis; title page in red & black; 15 folding maps & plates (complete). First edition. Description of Middle East & Arabia by Olivier Dapper, the reading chair Amsterdam traveller & doctor with famous & rare early engravings of Muskat (Oman Capital); Mocka & Aden (Yemenite ports); Bagdad & Smyrna
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van der Aa, P.
Doorlugtige Scheeptogten der Portugezen
Leiden 1706. (Muller, 1872, nr 1891; Catalogus Scheepvaartmuseum, part I, p. 107; Tiele, Ned. Bibliografie, 1884, nr 6). Two volumes in folio ; contemporary full calf. Overall 57 voyages ; 21 engraved title pages ; 28 folding maps and 78 text engravings.
These are the two folio parts, dedicated to the voyages of the Portuguese. The text is essentially a translation of Da Asia by de Barros, and is richly illustrated. These parts on the Portuguese voyages are often presented separately (Catalogue Dutch maritime museum for example) Additional folio parts are dedicated to the voyages of the Spaniards (2 Vols); the English (2 Vols) and others (2 Vols). This folio edition is very much sought after and rare.
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Renneville
Recueil des Voyages aux Indes Orientales
Rouen, 1725; Complete (Landwehr 254); 12 volumes; octavo, original full leather; 12 engraved title pages; 12 titles in red/black; 63 plates (of which 20 maps), many folding, including large folding map of Indonesia after de Bry
French translation of Commelins' Begin ende Voortgang van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) of 1646. engravings after Commelin, but simplified with a different quality to it. Rare maps (like Bali and folding of SE Asia) and rare plates (like fort Zeelandia, Taiwan, viez of Batavia, etc)
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Condamine, M. de la
Relation d'un voyage de l'Amérique Méridionale
Paris, Pissot, 1745(Sabin 38484)(1) 216 pp.(4) 1 folding map, contemporary full calf binding, complete
La Condamine travelled down the Amazon guided by manuscript Jesuit maps (Samuel Fritz) in 1743,. after working for years on establishing the equator and the circumference of the world, sent by the French King.
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Niebuhr, Carsten
Description de l'Arabie
Copenhague, Moller 1773. First French edition (first German, 1772, also in Copenhagen) (Gay 3589; Brunet 20581; PMM...) In quarto; contemporary full calf, spine gilt. 24nn leaves; 372 pp; 1 nn leave (fe de errata), 7 maps and 18 plates, some folding (incl. two sheets on Arab calligraphy, handcoloured and including two folding maps: Yemen (handcoloured in outline) and the Red Sea). Front plate loosening itself from spine. Else mint copy.
Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) led a Danish expedition into Arabia & Yemen. The expedition took Niebuhr to Yemen (1761-1763), from Yemen to India, Bombay (1763-64) and from India into Mesopotamie and Persia (1764-67). His report gave Europe the first comprehensive description of the region from a XVIII century, rational viewpoint . He was also the first European to report on the spread of the Wahhabi revolution, an Islamic fundamentalist movement that had tremendous influence on the history of Arabia (Waldman, 1992). His map of Yemen is the first scientifically based map of that country.
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Forrest, Thomas
Voyage aux Moluques...Nouvelle Guinee
Paris, de Thou 1780 (Cox II, 301; Hill 623). In quarto, original full calf. 3 nn lvs; 470 pp. Folding map; 28 (folding) maps & plates.
First French edition. Forrest explored the Chinese Ocean on behalf of the British East India Company in a native prahu (called the Tartar). Forrest contributed especially to the knowledge of New Guinee and Mindanao. For both areas he produced a vocabulary which is included.
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Vargas y Ponce, J. de
Relacion del ultimo viaje...Magellanes.. & Apendice
Madrid, Ibarrra, 1788 & Ibarra 1793. (Palau 352514 y -515; Sabin 16765 & 1729; Hill 1756) In quarto; contemporary full calf. 3 leaves; 16 pp: 359 pp; 2 lvs; 128 pp. Portrait (Magellanus). Five folded maps and five folded tables. Complete. Mint internal condition, including all the maps.
This book closes the Spanish chapter in the Strait of Magelans which began with Magelans himself (1519) and included the famous Nodal brothers voyage (1616).
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Marcoy, P
Travels in South America...
London, Blacky & Son. 1875(Sabin, 44508)Two volumes in cuarto. Richly engraved linnen over boards. 10 maps & 525 woodcut illustrations.First edition in English (French 1869)First and last leaves old repairs to tiny tears. Good clear copy without foxing.
Famous travel overland form Lima to the mouths of the Amazon (Brasil), richly illustrated.
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