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Latin Americana CATALOGUE THREE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO Latin Americana WILLIAM REESE COMPANY 409 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 789-8081 A Note This catalogue is made up entirely of material relating to Latin America, virtually none of which has appeared in our previous catalogues. It includes a vast collection of early Guatemalan imprints, mostly from the 19th century; a copy of Catherwood’s famous plate book on Mayan ruins; a superb collection of the first treaties of Mexico as a country; and a large collection of Nuevo León imprints. Very early explora- tion includes Peter Martyr’s 1534 report on the New World; Martin Herrera’s 1588 manuscript account of his services in the New World; the 1532 edition of Cortés’ second and third reports on the conquest of Mexico; Bordone’s 1528 work with the first map of Mexico City; Cieza de Leon’s 1554 account of Peru; and Oviedo’s 1535 account of the New World. There is a series of early Bolívar broadsides, a 1614 Lima imprint by Del Canto, and a large group of early Cuban imprints. Illustrated mate- rial includes the Mexican periodical La Orquesta; George Catlin plates based on his South American travels; Carl Nebel watercolors of Mexico (see cover illustration); Castro’s view book of Mexico; and Pallière’s early views of Buenos Aires. There is much else of note besides. Available on request or via our website are our recent catalogues 337 The Federal Era, 338 Western Americana, 339 Pacific Voyages, Australia & Asia, 341 Colonial Americana; bulletins 44 Photography, 45 Natural History; and 46 Manuscripts; e-lists (only available on our website) and many more topical lists. q A portion of our stock may be viewed at www.williamreesecompany.com. If you would like to receive e-mail notification when catalogues and lists are uploaded, please e-mail us at [email protected] or send us a fax, specifying whether you would like to receive the notifications in lieu of or in addition to paper catalogues. If you would prefer not to receive future catalogues and/or notifications, please let us know. Terms Material herein is offered subject to prior sale. All items are as described and are considered to be on approval. Notice of return must be given within ten days unless specific arrange- ments are made. Connecticut residents must be billed state sales tax. Postage and insurance charges are billed to all nonprepaid domestic orders. Overseas orders are sent by air unless otherwise requested, with full postage charges billed at our discretion. Payment by check, wire transfer or bank draft is preferred, but may also be made by MasterCard or Visa. William Reese Company Phone: (203) 789-8081 409 Temple Street Fax: (203) 865-7653 New Haven, CT 06511 E-mail: [email protected] www.williamreesecompany.com ON THE COVER: 101. [Nebel, Carl]: [Suite of Four Highly Accomplished Water- colors...]. Mexico. [1829-1834]. 1. [Abasolo, Juan Antonio, Fray]: FRAY JUAN ANTONIO, DE LA REGULAR OBSERVANCIA DE NUESTRO SERAPHICO PADRE SAN FRANCISCO...[caption title]. [Mexico. 1753]. 49,[1]pp. Folio. Con- temporary plain wrappers. Upper outer corners cut on a bias. Numerous con- temporary manuscript annotations. A clean, crisp copy. Fray Abasolo was the Father Provincial of the Franciscans in New Spain and here promulgates a series of documents relating to the papal concession granted to the order to reduce the number of masses it has committed to say for the souls. The order had accepted endowments to say masses in perpetuity, and was finding that it had committed to saying more masses than its resources could accomplish. One document contained herein lists specific endowments whose masses are being reduced. This copy has numerous and extensive manuscript additions ordered by Fray José de la Vallina, the Provincial Minister, instructing all priors of the Fran- ciscan convents to read this aloud, word for word, to the friars so that they fully understand its importance. MEDINA, MEXICO 4107. $975. 2. Alvarez de Abreu, Antonio Joseph: VICTIMA REAL LEGAL, DIS- CURSO UNICO JURIDICO-HISTORICO-POLITICO SOBRE QUE LAS VACANTES MAYORES Y MENORES DE LAS IGLE- SIAS DE LAS INDIAS OCCIDENTALES PERTENECEN A LA CORONA DE CASTILLA Y LEON CON PLENO Y ABSOLUTO DOMINIO.... Madrid. 1769. [36],374,[28]pp. Folio. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. Minor soiling. Very good plus. Second edition, after the first of 1726. With years of administrative experience and the impressive title of Alcalde Visitador del Commercio entre Castilla, y las Indias, Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu (1683-1756) was clearly well prepared to write this important and rather influential treatise on ecclesiastical benefices in Spanish America, and on the concomitant question of Catholic church finances as relating to those benefices. Other topics also attract Abreu’s attention, including freedom of the seas, marriage, entailed estates (i.e. mayorazgos), war, and hegemony. The text is printed in columns along the inner margin, with extensive shoulder- and sidenotes making another column along the outer margin. Bibliographical references are included in the sidenotes, and the work also includes a comprehensive index. PALAU 9445. SABIN 76. MEDINA, BHA 2574 (1st ed). LeCLERC 2 (1st ed). $950. 3. [Argentina]: EL REY. CON REAL ÒRDEN DE PRIMERO DE DICIEMBRE PRÒXIMO PASADO REMITÌ À MI CONSEJO DE INDAS PARA SU COMPLIMIENTO EN LA PARTE QUE CORRESPONDE, COPIA DE REAL DECRETO QUE ME HA SERVIDO EXPEDIR CON FECHA DE VEINTE Y OCHO DE NOVIEMBRE ÙLTIMO, Y DE LA INSTRUCCION QUE AC- COMPAÑA [caption title]. [Buenos Aires. 1805]. 34pp. Folio. Dbd. Some tanning and dust soiling, scattered light foxing. Very good. An early Buenos Aires imprint that conveys several royal decrees of the King of Spain, Charles IV. These decrees were originally issued in September 1804 and govern the sale of religious works in the Spanish colonies and give instructions for compliance. A rare piece of South American printing, not in OCLC. Medina claims to have owned a copy. MEDINA, RIO DE LA PLATA 285. $850. 4. [Argentina]: PROCLAMA DEL EXCMO. CABILDO AL VECINDARIO DE BUENOS-AYRES: EN SU CASA CONSISTO- RIAL PARA LA APERTURA DEL CONGRESO GENERAL QUE SE HIZO EL 22 DEL CORRIENTE [caption title]. [bound with:] UN HABITANTE DE BUENOS-AYRES A LOS DE MONTEVIDEO PROCLAMA [caption title]. Buenos Aires. 1810. 3; 3pp. Small quarto. Handsome modern calf, gilt. Each leaf neatly remargined on three sides with laid paper. Minor soiling. Very good. Two early Buenos Aires imprints relating to the revolution in 1810, which was one of the first steps toward Argentine independence. Rare. MEDINA, RIO DE LE PLATA 764, 779. $750. The United States Recognizes Argentina 5. [Argentina]: Rivadavia, Bernardo: Garcia, Manuel T.: MENSAGE DEL GOBIERNO A LA SALA DE REPRESENTANTES [caption title]. Buenos Aires. May 5, 1823. 4pp. Folio. Minor wear to top edge. Very good plus. In this message to Congress, Interior Secretary Rivadavia and Treasury Secertary Garcia announce the recognition of Argentine independence by the United States and discuss relations with other South American countries. They also report to Congress on the condition of internal security and defense, the treasury, taxes, debt, medical sciences, etc. Rivadavia later served as the first president of the Provinces of Rio de la Plata, from 1826-27. Rare, with one copy in OCLC, at the British Library. $1500. 6. Arrangoiz y Berzabal, Francisco de: MANIFESTACION.... [New York]. 1855. 80pp. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt leather label. Minor shelf wear. Scattered soiling. Very good. Very scarce work regarding unresolved financial issues as a result of the Mexican- American War. After the war Arrangoiz was commissioned by Santa Anna to act as a “special agent,” filling orders and accounts of land surrendered. Arrangoiz re- portedly attempted to collect the standard commission fee for these services. Santa Anna refused to pay, slandering his name. Manifestacion... is Arrangoiz’s public refutation of Santa Anna’s conduct, including correspondence with Santa Anna and Juan Almonte regarding settling of accounts, internally and with the United States. PALAU 17336. $1000. Important Work on the Brazilian Sugar Trade 7. Azeredo Coutinho, Jose Joaquim de Cunha de: ENSAIO ECONOM- ICO SOBRE O COMERCIO DE PORTUGAL E SUAS COLO- NIAS. Lisbon. 1794. [8],iii,153,[4]pp. Half title. Small quarto. 19th-century black polished calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Bookplate of John Carter Brown on front pastedown, with his ink stamp on fourth leaf. Some light soiling on half title, else internally clean. Very good. Untrimmed. The scarce first edition of the “best known work by Azeredo Coutinho, the controversial fig- ure of the Brazilian Enlightenment” (Borba de Moraes). Azeredo Coutinho (1742-1821) was a “member of the new rich sugar aristocracy of the Campos dos Goitacazes in Rio de Janeiro, [who] held many important ecclesiastical posts in Brazil and in Portugal and repeatedly prodded the government to undertake reforms that would benefit the economies of both the kingdom and her most vital colony. Thus, in 1791 he strongly opposed new price restrictions on sugar, arguing that higher prices would allow Brazilians to buy more goods from Portugal. Three years later he published a series of reform proposals in ‘An Economic Essay on the Commerce of Portugal and Her Colonies,’ in which he revived the century-old argument that the ‘true mines’ of Brazil were her agricultural resources, not the gold placers which had produced illusory gains” (Cambridge History). Like many works of this time period, this piece was probably written in Brazil and then printed in Lisbon, as there was no printing press in Brazil itself until 1808. An interesting look at the economics of the sugar trade in Brazil. BORBA DE MORAES, p.309. SABIN 17949. Cambridge History of Latin America II, pp.657-58.
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