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BIBLIOTHECA GEOGRAPHICA et HISTORICA. <tatalogue ·of JBoohs RELATING TO AMERICAJ CANADA, THE WEST INDIES, ASIA, ,AFRICA, AND OCEANIA} I r CONTAINING EARLY VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, OLD MAPS, &c. CONTENTS. 1, AMERICA • No. 1 to 469 ' AMERICAN MAPS - 470 ,, 587 ASIA - 588 . ,, 653 INDIA · 654 ,, 722 OCEANIA 723 ,, 886 AFRICA - 887 ,, 939 ON SALE AT THE PRICES AFFIXED, FOR CASH, BY ASHTON · NIELD, 80, PARK STREET, BRISTOL, · ENGLAND. 2 BIBLIOTHEOA GEOGRAPHIOA ET HISTORIOA HUMBOLD.T (Alex. Von) Essai Politique sur la Royaume de la Nouvelle. Espagne, numerous large maps and charts, some tinted; LARGE PAPER, 2 vols, roy. 4to, calf gilt, and FOLIO ATLAS, £5 (pub. £15) 1811 At a great public meetmg held June 21, 1824, it was Ithe natural riches of the country, and that the reading of decla. red by the executive power of the Mexican Govern- this great work has not a little contributed to reanimate the n,tent, that Mr. Humboldt's Political Essay on New Spain active industry of the nation, and to inspire it with confi contained the most complete and most accurate picture of dence in its own powers. IMLAY (G.) Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America, its Climate, Natural History, Population, Manners, Customs, Indians, &c., and delineation of the Laws and Government of KENTUCKY; 8vo, half calf, 30s. 1792 With neatly-written manuscript notes by Francis Barnes, j "they have the greatest portion of innocence and happiness, 17901 who, concerning Americans and English, concludes, and we of rascality and wretchedness." PETERS (S. A.) General History of Connecticut, from its first Settlement under George Fenwick, Esq., to its latest period of amity with Great Britain, including a Description of the Country,. curious and entl:lrtaining Anecdotes, true sources of the present Rebellion, and the part taken by the people of Connecticut; 8vo, calf gilt, LARGE FINE COPY, £5. 1781 The Author says that "Treachery is the staple com-1 swiftness, between the pinching, sturdy rocks, to such a modity of th. e four New England Provinces.'' The work degree of induration, that .no iron crow can be.forced into contains a wonderful account of the Falls of Upper Cohos, it." ·" where water is consolidated without frost by pressure, by SMITH (W.) History of Canada, from its first Discovery to 1791; 2 vols, roy. 8vo, boards uncut, LARGE-PAPER COPY, EXTREMELY RARE, £10 10s. Quebec, 1815 STEPHENS' (J. L.) INCIDENTS oF TRAVEL IN Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, numerous engravings of Ancient Monuments, &:c. ; 2 vols. INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN Yucatan, with 120 Engravings of Ancient Temples, and other Antiquities; 2 vols.-Norman's (B. M.) Rambles in Yucatan, or Notes of Travels through the Peninsula, including a Visit to the Remarkable Ruins of Chi-Chen, Kaba, Zayi, and U xmal, maps and numerous curious plates of relics of Aboriginal Art-together 5 vols, 8vo, cloth gilt, £2 18s. 1841-58 '' These delightful volumes! It is grievous to quit a·store so brimful to overflowing of what we like best.''-ATHENAJ:UM THEYET (A.) Historia dell' India America detta Altramente Francia. Antarctica, tradotta di Francese in Lingua Italiana, da M. Guiseppe Horologge; sm. 8vo, newly bound in purple morocco extra, with gilt edges, BEAUTIFUL COPY, RARE, £4 4s. In Vinegia appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferarri, :MDLXI. Thevet was a good honest writer who knew personally Ibeautiful specimen of the press of the celebrated early all the contemporary French Navigators to Canada and Venetian Printer, having his woodcut marked upon the title, Brazil, from whom he received information - his book. and a large different one on the last leaf. therefore, is of great value as a record. The volume is a ULLOA (Don Jorge Juan, y Don Antonia de) Noticias Secretas de America, sobre el estada Naval, Militar, y Politico de Peru, Quito, Nueva, Granada, y Chili, gobierno y regimen particular de los pueblos de Indios, &c., finely printed on vellum paper, with 2 portraits; 4to, boards, FINE COPY, £4 4s. 1826 Faithfully written by order of the Marquis de la IAdministration of Justice, State of the Church, Condition Ensenada, Chief Secretary of State, and presented for the and Customs of the Indians, &c., in that portion of America secret information of Ferdinand VI., King of Spain. It is I which once belonged to Spain, accurately described. carefully edited by Don D. Barry, and contains everything "Written with truth, impartiality, and judgment.''- .concerning the Manners, Government, State of Defence, SALVA. WAFER (Lionel) New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus or America, and the Author's Abode there, the Country, its Rivers, Trees, Beasts, Fish, the Manners, Customs, Language, &c., of the Indians,· curious folding copper-plates,; 8vo, calf, RARE, 28s. 1699 WALDECK (F. de) Voyage Pittoresque et Archreologique dans la Province dJYucatan (Amerique Centrale), pendant l'annees, 1834 et 1836, handsomely printed on fine paper, with 22 BEAUTIFUL PLATES UPON INDIA PAPER of Buildings of the wonderful Ruined Cities of Central America; imp. folio, half red morocco, gilt top, RARE, £5 5s. Paris, 1838 Contains also very copious Vocabulary of the great Central American Language, the Maya, with Spanish and French in ' parallel columns. ASHTON NIELD, CATALOGUE OF RARE&VALUABLEBOOKS RELATING TO Bmerfca, Bsfa, Bfrfca, anb Bustralia, ON SALE BY ASHTON NIELD, ~O, PARK STREET, BRISTOL. FROM Srn RICHARD CoLT HoARE's LIBRARY. 1 BELKNAP (J.) History of New Hampshire, from the Discovery of. the River Pascataqua in 1614 to 1790, with a Geographical Description of the State, Sketches of its Natural History, Productions, Manners, Laws, &c., folding rnap ,· 3 vols, 8vo, CHARMING COPY, bound in brown russia, FROM SIR RICHARD COLT HoARE's LIBRARY, WITH HIS CREST, .£4 4s. Pltiladelphia, 1784; Boston, 1791 ; and 1792 A GRAND WORK ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF MEXICO, 2 DU PA IX (Capt.) Antiquities Mexioaines, Relation de Troia Expeditions ordo.nnee par Charles IV., pour la recherche des Aqtiquities du Pays, notamment .celles de MITLA et de P ALENQUE, suivie d'un parallele de ces monuments avec ceux de l'Egype,_ de l'Indostan, et du refJte de l'ancien monde, par LENOIR, dis sertation sur l'origine de l'ancienne population des Deux Ameriques, et les· diverses Antiquities par WARDEN, &c., with 167 beautiful plates on INDIA PAPER; 2 vofs, folio, half morocco, full gilt baclcs and gilt tops, SCARCE, £7 1 Os. Paris, lmprimerie Didot, 1834-6 3 KENNETT (White) Bibliotheore Amerioanre Primordia. An Attempt towards laying·the Foundation of an American Library; 4to, calf, RARE, £7 10s. 1713 As far as it goes, the best Catalogue of American Books and so in. proportion to the other Colonies with a most extant, the titles being copied at full length, with the valuable Index of Matters, Persons, and Places. greatest exactness, with the name of the printer, and Some of these tracts are supposed to be entirely lost. number of pages in each volume. It describes about The collector of American Books should' secure Kennett's ::io original tracts relating to Newfoundland, above 50 llibliotheca_when he can.-ALLIBONR. concerning-· Virginia, 100 or more of New England, 4 LAHONTAN'S New Voyages to North America, containing an Account of the several Nations of the Continent, wha.t passed between the English, the French, the,Iroquese, anti other Savage Nations, description of Canada, etc., to which is added a DICTIONARY OF THE ALGONKINE LANGUAGE, map and plates (one deficient) ; 2 vols, 8vo, calf, SCARCE, £3 10s. 1735 /; ·POWNALL (C. T., late Governor of Massachusetts, S. Carolina, and N. Jersey), TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF SUCH PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA, as are con tained in the (annexed) Map of the Middle British Colonies, &c., in North America, with the Appendix of Travellers' Journals, FINE COPY ON LARGE PAPER~ 17i x 10! inches, with the map coloured; _folio, boards, edges entirely uncut, VERY RARE lli THIS STATE, £5 5s. 1776 6 · RICHARDSON'S Fauna Boreali Americana, or the Zoology of the Northern · Parts of British America, by Dr. Richardson,W. Swainson, and W. Kirby, upwards of 100 BEAUTIFUL PLATES OF QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS, many being VERY BEAUTIJ!'.ULLY COLOURED ; 3 vols, 4to, cloth, unci,t, SCARCE, £7 1Os. 1829-37 30t Park Street; BRISTOL. 4 BIBLIOTHECA GEOGRAPHICA ET HISTORICA 7 VALUABLE AND INTERESTING COLLECTION of One Hundred and Ninety-one, RARE AND EARLY AMERICAN MAPS, printed between 1579 and 1796, of various sizes, MANY BEING COLOURED, and many having curious vignettes of the Early Settlers, Conquerors, Buccaneers, Adventurer~, and the Old Inhabitants, neatly arranged upon guards arul, bourid; 2 vols, royal folio, half calf gilt, £60. 1579-1796 LIST OF CONTENTS :-Some o.f the dates are engraved, coloured, witk curious vignette, 1690-Antilles Francoises others kave been carefully examined and compared, and et des Iles Voisines, par Petit, coloured, 1710-New Jersey, are stated as correctly as possible. Nova Totius Terrarum 1760-British Am1::rican Plantations from Boston in New Orbis Tabula, ex. off. F. de Wit, Amstelodami, fine plate England to Georgia, with the back Settlements as far as the 22 by 19 ins., with E. W. N. & S. hemispheres, and fine .l\li~sisippi -by Bowen, 1760-La Louisiane ·et Cours de large allegoricals of gods, goddesses, peace, war, fighting, Missisippi, avec Carte Particuliere des Embouchures de la Pluto, Proserpine, Cerberus, &c., all very richly coloured, Riviere St. Louis, et la Mobile, per De Lisle, coloured, 1740 1670-Virginie et Maryland, par Vaugondy, coloured, 1755 -Peuplade des Anglois dans la Gujane et Pais de Amazons, -Voyage des Hollandois, sous Van Noort, par Detroit de par Leig, coloured, 1690-Isle de St. Domingue, par De Magellan, coloured witk vignette of natives, 1690-Con- Lisle, coloured, 1722--New Hampshire, 1760-The Summer tinent of .America, North, South, and West Indies, showing Islands, 1590-Voyage de Ben20 aux lndes Orientales et the United States and European Possessions, according to Cotes de l'Amerique Meridionalc, colou1'ed, witk vignette, Peace of Versailles, 1783, by D'Anville and Gov.