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Cat HS tapa 3_layout 1 3/12/14 6:05 AM Page 2 catalogue n˚1 Travel & Travel & Exploration Travel Exploration hs rare books & maps hs rare 1 - ˚ catalogue n catalogue hs rare books & maps Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 1 catalogue n˚1 Travel & Exploration A selection of stock: Including general voyages, South Americana, Vocabularies, Iconography, Philippine & American Imprints, Jesuitica, South East Asia, China & Australia hs rare books & maps - 2014 Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 2 hs rare books san martin de tours 3190, capital federal cp 1425 argentina (+54) 911 5512 7770 email: [email protected] website: www.hsrarebooks.com by appointment only all items are guaranteed to be complete unless otherwise noted. returns are accepted within 7 days of receipt. front cover: item nº 6 back cover: item nº 37 []travel, exploration & iconography shs rare books & maps 2 Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 3 Index africa 13, 18, 27, 45, 55 & 58 america 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43, 48, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 60 & 61 asia 1, 4, 5, 16, 18, 23, 25, 32, 33, 38, 41, 42, 44, 47, 51, 53, 54, 55 & 57 australia 54 & 55 brazil 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 28, 33, 34, 36, 48, 50 & 60 china 5, 44, 49 & 55 colombia 3, 9, 10, 30 & 56 iconography & plate books 3, 6, 7, 19, 26, 27, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 48, 52 & 56 jesuits 2, 9, 14, 28, 29, 30, 32, 36, 39, 42, 44, 48, 50 & 61 mexico 17, 18, 19, 21 & 55 paraguay & argentina 2, 28, 29, 31, 36, 40 & 60 philippines & south east asia 14, 16, 23, 38, 41, 44, 46, 47, 49, 54, 55 & 57 venezuela 8, 9, 10, 17, 22, 30 & 61 hs rare books & maps []3 Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 4 1. A major botanical work on the East Indies, rare first edition acosta, cristoval de; orta, garcia da. Tractado de las drogas y medi- cinas de las Indias orientales, con sus plantas debuxadas al bivo. 1578. Burgos Martin de Victoria. In 4to (190 mm x 125 mm). 12 ff. + 448 + 38 + 1 ff. Later, possibly 18th century, vellum. Light uniform toning and scattered foxing, a wide-margined copy, generally fresh. First edition. Acosta (ca. 1525 - ca. 1592) was a Portuguese physician and botanist, a pioneer in the study of the oriental flora and their applica- tion in pharmacology; he travelled to the East Indies for the first time in 1550 —working as a soldier—, whilst in Goa he met Garcia Orta, the great botanist and author of the Coloquios, a main source for the Tractados. “In Goa he met with the botanist Garcia d’Orta, whose Coloquios dos simples (1563) was the first European account of Indian materia medica and tropical medicine; Garcia d’Orta’s contributions to the present treatise were acknowledged by Acosta on the title-page. Acosta’s work has been called little more than a translation of the Coloquios, but it clearly surpasses the earlier work in its systematic, first-hand observations of both East and West Indian plants and its illustrations after Acosta’s own accurate drawings. Among the Asian plants described were ginger, cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, opium and cardamom; among the American plants were pineapple, sugar cane, rubber and the Indian fig of Peru.” (Norman). The Tratado is “written in a fluid and concise style. It offers systematic, first-hand observations of the Oriental drugs and is illustrated by woodcuts made from his own accurate drawings. This book clearly surpases that of d’Orta, whose contributions Acosta readily acknowledges” (DSB). A rare work, finely illustrated with a woodcut portrait of Acosta and over 40 text illustrations, almost full-page; the illustrations are mostly of []4 travel, exploration & iconography Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 5 plants, however there are two showing elephants. All the illustrations are after Acosta’s own drawings and produced during his stay in India. He also wrote the “Historia natural, y moral de las Indias, en que se tratan las cosas notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas, y animales dellas” (Seville, 1590), considered one of the most important works on the Spanish American possessions “the most convincing, detailed, and reli- able account of the riches and new things of America” (Hill). sabin, 113. palau, 1962. durling, norman 1. garrison-morton, 1819. hs rare books & maps []5 Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 6 2. Extremely rare report on the Revolt of the Comuneros, the ideals that would forge the Independence a century later angles y gortari, mathias de. Copia del Ynforme que hizo en la Villa de Potosy Sobre los punctos que han sido causa de las discordias suce- didas en la Ciudad de Asuncion de la Provincia del Paraguay,y del tes- timonio de la Carta, que el M. R. P. Laurencia Rillo de la Compañía de Jesus provincial de la Sancta Provincia del Paraguay escrivio a dicho General. N.d. [1729]. N.p. [Lima?] [bound after] Sommario di docu- menti autentici citati nel supplemento alle riflessioni e all’ appendice de’ portoghesi. parte prima. 1760. Genova. In 4to (180 mm x 125 mm). 2 ff. [blank] + 1 ff. + 136; 60 pp. Near contemporary grain long moroc- co, double gilt filets and interlacing fillets to boards, spine tolled, rubbed. Uniform browning, very good otherwise. First edition of the Copia del Ynforme, bound together with the first Italian translation. The Copia is exceedingly rare; we have been unable to trace any copies (not in WorldCat, CCPBE, JCB), except for the later edition, as part of the Colección General de Documentos (Madrid, Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1768/69). Angles y Gortari arrived in Paraguay in 1728 after being commissioned to investigate the Comunero Revolt; ostensibly, the revolt was based on the thought that the will of the King cannot be above the will of the common folk. The historical background is complex: in 1717 Reyes de Balmaceda was appointed as Governor of Paraguay. Soon after, com- plaints reached the Royal Audiencia of Charcas of his abusive con- duct; Panamanian Jose de Antequera y Castro (1690-1731) was sent to study the case. In 1721, as a result of Antequera’s intervention, Reyes de Balmaceda was removed from his post —Antequera himself replac- ing Reyes in an arbitrary fashion— and a conflict emerged which included armies coming from Buenos Aires lead by Bruno Mauricio []6 travel, exploration & iconography Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 7 de Zabala and the retreat of the comunero forces. During the process, disobedience, partisanship and treason were common. In all, the revolt was unsuccessful and the participants executed with extreme prejudice, however the ideal of emancipation and rights for the people remained. This was one of the most important colonial attempts to reach the King requesting being heard and taken into account. These events would be well documented in a work by Pedro Lozano, ca. 1735 “Historia de las revoluciones de la Provincia del Paraguay en la América Meridional. Desde el año de 1721 hasta el de 1735”. Angles later wrote in 1731 the Ynforme del General… sobre las causas delas diferencias en el Paraguay, en virtud del proceder de los Jesuitas en las misiones de este país. Provenance: this copy would appear to be the same offered by Otto Lange in 1938. palau, 12657 & 12659. hs rare books & maps []7 Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 8 3. Splendid rendering of Bogota []8 travel, exploration & iconography Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 9 hs rare books & maps []9 Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 10 austin, c. f. t. Vista de Bogota. 1831. [Bogota]. Recently went through professional restoration, restorer’s analysis available upon request. The view had been folded; now flattened and backed, very good condition overall. 1295 mm x 430 mm. A cornerstone to Colombian iconography; this is —as far as we have found— a previously unknown view of Bogota. The view was created from a high point and thanks to its generous size; it allows a compre- hensive view of the city, thus a terrific piece for Colombian iconogra- phy. It illustrates in detail two women in local attires and a llanero rid- ing a horse, wearing pants made of wild cat. The city is shown from the outskirts, in harmony with the imposing mountains at the back. Bogota’s Cathedral is clearly an unequivocally distinguishable, and so are the bell towers standing besides it and the dome (structures all still standing), further to the right. With no doubt, amongst the best artistic insights of the Colombia’s Capital City a few years after becoming a Republic, possibly not at all that different from when it was Capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. There is very little known about Austin, although we find a lithograph by him at the “Coleccion Casa Museo Quinta de Bolivar”, engraved by Harris and published by Rudolf Ackermann (also in “Mapoteca Colombiana”, Uricoechea, 1860, nº 76). A more detailed description can be provided upon request. []10 travel, exploration & iconography Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 11 hs rare books & maps []11 Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 12 []12 travel, exploration & iconography Cat HS corregido_layout 1 3/12/14 6:08 AM Page 13 4.