Rare Americana

A selection for the New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2015

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Index:

Argentina 1 – 8 – 10 – 14 – 17 – 21 – 23 – 24

Brazil 3 – 10 – 11 – 14 – 18 – 19 – 24

Chile 7 – 9 – 13 – 14 – 16

Colombia 2 – 5

Jesuitica 7 – 8 – 9 – 11 – 12 – 15

General Americana 4 – 6 – 9 – 12 – 15 – 16 – 17 – 18 – 25 – 26

Mexico 6 – 12 – 15 – 25

Peru 7 – 20 – 26

Piracy, Navigation & Travels 20 – 21 – 22 – 24 – 25

Venezuela 27

1- The most important and substantial traveller´s guide to Buenos Aires, printed in Buenos Aires

[Araujo, José Joaquín]. Guia de forasteros del Virreynato de Buenos Ayres para el año de 1803. 1803. Buenos Aires. Real Imprenta de los Niños. In 12vo (132 mm x 95 mm). 180 pp. + 1 ff. + 2 folding tables. Slightly later half calf over boards, spine flat lettered in gilt, rubbed. A very good copy with only scattered foxing; else a fine example of a usually harmed work for the use-purpose given to it. 4,500 $ First edition. An important description of Buenos Aires and a rare colonial printing, containing the most substantial array of information on the River Plate Viceroyalty. Furlong, who dedicated 4 pages to it in his Historia y bibliografía de las primeras imprentas rioplatenses, emphasizes its wealth of historical information and detail provided for the foreigners and locals, on the reality –social, cultural, infrastructure, and such- of the region. Araujo (1762 – 1835) was a Spanish administrative officer; he helped Dean Funes write his landmark Ensayo histórico. Although the authorship of the guide is not mentioned in the title, on page 46 he gives himself as the compiler.

Provenance: ownership inscription on title “Andres Jose de Acosta”; ex libris to front pastedown.

Palau, 354641 (attributing it to Diego de la Vega). Furlong, II, 675-679.

2- A beautifully engraved iconographic view of Bogota

Austin, C. F. T. Bogota. N.d. [ca. 1840]. London. Engraved by Harris and published by Ackermann. Strong paper, finely colored. 4,800 $ 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.

The view was created from a high point, allowing a comprehensive view of the city, thus a terrific piece for Colombian iconography. It illustrates in detail women washing clothes and carrying water, and men in local costumes at the front. The city, shown from the outskirts, stands formidable at the background, resting at the feet of the valley of Bogota. Bogota’s Cathedral is clearly an unequivocally distinguishable, and so are the bell towers standing besides it and the dome (structures all still standing).

There is very little known about Austin, although another example of this lithograph is to be found at the “Coleccion Casa Museo Quinta de Bolivar”, (“Mapoteca Colombiana”, Uricoechea, 1860, nº 76). Needless to point out, lithographs of this magnitude on Bogota are scarcely found, thus truly a unique opportunity to acquire it.

3- Rare biography of one of the founders of Sao Paulo

Beretario, Sebastian. Vita R.P. Iosephi Anchieta Societatis Iesu sacerdotis in Brasilia defuncti. 1617. Cologne. Johannes Kinchium. In 12mo (131 mm x 75 mm). 1 [blank] + 2 ff. + 427 [428] + 1 ff. + 1 [blank]. Contemporary or near contemporary vellum, ties as fragments, soiled. A fine copy, some leaves browned. 5,650 $ Although printed the same year as the Lyon edition, Leclerc states that this is the second edition. Father Anchieta (1534 – 1597) was a Canarian Jesuit Priest, and writer; after short studies in Portugal, and being only 19 years old, he was selected to travel to the Jesuit missions in Brazil, accompanying Duarte da Costa. Before making shore they shipwrecked, but still Anchieta was able to make shore at Sao Vicente; this allowed him to meet with the Tapuia Indians, the region´s native tribe. His labor for the conversion of the Indians into the Catholic faith –along with Nóbrega- , was crucial to the establishment of a colonial settlement.

Anchieta is considered one of the founders of Sao Paulo (in 1554) and Rio de Janeiro (in 1565, after the defeat of the French settlers). The work is “based on the manuscript by Father Pedro Rodrigues, visiting Father to Angola and Brazil. This manuscript was unpublished at the time, but several copies were in circulation and served as the basis for all the biographies of Anchieta.”

Borba de Moraes, 99. Rodriguez, 379. Leclerc, 1558.

4- Important Ejecutoria, addressed to Mexican Families, copiously illuminated

[Carta Ejecutoria]. Don Juan Antonio de Hozes Sarmiento Rey de Armas, y Coronista de todos los Reynos… del Gran Rey Don Filip Quinto el Animoso. [ca. 1789]. In folio (302 mm x 200 mm). 140 ff. Contemporary Mexican[?] calf, spine flat, finely tooled, lower compartment of spine restored, some rubbing. Scattered foxing, generally fine. 7,000 $ An excellent example of an American Carta de Ejecutoria, or nobility grant; made out to the Berdugo, Davila, and Haro families, all closely related to Mexico´s colonial history. The illumination comprehends a full- page coat of arms on vellum, painted in red, blue and gold, and four smaller coats of arms (a rampant lion for Berdugo, two wolfs for Haro, twolions standing on a tower for Torre, and 13 golden spots over the shield, signifying the 13 heads of decapitated Moors for Davila), often a quarter page, each for one last name: Berdugo, Haro, Torre, and Davila. All these names are associated with high-ranking colonial civil officers and members of the clergy, amongst them Alonso Nuñez de Haro (1729 – 1800) Archbishop and Viceroy of Mexico, and another Archbishop of Mexico in the first half of the 17th century. The manuscript was probably confected in Mexico, the illumination being somewhat naïve, typical of 18th century colonial Mexican artists; however, the Rey de Armas is giving it, so it might be Spanish. Provenance: Bibliothec Dirk Stenger

The binding is strictly contemporary, and features endpapers of Mexican origin –pasted on to boards-, although the volume has its endpapers renewed.

5- The state of colonial Colombia, prepared for the Archbishop-Viceroy

[Colombia]. Estados de los cuerpos veteranos fixos y de milicias de infant.a caballeria y drag. correspondientes al nuevo plan propuesto por el Arzobispo Virrey de S. Fe en Carta reservada del 15 de Junio de este año, para la dotacion de aquella Capital, Plaza de Cartagena y otros Parages del Reyno de Tierra Firme. 1783. Santa Fe de Bogota. In folio (300 mm x 196 mm). 35 ff. + 3 [blanks]. Contemporary full calf, gilt fillets to boards, spine flat tooled in gilt with lettering piece; light rubbing. Excellent condition, remarkably clean, oxidation to one page a small rust hole; verso of ff. 34 with lead seal. 7,500 $ A handsome contemporary manuscript copy detailing the estate of New Granada’s colonial forces, during the reign of Antonio Cavallero y Gongora. As stated on the first ff., this is a copy of the brief provided by the Teniente General del Regimiento fijo of Cartagena; the copy is, however, authenticated, it is signed at the end by Antonio Cavallero y Gongora (1723 – 1796); Cavallero was a Spanish Archbishop and, from 1782 to 1789, Viceroy of New Granada. He gained fame for his participation and efforts to disarticulate the Comunero revolt in 1781, as well as for exercising the position of Viceroy simultaneously to being the Archbishop. The comunero revolt was based on the thought that the will of the King cannot be above the will of the common folk. This ideal will later lead to the fragmentation of the Spanish Empire in South America during the wars of Independence.

It contains the state of the infantry division of Catagena and Santa Fe, the Batallón de Pardos Libres, Compañías de Pardos Libres, Compañías de Milicianos de Lorica, etc. The battalions of “pardos”, refer to the sons of Spanish and criollas.

6- An invaluable sourcebook for the history of New Mexico

Davila Padilla, Agustín. Historia de la Fundacion y discurso de la provincia de Santiago de Mexico de la Orden de Predicadores por las vidas de sus varones insignes y casos notables de Nueva España. 1625. Brussels. Juan de Meerbeque. In folio (305 mm x 194 mm). 4 ff. + 654 + 3 ff. Contemporary limp vellum, front board lightened and a little stained, bookplate of William Mayer on front pasteboard, ties missing, upper joint cracked, spine lettered in ink. Title with seal erased, light browning to text as often, final leaf with mainly marginal loss of paper causing text loss repaired in manuscript facsimile, ff. 1 re-margined; overall entirely genuine, unrestored copy of a great rarity, of wide margins and generally fresh and clean. 19,500 $ Second edition. The first edition was published in Madrid in 1596, and a third edition appeared in 1634 under a new title “Varia historia de la Nueva España y Florida”. Davila´s is a main source of information on the Dominican’s work in New Mexico from 1526 to 1592, and the basis for future works on the region.

It is rich in new information, namely drawn out of missionary´s experiences working in Mexico, namely amongst Indians, with notes on their activities, beliefs and mysticism, their conversion to Catholicism; thus, it’s contents are not to be found in previous relations. Amongst others, the lives of Domingo de Betanzos (founder of the Province and its first Provincial), Domingo de la Cruz, Domingo de Santa Maria, Julian Garces (first Bishop of Tlaxcala), Cristobal de la Cruz, Pedro de Pravia, and Luis Cancer (missionary in Mexico and Florida, where he was martyred by natives). “An invaluable work for the history of the earliest missions to the New World. All editions of this important work are of extreme rarity. It contains some of the most valuable materials in existence for the history of the Spanish Conquest and settlements in America; as well as of the manners, language, and religions of the aborigines.” (Maggs).

Davila Padilla (1562 – 1604) was Mexican born, studied at the University of Mexico, where he achieved a degree of Master of Arts when 16 before going into the Dominican Order. He is one of the foremost chroniclers of Mexico and one of the first to be born, raised and educated there. During a visit to Spain Davila met Philip II, who appointed him Chronicler of the Indies. He was also an Inquisitor in Mexico.

Medina, Hispano-Americana, 784. Palau, 68981. Sabin, 18780. European Americana, 1625/62.

7- Journey overland in colonial Peru by a Chilean Jesuit

[Eysaguirre, Miguel de; Pastoriza, Carlos de]. Informe que hacen los PP. Miguel de Eysaguirre y Carlos de Pastoriza de la Compañia de Jesus de todo lo sucedido en la expedicion que han hecho a la montaña por orden e intruccion del Exmo Sr. D. Jospeh Manso de Velasco teniendo general de los exercitos del S.M. Virrey y Capitan gneral de estos Reinos. 1795. Lima. In folio (304 mm x 208 mm). 6 ff. Manuscript in brown ink; overall very good, water staining into text. 5,000 $ Important manuscript copy in perfectly legible calligraphy, with the itinerary of Eysaguirre and Pastoriza in Peru; it contains vast news of the expeditions carried out by the Jesuits in the mountains of several Peruvian towns as Quimiri, La Sal, Metraro, Eneno, and others. The relation begins by informing the dispatching of Father Yrusta to Eneno and of being detained at Quimiri for four days, awaiting the response of the Inca (“estuvimos cuatro dias detenidos en dho pueblo esperando la respuesta del Ynga, al cavo de ellos, llegaron de Eneno los Curacas de Nijandares, y la Sal, acompañados de seis soldados, armados todos de sus arcos, y flechas”), after which soldiers armed with arrows and bows arrived and mentioned their father expected them. The relation continues in full detail, with the audiences with the tribal leaders, welcoming’s, farewells, and other details with the outstanding details observed during their journey overland.

Miguel de Eysaguirre was son of Domingo de Eysaguirre and Maria Rosa de Arechavala y Alday y Azpee, thus a member of a prominent Chilean family; it seems that he was at some point Fiscal of the Real Audiencia de Lima.

Apparently a rare relation, we could find no other copies of this text.

8- A Jesuit traveller in Patagonia, after serving in a ship trafficking slaves

Falkner, Thomas. A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America… and some particulars relating to the Falklands Islands. 1774. Hereford. C. Puch. In 4to (265 mm x 203 mm). 2 ff. + 10 + 144 + 2 folding maps. Nineteenth century half morocco by Lloyd of London, upper cover lettered in gilt “Cruising Association Library”, raised bands to spine, tooled and lettered in gilt, with monogram “C” to lower compartment of spine. Excellent copy, very large; with crisp paper and virtually flawless examples of the two folding maps. 12,000 $ First edition. Falkner (1702 – 1784) was a singular character, born a Calvinist in Manchester; he studied medicine in England and in 1729 enrolled in a slave-trafficking vessel, which took him to Buenos Aires – along with their cargo. There, after falling ill, a Jesuit Priest convinced him of abandoning Calvinism and converting into Catholicism. Falkner became a Jesuit in Cordoba, travelling extensively throughout Argentina and working in Paraguay, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman and other places for 38 years. His travels were the basis of his work, consisting of entirely new information. Falkner is one of the first to dispute the existence of a race of giants in Patagonia.

The map, in two sheets by Thomas Kitchin, is extraordinary, probably one of the most detailed of the region to date; embellished with a large cartouche portraying natives of the Patagonia “The Great Cacique Cangapol”, it is mentioned in pp. 26 “I have endeavored to draw his likeness as well as I could by memory. . . . He must have been seven feet and some inches in height; because, on tiptoe, I could not reach to the top of his head”.

Sabin, 23734. Palau, 86485. Streit, 972.

9- One of the most important vocabularies on the Chilean language; printed in Lima

Febres, Andres. Arte de la lengua general del Reyno de Chile con un diálogo chileno hispano muy curioso a que se añade la doctrina cristiana, eso es, rezo, catecismo, coplas, confesionario y platicas; lo más en lengua. 1765. Lima. Calle de la Encarnación. In 8vo (140 mm x 94 mm). 15 ff. + 682 + 1 ff. Contemporary, probably South American, full limp vellum, one tie present, spine lettered in ink with title. A very good copy overall, with remnants of a vocabulary meant for teaching –light damp and a few foxing spots. 5,000 $ First edition. A very genuine example, in its first binding, of one of the single most important works on the Araucanian´s language; written for the benefit of the Jesuits missionaries in the evangelizing of the local tribes as well as to complement the military campaign to bring the tribe under Spanish rule. The ferocity of the Araucanos was well known and subject of considerable relations as the “Araucana” and the “Arauco domado”. Medina could only trace one copy of this significant treatise. The works importance is matched somewhat by its printing, in Lima. Febres was a German Jesuit, dedicated to the missionary work in Peru still at the time of their expulsion from the Spanish colonies.

This copy is absolutely complete, with the last leave, unknown to Sabin, and the earlier issue as that described by Nebenzahl “This is the earlier issue with the imprint ´Encarnacion´ instead of ´Incarnacion´.”

Medina, La Imprenta en Lima, 1228. Palau, 87065. Sabin, 23968.

10- The siege of Montevideo, by Buenos Aires troops, to prevent Brazilian presence in Uruguay

Ferreira da Silva, Silvestre. Relacao do sitio, que o Governador de Buenos Aires D. Miguel de Salcedo poz no anno de 1735 a Praca da Nova Colonia do Sacramento, Sendo Governador da mefma Praca Antonio Pedro de Vasconcellos, Brigadeiro dos Exercitos de S. Magestade. 1748. Lisbon. Officina de Francisco Luiz Ameno. In 4to (226 mm x 157 mm). 1 [blank] + 4 ff. + 109 + 1 [blank]; including 5 mostly folding plates. Contemporary calf, raised bands to spine, gilt fillet on boards, wormholes and scratches restored. A large copy with scattered foxing and marginal damp stains; ff. 27 and view of Buenos Aires with loss of paper, restored in expert facsimile, hardly noticeable. 8,500 $ First edition. An exceptionally rare work on the siege of Montevideo by Buenos Aires, a conflict emerged from a long-lived dispute. In 1678 the Portuguese founded the city, its geo-political importance was evident as it lies on the shore of the River Plate. The Spanish, aware of the trouble- making situation of having to share exclusivity on an important navigational river, attempted to invade the city several times. By 1726 the Capitan General Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, preventing further expansion of the Portuguese in the opposite bank of the River Plate, settles what is today Montevideo.

In the midst of the Spanish-Portuguese War (1735 - 1737) the Capitan General of the River Plate Miguel de Salcedo receives orders from Madrid to attack Sacramento and reduce it to insignificance. Salcedo marched towards the city with a garrison of 1500 men and several thousand Guarani’s, who hated the Portuguese for their continuing incursions into Paraguay. The siege started on October 1735 and lasted for a few months, until Portuguese reinforcements arrived and destroyed the Spanish fleet attempting to blockade the entrance. The Portuguese defeated the Spanish both in the siege and at the naval engagements; subsequently even attempted to invade Montevideo, unsuccessfully.

A handsome work, illustrated with a plan of Colonia del Sacramento, a plan of Montevideo –amongst the earliest-, a view of Buenos Aires from the River –the fourth view of Buenos Aires-, a map of the River Plate and an architecture plate of the Casa de Armas da Colonia do Sacramento.

Not in Borba de Moraes. Sabin, 24173.

11- Rare and early grammar of a Brazilian language

Figueira, Luiz. Arte da grammatica da Lingua do Brasil. 1795. Lisbon. Na officina Patriarcal. In 8vo (187 mm x 130 mm). 2 ff. + 103. Attractive 19th century polished calf, raised bands to spine, morocco lettering pieces, front cover detached. A fine copy internally, quite fresh and clean. 5,000 $ Fourth edition, first printed in 1681 –virtually unobtainable. This is an early grammar of the Tupi-Guarani language. The Tupi-Guarani is part of a larger family of languages spoken in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, and other places in America. Specifically, the Tupi, was spoken in Brazil (tribes close to Rio de Janeiro), whilst the Guarani was spoken in Paraguay, where Guarani settlements were close-by. Anchieta records the Tupi it in its purest and earliest state, and calls it the most widespread language in the region.

Figueira (1576 – 1643) was a Jesuit priest stationed in Brazil from the beginning of the 17th century; he first arrived to Salvador, where he learned the native’s language with Father Francis Pinto. Figueira participated in an expedition to the Maranhao, which ended in disaster, after being attacked by hostile Indians instigated by the French; shortly after, he returned to Pernambuco. His life ended tragically: after 20 years of missionary activity in Brazil, Figueira returns to Portugal seeking new missionaries, on his way back to Brazil, he shipwrecked at the mouth of the Amazon river, and was “massacred with 12 companions” (Maggs). “A volume of extreme rarity, not included in the ‘Bibliotheca Lusitana’ of Barbosa Machado.” (Sabin).

Sabin, 24313.

12- Promoting Mexican Saints, and preaching on the virtues of Mexicans

Florencia, Francisco de. Origen de los dos celebres santuarios de la Nueva Galicia, obispado de Guadalaxara en la America Septentrional. Noticia cierta de los Milagros Favores que hace la Santissima Virgen. 1757. Mexico. Imprenta de la Biblioteca Mexicana. In 4to (205 mm x 160 mm). [24], 1-206, [14] pp. + 3 copper-engraved plates. Contemporary vellum spine lettered in ink, lightly darkened, hinges partially broken. A fine copy internally, very fresh and clean. 4,500 $ Second edition, the first was published in 1694 (with lesser illustrations). A beautiful Mexican colonial printing, handsomely illustrated with three full-page plates. Florencia´s is an important source for the history of Guadalajara and Nueva Galicia (current Jalisco, Zacatecas, Colima, and Aguascalientes), and the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Tzapopán and San Juan de los Lagos Churches.

Florencia (1620 – 1695) was a Florida born Jesuit Priest, theologian, historian and writer –as evidenced by this work. An interesting aspect of his ascendance is the fact that he unequivocally promotes indigenous Saints, preaches on the virtues of the Mexican people, and praises the labour of the Jesuits. A fierce defender of the cultural independence of Americans, he may be considered instrumental to the establishment of a separate Mexican national identity. Dedicated to Francisco de S. Buenaventura Martinez Texada, Bishop of Yucatan and Guadalaxara.

The engravings are: 1- “Milagrosa Imagen de Na. Sa. de Tzapopan”, showing the Lady of Zapopán wearing a crown and a halo stands, the Virgin of Zapopan is said to have interceded between the Spanish and the native population during the European conquest of Mexico; 2- “Hac Crux Gentiles, qui nollunt esse Salutis Ut credant Signum, credere nata docet”, showing the Prodigious Grass Cross of Tepic; and “V.R. de la Milagrosa Ymagen de Na. Sa. Juan de los Lagos”, portraying the Virgin of San Juan of the Lakes. A half page woodcut displays the arms of Francisco de San Buenaventura Martínez de Texada Diez de Velasco, Bishop of Yucatan. The work proved popular and a best seller, with 6 editions published up to the 18th century. “The Prodigious Grass Cross of Tepic is exceptionally interesting and highly unusual, giving a birds-eye view of the Tepic region, the Cross, and its history, with a precision and attention to detail one might expect to find in a map rather than in the rendering of a miracle… The engravings and their accompanying text all deal with themes indigenous to Mexican Catholicism.” (Dorothy Sloan).

Provenance: Frederik Starr, engraved ex libris on front pastedown.

Medina, México, 4406. Palau, 92349. Sabin, 24816.

13- Remarkable and early photographic testimony of Santiago de Chile and Valparaiso

Garreaud, Pedro Emilio. [Santiago de Chile y Valparaiso]. N.d. [ca. 1870]. Chile. Large folio oblong (450 mm x 315 mm; photographs 193 mm x 243 mm). 24 albumen photos pasted onto large boards. Modern calf, raised bands to spine. Some toning to boards, generally fine. 6,000 $ A fine album, including visually arresting images of the Chilean cities of Valparaiso and Santiago de Chile; constitutes a very early photographic testimony, portraying the rural and civil life, with an emphasis on the most significant buildings and monuments, allowing us an understanding of the architecture of the time. The album is rare; we cannot find any other albums by Garreud having sold recently.

Although no reference is made to him in the photographs, they can be identified as the work of Garreaud. Garreaud (1835 – 1875) was a French photographer who spent most of his productive life in Chila and Peru. By 1856 –shortly after arriving- he had established in Lima, becoming a precursor of the carte-de-visite; in the 60´s he moved to Chile (Copiapo), then Santiago de Chile and later Valparaiso (1869). Three albums were edited by his studio: Vistas de la Patagonia, del Estrecho y de la Tierra del Fuego (1869), Vistas de Chile (1872), and Album del Santa Lucia (1873). Unfortunately Garreaud decided to invest in mining prospects, which lead him to ruin, and in 1875 death followed disease in Viña del Mar. His firm was acquired and re-named by Felix Leblanc as Garreaud y Leblanc, then Fotografia Garreaud de Leblanc y Adaro.

14- Byron & Cook, amongst the most famous 18th century Pacific and South American explorations

Hawkesworth, John; Cook, Captain James; Byron, John. Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majeste Britanique… Pour faire des Decouvertes dans L’Hemisphere Meridional. 1774. Paris. Saillant et Nyon & Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou. Four volumes in 4to (250 mm x 202 mm). 1 [blank] + 2 ff. + xviii + 1 ff. + xxxii + 388; 1 [blank] + 3 ff. + 536 + 1 [blank]; 1 [blank] + 3 ff. + 394 + 1 ff. + 1 [blank]; 1 [blank] + 1 ff. + viii + 367 + 1 [blank] + 52 engraved, mostly folding and double page maps and plates. Contemporary French calf, rather artisanal, raised bands to spine, tooled in gilt, title labels, a little worn, volume 4 with one hinge starting. Edges stained red, generally a very good copy, maps are in excellent condition, very crisp and clean, some pp. browned and with foxing spots as often. 6,000 $ First French edition –first published in English in 1773. One of the most widely reproduced expedition narratives: includes the voyages undertaken by Byron, Carteret –mostly the first volume-, Wallis & Cook, aboard the Daulphin, Swallow and the Endeavor. Hawkesworth wrote the work at the request of the Admiralty “It was Lord Sandwich who advised John Hawkesworth, a writer and journalist, to write a book on the discoveries in the Pacific” (Borba de Moraes). Possibly the most important portion of the book is dedicated to Cook’s first voyage, made for scientific purposes –to observe the transit of Venus and determine the distance between the sun and the earth- as well as exploration. During the voyage, he visited several islands on the Pacific, amongst others, New Zealand and Australia; his contributions to the mapping of the region are considerable. The first volume begins with the expedition sailing to Rio de Janeiro, and cover the passing through the Strait of Magellan, represented in detailed folding chart, which is often missing, here present. The work is profusely illustrated with maps and plates, showing coastal profiles, city and settlement’s views (notably the Vue de la Riviere… sur la Cote de la Nouvelle Hollande), skirmishes with the locals (Le Capitaine Wallis est attaque dans Le Dauphin par les Otahitiens), maps (the route followed by the expeditions across the Pacific, several of New Zealand and Australia), fauna, and local customs. The voyage was destined mostly to the East Indies, but the true object was to make discoveries in the South Seas. Byron (1723 – 1786) sailed in 1764 in the Dolphin with junior officers Charles Clerke and John Gore. Both Clerke and Gore later sailed with James Cook, with Clerke taking command of the final voyage after Cook's death. Byron visited Brazil and then continued south through severe storms and ice for Patagonia and through the Strait of Magellan, relating one of the best accounts of the Strait to date –from this part of the voyage; he earned the name 'Foul- Weather Jack'. Ashore in Patagonia, he reported on the eight-foot tall Indians he found there (the famous meeting is shown in the frontispiece), and finally sighted the Falklands. He claimed them for England, unaware that Bougainville had recently claimed them for France. Ignoring his instructions to sail for New Albion, he headed for Juan Fernandez and the Tuamotus, where he discovered Danger Island and others in the Tokelaus and Gilberts before making for the Philippines, Sumatra, Cape of Good Hope and then home to England.

Sabin 30940. Borba de Moraes 395.

15- Substantial chronic on the Jesuit Missions all over the World

Hazart, Cornelius. Kirchen-Geschichte, das ist: Catholisches Christenthum durch die ganze Welt auszgebreitet, Insonderheit bey nächst verflossenen, und anjetzo fliessenden Jahr-hundert. 1678 – 1701. Viena. Leopold Voigt. Two volumes in folio (292 mm x 195 mm; 327 mm x 223 mm). [10] + 1-666 + [16] pp. + 2 plates (1 folded); frontispiece + [14] + 1-606 + [28] pp.; [14] + 1-220 + [2] + 1-159 + [22] pp.; frontispiece + [12] + 1-304 + [8] + 5-284 + [24] pp. Contemporary non-uniform blind stamped pigskin over wooden boards, raised bands to spine, lettered in ink; some minor rubbing, clasps lacking (condition is uniform, possibly a made-up set from the beginning). Occasional light staining and a few leaves with small repairs (loss of some words on one repair; larger repair to pictorial frontispiece to Vol. III), engravings in very fine condition and in strong impressions. 9,000 $ The first edition, Kerkelijke Historie van de geeheele Wereldt, was published in Antwerp between 1667 and 1671, and was subsequently translated into German, and added to by other Jesuit historians. The work contains information on the Jesuit missions around the World, mainly focused on America and Asia –deals in remarkable length the missions of Brazil and Paraguay. It is handsomely illustrated with numerous half-page engravings in strong impressions. “Pages 311 to 457 are occupied with the Jesuit Missions among the Indians of Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Florida, Canada, Paraguay, and Maragnan [Island of St. Louis, a French colony off the coast of Brazil]. This portion of the work is illustrated with eighteen full-page copperplate engravings, of which seven are portraits of Indians, and eleven represent the martyrdom of the missionaries by the natives. These plates are beautifully drawn and engraved, and exhibit, with the most vivid and painful fidelity, the various forms of torture and massacre endured by the missionaries and their converts.

The account of the missions in Florida and Canada fills thirty-four pages. One of the pages in this part of the work represents the martyrdom of Father Jogues and two French associates by the Mohawks; another exhibits the tortures by which Fathers Brebœuf and Lallemant were killed in Canada; and a third the murder of Fathers Daniel and Garnier by the Indians of the same country” (Field, 673).

Hazart (1617-1690) was a Dutch Jesuit, author, historian and orator. His life was almost exclusively devoted to the struggle against the Calvinists of the Low Countries, but his real forte was writing. This universal church history is considered his greatest work; it deals with the Jesuit missions and missionaries in Asia, Africa, America and Europe. Among the fine engravings is a complex allegorical image, which visually suggests the goal of the Jesuit missions to expand throughout the world. In this engraving, a Mohul, an American Indian, and a Chinese are before a personified Church wearing the papal tiara and putti bearing a shield with the IHS motif.

JCB II (1675-1700), p. 234. Cordier, Japonica 379. Leclerc, Bibliotheca Americana (1878), 277. Sabin, 31114. Sommervogel, Bibliotheque de la Compagnie de Jesus, VII:1407.

16- A fundamental 18th century work on Chile, by a Chilean

Molina, Padre Juan Ignacio. Compendio de la historia geográfica, natural y civil del Reyno de Chile. 1788-95. Madrid. Antonio de Sancha. Two volumes in 8vo (208 mm x 142 mm). xx + 418 + 1 [blank]; xvi + 382 + 1 ff. + 1 [blank] + 8 plates & maps. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands forming compartments, red morocco labels lettered in gilt; very good condition, only slightly rubbed. A fine copy, with only a few scattered foxing spots and mainly marginal wormholes to several leaves in second volume touching headlines, but overall clean and fresh. 5,000 $ First Spanish edition -first printed in Italian during the author´s exile. According to Sabin, the Spanish translation is more complete than the original Italian, with several notes from the translator to the second part. The work deals with the country´s history, costumes, natural history and natives. Illustrated with three folding maps of Chili –two regional and the other including the Coast, handsomely decorated with a cartouche-, a frontispiece with the portrait of the author, three folding tables showing the state of Chili and one folding plan of the parks and fortresses in the border of Arauco. Molina (1740 – 1829) was a Chilean historian –one of the first-, naturalist, and Jesuit Priest. After the 1767 expulsion of the Jesuits, he exiled to Bologna, from where his works where published. The later years of his life were his most productive, having being father of a progressive evolutionary theory, which gained him an investigation from the Church. Molina, known for his linguistic skills, included a Chilean vocabulary at the end.

Palau, 174563. Sabin, 49889. 17- The only imprint by the first printing house in Buenos Aires to be printed in four languages, declaring Indians as equals and free men

[Native languages]. Decreto. La Asamblea general sanciona el decreto expedido por la Junta Provisional Gubernativa de estas provincias en 1º de setiembre de 1811, relativo á la extinción del tributo, y ademas derogada la mita, las encomiendas, el yanaconazgo, y el servicio personal de los indios, baxo todo respecto, y sin exceptuar aun el que prestan á las iglesias, y sus parrocos, ó ministros. 12 March 1813. Buenos Ayres. Imprenta de los Niños Expósitos. In folio. 1 ff. Browned, as expected. 6,000 $ A fantastic imprint, a patriotic ideal establishing the need for inclusion of the original inhabitants of Argentina and Paraguay. Impressively rare, of linguistic significance, this is the first Buenos Aires imprint in four languages, and one of the few translations ever made to Quichua, Aymara or Guarani by the Niños Expositos printing house. The argentine institutionalization created normative that aimed to a better coexistence with the native peoples of the region; it also searched for a comprehensive inclusion to the new Republic –at first expected to reach Paraguay. In this sense, the General Assembly suppressed, with this decree, the mita, yaconazgo, encomiendas and personal service of the Indians, for both civilians and clergy. All the systems herein suppressed were forms of Indian forced labour, dating from colonial times.

It being destined mostly at the original tribes of the region, it was considered necessary to have the document translated into the languages most appropriate for audiences it was destined to; “se les tenga a los mencionados indios de todas las provincias unidas por hombres libres, y en igualdad de derechos a todos los demás ciudadanos”.

Zinny, n. 7. Furlong, n. 2890.

18- The first Jesuit explorations and discoveries in the East and West Indies

Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio. Ideas de virtud en algunos Claros Varones de la Compañia de Jesus. 1643. Madrid. Maria de Quiñones. In folio (280 mm x 196 mm). 1 [blank] + engraved frontispiece + 6 ff. + 804 + 1 [blank]. Handsome contemporary vellum, spine lettered in ink, ties as fragments, text block re-attached, else entirely genuine condition. A fine, fresh, and tall copy; about 20 ff. with restored worm-hole, touching some letters, hardly perceptible. 5,500 $ First edition. The first work of a series of 4 –although complete-, and arguably the most significant for the biographies included in it. It is a compendium of the explorations, travels, discoveries, and evolution of the Jesuits, during the period of their most significant expansion. “This work having been published at different periods during the space of almost a century... The interest of the work, excluding some ‘jesuitical chaff’, is not inferior to its rarity, as it contains accounts of many early voyages to the Indies, not elsewhere to be found” (Sabin). Dedicated to Ines de Guzman, Marquis of Alcañizes.

Most copies do not contain the rare engraved frontispiece, showing members of the Order being handed a Cross by Jesus Christ, with Saint Loyola receiving it, flanked by his succeeding Generals.

It contains the biographies of some of the first Jesuits to travel the East and West Indies, including: Ignacio de Azevedo -martyred in Brazil with 39 companions-, Francisco Perez Godoy -one of Azevedo’s 39 companions-, Pedro Diaz and eleven Jesuits martyred on the way to Brazil with Azevedo, Joseph of Anchieta -the Apostle of Brazil, who spent 44 years with the Indians, Gaspar Barceo –who worked mainly in India-, Pedro Carnicio “Hammer of the Heretics”, Mateo Ricci –one of the first to visit China, and of remarkably importance for the history and progress of the Order in the region-, Juan Nuñez Barreto (worked in Tetuan, Morocco, outstanding for his work amongst Muslims). Begins with the biographies the first Generals of the Order: Ignacio de Loyola, Diego Lainez, and Francisco de Borja, with their efforts to give the Society a place in the Vatican and permission to evangelize abroad, in the newly discovered lands.

Sabin, 55269.

19- A fundamental work on the Maranhao and the Amazon

Pereira de Berredo, Bernardo. Annaes historicos do Estado do Maranhao, em que se da noticia do seu descobrimento, e tudo o mais que nelle tem sucedido desde o anno em que foy descuberto até o de 1718. 1749. Lisbon. Francisco Luiz Ameno. In folio (283 mm x 194 mm). 13 ff. + 710. Later half vellum over boards, title lettered in gilt and with printed paper label at foot, a bit soiled but else very good. A wide margined copy, a few leaves with mainly marginal small worm holes, hardly noticeable, exceedingly fresh and clean, a splendid copy overall. 9,000 $ First edition. Genuinely rare Portuguese work on their settlements at the northern states of Brazil, and one of the vastest sources of information on the Maranhao & the Amazon. It deals with wide range of subjects, commencing by its colonization, and focusing on its history, population and struggle with the Dutch. It would be hard to overestimate the immense importance of this chronic of Brazil. “The first edition is rare and much sought after, as it is a classic on Maranhao” (Borba de Moraes).

Berredo was Governor of the Marañon from the year 1718-1722; he died in 1748 at Lisbon, whilst preparing this work for the press. Sabin quotes Southey saying “(Pereira)… has left for himself a more durable remembrance in his historical annals of the state over which he presided”; “One of the rarest books and at the same time one of the best private histories of Brazil” (Leclerc). “A obra fundamental da história do Maranhao” (Correa do Lago). Provenance: stamp on title page from the Centro Italiano di studi Americani.

Borba de Moraes, 103. Correa do Lago, Brasiliana Itau, 2009. Palau, 218678. Rodrigues, Bibliotheca Brasilica, 388. Sabin, 4967.

20- Impossibly rare Limenian imprint on the defense against British Pirate Dampier´s attacks to the Pacific port

[Piracy] [Anonymous]. Relacion de las prevenciones que el Excellentissimo Señor Marques de Castel-Dos Rius mi Señor Virrey, Governador, y Capitan General de estos Reynos, hizo para la defense del; y apresto de Armada, que despacho del Puerto del Callao el dia 16 de Julio de este año de 1709, contra los Enemigos Yngleses, que entraton en este Mar por el Estrecho. 1709. Lima. In folio. 15 ff., lacks two folding tables (Estado General de la gente de artillería etc., and Estado General de las raciones). Unbound. Some minor toning, else good. 7,000 $ First edition. Rare imprint printed in Lima with the instructions and orders of the Viceroy to prepare the ports against raids and other acts of British Piracy, with the imminence of Dampier and Rogers’ recently organized fleet, in course to South America.

The Viceroy, Manuel de Sentmenat-Oms de Santa Pau (1651 – 1710), having received news in the Despachos sent to Lima on May 1708, heard that the British had sent a fleet of 7 ships under the command of the pirate William Dampier to the South Pacific. In response to this, and to repell attacks as those of Charles Wager and Thomas Colb (1708), he immediately organized the defences of the port of Callao and the coast of Peru. News came on the 23rd May that the pirates had taken the city of Guayaquil and were demanding ransom. The fleet organized by the Spanish authorities to challenge the British had already set sail when a new report was received informing the Viceroy that the British pirates had gone to the Galapagos Islands, taking with them two Spanish ships. Their intention was to rest there and await the arrival of the galleon from the Philippines.

The need for secrecy accounts for its lack of dissemination, and likely short amount of copies made. The rarity is considerable, we can only find the JCB example and only one copy in Spain.

Palau, 259164. Medina, Lima, 732. Vargas Ugarte, 1163.

21- Instructions to carry out Privateering activities against the Empire of Brazil

[Privateering]. Instrucciones reservadas que confiere el Gobierno encargado del Poder Ejecutivo Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Rio de la Plata a D. como armador de Corsario nombrad para hacer el Corso contra el Imperio del Brasil. N.d. [182?]. Buenos Aires. In folio. 2 ff. Unbound. Uncut, excellent example. 1,900 $ The instructions are based mostly on the Reglamento Provisional de Corso, signed and promulgated on 15 May 1817; extremely rare, the imprint was meant as a form of passport for ships engaging in privateering against the Empire of Brazil during the Argentinian- Brazilian war of the 1820´s. This imprint is left blank in the parts where the person or Captain´s name should have done (thus resisting the passing of time). It was rare even in the 19th century, to the point it was reproduced in 1957, to honor the most famous pirate ever to engage in Argentina, Almirant William Brown.

The imprint is set out in instructions, each identified with numbers. The first clearly states that any and all Brazilian vessels will be considered enemies of the Republic, and thus susceptible of taking it or setting it on fire.

The imprint is not found in any of the usual bibliographic references.

22- Rare first edition of this account of buccaneering in the West Indies and the Pacific coast of South America

Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur de. Journal du voyage fait a la mer de sud avec les flibustiers de l'Amerique en 1684 & annees suivantes. 1689. Paris. Jean Baptiste Coignard. In 8vo (166 mm x 95 mm). 1 [blank] + 8 ff. + 448 + 2 ff. + 1 [blank]. Contemporary French calf, raised bands to spine, tooled and lettered in gilt, old restorations but an attractive copy in its first binding. A remarkably fresh, and clean copy, in its entirely genuine binding. 4,600 $ First edition. A colorful narrative, filled with details of his exploits, portraying a “realistic picture of the life of pirates” (Bourgeois and Andrew); “He details both the romantic and the bleak sides of the buccaneering profession, interwoven with colorful descriptions of the natives of the region and a clear picture of the Spanish colonies on the Pacific" (Hill). It gave Defoe inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.

Raveneau de Lussan doesn’t strike one as the archetype of a 17th century pirate; he, according to his own account, was a “devout” Catholic, who insisted on attending mass before looting –churches were off-limits- and didn’t allow his crew to disturb the clergy; he took on piracy (1684) in the West Indies and the Pacific coast of South America (including Chili) to settle his creditors and be able to return to his “fashionable” (Maggs) life back home. During his buccaneering years, he attacked Realejo in Guatemala, Grenada, Guayaquil (Peru), amongst many other ports. His narrative was included in almost all editions of Exquemelin´s seminal history of the pirates, assessing to its importance.

Alden & Landis 689/152. Sabin 67983.

23- Rare pair of Buenos Aires printings with Instructions for Colonial Militias

Reglamento para las milicias disciplinadas de infanteria y caballeria del Virreynato de Buenos-Aires [with] Prontuario o extracto del Exercicio, y Evoluciones de la Caballeria conforme a la Real Ordenanza de 8 de Julio de 1774. 1802. Buenos Aires. Two works bound in one, in 4to (205 mm x 145 mm). 48 pp. + 11 folding tables; 28 pp. Contemporary vellum, strictly unrestored. Fine copies of both works, the folding tables in immaculate condition. 4,500 $ First printing in the Americas of the first work, first edition of the second. A collection of two treatises on the infantry and chivalry divisions of the Vice Royalty of Buenos Aires; printed by the Niños Expositos, the first press of Buenos Aires. The first imprint includes 11 folding tables, and establishes the regiments due to exist in each province (Corrientes, Cordoba, Paraguay, etc.), and clear instructions for soldiers on how to conduct themselves. The system of disciplined “milicias” was implemented in the Viceroyalty of La Plata from 1801, with the Cuban system as model. The “milicias” were the Spanish Crown´s response to the problem of how to keep well-manned garrison in the American colonies, especially after the capture of Habana in 1762. The militias were not regular troops, and only active if defensive actions became necessary; and thus, were not in the colonial army pay-roll –another big issue during the colonial period-, although were trained by professional soldiers. In 1806, following the British invasion, the system lost prestige and a new method was implemented.

We were unable to trace a single copy held in institutions, and no copy having been offered for auction.

Furlong, 624 and 625. Not in Sabin.

24- Arguably the most accomplished and detailed charts of Brazil

Rodriguez, Eugenio. Atlante della Guida generale per la navigazione delle coste settentrionali ed orientali dell´ America de Sud dal Rio della Plata al Pará. 1857. Naples. Caro Batelli. In folio (454 mm x 318 mm). 1 [blank] + 2 ff. + 33 –mainly folding- maps, plans and views. Contemporary half cloth over boards, spine lettered in gilt, slightly worn and rubbed, but generally fine considering size. Gorgeous copy, extra illustrated (Borba de Moraes calls for 32 plates instead of 33), wide margins, exceedingly clean and fresh, virtually flawless. 11,000 $ A splendid copy of the first edition, extra illustrated. The Atlante is a rare and important collection of lithographed charts, plans, and city views of the Atlantic coast of South America, focusing on northern Argentina and mainly Brazil. The views are of singular beauty, and show exclusively Brazilian cities and landscapes, mostly Rio de Janeiro. Some of the maps fold to reach almost 1 meter, and are amongst the most accomplished and detailed charts of the region by that time.

Rodriguez was a Sicilian naval officer who accompanied Empress Tereza Cristina to Brazil to meet her husband Pedro II of Brazil. “Very rare” (Borba de Moraes). The work is usually found with text volumes, however Borba de Moraes refers to them as a different work and makes a different entry for this atlas; he also collates it as having 32 plates, instead of the 33 this album contains.

Very rare, only one copy has appeared at auction in the last 50 years, not known to Sabin.

Borba de Moraes, 743. Not in Sabin (who only mentions one text volume, 72507).

25- Navigation on the Seno Mexicano and Florida, extremely rare Pilot Guide

San Martin Suarez, Josef de. Tablas modernas de la situacion que tienen, en Latitud, y Longitud todas las Costas de Tierra firme, è Islas de Barlovento, con sus adyacentes. Sondas, viriles, baxos, arrecifes ... del Seno Mexicano recopiladas en este puerto de la Havana. N.d. [1784]. Barcelona. Imprenta de Bernardo Pla. In 8vo (202 mm x 142 mm). 1 [blank] + 3 ff. + 80 + 31 + 2 [blank]. Later half vellum over old boards, very good. A fine copy, very bright and clean. 9,000 $ First complete edition of this rarity on the navigation of the Antilles, Florida, the Caribbean and the Seno Mexicano; a previous edition was published in 1781 in La Habana at the Imprenta de la Capitania General, not including the second part (we have been able to find only one extant copy of the Habana edition). This edition is also extremely rare; we can only find one copy in Spain, one in Chile (the Medina copy, from which facsimiles and digital copies have been made) and one at the JCB. The rarity is predictable as the need for secrecy of the navigational possibilities was best kept a secret from the British and other naval powers. Quite possibly, besides a short publication, the book was swiftly taken out of circulation by the colonial administration.

The tables were compiled from the combined knowledge of a gathering of First and Second Pilots of the Spanish Fleet, by order of Jose Solano y Bote (1726 – 1806), Spanish marine officer, Governor and Captain General of Venezuela (1763) and active in the struggle against contraband and piracy.

The Advertencia is dated January 1784, signed by Sinibaldo Mas, Director of the Nautical School of Barcelona; his aim was to endow the pilots with the most up-to-date information on the coasts of the Seno Mexicano and Florida. He explains his desire of printing the book after reviewing the copy printed at La Habana and of which only one copy was found at the Capital.

Provenance: inscription on first blank “Hic liber Benedictus - hic liber benedictus es nabegantium literas profesanty”.

Palau, 293078. Medina, BHA, 5101. OCLC, 24730137.

26- One of the earliest Quechua Vocabularies, printed in Lima; for the first time including the Vocabulary on the Chinchaisuyo

Torres Rubio, Diego. Arte, y vocabulario de la lengua Quichua general de los Indios de el Peru. Ahora nuevamente corregido, y aumentado en muchos vocablos, y varias advertencies, notas y observaciones, para la major inteligencia del Idioma. 1754. Lima. Imprenta de la Plazuela de San Christobal. In 12mo (148 mm x 98 mm). 1 [blank] + 6 ff. + 254 ff. + 5 pp. + 1 [blank]. Contemporary vellum, ties present, spine lettered in ink, slightly soiled. Generally a fresh copy, in its entirely genuine condition; overall fine except for some toning to first and last folios. 5,000 $ Third edition, corrected and enlarged. The first edition is, as expected, of extreme rarity (1619); this third edition was considerably enlarged – almost twice as large- by Father Juan de Figueredo, a Jesuit learned Priest. These grammars often survived in damaged conditions, if at all, due to the use they were put through, and perilous voyages to the tribes for whom the works were made, thus aiding the missionaries in the evangelizing activities. Torres Rubio, it´s first author (1547 – 1638) was professor of native languages at the Jesuit college of Chuquisaca, the Quechua, official language to the Incas, was the most widespread language in the Viceroyalty of Peru. In 1616, Torres Rubio also published his Arte de la Lengua Aymara.

This edition is significant as it includes the first edition of Figueredo´s entirely original work “Vocabulario de la lengua Chinchaisuyo, y algunos modos mas usados de ella”, which occupies over 30 ff., as well as numerous additions and corrections to the original Arte.

De Backer-Sommervogel III, 725. Medina, Lima 1068. Palau 337262. Sabin 96271.

27- Puerto Cabello libre! Venezuela has no more Spanish armed forces

[Venezuelan Independence]. Puerto Cabello libre. Conciudadanos! El pabellón nacional fue tremolado el 8 de Noviembre sobre los muros de Puerto Cabello. 1824. Guayaquil. Imprenta de la Ciudad, V. Duque. In folio. (290 mm x 194 mm). 1 ff. Light browning. 1,700 $ Rare Guayaquil imprint, first edition. The Venezuelan process of Independence was one of the earliest in South America, having started with the actions of Francisco de Miranda. In 1810, the Cabildo replaced the Spanish officers in Caracas. The 5th of July of the following year, Simón Bolivar at the Sociedad Patriótica declared the Independence from Spain preceded by a vigorous speech. Though an accelerated political movement until that point, the armed conflict was one of the lengthiest and bloodies. After 13 years of wars the Spanish army was left only with one fortress, which was the Castle of San Felipe, in Puerto Cabello – understandable as it was the most important port in Venezuela and a significant one on the Caribbean-, which concentrated the remainder of its forces and determined to last as much as possible. The imprint celebrates the victory and taking of the Castle, thus ending the wars of Independence and eliminating Spanish armed force´s presence in Venezuela.

The joy and happiness resulting from this event is eloquently expressed “Nuestra Patria es integramente independiente, después de una lucha dilatada y sangrienta. Debemos este inmenso beneficio al valor y constancia del jenio tutelar de Colombia, al denuedo y obediencia del egercito, y a la gratitud y amor del Pueblo que sostubo al Gral. Bolívar á la cabeza de la Nacion, con igual confianza en la adversidad que en la fortuna”.

José Toribio Medina “Notas Bibliográficas referentes a las primeras producciones de la imprenta en algunas ciudades de la América Española (1754 – 1823)” registers only two imprints from Guayaquil, dated 1810 and 1823.

Not in Suarez. Not in Palau. A short selection of Maps & City Plans

Amongst the rarest and charts of the River Plate, by the first pilot of Buenos Aires

Aizpurua, Benito. Carta esferica del Rio de la Plata en la America del Sur, levantada por Don Andres Oyarvide. c.1826. Buenos Aires. 1040 mm x 810 mm. Recently mounted on linen, foxing to folds mainly. 4,800 $ A rare map of the Rio de la Plata, wonderfully engraved by Besnes Irigoyen. Aizpurua (1774 – 1833) was a Spanish navy officer and pilot; he moved to Buenos Aires at a young age, the city still being the seat of the Viceroyalty of La Plata. Once there he was appointed as pilot of the Bergatin Tigre and began his cartographic activities mapping the region. During the wars of independence he sided with the revolutionaries and stayed in Buenos Aires; his knowledge of the region –he having mapped a large portion of it- and his understanding of hydrographical reality and navigation of the River Plate granted him the commission from Brown as Chief Pilot of the argentine fleet during the war against Brazil. For a river such as the Plata, said knowledge may be decisive in the outcome of the engagement. His charts, under the recommendation of Brown himself, were acquired by the Nation and compiled into one chart –this one- by Andres Oyarbide.

The map includes two cartouches and inset maps of the Port of Montevideo and Maldonado, as well as coastal profiles; historical explanation of the “Derrota de Montevideo a Buenos Ayres por el N. Del Banco Chico” and “Derrotas por el S. del Banco Chico, o Costa del sur”. It was drawn by Manuel Besnes e Irigoyen (1789 – 1865), a celebrated Uruguayan painter, which accounts for its artistic beauty.

Rarísimo plano de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Cerviño, Pedro Antonio. Plano Topográfico de la Ciudad de Buenos- Ayres Capital de las Provincias Unidas del Rio de la Plata. 1817. Paris. Amplio plan de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. 719 mm x 516 mm. Reforzado con membrana para protección, márgenes extendidos para enmarcar, alguna mancha de óxido eventual, restauración sin afectar texto sobre sello eliminado, esquinas con porción en facsímil, en general fresco y limpio. 5,000 $ Extremadamente raro plano de Buenos Aires, producido por uno de los primeros gobiernos del País, encargado por “orden del Supremo Directorio de Ellas”. Provee una detallada vista de la ciudad, incluyendo la Urbe y extendiendose al fuerte. Cerviño, un español hijo de inmigrantes Gallegos, fue bautizado en 1757. A los 25 años llega a Buenos Aires, coincidiendo con los primeros años del Virreinato, para quién cumplirá misiones como ingeniero del ejército. Posteriormente será miembro de la comisión demarcadora de límites entre España y Portugal y, a encargo de Azara, junto con Pedro Zizur, realiza un viaje al Río Paraná, como resultado, junto con Jose Oyarbide, levanta una carta del Río Uruguay. Cerviño mantiene buenas relaciones con Azara, al punto que, al volver este último a Europa, le deja en custodia cartas geográficas.

Después de realizar otras tareas, en 1801 el Virrey Avilés reclama sus servicios para levantar un plano de Buenos Aires y “reconocimiento y delineación del pueblo de la Ensenada y de sus cuadras, calles, sitios y solares, el que después de formado debería titularse Villa de Nuestra Señora de Mercedes y Puerto de la Ensenada de Buenos Aires” y para planear una campaña contra los indios con el fin de ensanchar las fronteras. En 1814, el Supremo Directorio, encargó a Cerviño el levantamiento de un Plano Topográfico de Buenos Aires, grabado posteriormente en Londres. El plano, siendo una de sus últimas labores, resulta la culminación de su labor cartográfica. De generosa dimensión, la característica mas interesante resulta el detalle de 56 edificios, fuertes, obras, instituciones y demás en cada una de las divisiones de la ciudad.

An exceptional rarity, the map to accompany the 1596 relation of Drake´s voyage to the Americas

[Drake, Francis] [Boazio, Baptista]. Die Gross Insel Cuba Mit Der Umbligen Der Lantschaft. N.d. [ca. 1596]. Amsterdam. Hand coloured, strong impression, very good. 9,000 $ Fascinating map of the coast of America; published in an extremely rare account of Drake's Third Voyage to the New World, published in Amsterdam shortly after Drake's death in 1596.

This remarkable map illustrated the original Dutch edition of Franciscus Dracus Redivivus. Published in Amsterdam by Johann Clausen, the book espoused the virtues of Drake and Cavendish as champions of Protestantism in the struggle of the United Provinces and England against Spain. The title suggests that the book reflects the action of Drake during his voyage, which commenced in Plymouth in November 1585. On this voyage, Drake struck first Santiago (Cape Verde Islands), and then arrived in Santo Domingo on January 1586, where he ransomed the city. He proceeded next to Cartagena, which he attacked on February 1586. At this point, Drake proceeded to the north, in search of Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke Colony in the modern day Carolinas, which at the time was also known as the area of Nova Francia (as illustrated on the map). Drake's expedition first reached Cuba in April, 1586, before proceeding northward where they coasted Florida in May 1586, where Drake attacked the Spanish fort and later the settlement of St. Augustine.

The map would appear to depict the coastline of America, with Florida at the center, Nova Francia in the far north and Peru in the far south, with a disproportionately large image of the Island of Cuba and the harbour of Havana in the foreground. The view of Havana, albeit fanciful, is the earliest surviving view of the town. Whilst crude in its construction and clearly derivative of the Boazio map of Civitas Carthagena in Indiae occidentalis (1588), it provides a template for Drake's time in the New World in 1586; it includes a key which cross references his various encounters in the New World, beginning in Santa Domingo and the east coast of Cuba, and ending in Florida (note 8) and Nova Francia (note 9).

The John Carter Brown description of this work suggests that it consists of a letter written by Thomas Cavendish, concerning the expeditions of Cavendish, Drake and Sir John Hawkins. The pamphlet consists of 11 pages, portraits of Drake and Cavendish, a view of the taking of Cadiz in 1596 and the present map.

Rare battle plan illustrating the ill-fated Drake expedition to Portugal

[Drake, Francis]. Portugaliae Pars. N.d. [ca. 1600]. [Frankfurt]. Georg Keller. Trimmed to neat line and remargined, in the style of a Lafreri map, in order to fit into a larger binding. 280 mm x 200 mm. 2,500 $ Exceedingly rare map depicting the battle between the English Armada and Spanish Galleons off the Coast of Lisbon, during the failed Drake- Norreys expedition of 1589.

Enraged by England's piracy and heresy, in 1588, Phillip II assembled what was by far the largest naval fleet to date. It sailed from Lisbon to attack England. However, a combination of brave and clever English resistance, Spanish incompetence and terrible weather resulted in the complete failure of the mission and the loss of most of the Spanish fleet. The 'Defeat of the Armada' was one of the momentous events of British history. Sir Francis Drake (1540-96) was one of the leaders of the resistance to the Armada. Following the defeat of the Armada, Elizabeth and her ministers quickly moved to strike a deathblow to Spanish naval power. In 1589, the English mounted the Drake-Norreys Expedition, led by Sir Francis Drake as admiral and Sir John Norreys as general.

The commanders of the so-called "English Armada" unwisely decided to attack Corunna on their way to Lisbon. While they managed to create quite a bit of trouble for the Spaniards, the diversion seriously weakened the English fleet and spoiled the element of surprise, as the Spanish garrison in Lisbon was alerted and given two weeks notice to shore up its defences. Drake and Norreys were forced to withdrawal with heavy losses both in lives and ships. The Spanish victory marked a revival of Philip II's naval power.

Spanish-made map of Colombia and Venezuela, extremely rare, in contemporary color

Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Juan. Carta Plana de la Provincia de la Hacha; Situada Entre las de Santa Marta y Maracaybo. 1786. Madrid. Contemporary color, wide margins and striking impression; a virtually flawless copy. 370 mm x 395 mm. 4,000 $ Rare map of La Hacha, a region situated between the oil-rich Maracaibo (Venezuela) and Santa Marta (Colombia); the map stands out for it´s color, a rare feature in Lopez´ maps, normally in black and white. The clarity of detail assures us that the most up-to-date cartographic knowledge on the region was available to Lopez. The map shows the Departamento de La Guajira Rare with the capital city Riohacha and northern part of Venezuela with the area around Maracaibo and the Lago de Maracaibo. Spanish separately issued maps from the 18th century are rare, not many were published due to the secrecy policy of the Spanish Crown; to see them in contemporary color is almost impossible.

Juan Lopez was the son of Tomaz López; and possibly the foremost Spanish mapmaker of the 18th century. From a young age he worked with his father, who made a career making and publishing maps, in a period when the secrecy policy on cartographical evolution –especially in the colonies- was still an issue, and access to information was restricted to authorities. After his father's death he published the “Atlas Geográfico de Espana” –the first of its kind- and became Royal Geographer to the King of Spain. His position, as well as his father´s before him, gained him access to otherwise inaccessible sources of information (manuscript charts, recent geographical discoveries, and engineering labors altering the geographical reality of a region), guaranteeing his maps as the culmination of the Spanish cartographic knowledge. Advertisement note found at bottom margin “Se hallará en Madrid, con todas las obras del Autor y las de su Hijo, en la calle de Atocha, frente de la Aduana vieja.”

Tooley, Dictionary of Mapmakers, 273.

Extremely rare Spanish map of Kingston, in contemporary color

Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Juan. Plano de la Ciudad de Kingston, en la Jamaica. 1782. Madrid. Contemporary color; wide margins and striking impression, a virtually flawless copy. 355 mm x 395 mm. 4,500 $ Extremely rare separately published Spanish map of Kingston, divided into four parts “Plano de la ciudad de Kingston”, “Plano de la ciudad de Puerto Real en la Isla de la Jamaica”, “Carta del Puerto de Bluefields” and “Carta de los puertos de Kingston y Puerto Real”. Spanish separately published maps from the 18th century are rare, not many were published due to the secrecy policy of the Spanish Crown; to see them in contemporary color is almost impossible. Although not saying so directly it, it is based on the maps by Thomas Jefferys, to whom a reference is made, measures are given In Fathom´s, with a conversion to Spanish measurement systems.

Advertisement note found at bottom margin “Se hallará en Madrid, con todas las obras del Autor y las de su Hijo, en la calle de Atocha, frente de la Aduana vieja.” Rare, we couldn´t trace any copies in the U.S.

Kapp, The Printed Maps of Jamaica up to 1825 (in Map Collectors' Circle - Fith Volume), Nr. 120. Tooley, Dictionary of Mapmakers, 273.

Extremely rare, original-color, map of Veracruz, compiled from Spanish sources

Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Tomas. Plano del Puerto de Veracruz, Plano De La Ciudad Y Plaza De La Veracruz, y Castillo de San Juan de Ulua. N.d. [ca. 1780]. Madrid. Original hand color, strong paper, wide margins and striking impression, a virtually flawless copy. 365 mm x 390 mm. 4,500 $ Very rare separately published map of Veracruz, in the Caribbean, in contemporary color. The map is divided in two parts, one portraying the port, and the other city and main square. The plan of the city contains a numbered-key to the city´s landmarks; the plan of the port contains a brief historical note and explains it virtues and current reality –saying it is the most frequented port in Mexico, with ships coming from Caracas, Santo Domingo, Barlovento Army, amongst others.

Tomas Lopez (1731 - 1802) was a one of the foremost Spanish mapmakers and publishers of the 18th century; he studied under Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville in Paris, until returning to Madrid in 1760, when became Royal Geographer to King Charles III. His position gained him access to otherwise inaccessible sources of information, manuscript charts, recent geographical discoveries, and engineering labors altering the geographical reality of a region, guaranteeing his maps as the most up-to-date published in Spain.

Advertisement note found at bottom margin “Se hallará en Madrid, con todas las obras del Autor y las de su Hijo, en la calle de Atocha, frente de la Aduana vieja.”

Tooley, Dictionary of Mapmakers, 154.