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General conditions of sale are those laid down in the ILAB Code of Usages and Customs, which can be viewed at: <http://www.ilab.org/eng/ilab/code.html> New customers are requested to provide references when ordering. Tuurdijk 16 Tuurdijk 16 3997 ms ‘t Goy – Houten 3997 ms ‘t Goy – Houten The Netherlands The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)30 6011955 Phone: +31 (0)30 6011955 Fax: +31 (0)30 6011813 Fax: +31 (0)30 6011813 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.forumrarebooks.com Web: www.asherbooks.com front cover: no. 224 on p. 118. inside front cover: no. 128 on p. 68. title page: no. 29 on p. 18. inside back cover: no. 6 on p. 5. back cover: no. 82 on p. 44. v 1.01 · 11 Jun 2019 8 large illustrated volumes of the most important voyages from the 15th to the end of the 17th century 1. AA, Pieter van der (editor) and Johann Ludwig GOTTFRIED. De aanmerkenswaardigste en alomberoemde zee- en landreizen der Portugeezen, Spanjaarden, Engelsen en allerhande natiën: zoo van Fransen, Italiaanen, Deenen, Hoogh- en Nederduitsen als van veele andere volkeren. Voornaamenlyk ondernomen tot ontdekking van de Oost- en Westindiën, midsgaders andere verafgelegene gewesten des aardryks. The Hague, widow of Engelbrecht Boucquet and sons; Leiden, Jan van der Deyster, and Boudewijn and Pieter van der Aa, 1727. 8 volumes. 1º and 2º. With 7 (of 8) engraved frontispieces (lacking that of volume 4), 4 engraved dedications, 117 engraved maps on 61 leaves, 7 engraved plates and 502 engravings in text. Further with 127 (of 128) title-pages (including a general title-page, a title-page to 7 (of 8) volumes, lacking that of volume 4, and 118 for the separate works). Volume 1–3 & 5–8: contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine and board edges; volume 4: modern calf. € 65 000 catalogue 116 Folio-edition of Van der Aa’s voluminous collection of important voyages to the East and West Indies and other countries, under- taken by all European countries, other than the Dutch. Including voyages by Acosta, Balby, Cabot, Cavendish, Chester, Columbus, Cortes, Coutinho, Da Cunha, Drake, Evesko, Frobisher, Gallonye, Da Gama, Garay, Garcia, Gilbert, Jenkinson, Harcourt, Herberer, Magallanes, Mildenhal and Cartwright, Mouette, Petelin and Andrasko, Raleigh, Saris, De Soto, etc. The work is partly based on Johan Lodewijk Gottfried’s rare Historia antipodum (1631), but largely extended by Pieter van der Aa, known for his ambitious projects. Where other publishers were primarily concerned about the profits, Van der Aa wanted to publish outstanding books. For the present series of travels he either reused and revised older Dutch translations or had the original accounts translated for the first time into Dutch. In 1706 he already started publishing the translated voyages both in small (8º) and large instalments (folio), and a year later he published a 28-volume set of the 8º editions. The folio editions were afterwards issued and divided in four large collections of two volumes each. The present issue, is a reissue of these four collections with their own independent tile-pages and frontispieces, and ads a new general title-page and list of subscribers. Some occasional spots, a couple minor restorations and a few wormholes; a very good set, but with the fourth volume from a different and heavily trimmed set, in a modern binding and lacking the frontispiece and the title-page to the volume. The seven volumes with contemporary bindings slightly worn along the extremities and with some minor wear on the sides, but otherwise very good. Cordier, Sinica, cols. 1942–1943; Muller, America 1889; Sabin 3 note; Tiele, Bibl. 10; for Van der Aa: P.G. Hoftijzer, Pieter van der Aa (1659–1733), Leids drukker en boekverkoper (1999). ☞ More on our website Accounts of two synods held in Santiago, Chile, in 1688 and 1763 2. ALDAY Y ASPEE, Manuel de. Synodo Diocesana, … Lima, Oficina de la Calle de la Encarnacion, 1764. With the half-title and title- page printed in red and black, the latter in a red and black ornamented border built up from cast fleurons, each page with the text, running heads and shoulder notes in frames of thick-thin rules, a woodcut headpiece and woodcut decorated initial. With: (2) CARRASCO Y SAAVEDRA, Bernardo. Synodo diocesana, con la carta pastoral convocatoria para ella: y otra, en orden a la paga de los diezmos. Lima, Imprenta Real, 1764. With the title-page printed in red, green and black in a border of fleurons and other typographical elements also printed in red, green and black. With each page in a frame of rules and fleurons, woodcut tailpieces and decorated initials, numerous headpieces and other decorations built up from cast fleurons. 2 works in 1 volume. 2º. Contemporary overlapping limp sheepskin parchment. € 3500 3 Two beautiful colonial imprints from Lima, Peru, bound together in one volume, containing interesting accounts of two synods held in Santiago, the capital of Chile, in 1688 and 1763. The Synod of 1688 was organized by the Bishop of Santiago, Don Bernardo Carrasco y Saavedra, and that of 1763 by Bishop Dr Don Manuel de Alday y Aspee. The description of the Synod of 1688 was first printed in Lima in 1690. That of 1763 is printed here for the first time and the two works were apparently designed for publication together, though they name different printing offices (they are often found bound together). The accounts give detailed information on both ecclesiastical matters and daily life in colonial Chile, including the text of the constitution outlining the rules of the Catholic Church. The accounts also describe a variety of cultural events such as dances, bullfights and games. With a manuscript note by the notary Nicolas Herrera on the first half-title. With the first leaf of the first work nearly detached from the book block and attached to the pastedown, but otherwise in very good condition, with only some marginal water stains on the first few leaves and four leaves somewhat browned. The parchment cover appears to have been taken from an older book. The parchment is wrinkled and shows various holes and folds from its use for the older binding. Accounts of synods, containing information on the church and daily life in colonial Chile in the 17th and 18th century. [8], 170, [26]; [14], 168 pp. Leclerq 1946; Medina 1210; Palau 325995–325996; Sabin 11036 (2nd work only). ☞ More on our website Beetles of Madagascar, with 54 engraved plates depicting numerous species 3. ALLUAUD, Charles and Philippe Alexandre Jules KÜNCKEL D’HERCULAIS. Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. … Volume XXI [–XXII] Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères. … Liste des insectes coléoptères de la région Malgache. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1887–1900. 2 volumes. Large 4º (30 × 21.5 cm). With 54 engraved plates, some partly printed in colour. Later black half cloth. € 950 First edition of the section on beetles from a monumental work on Madagascar, the text volume compiled by the French entomologist Charles Alluaud (1861–1949) and the plates volume by Philippe Alexandre Jules Künckel d’Herculais (1843–1918). The text volume lists numerous beetle species, all arranged according to their family and genus, briefly noting some reference works and the province or area where they can be found. It occasionally provides some additional informa- tion, commenting for example on the classification or the importation of the insects to Europe. It closes with an index. The plates volume (volume XXII) contains 54 plates, each showing many beetle species, engraved by Béchade and Lebrun after drawings by Paul-Eugène Mesplès, Gustave Arthur Poujade and others. “A splendid example of systematic work” (Wood). Bindings only very slightly rubbed. Internally in very good condition. 509, [1] pp. Cf. Nissen, ZBI 1676; Wood 366. ☞ More on our website German edition of the earliest detailed account of Ethiopia, with woodcut illustrations 4. ÁLVAREZ, Francisco. General Chronica, das ist: Warhaffte eigentliche und kurtze Beschreibung, vieler namhaffter, und zum theil biß daher unbekannter Landtschafften, … Including: — OROSIUS, Paulus. Chronica, das ist: Warhaffte … Beschreibung, deß Umbkreiß und Gelegenheit der gantzen Welt … — [ORTELIUS, Abraham]. Cosmographia, das ist: Warhaffte … Beschreibung, deß gantzen Erdbodems … Frankfurt am Main, (colophon, vols. 2 & 3: printed by Johann Schmidt for Sigmund Feyerabend), 1581. 3 volumes bound as 1. 2º. With 3 title-pages, 18 woodcut illustrations (plus 15 repeats) in vol. 1, mostly half-page. Contemporary blind-tooled leather over wooden boards, red edges, and a pair of brass fasten- ings (1 clasp and anchor plate lacking), the catchplate on a leather strap and the catchplates and clasp with engraved decoration. € 25 000 4 Second German edition in the present form, extensively illustrated, of “the first detailed description of Ethiopia” [Abyssinia] (Howgego), based largely on his voyages in the years 1515–1527, which included a six-year stay in Ethiopia. Álvarez (ca. 1485?–1536/41), a Portuguese Franciscan missionary, travelled to Ethiopia as chaplain on the voyage of Rui de Lima.