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ACOSTA, José de. Historie naturael ende morael van de Westersche Indien. Waer inne ghehandelt wordt van de merckelijckste dingen des hemels/ elementen/ metalen/ planten ende ghedierten van dien: als oock de manieren/ ceremonien/ wetten/ regeeringen/ ende oorloghen der Indianen. .. nu eerstmael uyt den Spaenschen in onser Nederduytsche tale overgheset: door Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. Enchutsen, Jacob Lenaertsz Meyn, 1598.Sm.8vo. 17th century vellum (back cover soiled). With woodcut device on titlepage and decorated woodcut initials and tailpieces. (7),389,(8) lvs. First Dutch edition, translated by Jan Huygen van Linschoten; first published in Seville in 1590: Historia natural y moral delas Indias. - José de Acosta (1540-1600), Spanish Jesuit missionary and historian, wrote this early important eye-witness account of South America, dealing i.a. with the history of the Indians of Peru and Mexico. 'Agosta was one of the first scholars to formulate a systemic theory of anthropology, suggesting a classification of different peoples into different types, and anticipating later theories of social evolution' (Howgego p.3). It is one of the earliest balanced accounts of the New World, concentrating on the Spanish possessions in Peru and Mexico, covering the Inca and Aztec people. A great classic translated into nearly every European language. It opened the eyes of Europe to the extraordinary wealth Spain was reaping from its possessions in the New World. 'The most convincing, detailed and reliable account of the riches and new things of America' (Streeter 32 English ed.)- (With library stamp on titlepage and faint waterstains in a few leaves). - A very good copy of a pioneering work on America.Tiele 25; Tiele, Mémoire, 289; Muller, America, p.3; Cat. NHSM I, p.261; Sabin 126; European Americana 598/3; Palau 1992. [Boeknr.: 36674 ]

€ 4500,00

BAYER, Wolfgang. Reize naar Peru, van 1748 tot 1770. Amsterdam, Willem Holtrop, 1782.Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt, with red morocco title-label to spine. VI,204 pp. First Dutch edition, first published in German in Nürnberg in 1776 Reise nach Peru. - Rare description of Peru. Bayer went as a missionary to Peru, where he worked between 1752 and 1766 in the district of Juli near lake Titicaca. In 1770 he returned to Europe via Cape Horn. - A very nice copy.Not in Tiele; Cat. NHSM I, p.282; Sabin 4044, Henze I, p.206. [Boeknr.: 32448 ]

€ 875,00

ENAULT, Louis. Reis door Middel- en Zuid-Amerika, zijnde eene beschrijving van de ontdekking, de verovering en de toenemende ontwikkeling der verschillende staten, benevens eene schets van de bewoners, hunne zeden en gebruiken, godsdiensten en regeeringsvormen tot op onzen tijd. Leiden, D. Noothoven van Goor, 1868,2 volumes in 1. Contemporary half morocco, spines lettered in gilt (sl.rubbed). With 4 hand-coloured costume plates on 2 lvs, and 16 steel-engraved views. (4),236; (6),240 pp. First Dutch edition; first published in Paris in 1867: L'Amérique centrale et méridionale. - Louis Énault (1824 - 1900) was a French journalist and novelist. Travel-account of a trip through Middle and South America: Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Columbia, Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, La Plata, Urugay, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego. With nice views of Vera-Cruz, El Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Lima, Santiago, Valparaiso, Asuncion, Buenos-Ayres and Montevideo after Noël, Lebreton and Janet by Willmann, Outhwaite, Nargeot, Delannoy and Aubert. - A fine copy.Andres 1013; not in Tiele or Cat. NHSM. [Boeknr.: 28527 ]

€ 475,00

JUAN, Jorge & Antonio de ULLOA. A voyage to South America: describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, etc on that extensive continent. Translated from the original Spanish; with notes and observations, and an account of the Brazils by J. Adams. 4th edition. London, J. Stockdale (etc.), 1806.2 volumes. Contemporary straight grained morocco, gilt fillets round sides, spines richly gilt (1 hinge cracked but holding). With folding map and 7 engraved folding plates. XXVII,479; (2),419,(14) pp. First published in Spanish in Madrid in 1748 Relacion historica del viage a la America meridional. - An account of a voyage to South America by two Spanish Captains, Jorge Juan y Santacilia (1713-1773) and Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795). Both Captains were skilled in mathematics, astronomy and navigation, and were selected to join Charles-Marie de la Condamine (1701-1774) on a scientific voyage to South America initiated by the French Académie des Sciences in 1735. Giving the result of the ten years' travel and observation by a group of leading European scientists. It is one of the best Spanish accounts of gold and silver mining in the 18th-century. A primary source for the history of Peru, Chili, Ecuador and Colombia. The appendix on Brazil written by J. Adams appeared for the first time in the third edition. - The most accurate description of the South American continent up to this date by two of the most important representatives of the Spanish enlightement. Sabin 36813; Palau 125477. [Boeknr.: 1666 ]

€ 875,00

L'HERMITE, Jacques. Journael van de Nassausche vloot/ ofte beschrijvingh van de voyagie om den gantschen aerd-kloot, gedaen met elf schepen onder 't beleydt van den admirael Jaques 'LHeremite, ende vice-admirael Gheen Huygen Schapenham, in de jaren 1623, 1624, 1625 en 1626. (Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius, 1646).Oblong 8vo. Old boards (spine rep.). With 5 engraved maps of Teirra del Fuego, Callao de Lima (2), Puna and Acapulco. 79 pp. (text set in two columns). Extracted from Commelin's collection of voyages. - The first official account of the circumnavigation was published in 1626. This punitive fleet of eleven ships set sail to the coasts of South America with the objective of clearing the westward route to the Pacific of Spanish and Portuguese shipping. The fleet was outfitted under the auspices of the Dutch gouvernment, the two major companies, the Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company, having little interest in the Pacific (Howgego p.615). L'Hermite attacked Lima, burned a Spanish fleet at Callao, and went as far as north as Acapulco. It was one of the most spectacular raids against Spanish shipping. With important appendix: Description of Peru and Chile by Pedro de Madriga; Pedro Fernandez de Quir's voyage to Australia; and the history of the Dutch conquest of Banda. After L'Hermite was killed in Peru, Schapenham was appointed fleet commander and the veteran Jan Willemsz. Verschoor became vice admiral. They arrived for Ambon on April 2, 1625 with two captured ships. The 900 soldiers of the Nassau fleet helped Herman van Speult with an army of 2,000 men in the destruction of plantations on the west coast of Ceram. - (Age-browned).Landwehr, VOC, 250; European Americana II, p.453. [Boeknr.: 31987 ]

€ 695,00

MATHISON, Gilbert Farquhar. Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich islands, during the years 1821 and 1822. With miscellaneous remarks on the past and present state, and political prospects of those countries. London, Charles Knight, 1825.Later half calf, spine gilt with red morocco title label. With folding chart of the Sandwich Islands (foxed) and 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates. XII,478,(1) pp. First edition; with bookplate of Robert Herries. - More than a third of the book relates to Brazil including a visit to the Swiss settlement of Nova Friburgo, an account of Rio de Janeiro and its environs and an overview of Brazililian history. On Brazil the best passage is the description of the attempted Swiss colonization at that time in full decay (Borba de Moraes II, p.537).The rest of the book concerns Chile, Peru, and the Hawaian Islands. Much information is given on the cultural life of the various places visited, including Hawaii. Among the Hawaiian material are accounts of the natives, the missionaries, the government and the royal family, shipping, and the speculation of the King in the Canton trade (Hill 1105). This is the main source for an account of the famous 'Cannibal Stone' located at Helemano, Oahu (Forbes 610). - (3 leaves with small holes). - A fine copy.Sabin 46838; Abbey, Travel, 700. [Boeknr.: 36904 ]

€ 975,00

PRESCOTT, William Hickling. History of the conquest of Peru, with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas. Paris, A. and W. Galignani and Co., 1847.2 volumes. Contemporary half calf. With folding map and facsimile. XXIV,315; XVI,335 pp. 'Classic narrative history, a landmark when it first appeared in 1847, and a source of profit and pleasure to this day' (Griffin). A famous popularisation of one of the great adventure stories, and a celebrated work of literature. William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian.Sabin 65272 (ed. N.Y., 1847; this ed. unknown to Sabin). [Boeknr.: 1191 ]

€ 125,00

PRESCOTT, William Hickling. History of the conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas. New and revised edition, with the author's latest corrections and additions. Edited by John Foster Kirk. London, George Routledge and Sons, (ca. 1874).2 volumes. Original brown cloth, with gilt coat of arms on front, spines lettered in gilt. With map, facsimile and 2 portraits. XXIX,469; XIII,473 pp. 'Classic narrative history, a landmark when it first appeared in 1847, and a source of profit and pleasure to this day' (Griffin). It is a famous popularisation of one of the great adventure stories, and a celebrated work of literature of the Spanish conquest of the Incan empire.Sabin 65272. [Boeknr.: 28526 ]

€ 125,00

RÉVILLE, Albert. Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by the native religions of Mexico and Peru. London, Williams and Norgate, 1884.Original cloth. X,256 pp. The Hibbert Lectures. [Boeknr.: 8442 ]

€ 45,00

RIVET, Paul & Georges de CRÉQUI-MONTFORT. Bibliographie des langues Aymará et Kicua (1540-1955). Paris, Institut d'Ethnologie, 1951-56. 4 volumes. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, uncut. With maps and illustrations. XLII,499; 655; 782; 955 pp. Aymara and Quechua are native American languages spoken by the people of the Andes. [Boeknr.: 24306 ]

€ 225,00

(SKINNER, Joseph). The present state of Peru: comprising its geography, topography, natural history, mineralogy, commerce, the customs and manners of its inhabitants, the state of literature, philosophy, and the arts, the modern travels of the missionaries in the heretofore unexplored mountainous territories, etc. The whole drawn from original and authentic documents, chiefly written and compiled in the Peruvian capital. London, Richard Phillips, 1805.4to. Contemporary tree calf (one hinge sl. damaged but firmly holding). With 20 handcoloured stipple-engravings depicting costumes of Peruvian society, natives, bullfighter, llamas, etc. XIV,488 pp. First edition. - Skinner translated portions of El Mercurio Peruano, published between 1791-1795, for this detailed overview of Peru, illustrated with twenty beautifully coloured plates depicting the costume of various segments of Peruvian society, including upper-class ladies, female domestics in Spanish dress, Indian men and women, a bullfighter, etc. The Appendix contains two interesting accounts: History of the missions of Caxamarquilla, with the origin and loss of those of Manoa, intended as an introduction to the recent travels of fathers Sobreviela and Girbal, in the remote parts of Peru. The second account: Interesting notices relative to the entrances made by the monks of the order of St. Francis, into the mountainous territories of Peru, from each of the parts bordering on the Cordillera of the Andes, communicated to the academical society of Lima by father Sobreviela, guardian of the college of Santa Rosa of Ocopa. 'An extensive illustrated reference work on Peru' (Von Hünersdorff II, p.1384). - The earliest and most lavish English colour-plate book relating to Peru and Ecuador. -Some foxing otherwise fine.Abbey, Travel, 723; Lipperheide I, p.389; Colas 2751; Hiler p.802; Sabin 81615; Palau 315564. [Boeknr.: 29408 ]

€ 3250,00

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