38 Columbus. Belknap Jeremy. A Discourse, intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus; delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Mass., on the 23rd Day of October, 1792, to which are added four dissertations. 8vo, original blue paper covers, uncut, pp. 132 and leaf of Advertisement. Printed at the Apollo Press in Boston, 1792. $3.50 Rare in this state.

39 Columbus. Address on Columbus, by Frederic R. Coudert, before the Catholic Club, Oct. 11, 1892. 8vo, paper, pp. 51. N. Y., 1892. $0.50

40 Columbus. De Insulus inuentis Epistola Christoferi Colom. etc. 4 wood cuts, 12mo, half dark green mor., gilt, 8 leaves of 27 lines to a full page. Paris, 1858. $5.00

One of 20 copies reproduced in facsimile by Pilinski on old paper about 1858. Barlow copy brought $14.00; Ives, $12.00; Philadelphia Sale, $17.50, etc.

41 Columbus. Writings of, Descriptive of the Discovery and Occupation of the New World. Edited, with an introduction by Paul Leicester Ford. Portrait, 12mo, cloth, pp. 255. N. Y., 1892. $1.00

42 Columbus. Harrisse, Henri. Notes on Columbus (consisting of a series of notes and extracts from rare books relating to Columbus, with numerous valuable bibliographical and historical notes). With account of the Poems, Eulogies, Essays, etc., in honor of Columbus. Plates, small folio, original paper covers, pp. 227. N. Y., privately printed, 1866.

$50.00

Only 99 copies printed, all for presentation. The rarest of Harrisse's Writings. The 14 plates are in a separate portfolio. An uncut copy of this magnificent and almost unattainable book.

43 Columbus. Harrisse Hy. Christopher Columbus and the Bank of Saint George. Two letters addressed to Samuel L. M. Barlow, Esq., by Henry Harrisse, with notes

and additions, full page view of House of Saint George, and facsimiles. 4to, half red mor., gilt top, uncut, pp. 126. N. Y., privately printed, 1888. $10.00 Very scarce. Presentation copy, only 150 copies printed at the Chiswick Press on hand-made paper.

"At your request I send herewith all the facts and documents known in regard to the dealings of Christopher Columbus with the famous Genoese Bank of St. George, and incidentally, what I have been able to ascertain concerning his alleged autograph letter addressed to that institution, and dated Sevilla, April 2nd, 1502, which, you tell me, is, or was, for sale in New York at the price of $2,000."

44 Columbus. Harrisse, Henri. Columbus in a Nut-Shell. 8 long columns (fine print) in the New York Commercial Advertiser, July 9 and 16, 1864. $2.50 45 Columbus, The Life of. By Arthur Helps. 8vo, cloth, pp. 262. Lond., 1890. $1.50

46 Columbus. Irving, Washington. Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Isabella edition. Profusely illustrated. 3 vols., 4to, half roan, gilt tops. N. Y., 1892.

$7.50

47 Columbus. Irving, Washington. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, together with the Voyages of his Companions. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond., Murray, 1849. $3.00

48 Columbus. Major, R. H. Select Letters of Columbus, with other Original Documents relating to his Four Voyages. 2d and best edition. 8vo, cloth, pp. 396. Lond. Hakluyt Soc., 1870. $4.00

49 Columbus. Major, R. H. The Bibliography of the First Letter of Christopher Columbus describing his Discovery of the New World. 8vo, paper, uncut, pp. 61. Lond., 1872. $2.00

Rare, 75 copies printed, 50 of which only are for sale. Finely printed on hand-made paper.

50 Columbus, Memorials of; or, A Collection of Authentic Documents of that Celebrated Navigator. Now first published from the original Manuscripts, by order of the Decurions of Genoa; preceded by a Memoir of his Life and Discoveries. Translated from the Spanish and Italian. Facsimile letters and postscripts. 8vo, half calf, pp. 256. Lond., 1823. $6.00 51 Columbus. Winsor, Justin. Christopher Columbus and How he Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery. Illust. 8vo, cloth, pp. 674. Bost., 1891. $2.50

52 Columbus, Fernand. Harrisse, Henry. Fernand Colomb. Sa Vie, Ses Oeuvres, Essai Critique. Royal 8vo, half mor. (cracked), gilt top, Pp. 231. Paris, 1872. $12.50

Edition limited to 225.

53 Columbus (Harrisse, Hy.) Fernand Colomb Sa vie, ses oeuvres essai critique pais L'Author de la 'Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima. Royal 8vo, paper, uncut, pp. 231. Paris, 1872. $12.50

No. 120 of 225 copies printed.

54 Columbus. Harrisse, Hy. D. Fernando Colon, Histouador de Su Padre, Ensciyo Critico Por el curtor Biblioteca Americana Vetustissima. 8vo, neatly bound in half dark green mor., gilt, gilt top, uncut, pp. 220 and index. Sevilla, 1871. $10.00

Only 300 copies printed. "To my friend J. Carson Brevoort. Henry Harrisse."

55 Compans-Ternaux. M. Recueil de Documents et Memoires Originaux sui L'Historie des Possessions Espagnoles dans Amerique. 8vo, half calf, top of cover broken. Paris, 1840.

$1.50

56 Cook, Capt. Voyages round the World, containing Account of Capt. Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, with Authentic Journals of his Principal Officers.

Numerous plates. 6 vols., 8vo, half calf. Lond., 1790. $12.00

57 Cortes, Hernando. The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the West India, now called New Spaine. Translated out of the Spanish by T. N. (Thomas Nichols). 8vo, calf. Lond., 1596. $15.00

The title page of this copy has been damaged and mounted; blank margins of the three leaves of the Epistle are also repaired and tops of four leaves torn, but otherwise the main text and Table are in excellent condition. An extremely cheap working copy of one of the earliest works in the English language on the Spanish rule in the new world.

58 Cortes. Helps, Arthur. The Life of Hernando Cortes. 2 vols., 12mo, cloth. Lond., 1871. $3.00

59 Dampier, Capt. Wm. A. Collection of Voyages (comprising the entire voyages of Dampier, and his associates among the Buccaneers, and Voyages of Wafer, Funnell, Sharpe, etc.). Numerous folding plates and maps. 4 vols., 8vo, calf. Lond., 1729. $25.00

Best edition.

60 Darien. A Defense of the Scots Settlement at Darien with an Answer to the Spanish Memorial against It, to which is added a Description of the Country and a Particular Account of the Scots Colony. 4to, half mor., gilt top, uncut, pp. 60. Printed in the year 1699. $20.00

Very scarce and a fine copy. This is one of the best of the Darien tracts from the fact that it contains a description of the country and is not given over entirely to a discussion of points under dispute.

61 Darien. A Short and Impartial View of the Manner and Occasion of the Scots Colony's coming away from Darien in a Letter from a Person of Quality. 4to, unbound, pp. 40. Fine, clean, and large copy. $15.00

Printed in the year 1699.

62 Davenant, Sir Wm. The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru. Exprest by Music and by Art of

Perspective in Scenes, etc. Represented daily at the Cockpit in Drury Lane. Small 4to, full red mor., pp. 4, 27. Lond., 1658. $25.00

A scarce item. Oliver Cromwell who had prohibited all theatrical representations not only allowed this piece to be performed, but himself actually read and approved of it.

63 Davis, A. Discovery of New England by the Northmen 500 years before Columbus, with introduction on the Antiquities of America. 8vo, paper, pp. 24. Troy, 1845.

$2.00

64 De Costa, B. F. A Relation of a voyage to Sagadahoc, now first printed from the original manuscript in the Lambeth Palace Library, edited with preface notes and appendix facsimile. 8vo, paper, pp. 43. Cambridge, 1880. $1.00

A small edition printed for private distribution.

65 De Costa, B. F. Ancient Norombega or the voyages of Simon Ferdinando and John Walker to the Penobscot River, 1579-1580. 8vo,

paper, pp. 12. Albany, 1890. $1.00

66 De Costa, B. F. Arctic Exploration, with an account of Nicholas of Lynn, facsimiles of early charts, one folding. 8vo, paper, pp. 36. N. Y., 1881. $1.00 Presentation copy. "J. Carson Brevoort from the author.'

67 De Costa, B. F. Notes on a Review of "The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen," in the North American Review for July (1869). 16mo, paper, pp. 14. Charlestown, Mass., 1869. $1.00

Scarce with autograph letter of the author.

68 De Costa, B. F. The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen, 3d edition, revised. Map. 8vo, cloth, pp. 230. Albany, 1901.

$3.00

69 De Peyster, J. Watts. The Dutch at the North Pole, and the Dutch in Maine. A paper read be

fore the N. Y. 3rd March, 1857. covers, pp. 80.

Historical Society, 12mo, yellow paper N. Y., 1857. $1.00

70 De Soto. Narratives of the Career of Hernando De Soto in the Conquest of Florida, etc. Translated by Buckingham Smith, edited by Prof. E. G. Bourne. Illust. 2 vols., 12mo, cloth. N. Y., 1904. $2.00

71 De Soto, Ferdinand. Life, Travels and Adventures of, Discoverer of the Mississippi. By Lambert A. Wilmer. Steel plates and illustrations. 8vo, cloth, pp. 532. Phila., $4.00 1859.

"This well-printed book is written in a style worthy of its subject. The story of De Soto's is told with a vigor and nervous energy characteristic of his restless and ambitious career."- Field.

72 De Soto, Hernando. Letter of, and memoir of Hernando De Escalante Fontaneda. Translated from the Spanish by Buckingham Smith. Map. 4to, cloth, pp. 67. Wash., 1854.

$10.00

73 Dixon, Captain George. A Voyage Round the World; but More Particularly to the Northwest Coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Illust., with maps and plates. 4to, half calf, pp. 400. Lond., 1789. $6.00

74 Drake, Edward C. New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels from Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. Maps and numerous fine copper plates. Folio, calf, pp. 706. Lond., 1768. $6.00

75 Drake, Sir Francis. Sir Francis Drake Revived, being a Summary and True Relation of Four Several

Voyages made to the West Indies. His Dangerous Adventuring for Gold and Silver. His Encompassing the World, etc. Portrait. 4to, elegantly bound in full polished brown levant morocco, paneled sides, full

gilt edges by Riviere. Lond., 16521653. Sold

This scarce volume is the first collection of the voyages of the famous Drake. It is made up as follows: Sir Francis Drake Revived, pp. 87, dated 1653; The World Encompassed, by Sir Francis Drake, pp. 108, dated 1652; Drake's West Indian Voyage, pp. 41, dated 1652; Full Relation of Another Voyage, pp. 43-60, dated 1652. This copy is complete with the four separate title pages.

76 Drake, Sir Francis. The Life

and Death of the Valiant and Renowned Sir Francis Drake, His Voyages and Discoveries in the West Indies and about the World with His Noble and Heroic Acts. By Samuel Clark. 4to, full polished calf, gilt, pp. (2) 71, 5. Lond., 1671. $22.50

77 Drake, Sir Francis. His Voyage, 1595, by Thos. Maynarde, with a Spanish Account of Drake's Attack on Puerto Rico, edited from Original Manuscripts by W. D. Cooley. 8vo, cloth. Lond. Hakluyt Soc., 1849. $7.50 Very scarce.

78 Eden, Richard. The First Three English Books on America, 1511(?)-1555. A reprint of The Decades of the New World, edited by Edward Arber, with an Index. 4to, cloth, pp. 408. Lond., 1895. $5.00

This first general collection relating to America was mainly composed of translations of Peter Martyrs, Munster, and Sebastian Cabot.

in which they have been invaded, attempted, or taken by these Adventurers. Portraits and plates. 2 vols., 12mo, new full red morocco, gilt edges. Lond., 1741. $20.00

A fine copy of the fourth edition of this famous work. In this edition the plates and portraits seem to have been entirely re-engraved.

81 Florez, Fr. Henrique. Espana Sagrada Theatro Geographico Historico de la Iglesia de Espana. Complete set. 50 vols., bound in 25. 4to, full calf. Madrid, 1754-1866. $50.00

Very scarce. Contains complete reports, documents, etc., of the Spanish Missions in Mexico, California, Central and South America, the Philippines, etc.

82 Force, Peter. Tracts and other Papers relating principally to the Origin, Settlement and Progress of the Colonies in North America. Complete set. 4 vols., 8vo, half mor., gilt tops, uncut. Wash., 1836–46.

$75.00

83 Force, Peter. Tracts and other Papers relating principally to the Origin, Settlement and Progress of the Colonies in North America to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Vol. 1, original boards uncut. Wash., 1836. $10.00

A presentation copy in fine condition, "Dr. J. W. Francis from his friend Peter Force." A reprint of 13 rare tracts, with separate titles and paging. Montgomery, a new Colony to the South of Carolina, 1717, a brief account of the Colony of Georgia under Oglethorpe, 1733, Tailfers, a True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia, 1741, Eliot's Indian and Civil Wars in Virginia, 1675, 1676, Nova Brittania, 1609, New England Plantation, 1630, etc.

84 Forster, John Reinhold. History of the Voyages and Discoveries made in the North; Observations made during a Voyage round the World. Maps. 2 vols., 4to, half calf. Lond., 1778-86. $7.50

85 Frezier, M. A Voyage to the South Sea and along the Coasts of

4to, calf,

Chili and Peru, 1712-1714. Maps and 37 fine old copper plates. PP. 344. Lond., 1717.

$10.00 86 Frobisher, Sir Martin. Life of containing a narrative of the Spanish Armada, by Rev. Frank Jones, B. A. Portrait and maps. 12mo, cloth, pp. 360. Lond., 1878. $1.50

87 Hakluyt, Richard. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Maps, etc. 16 vols., 8vo, in the original parts uncut. Edinburg, 1884. $25.00

Complete set.

88 Hakluyt Society Publications, Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa to the Straits of Magellan, translated and edited by Clements R. Markham; Danish Arctic Expeditions, 1605 to 1620, 2 vols.; History and Description of Africa English in the year 1600, by John Pory, 3 vols.; De Azurara, The Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, 2 vols.; Discovery of the Solomon Islands by De Mendana in 1568, 2 vols.; A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499, etc., vols. 91 to 100, and New Series, vols. I to 9; in all 19 vols., 8vo, original cloth. Lond., 1895-1902. $45.00

89 Harrisse, Henry. The Discovery of North America. A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation. Maps. 4to, half roan, pp. 803. Lond., 1892. $22.50

The entire edition of this valuable work was limited to 380 copies.

90 Harrisse, Henry. Découverte et Evolution Cartographique de Terre-Neuve, 1497-1501-1769. Numerous maps, facsimiles, etc. 4to, half roan, pp. 420. Paris, 1900. $17.50

91 Helps, Arthur. The Spanish Conquest in America and its relation to the history of Slavery and to the

Government of Colonies. 4 vols., thick 8vo, cloth. Lond., 1855-61. $17.50

The best large-type library edition. A valuable work in which the various narratives and histories, which describe the awful destruction of many Indian nations by the Spaniards, are fairly examined.

92 (Helps, Arthur). The Conquerors of the New World and their Bondsmen (Columbus, Las Casas, etc.). 2 vols., 12mo, half mor., gilt. Lond., Pickering, 1852. $5.00

93 Hennepin, Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America extending above Four Thousand Miles between New France and New Mexico with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals, also Manners, Customs, and Languages of the Native Indians, with Continuation giving Account of the Attempts of Sieur de la Salle. 2 folding maps and plates. 8vo, original calf. Lond.. Henry Bonwicke, 1699. $100.00

A fine copy in the original binding. It is needless to emphasize the importance and desirability of securing a good copy of the early English edition, perfect with all the maps and plates.

94 Hennepin, Father Louis. A Discovery of a Large, Rich, and Plentiful Country in North America extending above 4,000 Leagues wherein by a very short Passage lately found out, thro' the Mer-Barmejo into the South-Sea, by which a considerable Trade might be carry'd on as well in the Northern as the Southern Parts of America. 8vo, half calf, pp. 4, 22, 2. Lond., W. Boreham, n. d.

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A scarce tract in English founded upon Father Hennepin's work.

95 Heylyn, Peter. Cosmographie in Foure Books, contayning the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World. 6th edition, enlarged. Engraved front and numerous maps. Folio, calf. Lond., 1670. $7.50

Part 2, Book IV, relates entirely to America and has a fine old folded map.