1492-1506 COLUMBUS-continued. Petri martyris decades Impressæ in contubernio Arnaldi Guillelmi in Illustri oppido carpetance puicia copluto quod uulgariter dicitur Alcala pfectü est nonis Nouebris An. 1516 First edition of the first three Decades. Contains: title and text, sixtyfour leaves; Vocabula Barbara, three leaves. The treatise Legatio Babilonica mentioned by Harrisse (Biblioth. vetustissima, no 88), is not in this copy. 28393 ANGHIERA. [DECAS QUARTA] de nvper sub D. Carolo repertis Insulis, simulq; incolarum moribus, R. Petri Martyris, Enchiridion, sm. 4to. old binding, £7. 10s 28394 28395 28396 28397 28398 28399 28400 28401 ford, £10. Basilea, 1521 the same, sm. 4to. red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bed 1521 This is not an extract as has been supposed, but is the entire fourth Decade, printed now for the first time, and containing the history of the New World from 1516 to 1520, in which the discovery and conquest of Mexico are recorded. Thus it falsifies the statement made in the heading of the fourth Decade (in the edition of 1530, Alcala) "nunc primum nata et excusa," a phrase which signifies now first published and printed, not (as Eden rendered it) "now first set forth and examined." We must assume that it was printed without the knowledge and consent of Peter Martyr,-a conjecture strengthened by the fact that the text is addressed to the Pope, while the dedication (by the printer) is made to Joannes Catenæus, the physician of Margaret of Austria, and the title-page absurdly states that it was to the princess herself. DE ORBO NOUO DECADES ... sm. folio, some leaves discoloured, border of title slightly cut into, vellum, from the Ramirez library, £62. Completi, in ædibus Michaelis de Eguia, 1530 VERY RARE. First complete edition of the eight Decades. de rebus Oceanicis & Orbe Novo Decades (I-III)— De Insulis nuper inventis et de moribus incolarum-Legatio Babylonica (ad Soldanum Ægypti)—in 1 vol. sm. folio, sď. £3. Basilea, 1533 the same, Basil. 1533-Anselmi Cantuarensis Arch. in omnes Pauli Apostoli epistolas enarrationes, industria ac labore D. Renati, nunc mendis abstersis, woodcut title, Coloniae, Jasp. Gennepaeus, 1545; in 1 vol. sm. folio, old stamped binding, £4. 4s de Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe decades tres; item de Babylonica Legatione; item de rebus Æthiopicis opuscula Damiani a Goes, stout sm. 8vo. hogskin, with clasps, 20s Coloniæ, 1574 the same, fine copy in the original hogskin, bearing the date 1576 on the sides, 28s 1574 labore & DE ORBE NOVo Petri Martyris Anglerii. . . Decades octo . . utilissimis annotationibus illustratæ, industria RICHARDI HAKLVYTI Oxoniensis Angli, sm. 8vo. Best Edition of the text, with the celebrated map of the World, executed and dedicated to Hakluyt by F. G., showing the latest English discoveries, and far superior to any map which had yet come into existence, vellum, fine copies, £20. Parisiis, 1587 the same, map in facsimile, old red morocco, Guzman arms on sides, £10. ib. 1587 Rare when perfect. The map is a remarkable example of advance in 1492-1506 COLUMBUS-continued. cartography and geographical knowledge. It may be said to have formed an epoch in the history of that science. It is a pity that the name of "F. G." has not been recovered from the mystery of initials, as he was evidently a worthy antecessor of Arrowsmith and Petermann. Mr. Coote's assumption that he was identical with Francisco Gualle, the Spanish navigator, is untenable. Decades of the newe worlde or west India, 1555-see EDEN. History of Trauaile in the West and East Indies, 1577-see EDEN, post, in section Collections of Voyages. 28402 ANGHIERA. De Nouo Orbe, or the Historie of the west Indies . . . comprised in eight Decades. . . whereof three, haue beene formerly translated into English, by R. Eden, whereunto the other fiue, are newly added by the Industrie, and painefull Trauaile of M. Lok . . . sm. 4to. a wormhole in the margins, hf. bd. £7. 10s Thomas Adams, 1612 the same, sm. 4to. a fine copy in old russia, £12.12s 1612 Opus Epistolarum, cui accesserunt Epistolæ F. de Pulgar cum tractatu de Viris Castellæ Illustribus, sm. folio, calf, rare, £3. 3s Amst. Elzevir, 1670 ib. 1670 28403 28404 28405 the same, LARGE PAPER, folio, calf, £7. 78 The best edition. Not a single LARGE PAPER copy is cited by Willems, Brunet, Leclerc, or other bibliographers. 28406 MEXIA (Pedro) Historia imperial y Cesarea en la qual en suma se contiene las vidas y hechos de todos los Cesares Emperadores de Roma: desde Julio Cesar hasta el Empador Maximiliano, sm. folio, vellum, £3. Sevilla, 1547 Engraved title; 5 prel. 11.; text, fols. ccccxxiii. This is the second Spanish Edition. A short reference to AMERICA on verso of fol. ccccxiii. 28407 COLOMBO (Fernando) Historie nelle quali s'ha particolare & vera relatione della vita & de fatti dell' Ammiraglio D. Christoforo Colombo suo padre di lingua Spagnuola tradotte dal S. Alfonso Vlloa, 12mo. First Edition, vellum, £4. Venet. 1571 altra edizione, 16mo. blue calf extra, 28s 1685 The Spanish original is no longer in existence. This Italian version holds consequently a place of primary importance in the literature of American history, being the only source of information upon many points in the life of Columbus. 28407*. 28408 CASTELLANOS (Juan de). PRIMERA PARTE DE LAS ELEGIAS DE VARONES ILLVSTRES DE INDIAS, sm. 4to. woodcut portrait, beautiful copy in blue morocco extra, gilt edges, by Petit, £10. Madrid, Alonso Gomez, 1589 VERY RARE. It was republished in 1847 by Ribadeneyra, who then added the second and third parts, which had never before been printed. It is a versified history of the discovery of America and of the deeds of heroism performed by Spanish leaders during the sixty years that followed the event, The metrical form employed is that of Tasso's Gerusalemme, but the spirit of poetry has taken refuge elsewhere. Castellanos had been himself one of the conquistadores, and spent, as he says, the best part of his life in the New World. Consequently his work, originally written in prose, but versified by himself during the ten years that preceded its publication, possesses historical value of no ordinary kind. 28409 PHILOPONI (Honorii) Nova typis transacta Navigatio Novi Orbis P. Dn. Buelli in Americam dimissi per Papam Alexandrum VI, 1492, sm. folio, fine engravings by Kilian, including fulllength portrait of Columbus, some leaves mended, old stamped calf, £3. 10s 8. 7. 1621 An account of the voyage with Columbus of Buel the monk who was sent out to Christianize the New World. 28410 MUÑOZ, Historia del Nuevo Mundo, Tomo I (all published), 4to. portrait of Columbus, and map, bound, 16s Madrid, 1793 This volume only reaches to the year 1500, but the Prologo contains an admirable critical review of the various writers on the subject. The Spanish Government prohibited the continuation of the work as being too enlightened and truthful, Bustamante, whose anti-Spanish prejudices and peculiarities are well known, acknowledges in Muñoz the most faithful, careful, and accurate historian of the New World. 28411 ITURRI (Fr.) Carta crítica sobre la Historia de América de Muñoz, 12mo. sd. 15s Madrid, 1798 28412 CANCELLIERI (F.) Dissertazioni epistolari bibliografiche sopra Cristoforo Colombo, e Giovanni Gersen di Cavaglia, autore del libro de Imitatione Christi, 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. 2 vignette portraits, sewed, 128 Roma, 1809 28413 VEGA (Manuel de la) Historia del descubrimiento de la America Septentrional por Cristobal Colon, dala a luz Bustamante, 8vo. hf. bd. 36s Mexico, 1826 28414 CODICE DIPLOMATICO Colombo-Americano, ossia Raccolta di Documenti originali e inediti, spettanti a Cristoforo Colombo alla scoperta ed al Governo dell' America (editore G. B. Sportano), 4to. portrait, half morocco, gilt top, £1. 10s Genova, 1833 28415 TAVOLA (la) di Bronzo, il Pallio di Seta, ed il Codice ColomboAmericano, illustrati per Giu. Banchero, impl. 8vo. maps and facsimiles, green morocco, gilt edges, £2. 2s Genova, 1857 28416 BONNEFOUX (Baron de) Vie de Christophe Colomb, 8vo. frontispiece, sd. 3s 6d Paris, (? 1850) 28417 GUANAHANI (La Verdadera) de Colon, roy. 8vo. map of the Bahamas, Is 6d Santiago, 1864 The author shows that the island of Mayaguana or Mariguana was the first point in the New World touched by Columbus, and not Turcos, as Navarette affirms, nor Watling I., as Muñoz, Peschel and Becher maintain. 28418 GOODRICH (Aaron) History of the Character and Achievements of the so-called Christopher Columbus, 8vo. numerous woodcuts, cloth, 128 New York, 1874 66 Histories have hitherto been written solely to praise him [Columbus]; the writer appears, therefore, as the self-constituted counsel for the opposite side."-See Preface. 28419 RESTOS DE COLON (Los) Informe sobre el supuesto hallazgo de los verdaderos restos de Colon en la Iglesia Catedral de Santo Domingo, 12mo. plates, hf. brown morocco gilt, 10s Madrid, 1879 28420 HARRISSE (Henry) Christophe Columb, son origine, sa vie, ses voyages, sa famille, ses descendants, 2 vols. large 8vo. plates, some coloured, £2. 18s Paris, 1884-85 28421 le même, papier de Hollande, 2 vols. 8vo, £4, 1884-85 1497 Cabot: English Voyages to North America: 28422 CABOT (Jean et Sebastien), leur Origine et leurs Voyages, étude d'histoire critique suivie d'une Bibliographie et d'une Chronologie des Voyages au Nord-Ouest, 1497-1550, par Henry Harrisse, roy. 8vo. facsimile of the large map designed by Cabot and engraved in 1544, of which only one copy is known, sd. 20s Paris, 1882 see also Hakluyt, Purchas, Ramusio, in section of Collections of Voyages. 1497 Amerigo Vespucci : DISCOVERY of the Mexican Gulf, Florida, and the South-east coast DISCOVERY of North Brazil and Voyage along the coast of Tierra DISCOVERIES On the East coast of Brazil, 1501-2 VOYAGE to Bahia, etc. 1503-4 see his LETTERA delle Isole nuouamente trouate in section of Narratives of Voyagers. 28423 AMERIGO VESPUCCI, Son caractère, ses écrits, sa Vie et ses Navigations, par Varnhagen, sm. folio, map and 2 facsimiles, Lima, 1865-Le Premier Voyage de Vespucci définitivement expliqué dans ses détails, Vienne, 1869-Nouvelles Recherches sur les derniers Voyages du Navigateur Florentin, et le reste des documents et éclaircissements sur lui, avec les textes (et une postface), map from the 1513 Ptolemy, and facsimile of Vespucci's writing, Vienne, 1870-together 3 parts, the complete Series, bound in 1 vol. sm. folio, cloth, 16s 1865-69-70 Also sold separately: Le Premier Voyage de Vespucci, Vienne, 1869-Nouvelles Recherches, Vienne, 1870-as described above, with the maps necessary to complete the volume printed at Lima, 1865, stitched, 58 Vienne, 1869-70 see also PAESI novamente ritrovati, 1507, in section of Collections of Voyages. The discovery of Brazil (on the 27 June, 1499, before Pinzon and before Cabral) in Vespucci's second voyage, seems to receive some confirmation in the form of the sentence in which King Emanuel (letter to the King of Castile in 1505) mentions the reputed discovery by Cabral of the land of Santa Cruz. -See quotation given below, No. 28430. 1497-1550 Portuguese Discoveries beyond the Cape of Good Hope : 28424 COLLECÇÃO DE Monumentos Ineditos para a Historia das CONQUISTAS dos PORTUGUEZES em Africa, Asia, e America, publicados da Academia de Sciencias de Lisboa, sob a direcção de R. J. de Lima Felner; lA SERIE, HISTORIA DA ASIA, 9 vols. 4to. four vols. hf. bd. the rest sd. £8. 10s Lisboa, 1858-81 CONTENTS: Vols. I-IV. Lendas da India, por GASPAR descobrimiento da India até o anno 1550 This is a work of an old Portuguese Chronicler, written in 1560, and printed here for the first time. 1497-1550 PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES-continued. Vol. V. SUBSIDIOS para la Historia da India Portugueza publicados por Historia da India, publicada por R. J. de Lima Felner, in 2 vols. 1876 Vols. VII-IX. DOCUMENTOS REMETIDOS da India ou livros das Moncoes, 3 vols. 1880-(81 ?) The continuation after Vol. IX can also be supplied by me. 1868 CONTENTS: O Livro dos Pesos, Medidas e Moedas por Ant. Nunes; O Tombo do Estado da India por Simão Botelho; Lembranças das cousas da India em 1525. Vol. VI. BOCARRO (Ant.) Decada 13 da 28425 VASCO DA GAMA: Roteiro da Viagem que em descobrimento da India fez Vasco da Gama em 1497, 8vo. map, portrait and facsimile, hf. morocco, uncut, 6s 28426 28427 28428 28429 1874 Porto, 1838 Calcoen; a Dutch narrative of the second voyage of Vasco da Gama to Calicut, printed at Antwerp circa 1504 (in facsimile), with introduction and translation by Berjeau, sm. 4to. bds. 7s 6d Second Voyage (le) de Vasco da Gama à Calicut, relation flamande etc. avec traduction (française), 8vo. facsimile map, sd. 5s Paris, 1881 VLÄMISCHES Tagebuch über Vasco da Gama's zweite Reise, herausg. übersetzt, etc. von Stier, 12mo. sd. 2s Braunsch. 1880 LATINO COELHO, Galleria de Varoes illustres de Portugal Vasco da Gama, 8vo. port. sd. 2s 6d Lisboa, 1882 : 28430 EMANUEL, King of Portugal, Italian version of a Letter from, to Ferdinand, King of Castille, written in 1505, giving an account of the Voyages, etc. in the East-Indies, 1500-1505, reprinted from the copy of 1505, with notes by Dr. Burnell, roy. 8vo. cloth, £1. 1s 28431 28432 28433 1881 Only twenty-five copies printed, not for sale. Of the original only three copies are in existence. 66 The words in which the King notices the discovery of Brazil by Cabral seem to imply that, notwithstanding the use of the word scoperseno," ," he knew that there had been an anterior discovery by another. The sentence may be translated thus-Navigating past Cape Verde they discovered a land newly come to the knowledge of this our Europe: to which land he applied the name of Santa Cruz. . . others call it Terra Nova or Mundo Novo. Epistola potentissimi ac invictissimi Emanuelis regis Portugalie et Algarbiorum &c. de Victoriis habitis in India et Malacha ad S. Christo patrem et dnm. nostrum Leonem X, MDXIII, smallest 4to. four leaves, red morocco, by Bedford, £5. s. n. (1513) From the type, this very rare and hitherto undescribed edition seems to have been issued from a Basel or Leipzig press-perhaps however from that of Augsburg. It ends on the eighteenth line of the fourth leaf, obverse. Epistola... Emanuelis, etc. small 4to. another edition, ending on the seventeenth line of the fourth leaf, obverse, with these words "Dat' in Urbe nra Vlyxboñ. Octavo Id. Junias. Anno dni. M. D. xiii," the arms of the King on the title, sd. £4. (1513) Abtruck ains lateinischen Sandtbrieues an babstliche heiligkeit, von künigklicher Wurde. zu Portegall, dis iars |