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Catalogue
73
Voyages
& Travels
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11. [ANON]. The Voyage of Pizarro, and Conquest of Peru.
London, Printed by T. Maiden... For Ann Lemoine... and J[ohn] Roe...
[1806].
12mo;
hand-coloured frontispiece, pp. 48; marbled paper wrappers; faint
dampstain on verso of frontispiece and small piece torn from lower
corner, not affecting image; date is taken from the frontispiece.
Apparently unrecorded; we have not located copies at LC, Harvard,
JCB, COPAC, OCLC, UVa, Huntington, Yale, or any of the University
of California libraries; not in Sabin nor Medina BHA. " ...
it has been seen what immense treasures were gained by the discovery
and conquest of a New World, undertaken by adventurers, carried
on amidst insurrections and assassinations, and completed by the
most unjust oppression...." -(p. [3]). Francisco Pizarro (c.
1476-1541) was a Spanish conquistador and conqueror of Peru. This
story of his exploits, ruthlessness, greed and treachery was one
of many small, ephemeral chapbooks published by Ann Lemoine, one
of the few women publishers of early nineteenth-century England
and intended for a popular reading audience; the frontispiece is
by W. G[rainger], noted for enclosing his designs in a frame - a
shield or archway - allowing the reader to "look through"
to the scene portrayed. We have not located any other copy of this
fragile work.
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12.
[ANON]. Wonderlijcke Autentijcke Missive, Geschreven uyt
het diepste der helsche Afgront: Door Belzebub, Oversten der Duyvelen.
Aen de Clergie of Vergaderinge der Geestelijhkheyt tot Parijs. Gedruckt
in de Brouwery van de Werelt, daer de Verraders haer loon ontfangen.
[June 15], 1672. $650
Small 4to; pp. 7, [1], (blank); sewn as issued; printed in Black
Letter, save for the final page; signed at end "Belzebub, oversten
der Duyvelen, Griffier ordinary Secretaris de Hel". The title-page
vignette is of St. George and the Dragon, and a woodcut illustration
on verso of the title is of a malevolent-looking monk carrying a
club.
Knuttel 2-II: 10246. We have located five copies only: BL, Andover-Harvard
Theological Library, BNF (2 copies); Mich. (Spec. Coll.) has a variant
spelling in the title ("Afgrond" for "Afgront").
Written at the beginning of the so-called "Dutch Wars"
in 1672, in which year France (with 6000 English troops under the
Duke of Monmouth) declared war on the United Provinces. The title
translates loosely as "A wonderful and authentic missive written
from the deepest abyss of Hell, by Beezlebub, chief of the demons,
to the clergy or assembly of clergy in Paris, printed in the Brewery
of the World, where the traitors receive their due." A piece
of propaganda aimed at the Capucins and Jesuits to capture as many
souls as possible in the ensuing battles between the Protestant
Dutch and the Catholic French and English.
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13. [APOSTOLI, FRANCESCO]. Lettere Sirmiensi per Servire
alla Storia della Deportazione de Cittadini Cisalpini in Dalmazia,
ed Ungheria. A.X.R. [Milan], Dalla Tipografia Milanese, e si vendono
dal Libraio Giegler, 1801. First edition. $850
8vo; pp. [6], 154; quarter-calf and decorated paper over boards;
little worming in the gutters not affecting text; edges of boards
worn; overall, a very good uncut copy.
Melzi II, p. 120. This edition cited in the Hungarian Collection
of the Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova; all other citations that
we have found pertain to the second edition published the same year,
with slightly different imprint and different collation (cf. BNF,
BL, Manchester, NYPL, Harvard and Yale, as well as RLIN); there
was also a 1906 reprint based on the second edition. In 1797, following
his successful campaigns in Italy, Napoleon created the Cisalpine
Republic. It was comprised of territories north and south of the
river Po, with Milan as its capital. The Republic was based on the
French model, and it adopted French laws, including copyright protection
for authors, a reference to which is on the title page verso of
this work. In May, 1799 the Austro-Russian army defeated the French
troops and the Cisalpine Republic was dissolved. The Austrians rounded
up pro-French Italian patriots, bound them in chains and transported
them to a castle in Sebenico. There the doctors, scientists, mathematicians
and writers, including Apostoli, were subjected to extreme maltreatment
by their captors. Although tortured, starving and diseased, the
patriots managed to keep up their spirits by composing and reciting
poetry and songs. They were brought back to their homeland thirteen
months later when Napoleon defeated the Austrians at the famous
Battle of Marengo. In the form of twenty letters addressed to a
"Lady", this work is a fascinating eye-witness account
of an intriguing period in Italian and French history.
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14.
AQUINO, CHARLES d'. Fragmenta Historica de Bello Hungarico
Authore Carolo de Aquino Societatis Jesu. Romae, Ex typographia
Hieronymi Mainardi, MDCCXXVI (1726). First edition. $1,100
12mo; 125, [1] (Blank); contemporary full vellum, lettered in manuscript
on spine; small inked signature of Jesuitical college on title;
wanting final endpaper; a fine copy of a scarce work.
De Backer & Sommervogel I:494, 17; we have located a copy at
the Bib. Nacional de Brasil, but not in COPAC nor RLIN, nor do we
locate copies in the Hungarian collections of various American libraries
(LC., Stanford, etc.). Acquino was from a noble family of Rome and
professor of rhetoric in that city. He was author also of several
military and agricultural works, as well as historical essays. This
work is an overview of the history of Hungary, including the conflicts
of the various countries in the region and the incursion of the
Turks and results of the Turkish Wars.
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15.
BACK, [GEORGE]. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to
the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic
Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835; ... London, John Murray
[et al], 1836. First edition.
8vo; pp. x, f (Directions to the Binder), pp. 663, (1); one folding
engraved map; seven lithographed plates and nine engraved plates;
original purple cloth; rebacked, with original spine laid down;
minimal light foxing.
Sabin 2613 (14 plates only); WCB 58b:2; Field 63; TPL 1873; Graff
130; Arctic Biblio. 851; Lande 935. The author discusses in some
detail the dealings with the Indian tribes which his men met along
the way, and their dependency upon these natives especially during
the winter. "A fundamental source of information about Indian
life along the route of the Arctic expedition." -(Streeter)
It was on this expedition of 7500 miles that Back discovered and
named Montreal Island, after the city which had given him such a
tumultuous farewell.
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