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Catalogue
78
Voyages
& Travels
History
& Natural History
Science & Technology
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11.
CARPON, C. J. A. Voyage a Terre-Neuve, Observations et Notions
curieuses propre a interesser toutes les personnes qui veulent avoir
une idée juste de l'un des plus importants travaux des marins
français et étrangers. Caen, Chez Eugène Poisson;
Paris, Chez Dutot, 1852. First edition. $950
8vo; 2 ff, pp. [4], 4, [2], v, [1] (Blank), 240, [4]; recent half
calf and marbled paper over boards; original printed paper wrappers
bound in; minimal light foxing on initial and final leaves; wrappers
little chipped at edges; overall a very good, clean, untrimmed and
partially unopened copy, complete with half-title and with errata
slip pasted-down to lower portion of p. [243].
O'Dea I: 564; Sabin 11020; TPL 8189. The author was a surgeon with
the French merchant marine and visited Newfoundland several times.
In this work he speaks at length about the role of the surgeon,
both on board and on land; he also describes at length the manner
of fishing, sealing and whaling, the life of the inhabitants of
the island, and the fauna and flora of the region. Also included
is his description of cod-fishing and the extraction of cod oil
and its medicinal benefits.
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12.
CASTILLO, ANTONIO DEL (d. 1699). El Devoto Peregrino, Y Viage
de Tierra Santa, Compuesto Por el P. Fr. Antonio del Castillo, Predicador
Apostólico, Padre de la Provincia de S. Juan Bautista, Comisario
General de Jerusalén, en los Reynos de España, y Guardian
de Belén. En Barcelona, Con Las licencias necesarias, n.p.,
n.d. (but 17th century). $750
12mo; pp. [8], 520. Signatures: [A8], B8-2K8. Contemporary full
vellum, very worn; remains of ties; text block little loose. Title
vignette; head and tail pieces; ownership signature on front fly-leaf;
footnotes cropped close to lower edge, with no loss of text; one
leaf clipped on side margin with loss of few words; light foxing
on front paste-down; edges on front and final leaves a little friable;
a scarce edition, not located elsewhere.
Vide Brunet I:1634 (1st ed.). In the early 17th century, Antonio
del Castillo set out on a long pilgrimage to visit Franciscan convents
located throughout the Holy Land as part of the duties assigned
to him by the Order. He recorded his route and observations of religious
customs for future pilgrims, visiting Egypt, Alexandria, Jerusalem,
Nazareth and other well-known biblical sites. First published in
Madrid in 1654, this book was very popular and reprinted many times.
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The East Coast of North America Charted
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13. CHABERT, [JOSEPH BERNARD, Marquis de]. Voyage fait par
Ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, pour
rectifier les Cartes des Cotes de l'Acadie, de l'Isle Royale et
de l'Isle de Terre-Neuve; Et pour en fixer les principaux points
par les Observations Astronomiques. Paris, l'Imprimerie Royale,
1753. First edition. $3,750
4to; f, pp. viii, 288, [10]; six folding engraved maps; one folding
sketch; one folding table; engraved copperplates by Gobin, and many
woodcut ornaments. Contemporary cat's-paw calf; spine gilt in compartments;
marbled endpapers; binding little worn at corners, edges and head
of spine; bookplate of James Monk, (1784-1856), speaker of the Legislative
Council and Chief Justice of Lower Canada; small perforated embosses
of the O.F.M. Québec (Ordre des Frères Mineurs) whose
library was dispersed long ago. A clean fresh copy.
Brunet I:21004 and Suppl. I, p. 239; Sabin 11723; TPL 222: "L'Academie
royale des sciences examined the work and recommended its publication
as a model of scientific accuracy"; not in Gagnon; Lande 114;
O'Dea 148; Bell C223; Dionne II:489. The volume is divided into
two parts, the first giving an account of the author's voyage from
Brest to Louisbourg and his four expeditions to the neighbouring
coasts and islands; and the second his astronomical observations.
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14.
CHARLEVOIX, P[IERRE]-F[RANCOIS]-X[AVIER]. The History of
Paraguay, containing amongst many other New, Curious, and Interesting
Particulars of That Country, a full and authentic Account of the
Establishments formed there by the Jesuits, from among the savage
Natives, In the very Centre of Barbarism ... London, Printed for
Lockyer Davis, MDCCLXIX (1769). Two volumes. First edition in English.
$800
8vo; pp. vii, (1), 463; pp. viii, 415. Quarter-calf and marbled
paper over boards; rebacked; bindings worn, mainly at edges and
corners; light waterstain to lower corners of sig. Ee-Hh of vol.
I; overall, a clean and sturdy copy of this important work.
Sabin 12133; JCB 1663; Cox II:, p. 282; Borba de Moraes I, 179 (note);
Sommervogel II, 1080. The author was an eminent French historian
and Jesuit. This work, first published in three volumes (Paris,
1756), provides an excellent history of Paraguay from the earliest
discoveries by the Spaniards, to the period just preceding the expulsion
of the Jesuits in 1759.
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One of the Most Important Books on Canada
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15. CHARLEVOIX, [PIERRE-FRANCOIS-XAVIER de]. Histoire et
Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec Le Journal Historique
d'un Voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionale.
Paris, chez Rolin Fils, 1744. Three volumes. First edition. $17,500
4to; 4 ff, pp. viii, xxvi, 664, lxi, (3); 2 ff, pp. xv, (1), 582,
56; 2ff, pp. xix, (1), xiv, 543; 28 maps and plans (26 folding)
and 44 engraved plates on 22 folding sheets; titles in red and black,
each with vignette; later half-calf and marbled paper over boards;
spines ornately gilt in compartments; stamp on each title; text
is tight and, with the exception of an old waterstain in margin
of three leaves of index at rear of vol. I, very clean; small tear
in half-title of vol. II, not affecting text; last two leaves of
vol. III creased. The stamp on each title-page is that of The Literary
and Historical Society of Quebec, the first scholarly, or learned,
society in Canada; founded in 1824 by George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie
and governor of British North America, its headquarters are still
located in Quebec City. There are no institutional markings on any
of the plates or maps, which are quite clean and crisp.
Howes C307; Sabin 12135; Str. I:123; Lande 125; Dionne II:439; Vlach
143; Gagnon I:793; Field 282; TPL 4697. Charlevoix was sent by his
order to Canada in 1705 and again in 1720 to report on the Jesuit
missions in that country. Notwithstanding the fact that his travels
were church-oriented, this work is full of valuable information
and is of the greatest importance. Attempting to verify Indian reports
of ways to the Western Ocean and to find, if possible, a feasible
route, Charlevoix gives very detailed and observant accounts of
the Indian tribes and settlements which he visited. The maps, dated
1743 and 1744, are by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, the vignettes by A.
Humblot, and the ornate headpieces by Humblot and J. P. Fournier.
The chronological events and the extremely important (and first)
elaborated liste et examen des auteurs (i.e. bibliography) of New
France are contained in Vol. I; Vol. II contains the extensive natural
history and fine engravings; Vol. III is the Journal d'un Voyage,
commencing with the remarks of Bellin on the accuracy of his maps.
"The laborious accuracy with which this work was executed can
be estimated by the fact that the maps ... are marked with the latest
discoveries, in 1742, in the extreme north of America." - (Lande).
This, as described by Sabin in his collation of the work, is "a
perfect copy".
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