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Catalogue
78
Voyages
& Travels
History
& Natural History
Science & Technology
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101.
THORNTON, COL. [THOMAS]. A Sporting Tour through Various
Parts of France, in the Year 1802; including a concise description
of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting, .... London, Longman,
Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. Two volumes. First edition. $2,000
Small folio; pp. lxvi, 168, [6] (Index); pp. xii, 260, [8] (Index),
[2] (Directions to Binder); wanting half-title to vol. II.; engraved
frontispiece portrait; two extra engraved titles; 52 aquatint and
stippled plates, several folding; two engraved sheets of music;
small engravings on eight pages of text; full tree-calf binding,
rebacked long ago; binding little worn; without the final plate
listed for vol. II, but with a plate of the "Plan of the Entry
to Thornhill Royal" not listed in Abbey nor in Tooley; withal,
a very good set.
Abbey, Travel, 84; Tooley, English Books, 488; Schwerdt, Hunting,
Hawking ..., II: 259. The author (1757-1823) inherited his father's
estate in 1769, when he was twelve, and soon after became a zealous
sportsman and falconer. In 1804 he published a book relating to
his sporting tour through Scotland, where he spent his time angling,
shooting, hunting and hawking. He visited France shortly before
the French Revolution and revisited it in 1802, as he was considering
buying an estate there, but found the country to be unsettled and
returned to England. This account derives from that visit.
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102.
VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1539-1616). La Florida del Inca. Historia
del Adelantado Hernando de Soto, Gobernador y capitan general del
reino de la Florida, y de otros heróicos caballeros españoles
é indios. Escrita Por El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Capitan
de S.M., natural de la gran ciudad del Cozco, cabeza de los reinos
y provincias del Perú. Neuva Edicion. Madrid, Imprenta de
los Hijos de Doña Catalina Piñuela, calle del Amor
de Dios, núm. 14, 1829. Two volumes. $500
16mo; pp. xi, 339; xii, 404. Quarter calf over mottled paper boards;
marbled endpapers; gilt spines; little chipping on edges of covers;
corners damaged; volume II: small perforation on title, loss of
a few letters; some age-browning and spotting; tear in margin of
one leaf, not affecting text; two pp. misnumbered.
Sabin 98745; BL. Garcilaso de la Vega was the son of an Inca princess
and Spanish military captain who learned to speak Quechua and Spanish
at an early age. He travelled to Spain in 1560 and remained there,
writing La Florida del Inca (1605) and Comentarios Reales (1609).
This work documents the history of Spanish explorer and conquistador
Hernando de Soto (1496-1542). De Soto was ruthless in his exploitation
of the Incas in Cuzco and was made very wealthy with his share of
the gold he plundered for Spain. Inspired by Juan Ponce de León,
discoverer of Florida, he next set out to explore that area with
the hope of bringing glory and wealth to his native country. Traversing
the Gulf of Mexica from Cuba, and beginning on Florida's west coast,
the Spaniards battled Native Americans in villages throughout Florida
and the southern states. Thousands were killed through these confrontations,
as well as by infectious diseases spread by the Spaniards. De Soto
then travelled west, finding the Mississippi River and continuing
his journey until a fever claimed his life. The expedition lasted
three years, and it caused enormous upheaval in the social structure
of Native American society. The volumes in this Spanish edition
are Tomes VI-VII of the nine-volume series Conquista de América.
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103.
VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1539-1616). Primera [-Segunda] Parte
de los Comentarios Reales, que tratan Del origen de los Incas, reyes
que fueron del Perú, de su idolatría, leyes y gobierno,
en paz y en guerra, de sus vidas y conquistas, y de todo lo que
sue aquel imperio y su república antes que los españoles
pasáran á él. Escritos Por El Inca Garcilaso
de la Vega, natural de Cozco, y capitan de S.M. Nueva Edicion. Madrid,
Imprenta de los Hijos de Doña Catalina Piñuela, calle
del Amor de Dios, núm. 14, 1829. Four volumes. $700
16mo; pp. xviii, 549 [1] (blank); xvi, [2] (blank), 686; xv, [1],
554; xii, 386. Quarter calf over mottled paper boards; marbled endpapers;
gilt spines; first volume: some light water-staining in top margin;
some age browning; small perforation in top margin of one leaf,
with partial loss of two letters; chipping of gilt at heel of spine;
second volume: spine chipped in places; third volume: some age-browning,
tear on one leaf, loss of one letter; fourth volume, little age-browning;
tear at margin of one leaf, no loss. Corners worn on all volumes;
some pages misnumbered. Wanting the folded plate and folded table
in Segunda Parte (Libro Tercero-Libro Quinto), mentioned by Sabin.
Sabin 98758; Rebiun; BNE; BL. Comentarios Reales was first published
in Lisbon in 1609 (Part I), with the colophon date 1608; Part II
was first printed at Cordova in 1616. The popular work about Inca
life and the Spanish conquest of Peru was printed many times, with
an English edition appearing in 1688. The four volumes in this Spanish
edition are Tomes II-V of the nine-volume series Conquista de América.
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104.
WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683) and CHARLES COTTON. The Complete
Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Extensively Embellished
with Engravings on Copper and Wood, from Original Paintings and
Drawings, by First-Rate Artists. To Which are Added, An Introductory
Essay; the Linnaean Arrangement of the Various River Fish Delineated
in the Work; and Illustrative Notes. "Third Edition".
London, J. Major, Great Russell-Street, Bloomsbury. Printed by W.
Nicol, 51, Pall Mall, MDCCCXXXV (1835). $700
Small 8to; pp. lviii, 416; two frontispiece portraits; 13 other
engraved plates, including three of music; title vignettes; numerous
engravings throughout text. Contemporary green calf, little rubbed;
panelled in blind and gilt on front and back covers, with small
blind tooling in corners; spine gilt in compartments; gilt morocco
label; marbled fore-edges; light water stain on three plates; continuous
pagination. Provenance on front paste-down: "Edward St. John
Mildmay from his Mother Octbr 6th, 1845."
One copy only of this edition in COPAC (Manchester). Izaak Walton
was born in Stafford, and he first worked as an ironmonger, later
moving to Fleet Street. With the defeat of the Royalists he moved
back to the countryside in Clerkenwell. A few years later, in 1653,
his famous work The Compleat Angler, was first published. The last
forty years of his life were spent in contentment, fishing with
his neighbours and writing other works, such as a series of biographies
on John Donne, Henry Wotoon and others. The Compleat Angler has
been popular since its first publication and has been printed in
many editions. Charles Cotton (1630-1687), Walton's friend and fishing
companion, contributed to the second section of the book. This is
the third edition published by John Major, with lovely engravings
throughout. Edward St. John Mildmay's mother was Dame Jane Mildmay
(1765-1857), who inherited a considerable amount of property in
Winchester, Somerset and the Isle of Wight, including family estates
dating back to the 16th century. Edward St. John Mildmay (1797-1868)
was her fifth son.
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