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Alain Campbell White Letters to Frederick Gamage by White, Alain Campbell (1880-1951) signed

Alain Campbell White letters to Frederick Gamage cover the years from April 4, 1935 to September 15, 1944. For this ten year period there are 364 dated letters and 28 incomplete letters (lacking front date page). The letters are an ongoing correspondence …

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$15,000.00

Voyages, Relations et Mémoires originaux pour servir à l'histoire de la découverte de l'Amérique by Ternaux-Compans, Henri (1807-1864)

Henri Ternaux-Compans was one of the first collectors of Hispanic-Americana20 volumes bound in 10. Volume I: Narration du premier voyage de Nicolas Federmann le Jeune, d'Ulm (1557) 227 pages bound with Volume II: Histoire de la province de Sancta-Cruz / p…

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$15,000.00

Hacienda Manuscript from Oaxaca by Various authors

1764?-1769, Oaxaca, Manuscript. 35 gatherings with approximately fourteen folded folio leaves (12 1/4"" x 10") in each gathering which are now stored in an archival protective sleeve. All hand written generally on recto and verso, but in many different ha…

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$12,500.00

Manual de administrar los sanctos sacramentos a los Españoles y naturalesdesta Nueva España by Contreras Gallardo, Pedro de

1638, Mexico City, Juan Ruiz. Nuatal language.[8]+147+[5] leaves with Armorial woodcut on verso of title page. Duodecimo (5 1/2" x 3") bound later quarter morocco over marbled boards. (Sabin 16186. Medina, Mexico 502; Palau 60819) First edition.Although n…

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Commentaria Intres Grammaticae Libos Primaam et Secundam Classem tum Discipulis turn Magistro, Complectentes Hispano Idomate cum Appendicibus ei Itindice Copioso Illustrata by Avila, Francisco de (1573–1647?)

1644, Cuzco, Manuscript[vi]+450+[1 blank]+[19 index] pages. Duodecimo (6" x 4 1/4") bound in period vellum with hand written title to spine. Dedicated to Beato Luis Gonzaga. Original manuscript.The work is attributed to Francisco de Avila. He was curate o…

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$7,500.00

Opposition et cases conjuguées sont reconciliées par Duchamp et Halberstadt = Opposition und Schwesterfelder sind durch Duchamp et Halberstadt versöhnt = Opposition and sister squares are reconciled by Duchamp et Halberstadt. by Duchamp, Henri-Robert-Marcel (1887-1968) and Vitaly Halberstadt

112+[1 ad] pages with diagrams and errata laid in. Square folio (12 1/4" x 10 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers in original onionskin jacket with a handwritten letter signed by Marcel Duchamp housed in a handcrafted archival enclosure by Octava…

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$7,500.00

Manual de administrar los sanctos sacramentos a los Españoles y naturales desta Nueva España by Contreras Gallardo, Pedro de

[7 of 8]+147+[5]+leaves plus 12 additional inserted manuscript leaves. Duodecimo (6" x 4 1/4") bound later mottled calf, lacking title page supplied in facsimile. (Sabin 16186. Medina, Mexico 502; Palau 60819) First edition. This rare and curious Manual …

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$7,500.00

De ludis orientalibus libri duo ... and Historia Nerdiludii by Thomas Hyde (1636-1703) editor

1694, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre. 3 parts in one volume: Part I. (De Ludis Orientalibus. Libri Duo ...) Mandragorias, seu Historia Shahiludii, viz. ejusdem Origo, Antiquitas, Ususque per totum Orientem ... De ludis Orientalium Libri primi ... 36 sheets (i…

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$7,500.00

Cathecismo romano, traducido en castellano, y mexicano by Manuel Pérez

[28], 248 pages. Quarto (8 1/4" x 6") bound in contemporary vellum. (Medina, Mexico 2719 ("interesante"); Palau 219407; Pilling 2957; Sabin 60912) First edition. A lesser-known work by the author of Farol Indiana, offering a translation of the Roman catec…

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Camino del cielo en lengua mexicana: con todos los requisitos necessarios para conseguir este fin, co[n] todo lo que vn [Christ]iano deue creer, saber, y obrar, desde el punto que tiene vso de razon, hasta que muere by Martín de León

[12]+160+[7] leaves with 2 woodcut illustrations. Small quarto (7 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original contemporary vellum with hand written title to spine. (Woodbridge, Printing in Colonial Spanish America, page 26). Medina, Mexico 260; Palau 135423; Pilling…

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$7,000.00

Diarium vel Descriptio laboriosissimi, & molestissimi Itineris, factia Guilielmo Cornelli Schoutenio, Hornano. Annis 1615, 1616 & 1617 by Willem Corneliszoon Schouten (1567?-1625)

71 pages with two fold-out maps, one fold-out plan, and four fold-out views. Octavo (8" x 6 1/4") bound in vellum like material with hand lettering to spine. (Sabin 77961) Third Vlasblom edition of Schouten's diary. This account of Schouten's voyage was f…

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Voyage des Capitaines Lewis et Clarke, depuis l'Embouchure du Missouri, jusqu'à l'Entré de la Colombia dans l'Océan Pacifique; Fait dans les Années 1804, 1805 et 1806, par ordre du Gouvernement des États Unis: Contenant le Journal Authentique des Événements les plus Remarquables du Voyage, ainsi que la Description des Habitants, du Sol, du Climat, et des Productions Animales et Végétales des Pays situés à l'Ouest de l'Amérique Septentrionale. by Patrick Gass (1771-1870)

xviii+443 pages with folding copper-engraved map. Octavo (8¼" x 5"), early half calf-backed boards, morocco lettering piece. Translated by A.J.N. Lallemant. (Graff 1519; Howes G77; Wagner-Camp 6:3; Wheat Transmississippi 300.) First French Edition. First…

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American Anthropologist by American Anthropologist

120 volumes plus all indexes and supplements. Royal Octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") and Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") issued in wrappers. Early volumes from the library of George M Foster and bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Other volumes from the libr…

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Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia by Garcia de Orta (or Garcia d'Orta) (1501?-1568)

458+[6]+[blank leaf] pages with numerous woodcut illustrations. Duodecmo (6 1/4 x 3 3/4") octavo bound in quarter leather with five raised spine bands with spine tooled in gilt, over brown boards. Translated from the Portuguese into Latin by Carolus Clusi…

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A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world; in which the coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed: undertaken by his Majesty’s command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans ; and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, in the discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver. by George Vancouver (1757-1798)

Captain George Vancouver explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the American states of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.6 Volumes. 2…

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