19 242
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(ARIZONA.) [Ortega, José.]
Apostolicos afanes de la Compañía de Jesus.
[10 of 12], 452, [8 of 9] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; minor dampstaining;
lacking title page and errata leaf (facsimile title page bound in), rehinged; small bookplate
on front pastedown, small inked “MM” stamps on verso of title and page 52.
Barcelona: Nadal, 1754
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
.
An important work consisting of a history of Nayarit Province on the central
Pacific coast of Mexico, and a history of Pimería Alta (including what is now southern
Arizona). Included in the latter is an account of Father Consag’s 1751 journey across Baja
California. Cowan 1933, page 17; Graff 3132; Howes O127 (“b”); Medina, BHA 3651;
Palau 204880 (“obra importante”); Sabin 57680; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 128.
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(ATLAS.) González Cañaveras, Juan Antonio.
Nuevo metodo para apreender la
geografía.
6 folding maps, hand-colored in outline. [6], v, [1], 104 pages. 4to, later
1
/
4
calf,
minor wear; minor foxing.
Madrid: Lozano, Impresor del Supremo Consejo de Indias, 1775
[300/400]
The final map and last 18 pages are devoted to America. Palau 105152.
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(BOLIVIA.) d’Orbigny, Alcide.
Fragment d´un voyage au centre de l´Amerique
Meridionale.
Large folding map, with closed tears. [4], 584 pages. 8vo, later
1
/
4
calf,
moderate wear; foxing, hinges split; small inked library stamp on half-title.
Paris: Bertrand, 1845
[500/750]
Travels in the the former Jesuit reducciones of Chiquitos and Moxos in eastern Bolivia. Palau
202177; Sabin 57454. None known at auction since 1970.
WITH
—the same author’s
“Voyage pittoresque dans les deux Amériques résumé général de tous les voyages.” Folio, later
cloth; maps worn. Paris: Tenré, 1836. Palau 202179.
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(BRAZIL.) Barros, Andre de.
Vida
do apostolico Padre Antonio Vieyra da
Companhia de Jesus, chamado por
antonomasia o Grande.
Portrait plate,
text illustrations. [24], 686 pages. Folio,
contemporary calf; repairs to lower corner of
title page and leaf Ttt1, moderate foxing,
minor dampstaining.
Lisbon: Sylvania, 1746
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
.
Life of António Vieira, a Jesuit
missionary to the Brazilian states of Pará and
Maranhão. “Father Vieyra was most zealous in
converting the Indians of Brazil, but was much
persecuted by the Portuguese inhabitants for
opposing their making slaves of them as fast as
they became Christians, which, it appears, they had
previously been in the habit of doing”—Rich
1746:12. Borba de Moraes, page I:83; European
Americana 746/19; Sabin 3645.
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