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(COMMERCE.)
Reglamento y aranceles reales para el comercio libre de
España a Indias de 12. de octubre de 1778.
Armorial frontispiece plate. [2], 19, 262
pages. 4to, contemporary red calf gilt, moderate wear; dampstaining in top margin only;
title page in red and black; library tag on front free endpaper, small inked “MM” stamps on
verso of title and page 52.
Madrid: Marín, [1778]
[400/600]
Spanish regulations for trade with the Indies, including the act which lifted Seville and Cádiz’s
monopoly. Palau 255843; Sabin 68890.
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(EARLY EXPLORATION.) Ferrer Maldonado, Lorenzo.
Imagen del mundo,
sobre la esfera, cosmografia, y geografia, teorica de planetas, y arte de navegar.
Numerous diagrams in the text. [8], 276, [4] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, recased;
variously toned, many leaves with tasteful restoration to edges or corners, occasionally
affecting text; early inscription on title page.
Alcalá de Henares, Spain: García & Duplastre, 1626
[6,000/9,000]
A navigation and astronomy textbook by the controversial explorer Ferrer Maldonado, who
claimed to have discovered the Northwest Passage through the semi-mythical Strait of Anián.
The present volume was published posthumously and does not mention his voyage, but a short
chapter on the geography of America (pages 92-93) notes that from “Tierra del Labrador, y alli
embocando por su estrecho, corre al Oessudueste, hasta el estrecho de Anian, adonde torna a
entrar en el mar del Sur.” European Americana 626/50; Medina, BHA 812; Palau 90524
(“libro interesante y buscado”); Sabin 44108. None sold at auction since 1962.
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