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(VENEZUELA.) Cassani, Joseph.
Historia de la provincia de la Compañía
de Jesús del Nuevo Reyno de Granada en la America.
Folding map. [28], 618, [1]
pages. Folio, later
1
/
4
morocco; some side notes cropped, repaired tear on leaf 3P1, edges
tinted red; small library bookplates and release stamps on front pastedown, inked library
stamp on title page.
Madrid: Fernández, 1741
[5,000/7,500]
A history of the Jesuit missions in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, particularly along the
Orinoco and in what is now Colombia. The first and only edition of an important work.
European Americana 741/32; Medina, BHA 3262; Palau 47380; Sabin 11361.
162
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(VENEZUELA.) Gumilla, José.
Historia natural, civil y geografica de las
naciones situadas en las riveras del Rio Orinoco.
Folding map, 7 plates. xvi, 360; [4],
352 pages. 2 volumes. 4to, unmatched but similar contemporary calf, moderate wear,
lacking one spine label; minor foxing, possibly washed; “S. Fernando” marca de fuego on
top edge of Volume II, early Porrúa tag on front pastedown of Volume I.
Barcelona: Gibert y Tutó, 1791
[800/1,200]
Expanded third edition of the classic 1741 history of the Orinoco region. Medina, BHA
5460; Palau 111193; Sabin 29276.
163
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(VIRGINIA.) [Beverley, Robert.]
Histoire de la Virginie.
14 plates including
engraved additional title page, folding table. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, worn and frayed;
moderate foxing, minor wear, dealer description on front pastedown, endpapers worn;
signed by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Labat on title page.
Amsterdam: Lombrail, 1707
[500/750]
FIRST FRENCH EDITION
,
per European Americana. “After John Smith, the first account of
this colony, the first one penned by a native and the best contemporary record of its native
tribes”—Howes B410. European Americana 707/18; Sabin 5116; Vail 300.
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