Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

261 262 261 c MEDINA, BALTHASAR DE. Vida, Martyrio y Beatificación del Invicto Proto-Mártyr de el Japón San Felipe de Jesús . . . Segunda Impressión. Engraved plate depicting the crucifixion of San Felipe. [28], 176 pages. 4to, 205x144 mm, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties; scattered marginal foxing. Madrid:Juan García Infanzón,1751 [400/600] Second edition of a life of Felipe de Jesús, the first Mexican saint and the patron saint of Mexico City, who was one of a group of missionaries martyred in 1597 in Nagasaki. The first edition was published in 1683 in Mexico. Cordier 395; Palau 159375 note; Streit-Dindinger VI, 1446. 262 c MORISOT, CLAUDE-BARTHÉLEMY. Orbis maritimi sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia. Double-page engraved plate of ancient Roman mock naval battle; 21 illustrations and 23 maps in text. [24], 723, [19] pages, including engraved additional title. Folio, 357x223 mm, contemporary dark brown morocco gilt, joints starting at bottom, cover corners bumped; varying browning or foxing, occasional marginal dampstaining, scattered other stains, restoration in blank lower outer corner of 3Z2.3; cloth folding case. Bookplate of Connecticut State Library on front pastedown. Dijon: Pierre Palliot, 1643 [1,000/2,000] first edition of the first history of maritime affairs and exploration, from antiquity to the 16th- century; second issue, with dedication to Pierre Séguier instead of Louis XIII. Pages 480-83, 507- 11, and 592-612 deal with the Americas, including 3 maps. The final chapters discuss navigation, oceanography, hydrology, shipbuilding, etc. Alden 643/185.