CAMBRAY, Chevalier de.

Maniere de fortifier de Mr. De Vauban. ... Avec un traité de geometrie ...Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier, 1689. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece and 30 numbered engraved plates (A-X & 1-8). Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine.

[6], 65, [7]; 99, [5] pp.Second edition of a work on fortification by Chevalier de Cambray, first published in 1681 at Paris. It is divided into two parts, starting with a treatise on geometry. It explains all the different geometric shapes, both two and three dimensional, how to properly draw them, how enlarge the figures once drawn, how to measure height, distance, surface area, etc., clarified in numerous illustrations on 8 engraved plates. The second part deals with fortifications as described by Sebastien le Prestre, Marquis de Vauban (1633-1707), the most influential military engineer of his age. It contains an index on fortification terms and their definitions, and a thorough description of all the different elements, corners and shapes of both regular and irregular fortresses, illustrated with 22 engraved plates.Leaf a1 damaged in the margin, corner torn off plate Q and a small water stain in the lower margin of several plates, none affecting the illustrations. Binding chafed and slightly worn at the head and foot of the hinges, with traces of use along the extremities. Otherwise a good copy.l Jähns, p. 1441; Jordan 0575.

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CAMERARIUS, Joachim.

De Philippi Melanchthonis ortu, totius vitae curriculo et morte, implicata rerum memorabilium temporis illius hominumque mentione atque indicio, cum expositionis serie cohaerentium.Leipzig, (colophon: Ernst Voegelin, 1566). Large 8vo (19.5 x 12 cm). With woodcut printer's device on title-page. Contemporary pigskin, richly blind-tooled in a panel design, monogrammed and dated "I.V.S | 1566", by the Swabian bookbinder Wolfconrad Schwickart.

[20], 423[=424], [2 blank], [18] pp.First edition of an important biography of the German philosopher and theologian of the Protestant Reformation Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), who worked closely with Martin Luther. It was written by Melanchthon's close friend Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574), a classical scholar who was able to consult a large amount of personal correspondence, which makes this work a valuable source. From the library of Neidstein castle in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria. With some manuscript notes on the first flyleaf and marginal notes throughout, some minor restorations to the title-page, slightly browned and a faint waterstain in the upper margin. A very good wide-margined copy.l Ebert 3391; IA 130.520; VD 16 C502; for the binding: Goldschmidt, Gothic & Renaissance bookbindings 227.

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[CAMILLI, Camillo (translator)].

Historia del nobile, et valoroso Cavalier. Felice Magno, figliuolo del Re Falangrè della Gran Brettagna, & della Reina Clarinta, nella quale si raccontano i suoi grandi, & maravigliosi fatti tradotta con somma diligenza di Spagnuolo in lingua Italiana.Verona, Sebastiano dalle Donne for Francesco de Franceschi Senese, 1587. 8vo. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.

[12], 298 ll.Rare first and only(?) edition of the Italian translation of the first (and only published?) part of a chivalric romance, generally known as the Félix Magno, translated by Camillo Camilli (d. 1615). The original Spanish was first published in four parts at Barcelona by Carlos Amorós in 1531 entitled Los cuatro libros del valerosisimo caballero Félix Magno. The romance deals with the life and history of Félix Magno, the son of King Falángriz of Great Britain and Queen Clarinea, on a quest for glory. A large part of the work is dedicated to struggles with Moors and Turks. Like most chivalric novels, it was heavily influenced by stories of King Arthur and similar romances like Amadis de Gaule. Our copy contains only the first part (with the running title Fatti di Felicemagno - parte prima through the whole work), and it appears the other parts were not published in translation at all. Lacking the final leaf containing only the colophon and its blank verso. With two owner's entries on paste-down. Small marginal hole on the title-page and following 3 leaves, very slightly browned with some occasional minor foxing. Binding with a few holes and the foot of the back board slightly damaged. Overall in good condition.l BMC STC Italian, p. 245; Palau 87526; USTC 806217 (8 copies); not in WorldCat.

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CAMÕES (CAMOENS), Luis de & João Franco BARRETO.

Obras de Luis de Camoès principe des poetas Portugueses. Com os argumentos do Lecenceado João Franco Barreto & por elle emédadas em esta nova impressaõ, que comprehende todas as obras, que deste insigne autor se achàraõ impressas, & manuscritas, com o index dos nomes proprios. Offerecidas a D. Francisco de Sovsa capitão da guarda do Principe N.S.Lisbon, Antonio Craesbeeck de Mello, 1666-1669. 8vo. With 8 woodcut tailpieces. Later mottled calf, red spine labels, red edges.

376, 368, 208, 108, [22], [ 2 blank]. Lacks the individual title-pages.Rare edition of the collected works of Luis de Camões, including Os Lusiadas and three Rimas. In the same year, Antonio Craesbeeck published another edition with the same title but with less content and with a different frontispiece. This collection of works is made up of separate publications.Os Lusiadas is the great epic poem of Portuguese exploration, in the original Portuguese, a monument of Portuguese literature that gave a Homeric aura to Renaissance voyages of discovery and colonial conquests, here together with the other works of Camões. Camões's work was first published in Portuguese at Lisbon in 1572. In the early 1530s the great Portuguese historian, João de Barros, most famous for his Decadas de Asia, had called for an epic poem of Portuguese exploration and discovery. Luis de Camões (1524-1580) answered that call four decades later. Camões was educated in a monastic school in Coimbra, and produced poetry and plays at an early age. In his early twenties he was banished from Lisbon after producing a play considered disparaging to the royal family. He served as a soldier in the Portuguese forces besieging Ceuta in North Africa, where he lost an eye. Camões returned to Lisbon in 1550, but found himself in more trouble, and was pardoned by the King on condition that he serve the Crown in India for five years. He arrived at Goa in late 1553 and stayed there briefly before joining an expedition to the Malabar Coast. Later he participated in a campaign against pirates on the shores of Arabia. In 1556 he left Goa again for the East Indies, taking part in the military occupation of Macao, where he remained for many months. On his return trip to India, he was shipwrecked off the Mekong and wandered in Cambodia before reaching Malacca and eventually returning to Goa. He did not return to Lisbon until 1570. The Lusiads gives a fine description not only of Portuguese exploits in the East, but also of the flora and fauna of Asia and India, the ethnographic details of the peoples there, and the geography of the region, informed by Camões's own experiences as well as his familiarity with Ptolemy and Barros. With the bookplate of "Aulo-Gélio", 1961, with a view of Lisbon. First few pages slightly worn with some repairs. Stained throughout. Some contemporary annotations in ink in the margins.l Bibliotheca Lusitana p. 62; Inocêncio, vol. 14, p. 78; José de Canto, 37.

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CAMPAIGNAC, Antoine Bernard.

De l'état actuel de la navigation par la vapeur et des améliorations dont les navires et appareils a vapeur marins sont susceptibles; suivi de notes explicatives, tableaux, projets, etc.Paris, L. Mathias (back of half-title: printed by Guiraudet & Jouaust), 1842. 4to. With 5 large engraved folding plans and a letterpress folding table. Contemporary green half sheepskin, gold- and blind-tooled spine.

XIX, [1 blank], 355, [1 blank] pp.First and only edition of a treatise on the advantages of steam vessels over sailing ships, with chapters on steam engines, calculation of horse power of steam engines, use of steam for inland shipping and ocean trade, notes on transatlantic freighters, advantages of iron over wood, etc. With a list of technical terms in English with their French translations at the end. Written by the French engineer Antoine-Bernard Campaignac (1792-1866). Some spotting and manuscript annotations in the margins of one leaf. Binding rubbed along the extremities. Good copy.l Cat. NHSM, p. 781; NBG VIII, cols. 360-361; Polak 1420.

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CAMPBELL, John.

De tegenwoordige staat der volken van het Spaansche ryk in Amerika, met een byzonder verhaal, van den koophandel uit Oud-Spanje, met de galjoenen, flota, &c.; en van den verboden handel der Hollanders, Engelschen, Franschen, Deenen en Portugezen, in de West-Indiën.Amsterdam, Bernardus Mourik, [ca. 1745 or ca. 1748]. 8vo. With 4 folding engraved maps, showing the city and harbours of Veracruz, Havana, Portobelo and Cartagena. Contemporary red half sheepskin (roan).

[8], 328 pp.Rare second issue of the first and only edition of a Dutch translation of A concise history of the Spanish America (1741), by the prolific Scottish author John Campbell (1708-1775). The work is divided into 4 parts, the first on the discovery of America, the second on the Spanish settlement in North America, the third a description of South America, and the fourth on the trade with America. The second and third part contain chapters on Buenos Aires, California, Charcas, Chile, Cuba, Florida, Guatemala, Lima, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, Tucuman Province and Quito."Grub Street provided some indifferent manuals, of which the most informative - despite its author's capacity, if Boswell is to be believed, for drinking thirteen bottles of port at a sitting - was A concise history of the Spanish America, published by Dr. John Campbell in 1741" (Hanke). It contains 4 maps, not included in the original English editions.With modern bookplate on pastedown and an earlier owner's name covered with opaque white. The sides of the binding were apparently never covered with paper, leaving the roughly cut ends of the sheepskin clearly visible. Binding slightly rubbed, lacking back endpapers and front flyleaf; title-page loosening. Internally in very good condition.l Alden & Landis 745/34; Sabin 10234; STCN (1 copy, incomplete); WorldCat (5 copies, incl. same incomplete copy); cf. Hanke, History of Latin American Civilization (1967), p. 529.

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CAMPBELL, James.

A treatise of modern faulconry: to which is prefixed, from authors not generally known, an introduction, shewing the practice of faulconry in certain remote times and countries.Edinburgh, Balfour & Smellie for the author, 1773. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece depicting a falconer. Contemporary half calf.

IV, 264 pp.First edition of a manual for the art of falconry, explained "in a plain and simple manner" (Edinburgh magazine and review). The author, James Campbell, was falconer to the Earl of Eglington. He here discusses many aspects of falconry in many chapters, covering different kinds of hawks and falcons. He explains how to raise and train young hawks, dwells upon the proper times of feeding hawks in order to have them ready for flying at any particular time and the proper food for them, and speaks of the management of hawks during games and of birding them. He also discusses bathing hawks and treating their illnesses. The several kinds of hawks and falcons covered include the merlin, hobby, gyrfalcon, goshawk and sparrowhawk as well as circumstantial categories, such as the haggard falcon. Pages 259-264 contain a glossary.Central split in the spine and joints cracked but holding, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed. Some foxing, occasional water stains at the head, slightly browned.l ESTC T100896; Harting 49; Schwerdt I, 93; The Edinburgh magazine and review by a society of gentlemen, 1773, vol. 1 (no. 12, for December), pp. 92-93.

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[CAMPEN, Jacob van, Hubert QUELLINUS and Jacob VENNEKOOL].

Bouw schilder en beeldhouwkonst, van het stadhuis te Amsteldam, vertoont in CIX figuuren: ...Amsterdam, Johannes Covens, Cornelis Mortier and Johannes Covens junior, [ca. 1758?, ca. 1767? or possibly 1772/83]. Large folio (49.5 x 30 cm). With the title-page printed in red and black with J. Covens & C. Mortier’s engraved device by Bernard Picart (“JCCM” cypher monogram in a laurel wreath carried by 6 putti, dated 1730); 2 preliminary plates containing portraits of Jacob van Campen [by Lutma] and Arthus Quellinus by Henricus Quellinus; CIX (109) numbered engraved and etched architectural plates. All plates have French captions, some with laudatory verses below, and are described in Dutch in the letterpress text (pp. 3-15). Contemporary half red roan (sheepskin), brown sprinkled paper sides.

15 pp.A comprehensive collection of plates showing all architectural features and sculpture of the Amsterdam City Hall, since 1808 the Royal Palace, here in the Covens & Mortier firm's rare ca. 1780 issue with the engravings newly printed from the original copper plates from the years 1655 to 1664 and the text reissued from Leonardus Schenk's 1747 Dutch language edition, the whole with a new title-page. ''This version has not been seen'' (BAL). At least most of the plates were engraved for and first published in Jacob van Campen's masterpiece Afbeelding van 't stadt huys van Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Frederick de Wit, 1664), Hubert Quiellinus's Prima [et secunda] pars praecipuarum ... curiae Amstelrodamenis (Amsterdam, Frederick de Wit 1655-1663) and Afbeelding van 't stadt huys van Amsterdam in dartigh coopere plaaten ... geteeckent door Jacob Vennekool (Amsterdam, Dancker Danckerts, 1661).It includes the famous plate showing the extraordinary cartographic mosaic floor of the Burgerzaal of the Amsterdam City Hall, designed by Jacob van Campen, with a celestial map in the centre and the magnificent map of the world in 2 hemispheres on either side. The engraving was first published in 1661, and the map shows Tasman's recent discoveries in Australia and Tasmania, and depicts California as an island. Many discoveries from his second voyage remained otherwise unpublished until the end of the 17th century. The drawing of the floor was made by Jacob Vennekool who worked closely with Van Campen, and since his drawings were first published even before the building was completed, they may reflect Van Campen's plan more closely than the finished building itself. They also, of course, show it before the alterations made at various times in later years.Binding a little worn, untrimmed, otherwise in good condition. The Amsterdam city hall in full glory with all its architectural features and sculpture.l BAL 132 note (description of 1719 French language ed. but citing Berlin Kat. & Kuyper for unseen "1730" Dutch ed.); Berlin Kat. 2236; Kuyper, Dutch Classicist architecture (Delft, 1980), pp. 212- 215 and note 25 (p. 318); STCN (3 copies); cf. for dating the impressum: Van Egmond, Covens & Mortier (2005), pp. 66, 83-88.

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CAMPOS, Joaquim Pinto de.

O Senhor D. Pedro II imperador do Brasil, biographia.Porto, typographia Pereira da Silva, 1871. 8vo. With a small portrait (5.5 x 9 cm) of the emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro II, pasted on a separately inserted leaf before the title-page. The original orange publisher's printed paper wrappers show the title, author and imprint information set in a decorative frame on the front wrapper and a similar frame with an ornamental centre-piece on the back wrapper. Gold-tooled calf with the author, title, and year of publication lettered in gold on the front board. Bound with the original orange printed paper wrappers.

[1], [1 blank], VIII, 96, [1 blank], [1] pp.Joaquim Pinto de Campos was born in Brazil, in the province of Pernambuco, in 1819. He became active in provincial politics in 1845, shortly before the Praieira revolt in Pernambuco of 1848-1849. He actively helped maintain public order during this revolt and was rewarded for it by the government by being elected as a general and provincial deputy continuously from then on. He corresponded personally with the emperor in this role, so he could write his work partly from his own observations.In general, Dom Pedro II was well liked. His father and grandfather had helped Brazil win it's independence and he himself was seen as a good ruler. The country flourished while he was on the throne. Pinto de Campos also paints him in a positive light in his biography.With a bookseller's label on the front paste-down (Livraria Olisipo in Lisbon). The bindings shows very slight signs of wear around the spine and corners of the boards, the edges of the leaves are very slightly browned, slight foxing throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.l Innocencio IV, p. 145; cf. Stephen Basdeo, the Brazilian Revolt of 1848. Reynolds's News and Miscellany, May 2022 (read online via: https://reynolds-news.com/2022/05/22/prareira-brazilian-revolution-of-1848-stephen-basdeo/)

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CAMUS, Edmond Gustave and Aimée Antoinette CAMUS.

Iconographie des orchidées d'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen.Paris, Paul Lechevalier (colophon: printed by Jouve et Cie (part 1), Winter, Heidelberg (part 2)), 1821-1929. 2 text parts (4to, bound in one volume) and an atlas (folio). With a photographical frontispiece portrait in the text volume and 133 lithographed plates, including 120 coloured by hand. Contemporary brown half morocco.

559, [1]; 72 pp.First and only edition of a well-illustrated and comprehensive study of the orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean, published posthumously by the daughter of Edmond Gustave Camus (1852-1915), a pharmacist and botanist fascinated by the intricate taxonomy of the family Orchidaceae. Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879-1965) worked together with her father on this project until his death in 1915. She would continue the research and finally published the present work, which is preceded by an obituary by Henri Lecomte and a bibliography of the elder Camus's his works. The present copy not only has the regular 110 of the 122 plates of the first part of the atlas coloured by hand, but also 10 of the 11 plates of the second part. A very good copy, well bound, with only the spines slightly discoloured.l Nissen, BBI 316; Stafleu & Cowan 971.

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CAMUS, Armand-Gaston.

Mémoire sur la collection des grands et petits voyages, et sur la collection des voyages de Melchisedech Thevenot.Paris, Baudouin, 1802. 4to. Contemporary boards, rebacked with cloth.

[8], "401"[=405], [3] pp.First edition of an important bibliographical study of De Bry's Grand and Petit voyages and Thévenot's Relations des divers voyages curieux. Two of the most famous collections of voyages ever published. Sabin calls it "an excellent specimen of bibliographical analysis" and it remains the standard bibliographical reference for both works. It notes the sources for all travels included and gives historical commentary.Armand Gaston Camus (1740-1804), a French Revolutionary, was restored to his function as archivist to the Commission des archives of the Assembly in 1796.Some foxing and with restored wormholes throughout, a good copy, wholly untrimmed.l Sabin 10328.

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[CANALETTO]. VISENTINI, Antonio.

Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores, ex Antonii Canal tabulis XXXVIII.Venice, Joannem Baptistam Pasquali, 1742. 3 parts in 1 volume. Oblong folio (ca. 36.5 x 52.5 cm). With 3 letterpress title-pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes by Visentini, the original engraved title-page for the first series (Prospectus Magni Canali), a double portrait of Canaletto and Visentini by Visentini after Giovanni Battista Piazetta and and XIV, XII and XII numbered engraved prints with familiar views based upon 38 paintings by Canaletto, engraved by Visentini, showing the Grand Canal, public buildings, renowned places in Venice and regatta scenes. Contemporary half morocco, brown paper sides, manuscript title (?) and two old shelfmarks on the spine.

[8]; [1]; [1] ll. plus the part-title, double portrait and XIV, XII, XII prints.First complete edition of a series of engraved views of Venice by Visentini after Canaletto's paintings, which were in the collection of the book collector, patron of the arts and British Consul of Venice Joseph Smith (ca. 1673/4-1770). Canaletto, also known as Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768) was an Italian painter renowned for his paintings depicting Venice and its canals. Visentini's plates are not only the best known among the many engravings made after Canaletto's famous views of Venice, but also the best and most influential: "crucial to forming the image of Venice in the mind of its visitors" (Millard). The British Consul Smith commissioned the painter, engraver and architect Antonio Visentini (1688-1782), connected to the Academia and to the artistic and publishing circle around Smith, to engrave the plates after Canaletto’s paintings.The series of 38 plates is divided into three suites of respectively XIV, XII and XII numbered prints, each suite with its own letterpress title-page. The first set of plates is entirely focussed on the Grand Canal, as is promised by the original title-page, the Prospectus Magni Canali. The prints of the second suite particularly show the banks of the Grand Canal. The third suite shows views of campi and the Piazza San Marco. Besides Saint Mark's Basilica itself and the Piazza we see for example the campo of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the Piazza San Polo and San Niccolo on the Lido. All prints are captioned in Italian.The present 1742 edition is the first to include all 38 prints of the complete three suites, but Visentini had completed and published the first suite of views already in 1735. The present complete series proved very succesfull, with further editions in 1751, 1754 and 1773. Even in the 19th century it ran through new editions: an 1833 edition with French and Italian captions was reprinted in 1838. The present first edition of the complete series is quite rare: we have traced only 6 copies worldwide in WorldCat and it rarely appears on the market.Binding a little rubbed: spine a little damaged, paper sides frayed around the edges and chipped in the right lower corner of the front board, boards a little stained. Bookblock slightly loose in the binding. Some marginal tears professionally repaired. Prints only slightly browned along the edges of the margins, but otherwise in very good condition. The rare complete first edition of one of the most influential print series in shaping the image of Venice.l Kat. Ornamentstichsammlung Berlin 2695; Millard, Italian 153; WorldCat (6 copies in 5 entries); for Canaletto: Thieme & Becker V, pp. 455-486; for Visentini: Thieme & Becker XXIX, p. 419.

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CANDOLLE, Augustin Pyramus de and Jean-Baptiste LAMARCK.

Synopsis plantarum in flora Gallica descriptarum.Paris, H. Aghasse, 1806. 8vo. 19-century half scheepskin parchment.

XXIV, 432 pp.First edition of the synopsis of the third and almost entirely rewritten edition of the Flore française. The first edition of the Flore française or "French flora" appeared in 1778 in three volumes, compiled by the French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829). "Lamarck designed the Flore française specifically for the task of plant identification and used dichotomous keys, which are classification tools that allow the user to choose between opposing pairs of morphological characters to achieve this end" (Encyclopaedia Britannica). The present synopsis of the Flore française consists of brief descriptions of in total 4688 different plants, all subdivided according to order, family and genus. With some manuscripts notes on the second leaf. Only some occasional foxing, otherwise a good copy.l R.W. Burkhardt,"Jean-Baptiste Lamarck" in: Encyclopaedia Britannica online; Stafleu & Cowan 988.

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CAÑES, Francisco.

Gramatica Arabigo-Española, vulgar, y literal. Con un diccionario Arabigo-Español, en que se ponen las voces mas usuales para una conversacion familiar, con el texto de la doctrina Cristiana en el idioma Arabigo.Madrid, Don Antonio Perez de Soto, 1775. 4to. With Perez de Soto's device on the title-page. Set in roman, italic and Arabic type. Contemporary mottled sheepskin.

[1], [1 blank], [14], 272, [5], [2 blank], XVII pp.First edition of a study of Arabic grammar in Spanish, including an Arabic-Spanish dictionary and a translation of a general Christian doctrine text into Arabic. It was written by Francisco Cañes (1730-1795), who was an Arabist and a Franciscan missionary in the Near East. In the preface, he states his reasoning for producing and publishing the present work: "[I] therefore, present this Arabic grammar to the public, wishing to contribute on my part to the ease of learning a language that is not rude, barbarous, and useless, and that some out of ignorance despise; but elegant, erudite, and very useful, as learned men recognize: in view of how much is written in it, and of the numerous nations that speak it in Asia, Africa and part of Europe." (p. [4], translated from the Spanish). He produced the present grammar and his great Arabic - Latin - Spanish dictionary (1787) by Royal order of the court of Charles III of Spain, for the profit of the general public and especially for missionaries in the Holy Land and the Middle East as a whole.With some annotations in ink and pencil in the text, binding slightly worn around the spine, first and last free endleaves professionally restored, occasional very light foxing. Overall in good condition.l Palau 42854.

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CANINI, Angelo; Antonio de NEBRIJA and Gaspar BARREIROS (or Caspar VARRERIUS).

De locis s. scripturae Hebraicis Angeli Caninii commentarius et Antonii Nebrissensis quinquagena. Nunc primùm simul emendatiùs edita. Accessit Gasparis Varrerii lusitani De ophira regione in sacris litteris disputatio.Louvain, Gerardus Rivius, 1600. 8vo. With a woodcut "IHS" vignette on the title-page. Contemporary limp vellum with the manuscript title on the spine, remnants of ties.

[8], 197, [9], [3], [14], 299-250, [6] pp.Extremely rare edition containing several works, most notably an important account of the New World and its discovery by Christopher Columbus: De Ophira Regione written by the Portuguese geographer Gaspar Barreiros (= Caspar Varrerius, d. 1574), first published in his Chorographia (Coimbra, 1561).The first two works, by the Italian philologist Angelo Canini (1521-1557) and the Spanish classical scholar Antonio de Nebrija (1444-1522) reflect on the names of places, (also of people and animals, etc.) of Hebrew origin in the New Testament. The collection also contains Barreiros's letters (including one to the King of Portugal) and other short works. The collection was simultaneously printed in Antwerp, by the Heirs of J. Bellerus, and in Louvain. The present Louvain printing is of the utmost rarity.Some slight browning in a few quires. Good copy of an extremely rare collection of works including an early Americanum.l Alden & Landis 600/28; Belg. Typ. 548; Index Aureliensis 131.043; Leclerc 414; USTC 414149 (3 copies); cf. Adams C-507 (Antwerp ed.); Machiels C-85 (Antwerp ed.); Sabin 3596 (Antwerp ed.); not in KVK; STCV; WorldCat.

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