Primera parte de la Choronica avgvstiniana de Mechoacan. En qve se tratan, y escriuen las vidas de nueue varones apostólicos, Augustinianos
by Juan González de la Puente (1580-16?) and Nicolás León from the library of George Foster
509+ix pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6 1/2") bound in quarter leather with raised spine bands over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Published under the direction of Bishop Plancarte y Navarrete, with a brief bibliographical note by Nicolas Leon. From the library of George Foster. Second edition. Juan Gonzalez de la Puente, born a Spaniard, undertook to chronicle the Augustinians in Michoacan and to write the lives of nine "apostolic varones". Part 1 of his Chronica appeared not long... Read More
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Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21 and 22
by Franklin, John (1786-1847)
xi+482 pages with frontispiece, fold out map and appendix. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. First American edition.This expedition also known as the Coppermine Expedition of 1819–1822 had as its goal the exploration of the northern coast of Canada, which was accessed by way of the Coppermine River. The British expedition was organized by the Royal Navy as part of its attempt to discover and map the Northwest... Read More
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The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion
by Frederick Milnes Edge (1830-1882)
viii+203+[4 ad] pages with frontispiece and three plates. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in quarter brown pebbled period leather with gilt lettering to spine over green cloth. (Betts 29-78; Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana 3089) First edition. Still too young to start his law career, Paul Morphy was invited to attend an international chess tournament soon after returning to New Orleans, to be held in Birmingham, England in the summer of 1858. He accepted the challenge and traveled to England... Read More
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: preformed in his Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28
by Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856)
2 volumes. xxi+472 pages with three maps (two folding and one double page), figures, and 13 plates; iv+452 pages with 10 plates (some folding), tables and appendices. Octavo (9 1/2" x 5 1/2") Bound in contemporary half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. (Ferguson 1418; Hill I, p. 19; Howes B309; Lada-Mocarski 95; Sabin 4347). Second edition published after quarto edition of the same year.Frederick William Beechey (17 February 1796 – 29 November 1856) was an English... Read More
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Morphy's Games of Chess and Frere's Problem Tournament
by Frere, Thomas [1820-1900]
144 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo (6 1/4" x 4") issued in original publisher's decorative blind stamped boards with gilt-decorated and lettered spine. (Hagedorn: 51) First edition.The second part of this book contains many clever problems selected from those which competed in a tournament arranged by Frere, the chess editor of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The first part was published without the sanction or approval of Morphy, and comprises games with notes copied form the Chess Monthly, The Era and other... Read More
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A Voyage to the South-Sea And along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714 Particularly Describing the Genius and Constitution of the Inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards: Their Customs and Manners, Their Natural History,
by Frezier, Amedee Francois (1682-1773)
355+[9]+index pages 36 of 37 maps and copper cuts of the coasts, harbor, cities, plants and other curiosities (comprising: 14 plates [3 folding], 22 maps, charts or plans [14 folding]). title page printed in red and black. Printed from the author's original plates inserted in the Paris edition. Lacks the frontispiece map. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7 3/4") bound in leather with raised spine bands and red label with gilt lettering. Postscript by Dr Edmund Halley and... Read More
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Memorias de los vireyes que han gobernado el Perú: durante el tiempo del coloniaje español
by Fuentes Delgado, Manuel Atanasio (1810-1889)
6 volumes. xxx+379+[index] pages; 426+[index] pages; 388+[index] pages; 516+[20 tables and index] pages; 393+[17 tables and index] pages; 394+[56 tables and index] with large fold out map at back and 12 plates. Folio (12 1/4" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's dark brown pebbled cloth, ruled in blind with front boards with armorial gilt device. New spines with original title in gilt laid on. (Palau 95426, Sabin 26119) First editions.These memoirs, prepared by ten... Read More
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Relación de los Obispados de Tlaxcala, Michoacán, Oaxaca y Otros Lugares en el Siglo XVI
by García Pimentel y Elguero, Luis (1855-1930) from the manuscript collection of Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta
109 pages. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") rebound in attractive half leather with gilt stamping to spine and marbled boards. Manuscript material from the collection of Joaquin Garcia Icazbalecta. 1st edition.Luis Garcia Pimentel took over his father collection upon his death. How many volumes of manuscripts his library contained cannot be said with any degree of certainty. All we know is that at the end of his life his library was one of the finest and richest of... Read More
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Govierno Eclesiastico pacifico y union de los dos cuchillos Pontificio y Regio. Compuesto por el Illmo Señor Don Fr. Gaspar de Villarroel, del Orden de nueftro Padre San Auguftin, del Confejo de su Magestad, Obispo de las Iglesias de Santiago de Chile.
by Gaspar de Villarroel (1587-1665)
2 Volumes. [51]+812 pages; [11]+732 pages. Folio (12 1/4" x 8 3/4") bound in leather with raised bands and red label with gilt lettering to spine. First published in 1656-7 (Madrid), Domingo Garcia Morras. This is the second edition. Fray Gaspar de Villarroel joined the order of Saint Augustine in 1607 and occupied a chair of Theology at the University of San Marcos, where he published biblical commentaries and sermons. He was bishop of Santiago, Chile, from 1638 to 1652.... Read More
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Carta Geografica General de la Republica Mexicana Comenzada en 1878 por la Comision Geografico-Exploradora: Atlas Topografico de los Alrededores de Puebla. 3A serie
by Comisión Geográfico-Exploradora
Title leaf & 13 leaves of maps, being mounted albumen photograph reductions of the original map. Photographs are approximately (7¼" x 8¾"), on card stock leaves. Oblong royal octavo (9 "x 12½") bound in original red cloth, rebacked with modern leather with original gilt-lettered leather spine laid on. (References: P-LG 5121. El Territorio Mexicana, Vol II, p 457 reproduces 5th map of 1st edition. International Geographical Exposition and Congress of London. Geographical and Exploring Commission of the Mexican Republic. Catalogue... Read More
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A Selection of Games at Chess, actually palyed by Philidor and his contemporaries; now first published from the original manuscr
by George Walker (1803-1879)
xvi+110 pages with frontispiece and illustrations. Small octavo (7" x 4 3/4") bound in original publsihers green cloth with label to front cover. With notes and additions by George Walker. Provenance gift inscription to Birmingham Chess Club on title. Subsequently reprinted, without notes, in Walker's Chess Studies (1844). Whyld & Ravilious: 1835:4) First edition.As a writer on the game, George Walker's reputation was European. His first publication, a pamphlet of twenty-four pages, on New Variations in the Muzio Gambit (1831),... Read More
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Der Internationale Schach-Kongress des Barmer Schach-Vereins 1905
by Georg Marco (1863-1923)
28 with frontispiece, diagrams, plates and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4") bound in original three quarter pebbled boards with spine label. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5268) First edition.The richly endowed Barmen Chess Association commemorated its 40th year anniversary with a celebration centered around two major tournaments and three strong "Hauptturnieren." The innovative organizers added such melodious entertainment as a "Singspiel" involving a 60 person chorus and a three act musical comedy, "Der Seekadett." The latter feature a game... Read More
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Le jeu des Eschets
by Giaccino Greco (1600-1634)
343 pages. Duodecimo (5 ½" x 3 ¼"). Bound in vellum with black lettering to spine. Originally written in 1619 in Italian. [Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana: 402]Gioachino Greco, also known as Il Calabrese, was born around 1600 in Celico, which near Cosenza in Calabria. Calabria had already produced such players as Leonardo di Bono and Michele di Mauro. From his writing it's apparent the he wasn't educated and likely came from a lower class family. Already in 1619, Greco started... Read More
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Le jeu des eschets
by Giaccino Greco (1600-1634)
343 pages with woodcut printer's device on title. Duodecimo (5 1/2 x 3 1/4). Bound in leather with raised spine bands and gilt to spine. Originally written in 1619 in Italian. From the library of Lothar Schmid. [Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana: 400] Third French edition.Gioachino Greco, also known as Il Calabrese, was born around 1600 in Celico, which near Cosenza in Calabria. Calabria had already produced such players as Leonardo di Bono and Michele di Mauro. From his writing it's... Read More
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Le lettere americane
by Gian Rinaldo Carli (1720-1795)
Three parts in one volume [8]+xxiv+232 pages; [6]+269+[11] pages with map; 213+[3] pages. Duodecimo (7" x 5") three parts bound in contemporary half vellum with brown spine labels in gilt over marbled boards. (Howes C149); Sabin 10911) Second edition. Gian Rinaldo Carli, also known by other names, was an Italian economist, historian, and antiquarian. He distinguished himself as a student and young scholar. In 1744 at the age of 24, he was appointed by the Venetian Senate to the University of... Read More
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Diccionario de la Lengua Tarasca o de Michoacán/Aquí comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacana
by Gilberti, Maturino (1498?-1585) signed by the author
518 pages with facsimiles and wood cuts. Folio. (13" x 9 1/4") bound in half leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Compiled and re-impression under the direction of Antonio Penafiel. Inscribed by Penafiel. First published in 1559. Second edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 5.When the Franciscans arrived in Michoacan in 1525, they found a new challenge, the language of the natives of the region, whom they came to call Tarascans was different... Read More
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Chess Problems Volume XVI (Numbers 2626-2811) Original Workbook
by Gilbert S. Dobbs (1867-1941)
186 pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5") bound in quarter red cloth and black pebbled boards with Dobbs hand written title to front cover. Original manuscript.Gilbert Dobbs, throughout his interest in chess composition, kept log-books of his composition. This is one of the many log-books he created. It has at least one problem for each page of the book. He numbered these as he composed them. The problems were hand stamped with solutions below. As some became... Read More
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Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39; Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important and Fertile Districts; with Observations on the Aboriginal Inhabitants, etc.
by Grey, Charles [PSEUD William Wolfe] (1812-1898)
2 Volumes: Volume I, xiv+412 pages with black and white frontispiece, 5 color and 5 black and white plates, 11 in text illustrations, 2 maps in pocket. Volume II, viii+482 pages with color frontispiece, 10 black and white plates, 17 in text illustrations, lacks four page prospectus for Gould's Birds of Australia. Royal Octavo (" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. [Ferguson 3228] First edition.Grey is best known for his expeditions in the... Read More
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The Pawn
by Harmer, Charles H (editor)
2 volumes. 96 pages with diagrams; 40 pages with diagrams. Quarto (11" x 7 3/4") issued in wrappers. (Betts: 7-58) First and only publication.The Pawn was published by Charles H Harmer, fortnightly in four page issues. The publication was dedicated primarily to local chess news throughout the United States, focusing on local clubs, matches and events. The problem editor was L P Lawson and Lee Edwards assisted in annotating games.Condition:Volume one lacks numbers 2, 3 and 16. Volume two lacks... Read More
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A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the northern ocean: Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772.
by Hearne, Samuel (1745-1792)
Samuel Hearne was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Oceanxliv+458 pages with two (of four) engraved plates after drawings by the author (both folding) and four (of five) folding engraved maps. Quarto (11 3/4" x 9 3/4") bound in full leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine. (HillI, page 141. Sabin 31181) First edition.Manuscript journal was found by La Pérouse when he captured Fort Albany; later one of his... Read More
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Voyage de la baye de Hudson. Fait en 1746 & 1747, pour la Découverte du Passage de Nord-Ouest. Contenant une description exacte des Côtes & l'Histoire Naturelle du Pays, avec une Relation historique de toutes les Expéditions faites jusqu'ici
by Henry Ellis (1721-1806)
2 volumes. 182 pages with fold out frontispiece map and three additional folding engravings; 319 pages with seven folding engravings. half-titles in each (title pages improperly marked, first volume as second and vice versa). Duodecimo (6 1/2" x 3 1/2") bound in original publisher's full uniform contemporary French sponged calf, with gilt-tooled spines. First French edition after the 1748 English edition.Henry Ellis was a traveler, hydrographer, and colonial governor, returned from Italy in 1746, just in time to find an... Read More
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Portugal and Gallicia with a Review of the basque provinces; and a few remarks on Recent Events in Spain
by Herbert, Henry John George, Earl of Carnrvon (1800-1849)
2 volumes: xx+362 pages; iv+452 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5") bound in half leather over marbled boards with five raised spine bands with gilt lettering, end pages and page ends marbled, spine in decorative gilt. Second edition.Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon FRS (June 8, 1800 - December 10, 1849), known as Lord Porchester from 1811 to 1833, was an British writer, traveler and politician. Herbert was born in London, the eldest son of Henry George... Read More
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Segunda Parte de la Historia General del Mundo, de XV años del tiempo del Senor Rey don Felipe II el Prudente, desde el ano del MDLXXI hasta el de MDLXXXV
by Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de (1549–1626?)
[xlii]+[blank]+630 pages. Quarto (11" x 7 3/4") bound in original vellum. Second edition after the first published in Madrid in 1601.Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas published Historia general del Mundo, written in the time of Philip II and divided into three parts, each of which is divided into books, and each book into chapters. The first part covers the years from 1559 to 1574 (although it begins with the marriage of Philip II, before his accession, to Mary I of... Read More
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The Chess Montly
by Hoffer, Leopold (1842-1913) J H Zukertort [editors]
iv+380 pages with illustrations, diagrams, tables, and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in half brown leather with gilt lettering to spine and blue marbled boards. From the library of Dino Ruggieri. Volume VIII (8). (Betts: 7-25). First edition.The Chess Monthly of Great Britain was one of the first to give properly annotated games. The principal editor, Leopold Hoffer, was helped enormously by having J H Zukertort as co-editor until his death in 1888. There were four... Read More
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De originibus americanis
by Horn, Georg (1620-1670)
This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details.[xx]+282 pages with title printed in red and black. Duodecimo (6" x 3 3/4") bound in full leather with blind stamped ruled edges. (Sabin 33014. TPL 6327. Field 717. JCB II 418. Leclerc 290. Rahir 2056. Graesse III 370. Winsor I 369-70) First edition.One of the principal works in the celebrated literary dispute over the origins of the American aborigines. The controversy began in 1642, when Dutch jurist, Hugo... Read More
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