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1792041336Madrid: Imprenta Real 1792. No consta edición. Tapa dura. Good. 469 pp. 15 x 21 cm. Buen estado. Bordes y esquinas rozados. Excelente estado de conservación del papel blanco limpio y con amplios márgenes. Cortes tintados. Imprenta Real hardcover
180054439London:: Printed For J. Wright Piccadilly By John Dean 1800. 1800. First edition in English. 4to. Translated from the original Spanish by Maurice Keatinge. Leather and boards viii 514 1 pp. frontispiece map preface. One of the most important firsthand accounts of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Written by Bernardo Diaz del Castillo a foot soldier who served under Hernan Cortes during the expedition that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire. The book covers the expedition from Cuba to Mexico in 1519; first encounters with Indigenous peoples along the Gulf Coast; the alliance with the Tlaxcalans; the march to Tenochtitlan; meetings between Cortes and Moctezuma II; the uprising in Tenochtitlan and the retreat known as the La Noche Triste; the siege and fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521; etc. The book provides detailed descriptions of Indigenous cities markets and customs; military operations and logistics; relationships among Spanish commanders; daily life of common soldiers; the cultural shock experienced by Europeans encountering Mesoamerican civilization; etc. Encyclopedia Britannica: "Bernal Diaz del Castillo 1495 – 1584 was a Spanish soldier and author who took part in the conquest of the Aztec nation. Diaz's account is written in an unassuming colloquial style and has both historical and artistic value." A.S.W. Rosenstock 19 #193: "All the later histories of America have acknowledged their debt to Bernal Diaz and his work has been acclaimed one of the most valuable source books of the period." The author was an original member of Cortez’s expedition to conquer the Aztec nation. He was involved in the initial planning stages all the way to its culmination. One of the most important sources on the conquest of the Aztec Empire and Mexico. The original leather spine label is missing but a new leather label approximating the original has been placed inside this copy. Retains the original leather boards which exhibit perimeter wear. Internally there are repairs to the hinges with some toning of the text but remarkably free of foxing. In all a very good copy. Printed For J. Wright, Piccadilly, By John Dean, 1800. hardcover
18007582CBLondon, Cook, o.J. (um 1800). Kl.-8°. Mit 5 Frontisp., 5 gestochenen Titel und 11 ganzseitigen Kupfertafeln. Lederbände der Zeit mit reicher Rückenvergoldung. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 7582CB|7582CB_2 5 Bände. [2 Warenabbildungen]
171521226London 1715. Broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Disbound. Small folio. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. A rare political leaflet petitioning Parliament for relief of warrant officers who had fought in the recent War of the Spanish Succession. In March 1715 the House of Commons ordered that a list of all the regimental and warrant officers be drawn up but by the time of this document's printing numerous warrant officers had not been entered into the list and rumors had begun to circulate that they would therefore not be receiving expected compensation for their service. "Besides the Nature of several of the Warrant Officers Posts was such as they could not be put on a Regimental List viz. Directors of Hospitals Commissaries Officers who have lost their Limbs and many other Officers whose particular Hardships Pretensions and Disappointments are more at large set forth and specify'd in their several Warrants. So that their Condition is very deplorable." This is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC lists only two copies at Oxford and the University of Missouri.<br/> <br/> Hanson 2212. unknown
171521225London 1715. A petition to Parliament by the officers of Lieutenant General George Hamilton's Regiment of Foot seeking pay due for services abroad in the War of the Spanish Succession. Lord George Douglas-Hamilton 1666-1737 was a Scottish Williamite officer during the Glorious Revolution who later married William III's mistress Elizabeth Villiers became a confidant of William was created Earl of Orkney in 1696 was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1714 and in 1736 was the first British general promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. In 1701 at the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession Hamilton led the First Regiment of Foot the Royal Scots to the Netherlands where the regiment fought for the remainder of the war. Despite their long service and the high position of Hamilton the officers suggest in the present petition that having been so long overseas they had been forgotten by the British government and charge that they had not received their pay even after frequent petitions. The document is an early example of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC records four copies two at the British Library one at Oxford and one at the National Library of Scotland. unknown
1790988AGO.J. (um 1790). Kupferstich von L. Noceret nach J. Maea. Bildgrösse: 29 x 18 cm. Plattengrösse: 36 x 25 cm. Blattgrösse: 44 x 32,5 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 988A-Gr
180088BGO.J. (um 1800). Kupferstich (Brustbild). Bildgrösse: 18 x 16 cm. Blattgrösse: 28 x 21 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, Abb.
176910906Antwerpen, De Tournes, 1769. "Lex.-8° (25-30 cm). 2 Bll., 589 S.; 1 Bl., 698 S." Pergament der Zeit
176965316Antwerpen, Herman de Tournes 1769.
1779154781Spain: 1779. Visually appealing manuscript offering a valuable insight into the Spanish naval empire in the Caribbean Fascinating official service record of don Francisco Ximenez Parrado an officer of the Spanish Navy who served during the War of Jenkin's Ear 1739-48. This detailed account signed by Parrado enumerates his services from 1721 to 1779 listing naval campaigns many of them in the Americas. During his career Parrado participated in a range of operations; coastal patrols surveys and some significant naval engagements particularly against the British. In 1729 Parrado joined the Fuerte 60 under don Domingo Justiniani which sailed from Cadiz on 19 December in company with the two-decker frigate Nuestra Señora del Carmen 54. En route to Cartagena the two ships passed Tobago the coasts of Trinidad Margarita Cumana and Caracas. Once at Cartagena they commenced cruising the coasts of Terra Firme Spain's mainland possessions from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico in search of illicit traders. In less than a year they had captured some six frigates and seven sloops carrying contraband off the coast of Venezuela. During the Summer of 1736 Parrado was in the Conquistador under don Blas de Lezo which was under repair in Spain before its embarkation for Cartagena early in 1737 with 1891 tons of cargo and brigadier don Jose Ambrosio the new governor of Chile aboard. The Conquistador remained at Cartagena on coast guard duties until she was scuttled by de Lezo during the battle of Cartagena in 1741 as part of the blockade of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's massive invasion assault. British failure here was to prove one of the pivotal moments of the War of Jenkins's Ear. Parrado is shown as having stayed in Cartagena until 1744 after which it seems he joined don Benito Antonio de Espinola in Havana taking part in the 1745 commissioning voyage of the Santa Teresa de Jesus 64 better known as the Dragon. The manuscript details an engagement in that year with an unnamed British vessel of 60 guns "quese avisto diferentes vezes frente del Puerto" "had been seen several times outside the port ". The Dragon's main mast was split and she was forced the quit the battle. The document also notes Parrado's presence in Tortuga Cabo de San Antonio Puerto Rico and Havana during 1746. The record details Parrada's career under four headings: Empleos "Employments" Campañas "Campaigns" outlined in chronological order Comiciones en que fue Empleado "Commissions in which he was employed" and Funciones en la America "Dutiess in America". Parrado seems to have occupied seven different positions during his career showing a clear ascent through the ranks ; Marinero Agregado a los Pilotos "Sailor attached to the pilots" Arnillero "Gunsmith" with a note that he continued in his role with the pilots Pilotín "Pilot's Assistant" Segundo Piloto "Second pilot" Primer Piloto "First pilot" Alférez de Navío "Frigate lieutenant" a junior watch officer and Teniente de Fragata "First lieutenant" a full lieutenant. Parrado later became the principal teacher at the School of Navigation in Cartagena. This fascinating document offers some welcome insight into a single career during a time of considerable conflict taking place on a world-wide stage. 4 pp. manuscript in neat clearly legible hand on a single bifolium elaborately engraved cartouche to the first page incorporating a three-master atop and enclosing a tabulated manuscript summary of Parrado's postings and positions. Light toning and minor staining. A very good example. Clowes The Royal Navy vol. 3. unknown
1701ABC_48243Amsterdam 1701. Small 4to ca. 20 x 15 cm. Nicolas Chevalier Contemporary limp vellum with the manuscript title on the spine and a paper shelf mark label at the foot. With a general title and 2 divisional titles for ad 6 and ad 11 all with a woodcut vignette further with 2 hand-coloured engraved maps 1 folding engraved plate and several woodcut initials. 12 parts in 1 volume. 134 pp. Collection of very rare pamphlets and printed letters published under a collective title on the actual political circumstances of Northern Europe in the years 1699-1701 especially in connection with the death of the Spanish King Charles II born in 1661 in 1700 leading to the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714. The work includes 2 maps of Flanders and a folding plate of the Battle of Narva which took place on 30 November 1700. Although the pamphlets and letters were printed separately the present collection appears to be very rare as we have not been able to find any other copies with the same contents.Charles died childless. His possessions would go to one of his brothers-in-law: the French King Louis XIV 1638-1715 or the German Emperor Leopold I 1640-1705. Both had agreed already beforehand that they would divide Charles heritage to avoid disturbance of the European balance of power. In his last will however Charles had appointed the grandson of Louis XIV as his successor named from now on Philip V of Spain 1683-1746. The Treaty of The Hague affirmed this in 1701. With the deaccession stamp of the "Bibliothèque municipale de Nîmes" on the title page and its shelf mark label at the foot of the spine. The vellum at the foot of the spine with a tear the boards are somewhat stained. The leaves are occasionally browned and foxed. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Knuttel no. 14.510 ad 1 14.543 ad 6 14.588-14.589 ad 9 14.538 ad 10 and 14.538 a comparable collective title page with the imprint "Amsterdam Daniel de la Feuille 1701" with various texts ca. 78 pp.; STCN 317179241 1 copy the same general title page but with only 3 letters all different from ours. hardcover
17604757Cadiz 1760. Hardcover. Very Good. Charmingly printed little book. Quite scarce. <br/><br/> Cadiz hardcover
1797030640Leipzig: G. L. Goethe 1797. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Xii 398 Pp Errata Page At End. Original Binding And Endpapers Marbled Boards. Binding Worn And Frayed At Corners And Edges But Quite Solid Entirely Intact; Pages Aged But Square And Clean No Wear Or Damage. Scarce; Only Three Institutional Holdings Identified In Worldcat. <br/> <br/> G. L. Goethe hardcover
17662863<p>London J. & R. Tonson in Strand 1766. HBNO DJ ISSUED Brown LEATHER 1766 4th edition some Fox Front COVER DETACHED & 1st few pages are Detached SPINE STRIP MISSING BOOK GOOD- AS-IS Interior GOOD- AS-IS NOJACKET Translators preface By Jarvis is XXiV pgs Exact title of preface The Translators Preface also included Supplement to Translator preface XXXViii pgs 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 IN. SOME pgs have margin chips out & Fox slight wrinkling 279 PS. Front COVER DETACHED SPINE STRIP MISSING B/W FRONTISPIECE & Ilustrations FOXED Wear Inner Hinges starting SLIGHTLY ONE VOLUME ONLY Full-Leather.</p> London, J. & R. Tonson in Strand hardcover
1760WB19204Spain 1760s. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Contempoary vellum. Wonderful manuscript on paper consisting of several sections each illustrated with hand-drawn folding diagrams many of which quite intricate. This work can be assuredly connected to Jesuit professor Cristiano Riegen of the Reial Academia de Ciencies Exactes in Madrid as there are several mentions of his name in each work. The manuscript is one that clearly took great effort and the drawings are finely executed. <br/><br/> hardcover
1714AQ23536En Amberes i.e. Antwerp: Por Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen 1714. 8 336 331-680pp 2. Text complete despite erratic pagination. Handsomely bound in nineteenth century russia tooled in gilt and blind A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate in sanguine superimposed on an earlier bookplate of Thomas Merthyr Guest to FEP An early eighteenth century revised edition of the first part of Gines Perez de Hita's 1544-1619 Historia de los vandos de los Zegries y Abencerrages 1595-1619 widely considered the first Spanish historical novel. The book's portrait of the chivalrous Moorish family of the Abencerrages did much to establish the stereotype of the romantic Moor in European literature. Thomas Merthyr Guest 1838-1904 Welsh industrialist and landowner husband to author and benefactor Lady Theodora Guest née Grosvenor 1840-1924. . 8vo. Por Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen unknown
17901110042194xbvkNo place (Madrid?), Ruiz, 1790. 284 pages. - Original marbled full leather binding with gentle gilt spine-decoration and goldstamped title on gilt-decorated red spinelabel, marbled endpapers; sm.-8vo.(ca. 15 x 8 cm).
