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AMERICANA
M. PI.
124 DRAKE, Fr., circumnavigator and admiral, ca. 1540— 1 596, portrait
(breastpiece) in oval, having the two hemispheres in front and
6 Latin verses below. Copper-engraving. 14x10 cm. Crispin de
Passe sc. 1598. 70 —
An extremely rare piece. Very well preserved. On the reverse there is an owner’s
inscription of 1756.
125 FLUDD, alias de Fluctibus, R., utriusque cosmi metaphysica,
physica atque technica historia. — Idem, tractatus secundus de
naturae simia seu technica macrocosmi historia in ptes. XI divisa.
4 vols. With 2 frontisp. and 275 engrav. Folio. Oppenheim
1617—18. Half vellum. 206 pp. + 3 11. — 788 pp. 5 11. 250 —
First eddition. Besides treating of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, physics and
technics the work includes chapters on music (Tract II 2 de templo musicae), pain-
ting (II, 5), astrology (II, 10). The plates are full with curious illustrations. In the
second work (p. 541) there is a map exhibiting the north-eastern extremity of America.
126 FORSTER, G., kleine Schriften. Ein Beytrag zur Völker- und
Länderkunde, Naturgeschichte u. Philosophie des Lebens. 6 parts.
With 19 copper-plates engr. by D. Berger a. o. (12 of which after
Chodowiecki) and 2 charts. Sm. 8 vo. Leipz. u. Berlin 1789—97.
Contemp. half calf. 86 —
Not in Sabin. Contains amongst others: Die Nordwestküste von Amerika u. der
dortige Pelzhandel (vol. II p. i — 224). Vorläufige Schilderung des Nordens von Amerika
(III p. 1 —158) etc.
127 — voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop,
Resolution commanded by Capt. J. Cook, 1772—75. 2 vols.
i large folding chart of the Southern Hemisphere. 4 to. London
1777. Calf. (One cover loose.) 60 —
Sabin 25 130. “Forms a necessary adjunct to Capt. Cook’s voyages.” •
128 — I. R., Bemerkungen üb. Gegenstände d. phys. Erdbeschreibung,
Naturgesch. u. sittl. Philosophie auf s. Reise um die Welt ge-
samlet. Übers, v. G. Forster. With 2 maps and i table. Berlin
1783. Boards. 80 —
Sabin 25 132. Esteemed German edition containing a detailed account of the cul-
ture of the South Sea Islanders as compared with that of the natives of America.
129 — Reise um die Welt 1772—75 in dem von Cook geführten
Schiffe Resolution, hrsg. v. G. Forster. 2 vols. With 11 plates.
4 to. Berlin 1780. Half calf. 80 —
Sabin (25 131) quotes only the edition of 1778. Somewhat stained, title-page to vo-
lume I supplied in facsimile, the map is missing.
130 — Tagebuch einer Entdeckungsreise nach der Südsee 1776—80
unter Anführung von Cook, Clerke, Gore und King. With
1 engraving and i map. Berlin 1781. Boards. 48 —
Sabin 25 142.
131 FRANKLIN. — Chalkley, Th., collection of the works. 2 parts
in i vol. Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin and D. Hall, 1749.
Contemp. calf (back somewhat cracked). 3 title-pages, XIII,
590 pp- 330 —
Sabin 11745. Evans 6297. Books printed by Franklin are very scarce.
132 FLORIDA. — Garcilaso de la Vega, la Florida del Inca.
Historia del adelantado Hermando de Soto, governador y capitan
general del reino de la Florida, y de otros Caballeros espanoles
1 M. = 1 sh. = $ 0,24 == Schw. fr. 1,25 = Holl. fl. 0,60 = Schw. Kr. 0,90.
AMERICANA
M. PI.
124 DRAKE, Fr., circumnavigator and admiral, ca. 1540— 1 596, portrait
(breastpiece) in oval, having the two hemispheres in front and
6 Latin verses below. Copper-engraving. 14x10 cm. Crispin de
Passe sc. 1598. 70 —
An extremely rare piece. Very well preserved. On the reverse there is an owner’s
inscription of 1756.
125 FLUDD, alias de Fluctibus, R., utriusque cosmi metaphysica,
physica atque technica historia. — Idem, tractatus secundus de
naturae simia seu technica macrocosmi historia in ptes. XI divisa.
4 vols. With 2 frontisp. and 275 engrav. Folio. Oppenheim
1617—18. Half vellum. 206 pp. + 3 11. — 788 pp. 5 11. 250 —
First eddition. Besides treating of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, physics and
technics the work includes chapters on music (Tract II 2 de templo musicae), pain-
ting (II, 5), astrology (II, 10). The plates are full with curious illustrations. In the
second work (p. 541) there is a map exhibiting the north-eastern extremity of America.
126 FORSTER, G., kleine Schriften. Ein Beytrag zur Völker- und
Länderkunde, Naturgeschichte u. Philosophie des Lebens. 6 parts.
With 19 copper-plates engr. by D. Berger a. o. (12 of which after
Chodowiecki) and 2 charts. Sm. 8 vo. Leipz. u. Berlin 1789—97.
Contemp. half calf. 86 —
Not in Sabin. Contains amongst others: Die Nordwestküste von Amerika u. der
dortige Pelzhandel (vol. II p. i — 224). Vorläufige Schilderung des Nordens von Amerika
(III p. 1 —158) etc.
127 — voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop,
Resolution commanded by Capt. J. Cook, 1772—75. 2 vols.
i large folding chart of the Southern Hemisphere. 4 to. London
1777. Calf. (One cover loose.) 60 —
Sabin 25 130. “Forms a necessary adjunct to Capt. Cook’s voyages.” •
128 — I. R., Bemerkungen üb. Gegenstände d. phys. Erdbeschreibung,
Naturgesch. u. sittl. Philosophie auf s. Reise um die Welt ge-
samlet. Übers, v. G. Forster. With 2 maps and i table. Berlin
1783. Boards. 80 —
Sabin 25 132. Esteemed German edition containing a detailed account of the cul-
ture of the South Sea Islanders as compared with that of the natives of America.
129 — Reise um die Welt 1772—75 in dem von Cook geführten
Schiffe Resolution, hrsg. v. G. Forster. 2 vols. With 11 plates.
4 to. Berlin 1780. Half calf. 80 —
Sabin (25 131) quotes only the edition of 1778. Somewhat stained, title-page to vo-
lume I supplied in facsimile, the map is missing.
130 — Tagebuch einer Entdeckungsreise nach der Südsee 1776—80
unter Anführung von Cook, Clerke, Gore und King. With
1 engraving and i map. Berlin 1781. Boards. 48 —
Sabin 25 142.
131 FRANKLIN. — Chalkley, Th., collection of the works. 2 parts
in i vol. Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin and D. Hall, 1749.
Contemp. calf (back somewhat cracked). 3 title-pages, XIII,
590 pp- 330 —
Sabin 11745. Evans 6297. Books printed by Franklin are very scarce.
132 FLORIDA. — Garcilaso de la Vega, la Florida del Inca.
Historia del adelantado Hermando de Soto, governador y capitan
general del reino de la Florida, y de otros Caballeros espanoles
1 M. = 1 sh. = $ 0,24 == Schw. fr. 1,25 = Holl. fl. 0,60 = Schw. Kr. 0,90.
