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Sabin 38 411. Ledere 1323. „The most copious that we possess on the Antilles;
very full on the natural history of those Islands.“ The works treats principally of
Guadeloupe and Martinique, but includes also smaller Islands; of some of them this is
the only early Information we possess. With accounts of the cultivation of tobacco,
sugar, indigo etc. — Some 11. very slightly spotted, otherwise good copy.
80 Laet, J. de, novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis 11. XVIII.
C. frontisp., 14 tab. geogr. et 60 fig. Fol. Lugd. Batav., Elzevirii, 1633.
Old vellum. — 16 ff., 690 pp., 9 ff. 520.—
Sabin 38 557. Willems 382. Phillips 1149. Rodrigues 1352.
The first Latin edition. „Laet’s work was the Standard atlas of the
Western hemisphere for nearly a Century and a half. The text embodies the dis-
coveries of Champlain, Lescarbot, Acosta, Hakluyt, Herrera. and others, but its special
value consists in its maps of North America, New England, and New Netherlands,
from which succeeding writers copied. In the map of Virginia we find marked „N.
Amsterdam“, „Manhattan“, „Helle Gat“ etc., one of the earliest appea-
rances of New York and its surroundings in printed maps.“
Good clean copy.
81 Lafitau, J. Fr., soc. Jesu, meeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparees aux
moeurs des premiers temps. 2 vols. With frontisp., 1 map and 41 plates.
4. Paris 1724. Old calf, gilt back, with arms on sides. 160.—
Sabin 38596. Leelerc 321. Dionne II, 367. First edition. Gives very extended and
exact details of the customs, manners and religion of the savages of America, though
principally of the Indians of Canada. The author was a French jesuit missionary
among the Iroquois Indians of Canada (1700—5). — The binding a little rubbed, some
11. very slightly spotted, otherwise a fine copy with broad margins.
82 Lahontan, Bar. de, nouveaux voyages dans l’Amerique Septentrionale.
2 tomes en 1 vol. Av. 2 frontisp., 2 (au lieu de 3) cartes et 22 planches
gr. 12. A la Haye 1703—05. Anc. veau, dos dore. 48.—
Sabin 38 638, 38 642. — Ledere 737 ff. — Vol. I en premiere, vol. II en deuxiöme
edition, av. „dictionaire de la langue des sauvages“ (p. 311—36). Exemplaire un peu
tache, il manque dans vol. II: pp. 13—16 et 1 carte.
83 Lenguas de America, manuscritos de la Real Biblioteca (pubbl. p. M.
Gomez del Campillo). Tomo I. 4. Madrid 1928. 30.—
Este vol. contiene la reproduccion exacta del texto de los siguientos manuscritos:
Arte y vocabulario de la lengua achagua, 1762. — Vocabulario para la lengua aruaca,
1765. — Vocabulario de Espanol a caribe, 1789. ■— Vocabulario de la lengua ceona. —
Traduccion de algunas voees de la lengua guama, 1788. — Cathesismo en guarani y
Castellano. — (Hay rotura) de aspanyol y guarauno, 1789.
Tirada de 600 ejemplares.
84 M’Kenney, Th. L., and J. Hall, history of the Indian tribes of North Ame-
rica, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs.
3 vols. With 120 col. lithogr., 1 map and lithogr. subscriber’s list. Fol.
Philadelphia 1837—44. H.-mor. 1100.—
Lipperheide 1616. — Very fine copy of the orig, edition.
85 Mackenzie, A., Reisen von Montreal durch Nordwestamerika nach d. Eis-
meer u. d. Süd-See 1789 u. 93. Nebst e. Gesch. d. Pelzhandels in Canada.
M. Portr. u. 1 Karte. Hamb. 1802. Hldrbd. d. Zt. 42.—
Sabin 43 418. Schönes Expl.
85a Manifest oder Erklärung vorgebracht bey seiner Hochheit dem Protector
Olivier Cromwell von seinen Räthen. In dem Nahmen der Republic, die
Gerechtigkeit derselben gegen die Spanier betreffend. 4. Without place,
1655. 16 pp. Red mor. 460.—

KARL W. HIERSEMANN, LEIPZIG, KÖNIGSTR. 29. KAT. 612