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94 ANTIQUITATES AMERICANE sive Scriptores Septentrionales rerum Ante-Columbianarum in America . . . Edidit Societas Regia Antiquariorum Septentrionalium [Latin and Danish]. By C. C. Rafn. 18 plates [4 maps, 8 fac-similes, and 6 plates of monuments, &c.]. Royal 4to, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges. Hafniæ, 1837 Imperial paper. Published by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries,

with list of subscribers and other additional matter at the end of the volume.
The author would prove on documentary evidence that the ancients had
knowledge of America.

ANTONIO (D. Nicolao). BIBLIOTHECA HISPANA Vetus [et Nova] sive Hispani Scriptores qui ab Octaviani Augusti ævo ad annum Christi MD. floruerunt [et Anno MD. ad MDCLXXXIV. floruere Notitia] . . . curante Francisco Perezio Bayerio, &c. 4 vols., folio, calf extra, by Clarke & Bedford. Matriti, 1783-8

96 ANTUNEZ y Acevedo (D. Rafael). MEMORIAS HISTÓRICAS Sobre la Legislacion y Gobierno del Comercio de los Españoles con sus Colonias en las INDIAS OCCIDENTALES. 4to, calf. Madrid, 1797

97 [APES.] The EXPERIENCE of WILLIAM APES . . . comprising a Notice of the Pequod Tribe of Indians. Written by Himself. 18mo, half roan. New York, 1829

98 APOSTOLICOS ALFANES de la Compañia de Jesus, escritos por un Padre de la Misma Sagrada Religion de su Provincia de Mexico, 4to, polished calf extra, gilt leaves, by Zachnsdorf.

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Barcelona, 1754

APPOLONII (Levini). DE PERUVIE, Regionis, inter Novi Orbis provincias celeberrimae inventione: & rebus in eadem gestis, Libri V. ad Jacobum Claroutium Maldeghemmæ ac Pittemiæ Dominum. Brevis, exactaque Novi Orbis, & Peruviæ regionis chorographia Map of America. 8vo, vellum. Antwerpiæ, 1567

Autograph of Zwinglius, the reformer, at foot of title-page.

APPONYI (Flora Haines). The LIBRARIES of CALIFORNIA: Containing Descriptions of the Principal Private and Public Libraries throughout the State. Fac-similes. 8vo, cloth. San Francisco, 1878

IOI [APIANUS.] COSMOGRAPHICUS Liber Petri Apiani Mathematici studiose collectus. Numerous curious woodcuts, maps and geometri

cal and astronomical diagrams, with Volvelles and other movable pieces. 4to, morocco, gilt over red leaves, by Riviere.

B. A. V., No. 127.

Landshutae, 1524

First Ed. Title, 5 prelim. leaves and 104 numbered leaves. Apian was the designer of the map which appeared in the celebrated work of Camers upon Solinus in 1520. The above has two small maps (fols, 2 and 63) which bear the delineation and title of America; and the fourth chapter of the second part (fol. 66) is an article devoted wholly to America and Vespucci, ignoring the name of Columbus.

102 [APIANUS.] COSMOGRAPHIE INTRODUCTIO: cum quibusdam Geometriæ ac Astronomiæ principiis ad eamrem necessariis. Cuts. Small 8vo, polished calf, gilt leaves, by Matthews.

B. A. V., No. 150. Colophon dated 1533.

Ingolstadii, 1529

103 [APIANUS.] COSMOGRAPHIE INTRODUCTIO cum quibusdam Geometriæ ac Astronomiæ principiis ad eamrem necessariis. Sphere on title. Small 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt leaves, by Bedford. Venetiis, 1533

B. A. V., Add. 100. The above copy has the "cat and mouse" device of Melchior Sissa at the end.

104 [APIANUS.] COSMOGRAPHIE INTRODUCTIO cum quibusdam Geometriæ ac Astronomiæ principiis ad eamrem necessariis. Woodcut figures; also maps at folio 29-30. Small 8vo, polished calf, gilt leaves, by Matthews. Venetiis, 1535

B. A. V., No. 202.

105 [APIANUS.] PETRI APIANI COSMOGRAPHIA, per Gemmam Phrysium, apud Lovanienses Medicum ac Mathematicum insignem, restituta. Additis de adem re ipsius Gemmæ Phry. libellis, ur sequens pagina docet. The same illustrations as in the first edition. Antwerpæ, 1539

4to, vellum cloth.

B. A. V., No. 229.

In addition to the matter of the 1st Ed. this (2d Ed.) has some extra astronomical disquisitions by Gemma Phrysius, and a description of Peru (verso of fol. 44), which had been recently discovered by the Spaniards (1530). The figure on the small map (verso of folio 3) has also been improved.

106 [APIANUS.] LA COSMOGRAPHIE de Pierre Apian, libure tres utile, traictant de toutes les regions & pays du monde par artifice Astronomicque, nouvellement traduict de Latin en Français. Et

par Gemma Frison, &c.

world added. 4to, vellum.

Woodcuts as before, with map of the [66 leaves.] Anvers, 1544

B. A. V., No. 253. The most important addition to the above edition is the large map at folio 26, which shows a wonderful advance in the knowledge of the New World's Geography.

107 [APIANUS.] The same, with finer map, but less perfect diagrams. Half vellum. Anvers, 1544

108 [APIANUS.] COSMOGRAPHIA Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium Additis euisdem argumenti libellis ipsius Gemmæ Frisii. Woodcuts as before, and the large map (fol. 30-31). 4to, morocco, gilt over red leaves, by Riviere. Antwerpiæ, 1545

The large map differs from that in the Anvers edition of 1544 simply in the marginal inscription.

109 [APIANUS.] The same, without the large map. 4to, vellum, cloth. Antwerpiæ, 1545

Bound at the commencement of this copy will be found-"Arithmetica Practicæ Methodus Facibus, per Gemmam Frisium," &c. Antwerpiæ, 1540.

110 [APIANUS.] Libro de la COSMOGRAPHIA de Pedro Apiano el qual trata la descripcion del Mundo, y sus partes, por muy claro y lindo artificio, augmetado pol el doctissimo varon Gemma Frisio. Agora nuevamete traduzidos en Romace Castellano. Woodcuts and large map, as before. 4to, vellum. [72 leaves.]

Enveres, 1548

III [APIANUS.] COSMOGRAPHIA Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta. Additis eiusdem argumenti libellis ipsius Gemmæ Frisii. Woodcuts and large map, as before. 4to, vellum, uncut. [68 leaves.] Antwerpiæ, 1550

B. A. V., 298.

112 [APIANUS.] COSMOGRAPHIA . . . Annotationibus marginalibus illustrata. Additis eiusdem argumenti libellis ipsius Gemmæ Frisii. Woodcuts and large maps, as before. 4to, calf. [68 leaves.] Coloniæ Agrip., 1574

113 [APIANUS.] The same edition, but an inferior copy. Vellum. Coloniæ, Agrip., 1574

114 [APIANUS.] LA COSMOGRAPHIA de Pedro Apiano, corregida y anadida por Gemma Frisio . . . Et Sitio y Descripcion de las Indias y Mudo Nuevo, facada dela Historia de Francisco Lopez de Gomara, y dela Cosmographia de Jeronymo Girava Tarragonez. Woodcuts and large maps, as before. 4to, vellum, cloth. [72 (12) leaves.] Anvers, 1575

The additions by Gomara occupy twenty-four pages at the end. 115 [APIANUS.] COSMOGRAPHIA, sive Descriptio universi Orbis, Petri Apiani & Gemmæ Frisii, Mathematicorum insignium, iam demum integritati suæ restituta. Adjecti sunt alii, tum Gemmæ Frisii, tum aliorum Auctorum eius argumenti. Tractatus ac Libelli varii, quorum seriem versa pagina demonstrat. Woodcuts and large map. 4to, vellum. Antwerpiæ, 1584

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Title I leaf, Epistola Dedicatoria 3 pp., Index 11 pp.-pp. I to 480.
Large map at p. 72.
Additions by Gomara, &c., commencing at page 160.
ARCHDALE (John). A NEW DESCRIPTION of that Fertile and
Pleasant Province of CAROLINA: with a Brief Account of its Dis-
covery, Settling, and the Government thereof to this Time, &c.
4to, half morocco. A few leaves have been cut into the text.
London, 1707

ARCHDALE. A NEW DESCRIPTION of that Fertile and Pleasant
Province of CAROLINA: with a Brief Account of its Discovery, &c.
8vo, half morocco.
London, 1707, rep., Charleston, 1822

A second title follows p. 33: "Notices of the Early History of South Carolina." Brinley, No. 3839.

ARCHIVO MEXICANO. DOCUMENTOS para la HISTORIA de MEXICO. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco extra, gilt tops, uncut edges.

Mexico: V. G. Torres, 1852-53

In these volumes, the Process against Cortes, with the important testimony of all the witnesses-illustrating not merely the conqueror's life and character, but also many obscure questions in the history of the conquest, &c.—is published for the first time.

119 ARFWEDSON (Carolus David). De COLONIA NOVA SVECIA in Americam Borealem deducta Historiola. ... Map. 4to, morocco antique, gilt leaves, by Matthews. Upsaliæ, 1825

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ARLEGUI (M. R. P. Jose).
S. Francisco de ZACATECAS.

Ramirez, No. 62.

CRONICA de la Provincia de N. S. P.

Portrait. 8vo, half morocco.

Mexico, 1851

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ARMSTRONG (John). NOTICES of the WAR of 1812.

12mo, half morocco.

122 [ARNOLD.]

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1812. 2 vols., New York, 1836-40

PROCEEDINGS of a GENERAL COURT MARTIAL for the Trial of Major-General [Benedict] Arnold: with an Introduction, Notes and Index. Portrait on India paper. 4to, boards, New York, 1865

uncut.

Large paper copy. Only 35 privately printed.

ARNOLD (Samuel G.). An HISTORICAL SKETCH of MIDDLETOWN,
R. I., from . . 1743 to . . . 1876. 8vo. Newport, 1876

ARNOLD (Thomas). INTRODUCTORY LECTURES on MODERN HIS-
TORY . . . with the Inaugural Lecture . . Second Edition.
8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1843

Speaking of the American Revolution, the lecturer says (p. 273): “When the time arrives at which a colony is too great to be dependent, distance making union impossible with a mother country at the end of the earth, the only alternative is complete separation.”

ARREST DE LA COUR DE PARLEMENT, donné, à la Chambre des Vacations, pour le rabais des Chapeaux de Castor. Post 8vo (4 leaves), cloth.

Paris, 1634

An exceedingly rare, and probably unique tract, relative to beaver skins.

126 ARSCOT (Alexander). Some CONSIDERATIONS relative to the PRESENT STATE of the CHRISTIAN RELIGION. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, calf. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1732

127 [ARTICLES OF PEACE.] AUTHENTIC COPIES of the Provisional and Preliminary Articles of Peace signed between Great Britain, France, Spain and the United States of America. 8vo.

London, 1783

128 A[SH] (T[HOMAS]). CAROLINA; or, a Description of the Present State of that Country, and The Natural Excellencies thereof, &c. 4to, calf. London, 1682

Tall copy. Menzies, $46.

129 A[SH]. Another copy. 4to, crimson levant morocco extra, gilt leaves, by Pratt. Water-stained.

London, 1682

The above copy is a waif from both the Bodleian Library and British Museum.

130 A[SH]. Another copy.

Half morocco.

London, 1682

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