Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/41
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    73 Kingsley (Charles) At Last: a Christmas in the. West Indies, ilusts., er. 8vo., cl., 1887 | 38 74 Laet (Joannes De) L#riyck VERH#L van de VERRICHTINGHEN der GEO- CTROYEERDE West-InpiscHre ComPAGNIg, in derthien Bcecken, Eerste Deel Boek I.-ITI. (1624-26), uitgegeven door S. P. L’Honore Naber, met portret, vier Kaarten en platen en een overzichtskaart der Antillen, 8vo., cl., The Hague, Lanschoten Vereeniging, 1931 £1 75 Las Casas (B. de) Le Mrrorr dela TyrRANNIE ESPAGNOLE per- petrée aux INDES OCCIDENTALES. . . aussi la description des terres, peuples, etc., engraved title (bottom edge shaved) and. plates, Amsterdam, 1620—bound up with CLOPPENBURGH (J. E.) Le Miroir de la CRUELLE et horrible TyRANNIE ESPAGNOLE perpetrée aux Pays Bas, etc., engraved title (shaved) and plates, Amst., 1620—and another work—3 vols in one, sm. 4to., contemporary calf (slight repairs) #7 With coat-of-arms on the sides of Charles de Bachi, Marquis d’Aubais, and his book plate. Las Casas, who earned the title of the ‘‘ Apostle of the Indians,” describes the cruel treatment of the natives by his fellow-countrymen, which resulted in the extermination of the Caribs. 754 Lopez de Gomara (Francisco) Hisroria della Nuove Inprr OccIDENTALI, con tutti i discoprimenti, tradotta nella Italiana da A. di Cravaliz, italic letter, printer's device on title, sm. 8vo., original vellum, Venice, F. Lorenzina, 1560, RARE £3 10s Called on title “ Parte Seconda,’ but most copies have this erased. Lopez de Gomara was Chaplain and Secretary to Cortes during the Conquest of Mexico. His work as a historian is of great importance, since much of it is based upon documents which have since disappeared. The above volume describes the discoveries of Columbus, the Settlement of the West India Islands (Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba), Conquest of Peru by Pizarro, etc. 76 Loven (Sven) Oricins of the Tatnan Cutturre, Wesst INDIES, with map and 19 plates, roy. 8vo., wrappers, Goteborg, 1935 A revised second edition in English, of the original German edition, 1924. An important contribution to the study of the primitive peoples of the West Indian Islands, There are chapters on Immigration, Ancient Indian Monuments, Stone Artifacts, Ceramics, Towns and Houses, Agriculture, Navigation, Furniture, Dress, Religion, Burial Customs, etc. 77 Lowe (Joseph) An Inquiry into the Srarz of the British West INp1Es, 8vo., hf. cl., 1807 10s Distress in the W. Indies and its alleviation. 78 Lowe (Percy R.) A Natrurauist on Desert IsLanps, portraits, plates and 3 maps, 8vo., ci., 1911 7s A Cruise amongst uninhabited West Indian Islands (including Swan and Blanquilla), with many observations on animal and bird life 79 [Macarty (Capt. )] An AppEaL to the Canpour and Justice of the Prope of ENGLAND in behalf of the West Inp1A Mmrcuants and PLANTERS, 8vo., un- bound, 1792 10s Defending Planters from charges of cruelty to their Slaves. 80 Manington (George) The West Inptes, with Brrrisn Guiana and BritisH Honpvuras, with map and illusts., 8vo., cl., 1925 5s 81 Maps.—Arrowsmiru (A.) Cuart of the Wust InpigEs and SPANISH DomMINIONS in Nort America, 2 large folding sheets, outlines coloured, 1803 £1 10s 82 Brion de la Tour (M.) Carte des Istms ANTILLES, 30 by 204 in., coloured, 1782 5s 83 ——— Jansson (J.) WINDWARD IsLanps, from Puerto Rico to Trinidad, decorative title, with triton, mermaids, d&c., old colouring, 20 by 16 tn. (1656) 12s
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