Van Berkel's Voyage is very interesting for the knowdledge of the manners and customs in South America, and illustrated with very fine plates; the first pl. or titelprint represents the fight of a man with a tiger. The 2d work is not by the renowned Captain and traveller P. v. d. Broeck. See Tiele: pp. 236-241. 93 Bernhard, Herzog zu Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Reise durch NordAmerika. Herausgeg. von H. Luden. Weimar, 1828. 2 vols. in 1. cloth, plates and maps. roy. 8vo. Fine paper. 94 3.50 Reize naar en door Noord-Amerika. Uit het Hoogduitsch. Dordr. 1829. 2 vols. sd., plates. 8vo. (8.80) 3.25 Dutch translation of the preceding. Beschrijving d. Engelsche Volkplantingen. 1776. See: European Settlements. 95 Beschrijvinge van eenige voorname kusten in Oost- en West-Indien, als Zuriname, Nieuw-Nederland, Florida, Kuba, Brazil, Suratte, Madagascar, Batavia, Peru en Mexico. Van haar gelegentheid, aart en gewoonte dier volkeren, enz. Door verscheidene liefhebbers gedaan. Leeuwarden, M. Injema, 1716. hf. vellum. 4to. (Asher No. 19.) 18. (Description of some principal coasts in East- and West-India, as Surinam, New-Netherland, Florida, Cuba, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, etc. On their situation, the manners of the inhabitants, etc. By various amateurs.) Though only a compilation, nevertheless highly interesting volume. The description of New-Netherland (taken from Melton) fills p. 50-76. 96 Beuckelaar (C.) Spiegel voor de Jeucht... d. wreede tyrannijen... ghepleeght in Hoogh-Duytschlandt, Nederland,.. West-Indien en 't eyland v. Formosa. Middelb. 1664. 4to. Very rare. 8. (Mirror for youth... of the bloody tyrannies committed in Germany, Holland, the West-Indies and the Island of Formosa.) BIBLIOGRAPHY. 97 Allen (E. G.) Bibliotheca Americana; catal. of books relat. to See: New 98 - Bibliotheca Americana. Catalogue of a valuable collect. of 3372 books and pamphlets relat. to the history and geography of America and W.-India, by J. Russell Smith. Lond. 1853. 8vo. 99 100 101 1.50 Binney (W. G.), Bibliography of North-American Conchology previous to the year 1860. Washingt. 1863–64. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. 10.Catalogue de la Bibliothèque Américaine de Mr. C. F. P. de Martius. Munich, 1848. 4to. Lithogr. Rare. 1.75 Catalogus biblioth. per 40 annos in Europa et America coll. Berol., W. Besser, 1850. 8vo. 1.50 ,,Aborigines Americae septentr., Aboriginum Amer. septentr. linguae et antiquilt., Dialectologia Ital., Angl., Belg., Scandinav., Lusit., Hispan., Ital., et Gall., etc. 102 Harrisse (H.) Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima. A description of works relative to America, published between 1492-1551. New-York, 1866. sd. uncut. Imp. 8vo. 50.50 Most useful and interesting work, with minute and learned descriptions and collations. The titles of the scarcest works are reproduced in Gothic type in the form of the original. Mr. E. Tross of Paris will publish a very interesting additional volume. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 103 Le Clerc (Ch.) Bibliotheca Americana. Catalogue raisonné d'une collection très-précieuse de livres sur l'Amérique et les Philippines. Paris, 1867. 8vo. 1.75 Very valuable catalogue, with the collation of each work and ample biblio. graph. and other notes. 5.50 104 105 Same work, with the prices of the sale, held at Paris. Rich (Ob.) and Sons' Catalogue for 1848, cont. 1500 books relat. to America. Lond. 1848. 12mo. 1.50 106 - Roorbach (O. A.) Supplement to the Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of American publications 1852-55. N. York, 1855. cloth. 8vo. 107 108 109 110 111 (8.75.) 5. Sabin (Jos.) Dictionary of Books relating to America. New-York, 1867-70. part. I-XIV. (A-Cabeça.) sd. roy. 8vo. 58. Highly creditable and very useful work by an eminent practical bookseller, who presented his country with this precious fruit of his long and useful labours. The present parts contain no less than 9770 titles, nearly all with exact collations and a host of bibliographical and other notices. Tiele (P. A.) Bibliotheek van Nederl. Pamfletten. Eerste afdeeling: Verzameling van Frederik Muller. Amst. 1858-61.3 vols. 4to. 15 (Library of Dutch Pamphlets. First part: Collection of Frederik Muller.) This valuable Bibliography, comprising the Dutch pamphlets, publ. in the years 1482-1702, contains not less than 9668 titles, chronologically arranged, with exact descriptions, bibliographical, and other notices, etc. For the American collector it is of high interest, as it contains not only all the pamphlets, mentioned in Asher's Essay, but many others, which though not directly treating of the Dutch American colonies are indispensable to the knowledge of the history of the Netherlands, in conjunction with that of the colonies. Before the publication of this Catalogue of my collection by my young friend Mr. Tiele, now Librarian at the University of Leiden, the Dutch pamphlets were not at all valued, sold in large lots, etc.; by this catalogue the general attention was turned to them and their high interest was more and more appreciated. Tiele (P.A.) Mémoire bibliographique sur les journaux des Navigateurs Néerlandais, réimprimés dans les collections de De Bry et de Hulsius et dans les collections Hollandaises du 17e siècle, et sur les anciennes éditions Hollandaises des journaux de navigateurs étrangers; la plupart en la possession de Frederik Muller. Amsterd. 1867. 8vo. 7.50 The same, large paper. Only fifty copies printed on very strong Dutch paper. Out of print and rare. 14.Dedicated to Jam. Lenox, Esqu.. of New-York, who furnished many valuable contributions to it from his rich Library. A very useful and creditable book containing the exact bibliographical description, with valuable historical notes, of my very rare and curious collection of old Dutch voyages, formed with great expense and trouble during 17 years, and the first bibliography of old Dutch voyages. The original text of each voyage is conferred with the translations given by De Bry, amply showing the immense superiority of these originals in text, plates and maps, to the poor editions of De Bry, whose greatest merit consists in forming one single collection; the translations given by Hulsius are by far superior. The references: Tiele No... to many books in the present catalogue (for inst. at No. 7, Acosta etc.) refer to this bibliography. Trömel (P.) Bibliothèque Américaine. Catalogue raisonné d'une collection de livres précieux sur l'Amérique. Leipzig, 1858. 8vo. With list of prices. 1.50 BIBLIOGRAPHY. 112 113 114 Very valuable catalogue, with exact collations of all books and extensive notes, showing much literary and bibliographical erudition. As the preface states, by far the greater part of this collection was brought together by me and sold en bloc to Mr. Brockhaus at Leipzig in 1857 for fl. 4300.Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American literature. London, 1855. cloth. 8vo. XXXII, 108 pp. Essay of the following larger work. 8vo. -.80 Bibliographical guide to American literature. Lond. 1859. hf. calf. (11.—) 8.Highly interesting (especially for the extra-Amer. public) for the precious and diversified information about American literature of this century. Wulp (J, K. van der) Catalogus van de Tractaten, Pamfletten, over de geschiedenis van Nederland, aanwezig in de Bibliotheek van Isaac Meulman. Amsterd. 1866-68. 3 vols. bds. roy. 4to. Strong Dutch paper. Privately printed. 17.50 enz. (Catalogue of the Tracts, Pamphlets etc., on the history of Netherland, in the Library of Isaac Meulman.) A most valuable supplement to my Library of Pamphlets (No.108) going to the year 1713, and containing 9407 pamphlets not mentioned in my publication. Both works together give the astonishing number of 19077 pamphlets, (including all the various editions of one No.), published in the very small 7 United Provinces from 1500 to 1713. The collector of the pamphlets was Mr. Is. Meulman, (broker in Sugar at Amsterdam, deceased in 1868) who directed Mr. van der Wulp to compile this Catalogue. Privately printed, in 300 copies, never put into commerce, and only distributed to friends and libraries at home and abroad. - The collection itself, of 19106 pamphlets, including (with some very few exceptions) also all those collected by me, is now at the Library of the University of Gand (Belgium). Notwithstanding in the 6 vols. of both these collections of pamphlets 19077 publications are enumerated, I know that there is a vast number, perhaps 1000 pieces more, in various Dutch libraries not mentioned here. These volumes of Meulman are still more interesting to the American collector, than those publ. by Tiele, as they include not only many very rare tracts on America (for inst. the 8vo edition of Joh. Megapolensis' report on the Mohawk Indians, 1644 [No. 2702] but a great number of East and W. Indian voyages, inserted by Mr. Meulman into this collection, although not properly belonging to that class of publications. 115 Bisselii (Joa.) Argonauticon Americanorum, sive historia periculorum Petri de Victoria ac sociorum ejus. Monachii, formis Lucae Straubii, 1647. vellum. 16mo. 116 6.50 Translation of the Relacion de su naufragio... en la costa del Peru... por P. Goveo de Victoria. Madrid, 1610." The original Spanish is a book of extraordinary rarity, of which I have never seen a copy, even in Spain. A German translation was printed at Ingolstadt in 1622 and in 1628. Bisselius has added a long and learned commentary to his translation." Rich. Not in Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana. Priced in Stevens' Nuggets £ 1. 11. 6. 5. 117 Blanc (V. Le), Vermaarde Reizen in Oost- en West-Indien. Door J. H. Glazemaker uit de Fransche taal vertaalt. Amst., Jan Hendriksz. en Jan Rieuwertsz., 1654. 2 vols. in 1. hf. vellum, 6 plates. 4to. (Famous voyages in the East- and West-Indies, translated by Glazemaker). Vol. II. pag. 96-101, 108-116 Voyages in Brazil etc. 118 Blodget (Lorin) Climatology of the United States and of the temperate latitudes of the North American Continent, embracing a full comparison of these with the climatology of the temperate latitudes of Europe and Asia. Philadelphia, 1857. sd., many isothermal and rain charts. roy. 8vo. (17.-) 11.119 [Blome (B.)] L'Amerique Angloise, ou description des isles et terres du roi d'Angleterre dans l'Amerique. Avec de nouvelles cartes de chaque isle et terre. Trad. de l'Anglois. Amsterd., A. Wolfgang, 1688. vellum, 7 maps. sm. 8vo. Fine copy. 8. „Ce qui donne une valeur particulière à cette traduction, ce sont les cartes qui sont mieux faites que celles de l'original." Trömel No. 339. Both Trömel and Ternaux mention 6 maps; my copy has seven. The 7th map represents New England, New France, New Scotland, New Britain, Greenland. 120 Englisches America... Beschreibung aller Länder u. Inseln, so der Cron Engeland in West-Indien zuständig sind. Leipzig, J. Grossens Wittbe, 1697. hf. vellum, 2 plates and 1 map. 12mo. 11.50 This German translation differs largely from the French one. It contains pp. 1-203 a history of the English navigations to America which is not in the French edition. Very rare, not in Trömel's Bibl. Amér. nor in Stevens' Nuggets. 121 Boelen (J.) Reize naar de Oost- en Westkust van Zuid-Amerika, en van daar naar de Sandwichs- en Philippijnsche eilanden, enz. Amsterd. 1835-36. 3 vols. hf. calf neat, maps and plates of costumes, partly coloured. 8vo. (16.80.) 7.50 (Voyage to the Eastern and Western coasts of South-America, and thence to the Sandwichs- and Philippine islands.) 122 The same, sewed, uncut. 5.75 123 Boëmo (Giov.), I Costumi, le leggi et l'usanze di tutte le genti. Divisi in tre libri. Trad. per Lucio Fauno. Venetia, 1585. vellum. 12mo. 8.50 This Italian translation contains a supplementary 4th book by G. Giglio, on the costumes, manners etc. of the Indians of the New World. This treatise is not in the Latin and French editions. - 124 Bonn (A. C.), Over de Mastodonte van den Ohio. (Haarl. 1809. Extr.) 8vo. 2 pl. 1. (On the Mammouth of the Ohio.) 125 Bordone (Bened.) Isolario nel qual si ragiona di tutte le isole del mondo, con li lor nomi, historie, etc. Ricorretto et di nuovo ristampato, con la giunta del Monte del Oro nouamente ritrouato. In Venetia, Franc. di Leno, (1537.) vellum, title mounted. fol. (Harrisse No. 221.) 24.Containing a large number of maps in woodcut. At the end is the copy of a letter from the Prefetto of New Spain, giving an account of the conquest of Peru by Pizarro in 1533. At pag. 10 is a plan of the large city of Temistitan (Mexico), pag. 13 map of Jamaica and Cuba, p. 14 map of Guadelupe, etc. This is one of the first publications relating to Peru. 126 Bos] (L. V[an] D[en]) Leven en daden der doorluchtighste zeehelden en ontdeckers van Landen deser eeuwen, beginnende met Chr. Colombus... en eyndigende met M. A. de Ruyter. Amst., J. Claesz. ten Hoorn, 1676. 2 vols. in 1. vellum, portraits and plates. 4to. 7.50 (The lives and deeds of the illustrious naval heroes and discoverers of countries during these centuries, beginning with Columbus and finishing with M. A. de Ruyter.) Contain. the portraits of Columbus, Piet Heyn, Heemskerk, Wassenaer, Tromp, Loncque, de Ruyter, etc. See for a complete index of the biographies, contained in this edition: Trömel's Bibliotheque Améric. No. 366 and Sabin No. 6440. The life of de Ruyter contains a succinct account of the conquest of New-Netherland by the English, and of the resolutions of the States General taken on this act of open hostility. (Asher No. 355.) 127 B[os] (L. V[an] D[en]). The same, same edition. calf gilt, fine copy. Large paper. Rare. 17.50 128 [-] Leven en daaden der doorluchtigste zee-helden, beginnende met de tocht na Damiaten in 1217, en eindigende met M. A. de Ruyter, vertoonende alle de voornaamste zeedaden der Hollanders en Zeelanders. Amsterd., Jan ten Hoorn, 1683. hf. calf, portraits and plates. 4to. 10. (Lives and deeds of the illustrious naval heroes, beginning with the expedition to Damiate in 1217, and finishing with de Ruyter, showing all the principal actions on sea of the Dutch.) This work is generally believed to be a second edition of No. 126, but on a close inspection it is a quite different book. The work of 1676 contains biographies of illustrious navigators of all nations, that of 1683 gives only those of Dutchmen, but in a more ample and extensive way, with addition of many lives not contained in the former edition, and accounts of all the principal Dutch naval achievements so that it may be called a general Naval history of the Netherlands. All the plates of the 1676 edition, relating to foreigners, are omitted, many others, by John Luiken, added. The importance of this work for America is considerable. rare. 129 Same edition. vellum. Beautiful copy on thick large paper. Very 22.50 130] Leben u. tapffere Thaten der berühmtesten See-Helden u. LandErfinder unserer Zeiten, angefangen mit Chr. Colombo. In Hoch-Teutsche Sprache reinlich übergebracht von M. Krämer. Nebst Anhang von E. Francisci. Nürnb., 1681. vellum, plates and portraits. 4to. 8.50 German translation of the Dutch work of 1676, No. 126, with the same plates, and a supplement by Francisci, (p.1009-40), contain. the lives of F. and L. Almeyda, Albuquerque, Tristan and Nuno Acuna. The German edition is scarcer than the original Dutch. 131 Bosch (G. B.), Reizen in West-Indië en door een gedeelte van Zuiden Noord-Amerika. Utrecht, 1829-43. 3 vols. sd. 8vo. (fl. 10.95.) 4.(Voyages in the West-Indies and through part of South- and NorthAmerica.) 132 The author was Protestant minister at Curaçao. The same. Vol. I. II. (West-Indies.) 1829-36. 8vo. 2.75 133 Bosch (J. v. d.) Nederlandsche bezittingen in Azië, Amerika en Afrika. 's Hage, 1818. 2 vols. 8vo. Thick paper, uncut. With Atlas of 12 maps in roy. fol. · Rare in this state. (36.-) 15.— (The Dutch possessions in Asia, America and Africa.) Vol. II, pp. 172-252 treat of America. Ordinary paper. 2 vols. Without Atlas. 3. 135 BOSTON. 136 Bowditch (N. I.) Suffolk surnames. 24 edition enlarged. Boston, 1858. cloth. 8vo. 3.50 A very interesting work, compiled from the Registry of Deeds and the Probate office" of Boston, from the first 1827, and containing names of the first colonists, means Boston and its immediate vicinity. settlement down the year etc. Suffolk County Drake (S. G.) History and antiquities of Boston, from its settlement in 1630 to the year 1670. With a history of the discovery and settle |