Catalogue 32
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An Unusually Fine Example Of An
Early American Backstaff
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HAM, James. Backstaff, fruitwood frame with two boxwood arcs. 1759.
Rare, early American-made back-staff, one of the principle
instruments of navigation throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.
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MEDINA’S MANUAL OF COMPASS-NAVIGATION, IN FRENCH
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MEDINA, Pedro (de) / NICOLAI, Nicolas (de). L'art de nauiguer de Maistre Pierre de Medine, Espaignol : contenant toutes les reigles, secrets, & enseignemens necessaire, à la bonne nauigation, traduict de castillan en Françoys…. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1554.
Very rare first edition of the first significant practical treatise on trans-Atlantic navigation in French.
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PORCACCHI, Thomaso. L'isole piu famose del Mondo. Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1590.
Excellent enlarged edition of one of the most beautifully engraved Italian island books of the sixteenth century.
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SAINT VALLIER, Jean Baptiste de la Crois de Chevrieres de,. Estat present de l’eglise et de la colonie fracoise dans La Nouvelle France. Lettre de M. L’Eveque de Quebec. . Paris, Robert Pepie, 1688.
Rare first edition of an account of an early trip to Quebec by Saint Vallier, the second Bishop of the Province and immediate successor to Laval.
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"The Prince of Travelers"
With 31 Full-Page Engravings
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VALLE, Pietro della. Reiss-Beschreibung in unterschiedliche Theile der Welt, nemlich in T, Egypten, Palestina, Persien, Ost-Indien und andere weit entlegene Landschaften. Geneva, Johann Herman Widerhold, 1674.
First German edition of Della Valle's account of his 11-year pilgrimage to Turkey, India and the Middle East, published as a series of 54 letters.
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