SOUTH AMERICA]. ACUNA, CHRISTOVAL DE. Voyages and Discoveries in South America. The First up the River of the Amazons to Quito in Peru... The Second up the River of Plata, and thence by Land to the Mines of Potoso by Mons. Acarete... The Third from Cayenne into Guiana, in search of the Lake of Parima, reputed the richest Place in the World. By M. Grillet and Bechamel. Done into English from the Originals... London, 1698. 8vo, 187 x 114 mm., contemporary calf, joints repaired, light browning. First English Edition, 2 engraved folding maps. Sabin 152; Wing V-746 -- LABAT, JEAN BAPTISTE. Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amerique, contenant l'Histoire Naturelle de ces Pays, l'Origine, les Moeurs, la Religion et le Gouvernement des Habitans Anciens et Modernes... The Hague, 1724. 6 volumes, 8vo, 159 x 95 mm., contemporary calf, light wear to some spine ends. Second edition, 91 engraved plates (some folding) and 1 large folding engraved map. Sabin 38410. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LE PAGE DU PRATZ, ANTOINE SIMON. Histoire de la Louisiane contenant la decouverte de ce vaste Pays: sa Description Geographique... l'Histoire Naturelle... Paris, 1758. 3 volumes, 12mo, 166 x 100 mm., contemporary calf, defective. FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved folding maps and 38 (of 40) engraved plates, some folding. Sabin 40122. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MOLINA, JUAN IGNAZIO. The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili... with... an Appendix containing copious Extracts from the Araucana of Don Alonzo de Ercilla. Middletown, Connecticut, 1808. 2 volumes, 8vo, 213 x 130 mm., contemporary marbled calf, rebacked. First English Edition, one engraved folding map. Sabin 49893; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6206. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- BEAUMONT, J.A.B. Travels in Buenos Ayres and the Adjacent Provinces of the Rio de la Plata. London, 1828. 8vo, 223 x 140 mm., cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Beaumont on title: "To Mr. Beckford with the Authors regards June 1868". Enngraved folding map. Sabin 4194 -- MILLER, KENNETH L. South America Revisited. Buenos Aires, 1946. 8vo, modern half cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by Miller on title. An ALS by Miller laid in. (14)
SOUTH AMERICA]. ACUNA, CHRISTOVAL DE. Voyages and Discoveries in South America. The First up the River of the Amazons to Quito in Peru... The Second up the River of Plata, and thence by Land to the Mines of Potoso by Mons. Acarete... The Third from Cayenne into Guiana, in search of the Lake of Parima, reputed the richest Place in the World. By M. Grillet and Bechamel. Done into English from the Originals... London, 1698. 8vo, 187 x 114 mm., contemporary calf, joints repaired, light browning. First English Edition, 2 engraved folding maps. Sabin 152; Wing V-746 -- LABAT, JEAN BAPTISTE. Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amerique, contenant l'Histoire Naturelle de ces Pays, l'Origine, les Moeurs, la Religion et le Gouvernement des Habitans Anciens et Modernes... The Hague, 1724. 6 volumes, 8vo, 159 x 95 mm., contemporary calf, light wear to some spine ends. Second edition, 91 engraved plates (some folding) and 1 large folding engraved map. Sabin 38410. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LE PAGE DU PRATZ, ANTOINE SIMON. Histoire de la Louisiane contenant la decouverte de ce vaste Pays: sa Description Geographique... l'Histoire Naturelle... Paris, 1758. 3 volumes, 12mo, 166 x 100 mm., contemporary calf, defective. FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved folding maps and 38 (of 40) engraved plates, some folding. Sabin 40122. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MOLINA, JUAN IGNAZIO. The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili... with... an Appendix containing copious Extracts from the Araucana of Don Alonzo de Ercilla. Middletown, Connecticut, 1808. 2 volumes, 8vo, 213 x 130 mm., contemporary marbled calf, rebacked. First English Edition, one engraved folding map. Sabin 49893; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6206. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- BEAUMONT, J.A.B. Travels in Buenos Ayres and the Adjacent Provinces of the Rio de la Plata. London, 1828. 8vo, 223 x 140 mm., cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Beaumont on title: "To Mr. Beckford with the Authors regards June 1868". Enngraved folding map. Sabin 4194 -- MILLER, KENNETH L. South America Revisited. Buenos Aires, 1946. 8vo, modern half cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by Miller on title. An ALS by Miller laid in. (14)
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