AMERICANA. CARIBBEAN. SOUTH AMERICA. CARIBBEAN SEA. - Lot 300

AMERICANA. CARIBBEAN. SOUTH AMERICA. CARIBBEAN SEA. Lot of 9 titles in 12 volumes. LEDESMA, Clemente de. Vida espiritual comun de la Serafica Tercera Orden, - que instituyó serafico, que fundó evangelico y que propagó apostolico N.P. Angelico, y llagado patriarca S. Francisco. Mexico, por Dona Maria de Benavides, 1689. In-8, contemporary soft vellum with lace, handwritten title on spine (soiling, stains and wetness missing from 2 preliminary ff., f. 68 and 208). VEGA, Garcilaso de la. Histoire de la Conquête de la Floride... A Lille, se vend à Paris, chez Geofroi Nyon, 1711. 2 parts in one vol. in-12, (18)-281 pp. (verso of last bl. p.); 249-(10) pp. Contemporary speckled calf, red title-piece, richly ornamented caissons, gilt roulette on the edges, speckled edges (corners rubbed, small epidermis on lower cover and tail-cap, without title-page of 2nd part). Without plates. Translation of La Florida del Ynca by Garcilaso de la Vega, first published in 1709. Ex-libris Joseph Champeaux (?). Sabin, 98748. COUSSIN, J. Eugène de Cerceil ou les Caraïbes. Paris, Igonette, Corbet, Ponthieu, 1824. 3 vols in-12. Contemporary fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated, gilt title and tomaison (corners rubbed, small wormholes at the bit of t.3, freckles). A well-bound copy. LOWENSTERN. Le Mexique, souvenirs d'un voyageur. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1843. In-8, VIII-466 pp. Modern polished brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed with gilt dots, gilt author and title, gilt roulette, cover preserved (sporadic stains). First edition. Sabin, 42506. DÍAZ DEL CASTILLO. Histoire véridique de la conquête de la Nouvelle-Espagne. Paris, Masson, 1877. In-8, (2) ff. (masthead, title), XXXII-952 pp. Paperback, untrimmed (first cover flyleaf, qq. signatures out of order, pp. 361-374 damaged in lower margin). Corrected second edition, with 5 color plates: 4 maps and a hypsometric view of the Andes. WAGNER. Towards the heart of America. Paris, Fischbacher, 1906. In-16, (VIII)-401 pp. Half red chagrin with period corners, spine with raised bands, gilt author and title, decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillet on covers, gilt head (stains on corners, slight foxing on endpapers and edges). Provenance: Marius Demiéville (autograph dispatch from the author to the false title) with an autograph postcard signed by the author to the same. A fine, well-bound copy. GUINNARD. Trois ans d'esclavage chez les Patagons. Récit de ma captivité. Paris, Brunet, 1868. In-12, (3)-V-330 p., 1 folding map, (3) ff. (ed. catalog), frontispiece portrait of the author by Baudran. Contemporary green half-basane, smooth spine, gilt title and double fillet (spine and headbands rubbed, sustained browning, cracks and creases on map). Binding signed Couttenier, bookbinder in Lille. [DELLON, Ch.]. Histoire des dieux qu'adorent les gentils des Indes. With a considerable addition to the history of the Goa Inquisition. A Cologne, chez les héritiers de Pierre Marteau. 1709. In-12, (2) ff. 270 pp. Fawn speckled basane, spine ribbed, red title-pieces, ornate boxes (small wormholes on upper board crossing lower margin to pp.196). Third volume only. [CHETWOOD, William Rufus]. Les Voyages et avantures du capitaine Robert Boyle; où l'on trouve l'Histoire de Mademoiselle Villars, avec laquelle il se sauva en Barbarie. Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1730. 2 volumes in-12. Contemporary mottled tan calf, ribbed spine, title-piece and tomaison, ornate caissons, red edges (corners and 2 headpieces worn, title-pieces of and tomaisons to T. II missing, jaws partly split, wetness to t.1). First French translation of this adventure novel, which includes a Description of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. With 8 black copper-engraved plates, including 2 frontispieces. Provenance: François-Alexis Roux du Bourg (Flanders, 18th c., engraved armorial bookplate). BLESSEBOIS, Pierre-Corneille. Le Zombi du Grand-Pérou ou la comtesse de Cocagne. Parigi, s.n. [Jouaust], 1862. Small in-8, LV-60 pp. Cherry half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt author and title, ornate boxes (rubbed headbands, very slight russeting to fx-title and title). Reprint of the very rare original edition of 1697. Edition of 100 copies, one of 90 on laid paper (n°9). Untrimmed copy. Binding signed [Hering (?) in Strasbourg].