Description:
North America and Far West Exploration, 1654, 1772, and 1850, Three Volumes.
Vincent le Blanc's (1554-1640) De Vermaarde Reizen, Amsterdam: Hendriksz and Rieuwertsz, 1654, quarto, engraved title, illustrated with seven full-paged engravings in the text, preliminaries and beginning of text leaves damaged and repaired, bound in contemporary full parchment, dry and reflexed, boards contorted, front joint starting, 8 x 6 1/4 in.
Antonio de Ulloa's (1716-1795) Noticias Americanas, Madrid: de Mena, 1772, first edition, octavo, full contemporary sheepskin with marble-figured leather and gold-tooled spine, edges stained bright yellow, marbled end leaves, 7 3/4 x 5 in.
Ulloa was a member of the Royal Society, an astronomer, and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana (1766-1768). In this work, he writes of his experiences in Peru and Ecuador, including early ethnographic information about the indigenous population.
[and] Bayard Taylor's (1825-1878) Eldorado, London: Routledge, 1850, later edition, not illustrated, two volumes issued together, later half-leather, title and prelims crudely guarded, 6 1/2 x 4 in.
Estimate $300-500
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