Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Bordone, Benedetto Isolario. Nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'Isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere, & in qual parte del mare stanno, & in qual parallelo & clima giaciono. Con la gionta del Monte del Oro novamente ritrovato. Venice: Nicolò d'Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1534 Small folio (300 x 203 mm). Roman types, with 112 woodcut maps, including 4 double-page maps of the world, Venice, the Mediterranean, and the Venetian Archipelago, full-page world map with wind roses, smaller maps across two-pages of Sicily, Crete, Cyprus, and Euboea, red and black letterpress title with ornamental woodcut border, woodcut initials; scattered staining, occasional pale spotting, wormholing at front and rear, title page remargined at head and along inner edge at gutter, a split in the paper just below the date, a short tear at tail next to the gutter, small paper repair to head of leaf AA4, the last leaf with staining, wormholing, and paper repairs. Contemporary brown morocco with gilt ruled panel and corner devices, spine gilt ruled into six compartments with center tool in each; light rubbing and wear, with a few wormholes in the boards, restorations to joints, spine ends, edges and corners, the hinges renewed. Second edition of this geographical compendium with historically significant New World maps, including the earliest description in book form of Pizarro's conquest of Peru. The author Bordone, born in Padua, worked in Venice as a geographer, cartographer, illuminator, and wood-engraver. It is believed that he was the creator of the first globe printed in Italy. First published by Nicolò d'Aristotile detto Zoppino in 1528 under the title Libro di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona de tutte l'isole del mondo, the present work, the second edition overall, marks the first appearance of the new title. The publisher reused the same wood-blocks for the maps. An Aldine edition with the same title but different woodblocks followed in 1547. This work offers an illustrated guide to islands and peninsulas of the Atlantic ocean, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and the Far East. Bordone's Isolario derives from several manuscript prototypes, Buondelmonti's Liber insularum Archipelagi of 1420, Da Li Sonetti's Isolario (c.1485), and Ptolemy's Geographia. This work is notable for its wide scope, spreading beyond Europe into the newly-discovered areas in the Americas. In addition to text which includes the first mention in book form of Pizarro's triumph, the maps of the area are also particularly important. These include a plan of the city of Mexico (Temistitan), showing it before the conquest by Cortes. The "Terra de Lavoratore" map (on the verso of leaf VI) contains what is considered the first printed map of continental North America. The verso of leaf XII contains a map of Hispaniola, and the following leaf bears a map of Jamaica on the recto and one of Cuba on the verso. Other Caribbean islands depicted include Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique. Also notable are the four double-page maps of the world (one of the earliest oval-projection world maps); Europe and northern Africa; the eastern Mediterranean; and Venice and the surrounding lagoon. This work also includes one of the earliest European representations of Japan. REFERENCES Adams A-2482; BM, Italian, p.120; Borba de Moraes I, p.112; Brunet I, 112; European Americana 534/2; Burden 8; Harrisse Bav 187; JCB (3) 1:112; Mortimer, Italian 82; Phillips, Atlases 162; Sabin 6419; Sander 1230; Shirley 59; Skelton, Introduction to Libro . . . de Tutte l'Isole del Mondo, passim

View 1 of Lot 468: Bordone, Benedetto | The 1534 edition of Isolario, with important New World maps

bordone, benedetto | the 1534 edition of isolario, with important new world maps

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[Arts décoratifs ─ Mobilier] Magazzino di Mobilia o sia serie di modelli di mobilia di ogni genere. Florence, Società Calcografica, [1798-1799-1802 ?]. In-folio (311 × 215 mm). Demi-basane brune, plats de papier marbré, dos orné de fers dorés (Reliure du milieu du XIXe siècle). Rare édition originale entièrement aquarellée à la main. Pages d'introduction et description des planches, avec texte sur 2 colonnes (paginées I-LVI [p. XVII-XVIII blanches], puis 3-6, 5-8). 36 planches hors texte coloriées à la main sur papier bleu (les 2 avant-dernières sur papier blanc), avec rehauts de gouache blanche. Importante publication florentine consacrée au mobilier d'inspiration étrusque ou néoclassique, le Magazzino di Mobilia parut en plusieurs livraisons, chacune comportant quelques pages de texte et de 4 à 6 planches rehaussées. Cette parution se reflète dans la présentation matérielle du volume, où les planches sont disposées par groupes entre les pages de texte explicatives. On distingue plusieurs livraisons successives : [Première année, 1798 ?], 3 cahiers, avec 13 planches (n° I-XIII, texte p. I-XXVI, voir notamment p. XXV détaillant le contenu des trois "Quaderni") ;[Deuxième année, 1799 ?] : 3 cahiers, avec 12 planches (n° XIV-XXV ; texte p. XXVII-L) ;[Troisième année, 1800 ?] : 1 cahier, avec 4 planches (n° XXVI-XXX, texte p. LI-LVI) ;[Quatrième année, sans date] : 2 cahiers, avec 6 planches (n° I-IV et 2 sans numéro ; texte paginé 1-8). Après les trois premières années, ces cahiers constituent un "secondo volume del nostro magazzino", p. 3). Ils sont publiés quelque temps après : entre-temps, la parution avait été interrompue par les événements qu'a connu l'Italie ("Se le tumultuose circonstanze dell'Italia hanno per qualche tempo sospesa la continuazione de un'Opera...", p. 3).In fine, a été ajoutée une planche comportant 3 figures, datée "Paris An 10" (1801-1802), portant le titre "Meubles et Objets de Goût n° 2". Cette publication présente des modèles de mobilier (commodes, fauteuils, tables, bureaux), des objets décoratifs (argenterie, céramique, candélabres, luminaires, etc.), ainsi que des projets d’aménagement intérieur (boiseries, plafonds peints, drapés, moulures, portes, cheminées, ferronneries, etc.). On y trouve également des modèles de carrosses et de folies de jardin. Au début du volume figure un "Manifesto" de la Società Calcografica, daté du 15 novembre 1798, à propos du projet de réimpression par la Società du livre sur les vases étrusques d'Hamilton ; cette page est imprimée en caractères cursifs, sur un papier rouge pompéïen, dans un bel encadrement orné d'une vignette. Ce texte est aussi repris dans l'une des livraisons (p. LVI).

View 1 of Lot 4: Magazzino di Mobilia o sia serie di modelli di mobilia di ogni genere. Florence, [1798-1799-1802 ?]. In-folio. 36 planches aquarellées. Rare édition originale.

magazzino di mobilia o sia serie di modelli di mobilia di ogni genere. florence, [1798-1799-1802 ?]. in-folio. 36 planches aquarellées. rare édition originale.

Parkinson, Sydney A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship the Endeavour. London: Printed for Stanfield Parkinson, 1773 Large 4to (333 x 271 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait, 26 plates, map of New Zealand; scattered light spotting, generally quite mild but with a few more pronounced instances, offsetting from the plates. Contemporary polished calf ruled in gilt, edges tooled in gilt, spine panels decorated in gilt, with gilt red morocco label, edges stained yellow; a few scuffs and some light fading to boards, wear to extremities with corners bumped, joints starting, front hinge cracked, losses at the spine ends, and a chip to corner of the spine label. Parkinson's important illustrated account of Cook's first voyage, with handsome plates and the rare explanatory remarks. An attractive, wide-margined copy of the first edition, with the rare section of Explanatory Remarks by John Fothergill in a very fine contemporary calf binding. Parkinson accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage to the South Pacific and New Zealand, serving as draughtsman under naturalist Joseph Banks. As botanical artist for the Endeavor voyage, Parkinson produced a large number of magnificent botanical and natural history drawings of Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. His untimely death near the end of the voyage while en route from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope resulted in a dispute between his brother Stanfield and Banks over ownership of his manuscripts and drawings. When Hawkesworth learned of the impending publication of this work, he sought and received an injunction to prevent its appearance until sometime after the official account was issued. Hawkesworth went so far as to omit mention of Parkinson's name from the official account, and even failed to give him credit for his botanical illustrations. The present work stands as the most attractive of the unofficial accounts of Cook's first voyage. It contains extensive descriptions of Australia and New Zealand, and is the first work to properly identify the kangaroo by name. The handsome plates are from Parkinson's drawings, depicting natives of Tierra del Fuego, Tahiti, and New Zealand; scenes in Tahiti and New Zealand; and native artifacts. Also included are several vocabularies of South Sea languages. This first edition was published in 1773. Some years later, Stanfield Parkinson went insane and the unsold sheets of the book were sold to Dr. Fothergill, who added a section of "Explanatory Remarks" and a Postscript in order to counter Stanfield's ill-tempered preface. The present copy includes this rare section of extra text, almost never seen with the first edition. It also bears a distinguished provenance, with the bookplate of John Smyth of Heath Hall. Smyth (1748–1811) had a prolific public career, serving as a Member of Parliament and the Board of Trade, a Lord of the Treasury, Master of the Royal Mint, and Lord of the Admiralty. REFERENCES Beddie 712; Hill 1308; Holmes 7; Sabin 58787; Davidson, A Book Collector's Notes, pp. 54-6; NMM I:564; O'Reilly & Reitman 371; Kroepelien 944; Cox I, p. 58; Bell P100; Streeter Sale 2406 PROVENANCE John Smyth of Heath (bookplate on front pastedown)

View 1 of Lot 494: Parkinson, Sydney | First edition of this illustrated narrative of Cook's first voyage

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