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1. [ACOSTA, Cecilio]. Cosas sabidas y cosas por saberse, ó Federacion Colom-
biana—tolerancia política—universidades e instruccion elemental—y cuestion
holandesa. Caracas: Imprenta de Jesus Maria Soriano y Compañia, 1856.
8°, contemporary plain blue-green wrappers. Wood-engraved vignette
on title page. In very good to fine condition. 31 pp.
$300.00
FIRST EDITION. A sequel of 12 pp. was published in 1858. There appears to be a
1951 reprint, as well as a 1958 reprint of the sequel.
❊ Sabin 16990. Not in Palau, who lists other works by this author. NUC: MH. OCLC:
79174490 (no location given); 46340522 (Harvard College Library, Houghton Library,
Harvard University-Wadsworth House, British Library, Oxford University); 04521964
(British Library). Not located in CCPBE, which cites a single copy of the 1858 sequel in
the Biblioteca Central de Cantabria. Not located in Rebiun, which cites a single copy of
the 1951 edition at the Bibliotecas Hispánica e Islámica-Ciudad Universitária-Madrid, as
well as several locations for a 1958 edition of the sequel. Porbase locates a single copy of
the 1958 edition. Jisc repeats Oxford University and British Library. KVK (51 databases
searched) cites a microfilm of the copy at Harvard (EROMM) and several copies of the
1958 edition.
Earliest Topographical and Historical Study of Guayas, Ecuador
Including Details on Pirates and Indians
With the Famous Plan of Guayaquil
2. ALCEDO Y HERRERA, Dionisio. Compendio historico de la provincia,
partidos, ciudades, astilleros, rios, y puerto de Guayaquil en las costas de la
Mar del Sur .... Madrid: Manuel Fernandez, 1741. 4°, recent antique
burgundy morocco, covers and spine richly gilt, inner dentelles gilt, all
edges gilt, in morocco slipcase with moiré sides. Charming woodcut
tailpieces. Minor soiling on title-page; minor foxing; faint dampstains
at edges of some leaves. In fine condition. (16 ll.), 99 pp., engraved
folding map.
$9,000.00
FIRST EDITION of this important early description of the province of Guayas,
on the coast of Ecuador, whose capital city, Santiago de Guayaquil, was established in
1537 by Francisco de Orellana. The Compendio, the earliest topographical and historical
study of this area, gives accounts of the region’s products, commerce, flora and fauna,
architecture, and shipbuilding.
In the introduction the author discusses the importance of Guayaquil as one of the
major ports of the Spanish colonies in America, mentioning the attacks of English pirates
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such as Drake and Morgan and the measures that had been taken to defend the ports.
A later chapter (pp. 82-90) is devoted to accounts of the English and Dutch pirates who
had attacked the city. Chapters 10 and 11 refer to the Mangache and Colorado Indians.
The folding map, signed by Paul Minguet as engraver, shows the old and new sec-
tions of the city of Guayaquil, locating some 70 points of interest.
Alcedo y Herrera (1690-1777), Spanish historian and geographer, traveled to America
in 1706 with the Viceroy of Peru; after occupying various significant administrative posts
in Mexico and Peru, he later served as Presidente de la Audiencia y Capitán General of
Quito and as Governador General of Tierra Firme. His bureaucratic experience made him
exceptionally well informed on commercial matters in the Spanish colonies.
❊ Palau 6044: notes a facsimile edition of 100 copies, printed in 1946. Medina, BHA
3260. Sabin 686: giving the date of printing erroneously as 1700. Aguilar Piñal I, 118. JFB
A106. JCB (iii) I, 184. Not in Salvá or Heredia.
Fundamental Source on the History of the Estado de Maranhão
Originally Encompassed the Entire North of Brazil from Amazonia to Ceará
*3. BERREDO, Bernardo Pereira de. Annaes historicos do Estado do Mara-
nhão …. Lisbon: Na Officina de Francisco Luiz Ameno, 1749. Folio (30
x 21 cm.), modern quarter morocco over cloth (slight wear to hinges),
spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt letter in second and
fourth compartments, gilt date at foot. Title page in red and black. Large
woodcut initials. In fine condition, except for moderate soiling on the
title-page. Overall in very good condition. (13 ll.), 710 pp. Pages 247
and 275 misnumbered 147 and 175, respectively.
$18,000.00
FIRST EDITION, very rare, of this fundamental source on the history of Maranhão.
Varnhagen called it “um dos mais preciosos livros que ácerca de nossa historia possuimos”
(História geral II, 874) and Borba de Moraes comments, “This first edition is rare and much
sought after, as it is a classic on Maranhão.” The author covers the military, political and
religious events in Maranhão from its discovery until 1718, the year he became its gov-
ernor. The Estado do Maranhão originally encompassed the entire north of Brazil, from
Amazonia to Ceará. The Annaes is an especially important source for the colonization of
Maranhão, for the Dutch in Brazil, and for the bandeirantes—especially the expedition of
Antônio Raposo Tavares, who left São Paulo in 1648, traveled to Paraguay and via the
Guaporé, Mamoré, Madeira and Amazon Rivers to Gurupá in Pará, arriving there in 1651.
Early sections of the book describes Vicente Yanes Pinçon (Vicente Yáñez Pinzón)
and the navigation of the Amazon (which he called Mar Doce). The navigation of other
rivers, such as the Pindaré, is described over the course of pp. 6-15. This includes details
on the navigation of the Pindaré river, which was difficult in the winter and impractical
in the summer because of the lack of water (p. 11).
A riveting, sympathetic, and detailed description of the France Équinoxiale of Daniel
de la Touche, Seigneur de la Ravardière, and Admiral François de Razilly (spelled “Rac-
ily” in this work) occupies pp. 48-71. It describes how their expedition of three ships left
the Port of Cancale (Brittany) with missionaries and “homens de mar, e guerra” on March
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19, 1612. However, the ships encountered such rough seas (which the author attributes
to the devil) that they were forced to dock in England at Falmouth, then Dartmouth,
and then Plymouth in order to repair the ships. The French were well received in those
ports and the ships were repaired. They then travelled on April 23, experiencing good
wind, around England’s Lizard Point (Cornwall), reaching the Canary Islands on May
7th. Technical coordinates are given regarding the ships’ navigation around Africa, past
the Río de Ouro, where they encountered a fishing boat from Bayonne, to Cabo de Barbas,
Cape Verde, and the Coast of Guiné. On June 13th, they were beneath the Equinoctial,
which they passed through without issue “felicidade pouco ordinaria na navegação” (p. 58),
encountering then three great Portuguese ships that were returning from Eastern India.
On June 23rd, they “discovered” Ilha de Fernao de Noronha (p. 58), where they met
a Portuguese man with 17 or 18 Tapuyas (indigenous Brazilians from Pernambuco, who
did not speak the tupi language). The French stayed on the island until July 8th. On July
11th, they reached Brazil, and on July 24th, they discovered Serra de Ibiapaba in north-
eastern Brazil. They encountered another French ship on July 26th, but were suspicious
of the crew because of the prevalence of French pirates in the region (p. 60). They then
prepared entry to the island of Maranhão (p. 61), which they eventually brought under
French control. The French lost control of Maranhão to the Portuguese in 1615 (see also
Grande Enciclopédia, pp. 232-233).
Pereira de Berredo, Governor of Maranhão from 1718 to 1722, was vehemently anti-
Jesuit. Born circa 1680, he died in Lisbon in 1748 while preparing this book for the press.
❊ Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 103. Alden & Landis 749/25: citing copies at DLC,
InU, MnU, OCl, RPJCB, the British Library and Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale. Mindlin,
Highlights 162: “Berredo is one of the classic chroniclers from the north of Brazil. He
describes Maranhão and the Amazon.” Innocêncio I, 382-3; VIII, 396-7. J.H. Rodrigues,
Domínio holandês 159: “Berredo é fonte clássica da história do Maranhão … Sobre a invasão
e espulsão dos holandeses deve ser consultado.” Borba de Moraes & Berrien, Manual
bibliográfico de estudos brasileiros 3941 (this edition), 3275 (Maranhão, 1849) and 3750
(Florence, 1905). Schäffer, Portuguese Exploration to the West and the Formation of Brazil 62.
Streit III, 1260. Palau 218678. Sabin 4967. Griffin, Latin America: A Guide to the Historical
Literature 3369: “important.” Palha 4262. JCB II, i, 915. JCB, Portuguese and Brazilian Books
749/1. Bosch 196. Rodrigues 388. Azevedo-Samodães 2396. Maggs, Bibliotheca brasiliensis
(1930) 218: at £45. Cf. Boxer, The Golden Age of Brazil, pp. 287-9: “classic.”
*4. THE BRITISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PORTUGAL.
Twenty Fourth Annual Report and Review, 1997. Lisbon: The British
Historical Society of Portugal, 1998. 8°, original illustrated wrap-
pers. As new. 220 pp.
$25.00
FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Includes “Lord Salisbury’s Ultimatum,” by Harold
Livermore (pp. 147-72); “Alves Reis and the Portuguese Bank Note Scandal of 1925,” by
Andrew Bull; “The Dutch and the Dutch Portuguese War, 1657-1661,” by J.H. Dalhuisen
(pp. 59-103); and “Mapping in Portugal by French Royalists in the British Army,” by
R.W. Bremmer (114-133). There are a number of other interesting articles, as well as book
reviews, an index to the first twenty three Annual Reports, etc.
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An Absolutely Indispensable Book About the Wars Against the Dutch in
Portuguese America—First Edition, First Issue
5. CALADO, Fr. Manoel. O Valeroso Lucideno, e triumpho da liberdade
…. Lisbon: Impressor Paulo Craesbeeck, 1648. Folio (27.5 x 18.5 cm.),
modern vellum over boards, spine gilt, all edges gilt. Text in 2 columns.
Light dampstains at center and light browning. In fine condition. (8
ll.), 356 pp.
SOLD
FIRST EDITION, first issue, of this account of the restoration of Pernambuco and
the expulsion of the Dutch from Brazil, described by Borba de Moraes as “one of the best
books about the war against the Dutch.” Despite having all necessary licenses, it was
suppressed almost immediately after publication, perhaps due to the influence of the
Jesuits. From 1655 until the late nineteenth century Valeroso Lucideno was on the Index
librorum prohibitorum. (This copy has a contemporary note on the title-page regarding
the 1655 prohibition.) After receiving a new sales license in 1668, Valeroso Lucideno was
reissued by Domingos Carneiro with 2 new preliminary leaves replacing the 8 leaves
of the 1648 issue. The remainder of the work is unchanged: Carneiro undoubtedly used
the unsold copies from the suppressed 1648 issue.
Boxer comments, “Admittedly, Fr. Manuel Calado was no unprejudiced or dispas-
sionate observer. He wrote at white heat, and often with the fighting raging within earshot
of him, between September 1645 and July 1646. But his work is all the more vivid and
graphic for that, and much of it reads very like the front-line dispatches of a first-rate war
correspondent. Apart from his vivid account of the first year of the Pernambuco insurrec-
tion … he gives us a fascinating description of the colony in the days of Johan Maurits.…
[His book] was intended to whip up popular and official support for the Pernambuco
patriots, and it is naturally very one-sided …. [It] remains absolutely indispensable.”
Boxer praises Calado’s pen-portraits (“vivid masterpieces of spite”) and notes that two
other chroniclers, Diogo Lopes de Santiago in his História da guerra de Pernambuco and Fr.
Rafael de Jesus in his Castrioto Lusitano, relied heavily on Calado, often using his work
without acknowledgment. (See The Dutch in Brazil pp. 298-9.)
Throughout the nineteenth century the work was rare but not much sought-after,
since critics found fault with its language. Borba noted in 1973, however, that “of the
Portuguese books about Brazil published in the eighteenth [sic] century, this is the most
difficult to find.” Southey appealed to readers of the first edition of his History of Brazil
(1810-19) to lend him a copy, as he had not been able to consult it.
Calado, born in Vila Viçosa, traveled to Brazil where he remained for 30 years. He
belonged to the community of Hermits of Serra de Ossa in the Alto Alentejo, between
Estremoz and Redondo, of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit. A soldier, preacher,
poet and historian, he played an active part in the struggle against the Dutch, even
organizing guerrilla warfare.
❊ Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 142-3: “[copies] dated 1648 are much rarer than those
of 1668.” Mindlin, Highlights 103 (calling for only 7 unnumbered preliminary leaves).
Arouca C25. Innocêncio V, 384-5 and XVI, 146: noting copies sold in the Gubián sale
(1867) for 8$500 and 5$500 réis (the latter without a title-page, lot 88); and in the Sousa
Guimarães sale (1869) for 3$650 réis. Borba de Moraes & Berrien, Manual bibliográfico de
estudos brasileiros 3996: “uma história singela do Brasil dos seiscentos, cheia de saborosas
noticias da vida contemporanea. A ingenuidade e simplicidade com que se exprime
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