Acuna, Christoval

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

Voyages and Discoveries in South America. The First up the River of Amazons ... by Christopher D'Acugna. The Second up the River of Plata... By Mons. Acarete. The Third from Cayenne into Guiana... by M. Grillet and Bechamel. London: Printed for S. Buckley, 1698
Paper, Ink, Leather

8vo, 3 parts in one (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.; 189 x 114 mm). Three titles, two engraved folding maps. Worming to lower margins affecting some letters. Contemporary calf; very worn, front cover detached.

Provenance

Christ Church Oxford ("christi in academia oxoniensi" bookplate) — Wolfgang A. Herz (bookplate; Christie's New York, 9 December 2009, lot 271)

Literature

Sabin 152; Wing V746; Borba de Moraes I:12

Catalogue Note

First edition in English of the narratives of the first Europeans to traverse these regions.