Boston in New-England, (who was present at the Action) to his Brother Small 4to. old boards £ 8. d. London, Thomas Jones, 1691 32 0 0 This curious tract relates to an unsuccessful attempt in which "We went from The bookplate of Charles Viscount Bruce dated 1712 (—he was afterwards Earl of 1284 SCHARF (J. Th.) The Chronicles of Baltimore, 8vo. pp. viii and 756, SCHILDTBERGER's Travels-see HAKLUYT SOCIETY, 1878 1285 SCHMIDEL (Ulrich) Vera historia, ADMIRANDE CVIVsdam nauigationis, quam Huldericus Schmidel, Straubingensis, ab anno 1534. usque ad annum 1554. in Americam vel nouum Mundum, iuxta Brasiliam & Rio della Plata, confecit. . NORIBERGE. Impensis Levini Hulsij . 1599 . Small 4to. with 9 plates (instead of two maps and 16 plates); calf Hulsius, 1599 One of the rarest volumes in the Hulsius collection, of which it forms the fourth volume. SCHMIDT or SCHMIDEL (Ulrich)-see FEYERABEND see HAKLUYT SOCIETY, 1891 1286 SCHMIDTMEYER (Peter) Travels into Chile over the Andes, 1820-21, 4to. 1288 Twelve Views in the interior of Guiana, from drawings executed by Mr. Charles Bentley after sketches taken during the expedition, 1835-39, imp. folio, map, coloured frontispiece, and 12 magnificent COLOURED plates, hf. morocco 0 14 ( 2 16 ( 0 7 3 10 1841 3 3 1 0 1290 SCHOOLCRAFT (Henry R.) Narrative of an Expedition through the Upper 1291 1292 This is Schoolcraft's monumental work complete in all that constitutes its value. He brought out a sixth volume one year later, which is however only a summing up of the facts gathered from the above five volumes. ARCHIVES OF ABORIGINAL KNOWLEDGE, containing all the original papers laid before Congress respecting the History, Antiquities, etc., of the Indian Tribes of the United States, 6 vols. impl. 4to. numerous plates; cloth Philadelphia, 1860 1293 SCHOUTEN (William). 1OVRNAL | OV | DESCRIPTION | DE L'ADMIRABLE VOYAGE de Guillaume Schouten Hollandois. | Comme par luy est decouvert vers le zud du destroict de Magellan un nouveau passage, 2.10 810 SCHOUTEN-continued : 1295 1296 | pour parvenir en la mer du Zud, jus- | ques a ce temps incognu . | Small 4to. maps and plates; old calf, the back mended, with the (1618) Four preliminary leaves, of which the fourth is quite blank; and 88 numbered pages of text. The plates are: 1 two hemispheres with portraits of Magellan, Schouten, Drake, and other navigators. 2. Map of the new Strait (Lemaire). 3. Map of the great South Sea. 4. A native boat attacked by the Dutch. 5. A View of Coco Island. 6. A view of Horn Island. 7. A Map of New Guinea.-There ought to be likewise a view of Port Désiré, and a plate of native princes in Horn Island; but those two are not in this copy. IOVRNAL OV RELATION EXACTE DU VOYAGE DE GVIL. SCHOVTEN PARIS, Chez M. Gobert.. M.DC.XVIII. Small 8vo. (12mo.) maps and plates; vellum binding 1618 This was a French reprint with a few alterations. It wants the view of Port Désiré, but has eight plates, i.e., one more than the Amsterdam edition described above. NOVI FRETI A PARTE MERIDIONALI FRETI Magellanici, in Magnum Mare Australe DETECTIO . . . AMSTERODAMI, Apud Guilielmum Iansonium. 1619. Small 4to. with the complete set of 9 maps and plates; blue morocco extra, gilt edges 1619 Four preliminary leaves, and (88) numbered pages. The plates are identical with those of the French edition issued by Janson, described above; but not one of them is missing. 1297 SCHOUTEN (Wouter) Oost Indische Voyagie.. 4to. a great number of very beautiful engravings; old calf 1298 Amsterdam, 1676 at his return. Ost Indische Reyse. . Durch Walter Schultzen.. ins Hochteutsche übergesetzt durch J. D. with the same engravings as in the Dutch, 1676-HEYDE (Frantz Jansz. von der) Gefährlicher Schiffbruch der Jagdt schiffs ter Schelling.. several engravings, 1676-ZWEYTE und DRITTE Gesantschaft nach dem Kaiser-reich von Taysing oder China .. 4 leaves, pp. 336, 76, and 4, with a great quantity of fine engravings, 1676-DAPPER, Beschreibung des Keyserthums Sina,numerous plates and engravings, 1676 -4 vols. in 1, sm. folio, vellum Amsterdam, 1676 1299 SCORESBY (William) A collection of his works in 11 vols. 8vo. and small 8vo. uniformly bound in calf gilt 1820-59 CONTENTS Account of the Arctic Regions and the Northern Whale Fishery, 2 vols. Edinb. 1820 (the author's own copy, without the illustrations, but having numerous MS. additions and alterations); Discourses to Seamen, 1831; Magnetical Investigations, 2 vols. with diagrams, 844-52; Zoistic Magnetism, 1840; The Franklin Expedition, maps, 1850; Sabbaths in the Arctic Regious, 1850; The Mary Russell, an account of a mutiny, 1850; Journal of a Voyage to Australia and round the World, portrait, map, and illustrations, 1859; My Father records of Scoresby's adventurous Life, 1851. 1300 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE (The), published by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, edited by Professor James Geikie, and others. Vols. IV-IX. 8vo. with numerous coloured maps and woodcuts; in parts, as issued Published at £5. 8s. 1888-93 1301 SEA MIRROR. The New enlarged Lightning Sea-Column, or SeaMirrovr: discovering all the coasts and islands of Europa, Africa, America, and Asia. . . . On the title of Part IV: .. Newly Collected and published by Jacobus Robbyn and for its use fulnesse and excellence Translated into the English Tongue by Ericus Walten. . 4 vols. in 1, large folio, 138 very large engraved charts, besides numerous woodcuts of headlands and landmarks in the text; calf Amsterdam, 168*-90-87 This was a grand piece of work for which Robbyn claims superiority over all similar attempts down to his time. The title-page announces a Star-map which is not included in the collection. 1302 SEEMANN (Berthold) Viti: an account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands, 1860-61, 8vo. map, plates, and cuts; cloth Cambridge, 1862 1303 SEIXAS Y LOVERA (Don Francisco de) Descripcion geographica y Derrotero 1304 Madrid, 1690 A book of scientific value. A curious fact is mentioned in the preface, that, of the two thousand copies of the author's Teatro Naval which had been printed, all had been sold. Theatro Naval Hydrographico.. sm. 4to. calf Madrid, 1683 A collection of routes for navigators, with a section on the currents and tides, and another on the variations of the needle. 1305 SELKIRK. Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon the Red River . . its destruction in 1815 and 1816, and the massacre of Governor Semple and his party, 8vo. map; bds. uncut 1817 This is a rare volume and has a peculiar interest from the charges of connivance in massacre which Lord Selkirk made against the North-Western Company of Montreal. 1306 SELOUS (F. C.) Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, being the narrative of the last eleven years. . sm. 4to. map and numerous illustrations, including portrait; cloth 1893 1306*. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, being a narrative of events in Matabeleland, 8vo. map and numerous illustrations; cloth 1307 SEMEDO (Alvarez) The History of . . China. . Now put into English . . 2 vols. in 1, sm. folio, map and plates; hf. calf 1308 SHAW (Barnabas) Memorials of South Africa, 8vo. map and frontispiece; some illustrations inserted; hf. calf gilt another edition, 12mo. cloth 1896 0 7 0 1655 0 9 0 1840 0.6 0 2 96 An appendix was issued in 1746. 1841 Oxford, 1738 076 1309 1310 SHAW (Thomas) Travels or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant, folio, maps and many plates; calf neat, with the bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby 1311 SHEFFIELD (T.) The Story of the Settlement, with a sketch of Grahamstown as it was and as it is, a list of the original Dutch and Huguenot settlers and of the British settlers of 1820, 12mo. with 22 engravings; cloth Grahamstown, 1884 0 9 0 1312 SHELVOCKE (George) A voyage round the World, by the way of the Great South Sea Performed in a private Expedition during the War, which broke out with Spain, in the year 1718, . . second edition, revised. . 8vo. map and plates; calf gilt 1757 "There can be no doubt but this country [California] affords metals of the most precious kinds." - P. 412. This statement, written in 1721, is the first hint of the auriferous soil of California which was not realised for a hundred and twenty years. 1313 SHIRLEY. A Letter from William Shirley, Esq: Governor of Massachuset's Bay to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle with a Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg, and other operations. . during the Expedition 1 8 0 2 12 6 05 0 09 O Bound up with other rare pieces: A Short History of the Parliament, 1713;— Depositions concerning the late Riot in Oxford, 1716;-Reasons for improving the Fisheries and Linnen manufacture of Scotland, 1727;-The Conspirators, or the Case of Catiline, 1721 ;-The Case of Dunkirk, 1730 ;—and others. 1314 SIDNEY (Samuel) The Three Colonies of Australia. . second edition revised, 8vo. map in pocket, and numerous illustrations; cloth 1853 1315 SIERRA LEONE. An Account of the Colony of Sierra Leone, from its first establishment in 1793, 8vo. pp. 242 and 31, with engraved plan; hf. calf 1795 1316 SIEBOLD (P. R. von) NIPPON; Archiv sur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 divisions, bound in 6 vols. impl. 4to. a perfect copy, with more than 350 fine plates, half red morocco, gilt tops, excessively rare Leyden, 1832-52 27 10 0 To this copy are added specially printed titles and a collation. Division I. Mathematical and Physical Geography of the Empire of Japan. People and State, Description of the Inhabitants, their Manners, and Customs, Arms, Armour, Warfare, Political Constitution, Administration, etc., and Travels of the Author by Land and Sea. دو II. III. Mythology, History, Archæology, Numismata. 1317 SIEBOLD (Ph. Fr. von) Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan und dessen neben- und Schutzländern. . 7 parts in 3 vols. folio, maps and numerous plates; hf. bd. uncut, an approximately perfect copy £ s. d. Leyden, 1852 10 10 0 This book was left unfinished at the death of the author in 1852 after twenty years of collection. The title and collation which precede this copy were made by Mr. Quaritch when he purchased the stock in 1869. 1318 SIGUENZA Y GONGORA (Carlos) Parayso Occidental. . en su magnifico Real Convento de Jesus Maria de Mexico. . En Mexico por Juan de Ribera. . M.DC.LXXXIIIJ 1319 Small 4to. fine copy in limp vellum 1681 100 7 10 0 Chiefly the lives of famous Nuns; but all works by Siguenza are valuable. Mexico, 1691 This is one of the rarest of the works of Siguenza. It consists of four preliminary 1320 SIMON (Pedro) Primera Parte De las Noticias historiales de las Conquistas de tierra firme en las Indias Occidentales. . Colophon: . . en Cuenca por Domingo de la Iglesia, Año de 1627. Small folio, a very large and fine copy in limp vellum 1627 8 10 0 This rare book gives the history of New Granada and Venezuela, down to 1619. Engraved title, 1 leaf; other preliminary matter, 8 leaves; text, pp. 1-671; tabla etc. 20 leaves unnumbered. 1320*SIMON. Another copy, without engraved title; bd. 1627 200 1847 1843 1323 [SKINNER (Joseph)] The Present State of Peru. . 4to. map and 20 coloured plates of costume etc.; blue morocco extra, gilt edges 1805 1324 SLAVE-TRADE. MATTHEWS (John) A Voyage to the river SierraLeone, map and plate, 1788-FALCONBRIDGE (Alex.) An Account of the Slave Trade on the coast of Africa, 1788-WADSTROM (C. B.) Observations on the Slave Trade and a description of some part of the coast of Guinea, 1789-BENEZET (Anthony) Some Historical Account of Guinea .. with an inquiry into the rise and progress of the Slave Trade, 1788 -FRANCKLYN (G.) Observations occasioned by the attempts to effect the abolition of the Slave Trade .. the manner in which the Negroes are treated in the West Indies. . 1789 1707-25 5 vols. in 1, 8vo. hf. calf neat 1788-89 1325 SLOANE (Hans) A Voyage to the Islands of Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers, and Jamaica, with the Natural History. . of the last . . 2 vols. sm. folio, map and over 400 plates; old English_red morocco extra, gilt edges 1326 SMITH (Harlan I.) Caches of the Saginaw Valley, Michigan, 4 pp. 2 illustrations; Shamanistic Ceremonies among the Ojibwas, 4 pp.; Notes on the Data of Michigan Archæology, 10 pp.; Archeology of the Saginaw Valley, 2 pp.; Notes on Eskimo Traditions, 8 pp.-5 pieces from American periodicals, 8vo. 1894-96 1327 SMITH (Captain John). Viertzehende Schiffart, Oder Gründliche vnd warhaffte Beschreibung desz Neuwen Engellandts. . vnter dem Capitein Johann Schmidt. . Durch einen Liebhaber der Historien ausz dem Englischen . . versetzt . . . Franckfurt am Mayn, In verlegung der Hülsischen . . 1617. Small 4to. plate and folding map of New England; fine copy in brown morocco gilt, by Chambolle-Duru Hulsius, 1617 Thirty-six leaves, with signatures A-I in fours (I is blank). Besides these 36 leaves, a large folding map, copper-engraved, which gives a faithful reproduction of Smith's first issue in the "Relation of New England," is placed between the pre 100 220 770 020 770 liminaries and the text; and a plate of the Animals of New England, designed This translation of Smith's Relation of 1616 forms part 14 of the Hulsius Collec- 1328 SMITH (Capt. John) THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF Virginia, New-England, 1329 1330 1331 1332 Small folio, engraved title with portraits; portrait of the Duchess of This copy is better than most of those which are now purchaseable. another copy of the same, sm. folio, with engraved titles, 3 folding maps, and a portrait of the Duchess of Richmond engraved by WILLIAM PASSE; fine copy in old calf, with the autograph of C. Mildmay (about 1670) 1624 24 00 The engraved title is of the unaltered 1624 issue; the portrait is a rare early impression of 1623; but the map of New England is not here, and the other three maps are of the 1626-28 issue.-As for the portrait, it is difficult to decide whether Passe's or Delaram's was the one intended for issue with the book. They were both done in 1623 from the same picture, but Passe's is a three-quarter length, while Delaram's goes no further down than the waist. THE GENERALL HISTORIE to this present 1626. Printed 2 vols. in 1, small folio, in a seventeenth-century calf binding, with the 1630-32 32 0 0 The title of the Virginia is in its post-1626 condition, on which the bare head of as the The Generall Historie . . 1627-The True Travels . . 1630— 2 vols. in 1, small folio, in calf gilt, with the royal arms of Charles I 1627-30 15 15 0 The engraved title of the Historie has the portrait of Prince Charles changed to History of the Bermudas-see HAKLUYT SOCIETY, 1881 1 10 0 |