1333 SMITH (Samuel) The History of the Colony of Nova-Cæsaria, or New Jersey to the year 1721. With some particulars since; and a short view of its present state. 8vo. fine tall copy in mottled calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere £ 8. d. Burlington in New Jersey, 1765 10 0 0 1334 SMITH. 1605 14 0 0 Forty-eight leaves, of which the last is a blank, with signatures A 2 leaves, B 2 leaves, C-M in fours, and another M four leaves. There is an allusion to the play of Hamlet on page K 1, suggested by the sudden supposed poisoning of the Tsar Ivan. The writer (who was one of Sir Th. Smith's suite) was evidently well acquainted with the literary London of his time. 1335 [SMITH (William)] An Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year MDCCLXIV, under the command of HENRY BOUQUET, Esq. Colonel of Foot, and now Brigadier General in America. Including his Transactions with the Indians. . with an introductory account of the preceding Campaign, and Battle at BushyRun.. 4to. large folding map, mounted on linen, and two plans; besides two plates from Benjamin West's designs; fine copy in mottled calf extra, by Riviere Philadelphia, printed: London, Re-printed. . 1766 Barlow's copy sold for 55 dollars. 1336 SMITH (William) The History of the Province of New York, from the first Discovery to the year 1732.. the second edition . . 8vo. calf Philadelphia, Mathew Carey, 1792 1337 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. The 14th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-3, by J. W. Powell; 2 parts imperial 8vo. with 122 plates, and 104 woodcuts, cloth Washington, 1896 CONTENTS: The Menomini Indians, by W. J. Hoffmann; The Coronado Expedition, 1540-42, by G. P. Winship; and the Ghost-Dance Religion and Sioux Outbreak of 1890, by J. Mooney. 1338 SMYTH (R. Brough) The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria . . 4to. map and numerous illustrations, mostly of geological character; cloth Melbourne, 1869 1339 4 14 6 1 17 6 110 0 12 6 1 10 0 0 10 0 The Aborigines of Victoria with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. map and numerous illustrations of ethnological character; cloth Melbourne, 1878 1340 SNELGRAVE (Captain William) A New Account of some parts of Guinea and the Slave Trade. I. The History of the Conquest of Whidaw by the King of Dahome. II. . . how the Negroes became Slaves.. III. A Relation of the Author's being taken by Pirates. . small 8vo. 1734 map; calf 1341 SOLÎNUS . . Pa. 1: IVLII SOLINI DE SITV ORBIS TERRARVM LIBER INCIPIT FELICITER. Quoniam quidam impaciencius potius quam studiosius opusculum quod moliebar intercipere properarunt idque eciam tum impolitum prius in medium dederunt quam inchoate rei summa manus imponeretur. . corpusculum sententia mea digestum ut nosceres misi . . Erit igitur operi isti titulus Polyhystor Pa. 2: Cum et aurium clementia et optimarum artium studiis.... 4to. MS. ON VELLUM in a fine Italian hand, 112 leaves, the first leaf of text illuminated with a pretty border of interlaced arabesque work in gold and colours; bound in a limp parchment wrapper About 1450-60 15 0 0 1342 An early geographical monument, the last chapter of which is an account of the another MS. of the same work also ON FINE VELLUM, small 8vo. 4 4 0 various readings. The short preface containing the name Polyhistor, which appears in the undated MS., was evidently not in the original codex followed by G. de Campis. 1353 SOLINUS. IOANNIS CAMERTIS. . IN . C. IVLII SOLINI πολυίστωρα ENARRATIONES . . Colophon on leaf 178: ExcvSVM EST HOC OPVS SOLINIanum cu Enarrationibus . . CAMERTIS D. XX. Vienna Austriæ, per Ioanne Singreniu, impensis honesti LVCAE ALANTSE . . Table etc. 15 leaves 1354 M. Sm. folio, WITH THE CELEBRATED MAP BY APIANUS DATED 1520 CORDIFORM IN DESIGN, AND BEARING THE NAME AMERICA; in the original boards half covered with stamped leather £ s d. 1520 21 00 This rare and celebrated edition of Solinus, with the map, is one of the most important desiderata in an American library. The book is usually seen without the map, as was the case in the Sunderland copy. There was no copy in the Barlow library. The map is generally regarded as the first printed map in which the name of AMERICA made its appearance. C. IVLII SOLINI POLYHISTOR POMPONII MELAE DE SITV ORBIS LIBROS TRES .. adiunximus . . 2 vols. in 1, small folio, various maps printed in the text, besides two separate folding maps; original stamped pigskin Basilea, 1538 One of the separate maps represents Greece and the adjacent regions; the other is 1355 SONNERAT, Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine, fait par ordre du 1358 SOUTH ASIAN REGISTER (Roger Oldfield Editor) No. 1 (to be continued quarterly), 8vo. 100 pp. sd. 116 0 0.10 0 070 0 10 0 Sydney, 1827 0 4 6 1359 SOUTHEY (Robert) Historia do Brazil traduzida pelo Dr. Luiz Joaquim de Oliveira e Castro e anotada por Fernandes Pinheiro, 6 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco gilt Rio de Janeiro, 1862 1 0 0 1360 SPARRMAN (Andrew) A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Circle, and round the World, but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, 1772-1776, translated from the Swedish, 2 vols. 4to. map and plates; calf gilt 1361 the same, 2 vols. 4to. calf 1785 1 10 1786 1 26 0 4 0 1362 SPEKE (John Hanning) What led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 8vo. frontispiece and maps; hf. calf 1864 1363 SPILBERGEN. SPECVLVM ORIENTALIS OCCIDENTALISQVE INDIE NAVIGATIONVM, Quarum una Georgij a Spilbergen classis cum potestate Præfecti, altera Iacobi le Maire auspicijs imperioque directa, Annis 1614, 15, 16, 17, 18 . . . . Lugduni Batauorum apud Nicolaum à Geelkercken. An. C11CXIX. Oblong 4to. with engraved title and 25 maps and plates, the two largest maps mounted on linen; olive morocco extra, gilt edges 1619 Spilbergen was a little earlier than Le Maire, and went through Magellan's Strait in his circumnavigation. He was at Jacatra when Le Maire's ship arrived there to be confiscated by the Dutch East India Company's officer; and consequently took Le Maire and his companions on board to carry them home with him. Le Maire died en route. The account of Le Maire's voyage is given here as an appendix. 300 1364 SPILSBURY (F. B.) Account of a Voyage to the Western Coast of Africa, 1805, 8vo. 9 fine plates; bds. uncut 1807 STADE (Hans) Captivity in Eastern Brazil-see HAKLUYT SOCIETY, 1871 see also FEYRABEND'S Collection in 1618. 1365 STAFFORD (Rob.) A Geographicall and Anthologicall Description of all the Empires and Kingdomes. sm. 4to. 32 leaves, sd. 1634 A curious compendium of all existing geographical knowledge, first printed 1366 STANLEY (Henry M.) Through the Dark Continent, or the Sources of the Nile, around the Great Lakes. . and down the Livingstone river to the Atlantic, 2 vols. 8vo. numerous plates and maps, besides two very large maps in the pockets; cloth 1878 1367 STANSBURY (Howard) An Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, large 8vo. numerous plates; with two large folding maps in a separate volume 1852 1368 STAUNTON (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. . taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney. 2 vols. roy. 4to. with portraits and other engravings; and an imp. folio Atlas of maps and plates, 1798-TA TSING LEU LEE: the Fundamental Laws and a selection from the Supplementary Statutes of the Penal Code of China . . translated from the Chinese by Sir George Thomas Staunton, roy. 4to. portrait, 1810-together 3 vols. roy. 4to. gilt russia, and 1 vol. folio, hf. russia 1798-1810 1369 STEDMAN (J. G.) Narrative of a five years' Expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam.. 1772-77, 2 vols. 4to., maps and numerous plates; calf 1796 1370 The natural history of the country is included, with illustrations. the same, 2 vols. roy. 4to. LARGE PAPER, the maps and many beautiful plates COLOURED; old calf gilt 1796 Blake was one of the engravers of the plates; which, in this copy are coloured (and some of them illuminated) with unusual care. 1371 STEEDMAN (Andrew) Wanderings and Adventures in the interior of Southern Africa, 2 vols. 8vo. map and several plates; cloth, uncut 1835 The author spent ten years at the Cape. 1373 1374 1372 STEPHENS (John Lloyd) Incidents of Travel in Central America, 1375 1376 both works, 4 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, revised with additions by Frederick Catherwood, 8vo. map and numerous illustrations; cloth London, 1854 1854 the same, bound in calf extra An English edition of the first expedition. Catherwood slightly abridged the text, but per contra gave some additional illustrations. 1377 STEVENS (Benjamin Franklin) Facsimiles of Manuscripts in European Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1865 - 0 15 0 morocco, uncut 1378 STIRLING (William Alexander, Earl of) The Earl of Stirling's Register of Royal Letters relative to the affairs of Scotland and Nova Scotia from 1615 to 1635 [with a biographical introduction], 2 vols. 4to. hf. Printed for private circulation, Edinburgh, 1885 1379 STITH. The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia: being an Essay towards a General History of this Colony. By William Stith . A . M Rector of Henrico Parish, and one of the Governors of William and Mary College.. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, M.DCC; XLVII. 8vo. in the original calf, with the signature of Ant. Ponsonby 1753 1747 The collation is given below under the second copy. There is no difference between the two books except that in this original issue both the first title and the Appendix title bear the imprint of Williamsburg 1747; while for the London reissue two fresh titles were composed bearing the imprint of London 1753. 1380 STITH. The History of the first Discovery and Settlement of Virginia. By William Stith, A.M. President of the College of William and Mary in Virginia. . Virginia, Printed: London, Reprinted for S. Birt in Ave-Mary-Lane M.DCC.LIII. 8vo. fine copy in the original calf 1753 COLLATION: 4 preliminary leaves; pp. 1-331; title: An Appendix to the First The five books in this volume end with the year 1624. Stith intended to go on This volume, in spite of its Londen reprint, is the identical book printed at 1381 STOKES (J. Lort) Discoveries in Australia with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. 1846 1382 STONEY (H. Butler) A Residence in Tasmania with a descriptive tour the same, bound neatly From the preface we learn that Books 1-3 were translated by La Porte du Theil and Coray. The observations and notes are by Gossellin. The remainder of the text was translated by Letronne. £ s. d. 3 30 880 5 10 0 2 16 0 0 12 0 1 2 C 1 10 C STRACHEY (William) Travaile into Virginia, edited by Major, 1849- -see 1384 STRAHLENBERG (Philip John von) An historico-geographical Description of the North and Eastern parts of Europe and Asia, small 4to. plates, cuts, a folding table, and a large map; calf 1736(38) Including a Polyglot Table of 32 Tartarian dialects, and a Kalmuk-Mongolian Vocabulary. This remarkable book revolutionised the views of the learned world on the subject of the races and languages of Northern Asia. 1385 STRZELECKI (P. E. de) Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 8vo. frontispiece, map, and 18 geological plates; cloth This celebrated book was a natural preliminary to the discovery of gold in Australia. 1385*. 1845 GOLD AND SILVER: a supplement to Strzelecki's Physical Description, 8vo. cloth 1856 1396 STURT (Charles) Two Expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia, 1828-31, with observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of New South Wales, second edition, 2 vols. 8vo. maps and plates, those of birds coloured; cloth, uncut 0 10 0 1 0 0 4 1387 SUTHERLAND. Original matter contained in Lieut. Colonel Sutherland's Memoir on the Kaffers, Hottentots, and Bosjemans of South Africa. . Commentaries and Notes. . 8vo. 580 pp., hf. bd. Capt Town, 1847 These details must have been intended for the authorities only, not for the public. 288 SWAINSON (William) New Zealand and its colonization, 8vo. map; cloth 1859 189 SWEDBERG. AMERICA ILLUMINATA Skrifwen och vtgifwen Af Thes Biskop Doct. JESPER Swedberg Ahr 1732. SKARA.. Small 8vo. (12mo) hf. vellum Skara (Sweden), 1732 A RARE BOOK, of considerable interest in Pennsylvania. (Barlow's copy brought 1339*SYDNEY, New South Wales. Photographic Views of large size, 50 Sydney, 1858-59 1391 TARLETON (B.) A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America, 4to. map and 4 plans of battles; 1392 calf the same, a very fine copy in the original bds. uncut 1787 3 0 0 400 1787 This book, independently of its interest as a work of one of the fighting leaders in the war, is of much greater value on account of the original military documents which are printed in it. 1393 TASMAN (Abel Janszoon) Journal of his Discovery of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand in 1642 with documents relating to his Exploration of Australia in 1644, roy. folio, a full facsimile of the original MS. Journal with all its drawings of Charts and coast outlines; followed by an exact English translation, and concluding with a work in English of Prof. Heeres on the Life and Labours of Tasman; with 5 large maps folded under a band within the lower cover; bds. 1394 Amsterdam, 1898 the same, bound in vellum gilt 1395 TASMANIA. Scrapbook of Miscellaneous collections made by the Hon. 6 0 0 700 Tasmania, 1823-70 2 0 0 Forms of invitation from the Lieutenant Governor in 1834; 27 cards of Tasmanian residents (1830-40); 8 pieces of paper-money (from 1s to 10s), 1823-24; 13 commercial cards, engraved in Hobart Town, 1823-27; Signed and sealed Licence for a inarriage, issued by Governor Arthur in 1829; Printed form of decree for Arrest; printed Code of Signals with hand-coloured flags; MS. list of Tasmanian-English words (about 1827); printed names and boundaries of districts; Hobart Town printed pieces, 1823-24; a printed statement by J. R. 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