Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

247 c CUBERO SEBASTIÁN, PEDRO. Peregrinacion que ha hecho de la mayor parte del mundo don Pedro Cubero Sebastian . . . Segunda [sic] Impression. [16], 286 (of 288) pages; lacks last leaf (end of table of contents). 4to, 199x142 mm, old limp vellum with spine title in ink, lacking ties, book block loose in binding; margins trimmed entering some side notes, contents foxed, partly obliterated stamp on title and page 1, old label (“Ad laudem S. Gertrudis Magnae”) crudely mounted on verso of title with dark adhesive stains showing through on recto, piece torn from blank lower margin of E1, old typewritten catalogue description tipped to front pastedown. Branded ownership mark of the Convento de Santa Bárbara (or de San Antonio) de Puebla (cf. CCMF/BF-12055) on top and bottom edges. Zaragoza: Pascual Bueno, 1688 [800/1,200] Fourth edition of a narrative of the author’s eastward journey around the world, travelling across Europe and Asia and returning to Spain via Mexico, first published in 1680. Alden 688/64; Palau 65758; Streit-Dindinger V, 598. 246 c COUPLET, PHILIPPE, S. J. Historia de una Gran Señora, Christiana de la China, llamada Doña Candida Hiù. Folding engraved portrait of Madame Xu; folding engraved plate of Chinese burial crucifixes. [16], 246, [2] pages. 8vo, 145x95 mm, contemporary limp vellum with thong ties, book block loose in binding; contents toned with light marginal dampstaining, scattered ink blots, first gathering loose with vertical paper crack in preliminary ¶6, bottom portion of both engravings torn off with image and text loss, repaired clean tear in crucifix plate. Armorial bookplate of Don Joseph Pardo de Figueroa dated 1733 on front pastedown; unidentified Franciscan branded ownership mark on top and bottom edges. Madrid: Antonio Roman, 1691 [500/1,000] first edition in spanish of a biography of Candida Xu, granddaughter of the scholar, government official, and Catholic convert Xu Guangqi, originally published in 1688 in French. Palau 66364 (noting the scarcity of copies with the portrait and plate); Streit-Dindinger V, 2649; not in RBH or ABPC. 246 247