Sale 2432 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, November 17, 2016

340 ● (EARLY EXPLORATION.) [Bos, Lambert van den.] Leben und Thaten der durchläuchtigsten See-Helden und Erfinder der Länder dieser Zeiten, anfahend mit Christoph Columbus and Ander Theil. Folding map (defective), 30 plates including engraved title page. [6], 451, [9]; 402, [4 of 5] pages. 2 volumes in one. 4to, contem- porary calf, moderate wear; hinges split, endpapers renewed, a few leaves defective, a few plates and title page laid down on paper, lacking final leaf; later embossed seal on title page, private library bookplate on front pastedown. Sulzbach: Johann Hoffman, [1681] [300/400] FIRST GERMAN EDITION , after the 1676 Dutch first edition. Biographies of Columbus and many other early explorers. European Americana 681/15, 14; JCB, pages 78-79; Sabin 64441n. 341 ● (EARLY EXPLORATION.) Morton, Thomas. Columbus: or, A World Discovered, an Historical Play. [8], 66, [2] pages. 8vo, disbound; early owner’s inscrip- tion on half-title. London, 1792 [500/750] FIRST EDITION of the first English-language play on the famed explorer. ESTCT93; Sabin 51029. None known at auction since 1974. 338 ● (CUBA.) Yelloly, Henry. A British merchant discusses the brief British occupation of Havana. Autograph Letter Signed to brother. 4 pages, 15 1 / 4 x 9 inches, on one folding sheet; worn at folds with slight loss of text and archival tape repairs. Havana, 27 April 1763 [500/750] Yelloly dismisses the Catholics: “Their religion is a disgrace not only to Christianity but to common sense.” He tells with the relish the story of a Spanish bishop who was arrested for disobeying the articles of capitulation:“Such was the fate of this rascal who in a manner commanded the life & purse of every man in the Havana.There is nothing like setting the military to manage the clergy.” He also discusses the new British colony in Pensacola, Florida: “It is a fine country that we have got there tho but poorly inhabited. . . .The country round it is capable of the greatest cultivation.” 339 ● (DOMINICA.) Matson, John. Quarterly account of the British colonial government at Dominica. Document Signed as “J. Matson, Presid’t.,” 15 x 18 3 / 4 inches, with docketing on verso; full separation down center fold, wear to all edges and along center fold with minimal loss of text, soiling on verso. Dominica, 22 December 1796 [400/600] This financial summary of the small British colony in the Leeward Islands is headed “Abstract of the Quarterly Contingent Account of the Government of Dominica.” John Matson (1746-1805) was president of the island’s council, and became acting governor after the death of the previous governor. Matson’s main expenses were for the support of a British regiment “and distressed emigrants,” with smaller sums for the repair of the government house, fees to private schooners which delivered official messages, and the printing of a “notice to persons who may import Negroes.”The expenses were covered by the sale of a government sloop and 132 barrels of pork. 340