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

375 ● (PERU.) Sentence of a friar for praising the rebel chief Túpac Amaru. 2 pages, 12 1 / 4 x 8 1 / 4 inches, signed by Fray Rafael de Belem; dampstaining, minor worming and wear. Lima, 18 January 1782 [600/900] Proceedings against the Bethlemita father Francisco de San José for speaking positively of the mestizo rebel José Gabriel Túpac Amaru, who had recently been executed for leading an uprising. He was also accused of moving between convents without permission. He is here sentenced to 15 days in jail and a year of silence in the Carmen de Lima convent. 376 ● (SOUTH AMERICA.) Acuña, Christoval; et al. Voyages and Discoveries in South America. 2 folding maps. viii, 190, [2], 79, [4], 68 pages. 8vo, handsome modern full morocco; staining to pages iv and v, both maps laid down, the second slightly restored on fore-edge; edges gilt; original owner’s signature on title page, modern bookplate of bibliographer Bonifacio del Carril on front pastedown. London: S. Buckley, 1698 [3,000/4,000] Includes the first English translations of three early South American voyages:Acuña’s 1641 account of his voyage down the Amazon from Quito, Acarete’s voyage up the Río de la Plata to Peru (with an interesting early account of Buenos Aires), and Grillet’s journey to Guiana. Each has its own title page and is paginated separately, but the signatures are consecutive. Borba de Moraes, pages I:12-13 (“a rare book”); European Americana 698/236; Hill 1788; Palau 2487; Sabin 152. 377 ● (SOUTH AMERICA.) Conway, Martin. Pair of works on South American mountaineering. 2 volumes, 8vo, publisher’s cloth, condition strong. Vp, 1901-02 [400/600] Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego: A Book of Climbing,Travel and Exploration. 20 plates. xii, 252, 16 pages; bookplate on front pastedown. London, 1902 * The Bolivian Andes: A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera Real. 55 plates, text illustrations. [10], 402, [1] pages. NewYork, 1901. E N D O F S A L E 376