Sale 2486, Part II - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 27, 2018

419 c   (BRAZIL.) Piso, Willem. De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri quatuordecim. Engraved title page, numerous text illustrations. [22], 327, [5], 39, 226, [2] pages. 4 parts in one. Folio, early calf, minor wear, rebacked with portion of original backstrip laid down; minor dampstaining, extensive worming to the beginning and terminal signatures (mostly in the top and bottom margins); erased ownership stamp at the head of the illustrated title, bookplate of Brazilian historian Alfredo de Carvalho on front pastedown. Amsterdam, 1658 [1,500/2,500] “Owing to the fact that a number of the woodcuts in this work are reproduced from [Piso’s Historia Naturalis Brasiliae of 1648] this is sometimes said to be a second edition. It is in fact a different work, as a comparison of the contents will prove”—Sabin 63029. Borba de Moraes, page II: 676; European Americana 658/129. 420 c   (BRAZIL.) Mawe, John. Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Particularly in the Gold and Diamond Districts. Map, 7 (of 8) plates, one in color. vii, 366, [2] pages. 4to, 1 / 2 calf, moderate wear, rebacked with original spine title laid down; scattered foxing, lacks plate facing page 221, some others misbound, all plates with early English private library stamps on rectos, hinges split, leaf A4 misbound after A2, moderate toning and wear. London, 1812 [250/350] first edition . The frontispiece plate shows slave laborers washing diamonds; the view of Jaraguá bound facing page 137 is the first published view of the interior of São Paolo. Borba de Moraes page II:541; Sinkankas 4270. Provenance: Henry Polissak Library of Books on Gems & Jewelry; his Swann sale, 27 May 2004, lot 202, to the consignor. 420 LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEAN LOTS 419 - 516