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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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A very scarce 1596 issue of Raleigh's discovery of Guiana
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana with a relation of the great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which the Spanyards call El Dorado. And of the Provinces of Emeria, Arromaia, Amapaia, and other Countries... London: Robert Robinson, 1596. First edition, the third issue with p.60, line 12 starting "it, there." Nicely bound in later full dark blue morocco, the covers gilt tooled, the spine richly gilt and with raised bands, gilt turn ins, housed in a blue morocco pull-off case. 7 x 4 3/4 inches (18 x 12 cm); [xvi], [1]-112 pp., with woodcut initials and decoration. The title and last leaf provided in good facsimile, repair to the margin of the dedication leaf, possibly other repairs, light spotting, the modern front endpaper excised, sold with all faults.
A scarce 1596 printing of Raleigh's second voyage to South America in search of the Spanish city of El Dorado, which he calls by the native name of Manoa. Alden & Landis 596/85; Church 254; Sabin 67553; STC 20636.
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana with a relation of the great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which the Spanyards call El Dorado. And of the Provinces of Emeria, Arromaia, Amapaia, and other Countries... London: Robert Robinson, 1596. First edition, the third issue with p.60, line 12 starting "it, there." Nicely bound in later full dark blue morocco, the covers gilt tooled, the spine richly gilt and with raised bands, gilt turn ins, housed in a blue morocco pull-off case. 7 x 4 3/4 inches (18 x 12 cm); [xvi], [1]-112 pp., with woodcut initials and decoration. The title and last leaf provided in good facsimile, repair to the margin of the dedication leaf, possibly other repairs, light spotting, the modern front endpaper excised, sold with all faults.
A scarce 1596 printing of Raleigh's second voyage to South America in search of the Spanish city of El Dorado, which he calls by the native name of Manoa. Alden & Landis 596/85; Church 254; Sabin 67553; STC 20636.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Dec 6, 2024
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Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on December 6, 2024
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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps onDecember 6, 2024 showcased is a wonderful diversity of Americana, maps, autographs, early books and landmarks of literature and science.
Highlighting the sale was the first edition of Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-politicus from 1670 that soared to $70,350. Spinoza’s Tractatus is his only work published during his lifetime and remains his most significant. It presents a clear theory of natural right, asserting that the love of God leads to love for others. The state exists to ensure liberty, not oppression, with justice, wisdom, and toleration as key. Influential to thinkers like Blake and Goethe, it shaped Romanticism.
The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection offered the largest trove of unpublished Raymond Chandler stories, poetry, letters, books and personal artifacts to come to market. Best known for his Philip Marlowe detective novels including The Big Sleep (1939) and Farewell, My Lovely (1940) and as screenwriter of film noir classics such as Double Indemnity (1944) and The Blue Dahlia (1946), Raymond Chandler is considered one of the top writers in the hardboiled fiction genre alongside Dashiell Hammett and James Cain. Held for decades, the archive belonged to Jean Fracasse [later Vounder-Davis] who was first hired in January 1957 as Chandler's personal secretary but quickly became his close friend, confidant, fiancé and muse to whom he dedicated his last book.
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