3601 [VESPUCIUS-HYLACOMYLUS.] Cosmographiae Introdvctio cvm qvibvsdam Geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes. Vniuersalis Cosmographiæ descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam, insertis quæ Ptholomæo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. 52 leaves. Small 4° olive morocco, gilt edges, very [St. Dié,] Septembris, 1507 This rare tract by Waldsee-Müller contains the Latin version of Vespucius' epistle to Soderini, giving a brief account of his four voyages. fine tall copy. "The idea of calling the newly discovered world AMERICA originated with the compiler of the work before us. The suggestion to which we owe our national name will be found on the reverse of the fifteenth leaf. " See reproduction. [Translation. But now that these parts have been more extensively examined, and another fourth part has been discovered by Americus Vespucius (as will be seen in the sequel), I do not see why we should rightly refuse to name it America, namely the land of Amerigen or America, after its discoverer Americus, a man of sagacious mind, since both Europe and Asia took their names from women: - John Carter Brown Catalogue.] 3602 VESPUCIUS. The Life and Voyages of Americus Vespucius; with illustrations concerning the navigator and the discovery of the new world. By E. E. Lester and A. Foster. Portrait. 8° cloth. New York, 1846 3603 VICARS, John. England's Worthies; under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since Anno 1642, to Anno 1647, are related. London, 1647. pp. 108. Numerous portraits. 12° half roan, uncut. Reprint: London, 1845 3604 VINCENT, Francis. History of the State of Delaware. pp. 478. 8° half crimson morocco. Phila., 1870 3605 VINCENT, Rev. H. History of the Wesleyan Grove, Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting, from 1835 to 1858. 16° cloth. Boston, 1858 3606 [VINCENT, P.] A True Relation of the Late Battell fought in New England between the English and the Pequot Salvages. With the present state of things there. pp. 24. Small 4° half calf. London, M. P. for Nathanael Butter, 1637 "The authorship of this exceedingly rare pamphlet, has been attributed to Vincent by the Publishing Committee of the Massachusetts Historical Society, in their note to the reprint of the Relation, in the third volume of their collections." "It is a narrative of the battle with the Pequods, fought by Captains Mason and Underhill, an account of which was written by the last doughty commander and printed in 1638 under the title of News from America (No. 3573) Vincent's Relation is of even greater rarity than Underhill's. This is attested by the fact that the reprint named was made from a mutilated copy, the imperfections of which were uncorrected in the reprint, from the impossibility of finding a perfect copy for comparison."—Field's Indian Bibliography. (Colophon on recto of the 52d or last leaf, surrounding the printer's mark.) rico Tempore venturo cætera multa premet. Preffit/& ipfa eade Chrifto monimēta fauëte Finitu.iij. kl. Septe (Paragraph on reverse of the 15th leaf, as follows:) Qua Vogefi montis funt iuga preffit opus Nunc vero & heç partes funt latius luftrate/& alia quarta pars per Americũ Vefputium( vt in fes quentibus audietur)inuenta eft:qua non video cur Ames quis iure vetet ab Americo inuentore fagacis inge nij viro Amerigen quafi Americi terram/fiue Ame ricam dicendam:cum & Europa & Asia a mulieris bus fua fortita fint nomina.Eius fitu & gentis mo res ex bis bînis Americi nauigationibus que fequu tur liquide intelligi datur. [TRANSLATION.-But now that these parts have been more extensively examined, and another fourth part has been discovered by Americus Vespucius (as will be seen in the sequel), I do not see why we should rightly refuse to name it America, namely the land of Amerigen or America, after its discoverer Americus, a man of sagacious mind, since both Europe and Asia took their names from women.-John Carter Brown Catalogue.] FAC-SIMILE OF COLOPHON, AND PARAGRAPH FROM "COSMOGRAPHIA, 1507." No. 3601. 3607 VILVAIN, Robert. Enchiridium Epigrammatum LatinoAnglicum; an Epitome of Essais, Englished out of Latin. 16° half sheep. London, 1654 The identical copy described by Lowndes, with autograph of the author and an epigram to " Mr. J. Row " inserted. 3608 VINDICATION of the Ministers of the Gospel in and about London, from the unjust aspersions cast upon their former actings for the Parliament, as if they had promoted the bringing of the King to capitall punishment. pp. 11. Small 4° half calf. London, 1648 3609 VINTON, J. A. The Giles Memorial. Genealogical memoirs of the families bearing the names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, and other families. By J. A. Vinton. Portrait. 8° cloth. Boston, 1864 3610 VIRGIL. The Works of Virgil, translated into English. verse, by Mr. Dryden. A new edition by John Carey. Plates. 3 vols. 8° calf. London, 1806 3611 VIRGINIA. True Declaration of the Estate of the Colonie in Virginia, with a confutation of such scandalous reports as have tended to disgrace of so worthy an enterprise. Published by the Councell of Virginia. pp. Small 4° half morocco. London, 1610 60. "This tract is an earnest defence of the design of colonizing Virginia. It was composed at a time when many urged its abandonment." Priced by Quaritch at £120. all such as be 3612 VIRGINIA. Nova Britannia. Offering most excellent fruits by planting in Virginia, exciting well affected to further the same. Edited by F. L. Hawks. Not paged. uncut. LARGE PAPER Reprint; only 50 copies. 3613 VIRGINIA. The same. 4° boards. ONLY 250 copies printed. London, 1609. Royal 4° boards, New York, 1867 New York, 1867 3614 VIRGINIA. Publick Good without Private Interest; or, a compendious remonstrance of the present sad state and condition of the English Colonie in Virginia. Small 4° paper, uncut. (Reprint), London, 1657 3615 VIRGINIA. Abridgement of the Publick Laws of Virginia, etc. (No titlepage and imperfect at the end.) 16° half calf. (London, 1728) With bookplate of Josiah Quincy. 3616 VIRGINIA. The Statutes at Large; being a collection of all the laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in 1619 to 1808. By W. W. Hening. 13 vols. 8° sheep. New York, 1823 3617 VIRGINIA. Colonial Records of Virginia. pp. 106. Large 4° paper, uncut. Richmond, 1874 3618 VIRGINIA. Report and accompanying Documents of the Virginia Commission appointed to ascertain the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia. pp. 314, 22. 8° boards. Richmond, 1873 3619 VIRGINIA. Letters of Thomas Nelson, Jr., Governor of Richmond, 1874 Virginia Hist. Society Publication. New series No. 1. 3620 VIRGINIA. Views of the Constitution of Virginia, contained in the essays of "One of the People," etc. pp. 66. 8° half calf. Richmond, 1850 3621 VIRGINIA Historical Society Collections. New series. Vols. 1-8. 6 vols. cloth, and 2 vols. paper, uncut. Together 8 vols. 8°. Richmond, 1882-89 COMPRISES: Spotswood Letters, 2 vols. ; Dinwiddie Papers, 2 vols. ;Huguenot Emigration to Virginia ; — Miscellaneous Papers, 1672-1865; — Virginia Company, 1619–1624, 2 vols. 3622 VIRGINIA Historical Society. Discourses at the Annual Meetings of the Society. By H. A. Washington, 1852; - By W. H. Macfarland, 1851; By H. B. Grigsby, 1853; By R. M. T. Hunter, 1854; — By J. P. Holcombe, 1856. Bound together. 8° half morocco. 3623 VIRGINIA. Proceedings of the Va. Hist. Soc., with the address of W. W. Henry, on the early settlement of Virginia, 1882; - Discourse on the Life and Character of Gov. Tazewell, 1860; - Oration by H. B. Grigsby, Norfolk, 1831;-Final Report of the Virginia Commissioners on the Maryland and Virginia boundary, etc. 12 pamphlets. 3624 VOLNEY, C. F. View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America. PP. 503. Maps and plates. 8° calf. London, 1804 3625 VOLNEY. The Ruins; or, a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires. pp. 392. Plates. 8° half morocco. London, 1807 3626 VOLTAIRE, M. de. The Metaphysics of Sir Isaac Newton; or, a Comparison between the Opinions of Sir Isaac Newton and Mr. Leibnitz. Translated by D. E. Baker. pp. 72. 8° calf. London, 1747 3627 VOLTAIRE. The Maid of Orleans, or, La Pucelle. Translated into English Verse, with Notes, by W. H. Ireland. pp. 288, 279. 2 vols. in one. 8° half calf. London, 1822 3628 VRIES, David Peterson de. Voyages from Holland to America, A. D. 1632 to 1644. Translated from the Dutch by Henry C. Murphy. pp. 199. Portrait. Royal 4° cloth, uncut. New York, 1853 |