[Americas] Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de et al. Nieuwe Werelt, anders ghenaempt West-Indien

Amst., Michiel Colijn, 1621-1622, 3 parts in 1 vol. w. the mentioned letterpress general title w. privilege verso bound before the work by Herrera. Comprises: (1) Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas. Descriptio Indiae Orientalis. Halftitle: Nieuwe werelt, anders ghenaempt West-Indien. 1622, (8),111,(1) p., w. engr. Latin title-page on an integral leaf (incl. a map of the western hemisphere and Aztec gods and rulers), 14 double-p. engr. maps, 19th cent. vellum ("splitselband") w. manuscript the authors and titles on spine, 4to in sm. folio size. (2) Jacob Le Maire. Spieghel der Australische Navigatie. 1622, (16),72 p., 73-85 lvs, w. the following engr.: title w. world map recto and portrait of the author verso, 3 double-p. maps (1x fold.), 5 almost full-p. views within collation. (3) Pedro Ordonez de Ceballos. Eyghentlijcke beschryvinghe van West-Indien: Hoe die landen en provintien ghelegen zijn, op wat maniere datmen die door reysen sal: Ende wat rijckdommen van gout en silver elcke plaetse begriipt: Ghedaen van Pedro Ordonnez, de Cevallos, priester, die de landen met groote neersticheyt doorreyst en besichticht heeft. 1621, 29 p., w. woodcut view on title-p.

Bound in the wrong order (probably on purpose). In very fine condition w. only minor imperfections, a desirable copy with a very fine provenance: Owner's inscription tipped-onto lower pastedown: "W.C. Ackersdijck 1804 ex Bibliotheca Velingiana". Willem Cornelis Ackersdijck (1760-1843), lawyer and historian, who also probably added the three manuscript lvs bound in at the beginning (possibly w. additions by Meulman, see below). His library was sold in 1862, the present work being number 317 (under Le Maire) in the auction catalogue (Muller). Bibliotheca Velingiana referring to the library of Abdias Velingius (1721-1803). His library was sold at auction in 1804, the present work being number 345 (as "De Nieuwe Waereld of Westindien Amst. 1622") in the auction catalogue (Den Bosch, Wed. C.A. Vieweg & Zoon/ E. Lion). With bookplate of the great Dutch book collector Isaac Meulman (1807-1868). His library was sold at auction in 1869, the present work being number 1967 (under Herrera) in the auction catalogue (Muller/ Nijhoff). Acquired by Bernard Quaritch "23.2.20" (pencil annotation on lower pastedown, "perfect"). Also by Quaritch (?) is a pencil annotation on first free endpaper, referring to the auction that took place a few days before he made the note at the end: "162 Gorsira Sale 20-2-1920". This refers to the auction of valuable books of Cornelis Gorsira a.o., by Sotheby's in London beginning on 18 February 1920. Cornelis Gorsira was the oldest son of Michael Gorsira, who together with his brother Pieter owned several plantations on Curaçao. Cornelis discovered phosphate (guano) on the Tafelberg, at the time part of his father's plantation Santa Barbara. Finally, from the library of Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937), sold by Sotheby's in 1950. All three works of these important travel accounts in the rare first Dutch editions, also notable for the new maps, for instance showing California as an island for the first time and the non-existent Northwest passage. Tiele, Bibl. 478 (French ed.) and 479; Tiele, Mém., p. 314, item d & pp. 56-57, item mm; Alden & Landis 622/29; Sabin 14348, 14352, 14353, 31542, 44059; Howgego L84; Robert, Bibl. of Australia 433 & p. 109 between 529 & 530.