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Voyages and Discoveries, with autograph letter

Lot 13
15.06.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 13 | Voyages and Discoveries, with autograph letter
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Voyages and Discoveries, with autograph letter

Washington Irving, 1831

IRVING, Washingon (1783-1859). Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1831.



The first American edition, uncut in original boards, of Irving's account of Columbus's circle, with an autograph letter. Here Irving writes to John A. Van Heuvel of Ogdenburgh, New York, to thank him for volumes of Rochfort's Histoire des Antilles, a valuable source on the explorations of the Caribbean by Columbus and his companions. Irving notes that it is "especially appreciated in this country where old books of the kind are so difficult to be met with." Charles de Rochefort's important work on the islands of the Caribbean was first published in 1658. BAL 10133.



Small quarto (234 x 140mm). Uncut. 4 pp. of adverts preceding title, 2 pp. of adverts at rear. Original brown paper-covered boards, muslin spine, paper label (rubbed and soiled). [With:] Autograph letter signed ("Washington Irving") to John A. Van Heuvel Esq of Ogdenburgh NY, 28 January 1835, New York. 2 pp., 250 x 202mm, bifolium, with franked address panel and red wax seal (some separation along creases, small loss to outer margin of address panel). Modern chemise and slipcase.

Artist:Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
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