Argensola on the conquest of the Moluccas 1609
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IMPORTANT WORK ON THE EXPLORATION OF THE EAST INDIES. ARGENSOLA, BARTOLOME LEONARDO Y. Conqvista de las islas Malucas. (Madrid, Alonso Martin, 1609, title cut in lower border with loss of text [imprint, as often] in lower part).
4:o (278x197 mm.). (12), 1-319, 316-407, (1 blank) pp. Engraved figurative title (close cut, in lower margin with loss of main part of place, printer and printing year).
18th century red gilt morocco, boards with richly gilt floral decor, somewhat worn and rubbed, a few spots, some small cracks in the joints, gilt edges of covers, richly gilt spine in seven compartments with raised bands, black title label, small damages at head and foot, speckled edges. In a new chemise of red-brownish cloth and a cloth case with spine in red morocco and five raised bands, title in gold.
Last leaf laid down, some small repaired wormholes touching headlines. Pages 65-68 dampstained in outer margin, some foxing and browning. Engraved bookplate of Jeremiah Hill. From the library of Sir Thomas Phillips with shelfmark and inscription "MHC" in pencil.
First edition. Sold at Sotheby´s June 23, 1988, lot 110.
Mostly on the Philippines and the Moluccas, but the work also deals with China, Java, Sumatra, Ceylon and others.
Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola (1562-1631), Spanish poet and historian. Studied at Huesca, took orders, and was presented to the rectory of Villahermosa in 1588. He was attached to the suite of the count de Lemos, viceroy of Naples, in 1610, and succeeded his brother Lupercio as historiographer of Aragon in 1613. He died at Saragossa on the 4th of February 1631.
His principal prose works are the Conquista de las Islas Molucas (1609), and a supplement to Zurita´s Anales de Aragón, which was published in 1630. His poems (1634), like those of his elder brother, are admirably finished examples of pungent wit. His commentaries on contemporary events, and his Alteraciones populares, dealing with a Saragossa rising in 1591, are lost.
The Maluku Islands or the Moluccas are an archipelago within Indonesia. Geographically they are located east of Sulawesi, west of New Guinea, and north and east of Timor. The islands were also historically known as the "Spice Islands" by the Chinese and Europeans, but this term has also been applied to other islands outside Indonesia. (Wikipedia.)
Provenance: The library of Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872), important British bookcollector,
The library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6143
Datum:
2016-06-21