“
sion of it be not interesting to mrs Carmichael: to whom with a great deal of respect as well as to yourself I am Dear Sir
your most obed
t. humble serv
t.
”
Hernando Cortés, 1485-1547, the Spanish conquerer
[
sic
--
Ed.
] of Mexico, wrote five letters on the subject of his conquests, addressed to Charles V. This edition by Lorenzana consists
of a reprint of the second, third and fourth of the letters addressed by Cortés to Charles V, with additional matter and notes
by Lorenzana.
Francisco Antonio Lorenzana y Butron, 1722-1804, Cardinal, Bishop of Toledo and Archbishop of Mexico.
For “3. Borgoyne’s travels, mentioned by Jefferson as the source of his knowledge of this book in his letter to William Short,
quoted here, see no. 3899.
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124
Storia del Messico dell’ Abate Clavigero.
4. vol.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 255, as above.
CLAVIJERO,
Francisco Javier.
Storia Antica del Messico cavata da’ Migliori Storici Spagnuoli, e da’ Manoscritti, e dalle Pitture Antiche degl’ Indiani:
divisa in dieci Libri, e corredata di Carte Geografiche, e di varie Figure: e Dissertazioni sulla Terra, sugli Animali, e
sugli abitatori del Messico. Opera dell’Abate D. Francesco Saverio Clavigero. Tomo I. [-IV. contenante le Dissertazioni].
In
Cesena
mdcclxxx-mdcclxxxi
. Per
Gregorio Biasini. Con Licenza de’ Superiori. [1780-1781.]
F1219 .C61
First Edition. 4 vol. 4to. I. 157 leaves, 1 folded engraved map, 2 full page plates, one of plants, the other of animals in compartments,
at the end a folded leaf with the
Genealogia dei re Messicani; II, 138 leaves, 17 engraved plates, some folded; III, 130 leaves, folded engraved map, folded engraved plate; IV, 166 leaves;
lists of errata in each volume.
Sabin 13518.
Palau II, 209.
Backer II, 1210, 6.
John Carter Brown 2629.
Jefferson mentioned this work in a letter to Dr. Joseph Willard, dated from Paris, March 24, 1789: “
. . . Clavigero, an Italian also, who has resided thirty five years in Mexico, has given us a history of that country, which
certainly merits more respect than any other work on the same subject. he corrects many errors of D
r. Robertson, and the sound philosophy will disapprove many of his ideas. we must still consider it as an useful work, and
assuredly the best we possess on the same subject. it is in 4. thin volumes small 4
to. . . .
”
A copy is entered by him on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
44.
Francisco Javier Clavijero, 1731-1787, was born in Vera Cruz, and remained in Mexico until the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767, when he went to Italy
and settled in Bologna, where he wrote this book. Translations into English and into German appeared in 1787 and 1789, and
an edition was published in Philadelphia in 1817.
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125
Voiages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 92, as above, but reading
Voyages.
GAGE,
Thomas.
Nouvelle Relation, contenant les Voyages de Thomas Gage dans le nouvelle Espagne, ses diverses avantures, & son retour dans la Province de Nicaragua jusqu’à la Havane. Avec la Description
de la Ville de Mexique, telle qu’elle étoit autrefois, & comme elle est à present. Ensemble vne Description exacte des Terres
& Provinces que possedent les Espagnols en toute l’Amérique, de la forme de leur Gouvernement Ecclesiastique & Politique,
de leur Commerce, de leurs Moeurs, &