Pierpoint Morgan Library (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Cover is yellowed, chipped at edges. Former owner's name is in ink, neatly, on top corner of cover. 1000 copies of this exhibition catalog were printed for Christmas 1946. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 272 pages; Physical desc.: xxii, 272 p. : ill. (col.) ; 31 cm. In 1983, The Pierpoint Morgan Library received, as the bequest of Clara S. Peck, an extraordinary volume whose beautiful paintings and descriptions document the plant, animal, and human life of the Caribbean late in the sixteenth century. Spaniards had already begun to exert influence over the indigenous people of the area when explorers from England and France arrived, among them Sir Francis Drake. The book, known as "The Drake Manuscript, " and titled Histoire Naturelle des Indes when it was bound in the eighteenth century, gives us a wonderful picture of daily life at the time of Drake's many visits to the region. Although Drake's connection to the manuscript is uncertain, he is mentioned on more than one occasion by the authors. Drake himself is known to have painted, but none of his work survives. The work presented, here in full facsimile for the first time, is from the hands of two or more artists, most likely French, and the descriptions are French as well. 4 Kg.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 272 pages; Physical desc.: xxii, 272 p. : ill. (col.) ; 31 cm. In 1983, The Pierpoint Morgan Library received, as the bequest of Clara S. Peck, an extraordinary volume whose beautiful paintings and descriptions document the plant, animal, and human life of the Caribbean late in the sixteenth century. Spaniards had already begun to exert influence over the indigenous people of the area when explorers from England and France arrived, among them Sir Francis Drake. The book, known as "The Drake Manuscript, " and titled Histoire Naturelle des Indes when it was bound in the eighteenth century, gives us a wonderful picture of daily life at the time of Drake's many visits to the region. Although Drake's connection to the manuscript is uncertain, he is mentioned on more than one occasion by the authors. Drake himself is known to have painted, but none of his work survives. The work presented, here in full facsimile for the first time, is from the hands of two or more artists, most likely French, and the descriptions are French as well. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1 of 600 copies, bound in two toned cloth, designed and printed at the Spiral Press. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. trade paperback in very good - condition. name inside.