1751 A.D. [212] AN ACT for encouraging the making of Pott Ashes and Pearl Ashes in the British Plantations in America. Folio, boards. London, 1751. 10s 6d *** "Whereas the making of Pott Ashes and Pearl Ashes in the British Plantations in America, would be advantageous to the trade of this nation, as Great Quantities thereof are used in the manufacture of soap, and other manufactures of this Kingdom; which at present being chiefly furnished from foreign parts, the supply of that necessary commodity is uncertain, and the price often exorbitant." [214] AN ACT for avoiding and putting an end to certain Doubts and Questions, relating to the Attestation of Wills and Codicils, concerning Real Estates, in that Part of Great Britain called England, and' in His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America. Folio, boards. 1753 A.D. 10s 6d [215] COLOMBIA. SOTO Y MARNE (Francisco, Comissario-General y Aposolico de las Provincias Minoritas del Peru). Copia de la Relacion y Diario Critico-Nautico de el Viage que desde la Ciudad de Cadiz à la Cartagena de Indias. 40 pp., small 4to, new boards. £10 10s ***A most interesting Relation, giving minute details of the Voyage from Spain to South America, and a description of Martinique. NOT IN THE CHURCH CATALOGUE. 1754 A.D. [216] LOZANO (Pedro S. J.). Historia de la Compania de Jesus en la Provincia del Paraguay. 2 vols., folio, calf. Madrid, 1754-55. £52 10s First Edition. Exceedingly rare and valuable work, which is based on first-class documents. In the short preface to Volume I., Father Lozano speaks at length of a history by Father Pastor (died in 1658) in 2 volumes, which has not been published and is lost, and which certainly formed the basis of the above work. NOT IN THE CHURCH CATALOGUE. 1755 A.D. [217] DOUGLASS (William). A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in NORTH-AMERICA. 1755. Large Folding Map. 2 vols., Svo, original calf. Boston, New-England, Printed: London, re-printed for R. Baldwin, ***“This Historical Summary concerning the British Continent plantations in North America, we published in loose sheets by way of pamphlet; which in their nature are temporary, and soon lost; but as it is generally well received, that it may be more permanent, we publish it in two large octavo volumes." Vol. I., part 1, contains general affairs, viz., some account of ancient and modern colonies, the first grants and settling of our continent colonies and West-India Islands, and the adjoining French and Spanish settlement. Vol. I., part 2, contains, 1, The Hudson's-bay company's settlements, and their fur and skin trade. 2, Newfoundland cod-fishery. 3, The province of Nova Scotia; the vicissitudes under the British and French jurisdictions. 4. The several grants united by a new charter in the province of Massachusetts-bay. Vol. II., concerning the other British provinces of North-America, viz., NewHampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, East and West Jersies, Pensylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Throughout is interspered several miscellaneous affairs, such as the natural history, the distempers at times epidemical, and the endemial diseases, with their paper currencies. The writer acknowledges that in the affair of Commodore Knowles's impress in the harbour of Boston, Nov. 1747, there was somewhat of passionate warmth and indiscretion, merely in affection to Boston, and country of New-England, his altera patria; but not with rancour or malice, having no personal acquaintance with Mr. Knowles; therefore from common fame, he only narrates his peculiar temper, his severity in discipline, and not so much regard as some other sea commanders have for the mercantile interest, by impressing their men, when he thought the public service required it: his courage is not questioned; the insinuation concerning his personal courage has been construed amiss; the refusing of challenges from masters of merchant ships, whose men he had impressed, is no slur. The writer declares that he had no other intention, than by setting the affair in a strong light, to contribute towards extending to the continent colonies, particularly to NewEngland, a late act of parliament against impressing of sailors in the sugar West-India Islands. Therefore as this affair was temporary, of no use, and may give offence, it is suppressed in the present publication of this first volume of the Summary. Admiral Knowles since he sail'd from Boston, has been happy in successful expeditions, particularly in reducing the fort of Port-Louis of Hispaniola, and in beating a superior Spanish squadron off the Havannah. 1755 A.D. [218] RIBADENEYRA y BARRIENTOS (Antonio Joachin de). Manual compendio de el Regio Patronato Indiano, para su mas facil uso en las materias conducentes à la practica. With engraved frontispiece and vignettes. Madrid, 1755. £5 5s Fine copy of an uncommon book in which the author has reproduced the whole of the Papal Bulls relating to the "Patronato Real" of the Indies. NOT IN THE CHURCH CATALOGUE. 1756 A.D. MONTCALM'S RELATION. [219] MONTCALM (Louis Joseph). Relation de la prise des Forts de Choueguen, ou Oswego; & de ce qui s'est passé cette année en Canada. Small 4to, new boards. (Grenoble, Cuchet), 1756. £52 10s The Original Issue of this almost unique pamphlet, of which only one other Copy is known, viz., that in the Church Library, and which was found by Henry Harrisse among some others relating to Canada, printed at Grenoble by Cuchet, between the years 1754 and 1760, which seemed sufficient evidence for attributing the work to his press. This very important relation gives an account of the most important military event of 1756. Oswego was a strong strategic point between the French and English settlements. Commanding the fur trade as it did, its possession was of vital importance to the French. In August, Montcalm suddenly appeared before the place, and on the 14th it fell into his hands. The French took 16,400 prisoners and 113 pieces of cannon, five war vessels on the lake, etc. After destroying the fortifications Montcalm returned to Fort Carillon. He wrote to the minister of war," Les dispositions que j'avois arreties sont si fort contre les regles ordinaires que l'audace qui à été mise dans cette entreprise doit passer pour temerité en Europe." This attack and capture was one of the boldest undertakings of the war, gave great encouragement to the French, and produced the greatest effect in France; hence this plaquette. THE CHURCH CATALOGUE KNOWS OF NO OTHER COPY. 1756 A.D. [220] ORDONNANCE DU ROI, Portant déclaration de guerre contre le Roi d'Angleterre. Du 9 Juin 1756. Small 4to, new boards. Paris, 1756. *** £5 5s Containing the reasons for the Declaration of War against England, foremost of which is the aggression of the English in the French American Colonies, especially Canada. NOT IN CHURCH CATALOGUE. 1756 A.D. [221] RELACAO abbreviada da Republica que os religiosos Jesuitas das Provincias de Portugal, e Hespanha, estabelecerão nos Dominios Ultramarinos das duas monarchias, e da Guerra, que nelles tem movido, e sustendado contra os Exercitos Hespanhoes, e Portuguezes. 12mo, boards. (Lisbon, 1756.) NOT IN CHURCH CATALOGUE. £2 2s 1756 A.D. [222] COMPENDIUM of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages. Illustrated and adorned with a variety of genuine Charts, Maps, Plans, Heads, etc., curiously engraved. Seven Volumes, post 8vo, original calf. London, 1756. *** Dealing for the most part with American Voyages. Comprising £3 10s The Four Voyages of Columbus, 129 pp. With folding map of W. Indies and one plate. Conquest of Mexico by Cortes, 290 pp. Engraved portrait of Cortes. Folding map of Mexico, Plan of Vera Cruz, view of Mexico City, etc. Conquest of Peru by Pizarro. Engraved plates and plan of Lima. Voyages for the Discovery of Florida, Magellan's Voyages, Drake's Voyages, Raleigh's, Sir Thos. Rowe's, Capt. John Monks' Voyage to Greenland, Capt. Thos. James's Voyage to discover the N.W. Passage, Nieuhoff's Voyages, Lionel Wafer's Voyage to the Isthmus of America, Expedition against Carthagena, Dampier's Voyages, Roger's, Anson's, Gemelli's Voyages. Including maps of Straits of Magellan, Virginia and Maryland, Peru and Chili, Greenland, Hudson's Bay, Brazil, Darien and Panama, Carthagena, Portobello, and numerous plates. Also Voyages of Indian and East Indian interest, with numerous maps and plates. 1757 A.D. [223] AN ACT to extend the Liberty granted by an Act of the Twenty third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, of importing Bar Iron from his Majesty's Colonies in America, into the Port of London, to the rest of the Ports of Great Britain, and for repealing certain Clauses in the said Act. Folio, boards. 12s 6d "An Act to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from His Majesty's Colonies in America; and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engin for slitting or rolling of iron; or any Plateing Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer; or any Furnace for making Steel in any of the said Colonies." American iron to be imported into England free of duty. 1757 A.D. THE ORIGINAL EDITION. [224] CALIFORNIA. VENEGAS (Miguel). Noticia de la California, y de su Conquista Temporal, y Espiritual Hasta el Tiempo Presente. Sacada de la Historia Manuscrita, formada en Mexico ano de 1739, por el Padre Miguel Venegas, de la Compania de Jesus; y de otras Noticias, y Relaciones antiguas, y modernas. ANADIDA DE ALGUNOS MAPAS PARTICULARES, y uno general de la America Septentrional, Asia Oriental, y Mar del Sur intermedio, formados sobre las Memorias mas recientes, y exactas, que se publican juntamente. Illustrated with 4 large folding Maps. 3 vols., small 4to, original vellum binding. THE FIRST EDITION. £31 10s *** The first map is one of California only; but as that name was used in a more limited sense than at present, the second map, which is general, supplies the deficiencies. This second map is a very curious one, showing the entire Pacific shores of Asia and America, with records of the latest explorations by the Spaniards, Russians, and English, especially on the upper Californian shores, and Columbia. NOT IN THE CHURCH CATALOGUE. 1757 A.D. [225] ROBLES (Antonio de). Resguardo contra el Olvido, en el breve compendio de la vida admirable, y virtudes heroycas del. Sr Dr. D. Alonso de Cuevas Davalos, Obispo electo de Nicaragua, consagrado de Oaxaca, Arzobispo de Mexico, su Patrio. [Together with a Memorial Sermon by Francisco de Siles.] 4to, calf. Mexico, 1757 NOT IN THE CHURCH CATALOGUE. 1758 A.D. £5 5s [226] MARQUES (Father Simon). Brasilia Pontificia, sive speciales facultates pontificiae, quae Brasiliae episcopis conceduntur, et singulis decenniis renovantur, cum notationibus evulgatae. Accessit Appendix pro casibus in Brasilia reservatis cum desiderata eorum expositione. Folio, old calf. Lisbon, 1758. This work is invaluable for the ecclesiastical history of Brazil. £15 15s Father Simon Marques, was born at Coimbra in 1684 and at the age of 17 joined the Jesuit Order. He went to Brazil in 1702 and taught at Rio de Janeiro. He became Rector of the Jesuit College at Rio de Janeiro, synodal examiner and finally Provincial. 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