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CHAVES, Hieronymo de (1523-1574). Chronographia ò reportorio de los tiempos el mas copioso y preciso que hasta ahora ha salido a luz. Seville: Juan Guitierrez, 1561.
8o (208 x 147 mm). Title with woodcut portrait of Chaves within architectural border, numerous woodcuts in text, including world maps on i1v and i4v (Shirley 86A). (Without the terminal blank, ink stain on m3, lower blank corner of v1 torn away, hole on X1 with loss of two letters, some browning.) Contemporary Spanish limp vellum (ties renewed). Provenance: Córdoba, Jesuit College (inscription on title recto, ink stamp on title verso); Andres Ramos (inscription on second leaf dated 1707 stating that he censored the text [i.e. on several inked over lines on g4, with small associated ink burn], some annotations to calendar).
Chaves's important work on chronography and astrology was printed in numerous editions, starting in Seville, 1548. A distinguished mathematician, cosmographer and poet of Seville, Chaves was the first to occupy the chair for cosmography on its foundation by the Casa de Contratacion. He was one of the first cartographers to publish a map of the New World. His valuable collection of maps, scientific instruments and manuscripts was left to the Monastery of the Cartuja at Seville, which was partly destroyed. He was a Master of the Arts, graduated in medicine, and was also known for his translation of the verses of Marini. Richard Hakluyt mentioned Chaves in the "Epistle Dedicatorie" to his Divers Voyages, 1582, and also in the address in his Principall Navigations, vol. 1, 1598, second edition. The small circular maps of the old and new worlds are on leaves i1v and i4v. The new world is surrounded by headwinds with their names inscribed circumferentially.
All early editions of Chaves's works are rare: according to American Book Prices Current, the only editions sold at auction in the last 30 years are two copies of the 1548 first edition (Sotheby's London, 21 May 1984 and 2 May 1985) and the Evelyn copy of the 1572 edition (Christie's London, 23 June 1977). Adams C-1422; Palau 67452; Shirley 86A.
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Chaves's important work on chronography and astrology was printed in numerous editions, starting in Seville, 1548. A distinguished mathematician, cosmographer and poet of Seville, Chaves was the first to occupy the chair for cosmography on its foundation by the Casa de Contratacion. He was one of the first cartographers to publish a map of the New World. His valuable collection of maps, scientific instruments and manuscripts was left to the Monastery of the Cartuja at Seville, which was partly destroyed. He was a Master of the Arts, graduated in medicine, and was also known for his translation of the verses of Marini. Richard Hakluyt mentioned Chaves in the "Epistle Dedicatorie" to his Divers Voyages, 1582, and also in the address in his Principall Navigations, vol. 1, 1598, second edition. The small circular maps of the old and new worlds are on leaves i1v and i4v. The new world is surrounded by headwinds with their names inscribed circumferentially.
All early editions of Chaves's works are rare: according to American Book Prices Current, the only editions sold at auction in the last 30 years are two copies of the 1548 first edition (Sotheby's London, 21 May 1984 and 2 May 1985) and the Evelyn copy of the 1572 edition (Christie's London, 23 June 1977). Adams C-1422; Palau 67452; Shirley 86A.