Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, 1630. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 17 3/4" x 21 3/4" This striking map by Johannes Blaeu depicts the Rio de la Plata region in South America, showing Paraguay, Uruguay, parts of Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Mountains and forests are elegantly rendered in pictorial detail. Indigenous groups are extensively noted throughout the region. Rivers, towns, cities, lakes, and topographic features are labeled. Two ships are depicted off the coast. This..... More

London: 1744. Map. Engraving. Sheet Measures 14" x 16 3/4" Map of the southern half of South America, showing Paraguay, Uruguay, parts of Chile, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. Extensively labeled with cities, towns, ports, colonial settlements, rivers, ports, mines, and topography. Interestingly, a lengthy notation is included east of the Parana River describing a Jesuit settlement with more than 300,000 indigenous families divided into 42 parishes. The missions together can assemble 60,000 well disciplined men in a few days..... More

Paris: 1925. A rather cryptic and uncommon autographed note signed, 1 page, 5 x 4 inches, in the form of a card with a small photograph added, Paris, June 14, 1925, in French but translated: "My expression of deep sympathy for the Republic of Uruguay, a friend of France." Fine full signature adding "The Academy of France, Tenured Secretary of the Academy of Sciences." Note: It's a mystery as to why Picard sent this card to his friend in Uruguay..... More

Forest Hills: Las Americas, 1943. Translated into English by Gilda Massa. Illustrated with b/w cartoons by Chilean artist Federico Ribas. 49 pages with text in Spanish and English on facing pages. Slim 8vo, brown pictorial wrappers. Forest Hills NY: Las Americas Publishing, (1943). First edition thus. Some light foxing on 1st and last several pages, still a very good copy of this scarce book -- the Ulysses of the insect world. More