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186221776<p>In February 1862 General Mansfield Lovell sends reinforcements to Albert Sidney Johnston the chief Confederate commander in the West so he can defend Nashville and Fort Donelson. The move was fruitless; Fort Donelson fell to Union troops a week after this letter was written.</p> <b>MANSFIELD LOVELL.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Albert Sidney Johnston. New Orleans La. February 7 1862. 1 p. 8 x 11 in.<p>With: a carte-de-visite of Lovell in Confederate uniform. New York & Washington: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Gallery ca. 1862.</p><p><b>Partial Transcript </b></p><p><i>"Capt. Gibson's battery 21 rifled 6 pdrs. and two 12 pdr. Howitzers has been detained for want of transportation but will leave tomorrow morning for Nashville. Capt. Bains has received his battery and with the exception of a portion of his harness is ready to proceed to join your command; but as his company is totally uninstructed I have thought it best to retain them at their encampment in the Jackson Rail Road to drill and be reduced to something like discipline. If however you desire to have the guns and men I would prefer to have the men instructed at Nashville. I shall order them there upon the receipt of a telegram to that effect from you."</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>A day before Lovell wrote this letter Ulysses S. Grant had forced the surrender of Fort Henry Tennessee. The loss prompted Confederate Western Department commander General Albert Sidney Johnston to abandon his position at Bowling Green Kentucky and fall back towards Nashville. A week later on February 16 Fort Donelson Tennessee fell. The Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers had been opened and all of western Tennessee northern Mississippi and northern Alabama were exposed to Union invasion. Johnston adopted the strategic thinking of P.G.T. Beauregard his new second-in-command and concentrated most of the men in the western theater on a climactic battle against Ulysses S. Grant. In the resulting Battle of Shiloh April 6-7 1862 Johnson himself was killed. He was the highest-ranking officer to die in battle on either side in the Civil War.</p><p>In the aftermath of the Battle of Shiloh New Orleans lay exposed to Union attack from the north while to the south Admiral David G. Farragut's Mississippi River fleet broke the Confederate defenses on the Mississippi River at Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The two forts protected New Orleans but Farragut bypassed them in the dark early morning hours of April 24. He then prevailed over Confederate Captain John Stevenson's overmatched fleet. Lovell began to evacuate New Orleans over the next few days well before Union General Benjamin Butler's army was in a position to threaten its works. Lovell's evacuation order probably cost him his career; he was investigated by a court of inquiry and never again commanded troops in the field. Butler occupied the Crescent City on May 1.</p><p><b>Mansfield Lovell </b>1822-1884 was a West Point graduate from Washington D.C. who was seriously wounded at Belen Gate in the Mexican War. In October 1861 he was appointed major general in the Confederate Army and assigned to command in New Orleans. Under Lovell the Confederates lost New Orleans but he was hampered by deficiencies in men and materiel and was subsequently cleared of responsibility. However he never again obtained high command.</p><p><b>Albert S. Johnston</b> 1803-1862 of Kentucky graduated from West Point where he befriended Jefferson Davis in 1828. He went to Texas where he served as aide-de-camp to Sam Houston's revolutionary army and rose to command Texas forces briefly in 1837. He also served as Secretary of War for the short-lived Republic of Texas. Johnston fought under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War was colonel of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry on the Texas frontier led troops in the Utah wars and commanded the Department of the Pacific before the Civil War. In 1861 he was appointed full general second after Samuel Cooper with command of all Confederate forces in the western theater. Under his overall direction the South lost Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. His plans for resurgence in the West resulted in the Battle of Shiloh during which he fell mortally wounded.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. Small chips at top margin two minor tears at left margin ink identification on verso.</p>
186221776<p>In February 1862 General Mansfield Lovell sends reinforcements to Albert Sidney Johnston the chief Confederate commander in the West so he can defend Nashville and Fort Donelson. The move was fruitless; Fort Donelson fell to Union troops a week after this letter was written.</p> <b>MANSFIELD LOVELL.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Albert Sidney Johnston. New Orleans La. February 7 1862. 1 p. 8 x 11 in.<p>With: a carte-de-visite of Lovell in Confederate uniform. New York & Washington: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Gallery ca. 1862.</p><p><b>Partial Transcript </b></p><p><i>"Capt. Gibson's battery 21 rifled 6 pdrs. and two 12 pdr. Howitzers has been detained for want of transportation but will leave tomorrow morning for Nashville. Capt. Bains has received his battery and with the exception of a portion of his harness is ready to proceed to join your command; but as his company is totally uninstructed I have thought it best to retain them at their encampment in the Jackson Rail Road to drill and be reduced to something like discipline. If however you desire to have the guns and men I would prefer to have the men instructed at Nashville. I shall order them there upon the receipt of a telegram to that effect from you."</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>A day before Lovell wrote this letter Ulysses S. Grant had forced the surrender of Fort Henry Tennessee. The loss prompted Confederate Western Department commander General Albert Sidney Johnston to abandon his position at Bowling Green Kentucky and fall back towards Nashville. A week later on February 16 Fort Donelson Tennessee fell. The Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers had been opened and all of western Tennessee northern Mississippi and northern Alabama were exposed to Union invasion. Johnston adopted the strategic thinking of P.G.T. Beauregard his new second-in-command and concentrated most of the men in the western theater on a climactic battle against Ulysses S. Grant. In the resulting Battle of Shiloh April 6-7 1862 Johnson himself was killed. He was the highest-ranking officer to die in battle on either side in the Civil War.</p><p>In the aftermath of the Battle of Shiloh New Orleans lay exposed to Union attack from the north while to the south Admiral David G. Farragut's Mississippi River fleet broke the Confederate defenses on the Mississippi River at Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The two forts protected New Orleans but Farragut bypassed them in the dark early morning hours of April 24. He then prevailed over Confederate Captain John Stevenson's overmatched fleet. Lovell began to evacuate New Orleans over the next few days well before Union General Benjamin Butler's army was in a position to threaten its works. Lovell's evacuation order probably cost him his career; he was investigated by a court of inquiry and never again commanded troops in the field. Butler occupied the Crescent City on May 1.</p><p><b>Mansfield Lovell </b>1822-1884 was a West Point graduate from Washington D.C. who was seriously wounded at Belen Gate in the Mexican War. In October 1861 he was appointed major general in the Confederate Army and assigned to command in New Orleans. Under Lovell the Confederates lost New Orleans but he was hampered by deficiencies in men and materiel and was subsequently cleared of responsibility. However he never again obtained high command.</p><p><b>Albert S. Johnston</b> 1803-1862 of Kentucky graduated from West Point where he befriended Jefferson Davis in 1828. He went to Texas where he served as aide-de-camp to Sam Houston's revolutionary army and rose to command Texas forces briefly in 1837. He also served as Secretary of War for the short-lived Republic of Texas. Johnston fought under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War was colonel of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry on the Texas frontier led troops in the Utah wars and commanded the Department of the Pacific before the Civil War. In 1861 he was appointed full general second after Samuel Cooper with command of all Confederate forces in the western theater. Under his overall direction the South lost Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. His plans for resurgence in the West resulted in the Battle of Shiloh during which he fell mortally wounded.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. Small chips at top margin two minor tears at left margin ink identification on verso.</p> books
1857B2748Cincinnati: Wrightson & Co. 1857. A very good copy of this rare American pamphlet lacks one map. Binding: contemporary pictorial paper boards with text and vignette scene mounted on thick paper with some loss of the margins. Size: 8vo Illustration: With one hand-coloured map entitled “Map Illustrating the Canada Pacific and Northern Pacific and of the Proposed Railroads connecting at Straits of Mackinaw. Also Showing the Position of Mackinaw City†385mm x 750mm. References: Sabin 44366 Pages: P. title title 3 5-47 1 Category: Book Americas U.S. Wrightson & Co. hardcover
182713918Cincinnati: Morgan Lodge and Fisher 1827. First Edition. Leather bound. Very good. First edition of Cincinnati in 1826 by Benjamin Drake and Edward D. Mansfield inscribed by Mansfield to his longtime friend Reverend Thomas Picton. Twelvemo 100pp 1. Full black leather title stamped in gilt on front cover gilt-ruled bands on spine. Page ends dyed yellow. Solid binding extremities lightly rubbed small chip to upper spine end. Mild foxing throughout moderate toning to the two illustrated plates. Inscribed by one of the authors on the front free endpaper: "To the Revd Mr. Picton / from his friend / E.D. Mansfield." Howes D458 Sabin 20813 Thomson 339 American Imprints 28729 An attractive copy of this early descriptive text of Cincinnati rarely seen with author's signature. Benjamin Drake and Edward D. Mansfield were both lawyers at the time they wrote Cincinnati in 1826. Their detailed account of Cincinnati became an important guide to emigrants and contributed to the city's rapid growth making it one of the 10 largest cities in the US by 1830. The recipient of this copy Reverend Thomas Picton was chaplain and professor of ethics at West Point from 1818 to 1825. With his father being a professor at West Point Mansfield graduated from there in 1819. In his book Personal Memories: Social Political and Literary 1879 Mansfield describes the Rev. Mr. Picton as "one of my earliest and best friends." page 88. Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher unknown
180164290New Haven: Printed by William W. Morse 1801. First edition. 8vo. x 2 274 47pp. of tables and errata13 folding engraved plates. Period flame calf gilt stamped red morocco spine label gilt rules. Chip to head of spine front joint split. Ex Franklin Library copy. Mansfield's work "is considered the first book of original mathematical researches by a native American." -DAB. Jefferson having been made aware of him by this book would make an appointment that lead him to become one of the earliest instructors at West Point and then would go on to appoint him to become Surveyor of the Northwest Territory. Period inscription not all readable from perhaps a Hoyt leaving the book to a name we can't make out: "Bequeathed to in my last will who is now on the Sea Coast Survey of the United States." AMERICAN IMPRINTS 866 HONEYMAN 2137 KARPINSKI p.132. RINK 581 SOWERBY Vol. IV p.33. <br/><br/> Printed by William W. Morse unknown books
1846229691846. Boston Med. Surg. J. 35/21. - Boston David Clapp December 23 1846 8° pp.417-444 orig. wrappers. First Edition in the extreme rare original wrappers! Further content relating to anaesthesia. Dana Fras. Jr.: Mesmerism pp.425-428. Wallace W.Clay: Remarks on the inhalation of ether previous to surgical operations pp.435-436. By a Correspondent who has no Property in Patent Rights: Are inventions in surgery and in chemistry legitimate subjects for patents pp.436-438 On the front inner wrapper appears for the third time in the Bost. Med. Surg. Jo. the famous advertising: " Morton's Letheon. General Circular . Public Caution" Boston Nov.26. 1846 W.T.G. Morton" 42 lines. "Stimulated by the appearance of the paper by Dr. Bigelow Dr.F. Dana Jr. of Boston sent to the Boston Medical Surgical Journal a spirited defense of mesmerism in which he said that mesmerism had been tested much longer than anesthesia produced by sulfuric ether. He referred to the work of Elliotson in England said that the Section of the Royal Academy of France had approved mesmerism in 1831 and claimed that Baron Cuvier Gabriel Andral Francois Broussais and Mathew Bailllie all had strongly approved mesmerism. The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal however always had been contemptuous of mesmerism." cf. Keys p. 29 "The December 23 issue of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal contained five articles relating to ether anesthesia. The first was from J. D. Mansfield of South Reading a physician who reported that Flagg's views on the inhalation of ethereal vapor in certain surgical operations "were those of the profession generally in this region." He ended his communication by describing the inhalation by some of his friends at a recent social party of a mixture of sulfuric ether water morphine and a few drops of sulfuric acid with the effects paralleling those of ether when sniffed. "One young lady in particular came so completely under the influence of it that had she an aching tooth I think I should have tried my skill at extracting." Mansfield's letter was followed by a longish article by Francis Dana Jr. entitled "Mesmerism."M Since the editorial following Bigelow's insensibility paper had noted that "unlike the farce and trickery of mesmerism" the new discovery was in the hands of professional men Dana felt compelled to respond to the attack that had been made and his article was mainly a defense of this system. In the same issue Dr. W. Clay Wallace of New York published his objections to the inhalation of both ether and nitrous oxide because of the dangerous and disagreeable effects accompanying them." Then followed an anonymous discussion "Are Inventions in Surgery and in Chemistry Legitimate Subjects for Patents By a Correspondent Who Has No Property in Patent Rights" its author concluding that patents indeed can be granted for improvements in surgery and chemistry. However an editorial account following it on an "Apparatus for Inhaling the Gas"' criticized Morton satirically for selling his ether inhaler. It ended with the following paragraph: 'In todays journal will be found a communication from a legal gentleman drawn up at our request in which the validity of a patent is strenuously maintained. Since that article was in type we have been informed through a letter from Prof. C. A. Harris M.D. of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgeons that his colleague Dr. Bond had consulted one of the first lawyers there stating to him the whole case; and his opinion is that there is nothing patentable in the matter and that letters patent for it are worthless. We have similar information and assurance from Drs. Roper and Flagg of Philadelphia who have consulted competent legal judges in that city'." Richard J. Wolfe: Tarnished Idol / William Thomas Green Morton and the Introduction of Surgical Anesthesia A Chronicle of the Ether Controversy 2001 pp.94-95 unknown
1877177021877. Mansfield Charles Blachford. Aerial Navigation 1877 a scientific treatise addressing the technical and theoretical challenges of controlled flight at a time when lighter than air ballooning dominated aerial experimentation. Written by chemist Charles Blachford Mansfield and issued posthumously the work advances early consideration of propulsion steering and mechanical control in the air moving beyond passive balloon drift toward the problem of directed navigation. Mansfield applies chemical and physical reasoning to questions of lift motive force and atmospheric resistance situating the text within mid nineteenth century efforts to transform aerial ascent into practical transportation.<br /> <br /> Mansfield Charles Blachford. Aerial Navigation. London: Macmillan & Co. 1877. First edition. The volume includes a second title leaf reading "Aerial Navigation The Problem with Hints for its Solution by Ithi Kefalende" reflecting the work's earlier conceptual framing. Comprising xxiii 1 513 pages the text presents extended analysis of balloon construction propulsion systems and theoretical models for powered flight drawing on Mansfield's background in chemistry including his work on coal tar derivatives and theoretical studies such as Theory of Salts. Though composed in the early 1850s the manuscript was not published until after Mansfield's death following a laboratory accident preserving a body of research that engaged directly with the limitations of contemporary aeronautical practice.<br /> <br /> Issued during a period when ballooning remained dependent on wind currents Mansfield's work contributes to the intellectual foundation that later supported the development of controllable aircraft. The text engages with the legacy of earlier balloon experiments while anticipating the transition toward powered aviation that would emerge at the end of the nineteenth century. By addressing propulsion and navigational control the work reflects broader scientific inquiry into engineering problems that would define modern aeronautics. Rebound in modern half calf with marbled boards and gilt spine label; text clean and stable with light handling wear. Overall very good condition. unknown
1856042348New York: J.S. Voorhies Law Publishers 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The Book Is The Original Edition Not A Reprint. Printed In 1856 796 Pages With The Index. Leather Boards And Spine. Pages Are Yellow From The Age. Large Water Stain At The Corner Edge Of All The Pages. Still Legible. Some Of The Leather Binding Is Missing Out The Outer Edges. 796 Pages 25 Cm- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. J.S. Voorhies, Law Publishers hardcover
18271253305Cincinnati: Morgan. Lodge and Fisher 1827. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 100p plus two plates. RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE bound in full black leather. Recently restored with newer matching leather spine. The endpapers are original and contain the signature of one David Van Matre and the date of July 1827. A scarce work normally found in wrappers. Scattered foxing. Very good condition. Morgan. Lodge and Fisher unknown
18824968.1London: W. H. Allen & Co 1882. 1st edition NCBEL III 815. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine professionally rebacked with original spine panels laid-down. Pale yellow eps. Spine panels darkened. Bookplate of "C. M. Ingleby L.L.D. Valentines." the noted 19th C Shakespearian scholar. A VG set. 2 volumes 406; vi 2 420 pp. Index in Volume II. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>A scarce set as the print run was withdrawn from the trade due to copyright issues on No Thoroghfare and not republished until 1885. W. H. Allen & Co hardcover books
182763736Cincinnati: Printed by Morgan Lodge and Fisher 1827. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. original wrappers soiled paper label on front. First Edition. 100 1 pp. Two plates. The plates depict the Medical College of Ohio and the Branch Bank. A plain sensible and well-written sketch of the fertile country in the center of which Cincinnati is situated; followed by a lucid and interesting account of the city at that time. It contains a clear exposition of the astonishing growth of the city internal improvement resources etc." Very good copy uncommon in the original binding. Original tan wrappers rubbed and soiled printed paper label on upper wrapper. Tipped in sheet in front: "Js S. Stevens with the compliments of A.S. Dudley Jan. 1 1877". Housed in green clamshell box. HOWES D458; SABIN 20813 THOMSON 339. 11128. <br/><br/> Printed by Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher unknown books
1863WRCAM32357Richmond: R.M. Smith 1863. 123pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Minor spotting and dust soiling. Near fine unopened. A lengthy volume of correspondence between Gen. Mansfield Lovell and the War Office in Richmond regarding New Orleans' defenses. Upon his resignation as deputy street commissioner of New York City Lovell was made a major general in the Confederate army charged with the defense of New Orleans. His constant want of arms and men is borne out in the present correspondence as is his desire to keep the transmissions as secret as possible. His material insufficiencies compelled him to evacuate the city nearly guaranteeing Union control of the Mississippi. A Confederate board of inquiry judged him responsible for the loss and he was barred from any further major command. Important background to one of the most important Union victories of the war. Quite scarce. HOWES L523 "aa." PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 2316. GENERALS IN GRAY p.194. R.M. Smith unknown books
1853011184London: John Murray 1853 Fascinating account of nineteenth century travel and cultural observations in Abyssinia now Eritrea and Ethiopia Tidy copy of first edition in original unrepaired binding corner tips of volume one are rubbed and frayed small Victorian bookseller label to front paste down of each volume volume one has binders label to rear paste down all plates and maps present two are placed as frontispieces and not in the position dictated by the list of illustrations. blue 'marbled' cloth with gilt decoration to upper boards and spines minor signs of age but no faults appendices of volume one are UNOPENED as is the final half of volume two 2kg shipping rate double standard. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mansfield Parkyns. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. John Murray hardcover
182714361Cincinnati: Morgan Lodge and Fisher 1827. First Edition First Printing. Leather bound. Near fine. First edition of Cincinnati in 1826 by Benjamin Drake and Edward D. Mansfield published in 1827. Twelvemo 100pp 1. Custom three-quarter brown morocco binding gilt-ruled bands on spine. Top edge gilt. Free of notable foxing or toning. Publisher's original gray paper wraps bound in with paper label on front cover. Complete with two illustrated plates.Howes D458 Sabin 20813 Thomson 339 American Imprints 28729 An attractive copy of this early descriptive text of Cincinnati. Benjamin Drake and Edward D. Mansfield were both lawyers at the time they wrote Cincinnati in 1826. Their detailed account of Cincinnati became an important guide to emigrants and contributed to the city's rapid growth making it one of the 10 largest cities in the US by 1830. Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher unknown
182717320Cincinnati: Morgan Lodge and Fisher 1827. Original wraps. Very Good -. The February 1827 1st edition in its original slate-gray wrappers. Includes both of the engraved tipped-in plates The Branch Bank U.S. Cincinnati and The Medical College of Ohio AND the mounted title-label to the front panel "Cincinnati at the Close of 1826. Population Buildings Commerce Steam Boats Manufactures State of Society &c. &c.". Solid and VG- with light spotting to the panels and light chipping along the spine ends with minor loss at the crown. A light level of forgiveable foxing --with most concentrated at the rear pastedown and endsheet-- otherwise the pages and crisp and well-preserved. 12mo written by 2 of Cincinnati's "Attorneys and Counsellors at Law" B. Drake and E.D. Mansfield. Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher unknown
182717320Cincinnati: Morgan Lodge and Fisher 1827. Original wraps. Very Good -. The February 1827 1st edition in its original slate-gray wrappers. Includes both of the engraved tipped-in plates The Branch Bank U.S. Cincinnati and The Medical College of Ohio AND the mounted title-label to the front panel "Cincinnati at the Close of 1826. Population Buildings Commerce Steam Boats Manufactures State of Society &c. &c.". Solid and VG- with light spotting to the panels and light chipping along the spine ends with minor loss at the crown. A light level of forgiveable foxing --with most concentrated at the rear pastedown and endsheet-- otherwise the pages and crisp and well-preserved. 12mo written by 2 of Cincinnati's "Attorneys and Counsellors at Law" B. Drake and E.D. Mansfield. <br/><br/> Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher paperback books
1809688Westminster: NA 1809. Softcover. Fair. Legal document of George the III the King in whose reign the United States revolution took place. An interesting document labelled Essex Recovery. The form of the document is a parchment printed upon with King George the Third at the upper left and ""George the Third by the Grace of God"" across the top edge of the document. A headpiece illustrating the union of Scotland and England documents the top and allegorical columns decorate the outer margins with justice holding her sword a King and Queen's portrait the crown etc. An official stamp is at the upper left. At the bottom is the seal of the King although damaged. The manuscript portion of the work describes a legal finding by Judge James Mansfield Knight of Westminster which established that John Holdrich could take possession using the Sheriff of some disputed properties in Essex presumably debt recovery which is why the document is labelled Essex Recovery. There are some later notes in graphite on the main document and an ink inscription on the outer panel has a mid-19th century update note. Physical Attributes - Measures approx. 81.5 x 71 cm. Parchment with a legal form of George the Third printed on top; then the court notary wrote in manuscript the description of the court's decision. A stamp applied under the portrait of George III and a the seal of George the III assigned to the bottom of the document. Condition - See pictures. Folded some toning to outer exposed parchment. Seal heavily cracked/melted difficult to see the King's seal in it. Some odd creases along the edges. A little fading to the illustration along the right border. Some strikethroughs updates/etc in graphite. Pen note from the mid-19th century on the outer label noting an update. NA
1853314144London: John Murray 1853. First edition. 18 engraved plates folding map between volumes. xv 1 425;iv 432 pp. 2 vols. 8vo 8-5/8 x 5-1/4 inches 22 x 14 cm. Publisher's marbled blue cloth with cover device in gilt Some rubbing and minor soiling to spines and covers but in all a very presentable copy. Internally joints professionally reinforced with tissue text generally very clean. Name in ink on endpapers. First edition. 18 engraved plates folding map between volumes. xv 1 425;iv 432 pp. 2 vols. 8vo 8-5/8 x 5-1/4 inches 22 x 14 cm. IN MARBLED PUBLISHER'S CLOTH. Parkyns left England in 1842 and travelled for nine years spending three of those in Abyssinia where he lived much as a native of that country wearing the clothing eating the food and even working as a silversmith. Czech 125; Pankhurst 31 John Murray unknown books
185610161Cambridge: Macmillan & Co 1856. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 12mo. xxi 1 504 pp. frontis folding map illus. First edition. In later polished calf binding with gold fillet around the perimeter of the boards and spine decorated in gold; all edges gilt. A beautiful copy with only light rubbing to the board edges; spine a trifle darkened; previous owner name on the verso of the half title has been neatly effaced; some pencil notes and underlining have been erased from the title page otherwise clean throughout with only light age toning; folding map is very crisp. <br /> <br /> Posthumously published Mansfield's work includes a sketch of his life by Charles Kingsley along with a map portrait and in-text illustrations throughout. Mansfield was one of the earliest Englishmen to visit the capital of Paraguay and according to his biographer in the DNB "certainly the first to go there merely to take notes." In addition to his thoughts regarding the future of South America the DNB highlights the "bright and careful descriptions of Paraguayan society the scenery the plant and bird life" contained in these letters which include similar entries for the other stages of Mansfield's travels. Sabin 44362; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Macmillan & Co unknown
185352524London: John Murray 1853. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xv 1 425 1; iv 432; folding map with route outlined in red 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages both frontispieces a bit dampstained but overall a fine-looking copy. <br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
185352524London: John Murray 1853. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xv 1 425 1; iv 432; folding map with route outlined in red 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages both frontispieces a bit dampstained but overall a fine-looking copy. John Murray unknown
1856008617Cincinnati Ohio: T. Wrightson & Co. 1856. SCARCE no copies currently found in commerce. Separate weekly issues Vol. 3 No.45 Jan. 3; Vol. 3 No. 46 Jan. 10; Vol. 3 No. 50 Feb. 7; Vol. 4 No.7 April 10; and Vol. 4 No. 27 Aug. 28 1856. All Very Good later stapled paper protectors over spines light soiling and toning. Each issue 20 pages including covers. With lithographed illustrations and advertisements. Includes articles discussing the practicality of the as-yet unbuilt Pacific Railroad navigation of the Colorado River and steam navigation in the Mississippi Valley iron sugar stock markets. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. T. Wrightson & Co. Paperback books
18021106210094New-Haven Printed by William W. Morse 1802. Hardcover. Good. Bound in contemporary acid calf. A few scrapes to cover. Scattered foxing. Institutional book plate and stamps from Olivet College. Covers a variety of subjects including algebra theory of gunnery and astronomy. Mansfield was an early American educator and mathematician. This book brought him to the attention of President Thomas Jefferson who appointed Mansfield captain of Engineers so he could teach as a professor at the West Point military academy. Jefferson later appointed Mansfield to the post of Surveyor General for Ohio. <br> x 2 274 50 pages : 13 folded leaves of plates : illustrations. Contents: Of negative quantities in algebra. --Goniometrical properties. --Nautical astronomy. --Orbicular motion. --Investigation of the loci. --Fluxionary analysis. --Theory of gunnery. --Theory of the moon. --Appendix: New tables for computing the latitude and longitude at sea by means of double altitudes and lunar distances. New-Haven, Printed by William W. Morse hardcover
182722049Cincinnati OH: Printed by Morgan Lodge and Fisher 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. 100pp. Contemporary full black leather lettered in gold on the front and the spine edges stained yellow. Engraved frontispiece and one inserted plate. With the bookplate of noted collector Otto Orren Fisher to front pastedown endpaper. Wear to extremities light soiling previous owner's name on the frontispiece. Howes D458. Sabin 20813.; Octavo. Printed by Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher hardcover
1848017596A.S. Barnes & Co. Prior owner signature on ffep. Generally bright and tight. Some foxing. No DJ. In archival cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1848. A.S. Barnes & Co hardcover
