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1718159896Tokyo: Asahi shinbun. Showa 17. January 181942. 4 page broadsheet newspaper folded evenly browned. Maps black and white photographic illustrations very good copy. 54 x 41cm. Main headline: "Closing in on Singapore Vanguard: Rear-guard of Defeated British Army Cut Off; Battle of Annihilation in Johor". Other headlines include: "Occupation of Strategic Territory of Batu Anam; Australian 8th Division Crushed" followed by an account of fighting between Japanese and Australian forces in Malaya; "Main Enemy Position Cut Off: Battle of Annihilation on the Bataan Peninsula Heats Up"; "Steady Advance by Road: Imperial Army's Fierce Attack on West Coast" followed by account of Japanese advances in Malaya with map; "British Cabinet Restructured"; "US Said to Be Sending Troops to Northern Ireland". Front page has photos of Japanese soldiers standing in front of the monument to Jose Rizal in Manila and of a column of Japanese soldiers advancing by bicycle along a road on the Bataan Peninsula. Articles on the inside pages include discussions of plans to increase production of shipping to meet war needs and of a meeting of Latin American countries to discuss the world situation. Several articles on the back page emphasise material and spiritual preparations being made in Japan for a "long war". The back page also includes an interesting article criticizing US and British propaganda and "misreporting" of the war situation. All text in Japanese. . Asahi shinbun. unknown
1719176771東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送出版会社. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kaisha. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1:14500000 55cm x 80cm naval warship photographic illustrations on reverse. The wartime paper is browned and friable but small closed tears along fold lines and edges have been neatly repaired with archival washi on the verso. 79 x 53cm This colour map of Asia and the Pacific was published as a supplement to a magazine Hoso 放送 on January 1942 less than one month after the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese Forces. The war had just started but amazingly the map accurately predicted where the fighting would take place throughout the war. An inset map on upper right shows Singapore Borneo Sumatra and Java where battles took place in the area in early 1942. An inset chart on lower left shows various resources and their location including coal tin and iron ore clearly showing that the war was fought over securing resources. On reverse eleven photographic illustrations of war ships from Germany Britain the US and Japan are shown including the Prince of Wales and Enterprise. . 日本放送出版会社. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kaisha]. unknown
1719219230東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送協会. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1: 10000000 54.7cm x 79.5cm chronology of building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on reverse. Some light browning a little darker at folds and reverse washi repairs to folds on reverse. This colour map of Asia and the Pacific published on 30 January 1942—just one month after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor—offers a striking glimpse into wartime strategy and propaganda. Remarkably despite being produced at the war's outset it accurately anticipated key battlegrounds that would define the conflict. The main map is supplemented by two inset maps: one in the upper right highlighting Japan the Hawaiian Islands and Honolulu and another in the lower left focusing on Singapore with Darwin marked along the lower edge. <br> <br>The reverse side features a revealing chronological chart titled "Building Great East Asia" documenting Japan's military expansion from the 1931 Manchurian Incident through January 1942 as troops advanced across Southeast Asia. Notably two blank rows were intentionally left at the chart's end anticipating future victories to be recorded as the war progressed—a telling detail that underscores the map's dual role as both strategic document and propaganda tool. An interesting map which combines geographical precision with ideological messaging. . 日本放送協会. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai]. unknown
1719206642New York. May 171905. Colour lithograph on a single newspaper leaf 23 x 20.5 cms image; 32.5 x 22.8 cms sheet issued as the front page of "Puck" magazine May 171905 related text on the verso; short repaired marginal tears not affecting the image lower left corner with faint creases in very good condition. A caricature from the American satirical journal "Puck" depicting the fear that struck European powers following the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905. The head of an armed Japanese soldier emerges as a rising sun over the horizon as a group of European leaders huddles below. Uncle Sam is nowhere to be seen. The tone of the related text on the verso strikes rather a different note: <br> <br>"France has deliberately permitted the enemies of Japan to use her territory as if it were their own and has thus invited trouble of far-reaching possibilities and of a kind highly inimical to the general peace of the world. All of which should make Uncle Sam wary in his dealings with these foreign powers that regard international agreements and ententes cordiales with contempt." <br> <br>The "When" of the caricature equally queried an end to American isolationism as well as the European fear of the rise of Japan. . unknown
1783303187Minorca 1783. Two single sheets. Folio. Very good copies a little toned old folds. Two single sheets. Folio. The first is titled: "No. 26 Pay List for additional Subsistence etc to the officers in st. Philips Castle from 25 Dec. 1781 to 23 Feb. 1782." The second has written on the verso: " No. 136 Pay List to make up Subs. to Brevet Officer etc equal to the Rank where in they respectively serve in The Garrison of Fort St. Philips during the Siege Decemb. 24 1781 - Dollars 4350-50." These two officer pay lists are signed by each of the 36 and 44 listed officers. They're a wonderful souvenir of the siege and with a sample of every officer's signature a valuable source for further research. <br /> <br /> The five month Siege of Minorca August 19 1781 - February 5 1782 was a vital victory over England in the European theatre of the Revolutionary War. Throughout most of the eighteenth century English possession of the island was of real strategic importance from its deep-water harbor the Royal Navy could launch attacks against the Mediterranean fleets of Spain France and Italy. unknown
1772178R58Printed by W. Strahan Jun. for T. Becket and Co. and T. Cadell in the Strand T. Davies in Russel Street and T. Evans in King Street London: . 1772 pp. 8 540 2 22 56 57 65 32 33 A handsome bust portrait engraved by Basire after Cipriani. Portrait offset on to the unusual title page. Some old foxing. Large 4to. 295 mm. x 240 mm. Modern plain full leather binding. Hardbound. Very good. WITH AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA 1863 MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND ANNOTATIONS. Edited by the great 'Republican' Thomas Hollis with additions and corrections by Joseph Robertson this edition includes: Memoirs of the Life of Algernon Sydney; Discourses Concerning Government; Letters of Algernon Sydney taken from Thurloe's State Papers; The Protector's Advice to Algernon Sydney; Letters of Algernon Sydney taken from the Sydney papers; Letters of A. Sydney to Henry Savile Ambassador in France; The Trial of A. Sydney; The Apology of A. Sydney in the Day of his Death; and A General view of Government in Europe. This is an important book in the history of the ideas that founded the American republic but what is perhaps most interesting about this copy are the manuscript notes and annotations written in a careful small hand in America during the Civil War 1863. A few of these struck our eye and we're glad to reproduce a few selections here: "I have lately undertaking to read Algernon Sydney on government. There is great difference in reading a book at four and twenty and at eighty eight. As often as I have read it and fumbled it over it now excites fresh admiration that this work has excited so little interest in the literary world. As splendid an edition of it as the art of printing can produce as well as for the intrinsic merits of the work as for the proof it brings of the bitter sufferings of the advocates of liberty from that time to this and to show the slow progress of moral philosophical political illumination in the world ought to now be published in America" - John Adams to Thomas Jefferson 17 September 1823. ".the danger in America. arises from 1 the indifference of the people to the character of their deputies; 2 the disinclination of good men to go as deputies; 3 and the inclination of bad men to go as such. The rottenness of our law making bodies has reached such a point that if it shall not soon be cured it can not longer endure." - 1863. "Among the causes which have brought the USA to their present unhappy condition may be reckoned as a leading one the predominance in their councils of mere municipal lawyers. The low morals and the crass ignorance of these are not equal to the work of government filched by them from a blindly confiding people. A profession proverbially selfish and dishonest can not produce statesmen however fecund it may be of politicians. The conduct of government is the work of statesmen - of unselfish honest high-hearted great-minded men = that class has disappeared and has given way to small country lawyers whose minds exercise only upon petty squabbles of the neighborhood incapable of grasping the vast concerns of a nation. Bad as this is there is something worse. and that is that the profession of the law is every year sinking lower in ignorance and in contempt while at the same time it is rising in power." - 1863. These manuscript annotations make this copy UNIQUE and very worthy of further study. W150. PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good. Printed by W. Strahan Jun. for T. Becket and Co. and T. Cadell in the Strand, T. Davies in Russel Street, and T. Evans in King S hardcover
1756AQ26625London: Printed for J. Payne 1756. 2 xiii 1 56pp. Modern buff paper boards contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Title page browned. An anthology of letters addressed to the heads of state from numerous county officials occasioned by the conquest of the British controlled Mediterranean island of Minorca by French forces in 1756. The naval battle was the opening maritime engagement of the Seven Years' War in the European theatre. The failure of the Royal Navy to defend the territory led to the court-martial and execution of commanding officer Admiral John Byng. The defeat led to nationwide consternation that the French would press their advantage to capture British possessions in America and perhaps countenance an invasion of England. ESTC T50978. First edition. 8vo. Printed for J. Payne hardcover
175535632London: Scots Magazine 1755. First Edition. Leather bound. Defective. Octavo. 12 monthly issues bound in one volume. 648 pages 16 pages partial index. No illustrations in this volume. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title labels on the spine. Defective. Missing all the preliminary pages. Missing index pages and rear end papers after the name "Stuart". Leather covers are rubbed and edge worn. Outer joints and inner hinges are cracked. Covers are loose but attached. Title page has light damp stains and a small scuff. Pages 159 160 have an edge tear resulting in minor loss of print. The first page is present in the January issue. Defective.<br /> <br /> A sampling of subjects covered in this volume include East India Company Mutiny Bill; Sir Isaac Newton on the ancient year; Affairs in Spain Barbary and France; An Account of Mr. Johnson's English Dictionary; Improvements of the musket and of church-music; 'Pensylvania' German Protestants; Importance of British Plantations; Gov. Dinwiddies Speech to the assembly of Virginia; Gov. Dobb's message to the assembly of N. Carolina; Affairs in the United Provinces and the Plantations; General Braddock's defeat with the lists; Further accounts of the fatal action in America; Affairs in France and the Plantations; Different accounts of General Braddock's defeat; An Examination of the Edinburgh Review; A New History of 'Pensylvania'; Of the French 'incroachments' in America; Gov. Glen's interview with the Cherokee Indians; Speeches of Indian Chiefs and several more articles. Contents also include European history public affairs parliament acts births deaths marriages poetry book reviews and more. Interior contents are mostly in good condition. Volume published during the French Indian War era in America. Scots Magazine unknown
175931823London: The London Chronicle 1759. First Edition. Newspaper. Very good. Approx. 11" x 8.5" newspaper. Pages 193-200. Three columns. Light wear and toning. Page 197 includes a half-column "Extract of a Letter from New York July 6" reporting on General Amherst's impending assault on Fort Ticonderoga. The London Chronicle unknown
178277889N.p. April 2 1782. Old horizontal and vertical crease where folded; very attractive. . 4-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. Capt. Bissell served in the Continental Army for six years; participated in three battles and several skirmishes; was wounded three times; and held as a prisoner for nearly two years. unknown
178378370Hartford CT.: Not Identified. Very Good. 1783. Single Sheet. Original 16th C partially printed and manuscript pay warrant document measuring 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches in the amount of 10 pounds eighteen shillings eight pence to Samuel Hills. Signed by Wolcott a member of the commission overseeing the Pay-Table Office as well as Fenn Wadsworth and Jedidiah Huntington an American Revolution War general. One fold line - very good condition. . (Not Identified.) unknown
1781104027<p>One page folio sheet 15" x 9" docketed about ten short lines of text. Some aging and browning folds; otherwise very good or better. This is a manuscript document for payment to the Wethersfield Connecticut Selectmen for payment for clothing and the transportation of clothing and some other items to the Continental Army dated "March 5th 1781." The amount of the request is two hundred ninety-two pounds eighteen shillings and five pence. The document is signed by George Stanley and is docketed on the reverse as paid signed by a S. Hubbard. Provenance: The Calvin Otto Collection. </p>
1791104028<p>A one page partially printed and manuscript folio sheet 13" x 8 1/4" considerable manuscript text on the reverse. Some browning and aging a few tiny chips or holes at folds top edge with a couple of nicks; otherwise very good. This document basically transfers pay owed to William Champlin of Rensselaer County New York who served under Colonel Robert Elliot to a Samuel Dorrance of Providence Rhode Island. Champlin appears to appoint Dorrance as his substitute to collect the balance of fourteen pounds fifteen shillings and five pence. The document is signed by various others. There is a fair amount of manuscript text on the reverse which appears to transfer the debt to at least one additional person. Provenance: The Calvin Otto Collection. </p>
1776105881776. Ephemera. Very good condition. A Revolutionary War period writ issued in Charleston South Carolina signed by William Henry Drayton. A large sum of money is demanded of William Bath pilot of Charleston by James Smyth. Bath is not present in Charleston and somehow the writ is transferred to Sarah Johnson who it is inferred is in possession of Bath's property including a Negro girl named Lucey. The sheriff Thomas Gimbell executes the writ on Sarah Johnson. <br /> <br /> The writ is executed at a transition time for the American colonies from the Colonial to the Revolutionary War period. The form was issued on September 17 1776 just 2 months after the Declaration of Independence. As such all the pre-printed areas that refer to the "Province" South Carolina are crossed out and "State" is inserted. "Year of our Reign is also crossed through. The money demanded is in pounds. Included in the writ is reference to a "negro named Lucey with one Sarah Jones in Union Street" with a long statement by Thomas Gimball Sheriff of Charles Town signed. The writ was served Oct. 17 1776 and filed Jan 10th 1777. The witness is the Hble. William Henry Drayton Chief Justice at Charleston. <br /> <br /> It is not completely clear which William Drayton has signed the writ. It is most likely that of William Henry Drayton Sept. 1742-September 3 1779. He was the son of John Drayton and Charlotta Bull daughter of the colony's Governor William Bull. He was educated in England at Westminster School and Oxford before returning home in 1764. He served as a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779. He died of typhus in Philadelphia while in office. His signature "Wm Hy Drayton" is on the left side of the writ partially obscured by the duty stamp. <br /> <br /> However his cousin was William Drayton Sr. 1732-1790. Also born in Ashley River South Carolina he was the son of Thomas Drayton III & Elizabeth. Drayton was educated in the Middle Temple in London England in 1754. He read law to enter the South Carolina Bar in 1756 and was thereafter a Justice of the peace for Berkeley County South Carolina until 1763. From 1763 to 1780 he was Chief justice for the Province of East Florida. In 1789 he was a judge of the South Carolina Admiralty Court and an associate judge of the South Carolina Supreme Court appointed by George Washington. <br /> <br /> William Bath is included on the Grand Jury List for the "District of George Town" Parish of Prince George in 1778 & 1780. There is a marriage record for a William Bath to Elizabeth Baker widow on 2 Nov 1771. South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research Vol 10 #3. Sarah Jones is possibly the widow of Thomas Jones Sr whose will was probated in 1773. In the 1790 census she is listed as the head of the household with 2 boys under 16 and 2 women and no slaves. In 1800 just the mother and daughter comprise the household. In 1806 & 1809 she is listed as a seamstress in two different Charleston directories Negrin's directory and Almanac for the year 1806 and Directory for the District of Charleston 1809 by Richard Hrabowski. There are a series of James Smith's spelled Smyth in the writ. James Smyth is listed in Charleston in 1758; in 1780 he is on the Petit Jury List for the "District of Charles Town Johns Island Colleton County"; in the 1790 Federal Census he is in the parish of St. Phillips and St. Michaels in Charleston with no slaves. <br /> <br /> Alas there is no further reference to "Lucey". <br /> <br /> The heading is trimmed off the top and it appears that this area referred to the King and was hence trimmed off. Written carefully below is "The State of South Carolina to all Singular the Sheriffs of the State aforesaid Greeting. Laid paper 13 x 6 3/4" printed on one side with manuscript additions docketed manuscript notations on the verso. Uniformly tanned. unknown
178938091789. Revolutionary War Receipt from Comptroller's office of Oliver Walcott dated April 9 1789 Hartford Connecticut. The receipt is signed by Eldad Shepard a soldier in the American Revolution. This receipt was for the States Notes that were issued during the Revolutionary War and were then redeemed by the soldier. Shepard received three pounds eleven shillings and three pence. Signed "Eldad Shepard" in the lower right corner. Excellent conditionwith dark clear signatures and writing. unknown
171963777Washington D.C.:: Office of War Information October 17 1943 release date. Advance Release. stapled as issued. The paper is age-toned but not brittle. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. OWI-2591-C. Office of War Information, unknown
179640962Philadelphia: Francis Childs 1796. 12pp stitched. Toning chip to upper blank corner of a leaf. Page 3 misnumbered page 4 as issued. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Secretary Wolcott issues a detailed "ESTIMATE of the expenses of the Department of War for the year 1796; - and the probable expenses of the Naval Department in the same year."<br /> ESTC 21892. Evans 31400. Francis Childs? unknown
1757303318Lisboa: Domingos Rodrigues 1757. First edition. Woodcut vignette to title-page. 7 blank pp. Small 4to. A very good copy some very faint dampstaining. First edition. Woodcut vignette to title-page. 7 blank pp. Small 4to. A Portuguese translation of General William Johnson's "Letter to the Governours of the Several Colonies who raised Troops on the Present Expedition" signed in the text "Wilhelmo Gonson." <br /> <br /> Not long after the commencement of the Seven Years' War Johnson was appointed British agent to the Iroquois. On 28 August 1755 he renamed Lac Saint Sacrement Lake George in honor of the British monarch and proceeded north as part of a four-pronged attack on the French specifically to capture the French-held Fort St. Frédéric at Crown Point. <br /> <br /> "It was not the greatest battle of the French and Indian War but it came when a victory was needed and the results were momentous. It retrieved both the glory and morale so badly depleted when Braddock fell at the forks of the Ohio the previous July. It blunted a French drive which menaced Albany and the northern frontier set up a new English outpost in that area and the capture of a distinguished French general Dieskau was triumph for the victors and humiliation for the enemy" Hamilton.<br /> <br /> The publication of this letter was of course a remarkable source of propaganda for the English and boosted Johnson's career signficantly. The letter was reprinted in London an engraved plan of the battle was produced as well as portrait. This Lisbon printing is however very rare and little known. It's not in COPAC there wasn't a copy in the Streeter Sale. In fact the last copy on the market we can find was in 1928. Not in Church; Sabin 38661; Maggs "Biblioteca Americana" IV 2998; Milton W. Hamilton "Battle Report: Genreal William Johnson's Letter to the Governors Lake George September 9-10 1755" in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society April 1964 pp 19-36 [Domingos Rodrigues] unknown
1784elala979Paris: Ponce & Godefroy c1784. 1784. 4to. 16 engraved plates incl. title. contemporary bds. rebacked in calf. First Edition. An attractive series of sixteen plates and maps of the American Revolution engraved by Nicolas Ponce and François Godefroy after designs by Fauvel Marillier Le Paon and other notable French artists of the period. Recorded here are some of the major events of the War and of the larger global conflict between Great Britain and France including the tarring and feathering of John Malcom at Boston the battle of Lexington the capitulation of Burgoyne at Saratoga the capture of Dominica Senegal Grenada Pensacola and Tobago the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown the battle of St. Eustache the siege of Fort S.Philippe and the attack on Brimstomhill. There is also a general map of the United States and a composite map of the Gulf of Mexico Barbary Minorca and Tobago. Below each view forming part of the engraved surface is brief explanatory text by Niquet. The engraved title contains a précis of the War surmounted by five inset views of military and naval engagements while the final plate decorated with four similar insets gives a précis of the Treaty of Versailles in 1783 and a list of the principal officers killed or wounded in the war. Howes describes this as the first French book with a title-page mentioning the United States. Another issue of the book is also recorded with additional title-page Collection d'estampes. and with several of the plates unnumbered. Cohen-De Ricci 862. Howes C-576. Sabin 68421. Winsor VI p. 185. cfJCB II 2997. 1st Edition. Paris: Ponce & Godefroy, [c1784]. unknown
1772269008Venice: Heredis Nicolai Pezzana 1772. First. hardcover. very good. Volumes I & II out of four. Title page vignettes Volume I title in red & black; minor worming & foxing; llibrary mark eradicated from the bottom of each title page. Folio contemporary limp vellum; stained. Venetiis: Heredis Nicolai Pezzana 1772.<br/> <br/> First edition of Guerra's edition of the Luxemburg Bullarium one of the most famous editions of papal bulls.<br/> <br/> Heredis Nicolai, Pezzana unknown
1719100887France Belgium & Luxembourg 1917-1919. 129 vintage silver prints comprising 1 panorama 5-3/4 x 21 inches 27 larger format prints 6 x 8 & 8 x 10 inches and 103 smaller format prints various sizes generally 2-1/2 x 4-1/4 & 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches many prints docketed on the verso by Fineberg a few with alphanumeric code that corresponds to the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs 1919. Occasional creasing and wear small chip from corner of panorama generally in very good condition Archive of photographs from the Western Front of World War I by the American photographer Sergeant First Class Morris Fineberg 79th Division Photographic Unit of the American Expeditionary Forces Signal Corps. These are Fineberg's own retained copies many with his docketing and captioning on the rear. Images include a three-panel panorama Looking towards Woevre Plain between St. Michel & Verdun aerial reconnaissance images captured German munitions battlefields with casualties Fineberg with other members of his Photographic Unit Harry Rathburn and Henry Paschen.Fineberg ca. 1892-1949 was killed while on assignment for the Boston Post. He was photographing a US Marines and Navy mock invasion drill at Carson Beach in South Boston when shrapnel from an exploded mortar hit him in the head. His final words: That ought to make a good picture. The Boston Press Photographers Association presents an annual Moe Fineberg Award for first place in the feature still photography category. unknown
1748001341<p>London: Printed for C. Davis Printer to the Royal Society. 1748. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Volume 45 1748 Small slim 4to pp187-275 includes XI-several essays towards discovering the laws of electricity communicated to the Royal Society by John Ellicott. XII- A brief account of a roman Tessera by A brief account of a roman Tessera by Mr John Ward XIII- An Account of a very learned divine who was born with two tongues communicated to the Royal Society by Cromwell Mortimer M. D. & Secr. XIV-Upon the sounds and hearing of fishes by Jac. Theod. Klein R. P. Gedan. XV-An account of the poisonous Root lately found mixed among the Gentian by Jacobus Theodorus Klein and Richard Brocklesby. XVI- An account of large subterraneous Caverns in the Chalk Hills near Norwich; by Mr. Wm. Arderon F. R. S. comprised in a letter from Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. to the President. XVII-An account of some observations and experiments made in siberia extracted from the preface to the Flora Siberica by John Fothergill. XVIII-Novum Reique Medicae Utile Electricitatis Inventum Exponit by Joannes Henricus Winkler. XIX A letter from Mr Henry Baker. Soft card cover in very good condition with a little discoulration and rubbing to edges. Inside pages a little toned otherwise in lovely clean and bright condition. An excellent copy of these original early articles. <br /><br /></p> Printed for C. Davis, Printer to the Royal Society. paperback
178113905JN.p: 1 page oblong 8vo January 19 1781. Autograph Document Signed of Abraham Hite Assistant Paymaster of the 8th Virginia Regiment. "I do certify that Lieut. Joseph Swearingen of the 8th Virga. Regt. was not included in the Pay Rolls of said Regt. for the Six Months Pay allowed by the Assembly of Virginia he being absent from the Regt. at the time said pay was drawn.". The amount owed Lt. Swearingen was "160 Dolls. 1 page, oblong 8vo unknown
171862504Fort Marion Feb. 17 1865. one page. Fine. 12mo. A ms. account of about 70 words unsigned relating an attack on the garrison as they were engaged in improving the ditch; their retreat; and their rally. unknown
176136901London: Chez D. Wilson T. Beckett & P. A. DeHondt 1761. First English edition. Pp. 2 60. Wanting half-title. 1 vols. 4to. Calf-backed marbled boards spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing stitchmarks some light discoloration. Ink notation concerning first edition on title else very good. Provenance: John Carter Brown armorial bookplate with deaccessioned stamp on the bookplate and ink stamp on verso of title. First English edition. Pp. 2 60. Wanting half-title. 1 vols. 4to. Choiseul's narrative and commentary with the state diplomatic correspondence and papers relating to the treaty of 1762 dealing primarily with the areas of the cession of Canada the fisheries of Newfoundland Cape Breton and the West Indies and the limitation of Louisiana. Sometimes attributed to Jean François de Bastide. The London edition is considerably more scarce than the French first edition published the same year. Goldsmith's Kress 9718; Sabin 47516; Howes M-507 Chez D. Wilson, T. Beckett & P. A. DeHondt unknown
