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18404910Philadelphia: W. S. Martien 1840. First edition. bound with The Petition of Henry C. De Rham to the General Assembly of Rhode Island To Except Paul Daniel Gonsalve Grand d'Hauteville From the Operation of the Law 'To Secure the Fulfillment of Certain Contracts and for the Relief of Married Women in Certain Cases.' Together with a Remonstrance of Ellen S. d'Hauteville.Providence: Knowles & Vose 1841. First edition. <br /> <br /> bound with Review of the d'Hauteville Case: Recently Argued and Determined in the Court of General Sessions.Boston: Weeks Jordan and Co. 1841. First edition.<br /> <br /> Three volumes bound in one. Finely bound by Bradstreet's in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Samuel F. Barger to front pastedown. Measuring 225 x 135mm and collating complete including titles: 295 1 blank; 124 2 errata; 2 44. A just about Fine copy with some inoffensive pencil annotations and corrections to volume I and occasional faint foxing; overall a pleasing copy of three scarce legal works related to women's custody rights according to international and interstate law. <br /> <br /> Three scarce tracts documenting the international custody battle that became highly publicized and debated in its time. In 1837 American citizen Ellen Sears married Daniel Gonsalve d'Hauteville a member of the Swiss nobility. During their brief union Ellen survived emotional neglect and mental cruelty from her husband whose "self-image as paterfamilias conflicted with Ellen's growing sense of herself as a mother tormented by an unfeeling spouse" DiFonzo. Pregnant and unhappy she left her husband for the U.S. giving birth to her son after her arrival. Under Common law doctrine d'Hauteville demanded that his wife and child return to his household in Switzerland. "But Sears and her Philadelphia lawyers devised a strategy that would challenge the accepted legal formulation along its emerging cultural fault line.leveraging mental cruelty into an accusation that d'Hauteville had violated the standards of the changing American family" DiFonzo. This strategy combined with gains that the women's movement had made in the U.S. and Europe marital property laws within the century helped bolster her position and win her custodial rights.<br /> <br /> "The d'Hauteville case was not a single event in a courtroom but a set of multiple legal experiences that exposed timebound and timeless realities of American legal culture. The case began in an insular way as a domestic drama must with the rapid rise and equally rapid fall of the d'Hauteville marriage. But as the fight for the son Frederick displaced their marriage as the central focus of Ellen and Gonsalve's relationship the law assumed a greater and greater presence in their lives. The pair not only confronted contradictions between their own ideas about justice and the legal rules they had to learn they also experienced the transformation of their domestic tragedy into a legal event with innumberable participants from lawyers judges and legislators to courtroom spectators newspaper reporters and diarists" Grossberg. <br /> <br /> The present tracts trace d'Hauteville's initial petition for Habeas Corpus followed by his petition to be exempted from a Rhode Island law protecting the rights of mothers. The final title tracks the case's conclusion providing a review. W. S. Martien unknown
1810711201810. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale 1810. 16mo. Rare. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale 1810. 16mo. Rare. Attractive Scarce Pocket-Sized 1810 Printing of the French Code of Criminal Procedure France. Criminal Law. Code d'Instruction Criminelle. Edition Originale et Seule Officielle. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale 1810. iv 323 pp. 16mo. 3-3/4" x 2-1/4". Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt fillets to boards gilt spine with lettering piece speckled edges marbled endpapers ribbon marker. A few tiny nicks to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to corners bookseller ticket to verso of half-title moderate toning to text light soiling to half-title small crease to title page. An attractive copy. $1950. Only edition in this format this is the third printing of this title previously issued in quarto and octavo. The 1808 Code d'Instruction Criminelle a code of criminal procedure was one the four codes of civil and criminal law issued under Napoleon's direction after the Code Napoleon Code Civil 1804. Because the 16mo. version labeled 32mo. in some references was intended for daily use rather than the library shelf few copies exist today. Copies as well-preserved as ours are rare. OCLC locates 10 copies none in North America. Camus Bibliotheque Choisie des Livres de Droit 2310. unknown books
184960880Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1848-49. Stor 4to. Indbundet i et samtidigt brunt halvlæderbind. Udvendig med slitage, ryg misfarvet og kapitær med tab af læder. Titleblad misfarvet og gennemgående en smule brunplettet. (2), 1476 spalter (= 738 pp.).
182159276Et une Table alphabétique raisonnée des matières, 6 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque pleine basane racinée, dos lisse ornés, pièces de tomaison rouge et bleu foncé, toutes tranches marbrées, Chez J.L. Chanson, Paris, 1821 (Tomes 1 et 2 ), Chez Béchet Aîné, Paris, Rouen, 1823 (tomes 3 à 6), XII-488 pp. ; 634 pp. ; 441 pp. ; 2 ff., 520 pp. ; 2 ff., 512 pp. ; 340 pp. Titre complet : Collection des Constitutions, Chartes et Lois Fondamentales des Peuples de l'Europe et des Deux Amériques (6 Tomes - Complet) Avec des Précis Offrant l'Histoire des Libertés et des Institutions politiques chez les nations modernes
18393617023Wien, J. P. Sollinger, 1832 - 1839. Zusammen über 12000 S. Mit Falttabellen. Hlwdbde des späteren 19. Jhdts mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln (Rücken verblaßt, alle Bände mit montierter Rücken- und Vorderdeckelsignatur sowie Bibliotheksschildchen auf dem vorderen Innendeckel, innen teils gering gebräunt und etwas braunfleckig, gelegentlich einige Lagen in schlechterer Papierqualität (dann stärker gebräunt), vereinzelt Bindung etwas gelockert, Haupttitel von Band 1 mit hinterlegtem Einriß; vereinzelt minimal wurmspurig).
1811456588Rennes, Paris, Warée sowie Vatar und Cousin-Danelle, 1811/31. Halbleder. 8vo. (leicht bestoßen).
18038854Cambridge: W. Hilliard 1803. Fourth Edition with Additions and Improvements Printed upon a New Plan. Hardcover. Very good. Full sheep scuffed with small pull top of spine joints good old paper library label. Oblong 13 cm 5 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches library name & withdrawn stamps on front paste-down library stamp on title page bookplate & withdrawn stamp of Young Folks' Library of La Junta Colorado on rear paste-down. 1806 ownership inscription in brown ink on ffep. Printed copyright statement tipped in behind title page not included in pagination. 1-24 31-160 1-96 last few leaves bound out of order.Defective: lacking three leaves of the Musical Primer pp. 25-30 leaf 59-60 chipped with corner loss. There is a stub between p. 6 & 7 the same width as the tipped-in copyright slip; we are unsure if it is waste or if something was cut out. Nothing of the sort is mentioned in the precise collation described in Crawford. This tunebook has three parts. The title page for the book as a whole has the imprint Cambridge: W. Hilliard 1803.The title page for the Second Part has the imprint Windsor Vermont: Naham Mower 1805.The third part has Boston: Printed for the Author by E. Lincoln 1805.The first two parts of the volume have continuous pagination; the third part begins with new page numbers. The three imprints and the pagination scheme match what Crawford calls the third edition - in other words this is how this volume is expected to be found.Crawford identifies this as the true third edition see bottom of p. 278 in his Andrew Law American Psalmodist. The three missing leaves are the "Scale of Rules" and Lessons I-IV. He does not mention the copyright as tipped in but as the verso of the tp. This may be a print run performed before the copyright was secured and then tipped in afterwards. The other item indicating a very early run or possibly first is the mistake in the title page "Christian" is misspelled as "Chistian". It is corrected on the title page for Part SEcond. The book is printed with the long and sort "s".Stanislaw 128. "The rudiments were widely copied by later compilers. 4th ed. was first to use four-shape system. Reverse faw and law shapes from Little and Smith's more popular system; no staff note-locations approximate.""Andrew Law's largest and most important work the Art of Singing is a collection of tunebooks composed of three different parts issued in four editions over a period of sixteen years and with inconsistent regard by the compiler for providing accurate bibliographical information on the title page of each item." Crawford Andrew Law American Psalmodist pp. 269-70.Andrew Law 1749-1821 b. Milford Ct; one of the first Americans to write about music and the pioneer of a shape-note system of musical notation. "Andrew Law was the most ambitious American psalmodist of the eighteenth century.He traveled the length of America establishing singing schools in eleven states; he devised an original musical notation; he was the first American musician to become actively interested in copyright legislation; and though not primarily a composer he was his generation's most prolific compiler of tunebooks publishing in all more than thirty separate items." - ibid. preface pp. xv.-xvi. W. Hilliard hardcover
186742694Paris, , 1867-1905. Ensemble 359 ff. manuscrits déreliés (38,5 x 15 cm).
1837139590Berlin, Dümmler/Heymanns, 1837-79. Lwd., u. Hlwd. Einbde. teils beschabt. Wenige Rücken leicht bestoßen. Teils m. Rsign. u. St. a. Tit. bzw. Vorsätze m. Sign. Teils etwas stockfl.
1866139613Hannover, 1818-1866. In 52 Ppbd. Dav. 49 einheitl. geb. m. Rtit. u. Rsign. Abweichend: Jg. 1935, 1842 u. 1854 (Ppbde.). Einbde. angestaubt, bestoßen u. beschabt. Bd. 1821, 1822, 1828, 1834, 1838, 1840 u. 1864 m. kl. Fehlst a. Rücken. M. St. u. Sign. Einige Seiten braunfl.
182814803Paris, H. Langlois, 1828-1829. 4 vol. in-8 de (4)-XVIII-351 pp. ; 8-357 pp. ; XI-(5)343 pp. ; (4)-343 pp., demi-basane blonde à coins, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et vert (reliure moderne).
1867R38350Romae, typis S.Congregationis de propaganda fide 1867-1892 17 parts in 16 volumes (complete set): each volume has 600 to 700pp. (part 17 contains index), all bound in same way (cart.cover with spine in cloth), library stamp on titlepage, few foxing, text in latin, 24x20cm., good condition, R38350
1860Cat354South Carolina and others 1860. Approximately 125pp with each item usually about 1 page. Some with slight water damage though legible; generally very good to excellent. A collection of mainly letters with some documents sent to the law firm Spain & Richardson of South Carolina—Albertus Chambers Spain 1821–1881 who in 1860 would sign the state’s Ordinance of Secession and James Sanders Guignard Richardson 1815–1879. Most of the documents concern estate administration and debt collection: a letter from Charleston presses the firm to “force the debtor to pay†August 20 1855; one from New York complains of “a rascal . trying to swindle meâ€; and a different Charleston writer complains that a boarder and his father had stiffed him on multiple bills:<br /> <br /> “I have not seen or heard from old McLeod since although I have written over one doz letters to him he has acted in a villanous manner to me a common hod carrier would not act in the manner he has Done although claiming to be a Class Leader in the Methodist Church . ‘Excuse’ his mother was sick &c&c which I have since learned was all a fabrication . I did not think there was any such tricky folks in Sumter or Clarendon &c . You will please write me as soon as you receive this & Read it & give me your advice in the matter & what is best to Do if Mr McLeod has his property in his own name if it is in his wifes but I Do not think so I could hold them as all the goods he Bought was for the wife & children & negro’s.†1860<br /> <br /> Also included are a document and a letter concerning the sale of enslaved people by the Kelley family of Sumter County. They were enslaved by the estate of Simon Kelley 1787–1852 which was being handled by his daughter Sarah 1812–d. Sarah Kelley’s brother-in-law Castus Belk writes:<br /> <br /> “I received your letter requiring me & the other parties concerned to arrange the matter with the old lady on the terms I have assertained by Sarah Kelley’s husband Mr Drury Boykin that the old lady will come to no agreement as yet But I have sent her a return showing to give her concent to the sale of the negros and for her to assigne which if she dose will be presented to you by Mr B Kelley if she dose assigne it and it answers to the perpose intended I shall be glad to hear from you for the old lady intendes to make no defence at all. NB beware of the man R.K. but pick all out of him you can getâ€. September 1856<br /> <br /> R.K. is Reddick Kelley 1815–1886 another Kelley child who witnessed the following assent to sale included in the collection:<br /> <br /> “State of South Carolina Sep 8th / 56<br /> Sumter District<br /> I the said Sarah Kelley of the said state and district do hereby assign and give my consent to the sale of the said negros belonging to the Estate of Simon Kelley Dec of the said state and district here unto my mark<br /> Reddick Kelley X Sarah Kelley / her markâ€<br /> <br /> Finally there is an intriguing letter from fellow lawyer James Hart Norwood concerning the trial of an enslaved man for an unknown crime:<br /> <br /> “I attended the trial of Kelly’s negro on Thursday and we achieved a clean victory verdict ‘not guilty.’ Beasley says I made the best speech he ever heard from me. I spoke 55 minutes Marley followed spoke 45. The trial was at Brown’s house he gave his testimony in bed. Mrs B- gave us thunder during her examination our argument but Marley will give you a graphic description of it when he sees you.†June 14 1858<br /> <br /> We did not find a record of this trial in newspapers from the time.<br /> <br /> Of interest to historians of enslavement in the law and legal history in antebellum South Carolina. unknown
1804044518Newbern North Carolina: Martin & Ogden 1804. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 501 1; 226 156 1 1 pages. Bound in full leather with a clear removable mylar cover. Early leather over boards with a modern reback in brown leather with spine rules in gilt and with a burgundy leather title label. A sound copy. Professionally conserved. Front flyleaf is tipped in. THE TITLE PAGE IS IN FACSIMILE as are the next two leaves the leaf in printed in italics front and back and the leaf on the Second Charter by Charles II front and back. Very nicely done. The leaf following the last facsimile leaf of Charles II is the remains of the original leaf on Charles II 3/4 of the page encapsulated in tissue and properly tipped in. The rear flyleaf blank is also tipped in. The leather spine is fresh and clean. The boards are scuffed bumped and abraded with a piece chipped out from the top corner of the front cover. The text block is sound likely re-sewn. The text is toned with occasional foxing. The title page to the second part also dated 1804 shows heavier foxing. The conservation work is very good. An attractive copy. <br/> <br/> Martin & Ogden hardcover
184816627London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans. Good. 1848. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Usual xlib marks. The spine has been reinforced with tape as have the internal hinges. I would be surprised if these were necessary as the book is still partially unopened! Original cloth covers are slightly bumped at the corners but show no other signs of wear. To bad some overzealous librarian got to the book. Probably worth having a conservator remove the extraneous bits. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 19332 pages . Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover
185443057Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1854. No wrappers as extracted from: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff"", Vierte Reihe Bd. 3, (= Poggendorff Bd. 93, No. 12). Pp. 481-506. Clean and fine.
185443057Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1854. No wrappers as extracted from: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff" Vierte Reihe Bd. 3 = Poggendorff Bd. 93 No. 12. Pp. 481-506. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing of this milestone paper in thermodynamics which together with his paper from 1850 established the second law of thermodynamics. In the offered paper Clausius introduces the symbol T for the universal function of temperature a 1 and he introduces the concept of "entropy" the greek word for 'transformation' but without using the word Clausius introduced the word later in 1865 he calls this new theorem "the principle of the equivalence of transformations". This principle paints a dramatic picture of the end of the world the so-called "heath-death of the universe"."Entropy on the other hand of the complementary experience of water seeking its own level of hot bodies cooling of springs untensing of magnetism wearing off and electrical charges leaking away of a destiny suchThat no life lives forever; - That dead men rise up never; that even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea: a world getting old and running down."Gillespie in "The edge of Objectivity" p. 400-01."Clausius discovered that if he took the ratio of the heat content of a system and its absolute temperature this ration would always increase in any process taken place in a closed system. A closed system is one that loses no energy to the outside world and gains no energy from it. With perfect efficiency which is never realized in the real world of course the ratio would remain constant but i would never under any circumstances decrease."Asimov. - Parkinson: Breakthroughs 1854 C. </em> unknown
1836248049Palm & Enke Erlangen 1836. Hardcover kartoniert 1836-1872 lückenlos. 42 Bände. Band 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637 der gesamten Folge Alphabetisches und systematisches Register über die ersten 10 Bände über die Bände 11 bis 20 über die Bände 21 bis 30 Beilagenheft zu Band 34 der neuen Folge 14. Ergänzungsband zu Band 31 und 32. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen Eintragungen einer Klosterbibliothek Stempel. Rücken Ecken Kanten bei allen gleichmäßig berieben/bestoßen gut. Palm & Enke, Erlangen, hardcover
181743914Paris, Crochard, 1817. Contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spines. Light wear at top of spine. Minor scratches to edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepages and verso of plates. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 7, 2e Series. 448 pp. a. 2 engraved plates. (the entire volume offered). Dulong & Petit-papers: pp. 113-154, pp. 225-264, pp. 337-367. Clean and fine.
181747356Paris, Crochard, 1817 a. 1819. Bound in one contemp hcloth (vol. 7) and 1 issue without wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", Vol. 7 and vol. 10, Cahier 4. - 448 pp. a. 2 engraved plates (entire vol. 7 offered) + pp. 337-443 a. 2 engraved plate (entire issue offered, Cahier 4 of vol. 10 with htitle to the vol.). Dulon & Petit's papers: pp. 113-154, pp. 225-264, pp. 337-367 and Vol. X, pp. 395-413.
181743914Paris Crochard 1817. Contemp. hcalf richly gilt spines. Light wear at top of spine. Minor scratches to edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepages and verso of plates. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." tome 7 2e Series. 448 pp. a. 2 engraved plates. the entire volume offered. Dulong & Petit-papers: pp. 113-154 pp. 225-264 pp. 337-367. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First edition of these 3 groundbreaking papers with the first appearance in print of THE LAW OF THE CONSTANCY OF ATOMIC HEAT i.e. the specific heat multiplied by the atomic weight. The insight had far reaching implications as it showed a new way to Dalton's atomic theory."In 1815 Dulong's famous collaboration with the mathematical physicist Alexis Therese Petit began; it produced three importent memoirs on heat." the papers offered here. The 2 first was awarded the price of the Academy in 1818 and was leading up to the last paper in which they formulted the "Law of the Constancy of product of atomic weight and specific heat""They Dulang and Petit were concerned with the specific heats of elements; but if these elements really existed as atoms it seemed possible that there might be a connection between trhe weight of the atom and the amount of heat aquired to raise the temperature of a given weight of that element by a certain amount." DSB. - "One of his Dulong most importent researches was made in collaboration with Alexis Thérese Petit 1791-1820 with whom he announced the law that the product of atomic weight and specific heat is constant 1819. It rendered a distinct service in fixing atomic weights especially when these were in question and enabled Berzelius and later Cannizzaro to arrive at correct atomic weights and the correct number of atoms in molecules." Leicester & Klickstein A source Book in Chemistry 1400-1900 p. 273. - Parkinson Breakthroughs 1819. </em> unknown
181747356Paris Crochard 1817 a. 1819. Bound in one contemp hcloth vol. 7 and 1 issue without wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." Vol. 7 and vol. 10 Cahier 4. - 448 pp. a. 2 engraved plates entire vol. 7 offered pp. 337-443 a. 2 engraved plate entire issue offered Cahier 4 of vol. 10 with htitle to the vol. Dulon & Petit's papers: pp. 113-154 pp. 225-264 pp. 337-367 and Vol. X pp. 395-413. <br/><br/><em>First edition of these 4 groundbreaking papers with the first appearance in print of THE LAW OF THE CONSTANCY OF ATOMIC HEAT i.e. the specific heat multiplied by the atomic weight. The insight had far reaching implications as it showed a new way to Dalton's atomic theory. "In 1815 Dulong's famous collaboration with the mathematical physicist Alexis Therese Petit began; it produced three importent memoirs on heat." the papers offered here. The 2 first was awarded the price of the Academy in 1818 and was leading up to the last paper in which they formulted the "Law of the Constancy of product of atomic weight and specific heat""They Dulang and Petit were concerned with the specific heats of elements; but if these elements really existed as atoms it seemed possible that there might be a connection between trhe weight of the atom and the amount of heat aquired to raise the temperature of a given weight of that element by a certain amount." DSB. "One of his Dulong most importent researches was made in collaboration with Alexis Thérese Petit 1791-1820 with whom he announced the law that the product of atomic weight and specific heat is constant 1819. It rendered a distinct service in fixing atomic weights especially when these were in question and enabled Berzelius and later Cannizzaro to arrive at correct atomic weights and the correct number of atoms in molecules." Leicester & Klickstein A source Book in Chemistry 1400-1900 p. 273. Parkinson Breakthroughs 1819. </em> hardcover
181756655Havniæ, (Arnamagnæani), 1817. 4to. Smukt nyere hldrbd. i brun oaseged. Ophøjede bind på ryg. Forgyldt skindtitel. Rygforgyldning. Også med ekstra titelblad med kobberstukket vignet. (4),LX,XII,550,138,(2) pp., 4 kobberstukne plancher. Aldeles frisk eksemplar, trykt på svært papir. Oldnordisk-dansk paralelltekst samt latinske kommentarer.
1860313321Albany 1860. 62 vintage albumen prints comprising 60 oval gem portraits 1-1/2 x 1 inches 1 larger oval portrait 2-1/8 x 1-5/8 inches and 1 full-length 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary brown morocco autograph album stamped in gilt and blindW.B. Sprague blindstamp on ffep. A few portrait photos damaged or loose 2 inscriptions are without photos. 62 vintage albumen prints comprising 60 oval gem portraits 1-1/2 x 1 inches 1 larger oval portrait 2-1/8 x 1-5/8 inches and 1 full-length 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches. 2 vols. 8vo. Early Albany Law School Photographic Yearbook. A photographic yearbook from the Albany Law School class of 1860 assembled by student Horatio Colony 1835-1917.<br/>Opened in 1851 Albany Law School is the oldest independent law school in the United States. Many of its students in the 1850s and '60s became prominent lawyers and judges.<br/>As is the custom with the professionally produced college photograph yearbooks produced by George Kendall Warren starting in the late 1850s each photograph is inscribed beneath by the sitter with his name and hometown. The album opens with professors Ira Harris Amasa Parker Amos Dean Nathaniel Harris and Levi Chamberlain. Some notable students include Alexander P. Ketchum who became a Colonel and Chief Appraiser of the Port of New York; Clayton H. Delano 1836-1920 who served eight terms as the Town of Ticonderoga's Supervisor and was elected twice to the New York State Assembly; and William S. Opdyke general counsel of the Delaware and Hudson Company. <br/>Horatio Colony 1835-1917 whose picture appears last and is unfortunately obscured by damage assembled this album. The photograph of Levi Chamberlain is inscribed to "Horatio friend and pupil." He was admitted to the bar in New Hampshire and New York in 1860; in 1869 he along with his brother George took over the management of the family business the Faulkner and Colony Woolen Mill. He held several other civic and local government positions before his death in an automobile accident in 1917. His son Horatio Jr. 1900-1977 a poet and novelist established the Colony family home as a museum upon his death.<br/><br/>With: Autograph album containing autographs of acquaintances and some notable figures including Amos Bronson Alcott "A. Bronson Alcott" and Octavius Frothingham "O.B. Frothingham". In near matching black morocco autograph album stamped in blind and gilt extremities rubbed. With later inscription of C.W. Lawbert on front free endpaper. unknown books
18791688651879. GARDNER James T and Frederick Law OLMSTED. Special Report of New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls and Fourth Annual Report on the Triangulation of the State for the Year 1879. 96 pp. Illustrated with engraved fold out frontispiece 9 heliotype prints one full page engraved plate one photolithographic facsimile plate 4 fold out maps and two loose folding maps. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm bound in publisher's blue cloth. Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons 1880. A key publication in the creation of the Nation's first state park'. " Concerns about the preservation of Niagara Falls had begun to emerge in the late 1860s as industrialists situated power plants along the shoreline and entrepreneurs bought up land so they could charge visitors for a view. Frederick Law Olmsted was one of the leaders of the "Free Niagara" movement which urged New York State to take control of the Falls so the natural beauty of the surrounding land could be protected from commercial interests and exploitation and remain free and open to the public. This report authored in part by Olmsted was commissioned by the State to survey current conditions and make recommendations on what should be done. As anticipated the report concluded that "we find its treasures in the grasp of money-getters and its sacred groves assailed by the axes of the mill-man of desecrated by the purveyor of public amusements; and are convinced that destruction of the scenery will be swift and certain unless the all-powerful State shall appear as the preserver of Niagara." The recommendations of Gardner and Olmstead along with Barker's compelling photos of area's natural beauty and the development along the shoreline helped turn the tide of both public opinion and rouse state bureaucrats into action. Niagara Falls State Park -- America's oldest state park -- was established in 1885. A fine copy of a rare publication. Printed presentation slip from Gardner tipped in. hardcover
