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1766363001New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine at his Book-Store and Printing Office at the Bible & Crown in Hanover-Square 1766. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volume set. Thick folios. Contemporary full calf. Binding is worn with the boards nearly detached small bookplate on the front pastedowns else a good sound set. Volume one prints the proceedings from April 1691–September 1743; volume two from November 1743–December 1765. This edition includes: "the act for reversing the attainder of Jacob Leisler and others" on the last leaf of volume one. An invaluable resource for the early political social and economic history of New York. ESTC W6332; Evans 9756 10418. Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his Book-Store and Printing Office, at the Bible & Crown, in Hanover-Square hardcover
1797008977Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797. Hardcover. Good. 4 ix 1 817 iii 34 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Names of two former owners at head of title page: Parker Campbell and Mathew Ritchie the latter crossed out. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; front joint is cracked; closed 5-cm. tear from the fore-edge of front free endpaper; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1797008976Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797. Hardcover. Good. 4 913 1 64 iv 22 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Printing error: 737 and 738 were skipped in pagination no text is lacking. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed; joints are cracked; minor loss at ends of spine; blank leaf preceding title page has one horizontal tear from the fore-edge almost to the gutter; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1795008978Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1795. Hardcover. Good. 2 xliii 1 793 1 v 21 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Includes: "Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed at a Session which was begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday the Seventh Day of December in the Year One Thousand Seven and Ninety and of the Independence of the United States of America the Fifteenth. To Which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth" Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1791. Former owner's name at head of title page and on front fixed endpaper: "Alex Addison 1796." Alex Addison 1759-1807 a Scottish immigrant was admitted to the washington County Pa. bar in 1787 and appointed the president judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania in 1791. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. Binder's error: final 4 pages of the Acts are bound in following the Laws of Pennsylvania title page. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; joints are cracked; old dampstaining at edges of some pages; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
175943057Lisboa: Impressa na Secretaria de Estado dos Negocios do Reino 1759. Removed from a larger volume. A very good fresh crisp copy tiny stain to fore edge pinprick to upper margin. 7 1 pp. 11.5 x 8 inches. Issued on the anniversary of the supposed plot against the King of Portugal by the Jesuits the "Lei de expulsão da Companhia de Jesus de Portugal e seus Domínios" of September 3 1759 promugated on October 3 1759 condemned the Jesuits as rebels and traitors banishing them from all Portuguese territiories under pain of death along with anyone who either helped or communicated with them. It was the culmination of a long list of actions by the Marquês de Pombal who was behind these laws and who had written in a letter to Conde de Unhão in February before the law was published that "nothing can be omitted or ought to be omitted to disarm the Jesuits' diabolical machinations so that they may not be reborn and any hidden roots remain in our land." This was reflected in the document which accused the Jesuits of attempting to assassinate the king ruin the kingdom destroy Portugal and "clandestinely pursuing the usurpation of the entire state of Brazil with such an artificial and so violent progress that if it was not promptly and effectively shut down".the Company of Jesus' goal would be accomplished. "within a space of less than ten years and become inaccessible and insurmountable." Dated and signed in print: "Dada no palacio de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda aos tres de setembro de mil setecentos cincoenta e nove. Rey." And then "Lisboa 3 de outubro de 1759 Rodrigo Xavier Alvares de Moura. Foi impressa na Secretaria de Estado dos Negocios do Reino." Printed as Section XIX of "Collecçaõ dos Breves Pontificios e Leys Regias . sobre a liberdade das pessoas . dos Indios do Brasil" Lisbon Impressa na Secretaria de estado por especial ordem de Sua Magestade 1759. See Gauz: Portuguese and Brazilian Books in the John Carter Brown Library 759/1. Impressa na Secretaria de Estado dos Negocios do Reino unknown
178941455Lisboa, Na officina de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1789. 4° 450 S. / Pag. Orig. - Lederband / Encadernação da época inteira de pele. [2 Warenabbildungen] Exlibris auf dem vorderen Innendeckel. Handschriftl. Eintrag auf dem Vortitel / Manuscritos na página de ante-rosto. Gut erhalten / Bom estado.
17883578Mutinae: Prostant Venetiis Apud Simonem 1788. Later Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. `. Brown leather boards. 2iii-xviii500p Interior very good.1 1/2" lether tear at head. Leather loss front right edge and lower right corner. 1" leather loss spine and tail. Tome I Latin Text. Editio Novissima. <br/> <br/> Prostant Venetiis Apud Simonem hardcover
1728002748London: J. Tonson 1728. Hardcover. Good. 12mos contemporary tree calf lacks spine labels; ex libris Sir Robert Sheffield Bart. <br/><br/>Copperplate Engravings. J. Tonson hardcover
1778296649Philadelphia: Chez Cellot & Jombert 1778. First. hardcover. near fine. 12 370 pages. Thick 12mo attractively bound in contemporary mottled calf with gilt-decorated spine leather worn at head; light foxing throughout; pages trimmed a bit close at top but otherwise with ample margins. Philadelphie et se vend a Paris: Chez Cellot & Jombert 1778. First Edition. A near fine copy with original drab wrappers bound in.<br/> <br/> The earliest collection of American state constitutions printed in France. Contains early printing in French in a book of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence. "First collected edition compiled by Regnier." Howes R-111.<br/> <br/> Chez Cellot & Jombert unknown
1778262556Paris: Chez les Libraires Associes 1778. hardcover. very good-. Auquel on a joint les Actes d'Independence; de Confederation.Dedie a M. le Docteur Franklin. 10 370pp. 16mo 19th century 1/2 calf with marbled boards leather label light foxing to some pages mostly to margins otherwise very good. En Suisse i. e. Paris: Chez les Libraires Associes 1778. Second Edition.<br/> <br/> The earliest collection of American state constitutions printed in France. Contains early printing in French in a book of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence. "First collected edition compiled by Regnier." Howes R-111. The edition was printed in Paris and not in Switzerland. Using a imprint outside of France was done by the French printer so that the French government could disassociate itself from a book that might be deemed as not expressing the official government's viewpoint.<br/> <br/> Chez les Libraires Associes unknown
1778152956Philadelphia: Chez Cellot & Jombert 1778. First. hardcover. near fine. 12 370 pages. Thick 12mo handsomely rebound in modern tree calf with red & green leather labels on gilt-decorated spine; deckled edges very light foxing and staining to some pages but mostly the text is bright and clean with wide margins. Philadelphie et se vend a Paris: Chez Cellot & Jombert 1778. First Edition. A near fine copy with original drab wrappers bound in.<br/> <br/> The earliest collection of American state constitutions printed in France. Contains early printing in French in a book of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence. "First collected edition compiled by Regnier." Howes R-111.<br/> <br/> Chez Cellot & Jombert unknown
17808583Hamburg: C.E. Bohn 1780. First German edition and first edition in a foreign language 8vo pp. xxiv 456; engraved folding map; nice copy of a scarce edition in 20th century 3/4 red morocco gilt by Stikeman. A seminal book in the history of the exploration of the American west and a cornerstone in Minnesota history. Peace between Great Britain and France at the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1763 brought eastern Minnesota under the British flag for the first time thus opening the vast territory to British fur traders. "Carver spent the winter of 1766-67 a short distance up the Minnesota River with the Sioux. He was then serving as mapmaker and advance man on an expedition led by Captain James Tute and inspired by Maj. Robert Rogers commandant at Fort Mackinac intended to cross the continent in quest of the Northwest Passage. The plan had to be given up but Carver later wrote and published an account of his travels which became a "best seller" of its day and gave to thousands on both sides of the Atlantic their first information about the Minnesota country" Fridley A Sketch of Minnesota p. 3. Sabin 11187. C.E. Bohn unknown
1775c2412110474xbvkLouvain / Leuven, Belgium; 1775. Titlesheet (former blank front flyleaf), (9) pages 'Proemium Rhetorica / ...' and 'Deperiodo.', 5 blank sheets, pages 17-257 (of?), 1 blank sheet, blank rear flyleaf. - Vellum binding of the period over 5 raised bands with colour-marble-paper covered panel with vellum corners and red edges; small 4to.(ca. 19 x 16 x 2 cm).
1790106002<p>Partial manuscript printed receipt 3 1/2" x 7" decorative border signed. Missing most of the interest section a round hole indicating payment results in partial loss of text small hole in number 4 a little uneven normal aging; otherwise about very good. This is a receipt issued by the Comptroller’s office of Connecticut indicating that John Morgan is entitled to receive payment of one pound for an interest payment. Ralph Pomeroy Comptroller signs it. It is dated October 4 1790. </p> Hudson & Goodwin,
17902602240024Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin State of Connecticut 1790. First Edition. Manuscripts & Paper Collectibles. Very Good. Signed. Early Connecticut Ephemera Six State of Connecticut 1790 & 1791 Shilling and Pound Receipts for payment of Interest & Liquidated Debt by the State of Connecticut. Each signed by Comptroller Ralph Pomeroy. <br> Ralph Pomeroy 1737-1819 of Hebron Connecticut was the son of a Congregational minister and the nephew of Eleazar Wheelock who founded Dartmouth College. After graduating from the College of New Jersey worked in the ministry and teaching before settling in Hartford to practice law and engage in commercial trade. He was Wheelock's lawyer on retainer. He served as paymaster for Connecticut during the American Revolution and Deputy Quartermaster in the American forces. During the 1780s and 1790s Pomeroy served as a justice of the peace city alderman and state comptroller James McLachlan Princetonians 1748-1768: A Biographical Dictionary Princeton 1976 240-2. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, State of Connecticut unknown
