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184254602Philadelphia: published at the Assay Office of the Mint 1842. First edition 4to pp. 4 iv 1 6-220; inserted half-title printed in silver on glazed paper and 16 composite plates printed on glazed paper; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; small snag at the top of the spine and the cloth binding a little dull; the plates are all bound at the back of the volume in 4 sequential gatherings and the bulk of the plates has caused these gatherings to become extended; otherwise a complete copy with a clean text block and an interesting provenance: on the front free endpaper is the first owner's inscription "Rud. F. Kelker / April 21 1843 / bot. of Eckfeldt & Dubois / United States Mint" and on the top of the title page "Rud. F. Kelker / April 21 1843 / bot. of Eckfeldt & Dubois / United States Mint / paid $5.00." Bookplate of Rudolph F. Kelker Harrisburg Pa. A landmark work in American numismatics. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. For nearly two decades it was the only practical guide available to American coin collectors. It was also the first work to illustrate the 1804 dollar and was one of the earliest works to combine photography electrotyping and the metal rolling machine for illustrative purposes. Sabin 21787. <br/><br/> published at the Assay Office of the Mint hardcover books
186738307San Francisco: Alta California Printing House 1867. 1st edition Cowan II pp. 375-376; Rocq 9192. Original printed pale green paper wrappers. Some modest wear & soiling to wrappers though spine paper mostly perished. A VG copy. 64 pp. Numerous mss corrections to text. Intratextual lot plans ~ 55 describing by city blocks the property of Jacob C. Beideman. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>Auction of over 100 pieces of property located throughout the city of San Francisco as amassed by Jacob C. Beideman. One of the largest estates of the era neighborhoods include the Tenderloin area of downtown and along Van Ness Ave. Western Addition & Hayes Valley. OCLC records 6 holding institutions. No copies at auction the past 30 years. Rare in the trade. Alta California Printing House unknown books
1811529Ephrata in Pennsylvanien: Gedruckt bey J. Ruth 1811. 12mo. 165 x 105 mm. 6 12/2 x 4 inches. 395 i.e. 400 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait engraved frontispiece image of Christ revealing divine truth 5 engraved plates and one woodcut image of the serpent printed in the text; the portrait and the frontispiece are added and are not usually found with this edition. The book is bound in contemporary calf red leather label which reads "Der weg zu Christo"; some light rubbing to binding; paper stock is brown with age fore edges a bit fragile in places; a very good copy. First American edition originally printed in Goerlitz Germany in 1624. This American edition of Boehme's mystical text was printed at the Ephrata Cloister by Jacob Ruth and is one of only two titles produced by this printer at the Cloister press. K.J.R. Arndt gives Ruth's dates as 1794-1878 but provides no other information about the biography of the printer and his relationship to Ephrata. This question is of interest because the engraved images in this book are all unsigned and are apparently re-engravings of plates form an earlier edition published anonymously in Leiden in 1730 which contains five plates. If Ruth re-engraved these plates it demonstrates a very sophisticated skill with the burin and familiarity with the creation of fine lines tonality and readily recognizable symbols. The engravings are not only fine work but early examples of the art form produced in the Pennsylvania German community of the period. Shaw & Shoemaker 22416. Arndt German Language Printing in the United States 1805. Gedruckt bey J. Ruth unknown books
185962094Wellsburg VA: Jacob & Smith Publishers and Printers 1859. First edition. 12mo. 280 pp. Frontispiece portrait and three plates. The story of the Corps of Discovery and its exploration of Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase seen through the lens of this biography of the last surviving member of the expedition. "The biography of its citizens is the history of a nation and we trust that the reputations of history will not suffer from one departure in permitting the humble biography of a hero of the ranks to stand by those of the great and title" from the preface. Howes J-31. Graff 2183. Wagner-Camp 6:10: "Gass became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark his account was the first to be published he was the first to have a biography written about him and finally he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades dying at the age of ninety-nine in 1870." Plates with foxing text toned but a very good copy. 20th-century green three-quarter leather and cloth gilt rules and title on spine. 9761. <br/><br/> Jacob & Smith, Publishers and Printers hardcover books
183022777London: published for the Author by Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1830. Imperial octavo. 11 x 7 1/2 inches. Additional title on india paper mounted with etched vignette 49 etched plates by Strutt all on India paper mounted. Original oatmeal-coloured cloth rebacked.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Edward Kynaston Bridger d.1898 armorial bookplate; William Russell Grace 1832-1904 armorial bookplate<br/> <br/>An attractive copy of the first octavo edition of this charming work: the deluxe issue with the plates all printed on india paper.<br/> <br/>Rather than concentrating on generic descriptions of species of trees although these are given Strutt here provides a portrait in words and pictures of 50 of the greatest trees or stands of trees in England and Scotland: a snapshot of the trees as they stood in 1830. "Greatest" is here interpreted by Strutt in various ways: tallest largest girth largest spread oldest etc. The preponderence of the examples given are oaks 21 but he also includes examples of elm 6 beech 2 ash 2 chestnut 4 cedar 3 yew 3 and one each of lime poplar willow plane maple sycamore Scotch fir silver fir and larch. This work was first published by Strutt in 1826 in a folio format and was available by subscription at 9 guineas for the normal issue or for the issue with the plates on india paper 15 guineas a list of the subscribers to this folio edition is included in the present octavo edition. For the present work the folio plates were reduced and the folio text was modified to allow for the re-ordering of the trees into more coherant groupings. As with the folio edition this work was offered in two forms: at £1 11s. 6d. for the normal issue or 3 guineas for the deluxe issue with the plates on india paper as here. The early owner of this copy William Russell Grace the co-founder of W.R Grace and Co. was an American success story who rose from relative poverty to be one of the richest men in the country. He was also a noted philanthropist and served two terms as Mayor of New York.<br/> <br/>Lowndes III p.2534; Nissen BBI 1907. published for the Author by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green unknown books
18111303022London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto xiii 1 blank 2 407 1 36 7 1; VG; bound in 3/4 contemporary brown leather marbled boards; paneled spine with black label and gilt lettering; with 13 folding plates; EM consignment; shelved case 9. 1303022. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed for J. Johnson and Co hardcover books
1848433851848. <p>Berzelius Jöns Jacob 1779-1848. Jacobus Berzelius. Medal in bronze showing a right-facing bust of Berzelius on the obverse with his birth and death dates in roman numerals; the reverse with a standing winged figure and the seated figure of Hygeia along with text in Latin. Signed "P. H. Lundgren fec. - C. G. Quarnstroem inv." N.p. n.d. 1848. 57 mm. diameter. A few minor scratches and dings but very good. </p> <p>The Berzelius Medal was commissioned by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in memory of the famous Swedish chemist who is regarded as one of the founders of modern chemistry. Berzelius invented the current system of chemical symbols originated the duality theory of chemical affinity classing chemical elements as either electronegative or electropositive an ancestor of 20th century electron theories of bonding developed new and important methods of chemical synthesis and analysis and discovered the elements cerium selenium and thorium. T</p> <p>he Latin motto above the figures on the reverse reads "Naturam jussit vires proferre latentes" He commanded forth the secrets of nature. The text below the figures reads "Fundatorum supremo lugens in deepest mourning/ Medic. Suec. Societas." The medal was issued in silver bronze and Berlin iron; this is an example of the bronze. Storer Medicina in Nummis no. 337.</p> . unknown books
1852SW1569Braunschweig:: F. Vieweg 1852 1853 1856. 1852. 4 volumes: 3 volumes in 8vo. Atlas in 4to. iv 644 V-VIII; iv 777 1; xv 1 520 pp 1404 woodcut figs. throughout vol. I: 1 table after p.644 6 plates 4 in color; vol. II: 1 color plate. Atlas: 27 plates some in color; some light foxing. Contemporary calf paste-paper marbled boards gilt-stamped raised bands and spine black & red leather labels. Rubberstamps of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Near fine. RARE WITH ATLAS VOLUME. Fourth edition enlarged the first to include Kosmichen Physik of the famous physics textbook of Mathias Pouillet Elements de physique experimentale et de meteorologie 1827-30 translated and substantially enlarged and revised by Johann Muller a physics and technology professor at the University of Freiburg. Muller's version in turn became a standard physics textbook in the German-speaking world and went through a number of editions remaining in use through the early 20th century. "Muller's most significant textbook the Lehrbuch first appeared as Pouillet's Lehrbuch der Physik und Meteorologie a 'free adaptation' of the 1837 edition of C.S. Pouillet's Elements de Physique experimentale et de Meteorologie. Muller'sinnovations included numerous woodcuts inserted directly into the text. . .The illustrations of the apparatus were particularly useful for the mechanician. The book was initially styled for the nonphysics major. He supplied the derivations of mathematical formulas and stressed mechanical theorems. Muller incorporated Gauss's works on magnetism for the first time and recast the chapters on galvanism light and meteorology. Each of the seven editions that were published during his lifetime underwent considerable emendation. A third volume Lehrbuch der Kosmicschen Physik based upon Muller's own observations was added in 1856." –D.S.B. IX p. 566. F. Vieweg, 1852, 1853, 1856. hardcover books
1839430451839. <p>Einige Blicke auf die Entwicklungsgeschichte des vegetabilischen Organismus bei den Phanerogamen. Offprint from Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3 1837: 289-320. Plate. 206 x 126 mm. Original plain wrappers front wrapper detached; modern bookplate. Inscribed by Schleiden to William Francis on the front wrapper.</p> <p>Botanische Notizen. Offprint from Archiv für Naturgeschichte 4 1838: 49-66. Plate. 205 x 129 mm. Original plain wrappers sun-darkened detached; modern bookplate. Inscribed by Schleiden to William Francis inscription partially lost due to sunning</p> <p>Botanische Notizen. Offprint from Archiv für Naturgeschichte 5 1839: 253-292. Plate. 214 x 128 mm. Original plain wrappers small tear in lower margin; modern bookplate. Inscribed by Schleiden to William Francis on the front wrapper.</p> <p>Botanische Notizen. Offprint from Archiv für Naturgeschichte 5 1839: 211-234. Lacking plate. Original plain wrappers back wrapper lacking; modern bookplate. Inscribed by Schleiden to William Francis on the front wrapper.</p> <p>A collection of four extremely rare offprints on botanical science by Schleiden whose landmark 1838 paper "Beiträge zur Phytogenesis" marks the beginning of cell theory and plant cytology. The first offprint is on the development of organs in phanerogams plants with seeds; "his theory of the flower and fruit is an admirable performance for the time even though we abandon his view of the stalk nature of placentas and some other notions as we obviously must. As Robert Brown founded the history of the development of the ovule so Schleiden founded that of the flower and his example influenced other botanists" Von Sachs History of Botany 1530-1860. Schleiden presented these offprints to British chemist Dr. William Francis who in 1852 joined with publisher Richard Taylor to found the firm of Taylor and Francis. unknown books
1888102057Folio 12" x 15" publisher's leather somewhat crudely rebacked gilt title on front cover illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 119 chromolithographed plates with tissue guards 182 8 pp. Binding shaken top cover and spine and front endpapers partially separated from text block back joint cracked but still attached significant wear to covers around extremities bookplate on front pastedown; contents clean and bright. Published in several editions the plates are extremely attractive. Studer 1840-1904 was born in New York City and would become a printer and lithographer. He was also an ornithologist and seems to have been active in this field in the Columbus Ohio area after the Civil War. However it is believed that the plates were based on drawings by Theodore Jasper. The plates while very attractive are believed to be designed to help with identification. Size of book will require extra postage. online Cornell library website. The Natural Science Association of America, books
188826485New York: Natural Science Assn. of America 1888. Large 4to pp. 10 182; title-p. printed in red and black; engraved portrait frontispiece 119 chromolithograph plates "representing upwards of seven hundred different species and varieties of North American birds including a popular account of their habits and characteristics." Original maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on upper cover t.e.g. the whole recased and rebacked in black pebble-grain cloth gilt-lettered direct on spine; tissue guards browning but otherwise a nice copy. Another edition of Nissen I 473; Sitwell Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 p.145. <br/><br/> Natural Science Assn. of America hardcover books
1866239719Charleston: Joseph Walker Agt. Stationer and Printer 129 Meeting-st 1866. First edition. 144 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Lightly worn chipped at extremities. Very good. First edition. 144 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A resident of Charleston from 1796 onward he became editor of the Southern Patriot and later its publisher. A Sephardic Jew both he and his brother Isaac were influential among the Reformed Society of Israelites in Charleston.<br/> <br/>The present work published just after the Civil War is a series of articles on Charleston's commerce education system press railroads charitable and medical organizations etc. An Appendix provides material concerning the outset of the Civil War at Forts Moultrie and Sumter as well as Fort Wagner and other Charleston-area sites. Howes C131; Singerman 1930 Joseph Walker, Agt., Stationer and Printer, 129 Meeting-st unknown books
1821000049London: Printed for R P Moore 1821 2 volumes:xxviii1313pp; 395pp with leaf of errata. Octavo 8" x 5" rebound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Whyld Ravillous 1821:4 1st edition.<br><br> Jacob Henry Sarratt was a London schoolmaster who learned his chess from Verdoni and established himself as Professor of Chess. He was the leading English chess master from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. He was a frequenter of the London Chess Club which met at Toms Coffee House in Cornhill. His fee was a guinea a lesson. Under his influence stalemate was accepted as a draw. He was the first great English author on chess. His reputation was high and a revelation to English players. His works were of a pioneering character as to chess and the English language. His first excellent books were <i>A treatise on the Game of Chess</i> Vol 1 and Vol 2 1808. There is a prefix listing books on chess from Damiano onwards and some friendly criticism of Philidor. Vol 1 contains Different Methods of Opening the Games then follows 75 Critical Variations. Vol 2 is Teaching the Player who does not have the move how to frustrate his adversarys attack. Then there are instructions how to checkmate and a section on endings with pawns only. His next book introduced in translation the works of Damiano Lopez and Salvio. Published in London in 1813 it deals with those old authors extensively. His next book was Vol 1 Gianutio Vol 2 Selenus with a preface giving some details of the authors. In 1821 was published <i>A New Treatise on the Game of Chess</i>. It is a more exhaustive work than the 1808 publication. He was assisted in this work by his pupil W Lewis. Sarratt died in 1821. His widow then went to Paris and taught chess. In 1844 following an article in <i>Le Palamede</i> describing her as aged 85 and destitute an appeal was launched which enabled her to live in comfort for the rest of her life.<br><br> <b>Condition:</b><br><br> Former library copy from the Brooklyn Public Library with perforated stamp to title and some stamps through out. A very attractively rebound in very good condition. . First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Www.bookcollectorshop.com. Octavo. Printed for R P Moore hardcover books
183030091London: published for the Author by Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1830. Imperial octavo. 10 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches. vii 151 1pp. Additional title on india paper mounted with etched vignette 49 etched plates by Strutt all on India paper mounted. Foxing to the plates. 19th century purple morocco covers bordered in gilt spine with semi-raised bands in six compartments lettered in gilt in the second the others decoratively paneled in gilt marbled endpapers gilt edges<br/> <br/>Provenance: Lucius O'Brien armorial bookplates<br/> <br/>An attractive copy of the first octavo edition of this charming work: the deluxe issue with the plates all printed on india paper.<br/> <br/>Rather than concentrating on generic descriptions of species of trees although these are given Strutt here provides a portrait in words and pictures of 50 of the greatest trees or stands of trees in England and Scotland: a snapshot of the trees as they stood in 1830. "Greatest" is here interpreted by Strutt in various ways: tallest largest girth largest spread oldest etc. The preponderence of the examples given are oaks 21 but he also includes examples of elm 6 beech 2 ash 2 chestnut 4 cedar 3 yew 3 and one each of lime poplar willow plane maple sycamore Scotch fir silver fir and larch. This work was first published by Strutt in 1826 in a folio format and was available by subscription at 9 guineas for the normal issue or for the issue with the plates on india paper 15 guineas a list of the subscribers to this folio edition is included in the present octavo edition. For the present work the folio plates were reduced and the folio text was modified to allow for the re-ordering of the trees into more coherant groupings. As with the folio edition this work was offered in two forms: at £1 11s. 6d. for the normal issue or 3 guineas for the deluxe issue with the plates on india paper as here.<br/> <br/>Lowndes III p.2534; Nissen BBI 1907. published for the Author by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green unknown books
1824531York County Pennsylvania 1824. Oblong 12mo. 88 pp. Contemporary calf backed wall-paper covered boards; binding rubbed at edges with minor loss of paper and leather otherwise very good. Eichelberger's account book contains a list of expenses as well as income relating to the Eichelberger farm. Entries are organized chronologically and list the item received or service performed as well as the price paid for the item or service. Eichelberger listed prices in both dollars and pounds. Typical expenses include the hiring of farm hands food often dried pork county taxes and the digging of a well. Eichelberger records far more income than expenses. He sold a number of items including wheat apples beef rye and animal fat. Eichelberger provided board to a widow by the name of Miller. Perhaps the most interesting sources of Eichelberger's income are the animals he sold. Between 1806 and 1809 Eichelberger records the sale of 86 horses accounting for the vast majority of his income during those years. He also records the sale of a few steer sheep and hogs but never in quantities as great as the horses. Several pages of the book record Eichelberger's duties as the executor of the will of his father George Allen Eichelberger. These entries list the name of the beneficiary the amount of the estate granted them and the date on which the transaction took place. The final entry in the book which is chronologically out of place and dated 1807 records Eichelberger's activities following the death of his father such as traveling to Carlisle for the reading of the will and appraisal of the estate. Curiously the entries in which the estate is divided among the beneficiaries are dated between 1824 and 1825--seventeen years after the initial reading of the will. This hints at the protracted probate disputes and complications involved in executing a will in the early nineteenth century. Also of note in this book is the inexplicable changes in the way Eichelberger spelled his name. In the earliest entries of the book it is spelled "Echelberger" then appears as "Eichelberger" and finally beginning around 1810 appears as "Higleberger". While the record book mentions no place names other than Carlisle a prosperous farm family by the name of Eichelberger resided in York County Pennsylvania for many years in the eighteenth century. It is very likely that Jacob was a member of this Pennsylvania-German family. unknown books
1821120469Boston MA: Cummings and Hilliard 1821. later quarter leather cloth title gilt-stamped on spine back original paper wrapper top edge cut other edges uncut. 4to. later quarter leather cloth title gilt-stamped on spine back original paper wrapper top edge cut other edges uncut. 101-1971 pages. Shaw and Shoemaker 40247. Volume III Part II only. Tissue protected color engravings by Jacob Bigelow. In addition to the engravings the botanical history results of chemical examinations and medical uses are listed. The entire work was published between 1817 and 1821. Bigelow 1787-1879 was a physician and botanist professor of Materia Medica at Harvard from 1815 to 1855. Includes appendix systematic index Latin index English index and table of contents for the entire thrid volume. For a history of its printing binding and distribution see Richard Wolfe Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany 1817-1821 North Hills Pennsylvania: Bird and Bull Press 1979. For a listing of the contents of all volumes see the University Archives and Special Collections website of Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia. Treadwell Library Boston ex libris and regulations of the Public Library of the City of Boston are laid in. Endpapers tanned with pencilled notation on back pastedown. Cummings and Hilliard unknown books
185318295Boston: W. J. Reynolds 1853. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Original maroon cloth covers heavily embossed in blind spines gilt titled spines a bit spotted and sunned occasional light foxing overall near fine and attractive with contemporary ownership signatures of James Rindge Stanwood of Portsmouth NH. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Rollo in Europe--First Editions. Jacob Abbott 1803-79 an American congregational minister and educator wrote the famous Rollo series of books Rollo at Work Rollo at Play etc. to teach his young readers specific moral values and concepts. In these travel books following the picturesque and educational experiences of Rollo and his uncle in narrative form the young reader is taken along as though he were an accompanying guest a lively format which helped to account for the books' immense popularity. The character of Rollo was modelled on Abbot's son Lyman who himself became a distinguished minister and editor. Bingham and Scholt pp. 172-3 W. J. Reynolds unknown books
1832305489New York 1832. 1/2 page. Docketed. Old folds. 1/2 page. Docketed. Olcott was the president of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany N.Y. and a prominent figure in New York State politics and finance.<br/><br/>Reads in part:<br/>" I have your letter of 4st & regret---not get the loan of 1200$. unknown books
187031578Paris 1870. Very faint soiling around the edges otherwise in very good condition. unknown books
186635454Charleston: Joseph Walker 1866. 144pp old rubberstamp on blank portion of title page. Bottom blank tear to title page expertly reinforced. Bound in modern grey wrappers. Good. <br/><br/> A Sephardic Jew Cardozo was born in 1786 in Savannah. Self-educated he was an outstanding economist editor of the Southern Patriot in Charleston and later its publisher. He published 'Notes on Political Economy' and 'The Economic Mind in American History'. An advocate of free trade he wrote many papers on the subject. See Brody 'Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America from Colonial Times to 1900: A Judaica Collection Exhibit' FL Atlantic U. Libraries. "Jacob Cardozo's forays into econometric analysis were outstanding by the standards of his day." Eugene Genovese 'Journal of the Historical Society' Volume I Number 2 March 2000. "This book is VERY SCARCE" Eberstadt quoting from Bradford. <br/> "Cardozo was a resident of Charleston from 1796 onward and editor of the Southern Patriot from 1817" Id. The book is a series of articles on Charleston's agriculture commerce education and free school system chamber of commerce insurance companies fire department the press bench and bar hotels banks libraries railroads charitable and medical organizations cemeteries. An Appendix provides material on the beginning of the Civil War at Forts Moultrie and Sumter as well as the action at Fort Wagner and other Charleston-area sites. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Howes C131. Singerman 1930. 115 Eberstadt 906. III Turnbull 409. Joseph Walker unknown books
1874251544Paris: Auguste Fontaine Libraire 1874. Number 79 of 100 copies. vi 149 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Half contemporary blue morocco a.e.g. spine faded minor rubbing internally fine. Bookplate. Number 79 of 100 copies. vi 149 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The Library of Madame du Barry. Printed from one of the 2 original Manuscripts now in the Arsenal Library. Mistress of Louis XV the Comtesse Du Barry wished to rival her predecessor's library Madame de Pompadour and had an unknown Parisian bookdealer go about the task. There are 1091 titles in this catalogue. Auguste Fontaine, Libraire unknown books
183267528With Six Hand-Colored Plates GLATZ Jacob. Les Petits Livres Couleur de Rose ou Lectures GraduÈes pour les Enfans de Six a Douze Ans. Traduit de L'allemand par Mad.e …lise VoÔart. Paris: Chez F. G. Levrault 1832. Three twelvemo volumes out of four . 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches; 133 x 82 mm. vii 1 blank 185 1 table; 2 162 1 table 1 blank; 2 138 1 table 1 blank pp. Volumes I III and IV. Each volume has half-title separate hand-colored vignette title-page and two hand-colored plates. Original pink paper boards. Boards stamped and lettered in black ink with a floral border and a colored vignette of the front board of each volume. Volume I edges speckled blue volume II and IV edges speckled brown. Spines a bit sunned. Some light foxing and toning throughout. Each volume with a bookplate on front pastedown reading " Chambre d'etude." Overall a very good set. HBS 67528. $750 Chez F. G. Levrault hardcover books
1878125400Columbus OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co 1878. Hardbound. Overall VG with the notable and large exception of the blindstamps on every single color plate. Ink stamp to top and bottom of text block. Sold as a reference copy only not as a collectible book. Overall the blindstamps are quite well hidden in the background and not noticable upon the initial viewing of the plates. Most have to be examined in detail before even seeing these blindstamps. Sturdy black library buckram. 182 pp with 119 interleaved tissue-guarded color lithographed plates followed by an extensive index of 8pp. This is followed then by the second book listed above described as follows: Title-page blank verso 2 pp. Contents 2 pp. Index of Illustrations 41 full-page color plates interleaved within 156 pp. of text. The second book was also published by Studer in 1878. It seems as if these two volumes were intended to form a set based on what I see in other entries and descriptions. It also seems as if this first printing from 1878 has the superior presentation of color plates compared to the later editions. Get this one as a superb reference set. Jacob H. Studer & Co hardcover books
1878127931.1Columbus OH: Jacob H. Studer & Co 1878. Hardbound. Overall VG-. Some wear to cloth including some ripping at top of spine. Ex-library with bookplate perforated and ink stamps on title page and ink stamp on bottom page edges. Some tissue guards folded. Plate 3 is missing a corner only affects margin not image. A set of pages near the end is folded at the corner with the crease most extreme on p 167 Plates are clean and intact. Red library buckram. 182 pp with 119 interleaved tissue-guarded color lithographed plates preceded before the title page by an extensive index of 8pp. Gilt page edges. It seems as if this first printing from 1878 has the superior presentation of color plates compared to the later editions. Jacob H. Studer & Co hardcover books
181558104Boston: Cummings & Hillard 1815. Large 8vo early marble paper wrappers 8 maps double page some outline type coloring. Title page likely to be on original wrappers only which is lacking in this copy and wrappers are worn some staining and aging early owner's signature1815 with holograph list of the maps. Contains all eight folding maps. Phillips 275. Laid in is a "Plan of the first ward of the city of New York" engraved on wood by Butler & Morse 1835. The map of the United States shows Iowa and Minnesota as the Norwest Territory. In addition to the map of the U.S. the atlas includes maps of the world Asia North America Africa Britain Europe and South America. Cummings & Hillard unknown books
