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1833262<p>Lansing Alfred A. Alexander Anderson Jacob Maas Milton F. Harrison <i>Galaxy of Comicalities</i> Philadelphia: Printed by Lesher & Shelly No. 303 Callowhill St. at $1.25 per annum in advance 1833. Twelve Issues: Volume 1: Nos. 1 – 12. These are twelve issues of only forty printed between October 2 1833 and July 5 1834. Galaxy of Comicalities is said to be the first illustrated comic periodical printed in America. Issue 11 December 11 1833 contains a review of <i>Sketches and Eccentricities of Colonel David Crockett of East </i>sic<i> Tennessee</i>. Crockett 1786 – 1836 a consummate self-promoter was the subject of numerous books. <i>Life and Adventures of Colonel David Crockett of West Tennessee</i> a spurious biography not authorized by Crockett was published in 1833 and reprinted later in the same year under the more accurate title of <i>Sketches and Eccentricities of Colonel David Crockett of West Tennessee</i>. <i>Galaxy of Comicalities</i> was a racist publication characteristic of humor during the Andrew Jackson administration. Mocking people of color during their "days off" writing in racial dialect and making sexist jokes about women this short-lived publication was intended for a semi-literate reader or listener sympathetic to the publishers' racist views. The editorial standard is as execrable as the spelling and views expressed. Illustrated with woodcuts of a similarly pejorative nature. </p><p>Condition of this rare worn and dis-bound surviving set: Issue 1 old repairs to page edges tear repair to page 1 slight text loss on p. 2; issue 2 repair to worn margins; issue 3 old tear repair to title-page margin repairs with text loss repair patch with text from another source p. 10; issue 4 margin repairs significant text loss; issue 5 good condition no repairs; issue 6 good condition no repairs; issue 7 text loss of a few words to three lines of one page; issue 8 good condition; issue 9 good condition; issue 10 margin repairs loss of few words on one page; issue 11 margin repairs text loss of a few letters on one page; issue 12 old tear repair. All twelve copies have browned with some spotting to the laid paper.</p>Housed in a folder with the ownership tag of Richard S. Wormser. Mr. Wormser a former president of the International League of Antiquarian Book Sellers and the Antiquarian Book Sellers Association of America was a member of the Grolier Club the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester Mass. the Club of Odd Volumes of Boston and the Old Book Table of New York. Lesher & Shelly, No. 303 Callowhill St. books
175618865Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1756. 12mo pp. viii 275. Second edition after the quarto edition of the same year. Bound in contemporary French calf with gilt spine and with the exception of some insignificant marginal worming in a couple of signatures a very fine copy. Sabin 47511; Wroth American Bookshelf p. 22; Lande 657; TPL 250; Streeter II 1013; Echeverria & Wilkie 756/29. Writing in The John Carter Brown Library Report 1946 pp. 48-49 Lawrence Wroth notes that this is "one of the most important diplomatic documents in American colonial history . in which the French government is justifying its position as a contestant in the French and Indian War. Printed amongst other pertinent documents is Washington's captured journal of the Fort Necessity campaign and spread upon the record the articles of surrender in which the young provincal leader accepted the enemy's designation of the killing of Jumonville as an assassination." Sabin notes "From the evidence drawn from these documents they charge Washington with the murder of Jumonville. The memoirs prove that Jumonville was approaching Washington on an embassy of peace but that Washington unwilling to trust him ordered his advance to be fired upon." The Dictionary of Amercian History in discussing this same battle at Great Meadows near Unionville PA in April of 1754 asserts that Washington learned of the small force of French camped a few miles north of Fort Necessity and after a night march attacked them soon after sunrise killing ten including their commander Jumonville. This was Washington's first battle and the first engagement of the French and Indian War. After Washington's return to Fort Necessity he was attacked by 500 French and 400 Indians eventually capitulating and marching back to Virginia on foot. L'Imprimerie Royale unknown books
167219314Nuremburg: Johann Daniel Tauber 1672. Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Later quarter vellum and boards. Very good. 30.5 x 21 cm. 312 22 a-d6 B-P6Q4. Full page engraving of ship at sea by Boner frontispiece portrait of Saar title page in black and red one leaf with two engravings 12 engravings in the text floriated chapter head designs. First published 1662 this an enlarged edition. Saar was employed as a mercenary for the East India Company spending 15 years in South East Asia including Indonesia and Ceylon. He died at age 38 in the battle of Mogersdorf. Most of Saar's descriptions relate to Ceylon. The publisher also added other contemporary accounts to help authenticate Saar's accounts. Scattered text toning ex-library stamp effaced from head of title page title page slightly chipped fore-edge and foot dampstain lower corners M-M4. Johann Daniel Tauber hardcover books
173436881London: Alexander Lyon 1734. Quarto. 9 x 7 1/4 inches. 4 38pp. Five folding engraved plates. Early marbled paper wrappers<br/> <br/>The invention of frictionless carriage wheels.<br/> <br/>Rowe referred to by some as Captain Rowe suggesting a nautical career was an English polymath and inventor. He is best remembered as a pioneer of English diving authoring a work on the subject in 1730 and patenting a diving machine following his successful underwater recovery of 33 tons of silver from the wreck of the East India Company ship Vansittart. In the present work he explores his improvements to carriages to reduce the friction upon the shafts and wheels in order to improve their effectiveness.<br/> <br/>ESTC T95742. Alexander Lyon unknown books
1813WRCAM41998Sackets Harbor N.Y. 1813. 1p. manuscript letter signed docketed on verso. Folio. Old fold lines. Some separation at folds; one tear closed with archival tape. Lightly soiled. Good. An eyewitness account of the second battle of Sackets Harbor on the shores of Lake Ontario from the commander of the American forces there Gen. Jacob Brown to his friend Joshua Hatheway quartermaster general and formerly the commander of the defenses at Sackets Harbor. The town situated near the entrance to the St. Lawrence River at the far eastern end of Lake Ontario and opposite the Canadian town of Kingston was a vital defensive point for the Americans challenging British control of the St. Lawrence and the lake and preventing a British thrust into New York State. If either side could control both sides of the entrance to the St. Lawrence they could control the Upper Great Lakes. Taking advantage of the American action against York which drew troops away to the western end of the Lake the British decided to strike. On May 28 1813 the British Great Lakes squadron under the command of James Yeo appeared off Sackets Harbor carrying troops under the command of the governor-general Lieut. Gen. George Prevost. Having been forewarned by several men who escaped the Battle of Henderson Bay the previous day the Americans had some time to reinforce their defenses before the British could attack. The British landed on the 28th but launched their main attack the next morning. They easily routed the American militia but the regulars under Brown were able to fight off repeated attacks on their fortifications. Prevost fearing the arrival of more American troops ordered a retreat which nearly became a rout. Brown was the hero of the day and was later rewarded with a commission as brigadier general. He must have immediately written this letter describing the action. This appears to be written in a secretarial hand and signed by Brown himself. The letter states: "Dr. Sir I received an order some days since from Genl Dearborn to take comm. at this Post. Comd. Chauncey is up the lake. We were this morning attacked as day dawned by Sir George Prevost in person who made good his landing with at least a thousand picked men. Sir James Yeo commanded the fleet after loosing some distinguished officers and of course some gallant men. Our loss is very severe as to the quality of those who have fallen. The enemy left many of their wounded on the Field - but I have no doubt carried off many more. We shall probably be again attacked as Sir George must feel very sore. All I can say is whatever may be the result we will not be disgraced." A superb battlefield letter reporting on one of the most significant military actions of the War of 1812. unknown books
172967423First Edition of Jacob's "Most Enduring and Successful Work" JACOB Giles. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law; and also the whole law and the practice thereof Under all the Heads and Titles of the same. Together with such Informations relating thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and our Manners Customs and Original Government. Abstracted from all Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to this Time. And fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament and other Gentlemen Justices of Peace Clergymen &c. By Giles Jacob gent. London In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling assigns of E. Sayer Esq; for J. and J. Knapton J. Darby A. Bettesworth F. Fayram W. Mears J. Pemberton J. Osborn and T. Longman C. Rivington F. Clay J. Batley and A. Ward MDCCXXIX. 1729. First edition. Large quarto 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 318 x 210 mm. Text in two columns. Unpaginated. 772 pp. A-5D4 5E2. Contemporary full calf rebacked. Boards are tooled in blind. Spine with a newer red morocco spine label. Boards rubbed. Previous owner's old ink signature on front free endpaper. Front and rear endpapers laid-down. Some light toning. Overall a very good copy internally very clean. Jacob Giles bap. 1686 d. 1744 was a legal and literary author. "Jacob's most enduring and successful work A New Law Dictionary first published in 1729. The dictionary had taken nine years to research and write and set a new precedent by being the first published guide to English law that combined an abridgement of statute law with a dictionary of legal practice and terminology. A New Law Dictionary reached its fifth edition in 1744 the year of Jacob's death;." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ESTC T137460. HBS 67423. $2850 Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling... hardcover books
18112473New York / Philadelphia: I. Riley and P. Byrne 1811. First American Edition. Full leather. Very good. From the personal library of President James Buchanan The Law Dictionary signed by Buchanan on the title page. Octavo ii 553pp. Full period calf title in gilt on spine over red morocco label. Statement on title page that this is the First American Edition from the Second London Edition. Spine repaired at ends reinforced hinges. Some age toning with foxing on endpapers. This is Volume V from a complete set of 6 volumes. Signed by President James Buchanan on the title page. This law book is from the personal library of President James Buchanan. His library was primarily held at his home in Lancaster PA called Wheatland. The majority of his presidential papers correspondence and books went to Dickinson college his alma mater. After graduating with honors in 1809 James Buchanan moved to Lancaster and became a legal apprentice to James Hopkins. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1812. Buchanan would go on to serve in the House of Representatives from 1821-1831 United States Senator 1834-1845 then as the 17th Secretary of State under President James K. Polk. He was elected President of the United States in 1856 serving one term. He predicted in retirement that "history would vindicate my memory" but his inability to stop the succession of the southern states has sealed his legacy as one of the least successful presidents in history. I. Riley and P. Byrne unknown books
19232224Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938. NEBEN DER HEERSTRASSE. Grethlein & Co. Zürich/Leipzig 1923. First edition with 24 woodcuts by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner integrated with text. 434 6pp. 8vo.<br /><br />Publishers salmon-boards with 1/4 red leather spine. The upper cover with title and vignette in woodcut by Kirchner title in black on back top edge violet. Original RARE dust jacket illustrated by Kirchner. One of the best known books illustrated by Kirchner; the illustrations where printed from the original woodblocks. Excellent copy with the rare dustjacket text slightly but uniformly aged.<br /><br /> Dube II 808-831; Lang 174 Rifkind/Davis 1478 Rifkind 103 Vom Jenendstil zum Bauhaus 86: Schauer IIj118: Jentsch 143. Grethlein & Co. hardcover books
1826316088Cumberland MD: Printed for the Author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary half roan and marbled boards spine lettered in gilt. Covers scuffed and worn small semicircular portion of rear cover fire damaged with loss wear extending into final 25 pages at top margin touching a few letters text foxed and faintly dampstained some contemporary pen annotations 1839 ownership inscription on front free endpaper. First edition. 8vo. First edition of this defense of colonial frontiersman Captain Cresap 1742-1775 whom Jefferson echoing others blamed for the murder of the family of the Mingo war chief James Logan during Lord Dunmore's War. Cresap has since been exonerated and the Virginian Daniel Greathouse is now blamed for the massacre of Logan's family.<br/>"This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA.The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer later clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Joseph Doddridge in his then recently published NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter. Streeter Sale 1335; Howes J32; Graff 2185; Sabin 35488; Siebert Sale 379 Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan unknown books
1710001702Hamburg: Thomas von Wierings 1710 - 1714. Full Vellum. Very Good. An emblem book from a Dutch master! 8vo. Abundantly illustrated with 39 engraved plates eight of which are folding and 168 text engravings. The set includes Cats' most famous and beloved works some of which became deeply etched into the national consciousness including "Sinn und Liebes=Bildern" "Josephs Selbst Streit" Der Mannlichen Achtbarkeit" "Heuraht" "Galathea" "Spiegel der alten und neuen Zeit" "Frau=Ring" containing "Der Welt Anfang/Mittel und Ende" "Alterthum/Land und Garten=Leben" "Aspasia" Primarily in German with some Latin. Some soiling to the contemporary vellum which nonetheless is bright and attractive. A few trivial closed tears and minor cracking to the spines. All volumes tight and generally clean. <br/><br/> Thomas von Wierings hardcover books
D16138Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu. Hardcover. Very Good. c.1630. Two parts in one. 4to 242 x 170 mm. 244; 123 1 pp. Engraved frontispiece folding engraved plate full-page engraved illustration and 96 large circular engraved emblems the emblems after A van de Venne. Minor staining at head of leaves in first part 2g4 with large repaired tear. Seventeenth century red morocco covers paneled in gilt spine with raised bands in six compartments lettered in the second the others with a repeat decoration in gilt marbled endpapers edges gilt with expert repairs to joints. Provenance: James Peter signature dated 1710; William S. Heckscher 1904-1999 noted emblem book scholar bookplate. <br/><br/>Rare edition of two emblem works including the famous folding plate depicting children at play. The emblems depict various aspects of human life; love morality and religion accompanied by texts in Dutch Latin and French. Jacob Cats known to the Dutch as "Father Cats" was one of the most popular authors of the golden age of Dutch literature and is best known for his emblematic works. Cats Catalogus 177 both works; Landwehr Emblem & fable books 113 & 136; de Vries 84 & 63. Willem Blaeu hardcover books
1685D7313Amsterdam / Utrecht: chez Jean Wolters et Ysbrand Haring / Frans Halma 1686 / 1685. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 155 x 88 mm. 432pp. 7. Full-page engraved portrait of Chardin above his heraldry bearing arms of two rosettes chevron and bird additional engraved title 16 engraved plates including two chapter headpieces 12 folding are maps city panoramas or charts. The first English edition appeared in 1686 in London by Moses Pitt of 1686; Chardin having settled in England after his travels and was knighted there by Charles II. The title was reprinted twice in Amsterdam in the original French at different locations. First at Abraham Wolfgang and then at Wolters and Haring as in this copy. Contemporary vellum ms. title on spine with foldover edges speckled edges; light soiling and few small stains few minor tears on engraved title or marginal wear to plates. A very nice copy with plates in excellent shape. Bound after: SPON Jacob 1647-1685. Histoire de la Ville Et de l'Estat de Genève. Utrecht: Frans Halma 1685. 522pp. 16 of table. Woodcut printers device of Halma with motto Vivitur ingenio one lives on in spirit to title additional engraved title 6 plates of which 3 are folding among which the view of the Geneva region with placenames highlighted in yellow woodcut headpieces and decorative initials; one small fold-tear to Geneva plate. Formerly in the collection of famed bibliophile Henri Burton of Geneva his morocco bookplate neatly to front endpaper. <br/><br/>French sammelband of the Travels of Sir Jean Chardin; one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and India and Spons History of Geneva from the collection of Henri Burton. A great deal of European travel writing details the history of Europes relationship to the Orient a place highly exoticized by western observers. Jean Chardin was a trader and the son of a jeweler who first went to the Levant in 1665 to purchase gems. He made a second journey in 1671 in the company of the artist Guillaume Grelot whom he met in Istanbul and whose drawings inspired the engravings in the present work. This edition comprises the first volume of the authors manuscript dealing with the period 1671-1673 and is all that was published until 1711. His work is divided into four parts: the first recounts his journey from Paris to Ispahan 1671-77 the second describes Persia and Ispahan the third the ruins of Persepolis and the fourth gives a history of Persia based on Persian writers. /// Spon 1647-1685 was a doctor and pioneering archaeologist of Greek antiquities. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes he fled France for Switzerland dying not long after in Geneva. His history of Geneva first published in 1680 was translated into English in 1687. Chardin an experienced trader is in a position to give detailed accounts of trade-routes prices articles bought and sold customs problems and so on whereas Spon is primarily interested in Antiquity concentrating on giving the exact wording of inscriptions illustrations of medals and ancient buildings and the comparison of towns and landscapes with the descriptions which appear in Classical texts. A fine sammelband neat and sturdy contained two important travel texts printed within just one year of each other. chez Jean Wolters et Ysbrand Haring / Frans Halma hardcover books
1728RW1451London:: John Senex 1728. 1728. 8vo. iv 187 1 pp. 4 folding plates decorative headpieces. Original gilt-stamped calf modern red leather gilt-stamped spine label raised bands; rubbed joints cracked upper spine mended. Ownership stamp of "P.G." Very good. Rare. First edition in English; first printed in Leiden in 1727 as Matheseos universalis elementa. "This work translated into Dutch 1728 and English 1752 sic is of didactic rather than original merit but it was significant for its invitation to mathematicians to elucidate systematically Newton's Universal Arithmetick which 'sGravesande exemplified by his own explanation of two passages from Newton's book. 'sGravesande found the lighthearted treatment of infinitesimals and the infinite in Bernard de Fontenelle's Elemens de la geometrie de l'infini Paris 1727 unacceptable and he maintained his objections in the Journal litteraire against Fontenelle's rejoinder 1730." – DSB V p. 510. REFERENCES: ESTC no.: T187811; not in Babson. John Senex, 1728. hardcover books
186564770First Edition in Original Printed Wrappers LEESE Jacob P. Historical Outline of Lower California. New York: E. S. Dodge & Co. 1865. First edition. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 223 x 146 mm.1-46 2 blank pp. Original grey printed wrappers. Wrappers chipped along lower portion of the spine and slightly chipped along edges. Some light foxing throughout. Overall a very good copy. "Jacob Primer Leese was a Santa Fe trader who settled in San Francisco in 1836 and engaged in the hide and tallow trade with Yankee ships. He married a sister of General Vallejo and became very wealthy. In 1863 Leese and other promoters founded the Mexican Mining and Colonization Company and obtained a land grant from the Mexican government of some 46800 square miles between the 24th and 31st parallels of latitude in Baja California. They failed to meet their obligations however and the grant was transferred to another party in 1866. The outline was written "in the interest of the Mexican Mining and Colonization Company." In addition to details on the grant it provides material on the discovery early settlements missions mineral resources and pearl fisheries of Baja California." Hill 998. Hill 998. Sabin 39834. HBS 64770. $2500 E. S. Dodge & Co. unknown books
1905RW1212Braunschweig:: F. Vieweg 1905-7 1909. 1905. 4 parts in 5 volumes. 8vo. xiv 544; 4 xv-xvii 1 545-801 1; xxvii 1 1189 1; xiv 923 1; xii 622 1 pp. 22 plates some folding some in color 838 915 499 531 figs. Modern half brown morocco paste-paper boards blind- and gilt-stamped spine labels raised bands. Fine. FIRST EDITION in German complete. This is the most advanced textbook on Cosmic Physics and Meteorology of its time. "His acclaimed textbook on physics and meteorology Elements de physique experimentale et de meteorologie was published in four parts.6 Also it was translated into German by Johann Heinrich Jakob Muller and published with the title Lehrbuch der Physik und Meteorologie." – Wikip. "Pouillet's lectures — which were partially collected in his Elements de physique experimentale et de meteorologie 1927 and in the Lecons de physique de la Faculte des sciences 1828 — were widely read. Pouillet published a popular account of Elements in 1850. Although offering no spectacular novelties they presented in clear language a survey of the state of the various branches of physics and of recent developments in them." – DSB XI p. 111. / A much revised and expanded version of what was originally Pouillet's Elements de Physique Experimentale et de Meteorologie 1827 which Muller translated into Lehrbuch der Physik und Meteorologie 1842 and then expanded with the supplement Lehrbuch der Kosmischen Physik 1856. It was eventually taken to a ninth edition by Pfaundler 1886-98 and finally revised and expanded yet again by Pfaundler into this final edition including an additional volume Magnetismus und Elektrizitat 1909 written by Walter Kaufmann 1871-1947 and Alfred Coehn 1863-1938. The final version unifies almost a century's worth of effort in various disciplines into a single textbook. F. Vieweg, 1905-7, 1909. hardcover books
1768168968New York: Hugh Gaine 1768. First. hardcover. very good-. I. Of Actions and Remedies Writs Process Arrests.II. Of Courts Attornies and Solicitors therein Juries Witnesses Trials Executions.III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods.IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage Bastardy Infants.V. Of the Liberty of the Subject Magna Charta the Habeas Corpus Act.VI. Of the King and his Prerogatives.VII. Of publick Offences Treason Murder Felony Burglary Robbery.and their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statues concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes In all Cases whatsoever. iv 289 12pp. 12mo contemporary calf leather label; spines ends lightly worn covers lightly scuffed light foxing to some margins small light dampstain to several pages contemporary signature on title page and page one in margins. New-York: Hugh Gaine 1768. First American Edition.<br/><br/> First law book for the layman printed in America. The author Jacob Giles was an English lawyer. This was his most popular work. It had been published in six London editions previously to this New York edition. Giles wrote several other legal works including in 1729 "A New Law Dictionary". In 1768 Hugh Gaine was appointed public printer to the Province of New York. Soon after he became the official printer of the City of New York. Evans 10935. Ford The Journals of Hugh Gaine volume I p. 118.<br/><br/> Hugh Gaine unknown books
176827286New York: Hugh Gaine 1768. First American edition designated here the "seventh edition" referring to the previous six which had appeared in London; 8vo pp. iv 289 13; tear in p. 157-8 before printing some foxing cracks starting at lower joints; a good sound copy in original full blindstamped sheep red morocco label on spine. This layman's guide to the law is the first book of its kind published in America. Evans 10935. <br/><br/> Hugh Gaine unknown books
18480000156Boston: David Clapp Printer 1848. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good . 8vo24 cm. Original offprint with printed orange wrapper housed in a cloth clamshell box. Collation: 2 27 1p.; 18p. This is a very good to fine copy in original wrappers. The first article was originally published in the Boston Medical Surgical Journal in 1846. The second article is from the Transactions of the American Medical Association Vol. 1. <br/><br/>Bigelow had great concern for the suffering of surgical patients and was interested in finding an ideal agent which could be used as an anaesthetic. Ether had the potential to be of use though there was concern over its flammability. Bigelow used ether and published his observations on use of vapors from sulphuric ether in the Boston Medical Surgical Journal in 1846. In the present report Bigelow discusses the pros and cons on using ether vapors or chloroform and compares this in the second article with other anaesthetic agents. This clinical research was a major advancement for surgical operations where pain to the patient was greatly minimized or not felt during the surgery. G & M 5730. David Clapp, Printer paperback books
1865WRCAM42696New York 1865. 46pp. Modern mottled calf gilt. Extremities rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Minor soiling. Very good. A scarce work on Baja California. "Jacob Primer Leese was a Santa Fe trader who settled in San Francisco in 1836 and engaged in the hide and tallow trade with Yankee ships. He married a sister of General Vallejo and became very wealthy. In 1863 Leese and other promoters founded the Mexican Mining and Colonization Company and obtained a land grant from the Mexican government of some 46800 square miles between the 24th and 31st parallels of latitude in Baja California. They failed to meet their obligations however and the grant was transferred to another party in 1866. This outline was written 'in the interest of the Mexican Mining and Colonization Company.' In addition to details on the grant it provides material on the discovery early settlements missions minerals and pearl fisheries of Baja California" - Hill. BARRETT 1460. HILL 998. SABIN 39834. unknown books
1747RW1580London:: Printed by W. Innys T. Longman and T. Shewell C. Hitch and M. Senex 1747. 1747. 2 volumes. 4to. 4 lxxv 1 475 1; ii 389 33 pp. Original full calf raised bands calf gilt-stamped red & brown spine labels; joints cracked. Small rubberstamp on title. Very good. NICE CLEAN COPY. Sixth edition "greatly improved by the author" of 'sGravedande's extensive experimentation and instruction in Newtonian physics. The experiments range from basic physics to hydraulics optics electricity and astronomy. The entire work is profusely illustrated with folding engraved plates detailing among many other experiments and apparatuses a steam-powered Hero's Engine plate 78 a static electricity generator plate 79 the first magic lantern slide projector plate 109 the prismatic effect of a rainbow plate 120 and the known solar system plate 122. 'sGravesande "is the author of Elements de physique demonstres mathematiquement. . . ou introduction a la philosophie Newtonienne which was translated from the Latin and published at Leyden in 1746. In the second volume he gives a description of an electrical machine constructed on the plan of that of Hauksbee. It consisted merely of a crystal globe which was mounted upon a copper stand and against which was pressed the hand of the operator while it was made to revolve rapidly by means of a large wheel." Mottelay. / Willem Jacob 'sGravesande was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician. Born in 's-Hertogenbosch he studied law in Leiden and wrote a thesis on suicide. In 1715 he visited London and King George I. He became a member of the Royal Society. In 1717 he became professor in physics and astronomy in Leiden and introduced the works of his friend Newton in the Netherlands. He was ardently opposed to fatalists like Hobbes and Spinoza. In 1724 Peter the Great offered him a job in Saint Petersburg but 'sGravesande did not accept. His best remembered work is Physices elementa mathematica experimentis confirmata sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam or Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy Confirm'd by Experiments Leiden 1720 in which he laid the foundations for teaching Newtonian physics. / 'sGravesande's chief original contribution to physics involved an experiment in which brass balls are dropped with varying velocity onto a soft clay surface. This demonstrated that a ball with twice the velocity of another would leave an indentation four times as deep that three times the velocity yielded nine times the depth and so on. He shared these results with Emilie du Châtelet who subsequently corrected Newton's formula E = mv to E = mv2. / 'sGravesande was also the owner of the oldest known magic lantern which was built around 1720 by Jan van Musschenbroek and is currently housed at the Museum Booerhave in Leiden. / "From the outset of his teaching both physics and astronomy 'sGravesande modeled his lectures on the example of Newton in the Principia and Opticks although in later years they incorporated other influences especially that of Boerhaave. Moreover he adopted from Keill and Desaguliers the notion of demonstrating to his classes the experimental proof of scientific principles accumulating an ever larger collection of apparatus as may be seen from successive editions of his Physics elementa mathematica experimentis confirmata. Sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam Leiden 1720 1721. The scientific reputation of 'sGravesande is enshrined in this book which he constantly corrected and amplified in later editions. An 'official' English translation prepared by Desaguliers to whom copies of the Latin original were sent in haste was also issued in 1720 and 1721 and it passed through six editions. The booksellers Mears and Woodward printed a rival version under the name of John Keill. French translations appeared only in 1746 and 1747 but a critical review by L. B. Castel was published in the Memoires de Trevoux in May and October 1721. The book was at once welcomed by British and a number of German scholars." – DSB V p. 510. References: Babson 70; Mottelay p. 181. Printed by W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch, and M. Senex, 1747. hardcover books
1718009574Zurich Switzerland: Bodmerischen 1718. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. xvi 336 pages of text. Illustrated by 19 leaves of plates one of which is folding. Includes an illustration of a meteorite. Bound in raw compressed grey paper boards which is somewhat worn and lightly stained with spine chipped. Hinges have been strengthened by a conservator. Old vellum spine label is creased soiled and worn. Measures 8.25 inches/209mm height. Light to moderate foxing scattered throughout the text; the plates remain clean. First edition. Bodmerischen Hardcover books
106032Black and white photograph of the entire crew of the Enola Gay the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. Signed and inscribed by six members of the crew: Navigator Captain Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk Sergeant George R. "Bob" Caron Major Thomas Ferebee Pilot Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr. radio operator Richard H. Nelson and First Lieutenant Jacob Beser. In fine condition. Triple matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.25 inches by 12.5 inches. Named after Enola Gay Tibbets the mother of pilot and aircraft commander Colonel Paul Tibbets the Enola Gay became the first aircraft to drop an atomic weapon with the release of "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. The bomb resulted in the near complete destruction of the city causing an estimated 160000 immediate civilian casualties and thousands of subsequent deaths associated with radiation starvation and dehydration. unknown books
1768598411768. The First Layman's Guide Published in America Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Every Man His Own Lawyer: Or A Summary of the Laws of England In a New and Instructive Method Under the Following Heads Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies Writs Process Arrests and Bail. II. Of Courts Attornies and Solicitors Therein Juries Witnesses Trials Executions &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods And How Acquired Ancestors Heirs Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws Relating to Marriage Bastardy Infants Ideots Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject Magna Charta the Habeas Corpus Act and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative the Queen and Prince Peers Judges Sheriffs Coroners Justices of Peace Constables &c. VII. Of Publick Offences Treason Murder Felony Burglary Robbery Rape Sodomy Forgery Perjury &c. and Their Punishment. All of Them so Plainly Treated of That All Manner of Persons May be Particularly Acquainted With Our Laws and Statutes Concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs And Know How to Defend Themselves and Their Estates and Fortunes An All Cases Whatsoever. Corrected and Improved With Many Additions from Lord Raymond Comyn Strange Foster And with the Statute Law Down to 4 Geo. 3. Inclusive. New-York: Printed by Hugh Gaine 1768. iv 289 13 pp. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind fillets and decorative blind tooling to boards. Moderate rubbing to extremities some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and lightly worn a few minor scuffs to boards hinges cracked light browning to text. Early owner signature to rear pastedown interior otherwise clean. $2200. First American edition designated the seventh on the title page in reference to the prior six editions published in London. This popular layman's guide by one of the most prolific legal writers of eighteenth-century England went through ten English editions between 1736 and 1788. The mention of "All Manner of Persons" in the subtitle is significant. Jacob though certainly interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible was an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. This is also evident in his other publications such as The Common Law Common-Placed 1726 and Treatise of Law. unknown books
1847M12984Philadelphia:: American Medical Association 1847/8. 1847. Offprint. Series: Transactions of the American Medical Association. Sm. 8vo. 18 pp. Contemporary plain brown wrappers probably as issued; extracted from a bound volume thus a remnant residue affecting spine. Front cover library withdrawal rubber stamp possibly: "Concord Free Public Library". Very good. First SEPARATE OF BIGELOW ON ANESTHESIA the journal form has an entirely different pagination being pages 197-214 in the 1847 issue. We believe this is the original offprint form of this paper by Bigelow. There are several clear differences between this offprint form and the journal issue is 1 the pagination for the offprint is 1-18 for the journal it is 197-214 and 2 the journal issue has "C.-1. at the head of the paper and foot of the page has no page number – whereas the offprint form adds the line "Extracted. . . raises the title text higher on the page and includes a page number "1" at the bottom left margin. There is no known textual difference. <br /><br /> "The committee considered in detail the various anesthetic agents. According to the report some surgeons were afraid to use anesthesia in their surgical operations feeling that the advantages afforded by the relief of pain might be offset by the risks involved. However even at this early date authors of this report felt that a large group of surgeons were wholly in favor of anesthesia. The authors did however admit that some surgeons would restrict the use of these agents to severe operations after the introduction of ether anesthesia in Boston it was not until several months later that the method became generally popular in other communities in the United States. The favorable reports of its use in Boston and in Europe made for the more extensive use in American communities in 1847 and 1848. The dangers of etherization were also considered. In some cases it was thought that convulsions prolonged stupor intense cerebral excitement alarming depression of the vital powers and asphyxia apparently were caused by the inhalation of ether and chloroform. Secondary effects attributed to inhalation in a few cases were bronchitis pneumonia and inflammation of the brain. Interestingly enough according to this report p. 190 ether was considered to be a safer drug than chloroform" Keys pp. 36-47. <br /><br /> "Dr. Bigelow was the unflinching advocate of sulphuric ether as the only safe anesthetic: and his unshaken opinion had a very wide and lasting influence. Bigelow instituted important and productive experiments in anesthesia. He inhaled new and untried anesthetic agents. He made practical and original studies of asphyxia and thoroughly established the fact that insensibility from the inhalation of nitrous oxide gas is largely due to asphyxia. He was also the first to show that anesthesia by nitrous oxide could be accomplished with certainty only by the use of a large volume of gas; and thus made the way plain to Colton and others for its successful adoption in tooth-pulling and in brief surgical operations" Mayo p. 603. <br /><br /> Bigelow 1818–1890 born in Boston studied at Harvard from 1833 and became a prominent surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Harvard University. "His 1846 article 'Insensibility during Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation' detailed the discovery of ether anesthesia and was selected by readers of the New England Journal of Medicine as the 'most important article in NEJM history' in commemoration of the journal's 200th anniversary." "He was a vocal opponent of vivisection and was best known for his description of the hip joint and for a technique for treating patients with kidney stones." – Wikip. REFERENCES: Keys Thomas The History of Surgical Anesthesia Park Ridge IL: Wood Library Museum of Anesthesiology 1996; Fulton & Stanton Anesthesia VII p. 191; Mayo William J. "In the Time of Henry Jacob Bigelow." JAMA Vol. 77 No. 8. 1921. 597-603 pp. American Medical Association, [1847/8]. unknown books
37Printed by Furman and Loudon Opposite the City-Hall New York: 1801. Near Fine. Printed by Furman and Loudon Opposite the City-Hall New York: 1801.First edition. Copies of this imprint are found at the Library of Congress and at the New York Historical Society. 22 pages 6 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in; quarto; A1-4; B1-4; C1-3. Published by the order of the Common Council Robert Benson Clerk. Printers mark of a phoenix rising from flames with the printers motto Protection on the title page. This copy lacks the final blank with the printers advertisements on the verso. Shaw and Shoemaker 1023.Furman and Loudon were located at the corner of Broad and Wall Streets in New York City in 1800 opposite the City Hall. Small repair of paper loss to title-page without any loss of text. This copy is sewn into a plain wrapper and trimmed.This rare title is remarkable for the progressive compassion articulated in the provisions of governance and in the vision of its authors for the self-help solutions articulated for the paupers cared for by this early public assistance institution.Jacob de la Montagnie was a judge and held various elected positions as an elected representative of the people of New York. Notably in 1804 he served on the committee overseeing the funeral arrangements for Alexander Hamilton and for the hiring of Col. John Trumbull to paint a full-length portrait of Hamilton as a general for the sum of five-hundred dollars. Richard Harrison was one of the first three lawyers and the only lawyer from New York admitted to practice before the Supreme Court the first day it opened in New York in February 1790. Printed by Furman and Loudon, Opposite the City-Hall, [New York]: 1801. books
