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18542212220029New York Tribune; Buell and Blanchard; Union Office; Congressional Globe; Greeley & McElrath; L. Towers; 1854-1860 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bloody Kansas: The Expansion of Slavery to the Territories Prelude to the Civil War Rebound in fine modern cloth. Fine binding and cover. Leather spine and cover labels with gilt. Generally clean unmarked pages. Old Dartmouth College Stamps. Contents: 1. Speech of the Hon. M. Norris of New Hampshire in the United States Senate March 3 1854 on Nebraska and Kansas; 2. The wrongs of Kansas : speech of Hon. John P. Hale of New Hampshire in the United States Senate February 1856; 3. The admission of Kansas : speech of William H. Seward of New York; 4. Speech of Hon. J.P. Benjamin of Louisiana on the Kansas question : delivered in the Senate May 2 1856; 5. Nebraska and Kansas. Speech of Hon. James Knox of Illinois in the House of representatives May 19 1854; 6. The border ruffian code in Kansas with map; 7. Speech of the Hon. Robert Toombs of Georgia on the President's Kansas message : Delivered in the Senate February 28 1856; 8. Speeches of Senator Toucey upon Kansas affairs : delivered in the Senate February 18 and March 5 1856; 9. Front cover image for The compromise bill : speech of Hon. John Bell of Tennessee in the Senate of the United States July 3 and 5 1850 on the bill for admission of California into the Union the establishment of territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico and making proposals to Texas for the settlement of her northern and western boundaries The compromise bill : speech of Hon. John Bell of Tennessee in the Senate of the United States July 3 and 5 1850 on the bill for admission of California into the Union the establishment of territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico and making proposals to Texas for the settlement of her northern and western boundaries; 10. The crime against Kansas : Speech of Hon. Chas. Sumner of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States May 19 1856; 11. The crime against Kansas : speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts ; in the Senate of the United States ; May 19 1856; 12. Speech of Hon. John J. Crittenden of Kentucky on the admission of the state of Kansas. New York Tribune; Buell and Blanchard; Union Office; Congressional Globe; Greeley & McElrath; L. Towers; 1854-1860 hardcover
1892620656Rochester NY: J.B. Judson 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick Folio. Approximately 2000 pages. Illustrated from engravings on steel wood and in colors; several plates as well as engravings within the text and includes "The Hofmann Gallery of Original New Testament Illustrations." Decoratively embossed leather boards both boards decoratively stamped in gilt with "Holy Bible" stylized in gilt at the center and Deuteronomy 8:7-9 quoted in gilt along the bottom the spine is of a somewhat lesser leather than the boards and stamped in gilt making six compartments each ornately decorated with a gilt design save for the second from the top and second from the bottom which have "Pronouncing Parallel Bible" and "The Old and New Versions in Parallel Columns" stamped in gilt respectively "3000 Illustrations" stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine both boards with decorative gilt edges and turn-ins all page edges gilt textured navy blue endpapers and two metal clasps attached to the rear board and connecting to corresponding metal nubs on the front board. Boards and spine show signs of wear particularly along the edges and pages age toned else very good with the binding sound the presentation plate and temperance pledge plate are both left unused and both clasps still function. Contains significant supplementary content a complete history of each book of the Bible a complete concordance cities of the Bible lives of the Apostles and Evangelists and more. Includes the family record of Sanford H. Moses and Libbie M. Kennedy both of Troy NY and married in January of 1879. J.B. Judson hardcover
185021117London: Richard Bentley 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes octavo. XV 1 438 XVI 437 1pp. Steel plate engravings in text; musical scores with Hebrew text; facsimile of Sephardic amulet. Largely uncut. Original blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spines. Engraved frontispiece in each volume. Remarkable illustrated account of the author's journey to the Holy Land with descriptions of ancient and modern Jewish culture in France Malta Tunisia Constantinople Lebanon Syria and Palestine; Moses Margoliouth was a learned and respected minister in the Church of England of the nineteenth century. As his name might indicate he was also of Jewish extraction. Born in Suwalki Poland in 1818 he arrived in England in 1837 and converted to the Christian faith the following year. This work exemplifies the growing English interest in the biblical Land of Israel during the 19th century and growing identification with the Nation of Israel leading in this case to increased missionary activity but also to a support of Zionism. Spines and edges age-toned. Tiny closed tears and minor abrasion at head and tail of spines. Small white stain on spine of first volume. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Bindings in overall good condition interior in very good condition. Richard Bentley hardcover
1817412850London: Published by J. Taylor 1817. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Quarto. pp. 1 2-16; 1 2-8 publisher’s catalogue. With an engraved title leaf and 36 engraved plates. Original boards with printed labels. Stains on the boards and titlepage spine partially perished dampstain to the gutter at the head of the spine and scattered foxing on the plates a good copy. Presumably very uncommon in boards. Published by J. Taylor hardcover
1848B2311London: H.G. Bohn 1848. Minor wear of the binding and some toning of the plates otherwise a very good copy. Binding: contemporary full cloth with gilt image of a vase on upper board spine with 4 compartments of gilt tooled bands gilt lettering on two and three. Notes: Henry Englefield was an antiquary and scientific writer. He was a made a fellow of the Society of Antiquites in 1779 and also served as the president for a brief period. National Bibliography.<br>second and engraved edition with 20 additional plates. Size: 4to Illustration: With 51 beautifully engraved plates of ancient Roman and Greek vases. Pages: P. title printer imprint 3-12 51 plates unpaginated. Category: ; Book Plate Books General; Book Art Architecture & Design H.G. Bohn hardcover
189647608Chicago: Isaac S. Moses 1896. First edition. Softcover. g- to near fine. Octavo. 62pp. Beige printed wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. A scarce song book collecting 45 American Jewish liturgical melodies and prayers for use in choral singing in Reform congregations arranged and edited by Rabbi Isaac S. Moses 1847–1926. Contains translations of prayers into English where necessary as well as transliteration of the original Hebrew to accompany the musical notation. Included are a number of original melodies for traditional Jewish prayers and hymns submitted for the purpose of this publication by a variety of rabbis scholars and musical directors of synagogues including F.G. Rohner Alois Kasier and P.C. Lutkin as well as contemporary melodies from established European-Jewish composers and cantors of the 19th century such as Louis Lewandowski 1821-1894 Samuel Naumbourg 1817-1880 and Salomon Sulzer 1804-1890. Also included are a number of adaptations of previously famous melodies from past secular composers including Mozart Beethoven Mendelssohn and Johann Heinrich Rolle. Text in English printed in single and two-column formats. Publishers advertisements on the back wrapper.<br /> <br /> Wrappers with age toning to the edges of the covers as well as chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Wrappers disbound from book block. Book block tight with pages clean and in great shape. Wrappers in good- interior in near fine condition overall. Extremely scarce. Protected by modern mylar. Singerman 5049. Isaac S. Moses unknown
183123445London: Henry Moses 1831 Seventeen fine quality engraved plates as called for in the list of plates but some with mis matched numbers plus engraved title plate and another for the dedication to Queen Adelaide. 23 text pages plus a loose printed sheet headed Windsor Castle confirming approval of the dedication. Morocco spine with plain boards the engraved title panel being surface mounted. Wear to cover edges. Capillary stains to two pages each fore and aft but not affecting text or image. Light random foxing to some plates. Henry Moses hardcover
1884688281884. Am. J. M. Sc. 88. - Philadelphia The American Journal of the Medical Sciences July 1884 8° 51 1 pp. 2 Figs. orig. wrappers. Rare Offprint! "The localization of brain functions has been raised from the level of an hypothesis to that of a definitely ascertained fact within the past ten years. Meynert was the first to discard the doctrine of Flourens that the brain acted as a whole and on anatomical grounds declared that different portions possessed different powers. The study of aphasia led French observers independently to the same result. Fritsch and Hitzig in Germany and Ferrier in England arrived at a similar conclusion soon after by means of their well-known physiological experiments upon animals and the results reached by them have been confirmed in a most striking manner by Munk Dalton and others. But while anatomical study demonstrating a connection between various organs of the body and definite regions of the surface of the brain may furnish grounds for a priori reasoning as to the function of those regions; and while physiological experiments upon animals may afford valuable suggestions as to the probable effect of limited brain disease in man an accurate determination of the question of localization can only be reached by a study of clinical cases. The appreciation of this fact has led Charcot Ferrier Nothnagel Exner Wernicke and others to collect the cases on record in which a limited area of disease whose position was determined by a careful autopsy had given rise to definite symptoms. From the comparison and classification of these eases certain general conclusions have been reached and it is now possible to refer many symptoms occurring in the course of brain disease to a destruction of a definite area of the surface." Starr Moses Allen Starr 1854-1932 'Professor of Neurology in the College pf Physician and Surgeons at Columbia University New York City' "had plans for a career in classical culture when he graduated from Princeton and embarked for Germany to study Greek and Roman history. In Berlin however several visits to Helmholtz's laboratory revived a latent interest in natural science. He returned to his native New York graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons P&S Columbia University did a residency at Bellevue Hospital then returned to Europe to work at Heidelberg Vienna and Paris. On return to New York he set up a laboratory in his home and in 1884 published an essay on the sensory tracts of the central nervous system elucidating some of the then-current questions of myelination. Starr's regard as an American pioneer in the field of cerebral localization stemmed from his participation in a symposium on that subject with the famous English neurologist David Ferrier and neurosurgeon Victor Horsley who were delegates to the 1888 Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons in Washington D.C. He became professor of nervous diseases at the Montreal Neurological Institute. During neurosurgical operations they electrically stimulated the surface of the exposed unanesthetized brains of patients who were talking. On-going speech was blocked by excitation of the parietal-temporal area the inferior frontal area and the supplemental motor area of the left hemisphere Penfield & Roberts 1959. Those experimental protocols were a continuation of Penfield's long quest to add to the knowledge of body representations on the neocortex." H.W. Magoun & L. Marshall; American Neuroscience in the Twentieth Century 2005 pp.383-384 unknown
189360194Chicago: W.B. Conkey Co. Publishers to the Exposition 1893. Two vols. 8vo. 506; 506 pp. Frontisp. both vols. With maps photo plates. 1st vol. -- Full dark brown morocco over beveled boards gilt ornamented borders gilt lettering & ownership stamp on front cover gilt lettering on spine gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers t.e.g. minor rubbing edgewear front hinge tender rear hinge just starting very slight uniform interior toning as usual still VG- copy w/ presentation ALS on Conkey private letterhead presenting to Charles M. Kurtz dated Oct. 28th 1893; 2nd vol. -- Full flexible Bible calf dark purple silk moire endpapers gilt lettering stamped front cover & spine a.e.g. w/ dark maroon cloth d.j. backed in dark purple silk moire a F/F presentation copy from Conkey to Kurtz w/ inscription on half-title preserved in open-backed slipcase. First editions thus presentation copies and the second copy with publisher’s note indicating this was No. 91 of 275 Editor’s Deluxe copies signed & presented to Charles McMeen Kurtz 1855-1909 at the time one of Halsey Ives’s Assistants in the Fine Arts Department of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition Art Director of the 1894 St. Louis Exposition and later Museum Director at the Buffalo Museum of Art 1905-1909. Conkey writes in the letter for the first volume to Charles Kurtz “I send you herewith a copy of the Catalogue which you may deem to file away as a reminder of many hours spent in order that others might see intelligently the grand work which you with others have done in the Art Department.†Walter Blakesley Conkey had founded the printing house in 1877 occupied many different job printers and in 1890 absorbed the Illinois Printing & Binding Co. and in Jan. 1893 signed the contracts awarding him exclusive rights for printing the myriad of catalogues and handbooks for the Columbian Exposition receiving a deposit of $ 10000. W.B. Conkey Co., Publishers to the Exposition, hardcover
18244504491London 1 Portland Place Wandsworth Road: by Henry Moses 1824. Slight staining and creasing some wear at edges spine neatly strengthened. 11 etched plates 193 x 282 mm; original illustrated brown paper wrappers. <p><p>A scarce series of privately-published etchings of shipping in the London Dockyards. This section of Henry Moses' publication comprises his complete series on London's Docklands. An advertisement in the Quarterly Review 1826 shows that he had then published altogether six parts of his Sketches of Shippng by that date with a further two announced. The six parts contained five engravings each. The first ten etchings depicted shipping on the Thames the second ten showed Sheerness and the Medway while the final ten depicted life on London's docks.</p> <p>The present copy lettered in ink "Nos 5 & 6" actually contains 11 plates although the advertisement in fact only calls for nine plates in the these two parts. There are five with the shared title "London Docks" as against four called for in the advertisement while the eleventh plate differing in style to the others probably comes from an earlier part. </p> <p>1. Vessels off the Tower Two-masted ship with numerous sightseers in rowed boats in the foreground</p> <p>2. Limehouse Sailing ship being unloaded by crane at pier. A sailing barge is on the river. In the foreground a rowing boat and anchor are visible on the shore. </p> <p>3. Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the Distance A cutter in Blackwall Reach with another beyond on the right. The four-masted barque Columbus a vast 300-foot Canadian-built experimental timber carrier is seen as a long grey hull in the distance stretching from the centre or the image to the right edge.</p> <p>4. Limehouse Sailing ship moored at Limehouse with rowing boats and barges unloading barrels.</p> <p>5. A West Indiaman in Cox & Curlin's Yard Limehouse the substantial docks later known as Limehouse Yard where very large vessels could be built</p> <p>6. London Docks Men sitting on timber slabs ship with sails hanging loose behind in dock</p> <p>7. London Docks Barge in front of stern of ship at dock sails up and catching the wind two ships to left one making way</p> <p>8. London Docks Numerous ships at anchor sails drying tender at centre with barrels being rowed by two men</p> <p>9. London Docks Large three-master in dock. tender with barrels in front dockside showing a sluicegate</p> <p>10. London Docks Two ladies in a boat rowed by a man three ships behind wiht sails loose</p> <p>11. Trafalgar 120 Guns Different in style to the other plates close-up view of the hull of recently launched Trafalgar at dock.</p> <p>Henry Moses c.1782-1870 was prolific and "worked throughout the first half of the present century enjoying a great reputation for his outline plates which are distinguished for the purity and correctness of the drawing. His art was peculiarly suited to the representation of sculpture and antiquities and he published many sets of plates of that class; he was one of the engravers employed upon the official publication Ancient Marbles in the British Museum 1812-1845" DNB. This delightful series was one that he produced on his own account. It is very scarce on the market. The British Museum's set for example comprises just the first four parts bound together. Only a reissued version by Ackermann of 1837 is recorded in Australian libraries and that only held by the National Library and the Vaughan Evans Library at the Australian National Maritime Museum.</p> <p>Appendix 1:</p> <p>Quarterly Review ad in 1826:</p> <p>Sketches of Shipping on the Thames the Medway and in the Dockyards drawn and engraved by Henry Moses.</p> <p>Nos. 1. to 6. containing the following plates: </p> <p>Parts 1-2</p> <p>1 A Sailing Match near Vauxhall Bridge. </p> <p>2 An India-man in Barnard's Yard Deptford. </p> <p>3 The City Canal. </p> <p>4 Wellington Indiaman in Blackwall Basin. </p> <p>5 Another View of the same. </p> <p>6 Stern View of ditto. </p> <p>7 The Basin at Blackwall </p> <p>8 Surat Castle Indiaman in the Basin. </p> <p>9 A Dance on Board an Indiaman in the Basin. </p> <p>10 Part of Blackwall Yard with View of the River. </p> <p>Parts 3-4</p> <p>11 Waterman in his Boat in the Medwuy. </p> <p>12 View on the Medway. </p> <p>13 Shipping off Sheerness. </p> <p>14 Hulks at Sheerness. </p> <p>15 The Trafalgar of 120 guns in the Basin Sheerness. </p> <p>16 Bow View of the same. </p> <p>17 Stern View of ditto. </p> <p>18 Entrance to the Basin Sheerness. </p> <p>19 Part of Sheerness Yard from a Window of the Fountain Inn. </p> <p>20 Another View of the same. </p> <p>Parts 5-6</p> <p>Vessels off the Tower. </p> <p>Limehouse. </p> <p>Another View of the same. </p> <p>Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the distance. </p> <p>A West Indiaman in Cox and Curlin's Yard Limehouse. </p> <p>London Docks. Four Views of the same. </p> <p>Price on Imperial 8vo. 18s. A few Copies are printed on Imperial 4to. price 1L. 4s.</p> <p>### Nos. 7. and 8. just published containing 10 Views in Portsmouth Harbour.</p> <p>Appendix 2:</p> <p>Other works by Moses</p> <p>The Decision of the Flower by Henry Moses after Moritz Retzsch illustration to Goethe's Faust I</p> <p>The Gallery of Pictures painted by Benjamin West 12 plates 1811 patronage of Thomas Hope2;</p> <p>A Collection of Antique Vases Altars &c. from various Museums and Collections 170 plates 1814;</p> <p>Select Greek and Roman Antiquities 36 plates 1817;</p> <p>Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield 40 plates 1819;</p> <p>Examples of Ornamental Sculpture in Architecture drawn by L. Vulliamy 36 plates 1823;</p> <p>Illustrations to Goethe's Faust after Moritz Retzsch 26 plates 1821;</p> <p>Illustrations to Schiller's Fridolin and Fight with the Dragon 1824 and 1825;</p> <p>Georg Heinrich Noehden's Specimens of Ancient Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily 24 stipple plates 1826;</p> <p>Works of Canova with text by Countess Albrizzi 3 vols. 1824-8; and</p> <p>Selections of Ornamental Sculpture from the Louvre 9 plates 1828.</p> <p>Moses contributed many of the illustrations to James Hakewill's Tour of Italy 1820 and Woburn Abbey Marbles 1822. He etched from his own designs Picturesque Views of Ramsgate 23 plates 1817; Sketches of Shipping and Marine Sketch Book 1824 reissued by Ackermann 1837; and Visit of William IV when Duke of Clarence to Portsmouth in 1827 17 plates 1830. Moses's final work was a set of twenty-two illustrations to Pilgrim's Progress after Henry Courtney Selous executed for the Art Union of London 1844.1</p> <p>Appendix 3:</p> <p>DNB: </p> <p>MOSES HENRY 1782P-1870 engraver worked throughout the first half of the present century enjoying a great reputation for his outline plates which are distinguished for the purity and correctness of the drawing. His art was peculiarly suited to the representation of sculpture and antiquities and he published many sets of plates of that class ; he was one of the engravers employed upon the official publication ' Ancient Marbles in the British Museum' 1812-1845. Of the works wholly executed by himself the most important are : ' The Gallery of Pictures painted by Benjamin West' 12 plates 1811 ; ' A Collection of Antique Vases Altars &c. from various Museums and Collections' 170 plates 1814 ; ' Select Greek and Roman Antiquities' 36 plates 1817 ; ' Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield' 40 plates 1819 ; ' Examples of Ornamental Sculpture in Architecture drawn by L. Vulliamy' 36 plates 1823 ; illustrations to Goethe's ' Faust' after Retzsch 26 plates 1821; illustrations to Schiller's 'Fridolin' and 'Fight with the Dragon' 1824 and 1825 ; Noehden's 'Specimens of Ancient Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily' 24 stipple plates 1826 ; ' Works of Canova' with text by Countess Albrizzi 3 vols. 1824-8 ; and ' Selections of Ornamental Sculpture from the Louvre' 9 plates 1828. Moses also contributed many of the illustrations to Hakewill's ' Tour of Italy' 1820 and ' Woburn Abbey Marbles' 1822 ; he etched from his own designs ' Picturesque Views of Ramsgate' 23 plates 1817 ; ' Sketches of Shipping ' and ' Marine Sketch Book' 1824 reissued by Ackermann 1837; and ' Visit of William IV when Duke of Clarence to Portsmouth in 1827' 17 plates 1830. Moses's latest work was a set of twenty-two illustrations to ' Pilgrim's Progress' after H. C. Selous executed for the Art Union of London 1844. He died at Cowley Middlesex 28 Feb. 1870. Redgrave's Diet of Artists ; Dodd's Collections in British Museum Add. MS. 33403 ; Universal Cat. of Books on Art. F. M. O'D.</p> </p> . by Henry Moses unknown
1814ASECoMOS75London: J.Taylor 1814. 1814. small 4o. pp. 1 p.l. xii 63 1. engraved title 151 engraved plates 9 hand-coloured & 18 engraved head & tailpieces. contemporary straight-grained deep red morocco sides with blind-tooled border & central panel stamp gilt back inside dentelles gilt edges slight chipping to spine ends & corners worn scattered light foxing dampstain in upper margin of some plates. First Edition. Most of the vases and other antiquities depicted were selected from authentic public and private collections which included the British Museum the Musée Napoleon the Museo Pio Clementino the Libreria di San Marco the Museum Capitolinum and those belonging to Thomas Hope William Hamilton as well as to himself. Others are copied from Piranesi Bartoli and Millin. Nineteen plates in the section on tombs "may not at first appear connected with the principal object of the work: yet as they represent some of the vast and superb sepulchral chambers in which Vases Cinerary Urns and Sarcophagi were deposited and are taken from Bartoli and other celebrated authorities it is hoped that they will be considered as an useful addition."p. v These include the mausoleum of Hadrian and the tombs of Caius Cestius Cecilia Metella Alexander Severus and Julia Mammea &c. The engraver Moses "enoyed a great reputation for his outline plates which are distinguished for the purity and correctness of the drawing. His art was peculiarly suited to the representation of sculpture and antiquities and he published many sets of plates of that class." DNB. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London: J.Taylor, [1814]. Hardcover
18553206Coyoteville: September 12 1855. Very good. 2pp. plus integral blank. Original mailing folds moderate toning staining and ink spotting but still easily readable. Bottom fourth of integral blank excised. An informative Gold Rush letter about mining in the long-vanished ghost town of Coyoteville which was an extraordinarily rich gold area for a couple of years in the early 1850s. A noted tunneling method nicknamed "coyoteing" was developed in the town and subsequently inspired the name of the town. In the present letter Moses Pine writes to "Catherine" in Branch County Michigan and signs his name simply as "Mose Esq" at the conclusion. The author informs Catherine presumably his wife or sister of his activities some of the economic realities and some of the practical details of prospecting for gold in California. Presuming that "it would be impossible for the whole of Branch County to raise $10 unless they sell a horse" Pine comments that he had ginger bread on the Fourth of July after working all day and yielding a "half Ounce Gold Dust." He then provides a detailed description of his mining: "I am now tunneling in a hill. We are 150 feet under the ground. Day before yesterday we got small respect 25 cents to the pan for the first and the bed rock pitching. I think we will find good pay in the going 100 feet further the expense is heavy as we have to blast and timber the tunnel." Pine also talks of his health and that "I work hard every day do my cooking and baking." He then expresses his hope to get back to Michigan to "rest a few months" but knows nothing of other Michigan folks in California: "Have not seen nor heard anything of them in a year. I guess they have all gone home with a fortune in a horn. Well good luck to the lucky. Old Mose will come home after a while with a pretty hat on." A nicely-detailed letter from an unusual and obscure Gold Rush location. September 12 unknown
1863215941863. Medal of Honor Recipient Moses Veale Signed Civil War muster out roll dated June 8 1863 documents the discharge of 1st Lieutenant Orson Foot of the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry so he could accept a commission as Captain during the opening phase of the Gettysburg campaign. Issued at Aquia Creek Virginia the document bears the signature of Captain Moses Veale as mustering officer a Union officer later awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary gallantry during the Civil War. Veale's citation records that during the Battle of Wauhatchie Tennessee he continued directing his men after being struck by four enemy bullets and having his horse shot from under him. The presence of Veale's signature transforms the document from routine military administration into a signed record connected to one of the war's most decorated acts of battlefield courage. At the same time the roll records Foot's discharge to accept promotion during the Gettysburg Campaign. <br /> Foot Orson. Civil War muster out roll. Aquia Creek Virginia June 8 1863. One manuscript sheet completed in official Union Army muster format and signed by Captain Moses Veale as mustering officer. The document certifies that the officer "carefully examined this Roll. and mustered the said Orson Foot for discharge; and I hereby honorably discharge him from the service of the United States." It records Foot's enrollment at Ogdensburg New York on September 16 1861 identifies his rank as 1st Lieutenant in the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry and notes in the remarks that he was mustered out "to accept Commission of Captain." The sheet therefore documents the administrative transition by which an officer left one commission to assume another within the wartime command structure.<br /> <br /> The document's date and place situate it at the evacuation of Aquia Creek Landing one of the Army of the Potomac's principal logistical bases. Established during earlier campaigns in northern Virginia Aquia Creek served as a major supply depot linking Washington with Union forces in the field. As Robert E. Lee advanced north in June 1863 the Union command dismantled and abandoned the installation to support the army's rapid movement toward Pennsylvania. By the very day this roll was issued June 8 Federal forces were evacuating and destroying the depot to prevent its use by Confederate troops. Foot's promotion therefore occurred amid the redeployment that would culminate at the Battle of Gettysburg. Single manuscript sheet measuring approximately 32 x 11 inches when unfolded. Some age toning scattered ink staining and edge wear consistent with large-format wartime administrative documents; overall good condition. A substantial Civil War military document combining Gettysburg campaign context with the signature of Medal of Honor recipient Moses Veale whose later battlefield heroism makes his autograph particularly desirable within Civil War military manuscripts. A substantial Civil War military document produced during the evacuation of Aquia Creek and the opening phase of the Gettysburg campaign. unknown
184537452Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1845. First edition. Hardcover. g. Small Octavo ca. 4200pp. Original half leather over dark green pebbled cloth. Marbled endpapers and edges. Portrait lithograph of Mendelssohn by Frisch with tissue guard. Edited by Prof. Dr. G. B. Mendelssohn based on original prints and handwritings in seven volumes. Vol. 1: Biography and philosophical writings Vol. 2: Metaphysical writings Vol. 3: Correspondence and smaller writings Vol. 4.1: Smaller writings and correspondence Vol. 4.2: Correspondence. Vol. 5: Correspondence. Vol. 6: Ritual Laws of the Jews and various translations. Vol. 7: Mendelssohn's translation of the Five Books of Moses. Moses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher and practicing orthodox Jew. His ideas are credited with contributing significantly to the 'Jewish enlightenment' of the 18th and 19th centuries the Haskalah. Text in German fracture. Binding rubbed. Some volumes with professional repair at gutters starting a back gutter of volume 2 and 3. Volumes dusty and marbled edges faded. Moderate sporadic foxing of book blocks. Bindings and interior in overall good condition. F. A. Brockhaus hardcover
180255778Saloniki Thessaloniki: Mordekhai Nahman and David Yisraeliga 1802. Second edition. Modern cloth. Very good-. Quarto 25 by 16.5 cm. 2 136 leaves. Hebrew text in rabbinic font arranged in two columns. Title within elaborate letterpress borders with textual quotations; woodcut printer's device verso title approbations page; publication date in chronogram. Recent royal blue cloth; text block with speckled edges. Title leaf reinforced with tissue along fore-edge; title with tear along gutter 7 cm and small mostly marginal worm traces; worming vanishes by the sixth leaf with very minimal text loss; slightest marginal worm tracing at final 20 leaves; entry at bottom margins of the title and four other pages excised in black marker not affecting text; several leaves lightly toned else a very good copy with crisp clean text.<br /> <br /> Very scarce second edition of this collection of rabbinic responsa issued by Moses ben Isaac Segal Mintz 15th century. First published at Krakow in 1617 this is the author's only published work. Born in Mainz between 1420 and 1430 Moses Mintz studied with Jacob Weil and Israel Isserlein and while still quite young was appointed rabbi of Würzburg. Mintz led a peripatetic life which allowed him to investigate Jewish customs and communal regulations in many towns. After the 1453 expulsion of the Jews from Würzburg he returned to Mainz until the expulsion of 1462. He subsequently went to Landau and Ulm. In 1469 he was appointed rabbi of Bamberg. Four years later he was in Nürnberg and the following year in Posen. There he made preparations to emigrate to Palestine but for unknown reasons decided to remain in Posen until the end of his life.<br /> <br /> "Mintz's prominence and recognized authority resulted in may other rabbis turning to him with halakhic queries on such issues as issur ve-heter dietary laws and communal customs" Heller. His circle of correspondents included Israel Isserlein Joseph Colon Eliezer Treves and his cousin Judah Mintz. As the present collection notably deals with practical issues of contemporary importance especially civil and matrimonial law -- including customs and the enactments of Rabbenu Gershom -- they provide insight into Jewish life in fifteenth-century Germany. Issues of some notable responsa include taxes placed on Jews by local rulers; obligations of a wealthy man to his wife's poor relatives; a woman who committed adultery repented and swears the child is from her husband; if a person blind in one eye can be a judge in a case of halitzah when a man is released from the general obligation to marry his deceased brother's widow; and if one should mourn for a murderer. "Of special value are three responsa in manuscript entitled 'The Three Branches' which are an important source for the history of the yeshivot rabbinic schools of Germany in the 15th century. They depict the woeful condition of pupil-teacher relations which had broken down as a result of the arrogance of the teachers and their exaggerated concern for their dignity as well as because of the pupils' desire for greater freedom of activity and the acquisition of social status" EJ.<br /> <br /> Approbations of Istanbul rabbis: Ezekiel Refael Chaim Alfandari; Michael Ashkenazi; Moshe Frishko<br /> <br /> Provenance: Ink stamps of the Yeshiva Ha-Metivta ha-Gedolah Jerusalem at approbation page and bottom margin of one text page. References: Enc. Jud. 1st ed. 12: 65-66; M. J. Heller The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book pp. 346-347 first ed. 1617; Vinograd Salonica 515; Cf. Steinschneider 6529.1 ed. Krakow 1617 - but not noting the present edition!<br /> <br /> Title and imprint Hebrew: תשובות ×ž×”×¨×³×³× ×ž×™× ×¥ × ×“×¤×¡ פה ש××œ×•× ×™×§×™ ×™×¢×³×³× ×‘×“×¤×•×¡ מרדכי × ×—×ž×Ÿ וחברו דוד ישר×ליג׳ה<br /> <br /> Date chronogram: 5562 = ×•×™×¨× ×ž×©×”<br /> <br /> Yeshiva stamp: ×”×ž×ª×™×‘×ª× ×”×’×“×•×œ× ×‘×™×ª הר×ש׳׳ל ישיבה תיכון. Mordekhai Nahman and David Yisraeliga unknown
1893665411893. New York: William Wood & Company 1893 8° XII 295 pp. 55 Figs. orig. cloth; rebacked; with stamp of "Worchester State Hospital Medical Library". First Edition! Embossed stamp on title a stamp on the head of the first page ex-libris of the Worchester Hospital and Arthur Edwards Lyons on the front endpaper. Moses Allen Starr's "Brain surgery" was the first American book on neurosurgery published the same year as Macewen's pioneering neurosurgical classic. Moses Allen Starr 1854-1932 'Professor of Neurology in the College pf Physician and Surgeons at Columbia University New York City' "had plans for a career in classical culture when he graduated from Princeton and embarked for Germany to study Greek and Roman history. In Berlin however several visits to Helmholtz's laboratory revived a latent interest in natural science. He returned to his native New York graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons P&S Columbia University did a residency at Bellevue Hospital then returned to Europe to work at Heidelberg Vienna and Paris. On return to New York he set up a laboratory in his home and in 1884 published an essay on the sensory tracts of the central nervous system elucidating some of the then-current questions of myelination. Starr's regard as an American pioneer in the field of cerebral localization stemmed from his participation in a symposium on that subject with the famous English neurologist David Ferrier and neurosurgeon Victor Horsley who were delegates to the 1888 Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons in Washington D.C. He became professor of nervous diseases at the Montreal Neurological Institute. During neurosurgical operations they electrically stimulated the surface of the exposed unanesthetized brains of patients who were talking. On-going speech was blocked by excitation of the parietal-temporal area the inferior frontal area and the supplemental motor area of the left hemisphere Penfield & Roberts 1959. Those experimental protocols were a continuation of Penfield's long quest to add to the knowledge of body representations on the neocortex." H.W. Magoun & L. Marshall; American Neuroscience in the Twentieth Century 2005 pp.383-384 Garrison & Morton No.9637 hardcover
1820B2235London: Rodwell and Martin 1820. Plates and text are clean and crisp an excellent copy. Binding: recent ½ calf with marbled boards. Spine with 6 compartments of raised bands gilt lettering on two. Notes: Henry Englefield was an antiquary and scientific writer. He was a made a fellow of the Society of Antiquites in 1779 and also served as the president for a brief period. National Bibliography Size: Large 4to Illustration: 39 beautifully engraved plates of ancient Roman and Greek vases 1 of which is hand coloured not including frontis and engraved title page. Pages: P. Frontis engraved title 1-7 Plates and descriptions unpaginated Category: ; Book Plate Books General; Book Antiquities; Book Art Architecture & Design; Rodwell and Martin hardcover
188015524Paris: Privately Printed Sybille Hess 1880. Second edition. Hardcover. g. Scarce Only two libraries worldwide own this book according to OCLC. 8vo. 182 1 pp. Half maroon leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Modern endpapers. Inscribed by Sybille Hess post mortem to original free front endpaper. Gravure frontispiece. Lithographic illustrated throughout. Fold-out map. Rare second edition of of this scientific work by the "father of modern socialist Zionism" Moses Hess 1812-1875. A philosophic work on science the cosmos and mankind. It draws upon scientific and philosophical ideas with influence from Hegel and Feuerbach. Hess had worked in this field most of his life and it was posthumously published by his devoted wife in 1877 as a pious monument to his memory. He is best known as the Zionist author of "Rome and Jerusalem." Head of spine corners worn. Minor scuffing and rubbing to boards. In German. In overall good condition. Privately Printed [Sybille Hess] hardcover
1898253334New York: Moses King 1898. First. hardcover. good. Numerous photo Illus. 96pp. Folio original green cloth with original wrappers bound in spine ends worn edges of corners lightly worn some pages lightly dampstained in bottom margins front and back covers with small areas of light soiling bound in wrappers are chipped in margins. New York: Moses King 1898. First Edition.<br/><br/> Contains over 400 portraits of Wall Street brokers and prominent men of finance and 65 photo illustrations of the New York Stock Exchange and nearby architecture.<br/><br/> Moses King unknown books
186436882np 1864. 4to. Written in ink and signed at the end by Royce on the verso of a single leaf. Several small holes text unaffected a few closed tears two archival tape repairs. Very Good. <br /> <br /> This unusual insightful document illuminates the laws of war applicable to the Civil War. Royce's Petition seeks justice for Confederate Captain Frank R. Gurley. Royce sent it to the Confederate Commission of Exchange. Its author Confederate Captain Moses Strong Royce was captured in Tennessee and imprisoned at Nashville. Gurley Royce's cell-mate had killed Union General Robert McCook of Ohio near Huntsville Alabama in August 1862. <br /> In October 1863 Union forces captured Gurley and charged him with murdering McCook. Gurley Union officials claimed was a guerrilla who shot McCook while the General was lying in an ambulance. Southerners claimed that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a regular soldier in the Confederacy's 4th Alabama Cavalry; and that he killed McCook according to the laws of war. <br /> Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fanned the flames claiming that lawless Confederate guerrillas murdered the general; feelings ran high. "US General Grant wrote CS General Hardee in December of 1863 and said that although Gurley was a member of the Confederate army that did not preclude him from being tried for having committed a foul murder" online Huntsville-Madison County Public Library essay 'Frank B. Gurley's 1866 Diary'.<br /> Having escaped from prison in March 1864 Royce pleads Gurley's case. "He was confined in a cell for sixty-eight days and allowed only about one hour a day for exercise and was put upon trial for the killing of Genl. McCook. He was obliged to employ counsel to defend himself at an expense of 2500 dollars in greenbacks. The evidence produced completely exonerated him of anything like murder and the argument of his counsel was a complete vindication of his right as a soldier and an officer to do all that he did in bringing Genl. McCook to his death. <br /> "When the trial was nearly ended four communications by flag of truce were sent to the court and were there read - one from Lt. Col. Hambrick one from Genl. Forrest one from Genl. Hardee and one from Genl. Johnston" assuring that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a duly enrolled member of the Confederate military forces. Nevertheless Gurley was found guilty and sentenced to death.<br /> "The undersigned believes that if an effort were to be made by the Confederate Commission of Exchange to have Capt. Gurley exchanged the Federal authorities would immediately send him forward for that purpose and as a friend of Capt. Gurley the undersigned respectfully requests General Johnston to use his influence in procuring the exchange of Capt. Gurley. Respectfully submitted M. S. Royce." <br /> Even after War's end the dispute continued. Gurley having been released from prison in an administrative snafu was re-arrested charged but finally released and placed on parole in April 1866. unknown
1834436962Connecticut New York Ohio 1834. Very Good. A small archive consisting of one two-page narrative letter and 10 loose sheets about 20 holograph pages of miscellaneous writings by Moses Kimball including one page with pen and ink illustrations. Modest toning and a few tiny tears three manuscript sheets are partially split at the folds including one with a neat Japanese paper tape repair about very good overall.<br /> <br /> Born in Connecticut in 1741 Moses Kimball served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier under Brigadier General Samuel McClellan 1781-82. A devout Universalist he taught navigation and civil engineering and was a prosperous land owner in Norwich Connecticut. The letter and miscellaneous writings of poetry and short sermons retained here date from the last two years of his life when he left Connecticut to live with a grandson in Norwalk Ohio.<br /> <br /> In the letter written to a friend in Connecticut Kimball describes in detail his 15-day journey undertaken in May 1835 from Poquetanuck to Norwalk: He left via sloop for Albany then traveled along the Erie Canal and completed the last leg of the trip by steamer on Lake Erie. In his verse and short sermons he lays out his strong Universalist beliefs and philosophy of life. He died happy at the age of 93 in December 1835 just a few weeks after his arrival in Norwalk.<br /> <br /> A few extracts from the letter together with a sample of his verse follows:<br /> <br /> 1. ALS. 2pp. Small quarto. Norwalk October 14th 1835. Addressed to John Harkness at Preston Connecticut:<br /> <br /> “My good friend having an opportunity to give you some account of my journey to this place I gladly embrace it. It is a beautiful country suitable for farming a rich soil … We have an academy of learning for young gentlemen with 108 scholars and another for young ladies with 98 female scholars . We left Poquetanuck the 11 day of May & arrived at my Grandson Moses Kimball’s the 25 of May. We went in a sloop … to Albany there I saw great improvements … They have made an Island in the river half a mile long … forming a basin between that & the main land with draw bridges at each end. There we left the sloop and entered on board a canal boat and past on our way drawn by horses day and night. Thus we past on up to Little Falls … and so on to Fort Stanwix … there at the height of land we left the Mohawk River and past a flat level country for 60 or 70 miles without a lock. The country all low and intersected with drowned land … and all along this wet country where the land rose a little … there would be some inhabitants settled with a bridge or two over the canal … when we got to Lake Erie at Buffalo we left the canal boat and got into a steam boat the largest vessel that I ever saw … this boat that cost thirty-five thousand dollars my grandson Moses owns one-tenth part … When we came over the lake … there were seven hundred passengers in her … So you see it is no wonder she earns money … .â€<br /> <br /> 2. Miscellaneous Verses and Short Sermons 1834-35:<br /> 10 octavo sheets/about 20 holograph pages including one page with pen and ink illustrations. The following is quoted from a poem written by Kimball on his ninety-third birthday “May 17 A.D. 1834â€:<br /> <br /> This day my years are Ninety-three<br /> The time is past & gone from me<br /> Brought into being here to stay<br /> To wait for time to pass away<br /> … <br /> And when my earthly body dies<br /> To God my spirit will arise<br /> And live with him and there remain<br /> Till Souls to bodies join again …<br /> <br /> A compelling and historically important small archive of writings that also serve as a testament to Kimball’s remarkable physical health and mental acuity. unknown
1805BOOKS288628--/No Dustjacket. 1805. 8vo. self wraps 6 leaves. A survey beginning at an oak tree on the line of Tioga County. This is for mile 82 going west to mile 104 and to a post in Morris Street in Bath. The ink records on 6 pages show Bearings Distance and Remarks. Most of the remarks are from trees. This is certified by Moses Van Campen and T. N. Miller Commissioners on August 30th. 1805. . paperback
182455402London: Henry Moses 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Oblong Octavo. 20 etchings plus original illustrated wrappers. Bound in Royal blue leather retaining original wraps; gilt lettering and ruling on leather label mounted to spine. Cream endpapers. Tan wrappers with etching and brown lettering on front back cover plain.<br /> <br /> Our collection of "Sketches of Shipping" on the River Thames appears to be the earliest state published by Henry Moses with front wrappers dated Dec. 1 1824 and all twenty etchings dated in plates Oct. 1 1824. An 1826 advertisement in the Quarterly Review indicated that six parts of the Sketches with five engravings each had been published up to that time and announces the publication of two additional issues. The front wrapper stating publication date as Dec. 1 1824 as in our copy appears to have been used in various editions including some containing eleven plates dated March 1 1825 in plates or lettered in ink "Nos. 5 & 6" corresponding to the 1826 Quarterly Review advertisement.<br /> <br /> The irregularities and/or contradictions in tracing the publication of these Moses etchings suggest that due to the constrictions of the medium these popular etchings were published in limited numbers in variant editions as identified by the dates in these plates to satisfy the public demand of the time. <br /> <br /> In our copy all 20 etchings are dated in plates Oct. 1 1824 with two of the plates containing additional dates etched into the plates as indicated below:<br /> <br /> 1. Sailing Match Aug. 16 1824<br /> 2. An Indianian in Barnard's Yard Deptford<br /> 3. Trafalgar 120 G 125<br /> 4. Midway<br /> 5. Midway Aug. 9 1824<br /> 6. Blackwall. Dutches of M.<br /> 7. Blackwall Basin<br /> 8. Trafalgar P - 120 Guns<br /> 9. Sheerness Yard from a Window of the Fountain Inn<br /> 10. Sheerness<br /> 11. Sheerness Yard from a window of the Fountain Inn variant motif<br /> 12. Trafalgar 120 Guns<br /> 13. Trafalgar in the Basin Sheerness<br /> 14. Hulks at Sheerness<br /> 15. Blackwall<br /> 16. Untitled<br /> 17. City Canal<br /> 18. Basin at Blackwall<br /> 19. Blackwall - Wellington Indiaman<br /> 20. Surat Castle<br /> <br /> All etchings but plate 12 with H. Moses printed to plate. Plate twelve with Henry Moses. Printed by Chatfield and Coleman. Inked name and date on front free endpaper. "12/." inked to upper foredge corner of cover; this with a few small damp stains on front and back covers. OCLC lists an 1837 copy with 57 plates incl. 2 engraved title pages published in London by Ackermann a 1824 copy with nineteen plates 1825 and 1837 copies with thirty plates the latter published by Ackermann an 1837 copy titled "The Marine Sketch Book" with twenty-eight plates an 1826 copy with nine plates titled Sketches of Shipping: View in Portsmouth Harbour" and an 1827 copy with thirty plates titled "Shipping at Portsmouth and Spithead" publisher W. B. Cooke. Henry Moses hardcover
182842606Boston: Pendleton's Lithography 1828. Uncoloured lithograph. Framed size: 19 1/4 x 15 5/8 inches. An early American marine lithograph depicting the steam packet Chancellor Livingston entering Newport Harbor issued at the outset of steam navigation on the New England coast.<br/> <br/> Published in Boston by Pendleton's Lithography after a design by Moses Swett this print presents the Chancellor Livingston under way as it enters Newport Harbor with passengers visible along the decks and flags flying from the rigging. The composition combines a detailed vessel portrait with a wider harbour view situating the steamer within a recognizable coastal setting and emphasizing both its scale and activity. The vessel itself held a prominent place in early American steam navigation. Originally associated with Robert Fulton's Hudson River operations the Chancellor Livingston was rebuilt in 1827 for service between New York and Providence. The lithograph records this later phase of its career when coastal steam travel was expanding rapidly and such vessels were becoming a familiar presence along the northeastern seaboard. The printed text beneath the image reinforces the promotional aspect of the print listing the vessel's dimensions horsepower boilers and fittings as well as its passenger capacity and accommodations. This combination of technical specification and visual representation places the image at the intersection of ship portraiture and commercial advertisement reflecting the contemporary interest in steam technology and its practical advantages. As a product of Pendleton's Lithography the print also belongs to the earliest phase of lithographic production in the United States. Established in Boston in the 1820s the firm was among the first to adopt the medium on a sustained basis and works such as this illustrate both the technical possibilities of lithography and its application to subjects of current interest. The present impression reflects that early moment when lithography was emerging as a flexible and effective means of producing images of modern life and technology. Pendleton's Lithography unknown
1825000613Tompkins Delaware DE. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1825. Full-Leather. On offer is a remarkable historical journal with many dates the earliest of which is 1825. It begins with the heading: "A bill of the Delawrae River" and lists what research suggests to be stops and business along the the Delaware River waterway. There are hundreds of names with the dates and amounts collected from each individual. Some coded references. There are also mentions of loans the nature of the loans and when satisfied. Though a primitive work there are numerous references to Moses L. Ogden as his family was prominent to the Delaware area from pre-Revolutionary times. We believe besides some mentions of the lumber purchases and sales that Mr. Ogden collected taxes. Delaware historians will have a grand time completing the research on this journal. Book measures 4" x 6.5" is leatherbound very dry and the inner pages are linen. Overall condition is good. Most of the 34 leaves are clean and clear some age-toning. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA CANALS CANAL LIFTS LOCKS NAVAL WATER RIVERS PORTS BOATING TIDES MARYLAND DELAWARE RIVER DE MD TAXES LEDGER . hardcover
