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182434668New York: Printed for the Publisher and Sold at the Book-Stores 1824. 48pp. Light rubberstamp faint blindstamps. Modern plain wrappers light scattered foxing. Good.<br/><br/> Abraham Paul was a successful busy New York publisher and printer. "William and Peter C. Smith publishers were charged with conspiracy to ruin the business of another publisher Abraham Paul. They placed fictitious orders with him and cut the price of their edition of a Bible commentary which was also published by Paul" Cohen. This trial pamphlet prints the indictment and summarizes statements of counsel the testimony the charge of the court to the jury. <br/> William Smith had "made unfriendly declarations against Paul as to his business." He had also made statements of his intention to "take every advantage of Paul he could." Other circumstances and declarations indicated his guilt; but the evidence against Peter Smith was very shaky. The court indicated that a verdict of 'Not Guilty' was appropriate and the jury agreed. Since the defendants had been charged with conspiracy and the involvement of Peter was doubtful no conspiracy existed. Hence the acquittal.<br/>Cohen 12219. Sabin 103189. OCLC records eight locations under four accession numbers as of February 2018. Printed for the Publisher, and Sold at the Book-Stores unknown books
192635002Nyu York New York: Forverts" Asosieyshon 1926. First Edition. Octavo 22cm. Gilt-decorated russia over boards; 515pp; 16 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones. Generically inscribed "With Compliments" by Cahan on front endpaper. Bit of erosion to spine ends and board exteremities; still a tight VG or better copy. First volume of Cahan's autobiography which appeared in five volumes between 1926 and 1931. Uncommon signed copy of Cahan's monumental autobiography this initial volume chronicling his childhood and young adulthood in Lithuania up to his arrival in New York in 1882. Cahan 1860-1951 was unquestionably the most influential Jewish-American intellectual of his time reaching through his editorship of The Jewish Daily Forward a daily audience of millions of Yiddish-speaking readers and establishing that paper's reputation as one of the leading voices of socialism in the United States. Forverts" Asosieyshon unknown books
167736147Sur la Copie a Paris: Chez Frederic Leonard 1677. Second French edition. Engraved title two parts continuous pagination. 24 550 38 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Vellum. Title in pen on spine upper joint torn some soiling of binding light browning of text mostly marginal else a very good copy. Second French edition. Engraved title two parts continuous pagination. 24 550 38 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Amelot de la Houssaye was secretary to the French embassy at Venice and his account of the Republic for the first time revealed the policy of the Venetian governement. When the book appeared the Venetian state complained to the French court and Amelot was sent to the Bastille for six weeks. Chez Frederic Leonard unknown books
15846753Antwerp: Ortelius 1584. Map on thick paper measuring 8.75 x 7 in 22.25 x 17.75 cm in the image. Taken from the Theatrum orbis terrarum of Ortelius. One of the earliest maps of the kingdom of Huasteca or Guasteca present-day Tamaulipas originally printed on a single sheet with two other maps of Florida and Peru but here presented by itself alone. This is hand-colored with titles in Latin and ornate title cartouche. Very good. <br/><br/> Ortelius unknown books
1601299086Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1601. unbound. Map. Engraving with beautiful original hand color. Image measures 14" x 18 3/4". Staining and toning to margins repair to lower centerfold but otherwise is good condition.<br/><br/> Old color example of this lovely map of Valencia by Ortelius. The map extends from Murcia and Orihuella to the Cenia River and extending inland to include Aragon and Castilla. North is oriented to the right. Includes a beautifully designed strapwork cartouche and two large sailing vessels. Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke #30<br/><br/> Abraham Ortelius unknown books
1592272534Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1592. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand color. Image measures 14" x 18 3/4".<br/><br/> This beautiful 1592 map by Abraham Ortelius depicts the Balkan Peninsula or the Balkans extending from The Sea of Marmara Istanbul and the Bosporus Strait westward to Macedonia including Bulgaria. Portions of the Black Sea and the Thrakikon Pelagos are also shown. Topographical and geographical features such as mountains forests and cities are beautifully rendered in profile.<br><br>Ortelius based this map on the 1560 South-East Europe map by Gastaldi and on on information from numerous ancient sources specifically Herodotus Plinius Strabo Appianus Virgilius Plutarchus and Sidonius. A beautifully engraved title cartouche adorns the top left of the map. Two additional cartouches containing text are also included in the top and bottom right.<br><br>This map was published in the 1592 edition of Ortelius's famous "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which is historically considered the first modern atlas. Based on the Latin text on verso only 525 copies of this particular atlas were ever printed van der Broecke 214. The map is in good condition with minor wear and toning along the original centerfold. Light stain in lower left margin. Minor foxing with Latin text on verso.<br><br>Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke #214<br/><br/> Abraham Ortelius unknown books
1609299053Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1609. unbound. Map. Engraving with beautiful original hand color. Image measures 14" x 18 3/4". Staining and toning to margins repair to lower centerfold but otherwise is good condition.<br/><br/> The Vale of Tempe is a gorge in the Tempi municipality of northern Thessaly Greece located between Olympus to the north and Ossa to the south and between the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia. Ortelius shows us a mixture of Greek myth and history. Beautifully composed he describes it as "where gods dwell meet in companies and having done divine service and ceremonies in due form and manner they banquet and make merry." Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke #231<br/><br/> Abraham Ortelius unknown books
1927169951Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel 1927. VG repair to entire spine where the leather cleanly split from front cover at outer hinge tips worn through but edges clean and mostly unscathed. Full burgundy leather heavy embossed and gilt fill to covers and spine. Top edge gilt. 110 pp. profusely illustrated with 100 large photogravure style plates. A stunning example of Dutch bookbinding from the 1920s. Text is in Dutch. A very fine bookbinding designed by C.A. Lion Cachet 1864-1945. Rare. Shipping weight is 24 pounds. Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel hardcover books
1848008085btWashington D.C.: Wendell and Van Benthuysen. Very Good. 1848. Hardcover. 30th Congress Executive Doc No. 41 ordered for printing in February 1848. Reports from the 1846-1847 topographical expedition across the southwest known for its maps and descriptions of the landscapes flora and fauna and people of the region. The text and maps were to become important resources in the development and exploration of the region. Handsomely rebound in tan leather which is scuffed in places. Lithography by C. B. Graham. Interior is foxed throughout pages are free of markings. Missing plates 25 and 25 and 9 in the Abert report. Both fold-out maps are present. Wagner-Camp 148:5 Howes E-145.; Book; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall . Wendell and Van Benthuysen hardcover books
18811331695á¹¾ilna Vilnius: Defus Sh. Y. Fin A. Ts. Rosenḳrants M.M. Shrifá¹zeá¹tser 1881. Hardcover. Quarto 292 pages; VG-; newly rebound in quarter blue leather blue cloth covered boards paneled spine with burgundy label and gilt titling; page edges brittle pages age-toned; upper fore corner of first 96 pages clipped; text in Yiddish; scarce; shelved case 4. Isaac Aboab was an early 14th century Spanish Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist. "The Menorah of Light" is a collection of midrashic sermons. Per the Jewish Encyclopedia: "It has won considerable fame for the author though in his humility he assures his readers that he composed it chiefly for his own use as a public speaker. But besides this it has contributed probably more than any other medieval book to the popularization of rabbinical lore and to the religious edification and elevation of the masses. It belongs to that class of ethical works which sprang up in the thirteenth century in a time of reaction against the one-sided manner in which the Talmudic studies had been previously pursued.'. It was published with a Spanish translation Leghorn 1657 with a Hebrew commentary and a Judæo-German translation by Moses Frankfurter Amsterdam 1701 with a modern German translation by Fürstenthal and Behrend Krotoschin 1844-46. It was translated also into Yiddish Wilna 1880.";. 1331695. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Defus Sh. Y. Fin, A. Ts. Rosenḳrants, M.M. Shrifá¹zeá¹tser hardcover books
19051330106New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press 1905. Connoisseur's Federal Edition #46/400 1000. Hardcover. Large Octavos 8 volumes; VG-; bound in 3/4 brown calf marbled boards and endpapers paneled spines with gilt ruling and titling; top edges gilt others deckled; some rubbing and wear to bindings primarily at extremities hinges and heads and tails of spines; The Connoisseur's Federal Edition of the Writings of Abraham Lincoln is limited to four hundred signed by publisher and numbered sets of which this is Number 46. Perforated limitation number present; shelved above Civil War. 1330106. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press hardcover books
186230007.01<p>On the front page under <i>"News from the North" </i>is the text of Abraham Lincoln's reply to <i>New York Tribune</i>editor Horace Greeley. Greeley's letter urging Lincoln to emancipate all slaves in Union-held territory was known as "The Prayer of Twenty Millions." It was first published on August 20 1862. Lincoln responded on August 22 declaring that his paramount goal is to save the Union regardless of its effect on slavery as well as his personal views that all men should be free.</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Newspaper. <i>Richmond Whig</i> Richmond Va. August 30 1862. 2 pp. 17 x 24 in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpt:</b></p><p><i>"…As to the policy I 'seem to be pursuing' as you say I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. </i></p><p><i> I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was.' If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time </i>save<i> slavery I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time </i>destroy<i> slavery I do not agree with them—My paramount object in this struggle </i>is <i>to save the Union and is </i>not<i> either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing </i>any<i> slave I would do it and if I could save it by freeing </i>all<i>the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.—What I do about slavery and the colored race I do because I believe it helps to save this Union and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do </i>less<i> whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do </i>more<i>whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. </i></p><p><i> I have here stated my purpose according to my view of </i>official<i> duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed </i>personal<i> wish that all men every where could be free." </i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Though this letter is often as proof that Lincoln did not intend to abolish slavery unknown to Greeley and most Americans Lincoln had already drafted the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and was only waiting for a Union military victory to deliver it. Moreover Lincoln makes a "divide and conquer" rhetorical move: he splits the issue by stating that his constitutional duty as president is to keep the Union together while simultaneously expressing his personal view of universal freedom at the end.</p><p>Additional content in this issue includes a front page editorial <i>"European Recognition" "The Indian Atrocities in Minnesota" "Yankee Finances" "An Order From Gen. Burnside" "The Peninsular Campaign—Gen. </i><b><i>J. Bankhead </i></b><i>Magruder's Official Report"</i> which takes over two columns with considerable detail.<br /><br />The back page has additional content with: <i>"A Brilliant Cavalry Exploit" "The Impressment of Slaves In Georgia" "Outrages in Arkansas" "From Kentucky"</i> and more. Additionally there are various reports from the <i>"Confederate Congress"</i> and numerous advertisements including a <i>"$100 Reward"</i> for a runaway slave.</p><p>The <i>Richmond Whig</i> is one of the less common—but still important—newspapers from the capital of the Confederacy.</p><p>In <i>Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death</i> journalist T. C. DeLeon wrote that the <i>Richmond</i> <i>Whig</i>was among the South's best wartime newspapers. Their pages "recorded the real and true history of public opinion during the war. In their columns is to be found the only really correct and indicative 'map of busy life its fluctuations and its vast concerns' in the South during her days of darkness and of trial."</p><p>One of the more interesting episodes in the history of the <i>Whig</i> is its alleged involvement in a terror plot against New York City during the Civil War. The <i>Whig</i>was reputed to have worked with the Confederate government to use advertisements and editorials to convey secret messages to Southern sympathizers in the North. In October 1864 the <i>Whig</i> was alleged to have run an editorial that signaled Southern supporters to embark on a terror campaign that called for widespread fires to be set in New York city and federal offices to be taken over and the capture of the city's military commander Maj. Gen. John Adams Dix.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Good. Never bound several folds with minor wear at the folds.</p> books
170837855London: Jacob Tonson 1708. In all 36 fine engraved plates. 3 vols. 8vo. Beautifully bound in full nineteenth-century crimson crushed morocco gilt spines green leather labels marbled endpapers a.e.g. BY RIVIERE. BEAUTIFUL SET with the engraved bookplate of "John Sheepshanks 1852" in each volume. In all 36 fine engraved plates. 3 vols. 8vo. Jacob Tonson unknown books
195178342Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America 1951. First edition of this modern classic of Jewish theology. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and rubbing. Jacket designed by Marshall Lee. Man Is Not Alone is a profound beautifully written examination of the ingredients of piety: how man senses God's presence explores it accepts it and builds life upon it. Abraham Joshua Heschel's philosophy of religion is not a philosophy of doctrine or the interpretation of a dogma. He erects his carefully built structure of thought upon foundations which are universally valid but almost generally ignored. It was Man Is Not Alone which led Reinhold Niebuhr accurately to predict that Heschel would "become a commanding and authoritative voice not only in the Jewish community but in the religious life of America." Jewish Publication Society of America hardcover books
1926163208New York London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1926. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v-vi 1 2 3-326 327-328: blank note: final leaf is a blank original red cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Merritt's second book. Although Wentz notes "several printings" and G. Gordon Dewey in FANTASY ADVERTISER December 1948 notes five "printings" there was but a single printing. ". Putnam had been unable to sell a pitifully small edition of a thousand copies of THE SHIP OF ISHTAR in book form and the sheets for the last three hundred copies were finally purchased by Munsey and were bound and distributed to readers of ARGOSY-ALL-STORY Magazine." - Sam Moskowitz Explorers of the Infinite Cleveland: World 1963 p. 203. This book is found in numerous variant bindings no priority established this copy bound in red mesh weave cloth with black stamping and top edge not stained. ". the most fully realized of all his fantasies." - Cawthorn and Moorcock Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 36. "The most romantic of Merritt's works. Very uneven as a novel. Sometimes fascinating sometimes dull; pretentious yet with a knowing wink of humor now and then; finely imagined if not always executed." - Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1157. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 3-42. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction pp. 130-31. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 3-246. Bleiler ed Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror pp. 838-39. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 559. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 156. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 746. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III pp. 1407-11. Tymn ed Fantasy Literature p. 140. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10070. Currey p. 365 binding E. A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with wear at spine ends and corner tips mild darkening to spine panel and 70 mm closed tear along upper front flap fold. #163208 G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1603299083Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1603. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring Image measures 14" x 18 3/4". Staining toning and chips to margins but otherwise is good condition.<br/><br/> Friuli is the northeast Italian region bordering Austria Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea. It's home to the sharp-peaked Dolomite Mountains and vineyards producing white wines. Ortelius' 1603 edition extends from Venice north to the Italian Alps and east to Trieste and Istria. Lovely depiction of Venice floating on several islands. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van Den Broecke 119<br/><br/> Abraham Ortelius unknown books
1570214216Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1570. unbound. very good. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 14 3/8" x 19.75".<br/><br/> Beautiful map of southern Italy. Latin text on verso. Published in "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Minor scattered staining particularly in margins. Full original margins.<br/><br/> Ortelius, Abraham unknown books
1946202144New York: Machmadim Art Editions 1946. First. hardcover. near fine. 7 pages of text in Hebrew followed by 48 black & white plates. Thin 4to flexible cloth. New York: Machmadim Art Editions 1946. First Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy to Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Schapiro.<br/><br/> Machmadim Art Editions unknown books
177814190London: Published by J. Watts Dealer in Prints & Drawings opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross 1778. Mezzotints. Printed on laid watermarked paper. In excellent condition. Morning Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches. Plate mark: 10 x 13 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches. Evening Image size: 9 3/8 x 13 7/8. Plate mark: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8. Sheet size: 10 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches. This is a stunning pair of mezzotints of two hunting dogs catching their quarry by John Watts after paintings by Abraham Hondius.<br/> <br/>Watts was a successful printmaker and publisher who was active in London during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was famed for his rich mezzotints which he exhibited in London between 1766 and 1778. Watts scraped mezzotints after some of the most renowned artists of his day but he had a special penchant for works by the Dutch masters such as this handsome pair after Abraham Hondius the celebrated Dutch animal painter. These rich mezzotints are a superb example of Watts's luxurious style of engraving translating the energy and fluidity of Hondius's beautiful paintings into a dramatic example of superior mezzotint engraving.<br/> <br/>Benezit Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Published by J. Watts, Dealer in Prints & Drawings opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross unknown books
1729547681729. Collected Works of Notable Roman-Dutch Jurist Wesel Abraham van 1633-1680. Opera Omnia Antea Diversis Temporibus Seorsim Edita Nunc in Unum Corpus Redacta Nempe I. Commentarius ad Novellas Constitutiones Ultrajectinas Multarum Litium Diremendarum Causa XIV. Aprilis M. DC. LIX. Promulgatas. II. De Connubiali Bonorum Societate & Pactis Dotalibus. III. De Remissione Mercedis Propter Bellum Inundationem Aquarum & Sterilitatem. Editio Nova a Mendis Quibus Priores Scatebant Purgata. Ghent: Apud Cornelium Meyer 1729-30. Three parts each with title page and individual pagination. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 7-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary mottled calf gilt frames to boards gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece edges rouged speckled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities chipping to head of spine corners bumped and somewhat worn residue from bookplate to front pastedown. First title page printed in red and black attractive woodcut head-pieces tail-pieces and decorated initials. Some toning to text. Brief later annotation to front pastedown interior otherwise fresh. $650. Third and final edition with corrections. Educated at the University of Utrecht Wesel was Counsellor to the Court of Vianen where he was a colleague of Paul Voet and fiscal lawyer to the Court of Utrecht. A solid Romanist he was also says Wessels "a great authority not only on the law of Utrecht but also on the law of Holland." Opera Omnia was first published in 1692 and it collects his principal works. The first part is a detailed article-by-article commentary on the Novellae Constitutiones of the Province of Utrecht in Dutch and Latin. The other parts address the Roman and Roman-Dutch law of husband and wife dowry community property and compensation. OCLC locates 1 copy in North America at UC-Berkeley Law School; another copy located at Harvard Law School. Wessels History of Roman-Dutch Law 316. Dekkers Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 188 4. unknown books
1705WN63455Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier 1705. Vellum binding with handwritten spine titling. Sprinkled edges. Vellum quite soiled and separating from rear board at the foreedge. Name and neat handwritten notes on preliminaries. Large work in 3 volumes with many plates and foldouts etc. Very controversial in its criticism of the Venetian Republic enough so that its French author was sent to the Bastille albeit briefly. Later Edition. Vellum. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Trade. Pierre Mortier Hardcover books
1787245126Albany 1787. unbound. An endorsement to an arrest warrant for the confiscation of goods belonging to Samuel Barrow -- 1 page 11.5 x 10 inches with endorsement on verso Albany New York August 5 1787 -- ordered by Revolutionary War patriot and then-Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court Richard Morris in very small part: "The people of New York - To The Sheriff of the County of Richmond - Greeting. We command you that of the Goods and Chattels Land and Tenements of the aforesaid Samuel Barrow in your Bailiwick being Debt in the sum of four-hundred and eighty pounds.for damages.have you whole monies before us at our City of Albany.Richard Morris Chief Justice." Bancker has placed his endorsement on the verso: "The within Saml. Barrows hasth Goods or Chattels in my Bailiwick whereof the Debt and damages or any part thereof can be made." It should be noted that the entire document is in the hand of and signed by: John McKesson 1734 - 1798 an Anti-Federalist New York Attorney and staunch Revolutionary War patriot who was appointed to the Provincial Convention 1775 all four Provincial Congresses 1775 - 1777 and to the First and Second Councils of Safety. He also served as clerk of the State Assembly and to the Ratifying Convention 1788 of which he is said to have participated in the hostile negotiations which eventually led to New York finally ratifying the U.S. Constitution. This document is in very good condition with heavy natural folds and coincidentally was signed by Bancker and McKesson on the very day August 5 1787 that the first draft of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights was completed.<br/><br/> American patriot and major in the American Revolution who as a representative of Richmond County Staten Island cast an important vote in the ratification of the United States Constitution by the state of New York. The final vote was 30 to 27 and the failure to ratify might may have brought down the fledgling nation. Soon after the Revolutionary War Bancker was appointed Sheriff of the County of Richmond.<br/><br/> unknown books
1603299062Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1603. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring Image measures 14" x 18 3/4". Staining toning and chips to margins but otherwise is good condition.<br/><br/> Beautiful early map of Provence and part of Languedoc from the Rhone river to Monaco. Strap work cartouche and scale with two ships complete the design. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van Den Broecke 47<br/><br/> Abraham Ortelius unknown books
19649018346New York: American Elsevier Publishing 1964. Hardcover. Fine condition. Facsimile of the Dutch edition of 1570. Bound in publisher's original quarter maroon leather and maroon cloth with front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Engraved colored maps with text reproduced from the original in the Bibliotheque de l'Universite de Leyde. Pages unnumbered. Without dust jacket as issued. A beautiful and high quality production. 16 1/2 inches tall and weighs almost 8 pounds. <br/><br/> American Elsevier Publishing hardcover books
186424898<p>"<i>As a MAN OF THE PEOPLE understanding them and trusted by them he has proved himself the man for the time.</i>"</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN. HENRY CHARLES LEA.</b>Printed Pamphlet. <i>No. 17: Abraham Lincoln</i> March 1864. 12 pp. 5¾ x 8¾ in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpts:</b></p><p>"<i>What will be the place assigned by history to Abraham Lincoln</i>" p3</p><p>"<i>Few of us can forget the feelings of doubt and distrust with which we regarded his advent to the Presidential chair. That his native energy had elevated him from a youth of poverty and labor was reassuring and yet the narrow sphere in which his life had mostly been passed seemed to deprive him of the opportunities of familiarity with the great principles and details of statesmanship requisite for the perilous contingencies of the future.</i>" p3-4</p><p>"<i>Thus with doubt confusion and demoralization around him with no landmarks in the past to serve as a guide for the present or as a precedent for the future did Mr. Lincoln undertake the awful responsibilities of his high position. Thus relying on himself and on the people he boldly set to work to restore the Republic.</i>" p5</p><p>"<i>The country was saved so soon as the people recognized in their President a man who believed that he could save it and who honestly intended to do so. Had Abraham Lincoln done no more than this he would have merited a place between Washington and Jackson. It is a great thing to lift a nation to the highest level of its duties and responsibilities and few men to whom in the world's history the opportunity has been vouchsafed have accomplished the task so thoroughly.</i>" p6</p><p>"<i>And now the momentous question arises before the American people—to whose hands shall be confided the delicate trust of restoring the Union of our fathers</i>" p7</p><p>"<i>The great duty to which Mr. Lincoln has dedicated himself with rare singleness of purpose is the one thought which engrosses every true American heart—the re-establishment of the Union on a permanent basis.</i>" p7</p><p>"<i>The results of the war during the last twelve-month have not shown that the Proclamation was a mistake in military policy.</i>" p9</p><p>"<i>When Mr. Lincoln recommended the plan of compensated emancipation which was adopted by Congress he showed that he recognized fully how great an element of future strife lay in the institution of slavery and how beneficial to the whole country its abolition would be. Moderate in all his opinions he wanted a gradual not a violent change and long after his Emancipation Proclamation was issued he provoked the wrath of the radical emancipationists in Missouri by lending what aid he constitutionally could to the 'conservatives' in that State who desired that the extinction of slavery should be brought about gradually. Possibly in this Mr. Lincoln was mistaken yet if so the error arose from the desire which he has constantly manifested to harmonize the conflicting interests of the country even at the expense of temporary popularity.</i>" p9-10</p><p>"<i>The wisest statesman does not disdain to profit by experience nor can the head of a popular government adopt measures of fundamental change before the people are ripe for them. It is probable that Mr. Lincoln learned much as the war wore on; at all events the people did.</i>" p10</p><p>"<i>There are many who have richly earned the gratitude of the people for eminent services rendered to the Republic in the hour of her trials. There is no one who has so signally centered upon himself the confidence of all. There have been mistakes of detail in military naval and financial matters—mistakes inseparable from the sudden transition from profound and prolonged peace to civil war upon the largest scale. Yet in the general policy of the administration in its principles of statesmanship there have been few errors save those arising from a too generous disbelief in the sincerity of Southern madness.</i>" p11</p><p>"<i>Had Mr. Lincoln moved faster than he has done he would have left the people behind him and lost the support without which no popular government can conduct an exhausting war.</i>" p11</p><p>"<i>As a MAN OF THE PEOPLE understanding them and trusted by them he has proved himself the man for the time.</i>" p12</p><p>"<i>no one can be named who unites like Abraham Lincoln the kindliness and firmness the skill and experience the native sagacity and honesty to bring about an harmonious settlement and to extort from repentant rebels the implicit confidence which those high qualities have won from all loyal men.</i>" p12</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>The Union League Club of Philadelphia formed in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of the Lincoln administration. The members of this private club represented the Philadelphia region's elite in business education and religion.</p><p>On April 15 1864 Lea met with Lincoln in Washington and three days later he wrote to Lincoln including two pamphlets he had recently written for the Union League Club including this one. He informed Lincoln "To prevent misconstruction perhaps I should add that I am a man of independent position with nothing to ask at your hands except the preservation of our institutions."<br /></p><p><b>Henry Charles Lea</b> 1825-1909 was born in Philadelphia and received a classical education from a private tutor. He showed particular promise in natural history. He joined his father in the publishing business in 1843 but had a nervous breakdown in 1847. While recuperating he read medieval French history and decided to become a historian rather than a scientist. Over the next fifty years Lea produced ten books and numerous articles on medieval institutional legal and ecclesiastical history. During the Civil War Lea was a member of the Union League of Philadelphia and led its Board of Publication. In that role he wrote many of the League's published pamphlets including this one. From 1863 to 1865 he served as a Bounty Commissioner and aided the provost marshal in recruiting soldiers including African Americans.</p> books
