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1719M1126Paris c.1719. Very Good;. Notes: From Chatelain's Atlas Historique.<br>This map is based on the 1703 map by Lahontan. The map covers the area of South Hudson Bay and concentrates on the Great Lakes. The St. Laurent is shown running into the Great Lakes from present day Lake Winnipeg. Georgian Bay is named "Baye de Toronto". English French Iroquois treaty is shown and many early settlements forts trading posts missions friendly and hostile Indian Villages are clearly marked. This is a highly significant and informative fur trade map. Surrounding the map are a number of descriptive panels contained lists of the birds fish plants and insects of Canada. Also the Indian tribes of the different regions together with a list of various trade goods including whiskey which were popular among the Indians. Size : 368x458 mm 14.49x18.03 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Reference: Koeman II: Cha 7; Sellers and Van Ee 2; Kershaw II: 307. Category: Maps Canada; Maps North America Great Lakes; unknown
1864109547Cincinnati: E.C. Middleton 1864. Rare oloegraphic portrait of Abraham Lincoln by E.C. Middleton. With Middleton's Warranted Oil Colors imprint to the verso of the frame dated 1864. Between 1861 and 1873 E.C. Middleton of Cincinnati published a series oval oleographic portraits intended to have the appearance of oil paintings including thirteen "Portraits of American Statesmen and Heroes." Middleton invented the method of oleography which used the process of chromolithographic printing with oil based inks mounted on canvas. The portraits were exclusively sold in frames directly through agents by subscription. In fine condition. Framed. The portrait measures 17 inches by 14 inches. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 19 inches. Rare and desirable. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the United States through its Civil War and in doing so preserved the Union of the United States of America abolished slavery and strengthened the federal government. Lincoln began constructing his cabinet on election night and sought to create a cabinet that would unite the Republican party. His eventual cabinet would include his primary rivals for the Republican nomination and although his appointees held differing views on economic issues all were opposed to the expansion of slavery into the territories of the United States. The most senior cabinet post of Secretary of State was appointed to William Seward who had recently failed to win the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and Lincoln's choice for Secretary of the Treasury was Ohio Senator Salmon P. Chase Seward's primary political rival and the leader of a radical faction of the Republican party that sought the immediate abolition of slavery. E.C. Middleton unknown books
1860662048<p><b>Campaign Biography-1860 THE WIGWAM EDITION. THE LIFE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF HANNIBAL HAMLIN. New York: Rudd & Carleton 1860. 1st ed. 117p. frontis. port. illus. front wrap. Monaghan 92; Wesson 1.</b> <b>Bookplate: copy of Joseph B. Oakleaf Lincoln collector and bibliographer. </b></p><p>The publishers were one of a number who announced on May 19 the day after the Lincoln's nomination for the presidency that they had a life of him "in press." The unknown author of "The Wigwam Edition" relied upon newspaper articles and chose the wrong first name. But this was by far <i>the</i> most popular "life" issued during the campaign and it rightfully remains <i>the keystone</i> to any collection of Lincolniana. </p><p>Bound in ½-leather and marble boards scuffed. Front illustrated wrapper only which is chipped at edge; otherwise very good and clean. <br /></p> Rudd & Carleton paperback books
1864WRCAM45849Boston 1864. 88110pp. plus folding map. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. 19th-century ink stamp on titlepage contemporary inscription on second leaf. Internally clean. Very good. Devoted almost entirely to the Massachusetts war effort published early in January 1864. The folding map shows the Soldier's National Cemetery at Gettysburg dedicated Nov. 19 1863 with the long speech of Edward Everett of Massachusetts and the short "Dedicatory Speech by President Lincoln" better known as the Gettysburg Address. Also printed is the "Programme of Arrangements" of that day a list of Massachusetts soldiers killed at Gettysburg and buried there and details of the cemetery. Monaghan notes this as an early printing of the Gettysburg Address. MONAGHAN 48. hardcover books
18942311448Harrogate Tennessee: Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition #399 of an unspecified limitation this set 'especially prepared for Harry J. Williams.' Signed by John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Copyright page states 1894 but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Volume 1 has very minor discoloration to edges of cloth on rear board minor wear to corners spine a bit faded. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red half-leather gilt titles and decorations top edges gilt decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works including speeches letters biographical writings etc. with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary and also served in various other governmental roles Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings etc. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover
157521270Amsterdam: Ortelius 1575. Very good overall. A classic map of the British Isles published in the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' regarded as the first modern atlas. The map was oriented with north to the right so that the map fitted the sheet of paper as it predates the convention of north to the top of the map.<br /> <br /> Ort 16 Koeman/Meurer: 6 Karrow: 1/11 van der Krogt AN: 5000:31A. Listed on Van Den Broecke as 1575L6 100 copies printed small page number 7 mm; last line centred like 3 lines above it: sem;Ponticum Virunium;Ioannem Prisæum;&Bedam. Shirley: British Isles 1477-1650 86. <br /> <br /> Latin text on verso. 19 1/2 x 13 1/2". Centerfold and right margin strengthened. Original color heightened. Ortelius unknown
157415880Antwerp: Plantin 1574. Maps. Very good overall. The map of Asia from Ortelius' groundbreaking 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' considered the first modern geographical atlas 'produced in thirty-one editions between 1570 and 1612' David Parry: 'The Cartography of the East Indian Islands' 2005. Covering the area from the Middle East to Nova Guinea with part of the coast line of Australia 'Terrae Incognitae Australis Pars' in the lower right corner. Based on Ortelius' own 1567 wall map of Asia from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Van den Broecke Ort #6 "Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number: 1574L3 175 copies printed large page number 11 mm last line centered like 2 lines above it: nem in maiori Tabula ante tres annos edidimus". It has the capital "F" in La Farfana and the town "Ara" is still present above Aden. A total of only 1675 of this edition were printed compared to the more common Ort 7 edition. Image size:19 3/4 x 14 3/4". With an ornate cartouche and sailing ships. Latin text on verso. Paper size: 21 x 16 1/2". Copper engraving with original hand color. A very small burn hole at the ocean south of Japan; a defect in the plate at the lower edge to the right of the cartouche creating a short black line. Plantin unknown
5031Thirteen folding engraved plates & four finely engraved large headpieces. xv 1 324 pp. one leaf of instructions to the binder. Large 4to cont. speckled calf spine nicely gilt. Leyden: J. & H. Verbeek 1744. First edition and a fine copy of this handsomely illustrated book. "Trembley discovered the hydra and was the first to observe in its asexual reproduction regeneration and photosensitivity in an animal without eyes. His experiments were of great importance in the study of regeneration of lost parts. He was the first to make permanent grafts and to witness cell-division."-Garrison-Morton 307. Trembley performed much of his research for the present book his most important while living as tutor in the household of William Bentinck in the mansion of Sorgvliet near The Hague. The four fine headpieces by Jan van der Schley after C. Pronk represent the fish ponds and the laboratory showing Trembley and his two students. Handsome copy. Old library stamp at foot of title with release stamp. ❧ D.S.B. XIII pp. 457-58. unknown books
185028839AB1850. London / Cambridge etc. Chatto & Windus / Routledge & Sons / etc. c. 1850-1879. Octavo. Ballads and Songs of Brittany 1865 edition: Frontispice XXII 239 pages / Ballads and Songs of Brittany Later Routledge edition: XVI 176 pages / Tom Taylor's Historical Dramas: VIII 466 32 pages. / Manuscript Letter: 2 1/2 pages. Original Hardcover / The manuscript letter in a Folder it includes an A4 manuscript leaf from a 19th century autograph-collector describing the letter by Taylor. / The two vintage cabinet photographs of Taylor included in the Folder with the autograph. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tom Taylor 19 October 1817 12 July 1880 was an English dramatist critic biographer public servant and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College London in the 1840s after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist most prominently as a contributor to and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations Taylor began a theatre career and became best known as a playwright with up to 100 plays staged during his career. Many were adaptations of French plays but these and his original works cover a range from farce to melodrama. Most fell into neglect after his death but Our American Cousin 1858 which achieved great success in the 19th century remains famous as the piece that was being performed in the presence of US President Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated in 1865. hardcover
177819980Paris: P-M. Lamy 1778. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary mottled calf covers rehinged. Two Vols. in one. Very good. 8 & 10 pages in text. 22 x 17 cm. Engraved frontispieces 283 plates. An antiquary of Flemish descent his early interest in gem collecting as part of his cabinet of curiosities eventually spawned interest in Greco-Roman intaglio gems; his collection purchased in 1609 on behalf of Henry Prince of Wales -- with more than a representative sampling of specimens here. His first work "Dactiliotheca" published 1609. BRUNET Vol. II p.1671. Index of plates in each volume generally clean wide margined plate pages book label and small ownership inscription dated 1857 of same individual corner wear raised bands leather spine label spine compartments decorated in blind. P-M. Lamy unknown
177683281776 A Basle: chez Emanuel Tourneisen, 1776. Complet en 4 vol. in-12: 10 x 17 cm. I/ 2 ff. n. chiff. [titre, table], XXIV pp. [préface], 1 carte dép., 432 pp. + 4 pl. dép.; II/ 3 ff. n. chiff. [titre, table], 444 pp. + 16 pl. dép.; III/ 3 ff. n. chiff. [titre, table], 350 pp. + 12 pl. dép.; IV/ 3 ff. n. chiff. [titre, table], 422 pp. + 4 pl. dép., 1 f. n. chiff. [avis au relieur]. Nouvelle édition bâloise en 4 vol. in-12, après celle dAmsterdam en 1730, bien complète de toutes les 37 planches annoncées. Reliures uniformes de lépoque en basane marbrée. Dos à cinq nerfs avec pièces de titre de basane brune et pièces de tomaison de basane verte, caissons aux petits fers. Deux filets en encadrement des plats. Quelques marques du temps aux reliures: un mors de pied du 1er tome fendu; manque à un mors de tête du 2ème tome, manque à la coiffe de queue du 3ème tome, travail de vers au plat sup du même volume, enfin quelques discrets travaux de vers aux plats du dernier tome. Lintérieur est bien propre, les planches complètes. Létat et délices de la Suisse est une réunion du texte de Ruchat Délices de la Suisse et de Létat de la Suisse par Abraham Stanyan (Amsterdam, 1714), ambassadeur dAngleterre en Suisse (1705-1713). Une première version des Délices de la Suisse de Ruchat parut à Leide en 1714 sous le pseudonyme de Gottlieb Kypsele de Munster. La première édition illustrée date de 1730. (Perret, II: no 3814).
184016009Florence, Cabinet scientifique-littéraire de J. P. Vieusseux, 1840. Grand in-8 de VI-358 pages, demi-basane verte, dos lisse orné de filets dorés.
1851193281London: Henry Colburn 1851. Navy life so full of incident as to suggest Marryat Forester or O'Brian First edition scarce this attractive copy in its smart original navy-blue cloth binding is apparently the only one currently on the market. Although "the opening pages are touched by the verbosity of the early Victorians read on. Quickly the veneer is torn away by the vigour of his memories springing from the past like boarders with cutlass pistol and boarding-pike" Pocock p. vii. Born in Lismore County Waterford Crawford 1785-1869 entered the navy in 1800 as a first class volunteer on board HMS Diamond "in which he assisted in the capture of many of the enemy's ships armed and otherwise" O'Byrne. He transferred to the Immortalité and Clyde frigates under Admiral Owen as a midshipman "and appears to have been almost daily in action from June 1802 until Aug. 1806 with detachments of the Boulogne flotilla". With Duckworth on the Royal George at the forcing of the Dardanelles in 1807 Crawford was present at the destruction of a Turkish squadron off Point Pesquies. Promoted lieutenant in the Sultan he was involved in frequent cutting out operations in the Gulf of Genoa taking part in the pursuit of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion in 1809. In 1810-11 he served under Admiral Carew in the blockade of Toulon and support of the Catalonian insurgents on the coast being present at the siege of Tarragona. Promoted commander in 1815 he was given command of the Grasshopper on the West India Station where he served until invalided home in 1829. Tom Pocock praises the quality of Crawford's descriptions of naval actions the sea and his portraits of fellow officers as in the postprandial face of one lieutenant assuming "the hue of an unripe mulberry". Crawford also talks of Congreve rockets Fulton's torpedoes and the transformation of the quarterdeck of a frigate into a dancefloor for an onboard ball. 2 vols octavo. Tissue-guarded lithographic portrait frontispieces of admirals Sir Edward Owen and Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew by R. J. Hamerton printed by Metchin; publisher's 24-page catalogue at end of vol. II. Original navy-blue cloth gilt-lettered spines with decoration in blind covers with blind decorative panels pale yellow coated endpapers bearing publisher's advertisements. Spines cocked a few marks to covers internally cracked at gutter in one or two places but firm pale brown stain across vol. II pp. 28-9: very good. William O'Byrne A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1990; Tom Pocock intro to the Chatham Publishing edition of 1999. hardcover
18641922921864. Peace through strength A rare ribbon from Lincoln's 1864 campaign to retain the Presidency during the Civil War where he faced down the Democrats who were campaigning to sue for peace - the ribbon satirically names the military generals Grant Sherman and Sheridan as Lincoln's own "Peace Commissioners" underneath a profile of a beardless Lincoln. Silk ribbon printed in black 142 x 96 mm. Trimmed at head losing the "Union forever" notice at the head found on other examples splits and wear nonetheless a sound example of a very fragile survival. unknown
114362Antwerp Christopher Plantin for the author 1598. . Double-page copper engraved map with later hand-colouring centre fold as issued cartouches for titles and publishing privilege French text on verso; sheet size: 41.8 x 54 cm mounted size: 52 cm by 65.5cm.<br /> Well-preserved example of Ortelius' map of the Holy Land showing the coastal line from Beirut to Gaza. Taken from the fifth final and most complete French edition of Theatre de l'Univers. Enriched with decorative cartouches and in the bottom left corner a powerful scene of Jonah and the whale.<br /><br /><br />Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 was a cartographer and publisher he was born and died in Antwerp.<br /> Koeman III Ort 32. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin for the author, 1598. unknown
175043277London.: Printed for the Author. 1750. Full reverse calf front and rear boards ruled in blind and with pattern decoration in blind banded spine in seven compartments. Binding worn and rubbed corners bumped joints cracking head and foot of spine worn. Folio. 414 x 270 mm. Printed title 3 leaves with Swan's introduction 10 leaves with text and 60 engraved plates all printed recto only and numbered I - LX the five plates depicting the 'Orders' printed half-page vertically at right with explanatory text at left. PROVENANCE: Unidentified armorial bookplate to front pastedown with the motto 'rapido contrarius orbi'. A good unsophisticated copy of the second edition of Swan's building manual with the explanation of the 'Orders'.Swan's comprehensive work includes the following: 'The work contains: 'I. An easier more intelligible and expeditious Method of drawing the Five Orders than has been hitherto been published by a Scale of Twelve equal Parts free from those troublesome Divisions call'd Aliquot Parts. Shewing also how to glue up their Columns and Capitals.II. Likewise Stair-Cases those most useful ornamental and necessary Parts of a Building though never before sufficiently described in any Book Ancient or Modern; shewing their most convenient Situation and the Form of their Ascending in the most grand Manner: With a great Variety of curious Ornaments whereby any Gentleman may fix on what will suit him best there being Examples of all Kinds; and necessary Directions for such Persons as are unacquainted with the Branch.III. Designs of Arches Doors and Windows.IV. A great Variety of New and Curious Chimney-Pieces in the most elegant and modern Taste.V. Corbels Shields and other beautiful Decorations.VI. Several useful and necessary Rules of Carpentry; with the Manner of Truss'd Roofs and the Nature of a splay'd circular Soffit both in a streight and circular Wall never published before. Together with Raking Cornices Groins and Angle Brackets described.' From the title-page.'This is one of the books that had great influence on the builders and architects of eighteenth-century America.' Fowler.Park 79 first edition 1745 but citing other eds. including the present; Fowler 341 second American edition 1794; Printed for the Author. hardcover
122472New York & London John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1947. . First edition; 8vo; diagrams within the text note in blue ink on front free endpaper contents faintly toned in the margins; original blue cloth titles to spine and upper board gilt minor horizontal production flaw to the cloth lightly rubbed along the edges a very good copy in the rubbed and partially toned jacket with a few small chips; 212pp.<br /> First edition of a revolutionary work in mathematics and decision theory. Uncommon in the dust jacket.<br /><br />Abraham Wald 1902-1950 a pioneer in the field of operations research earned his PhD in mathematics at the University of Virginia. He emigrated to the US after the annexation of Austria and worked in econometrics joining the Columbia faculty in 1941. Wald studied wartime statistics problems as a member of the Statistical Research Group making the now-famous counterintuitive determination that it was the damaged parts of military aircraft which returned safely that did not need extra shielding.<br /><br />Wald is considered the founder of the field of sequential analysis in which sample sizes in statistical analysis are not pre-determined but data is analyzed as it is collected lowering the time and financial costs of research. He focused on sequential analysis as a tool for industrial quality control but it has found uses in many other fields most notably pharmaceutical clinical trials.<br /> New York & London, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1947. hardcover
1863017619Coblenz: Karl Baedeker 1863. Book. Near Very Good. Pictorial Cover. First Edition. Illustrated softcover with all 13 plates and with the folded map present uncut pages. Spot foxing marginal wear. bookplate of Charles W. Nettleton later owners signature thus near very good. Dj has browning due to age missing 30% of spine split along the seam very fragile. Scarce in dj. Karl Baedeker Hardcover
34913BERTELSMANN CARL. 1. hardcover. Dracula BERTELSMANN, CARL hardcover
76487Disliber. Disliber unknown
171042386Chez Pierre Emery | à Paris 1710 | 26 x 38.50 cm | 2 volumes reliés
1788702L27Boston: John Norman 1788. First edition. Disbound. Fair. 7" by 4". None. An extremely scarce American almanac from the eighteenth century containing ephemerides. An early publication following American independence this work contains many astronomical notes. The first edition of this almanac containing many tables of ephemerides for the year 1789. Undated dated using Library Hub as 1788. Very scarce only seen at auction twice in the last forty years. Both times disbound - as issued Abraham Weatherwise was a pseudonym used for many almanacks from the years 1784 to 1788. It is believed that this is a pseudonym for Samuel Bullard. This is because the astronomical notes on the calendar pages parallle those in his 'An almanach for the year of the Christian aera 1789 Boston'. Disbound as issued lacking the half-title and bookseller's advertisement occasionally seen. This astronomical calendar was calculated for the meridian of Bostonm 'but will serve for the adjacent states'. A very scarce work. Disbound. Externally chipped to the extremities with handling marks and a light tidemark to the front wrap. Internally firmly bound. Chipping has affected the bottom seven entries of the tables which are slightly obscured due to a spill burn. Tidemark to the final three leaves not affecting the text. Occasional spots to pages. Fair John Norman unknown
18013776<p><i>First Portuguese Translation of Bosse's Engraving Manual</i></p><p>BOSSE Abraham. Tratado da Gravura a agua forte e a buril e em maneira negra com o modo de construir as prensas modernas e de imprimir em talho doce. Nova ediçao traduzida do francez. por José Joaquim Viegas Menezes. Lisbon Arco do Cego 1801.</p><p>Tall 8vo 208 x 152 mm engraved title pp. x ix 1 189 1 errata with 21 engraved plates; plates printed on slightly darker stock; a wide-margined clean copy in recent full calf gilt.</p><p>First Portuguese translation of Bosse's classic introduction to copperplate etching and engraving Traité des manières de graver en taille douce. This Portuguese translation by José Joaquim Viegas Menezes is clearly taken from the Jombert edition and reproduces the same plates though newly engraved with subtle adaptations; an extensive introduction precedes the text.</p><p>Bosse's treatise the first manual of copperplate etching and engraving and the printing of intaglio plates was first published in French in 1645. It was aimed both at the professional engraver and at the amateur and is extensively illustrated with detailed engravings based on Bosse's own designs. A second edition of 1701 had contained revisions by LeClerc the third of 1745 those of the engraver Cochin. The Jombert edition added two new plates by Louis-Marin Bonnet the inventor of the Crayon manner of colour printing and a separate chapter on this method of colour printing. In addition to a wealth of technical information the work includes views of the engraving studio and the copperplate press.</p><p>As adaptations were made to all subsequent editions the work has remained an important introduction to print-making which is of practical use to the printmaker even today.</p><p>Innocencio IV 415; Moraes p. 11; see Bigmore & Wyman I 72 and Cicognara 255 for French edition; OCLC: Harvard Getty John Carter Brown Library British Library and V & A.</p> Menezes
55832New York NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1905. History Finely bound Constitutional Edition. Complete in eight volumes. Octavo 22 x 15 x 37cm. Frontispiece of the author with captioned tissue guard. Title page printed in red and black. Handsomely bound in recent dark blue half oasis morocco spines gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands matching blue cloth boards top edges gilt. A fine set. The works include Addresses Letters Political Debates etc. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905 unknown
1860147733Columbus: Follett Foster and Company 1860. First edition early issue of the most famous debates in American history which cemented Lincoln as a national presidential candidate. Octavo original cloth stamped in blind with rule above the publisher's imprint on the copyright page. In good condition darkening to the edges toning throughout some damp staining inscription to the rear pastedown. Running as a little-known candidate for the Illinois senatorship in 1858 Lincoln challenged incumbent and Democratic leader Stephen Douglas to a series of debates. The result was a memorable chain of lively arguments in front of cheering crowds. Though Lincoln lost the senatorial race “he began collecting a scrapbook of his best speeches particularly those from the just-concluded campaign against Douglas for possible inclusion in a book. Assiduously pasting newspaper accounts of the debates into the scrapbook Lincoln cast about for a publisher. Initial efforts failed mainly because Lincoln wanted the book printed in Springfield which had no local publishing or printing facilities. Eventually however the Columbus Ohio firm of Follett Foster & Company showed interest and he began preparing the first edition… Somewhat surprisingly for an attorney Lincoln did not seek Douglas’ permission to publish a book of their combined speeches although Douglas was later given the last-minute opportunity—he declined—to make corrections to his own remarks†Morris 121. Follett, Foster and Company hardcover
