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185823179PRIMERA EDICION .- Paris: Maison Martinet Hautecoeur frères ca. 1858.- 1 h. 20 folios de láminas litográficas en negro la portada con 2 figuras en cada lámina y leyendas al pie de cada dibujo grabadas solamente en la cara anterior; Folio mayor 345 x 26 cm; Texto en francés; Cartoné Ed.- La obra constituye una graciosa visión satírica y crítica de los viajes en diligencia y ferrocarril en aquella época. MUY RARO. Encuadernación original ligeramente fatigada con roces en las esquinas y pequeños desperfectos en la cabeza y pie de la lomera. El interior en muy buen estado salvo algunas motas de óxido. CUENTOS AVENTURAS LEYENDAS LITERATURA INFANTIL CÓMICS HUMORISMO. Livre en français Maison Martinet hardcover
1848051818George and Charles Merriam. 1848. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Hardcover. Full leather boards worn scuffed and frayed. Some professional repair to spine including new title label. Marbleized endpapers rubbed in spots. Hinges cracked binding is still tight. Foxing throughout. Some occasional water marks at margins as well. Pencil names to endpaper and upper title page. This Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language was first published in 2 volumes in 1828. A second edition published in 1840 also in 2 volumes. This 1848 revised edition is the first thus edition published in a single quarto volume published for the first time by George and Charles Merriam. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1367 pages . George and Charles Merriam hardcover
186023178PRIMERA EDICION .- Paris: Maison Martinet Lith. Fernique ca. 1860.- 1 h. 20 folios de láminas litográficas en negro la portada con 4 figuras cada lámina y leyendas al pie de cada dibujo grabadas solamente en la cara anterior; Folio mayor 345 x 26 cm; Texto en francés; Cartoné Ed.- Simpática historieta de dos personajes Mr. Lesec y Mr. Legras que hacen dietas contrapuestas el uno para engordar y el otro para adelgazar. ESTE ALBUM ES DE LOS MAS RAROS Y DIFICILES DEL AUTOR NO FIGURANDO EN EL "CATALLOGUE COLLECTIF DE FRANCE - BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE". La encuadernación original de la edición se encuentra con algunos deterioros en las esquinas y la lomera a la que le falta un pequeño trozo al pie de la misma. El interior en perfecto estado. CUENTOS AVENTURAS LEYENDAS LITERATURA INFANTIL CÓMICS HUMORISMO. Livre en français Maison Martinet, Lith. Fernique hardcover
1807307347New Haven CT: printed by Oliver Steele & Co for Brisban & Brannan booksellers New York 1807. First edition. 250 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Rubbed worn stained but sound front flyleaf with old tear pen starts. Very good. First edition. 250 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. First edition of this scarce grammar by Webster which he would later consider to be one of his two most important works. A second edition appeared in 1822 and the text was reused in the introductory matter of his famed American Dictionary 1828. Webster wrote to a friend in 1829 "My 'Philosophical and Practical Grammar" . has been but little used: but except for my quarto Dictionary I consider it as altogether the most valuable work I have ever published." Skeel 433; Sabin 102375 printed by Oliver Steele & Co for Brisban & Brannan, booksellers, New York unknown
184638691Paris: Chez Aubert / Le Charivari 1846. Cham. First and only edition. A COMPLETE SET OF THIS RARE AND IMPORTANT SUITE OF SATIRICAL LITHOGRAPHS BY CHAM devoted to British and Irish manners. Complete with lithographed title-page and 15 numbered lithographs by Cham on fine wove paper with lithographed advertisement by Belin at the end. Folio. IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS WITH THE LITHOGRAPHED TITLE-PAGE REPEATED ON THE COVER. A bit of wear and soiling to boards. Internally a few specks of faint marginal foxing but otherwise FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare especially in such pristine state. <br/><br/> Chez Aubert / Le Charivari hardcover
180950149New York: published by subscription.and sold at the Theological and Classical Bookstore of Williams and Whiting.J. Seymour printer 1809. First edition 8vo pp. 23 1; without a title page as issued; original blue printed wrappers; one short tear and a small piece missing from the corner of the front wrapper; all else very good. "In 1808 Webster and Judge Thomas Dawes of Boston one of his wife's brothers-in-law discussed religion in their correspondence. Webster on December 20 1808 wrote a detailed letter summarizing his religious experiences and beliefs; Dawes acknowledged it on February 6 1809 expressing rather liberal views and on February 23 Webster wrote a long answer which became the present text.The compiler believes this printing to have been the first separate edition" Skeel. It was also published in the Panoplist and the Missionary Magazine United edited by Jedidiah Morse. The verso of the front wrapper and both sides of the back wrapper contain a brief summary of the firm Williams & Whiting and publisher's advertisements. Skeel 706. published by subscription...and sold at the Theological and Classical Bookstore of Williams and Whiting...J. Seymour, printer unknown
187126931Tokyo: Binsei Kyosho 1871. Fukurotoji 7.25" x 4.75" 27 leaves; original blue wrappers printed paper label on upper cover; some wear dampstain entering text at bottom margins but generally good or better and preserving the original printed fukuro paper sheath. Spelling book in English with a Japanese translation by Yôyû Shisui. Osaka Joshi Daigaiku Library Selected Catalogue of Dutch and English Studies B-5. NYPL only in OCLC. [Binsei Kyosho] unknown
1833348429Durrie & Peck 1833. 2nd EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Edition. Published by Durrie & Peck 1933. Octavo. Hardcover. Publisher's original light green cloth boards with brown leather spine. Book is very good. Normal foxing to pages. Contemporary previous owner bookplate pastedown and owner name and date of 1833 flyleaf. Sound binding. Few chips/nicks to the leather spine edges. A wonderful copy of this landmark early history of the United States by the renowned author Noah Webster. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Durrie & Peck hardcover
186023177PRIMERA EDICON.- Paris: Maison Martinet Lith. Ch. Fernique ca. 1860.- 1 h. 18 p. de planchas litográficas en negro por una sola cara con texto al pie de cada figura la portada que tambien lleva una litografía; Folio mayor 345 x 26 cm; Texto en francés; Enc. en Cartoné Editorial.- PRECIOSO ALBUM DE LITOGRAFIAS DE ESTE AFAMADO DIBUJANTE Y HUMORISTA FRANCES. La encuadernación es la original con algunas rozaduras y una pequeña falta en la cabeza de la lomera. El interior en excelente estado. CUENTOS AVENTURAS LEYENDAS LITERATURA INFANTIL CÓMICS HUMORISMO. Livre en français Maison Martinet hardcover
184844550Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontispiece portrait after Samuel F.B. Morse; full original sheep black morocco spine label mostly perished; the whole quite scuffed and rubbed preliminaries foxed modern 1950s manuscript list of birthdays on rear endpapers; texblock very good and sound. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of Mrs. H. Booth on front free endpaper and frontispiece verso. Vancil p. 262. George and Charles Merriam unknown
184844590Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontispiece portrait after Samuel F.B. Morse; full original sheep lacking spine label; the whole quite scuffed and rubbed preliminaries foxed with one soil spot; previous ownership signature on front flyleaf has been neatly cut out; texblock very good and sound. Vancil p. 262. George and Charles Merriam unknown
1848293Springfield Massachusetts: George and Charles Merriam 1848. 1st edition. Original full sheepskin. Good. The historic first Webster dictionary published by George Charles Merriam a highly successful endeavor that greatly influenced the spelling and development of the American English language for generations to come. <br /> <br /> Condition: Good. Complete and original including sheepskin binding endpapers and blanks.<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> Title: An American Dictionary Of The English Language; Containing The Whole Vocabulary Of The First Edition In Two Volumes Quarto; The Entire Corrections And Improvements Of The Second Edition In Two Volumes Royal Octavo; To Which Is Prefixed And Introductory Dissertation On The Origin History And Connection Of The Languages Of Western Asia And Europe With An Explanation Of The Principles On Which Languages Are Formed. Revised And Enlarged With Pronouncing Vocabularies Of Scripture Classical And Geographical Names<br /> <br /> Published in 1848 in Springfield Massachusetts by George and Charles Merriam. First Merriam-Webster dictionary Webster's first dictionary was in 1806 and his first American dictionary of English words was published in 1828 after Webster labored for over twenty years to provide a more accurate and comprehensive dictionary tailored to American English usage and preferences. Bound in its original publisher-issued full sheepskin with raised spine bands ruled in gilt and a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece of Noah Webster. Quarto 10.5" x 8.5" x 3.5" thick. Collated and complete: lxxxiv 1367 1 pp. Entries in a three-column table ruled in black. In addition to the words and corresponding definitions contents include a preface advertisement author memoir introduction orthography of Dr. Webster Alphabets and Ethiopic alphabet tables of scripture names Greek and Latin proper names and modern geographical names.<br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> The dictionary is in Good condition. All original and complete including the often-perished morocco spine label.<br /> <br /> Exterior and binding: Binding holding firm with some slight loosening of the boards. Rubbed and worn sheep though much less than usually found and much more colorful. Loss of leather in places skinning tear to leather at foot of spine bumped corners. Dusty edges.<br /> <br /> Interior: Foxing throughout moderate to heavy at times oxidation of text block in most places. Offsetting from steel-engraved frontispiece. Numerous bent page corners and large page creases from folds. A few leaves' margins miscut by the printer leaving excess paper. Front blank with former owner inscription in pencil. Light water dampening stains along gutter of last 50 leaves. Pages 417-422 with blue ink stains on top of text heaviest on leaf 417-418 but words still readable through the ink. <br /> <br /> HISTORY<br /> <br /> <br /> <p>In 1806 Webster published his first dictionary A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. The following year in 1807 Webster began two consecutive decades of intensive work to expand his publication into a fully comprehensive dictionary An American Dictionary of the English Language. To help trace the etymology of words Webster learned 26 languages. Webster hoped to standardize American speech since Americans in different parts of the United States used somewhat different vocabularies and spelled pronounced and used words differently.</p> <br /> <p>In 1825 while spending a year abroad at the University of Cambridge and then in Paris Webster completed this dictionary which featured 70000 words about 12000 of which had never before appeared in a dictionary. A spelling reformer Webster believed that English spelling rules were unnecessarily complex and used the dictionary to introduce American English spellings replacing colour with color waggon with wagon and centre with center. He also added American words including skunk and squash that did not appear in British dictionaries. Three years later at age of 70 in 1828 Webster published the dictionary. In 1843 following Webster's death George Merriam and Charles Merriam secured publishing and revision rights to Webster's 1840 dictionary. </p> . George and Charles Merriam unknown
1848056255Springfield Ma: George And Charles Merriam 1848. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Lxxxiv 1367 Pp. Full Sheep Black Morocco Spine Label "Webster's Dictionary Unabridged" Marbled Endpapers.Wear Fraying At Corners Binding Solid Light Browning/Foxing Throughout. Ownership Name "I. Dale" Later Name Of J. D. Nesbit Dated Dec 8 1878. The Earliest English Printers Created The English Common Language Through Choosing Words And Usages; To A Lesser Extent Webster/Merriam Created The American Usage Of The English Language . <br/> <br/> George And Charles Merriam hardcover
182676418Paris 1826. 8vo. Nyere lysebrunt helskinnbind med tittelfelt i rødt skinn. Bundet med begge de originale omslagene. 3 1 blank iii 1 blank 288 s. Med 2 kolorerte foldekarter og 19 kolorerte litografier. 8vo. More recent full calf tile in red leather. Bount with the original wrappers. 3 1 blank iii 1 blank 288 pp. Two coloured folding maps and 19 coloured lithographs. Imprimé par autorisation du Roi à l’Imprimerie Royale. Fransk. <br/><br/><em>Colas 2208. Lipperheide 1584. Blackmer 1204. Abbey Travel 350. Materien svakt plettet. Litografiene med kraftige farver.Louis Pantaléon de Noé 1728-1816 fransk-kreolsk offiser.Internally some staining. The lithographs being beautifully coloured.Louis Pantaléon de Noé 1728-1816 French-creole officer. </em> hardcover
1858118971858. Paris Maison Martinet s.d. circa 1858 - Paris / Bruxelles Maison Martinet / Jules GÂŽruzel s.d. Un vol. in-4 354 x 253 mm non paginÂŽ. Reliure postÂŽrieure de pleine percaline grÂge jansÂŽniste dos lisse tranches mouchetÂŽes. Edition originale rare pour chacun de ces deux volumes. Premier tirage des 35 dont page de titre planches lithographiÂŽes signÂŽes de Cham dans la plaque figurant 1 ˆ 2 sujets par page. ''Son gožt naturel pour le dessin lui fait frÂŽquenter les ateliers des peintres Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet et de Paul Delaroche. Sous leur influence Cham se spÂŽcialise dans la caricature. Il publie tout d'abord un album Monsieur Lajaunisse puis collabore au journal Le Charivari lui donnant pendant trente-six ans l'essentiel de sa production. Son gožt de l'absurde fait de lui un des grands humoristes de ce journal. Ses dessins valent non seulement par le tracÂŽ simple et fort inspirÂŽ sans doute par HonorÂŽ Daumier mais aussi par l'esprit et par les lÂŽgendes qui les accompagnent.'' Absent du Fonds franÂais ainsi que de la B.n.F. Quelques rares t‰ches affectant les marges dont une planche est cependant davantage pourvue. Page de titre du second ouvrage ici absente. En outre une planche semble faire dÂŽfaut ˆ ce mÂme volume. Rare. b42961 unknown
180760047New Haven: Brisban & Brannan 1807. First edition 12mo pp. 250 original full calf gilt-paneled spine; light dampstaining to the upper gutter; all else very good and sound. Of this small grammar Webster wrote in an 1805 letter to the American publisher Mathew Carey: "I am compiling a Grammar upon what appear to be the true idioms & fundamental principles of the Language--which I hope to have ready for the press within a year." Webster's goal was to lay out the principles of American English based on its own structure thereby discarding previous grammatical systems which served British English. In it he has developed "the real structure and idiom of our language. I have left Lowth and Johnson and mounted to the original writers as far back as the first Saxon laws and annals. The result is that many of the principles of grammar as taught in Lowth formerly and now in Murray whose book is nothing but Lowth's altered and enlarged prove to be totally false; and I affirm that those grammars now taught introduce more errors than they correct" letter from Webster to Joel Barlow Nov. 12 1807. Although this title was not as successful as his series of spellers and readers Webster considered it one of his two most important works. Twenty years later in a letter to Lemuel Shattuck Nov. 18 1829 Webster writes: "My Philosophical and Practical Grammar was first published in 1807 and a second edition in 1822. This work has been but little used; but except for my quarto dictionary I consider it as altogether the most valuable work I have ever published." Skeel 433; Sabin 102375; American Imprints 14192. Brisban & Brannan unknown
183795EAM501U79OValparaiso: Imprenta de la Bandera 1837. Contemporary blue paper wrappers with protective paper cover. 12mo. With the title in woodcut borders a woodcut printer's vignette and some woodcut head- and tailpieces. Rare Spanish grammar intended for use at primary schools printed in Valparaiso Chile. Deschamps mentions 3 other works printed in this city 1822 1828 1836.Library stamp on title-page: ''Wilson collection'' owner's inscription on back of title-page: "A.L. Langlois 1 March 1842". Upper corner missing from last 2 leaves not affecting text. Otherwise in good condition.l Paul Deschamps L' Imprimerie hors l'Europe pp. 182-183; cf. Palau another work by Juan Nicolas: Lecciones elementales de aritméticia escritos Valparaiso 1853. Imprenta de la Bandera, unknown
1868623307Albion New York: The Orleans American 1868. Unbound. Very Good. Large broadside extra. Measuring 23" x 27½". Text in nine columns printed recto only. Old folds a few tiny pinholes at the folds and tiny edge tears a bit of foxing a nice very good or better example. The final 1¼ columns filled with news stories mostly political and the poem "The Bride's Dream" by J. E. Carpenter reprinted from Bentley's Magazine. <br /> <br /> Noah Davis 1818-1902 a Republican was running for Congress to represent New York's 28th District to replace Lewis Sulye who was not running for reelection. Davis' speech addresses the negative effects of the Democratic Party on the Reconstruction Acts and takes to task the Democratic nominee for President Horatio Seymour who was opposing Ulysses S. Grant in the 1868 election. <br /> Davis was elected to Congress in 1868 and served until July 1870 when Grant appointed him U.S. District Attorney for Southern New York. He later served as a justice on the New York Supreme Court presiding over the trials of William H. "Boss" Tweed sentencing him to 12 years for embezzlement and interfering with municipal elections cf. DAB. The Orleans American was a weekly published in Albion New York from 1832 to 1943 the final 33 years under the title Orleans American and Weekly News. <br /> <br /> A large handsome Reconstruction-era New York political broadside. Seemingly not recorded separately by OCLC. The Orleans American unknown
1819ZB1325136NY/London: Kirk & Mercein/John Miller 1819. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item first edition; vi 1 errata 431 1 xlvii appendix pp. portrait frontis. and 3 other plates including a folding view; contemporary full leather covers dry and worn remnants of an old paper label to the base of the spine light to moderate foxing throughout leaves 331/332 and 333/334 tattered with a few horizontal slices and small tape repairs the Abdallah American Drogaman plate is repaired and trimmed at the fore edge image unaffected book plates to the front paste down old inked signature and hand stamp to the title page old hand stamp to the first page of the main text good only; as the author was formerly United States Consul to Tunis there is much on that area. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. NY/London: Kirk & Mercein/John Miller hardcover
18890008015BEDFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. Good. 1889. On offer is a detailed diary authored by a farmer from Bedford County Pennsylvania that covers the whole year of 1889 and January 1890 an entry made for each day. Noah Blough 1835 - 1896 whose ancestors arrived to the U.S. in the mid-18th century from Switzerland was a prosperous farmer who moved to the Morrison Cove area from the Somerset County in 1870s. At the time the diary was written he lived with his second wife and three children: Maggie Orlo and Charles all of them are often mentioned in the diary. The family belonged to the Seventh Day Baptists Church of which Noah was an active member he was elected the first clerk of the Salemville church in 1885 and he regularly writes about attending Sabbath School and sermons at the German Baptist Church. The family was growing apples and plums corn and oats and kept cattle and sheep and in his diary Noah documents farming activities like plowing wood cutting sugar water boiling and the daily life of the family including illnesses visits of family members and neighbors trips to Enterprise Salem and Loysburg. In addition to wood cutting and field work in winter months Noah was making quills and spools mending clothes: "Jan. 7. Cloudy and rather cold and windy with some snowflakes. I worked in the house making quills the best part of the day". Every entry starts with a record of weather which was very cold and snowy that year. The entry of February 2 relates to the Groundhog Day "This was Groundhog day and it was clear by spells that the sun did shine that the groundhog seen his shadow. This is Orlo's birthday he is three years old." The prediction of long winter turned to be true that year on March 21st Noah as usually records weather: "Cloudy and snowed all day the ground was white in the morning and all day.". In May 1889 Noah writes about heavy rainfall followed by devastating Johnstown flood which killed over 2000 people: "Cloudy and rained all last night and all day very hard by spells. The water was very high it took fences and bridges away and tore the roads had the highest water we had got since we live here Johnston was washed away and thousands of people drowned." One of the Noah's neighbors lost his wife and daughter in the flood about which he writes on June 3rd: "Harry Aaron brought his wife and daughter home today which died drown in Johnston on the 30 about 1500 drowned". The diary contains many names of residents and businessmen who lived in the area at that time and members and ministers of the Seventh Day Baptists Church including the Kagarise Breidenthal Snyder Long Dittmar Fluck Fyock and many other. At the end of the diary Noah lists 27 people who died in 1889 with their age at the time of death. There is also a list showing his expenses and a recipe for "Uncle Sam's whitewash" the use of which was characteristic of the east coast. The book itself has a dark-brown leather cover and marbled edges is titled "The Standard Diary 1889" and includes a calendar weights and measures weather signals interest tables postage rates standard time help for accidents poison anecdotes and other almanac matter. Condition: Good last 18 leaves that contain records made after January 14 1890 and a back cover have torn corners which are missing several leaves are loose.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BLOUGH NOAH RURAL LIFE ECONOMY FARMERS FARMING OPERATIONS LOYSBURG SALEMVILLE NEW ENTERPRISE MORRISONS COVE BEDFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA 19TH CENTURY HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS AGRICULTURE 1889 JOHNSTOWN FLOOD GERMANS IN PENNSYLVANIA SEVEN DAY BAPTIST CHURCH 1880S AGRICULTURE AMERICAN HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES ORLEANS COUNTY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
18462210160<p><i>Vignette title and 15 hand coloured lithograph plates heightened with gum-arabic; lightly foxed in places and three plates with repairs to tears in lower margin; </i><i>original publisher's glazed pictorial boards the upper board reproducing the title-page in uncoloured state and little rubbed and chipped to extremities and with loss to foot of spine nevertheless still a very appealing copy.</i></p><p>Uncommon first edition and the more desirable coloured version of this humorous French view of British eccentricities.</p><p>Of this seemingly endless subject Noé gives full vent to the ridiculous ways and customs of the British. The English Scots and Irish all have fun poked at them with stock characters of English yeomen in smocks Irishmen in rags wielding shillelagh clearly a reference to the famine then raging in Ireland and Scots with tammies and tartan plaid. Each plate is subjoined with a title and humorous descriptive text:=- 'Une femme bien attachée;' 'Le Quaker;' 'Le Recruteur;' 'Visite au Musée;' 'Mariage d'inclination;' 'Les Hauts grades;' 'Philanthropie. Bien entendue' 'Les Boxeurs;' 'l'Écossais;' 'Un Costume national;' 'Baragouin Britannique;' 'In the Stocks;' 'Le Péage du turn-pike;' 'L'Invalide de Chelsea;' and 'Smithfied Market.'.</p><p>The prolific French illustrator Amédée de Noé 1819-1879 produced a number of similar themed works including an idiosyncratic look at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and a series of pamphlets depicting French life dating from the late 1860's. Noé who used the nom de plume Cham i.e Ham the son of Noah was said to have an idea a day contributing much of his best work like Daumier to the <i>Le Charivari</i>. </p><p>OCLC lists copies at the V&A Getty UCLA Texas and the Morgan all curiously mis-dated to 1870 and unascribed to Noé; and a copy at Fribourg.</p> Chez Aubert & Cie. Editrs des Caricatures du Jal le Charivari. place de la Bourse. 29. hardcover
184831188Springfield: George & Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontispiece portrait after Samuel F. B. Morse slightly offset onto title page; full original sheep gilt lettered direct on spine; some rubbing and wear but sound. George & Charles Merriam unknown
180882504New York: D. Longworth 1808. First edition of "the most important Jewish lay leader of the early 19th century" Mordecai Noah's early play published when he was only 23 years old. 12mo bound in modern calf gilt titles to the spine lacking the 2 advertisement leaves called for by Singerman. In near fine condition. Rare. Born in Philadelphia on July 14 1785 Jewish American playwright diplomat and journalist Mordecai Manuel Noah became the most important Jewish lay leader in America in the early 19th century and the first Jewish American to reach national fame. After studying law in Charleston South Carolina Noah moved to New York where he founded and edited The National Advocate The New York Enquirer later merged into the New York Courier and Enquirer The Evening Star and The Sunday Times newspapers. A prolific writer he also enjoyed the reputation of being the most popular American playwright in early 19th century America with his Fortress of Sorrento She Would Be a Soldier and The Seige of Tripoli attracting wide audiences. D. Longworth unknown
1806371118New Haven: From Sidney's Press for Hudson & Goodwin Book-sellers Hartford and Increase Cooke & Co. Book-sellers New Haven 1806. First edition. xxiii 1 408 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf red morocco lettering piece worn. Lacks endpapers. Usual browning a few tears extending from the fore-edge margin. First edition. xxiii 1 408 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first edition of Webster's first Dictionary and the first truly American dictionary notable for the inclusion of many words in common usage but omitted from earlier lexicons and for its concise effective definitions. A landmark in the history of lexicography and in the evolution of the American language predating Webster's two-volume unabridged Dictionary by twenty-two years. Skeel 577; Sabin 102347 From Sidney's Press for Hudson & Goodwin, Book-sellers, Hartford and Increase Cooke & Co., Book-sellers, New Haven unknown
1826Biblio24<p><em> First edition half-title 19 hand-coloured lithographs 2 folding hand-coloured maps bookplate near contemporary calf rebacked retaining original backstrip gilt arms of the Signet Library to covers slight bumping to extremities Blackmer 1204 8vo Paris 1826.</em></p> Imprimerie Royale hardcover
