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1794354239New York 1794. 4" x 7½". Engraving; very good. 4" x 7½" The first or second printed view of Saratoga New York. This appeared originally in the December 1794 issue of the NEW YORK MAGAZINE. It shows elegantly dressed persons on a fenced lawn overlooking the river being served by a young Black servant. <br/><br/> unknown
1797100410<p>Square folio 13 ½ x16 ½ partially printed yellowed at edges some darkening and a little soiling light chipping and a few very short closed tears at edges a little browning document split in half down center crease but repaired on verso with tape small remnant of wax seal and several paper seals. Overall in good condition. This is a court document titled "An Inquisition Indented" signed by the twelve jurors who decided the plaintiffs to be paid damages thirty-three pounds five shillings and two pennies. All signatures are highly legible. The document names Jacob John Lansing Sheriff of the city of New York as the official in this judgment. </p>
1792104024<p>Folio sheet 16" x 14 1/2" printed with manuscript additions signed docketed on reverse paper seal. Creased a few small holes mostly at folds very slight effect on one word some edgewear a little browning and soiling; otherwise very good. This document appears to be a rental agreement for some land in Plattsburgh between Charles Platt and Thomas McCurdy. Charles Platt 1743-1824 is a member of the founding family of the town of Plattsburgh. While the document is mostly printed there are six lines of hand written text describing the location of land involved with this transaction.</p>
17762562221776. Hand-coloured. 16 x 12 inches. Framed and glaized. Hand-coloured. 16 x 12 inches. Scene of the English Troops entering New York City in 1776. unknown
1718020903New York: J. Eastburn & Co. 1817-1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Light scattered foxing; edgewear with some paper lacking from the spine. Very Good. Two 5-1/2" x 9-1/4" volumes in original publisher's brown paper-backed gray boards with printed paper spine labels. Contains 24 issues May 1817 - April 1819 apparently all published of this religious periodical. According to a statement at the end of the second volume just before the index the publisher states "It is not yet determined whether this work shall be continued another year. The present publishers decline carrying it on because of the irregularity and delinquency of many of the subscribers in making remittances of dues." <br/><br/> J. Eastburn & Co. hardcover
1729100453Queens New York. Collection of Manuscripts documents relating to land purchases in Queens New York by John Morrell. New York: 1729 1741 1762 & 1796. Four large folio sheets one small folio sheets and two sheets with diagrams illustrating land purchases docketed. Aging and browning to group a little foxing or staining remnants of wax seals cloth tape repairs and one small archival tape repair along back of folds on some sheets a few chips and tears some folds in the margins. Overall about very good. Interesting group of documents that relate to land purchases by John Morrell who appears to be a blacksmith in 18th century Queens. The first document is dated 1729 and this appears to indicate he inherits a small plot of land from his father in Newtown which was in Queens County. Although it is not totally clear Morell may have been adopted by a Samuel Albertus . Newtown was originally founded by the Dutch in 1652 and called Middleburgh but became Newtown when the British took control of all the Dutch holdings in New York. In 1896 Newtown became Elmhurst. While these documents cover close to 70 years they suggest that Morell continued to make land purchases between 1729 and 1796 in Newtown. Most of these purchases were relatively modest but in 1762 he did buy some land for 359 pounds from a Samuel Moore. hardcover
179817843Albany: Loring Andrews & Co. 1798. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Tall 8vo. Untrimmed. pp 2 243-535 1 blank 5 1 blank as issued. Light uniform tanning Very Good. <br /> <br /> With Table of Contents and Errata at the end. The Laws include an Act validating Quakers' manumissions of slaves even where such manumissions did not conform to prescribed legal procedures; an Act incorporating the firemen of the City of New York; an Act permitting aliens to purchase land in the State under certain conditions; and a host of other Acts dealing with courts corporations municipalities and other matters.<br /> According to ESTC this is a very scarce imprint. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 34215. II Harv. Law Cat. 202. ESTC W42182 1- HSP. Loring Andrews & Co. unknown
1792592511792. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf 1792 2 vols. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf 1792 2 vols. Early Post-Revolutionary Compilation of New York Laws New York. Laws of the State of New York Comprising the Constitution And the Acts of the Legislature Since the Revolution From the First to the Fifteenth Session Inclusive. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf 1792. 2 volumes. iv 511 1 pp.; iv 521 15 pp. Octavo 8" x 4-3/4". Contemporary sheep blind fillets red gilt lettering pieces and black-stamped volume numbers to spine. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped light fading to spines minor chipping to spine head of Vol. I. Toning to text light browning and negligible foxing in places internally clean. An appealing set. $750. First octavo edition. With the Constitution of the State of New York in volume one each volume with an index at the rear and volume two with a subscriber list that includes Aaron Burr for 3 sets Edward Livingston and other prominent New Yorkers of the period. This was the second compilation of New York's laws published since the Revolution and the first octavo edition. This format was chosen to make this edition more affordable. 1400 subscriber copies were issued. Complete in itself a third volume was added to this title in 1798. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 350. unknown
179232550New York: Thomas Greenleaf 1792. Two volumes: 4 511 1 blank; 4 521 1 blank 14- Subscribers pp as issued. Later library cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels some chipping old institutional rubberstamps on title leaf scattered spotting Good. <br /> offered with LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK COMPRISING THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE SINCE THE REVOLUTION FROM THE FIRST TO THE TWENTIETH SESSION INCLUSIVE. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOLUME III. New York: Greenleaf. 1797. 4 98 1 99-100 1 8 107-160 1 160-258 5 260- 354 3 356-500 1 504-525 1 pp as issued. Matching library cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels some chipping old institutional rubberstamps on title leaf scattered spotting Good. <br /> <br /> These are the first editions of Greenleaf's printing of the Laws. The third volume which issued in 1797 prints only the laws of the sixteenth through the twentieth sessions.<br /> The long list of Subscribers printed in the second volume includes the great men of the times: Aaron Burr George and De Witt Clinton several Livingstons Elias Hicks and a host of other attorneys. Greenleaf reprinted all three volumes together in 1798. <br /> Greenleaf's Preface explains that he had been "engaged to publish a cheap Edition of the Revised Laws". A 1789 folio edition published by Hugh Gaine had been too expensive for most people. Volume I which "contains all the Laws to the eleventh Session has one Session more than is comprised in the first Volume of Gaine's Edition." He emphasizes that "The Types and Paper were manufactured in this State.The Types are not so perfectly Regular as those from the London Foundaries which have been improving for Centuries-- but no Cash went to London for them-- and our infant Manufactures ought to be encouraged that they also may improve." <br /> Evans 24602 32555. NAIP w033259 w016519. Thomas Greenleaf unknown
180038803Albany 1800. Folio broadside 13-1/2" x 16-3/8." Printed in five columns beneath the caption title. Expertly repaired long horizontal closed tear no loss. Very Good. <br /> <br /> During John Jay's term as Governor the Legislature passed 133 Acts listed here. ESTC lists holdings only at AAS; OCLC adds a few more.<br /> Evans 38093. ESTC W10245 1- AAS. unknown
177426611New York: Hugh Gaine 1774. Folio two volumes in a single contemporary calf volume some rubbing hinges firm but each has small separation at the top. Raised spine bands somewhat faded spine lettering. Pages iv 420; 4 421-835 i.e. 833 1 errata as issued. Contemporary signature of Peter Silvester on title page. Occasional light tanning light wear two lightened spots on title page not affecting any type. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Peter Van Schaack the editor signs the Preface in type. This comprehensive compilation commences with the First Assembly in 1691. It ends with the Sessions of the Twenty-Ninth Assembly in 1773 which enacted a law that made defacing statues of the King a crime. The Acts encompass the broad spectrum of the requirements of a developing society including a number of laws regulating the behavior of slaves and the institution of slavery. <br /> Evans 13467. ESTC W6510. Hugh Gaine unknown
178931069New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine 1789. Large folio. 10 3/4" x 15 1/2". Two volumes in 20th century binder's cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Vol. I: 3 1 blank 336 11-Index 1 blank xii 1 1 blank; Vol. 2: 1-title 1 blank 471 1 blank 17-index 1 blank pp. Volume 1 is lacking the final blank leaf. A clean and bright text. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Samuel Jones and Richard Varick compiled this book "which comprehends the Constitution and the public Statutes of this State from the Revolution to the End of the Twelfth Session of the Legislature." <br /> Volume I opens with the 1777 New York Constitution. The Statutes through 1789 are printed all under the reign of the long-serving Governor George Clinton. Revolutionary Acts-- such as raising five Continental Battalions Lotteries regulating the militia treatment of deserters-- are included. <br /> Several Acts concerning New York's efforts gradually to eliminate slavery are here: barring slave importations after June 1 1785 for purposes of sale penalizing purchase of slaves or trading or selling liquor to slaves; criminal slave codes and other laws reflecting the existence of slavery in New York. Acts concerning Quakers respect their scruples against bearing arms. Many civil criminal governmental and commercial laws are printed all with a detailed index. <br /> Evans 22012. II Harv. Law Cat. 204. Printed by Hugh Gaine unknown
172328535New York: Printed by William Bradford 1723. 4 pp folio. Caption title as issued. Loose and lightly toned else Very Good. Housed in a modern cloth binder with gilt-lettered spine title. <br /> <br /> This rare item is the first statute establishing New York chancery fees thus curing "the Inconveniences that may thereby ensue" from their absence. No Chancery Officer "shall exact demand or ask any greater or other Fee or Fees" than the amounts enumerated herein. These regulations limit the "Governour's Fees as Keeper of the Great Seal of this Province" as well as fees of Masters Registers Clerks Examiners Solicitors and other officers. <br /> This is an early effort to curb the exercise of arbitrary power by hungry court officers. Governor Burnet signs in type at the end.<br /> Evans 2468. ESTC W34081. Printed by William Bradford unknown
1719676061719. London: Printed for John Baskett 1719. Folio. London: Printed for John Baskett 1719. Folio. 1719 Compilation of New York Laws Printed in London by John Baskett New York. Acts of Assembly Passed in the Province of New-York From 1691 To 1718. London: Printed for John Baskett Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty 1719. xv 292 pp. Folio 13-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked gilt rules to boards extra gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece endleaves retained hinges mended. Shallow scuffing to boards some rubbing to extremities corners bumped hinges starting early armorial bookplate of the Oswalds of Dunnikier Fife to front pastedown. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light foxing to a few leaves light soiling and faint spotting to title page a tear near the gutter carefully repaired. A very handsome copy. $3000. Published the same year as William Bradford's compilation this was the fourth codification of New York laws preceded by three collections printed by William Bradford in 1694 1710 and 1713. It comprises all the acts of the New York Assembly from 1691 through 1718 including many concerning trade and slaves such as the 1709 "Act for Preventing the Conspiracy of Slaves." According to Rich Baskett's edition was likely copied from Bradford's and "according to Trott printed by order of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantation." Titles of expired or repealed laws are included. The Oswalds of Dunnikier Fife were a politically connected family of Scottish merchants active in the Atlantic trade. Rich Bibliotheca Americana Nova 26. Tower The Charlemagne Tower Collection of Colonial Laws 609. Benedict Acts and Laws of the Thirteen Original Colonies and States 332. unknown
1713322213New York: William Bradford 1713. 688151-173175-245 i.e. 253pp. p.174 omitted in printing. Folio. Early 20th-century pebbled morocco spine gilt. Light wear to boards and extremities. Titlepage with closed tear to lower right corner no text affected leaf A2 with two closed tears to right edge no loss of text. Titlepage first three leaves and final eight leaves likely supplied from another copy with rough trimming at the lower edges. Light worming to about seven leaves no text affected light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Very good. 688151-173175-245 i.e. 253pp. p.174 omitted in printing. Folio. A major early New York imprint from the press of William Bradford the "pioneering printer of the English middle colonies" DAB and first printer of New York. Bradford 1663-1752 originally settled in Pennsylvania where he began operating a printing press in 1685 and a bookstore in 1688. Controversies within the Quaker community with Bradford supporting the dissident George Keith led to the temporary seizure of his types and paper in 1692 and in 1693 he moved to New York. The present documents are among the earliest official New York imprints.<br /> <br /> This present collection of THE LAWS. is the third collection of New York laws after those of 1694 and 1710 and covers legislation passed from 1691 to 1713. Laws herein include acts "for quieting and settling the Disorders that have lately happened within this Province" 1691 "for restraining and punishing Privateers and Pyrates" 1693 and 1698 and "against Jesuites and Popish Priests" 1700 as well as numerous acts "for Regulating Slaves" and one for "Baptizing them" 1706. The index reflects the odd pagination in the volume which skips from page 88 to page 155. This is due in part to the fact that they are a composite of Bradford's various separately issued official publications of New York laws. The two leaves following the titlepage are an index the present copy being comprised of individually printed pages pasted together to form one double-sided leaf. EVANS 1636 1637 1638. ESTC W16357 W42004 William Bradford unknown