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(New York, Colony)Biblio.com

The Laws of Her Majesties Colony of New York

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. 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

TING, Walasse - Sam FRANCIS, Andy WARHOL, R RAUCHENBERG, Pierre ALECHINSKY, Asger JORN, Joan MITCHELL, Roy LICHTENSTEIN, R. INDIANA, M. RAMOS, etc.Livre Rare Book

1¢ LIFE / ONE CENT LIFE.

196438831¢ LIFE. Written by Walasse Ting. Edited by Sam Francis. Published by E.Kornfeld, Berne, E.W. Kornfeld, 1964. In-folio en feuilles, sous chemise cartonnée, jaquette et étui en toile verte de l’éditeur. Jaquette par Machteld Appel. Couverture par Roy Lichtenstein et Pierre Alechinsky. Édition originale. - 62 LITHOGRAPHIES, la plupart en couleur, dont 29 sur doubles pages : Alan Davies (2 à double page), Alfred Jensen (3 dont 1 à double page), SAM FRANCIS (6 dont 1 à double page), WALASSE TING (6 dont 2 à double page), James Rosenquist (1 à double page), Pierre ALECHINSKY (5 dont 2 à double page), Kimber Smith (6), Alfred Leslie (2), Antonio Saura (1 à double page), Kiki O.K. (1 à double page ), Asger JORN (2 à double page), ROBERT INDIANA (2 dont 1 à double page), Jean-Paul Riopelle (2 à double page), Karel APPEL (5 dont 2 à double page), Tom Wesselmann (2 à double page), Bram Van Velde (1 à double page), Joan MITCHELL (1 à double page), Allan Kaprow (1 à double page), ANDY WARHOL (1 à double page), ROBERT RAUCHENBERG (1 à double page), K.R.H. Sonderborg (1 à double page), ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1 à double page), Öyvind Fahlström (1 à double page), Reinhoud (1 à double page), CLAES OLDENBURG (2 à double page), JIM DINE (1 à double page), MEL RAMOS (2 dont 1 à double page) et Enrico Baj (2), poèmes de Walasse TING, imprimés en noir et en couleurs, certains en calligrammes, accompagnés de 22 reproductions d’œuvres de Roy Lichtenstein, Pierre Alechinsky, Gustave Mignot, Walasse Ting ou Paul Loyer. - UN DES 2000 EXEMPLAIRES NUMÉROTÉS AVEC LA SIGNATURE DE WALASSE TING IMPRIMÉE. Très bel exemplaire, en parfait état, tel que paru et complet. Couverture par Roy Lichtenstein et Pierre Alechinsky, jaquette, étui d'origine. Bibliographie : Riva Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, pp. 208-209. - A. Coron, 50 livres illustrés depuis 1947, 1988, nº 32. Notes bibliographiques et historiques: Cette anthologie graphique et poétique a été mise en œuvre par l'éditeur bernois E.W. Kornfeld qui devait en assurer la diffusion et Sam Francis, qui en était l'editeur avec l'auteur Walasse Ting ; ils en partagèrent les frais. Le livre lui-même fut réalisé à Paris; les lithographies furent tirées chez Maurice Beaudet et la typographie par Georges Girard. Antoine Coron souligne le caractère de global book de “1¢ Life”, ses deux pôles étant New York, centre du pop art américain - une douzaine d'artistes se rattachent à ce mouvement - et Paris, mais un Paris peuplé d'Américains installés ou de passage, de Belges, de Néerlandais, de Danois... Dix nationalités sont représentées dans le livre où les seuls Français sont ses artisans imprimeurs. “1¢ Life” apparut comme le livre d'une génération de peintres américains et européens, dont certains (Walasse Ting et Sam Francis parmi les Américains) avaient vécu et s'étaient connus à Paris durant les années 50. [...] Livre de peintres par excellence, étonnant par la profusion de ses contributions graphiques, l'invention colorée de sa typographie, “1¢ Life”, comme “Poésie de mots inconnus”, fait tomber toute réticence face aux livres collectifs. Pourtant, à la différence du livre d’Iliazd, ce n’est pas la fermeté de sa construction qui en assure l’unité, mais la surprise que ménage le renouvellement constant de sa mise en pages (Antoine Coron). -- SHORT ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: A superb copy of Ting's collaborative masterpiece. The complete portfolio, comprising 62 lithographs, 59 printed in colors, 1964, from the regular edition is 2000, on regular wove paper, published by E.W. Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland, contained in the original illustrated hard-cover and blue cloth-covered slipcase. - “1¢ LIFE” includes 62 works by the following artists: Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Enrico Baj, Alan Davie, Jim Dine, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Sam Francis, Robert Indiana, Alfred Jensen, Asger Jorn, Allan Kaprow, Kiki O.K., Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg, Mel Ramos, Robert Rauschenberg, Reinhoud, Jean-Paul Riopelle, James Rosenquist, Antonio Saura, Kimber Smith, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Walasse Ting, Bram van Velde, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann. - 62 LITHOGRAPHS, most in colour, including 29 on double pages: Alan Davies (2 double pages), Alfred Jensen (3 including 1 double page), SAM FRANCIS (6 including 1 double page), WALASSE TING (6 including 2 double-page), James Rosenquist (1 double-page), Pierre Alechinsky (5 including 2 double-page), Kimber Smith (6), Alfred Leslie (2), Antonio Saura (1 double-page), Kiki O.K. ( 1 double-page), Asger Jorn (2 double-page), ROBERT INDIANA (2 including 1 double-page), Jean-Paul Riopelle (2 double-page), Karel Appel (5 including 2 double-page), Tom Wesselmann (2 double-page), Bram Van Velde (1 double-page), Joan Mitchell (1 double-page), Allan Kaprow (1 double-page), ANDY WARHOL (1 double-page), ROBERT RAUCHENBERG (1 double-page page), K.R.H. Sonderborg (1 double page), ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1 double page), Öyvind Fahlström (1 double page), Reinhoud (1 double page), CLAES OLDENBURG (2 double page), JIM DINE (1 double page ), MEL RAMOS (2 including 1 double-page) and Enrico Baj (2), poems by Walasse Ting, printed in black and in color, some in calligrams, accompanied by 22 reproductions of works by Roy Lichtenstein, Pierre Alechinsky, Gustave Mignot, Walasse Ting or Paul Loyer. - ONE OF THE 2000 COPIES WITH WALASSE TING SIGNATURE PRINTED ON THE COLOPHON. Very beautiful, perfect copy, as published and complete. Cover by Roy Lichtenstein and Pierre Alechinsky, dust jacket, original slipcase. Literature: Riva Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, pp. 208-209. - A. Coron, 50 livres illustrés depuis 1947, 1988, nº 32.

LIBRAIRIE PATRICE JEUDY · Paris, France6 000,00 €

New YorkABAA

ARCHIVE OF FONDA FAMILY PAPERS

73244An archive of hundreds of letters bills receipts and other legal documents from the family of Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda dating from 1786 to 1880. This branch of the Fonda family traces its roots back to New York in 1651 when Jellis Fonda migrated from the Netherlands with his wife and four children. His grandson Douw Jellis Fonda 1700-1780 is considered the founder of the Dutch village now named Fonda about 30 miles west of Albany. He lived a long and prosperous life as a farmer and merchant but was killed at age 79 during a raid by the British Army aided by the Mohawk Indians. This collection includes two early hand-drawn property maps of some of the Fonda-owned lands. One of the undated maps completed for John Fonda shows part of Mayfield with lots drawn and numbered. The second map also undated shows acreage for the heirs of A. Fonda except 150 acres sold to John C. Smith and 100 acres sold to David and Samuel Loomis. The earliest material in this collection is connected to Douw Jellis Fonda's six children and grandchildren following the American Revolution. They were leaders in their community serving as judges state elected officials and military officers. There are five handwritten legal documents signed by various members of the family related to the payment of bonds associated with the appointment of loan officers and treasury officials for Montgomery County between 1786 and 1792. At the conclusion of the war the New York Legislature passed laws placing taxes on land and personal estates of all inhabitants in order to defray war expenses discharge its debts and support the state government. Supervisors of each county appointed individuals to "superintend" the raising of taxes within their respective counties. These documents include: April 19 1786 three-page document signed by Judge Jellis Fonda on pages two and three concerning a 12000-pound bond for the appointment of Peter Schuyler as one of the Montgomery County loan officers May 9 1786 document of three pages concerning Jellis Fonda's bond in the amount of 12000 pounds for the appointment of his son Douw Fonda as one of the Montgomery County loan officers January 8 1787 document of one and a half pages concerning Adam Fonda's bond in the amount of 5000 pounds providing surety for Douw Fonda as treasurer of Montgomery County June 29 1791 one-page document signed by Adam Fonda and Douw Fonda providing 4000 pounds as surety for John Yates to be the treasurer of Montgomery County May 2 1792 document of two and a quarter pages signed by Douw Fonda Adam Fonda and John Fonda providing a 9400 pounds surety bond for Douw Fonda as a Montgomery County loan officer This collection also includes a group of documents associated with Henry Fonda 1766-1828 who fought in the War of 1812 and was appointed Brigadier General of the 11th Infantry in 1820. During 1807 1816 and 1819 he was a member of the New York State Legislature representing the Fourth Senatorial District of Tryon County. This collection includes two printed broadsides headed "Brigade Orders" issued by him calling regiments to rendezvous and parade "for military exercise and improvement" in 1826 and 1828. There are also 20 handwritten bills and receipts dating from 1792 to 1824 for various items he purchased ranging from flannel to gin and three holographic legal documents for funds he was owed. An additional four letters in the collection were written to Henry addressed variously as major colonel and general dating from 1813 to 1828. Among them is a three-page letter from Daniel Cockstock dated March 6 1826 contemplating the impacts of various new stage routes in the region. Another group of more than 120 letters receipts and other documents is connected to Henry's brother Peter Fonda 1802-74 who was a merchant and hotel keeper ran a stagecoach for a period worked as a contractor and helped build roads in the community. There are several letters about his stagecoach work including seat reservations purchasing horses schedules and even lost luggage. On January 4 1832 he received a letter about Theophilius Williams' lost trunk. "I understand by a letter from him that he left a description of it at your house offering five dollars to the finder which I will send to you immediately if found together with all accompany expenses incurred in the search and pay your bill for the same whether found or not if you will give your assistance" Levi Williams wrote. Among the letters is one from Peter's wife Gertrude written to him in 1838 while he was in Rome building a bridge across the Mohawk River. "I want you to look out for yourself.don't depend on others you may lose keep your people sober." she wrote. A handwritten contract with officials from Rome dated January 1839 outlines the specifications for the bridge. He is also among a dozen men listed on a 1862 patent included in this collection for an improvement in pumps. A variety of other miscellaneous documents are provided in the archive including: An 1870 poll book for Fonda Montgomery County. The first eight pages are printed and provide a "plan of organization and action" to "effect change of administration at the President election of November 1872." Voters names are listed on six pages with P.H. Fonda's at the end. A printed receipt completed in manuscript issued by the state of New York treasurer's office on April 9 1816 to Simon Vedder for Douw Fonda An eighth page handwritten receipt dated December 20 1790 received from Adam Fonda A one-page handwritten poem by Lavina Fonda dated June 9 1816 written on the death of a schoolmate A small note signed by Adam Fonda dated September 17 1838 requesting Peter Fonda pay $15 to Robert Bahanan A printed document with holographic notes for the lease of property dated October 9 1855 and signed by Aminta K. Fonda Supreme Court calendar for the September 1863 term 16 pages in sewn wraps with P.H. Fonda's name written in pencil along the top of the cover A quarter-page handwritten document dated October 25 1854 listing the person living in Fonda who are exempted from payment of teachers wages in District 8 of Mohawk The materials are all generally toned stained and creased from former folds but otherwise in very good condition. unknown books

johnson rare books & archives · États-Unis4 750,00 $US≈ 4 018,98 €

[New York, Jewish Theological Seminary]Biblio.com

THE PRATO HAGGADAH

313242006. Hardcover. 8vo; Full leather in custom slipcase with accompanying clothbound commentary. 14 x 21 cm 160 pp commentary. 1 of 250 numbered copies. Unbelievably rich and extraordinarily refined in its artistic decoration the Prato Hagadah was produced in Spain around 1300 C.E. with incomplete period illuminations and then with additions from the following three centuries. Folios 1-53 are in square Sephardic script while folios 54-68 display a square Italo-Ashkenazic script. The haggadah includes 40 miniatures illuminated in gold and silver and 60 which are partially illuminated or only drawn. The Haggadah was featured in the Met's 2009 Exhibit "Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages." Scholars at JTSA note that “Nothing at all is known of either the patron or scribe of the Prato Haggadah and little is known of its whereabouts from the time it was produced in Spain around 1300 until the time it was acquired by the JTS Library in 1964. While the haggadah's text is written in accordance with the Spanish rite at some point additional text which included liturgical poems of the Ashkenazic rite was added most likely in Italy….A 1617 signature of an Italian church censor Giovanni Domenico Carretto is proof that the manuscript actually was in Italy at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Nothing further is known of the haggadah's history until 1928 when it was in the possession of Dr. Ludwig Pollak a native of Prague living in Rome." The art of the Prato Haggadah is witty and creative. It includes many initial word panels foliate ornamentation and hybrid figures. Several illustrations relate directly to the text. The Haggadah contains motifs common in medieval manuscripts and many folios reflect the artist's sense of humor. For unknown reasons the manuscript's illumination was never completed. It is this unfinished nature of the work that allows the viewer to see the stages of production of an illuminated manuscript: the scribal arrangement of the text; the artist's preparatory drawings; the application of gesso to cushion gold or silver leaf; the addition of the leaf; the painting of a wide variety of pigments; and the outlining of the illuminations with ink. The text of the Prato Haggadah is also distinctive. Although it includes the standard biblical talmudic and midrashic texts as well as the liturgical poetry common to other Spanish Haggadot the Prato Haggadah lacks all elements associated with the Passover meal. Kiddush blessings for matzah and maror instructions for the feast itself and grace after meals are absent. Scholars have suggested that Haggadot of this kind may have been written to be read publicly in the synagogue after which people would return to their homes for the meal. This phenomenon is found in other Spanish Haggadot and is explained by medieval sources as satisfying the requirement to recount the story of the Exodus for people unable to lead or attend a seder. Many Sephardic Jews immigrated to Italy following the expulsions from the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the fifteenth century often taking their manuscripts with them. The Prato Haggadah contains many textual changes and corrections inserted over several centuries. Though the Spanish or Ashkenazic sections of the manuscript cannot be definitively dated or localized scribal practices and liturgical variants provide a general overview of the history of the manuscript and its owners JTS 2010. Printed and bound as an exact replica of the highest quality of the 13th Century illuminated manuscript in appropriate leather boards and parchment-like leaves and housed in a custom slipcase. Included is a companion volume "The Prato Haggadah" 107 pages with color illustrations edited by Naomi M. Steinberger and with an introduction by David Kraemer with essays and bibliographical references. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies. A treasure to behold. hardcover

Dan Wyman Books · États-Unis4 700,00 $US≈ 3 976,67 €

New York; Jones Samuel; Varick RichardABAA

Laws of the State of New-York Comprising the Constitution And the.

1789688571789. New York: Hugh Gaine 1789. 2 vols bound in one. New York: Hugh Gaine 1789. 2 vols bound in one. Handsome 1789 Folio Edition of New York Laws with Two Interesting Laid-In Manuscript Notes New York. Jones Samuel 1734-1819 Compiler. Varick Richard 1753-1819 Compilers. Laws of the State of New-York Comprising the Constitution And the Acts of the Legislature Since the Revolution From The First to the Twelfth Session Inclusive. Published According to an Act of the Legislature Passed the 15th April 1786. New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine 1789. Two volumes bound as one. iv 336 12 xii 2; ii 471 17 pp. Two laid-in manuscript notes 5-3/4" x 8" 6" x 8." Folio 10" x 15". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards "Leonard Bronk" gilt-stamped to center of front board rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and lettering piece spine ends repaired hinges mended. Light rubbing to boards and extremities moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped. Moderate toning light foxing in a few places offsetting to margins of preliminaries and rear endleaves. $3500. The first volume of collected New York laws printed after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the second issued after the American Revolution the 1789 compilation contains laws passed 1778 through 1789 regulating such topics as governance mortgages debtors land slaves New York City criminal and marital law rape liquor and exports. Also includes an interesting law in King's county Brooklyn and Queen's county Queens establishing a 40 shilling fine to those carriages traveling from the City of New York that fail to give right of way to carriages going toward the city. Also includes the Constitution of the State of New York passed April 20 1777. The laid-in notes are quite interesting. The first is a contract between New York City Mayor Richard Varick and Hugh Gaine dated February 7 1792. It directs the city treasurer to pay Gaine 73 pounds for "printing an emission of notes for small change." Issued two months before the establishment of the U.S. Mint this note is essentially an authorization by the State of New York to issue fractional currency. The U.S. Constitution prohibited states from issuing paper money but it appears that a few states and municipalities issued notes or at least authorized them in the early 1790s. Backed by the faith and credit of the issuer these notes f. unknown books

The Lawbook Exchange Ltd · États-Unis3 500,00 $US≈ 2 961,35 €

(New York)Biblio.com

Album with 87 photographs depicting construction of the Ashokan reservoir which supplies water to New York City with multiple views of excavation machinery compressors special aqueduct and screen chamber the spillway tunnels and picturesque scenes of local buildings

1915308235New York 1915. 87 silver prints the images measuring 3 x 4-1/2 to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches mounted recto and verso on black sheets most of the prints with a caption in the negative. Oblong 4to. In a black "Snapshots" album. Some wear photos fine. 87 silver prints the images measuring 3 x 4-1/2 to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches mounted recto and verso on black sheets most of the prints with a caption in the negative. Oblong 4to. The NYC watershed consists of 19 upstate reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes that cover 1900 square miles in the Catskill Mountains. The Ashokan Reservoir was finished in 1915. 1. Ulster & Delaware Railroad Station 2. Steam shovels 3. Town with workers uncaptioned 4. 3 uncaptioned shots of equipment 5. The Ashokan National Bank Building with an advertisement for the Oneonta Central New York Fair Sept. 1912 on side of building. 6. Traction Engine; Negro Camp House & View from the Main Office towards the Opera House 7. The Hospital and Nurse Cottage 8. Italian Camp View; Syphon & Machine and Millwright Shop 9. The Commissary 10. Beaver Hill Club House; Waste Channel & "Dig" 11. Browns Farm House 12. View from the Beaverkill Clubhouse towards Maindam; well driller & View from McCleelan Tower 13. Office of Winston and Co Contractors 14. Workers; Cable Tower & Italian Camp View 15. McClellan Memorial Tower and Reservator 16. Steam Shovel; Fire House & Parade on horseback 17. View from the Main Dam of Reservoir Site 18. View from Maindam seen from Esopos Creek; Blacksmith Shop & American Camp Street View 19. Railway tracks 20. Railroad Engine; Italian Camp View & View of Maindam 21. East Deich 22. Street View around Boardinghouse; Cornwal and Dam & Camp Scene 23. Main dam Towers and Railroad 24. American Camp Street View Workers in wagon & Train 25. West Deich 26. Bucyrus shovel; Ditch & View of Maindam 27. Compressor 28. Steam Shovel; Boardinghouse & American Camp View 29. Special Aequduct 30. Crusher; Police Station & Railroad 31. Screen Chamber 32. City Engineers Office; Railroad & Deich work 33. Well driller blast and steam shovel 34. Italian Camp House; Machinery of Cable Tower & Steam shovel at work 35. Pressure aqueduct lower gate chamber 36. Italian schoolhouse; Stump puller & Italian Camp View 37. Steam shovel 38. Post Office; Portal of water channel & large valves 39. View of main dam seen from Esopos Creek 40. The Keeper; Men in tunnel & Board of Water Supply Office 41. Upper Gate Chamber 42. American Camp House; View of Maindam; View towards Dam showing Mill Compressor and Crusher & View towards Crusher and Dam 43. View of Spillway 44. American Camp Street View; Bull Pen & Round House 45. Panoramic postcard of Ashokan Dams Browning Station NY torn in half. unknown

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis3 000,00 $US≈ 2 538,30 €

[New York]Biblio.com

Large Collection of Professional Photographs of the Astor Hotel in Times Square

1904D12720New York 1904-c.1950s. Hardcover. Very Good. Collection of 182 b/w or sepia photographs silver prints; ranging in size from about 7x9 to 11x14 inches; mounted in two albums or loose sometimes with heavy cardstock mount or paper backing from having been removed from an album see below; offers exteriors views of the hotel from construction to completion and interior views of private and public rooms in the hotel from its construction in 1904 to a later remodel in perhaps 1935 the hotel was remodeled again in 1949 but these images don't seem to extend that late -- there are just a few images showing the Sheraton-Astor when it was briefly bought and renamed in 1954. The collection breaks down as follows: Large album of 42 mounted photographs from around the newly-opened hotel circa 1904 almost all credited in mount and negative to Joseph Byron of New York a few to Drucker & Co. half morocco oblong folio; lacking front board several photographs removed /// Large album of 33 later Hotel Astor photographs c. 1933 linen-backed signed in the negative by "Byron Co." /// 12 large Byron photographs of the hotel about 11x14 inches most mounted most worn and/or faded /// Disbound album of 28 Drucker & Co. photographs of the hotel some showing second-phase construction 1908 and undated /// Group of 67 8 x 10 inch photographs of the hotel some of them after being renamed the Sheraton-Astor in 1954 by William F. Howland 20 Empire Photographers 10 and miscellaneous or unknown photographers 37 circa 1920s-1950s. Built at a cost of $7000000 on land leased from William Waldorf Astor great-grandson of John Jacob Astor the fur trader the 11-story 35000-square-feet Hotel Astor was designed in the French Renaissance "Beaux Arts" style by architects Charles W. Clinton and William H. Russell who imitated many features from the old Waldorf-Astoria on 34th Street. The Hotel Astor opened in September 1904 dazzling guests with its enormous public rooms most decorated with themes. A year later the elaborate roof garden was opened. The former site of the hotel the block bounded by Broadway Astor Plaza West 44th Street and West 45th Street is now occupied by the high-rise 54-story office tower One Astor Plaza. hardcover