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17643770<p><b>Classic Map of Boston from 1764</b></p><p>A classic map of Boston and the immediately surrounding area published just after the French & Indian War. The map appeared in Bellin's <i>Petit Atlas Maritime</i> in 1764. A 16-item legend above the map identifies various public buildings churches and fortifications.</p><p><b>Condition: </b> Very good. Clear dark impression with attractive hand color. Age toning at the edges. Wide margins. Crease in lower right margin outside of platemark. </p><p>ICN 7512.3</p> from Petite Atlas Maritime
179627370<p><strong>1796 </strong><strong>Human Nature 1st US ed Scottish Thomas Boston Presbyterian Calvinism Exeter</strong></p><p>Thomas Boston was a late-17th-century Scottish churchman who wrote several books on Presbyterianism Calvinism and Protestant theology. One of Boston's books was '<em>Human Nature in its Fourfold States'</em>. In this work Boston describes the various states of humanity including innocence sinfulness and earthly desires misery forgiveness through Christ and death and afterlife.</p><p>This 1796 edition was the first American edition published in Exeter New Hampshire.</p><p>Item number: #27370</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>BOSTON Thomas</p><p><strong><em>Human nature in its fourfold state . In several practical discourses</em></strong></p><p>Exeter N.H.: by H. Ranlet for Thomas and Andrews 1796. First edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->xvi 1 18-386 i.e. 384</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Sabin 4710; Evans 30104</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten – <em>Polly Patridge Ward</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.5in X 4in 16.5cm x 10.5cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Quite rare</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> H. Ranlet, for Thomas and Andrews hardcover
1722H10805Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano 1722. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes 8vo vellum backed marbled boards good with heavy rubbing to boards and some loss to marbled paper particularly to fore-edge of first volume darkening and light wear and loss to vellum contents VG occasional marginal pen marks and short notes with portrait frontispiece vignettes on titles pages which are printed in red and black. "Hypercritica; or a Rule of Judgment for writing or reading our History's." by Edmund Bolton is printed in English whereas John Boston's "Speculum Coenobitarum" -- an account of the origin of monastic life -- is in Latin. Bolton's "Hypercritica" composed between 1618 and 1622 is an important contemporary prologue to a planned English history significant for its early mentions of Francis Bacon and for its contemporary praise of Ben Jonson as the greatest English poet: this is the first time it was printed. Trivet was an important contemporary chronicler of the Angevin Kings of England. Theatro Sheldoniano hardcover
1791935P11Edinburgh: Alexa. M'Laren 1791. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. An early edition of this scarce religious work guiding the reader on how to live a pious and devout life. An early edition of this scarce work which was first published in 1773.By Thomas Boston this work is a religious text exploring what it means to be a true believer. The work is presented through several discourses all intended to promote the comfort and direction of Christians and to improve society.Boston was a Scottish Presbyterian church leader a man of singular piety who is best known for his 1720 work 'Human Nature in Its Fourfold State'. Including a soliloquy on the art of man-fishing. In a full calf binding. Externally a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. A few light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean. Good Alexa. M'Laren hardcover
1773018505Edinburgh: John Gray. Full leather. vi 408 pp. First two blanks with slight loss along edges from worming one contents leaf missing previous owners' names in ink dated 1790 on the final blank slight foxing else Good. Extremely rare with the World Catalog locating only three copies at libraries. Boston was a notable Scottish divine at Simprin Berwickshire and Ettrick. . Good. Hard Bound. First Edition. 1773. John Gray unknown
177135252Boston: Printed by Edes & Gill In Queen-Street 1771. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stitched wraps. Approx. 8" x 5". 2 79 pages. Black thick paper covers. Two punch holes on the left edge. Spine is chipped with small tears. Light toning and damp staining to the text. Title page has a black border with skull and cross bones illustration at the top of the page. Scarce 12 copies located in OCLC as of 11/23. <br /> <br /> Evans 12080. Sarah Prince Gill was an Evangelical and organizer of Women prayer groups in Boston. She also was a Patriot. Gill married Moses Gill a merchant and politician from Massachusetts. The Colonial printer John Gill was the brother in law to Sarah Gill. <br /> <br /> AI generated: An Eighteenth Century imprint with a skull and bones illustrated title page is commonly referred to as a "memento mori" imprint. Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning "remember that you will die" and it refers to artistic or literary works that serve as a reminder of the inevitability of death. The skull and bones illustrated title page was a popular motif during the 18th century often used in books and other printed materials to symbolize mortality and the transience of life. Printed by Edes & Gill, In Queen-Street unknown
1719100887France Belgium & Luxembourg 1917-1919. 129 vintage silver prints comprising 1 panorama 5-3/4 x 21 inches 27 larger format prints 6 x 8 & 8 x 10 inches and 103 smaller format prints various sizes generally 2-1/2 x 4-1/4 & 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches many prints docketed on the verso by Fineberg a few with alphanumeric code that corresponds to the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs 1919. Occasional creasing and wear small chip from corner of panorama generally in very good condition Archive of photographs from the Western Front of World War I by the American photographer Sergeant First Class Morris Fineberg 79th Division Photographic Unit of the American Expeditionary Forces Signal Corps. These are Fineberg's own retained copies many with his docketing and captioning on the rear. Images include a three-panel panorama Looking towards Woevre Plain between St. Michel & Verdun aerial reconnaissance images captured German munitions battlefields with casualties Fineberg with other members of his Photographic Unit Harry Rathburn and Henry Paschen.Fineberg ca. 1892-1949 was killed while on assignment for the Boston Post. He was photographing a US Marines and Navy mock invasion drill at Carson Beach in South Boston when shrapnel from an exploded mortar hit him in the head. His final words: That ought to make a good picture. The Boston Press Photographers Association presents an annual Moe Fineberg Award for first place in the feature still photography category. unknown
17893563Castle William's heritage as a military installation dates to 1634 when cannons first were deployed in an earthen fort to defend Boston Harbor. British officials used the fort as a refuge in the tumultuous times leading up to the American Revolution; on their way out of Boston in March 1776 the British destroyed the Fort. It was quickly rebuilt by Bostonians. <br /><br />The present view shows the rebuilt Fort with an oversized American flag waving above. The Fort served as an active military installation during the American Revolution the War of 1812 the Spanish-American War and World Wars I and II. Known as Fort Independence since 1797 the Fort today is a state park. <br /><br />Stauffer attributes the engraving to Samuel Hill who did many of the plates for the <i>Massachusetts Magazine</i>. Uncommon. <br /><br />References: Lewis: <i>A Guide to Engravings in American Magazines 1741-1810</i>: p. 10. Stauffer <i>American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel</i>: 1397. <i>John Carter Brown Archive of Early American Images</i>: Record no.5437-4. Cresswell T<i>he American Revolution in Drawings and Prints</i>: 491. From the May, 1789 issue of The Massachusetts Magazine.
179317525Boston: Faust's Statue 1793. 1st Edition. . Paperback. Good. 24pp original paper wrappers Printed at Boston : by Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews Faust's Statue no. 45 Newbury Street MDCCXCIII. 1793 24 pages ; 8 <br/> <br/> Faust's Statue paperback
1767313300Boston: Printed by Mein and Fleeming 1767. 2 pp. prospectus printed recto and verso of a single sheet. 4to 10-1/2 x 8 inches. Damage at edges with loss to text month October missing from heading lower corner torn away with loss to"G" in Fleeming in imprint a few letters lost from right margin on recto and 12 lines affected on verso toned and stained. Signed "Mich. Franklin 1768" at top of recto. 2 pp. prospectus printed recto and verso of a single sheet. 4to 10-1/2 x 8 inches. Rare early American newspaper prospectus announcing publication of The Boston Chronicle a weekly Loyalist paper. "John Mein a bookseller was the publisher and John Fleeming the printer. With the beginning of the second year the size of the paper was enlarged to folio and it was publihsed every Monday and Thursday and was the first newspaper to be published twice a week in New-England. To avoid popular resentment of his political views Mein was forced to leave the country before the close of its second year and the paper was continued by Fleeming in the name of the firm until its publication ceased on the 25th of June 1770" Evans.<br /> <br /> The five "conditions" listed on the recto detail the general design of the paper - that it will be printed on high quality demy paper with specially designed type 8 pages in quarto priced at 6 shillings and 8 pence printed every Monday and delivered to subscrribers with care. The verso with text in three columns outlines a plan of the contents of the paper including coverage of current events and issues essays on moral subjects notices on newly published books poetry etc. Ford Broadsides 1418; Shipton-Mooney 41736; Bristol B2787 recording 4 copie; Evans 10565 for newspaper Printed by Mein and Fleemin[g] unknown
1800100845Boston: Printed for the proprietors by Samuel Etheridge 1800. 8vo. 34 pp. Contemporary sheep; upper board detached ffep removed in a custom chemise and slipcase. Scarce American price book for Boston carpenters in contemporary sheep. Signed as usual by Thomas Stutson secretary of the committee that drew up the rules which were devised to establish a fair system of charges for services rendered. Prices are an early example of the use of dollars and cents. Rink lists previous editions from 1774 1 copy 1794 no copy known & 1795 2 copies.PROVENANCE: William Reese book-label on chemiseREFERENCE: Evans 37003; Rink 1760 Printed for the proprietors [by Samuel Etheridge] unknown
17793689<b>Scarce Contemporary Stony Point Battle Plan</b><br /><br />This rather crude woodcut depicts a battle plan of General "Mad Anthony" Wayne's daring and dramatic capture of the British fortification at Stony Point about 30 miles up the Hudson River from New York City. The battle planned in detail by Washington took place around midnight on July 16 1779. <br /><br /> The lower portion of the battle plan includes a four item key: "A. The British Fortress B. Abattes abatis in front C. The Reserve D. The detached Party who stormed the Works." Nebenzahl's <i>A Bibliography of Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795</i> cites only a 1784 London-printed battle plan by Faden for the Stony Point engagement #145. The offered plan is not noted by Nebenzahl was published in America and was issued five years earlier than the Faden plan. The<i> Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack</i> for 1780 would almost certainly have been published in November or December of 1779 – within six months of the actual battle. <br /><br /> A very scarce almanac in the trade. Auction records indicate the most recent copy sold at the Gutman sale in 2005 for $4800. Prior to that Swann sold an example in 1979. <br /><br /><b>References:</b> For the almanac: Evans: 16287; Drake: 3290. For the map: Cresswell: 309. <br /><br /><b>Condition: </b>Map appears on verso of title page and measures about 6 ½ x 3 ¾." Almanac is complete in 24 pp. Slight loss of road table text at upper tip of final leaf.<br /><br />ICN 7643. Printed and sold by Draper and Folsom, and John Mycall of Newbury.
17843834<p>This extremely scarce map of Boston appeared as part of the <em>Geographical Gazetteer of the Towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts</em> a work issued in parts as a supplement to <em>The Boston Magazine</em> from October 1784 through December 1785. The map appeared with the October 1784 issue of <em>The Boston Magazine</em>.</p><p>Wheat & Brun note that this map is based largely on Norman's <strong>Plan of the Town of Boston with the Attack on Bunkers-Hill.</strong> published in the Boston edition of <em>An Impartial History of the War in America</em> in 1781. The present map covers a somewhat smaller geographic area and on a modestly larger scale than the map that appeared in <em>An Impartial History</em>. It also adds/eliminates/changes some street names and landmarks making it more than a direct re-engraving and suggesting the involvement of a cartographer -- perhaps Osgood Carleton with whom Norman collaborated on several maps and charts in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Norman's 1781 <strong>Plan</strong> was itself sourced directly from the map appearing in the English edition of <em>An Impartial History </em>1778.</p><p>Although the present map is not listed in the Boston Engineering Department's <em>List of Maps of Boston Published Subsequent to 1600</em> 1904 it is referenced in the listing for a 1789 version of the map that had apparently been re-engraved for Norman's <em>Boston Directory</em> 1789. Very scarce. No examples listed for sale in the <em>Antique Map Price Record </em>1983-2011 and we not aware of any other examples being offered in the past twenty years.</p><p>A lovely example of one of the most uncommon 18th century maps of Boston.</p><p><strong>References:</strong> Wheat & Brun <em>Maps and Charts Published in America before 1800</em>: 242. Jolly<em> Maps of America in Periodicals before 1800</em>: 402. Lewis: <em>A Guide to Engravings in American Magazines 1741-1810</em>: p. 3. Stauffer <em>American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel</em>: 2361.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>A strong image. Soiling and some darkening to plate area apparently as printed. Blank area of upper right corner skillfully replaced and three short fold separations repaired on the reverse.</p><p>ICN 7760.</p> [Greenleaf and Freeman].