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1758016251Philadelphia: William Bradford 1758. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page with a few repaired tears hinged with following Preface page; two adjoining leaves pages 441-444 of text lacking and supplied with facsimiles. Contents Very Good binding about Fine. Folio 7-1/4" x 11-1/2" bound in contemporary calf leather with a decorative blindstamped border recently rebacked with a new gilt-lettered and decorated spine preserving original paste-downs and free endpapers; 4 763 pages. Title within rule border decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces. An important compilation of the fundamental New Jersey charters and session laws of the proprietary period 1664 to 1702 up to Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions as Royal Governor when New Jersey became a crown colony under Queen Anne. Publication was ordered by the New Jersey Assembly in 1752 but two years were required to collect the documents to be included while the typesetting and printing took Bradford an additional three. By the date of publication some 170 copies had been subscribed. This title was the largest volume issued from Bradford's press and one of the largest from any eighteenth-century American press. Evans 8205; Sabin 39527. Early owner name on the title page and early twentieth century names on the front pastedown. <br/><br/> W[illiam] Bradford hardcover
178441949Trenton: Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins 1784. 12mo. 40pp as issued. Stitched. Untrimmed with chipping at blank edges and blank margins. Very Good. Anatomical illustration on page 2. <br /> <br /> With a four-line poem on the Air Balloon tables of roads and distances currency court schedules. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Felcone Printing in New Jersey 403. Evans 18811. Drake 5132. ESTC W29806. Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins unknown
1726228625Perth Amboy NJ 1726. 1p. Pen and ink on vellum with wax seal docketed on verso. 1 vols. 15-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. Old folds fine. 1p. Pen and ink on vellum with wax seal docketed on verso. 1 vols. 15-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. An important Somerset County document relating to the colonial history of New Jersey.<br /> <br /> The land in the Raritan Valley of New Jersey encompassing what is now Somerset County was acquired by the East Jersey proprietors in the 1680s through several purchases from its Native American owners. The land conveyed in our indenture is half of lot No.55 of the Second Indian Title which was surveyed for Lord Neil Campbell a Scottish nobleman who served as Deputy Governor of East New Jersey during 1686. The land was subsequently acquired by East Jersey Proprietor and Perth Amboy merchant Charles Dunster Esq. d.1727.<br /> <br /> In addition to the signauture of Charles Dunster our indenture is also signed by Lewis Morris 1671-1746 who at the time of this conveyance was president of the New Jersey Provincial Council as well as Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court. Morris would be appointed the 8th Colonial Governor of New Jersey in 1738 and served in that office until his death in 1746. Morris was the grandfather of many prominent Americans including Lewis Morris 1726-1798 Delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence; New York Chief Justice Richard Morris; New Jersey Chief Justice Robert Morris 1745-1815; and U.S. Senator Gouverneur Morris 1752-1816.<br /> <br /> Other signatures include: Alexander Mackdowell and Michael Kearney Treasurer of the Eastern Division of New Jersey who was also the son-in-law of Lewis Morris. unknown
1777233860Augsburg: Tobias Conrad Lotter 1777. Hand-colored map. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter. 1 vols. 30-1/8 x 22-1/4 inces 765 x 565 mm 2 sheets. Minor creasing light toning original reinforcement on verso of joint. Framed but without glass. Hand-colored map. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter. 1 vols. 30-1/8 x 22-1/4 inces 765 x 565 mm 2 sheets. This map is Lotter's German edition of Sauthier's map of 1776 done by William Faden. Tobias Conrad Lotter unknown
1776369284Burlington: Printed by Isaac Collins Printer to the King for the Province of New-Jersey 1776. viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 3 1 15 1 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary sheep morocco lettering piece worn. Foxing browning and dampstaining. Upper cover blindstamped "For the Use of the Clerk of Hopewell. viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 3 1 15 1 pp. 1 vols. Folio. The standard compendium of eighteenth-century statutes of New Jersey published after many delays and tribulations on the eve of the Revolution. Evans 14911; Felcone 158 Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the King, for the Province of New-Jersey unknown
1776319347Burlington: Printed by Isaac Collins Printer to the King for the Province of New-Jersey 1776. viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 3 1 15 1 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary sheep. Front joint worn spine label perished board edges rubbed. Internally clean. viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 3 1 15 1 pp. 1 vols. Folio. The standard compendium of eighteenth-century statutes of New Jersey published after many delays and tribulations on the eve of the Revolution. Evans 14911; Felcone 158 Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the King, for the Province of New-Jersey unknown
177658145Burlington: Printed by Isaac Collins Printer to the King for the Province of New-Jersey 1776. viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 3 1 15 1 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Recent half calf and marbled boards red morocco label. Head of title leaf excised with no loss of text. Stamped ownership notation MiersFisher/1769 with ink markings "Bot of . January 3 1781". Fine. viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 3 1 15 1 pp. 1 vols. Folio. The standard compendium of eighteenth-century statutes of New Jersey published after many delays and tribulations on the eve of the Revolution. Felcone New Jersey Books 158; Evans 14911 Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the King, for the Province of New-Jersey unknown
178458144Trenton: Printed by Isaac Collins 1784. First edition. 389 28 4 4 30 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Later half calf and marbled boards. Foxing and staining. First edition. 389 28 4 4 30 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Evans 18632; Felcone 162; Tower Collection of American Colonial Laws 564; Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 325 Printed by Isaac Collins unknown
1795264603Monmouth N.J.: At the Press of the Author at Mount-Pleasant . 1795. Third edition "New edition Revised and Corrected by the Author; Including a considerable number of Pieces never before Published. v-xv 1 455 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full sheep spine with gilt fillets and black morocco lettering-piece blind roll-tooled edges. Covers rubbed and worn at extremities light foxing to text early manuscript notes to rear endsheets. Contemporary engraved bookplate of Peter Wynkoop. Third edition "New edition Revised and Corrected by the Author; Including a considerable number of Pieces never before Published". v-xv 1 455 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The third collected edition of the poetry of the New Jersey patriotic poet and printer Philip Freneau the first edition printed by him on his press in New Jersey. Earlier editions of his collected poetry were printed in Philadelphia in 1786 and 1788. This edition is remarkable for its poor presswork - "A vile piece of printing" Stoddard.<br /> <br /> The bookplate of Peter Wynkoop 1755-1835 has as its central shield device a Hollander a smaller servant and a wine cask with female bacchantes bearing jugs at each side surmounted by a helme and eagle. Felcone 762; Evans 28712; Stoddard 498; BAL 6445; ESTC W28921 At the Press of the Author, at Mount-Pleasant .. unknown
1747228514New Jersey 1747. 1 p. 1 vols. Folio. Neatly mounted on linen. Old folds some wear at folds else quite good. 1 p. 1 vols. Folio. This is a quit claim to a tract of land on Canoe Brook in Essex County New Jersey owned by Gardner and assigning title to Samuel Gardner probably a relative. The very densely written document is signed by Isaiah Ball Gershom Wood and Thomas Gardner. unknown
173018639Nürnberg, Homann, ca. 1730. Ca. 49 cm x 58 cm.
174019594(Augsburg), Matthäus Seutter, um 1740. Ca. 58,5 cm x 51 cm (ganze Blatt).
