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1773028953America 1773. Manuscript. Good. folio 5 ff. 163 5 pp. original manuscript bound in contemporary vellum front cover with title inked in early hand; binding darkened stained and rubbed with vellum cracked and peeling over spine. Sewing loosening; a number of leaves separated. Pages age-toned with minor offsetting edges of first few leaves tattered with the lower portion of title leaf chipped away. Apparently unpublished 18th century American manuscript dealing with natural religion the nature of prophecy and revelation and the definition of "real Christianity" vs. "Orthodoxy." The author seems to have been at least contemplating publication as a preliminary advertisement offers the usual disclaimer regarding a work "never intended. for the Eye of the Public" that might yet "accidentally fall into private Hands" of "Strangers." That advertisement is signed "W. D." with "America 1773." Supplied below in a slightly smaller finer lettering; text on p. 112 refers in passing to "this 28th Dec.r 1773." References to "modern" or current events are slim to nonexistent; but Liebnitz appears unfavorably. The author also cites more approvingly Drs. Clarke Sherlock and Burnet - along with "Machiavel" on the nature of governments. Gil Blas is mentioned as a history that might be viewed as truth by the credulous ages hence; Shaftesbury Voltaire and Locke are treated of in the last pages. The text is reasonably but not excessively erudite there are occasional forays into Greek and Latin; the work's tone is often combative with the author's negative opinions of much Jewish philosophy and doctrine bluntly expressed. <br /> books
1703123177London: Seller Price & Senex 1703. Rare 17th century John Seller map of New England and New York from Daniel Fenning's A New System of Geography. One page with intricate topographical details and hand-colored borders the map displays the eastern portion of New York and New England and includes Long Island Martha's Vineyard Nantucket Block Island and Rhode Island. In near fine condition. Seventeenth century English cartographer compass maker and map seller John Seller was appointed hydrographer to the King in March of 1671. In that year he published his first volume of charts and sailing directions The English Pilot which would run through many editions until the end of the eighteenth century. The trade in maritime maps and charts had until then been dominated by the Dutch. Seller additionally published several textbooks and nautical almanacs including Practical Navigation 1669 and A Pocket Book Containing Several Choice Collections in Arithmetic Geometry Surveying Dialing &c. 1677. Seller, Price & Senex unknown books
178750010London: Printed for C. Dilly 1787. First edition of John Adams' landmark work. Octavo original boards minor wear. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half calf clamshell box. Rare especially in the original boards. Adams wrote this work on constitutional theory while serving as Minister to the Court of St. James. It was a response to the liberal French statesman Turgot who had criticized the new American state constitutions for their conservative economic framework. Adams's Defence was often cited in the debates of the Constitutional Convention. "A work marked by insight breadth of views conviction courage and--we may venture to add--much wisdom"--Larned Literature of American History 2287. This volume was issued as a stand-alone work and was followed by two supplemental volumes the next year. Howes A60 "aa" Sabin 234 Printed for C. Dilly hardcover books
1787125308Philadelphia: Printed for Hall and Sellers; J. Cruikshank; and Young and McCulloch 1787. First edition of John Adams's greatest contribution to American political theory; from the library of one of the 39 signers of the United States Constitution Founding Father Gunning Bedford Jr. Octavo bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt ruling to the spine red morocco spine label lettered in gilt gilt turn-ins. Signed by Gunning Bedford Jr. on the title page. Born in Philadelphia in 1747 Gunning Bedford attended the College of New Jersey where he was a classmate of James Madison and later served in the Continental Army as an aide to General George Washington. After the Revolutionary war he became a prominent political figure sitting in the legislature on the state council and in the Continental Congress 1783-85. One of the more active members of the Constitutional Convention on May 14 1787 he was one of the 39 delegates that signed the Constitution of the United States. Gunning Bedford also served as Attorney General of Delaware from 1784 until he was designated by George Washington as a federal district judge for his state in 1789 a position he held for the rest of his life. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. An exceptional example with fine provenance. Adams wrote this work on constitutional theory while serving as Minister to the Court of St. James as a response to liberal French statesman Turgot who had criticized the new American state constitutions for their conservative economic framework. Adams's Defence was often cited in the debates of the Constitutional Convention. "A work marked by insight breadth of views conviction courage and--we may venture to add--much wisdom" Larned Literature of American History 2287. At the start of 1787 while minister to Great Britain and a year before he returned to America John Adams "felt an urgency like that of 1776. Great events were taking place at home. Support for a stronger central government was gaining ground. A constitutional convention was in the offing and as he had been impelled in 1776 to write his Thoughts on Government so Adams plunged ahead. books piled about him his pen scratching away until all hours. By early January 1787 Adams had rushed the first installment of his effort to a London printer. Titled A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. copies were sent off at once to the United States and to Jefferson in Paris" McCullough John Adams 374. Of the Defence Thomas Jefferson wrote to Adams "I have read your book with infinite satisfaction and improvement. It will do great good in America. Its learning and its good sense will I hope make it an institute for our politicians old as well as young" Sowerby 3004. "From Philadelphia where the Constitutional Convention had assembled Benjamin Rush a member of the Convention wrote that the Defence had 'diffused such excellent principles among us that there is little doubt of our adopting a vigorous and compound federal legislature. To a considerable extent Adams' Defence was an expanded more erudite rendition of the case for checks and balances in government that he had championed in his Thoughts on Government 1776 and later put into operation in his draft of the Massachusetts constitution" McCullough 375. "The work did much to familiarize the European mind to the novel state of things then taking place in America" Sabin 236. This volume was issued as a stand-alone work and was followed by two supplemental volumes the following year Sabin 234. Printed for Hall and Sellers; J. Cruikshank; and Young and McCulloch unknown books
176629379London: J. Dodsley . B. Whiston and T. White . and G. Kearsly 1766. First edition 8vo pp. vi 1 8-189; engraved vignette of an eagle feeding her young on title page 6-line errata on verso of title page but without the extra errata slip pasted in at the back of some copies 6 small ink corrections in the text authorial; a stunning binding presentation of full red goatskin elaborate gilt filigree borders on covers gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments green morocco label in 1 gilt rolled edges and turn-ins a.e.g. green silk bookmarker; bookplate of the Fintray House library; fine copy. Capel Berrow 1715-1782 was a divine whose work "was a farrago of ill-digested learning" DNB. This is his last and best book. Samuel Johnson was one of the subscribers to his collected Theological Dissertations 1782. <br/><br/> J. Dodsley ... B. Whiston and T. White ... and G. Kearsly unknown books
171933014London: printed and sold by J. Roberts 1719. First edition small 8vo pp. 2 vi viii 128; contemporary full red goat with an all-over "cottage-roof" design enclosing a gilt coronet central and the initials "A. F." unlettered spine elaborately decorated in gilt in 6 compartments a.e.g.; slight rubbing at edges and minor wear at the ends of the joints. A penciled note on the flyleaf identifies the coronet and initials on the covers as those of Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex one of the sons of George III b. 1773. We have not been able to confirm this. Nonetheless this is a rare devotional book dedicated to Princess Anne the eldest daughter of George II; she was ten when the book appeared. OCLC records 3 copies: Oxford BL and the National Library of Scotland. ESTC adds no others. No copies located in the U.S. <br/><br/> printed and sold by J. Roberts unknown books
1796104895London: I. & J. Taylor at the Architectural Library 1796. Rare first edition of Robert Fulton's A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation. Quarto bound in full contemporary tree calf with a red morocco spine label lettered in gilt tooling to the spine marbled endpapers all edges marbled. With seventeen engraved plates and an engraved portrait of Fulton tipped in as a frontispiece. From the library of American bibliophile James Lorimer Graham with his armorial bookplate. In very good condition. Housed in a custom full morocco box. American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat which successfully changed river traffic and trade on major American rivers. In 1800 Fulton was commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte to attempt to design a submarine and produced Nautilus the first practical submarine in history. "Although reaching out in many directions in an endeavor to solve industrial problems Fulton's energies were directed chiefly toward the development of canal systems and one of his most widely used inventions of this period was a dredging-machine or power shovel for cutting canal channels. This was for a long time afterward a common machine in England. As his ideas on inland navigation matured he wrote many essays pamphlets and letters upon all phases of the subject matter and sent them to persons who he felt could promote their advancement. In 1796 he published A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation profusely illustrated by himself and containing drawings of many mechanical designs and even boats to show 'the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals.' He signed himself 'Robert Fulton Civil Engineer' which was the first formal announcement of his new occupation. Copies of this treatise were sent to Gen. Washington and the governor of Pennsylvania. It not only dealt with the popular contrivances of canals and the technicalities of his own inventions but also contained complete and accurate computations of all construction and operating costs. It contained too much argument and prophecy in regard to the economic and political advantages which would accrue to nations adopting great inland systems of canals" DAB IV 69. I. & J. Taylor at the Architectural Library unknown books
179445932Phildelphia: printed for John Ormrod by W. Woodward at Franklin's Head 1794. 12mo approx. 6½ v 4¼ inches pp. 196 7 Ormrod ads; the last 10 pages consist of a subscriber list among whom Oliver Evans and Benjamin Rush; engraved frontispiece portrait top blank margin trimmed; full crimson calf covers roll-grained to resemble roan or goat gilt key border on covers smooth gilt-deoorated spine laid out in 6 compartments green morocco label in one alternating gilt stars and rosettes in the others gilt board edges and turn-ins marbled endpapers; minor rubbing; near fine. Ode Inscribed to John Howard by William Haley with separate title page occupies pp. 167-185 as issued. Evans 26543. <br/><br/> printed for John Ormrod by W. Woodward at Franklin's Head unknown books
176558364Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville 1765. First and only edition 18mo in sixes 96 leaves †2 a-c6 d2 B-N6 O2; later half brown morocco over marbled boards bound by George A. Zabriskie with his armorial bookplate on upper pastedown gilt decorated spine in five compartments gilt-decorated dentelles marbled endpapers; boards rubbed and bumped title page chipped losing the "V" in vocabulary with contemporary inscription moderate foxing good and sound. A dictionary in the "hard words" tradition omitting "the common words of the language" and designed for the use of "young ladies and gentlemen too who have not had the advantage of a liberal or learned education" Preface. Halkett & Laing Kennedy and Alston attribute the work to Baskerville himself - an attribution of which I've always been dubious. In the noted dictionary collector Tom Rodger's copy of Alston he attributes it to Joseph Priestley. George A. Zabriskie was an antiquarian of many talents and in addition to being a successful businessman collector Grolier Club member was a prolific and capable amateur binder. Many of the books in his library were bound by his own hand. Gaskell 31; Vancil p. 245; Kennedy 6264; Alston V 237. <br/><br/> printed by John Baskerville hardcover books
17461204971746. Rare 18th century Homann Heirs map of the Western Hemisphere. One page the map depicts in detail North and South America as well as western portions of Europe and Africa with a large decorative cartouche. Homann's second map of the Western Hemisphere the present map provided new details in the interior of North America particularly along the Mississippi River. At the time of publication the Northwest coast of America and the Northwest Passage were still undiscovered. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 31.25 inches by 29.25 inches. In fine condition. German engraver and publisher Johann Baptist Homann and his family were the most famous German map publishers of the mid-18th century. Following Homann's death in 1724 the business continued under the name Homann Heirs with their most recognizable maps being the present Americae Mappa generalis and the Mappe Monde Planiglobii Terrestris. unknown books
1771125360Boston: Printed by Edes and Gill by the Order of the Town of Boston 1771. First edition of the first <span class="match">Boston</span> <span class="match">Massacre</span> oration; a classic of the Revolutionary period. Octavo bound in three quarter morocco morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In near fine condition. American Antiquarian Society stamp to the half-title page. Rare. On March 5 1770 British Captain Preston and eight British soldiers brought to trial on the charge of murdering five Bostonians that evening were defended by young lawyer John Adams later Vice-President and President of the United States assisted by Josiah Quincy Jr. This unpopular defense Adams rightly regarded as "one of the most gallant generous manly and disinterested actions of his whole life." In observance of the first anniversary of the tragedy though not until April 2 1771 was delivered the first of a series of annual patriotic speeches known as "the Boston Massacre Orations." These speeches were contemporaneously printed. John Adams later wrote: "These orations were read I had almost said by everybody that could read and scarcely ever with dry eyes. They have now been continued for forty-five years. Adams counted in the annual Fourth of July Orations which began in Boston in 1783. Will you read them all They were not long continued in their original design; but other gentlemen with other views had influence enough to obtain a change from 'standing armies' to 'feelings which produced the Revolution'. Of these forty-five orations I have read as many as I have seen. They have varied with all the changes of our politics. They have been made the engine of bringing forward to public notice young gentlemen of promising genius whose connections and sentiments were tolerable to the prevailing opinions of the moment." Lovell a Boston schoolmaster was one of the staunchest of the local patriots. After the Battle of Bunker Hill he was arrested by the British for spying and was sent a prisoner to Halifax. Following his exchange he became a member of the Continental Congress 1777 where he was a supporter of Gates and one of the harshest critics of Washington. How active a part he played in the Conway Cabal against Washington is not known but he certainly approved it. Printed by Edes and Gill, by the Order of the Town of Boston unknown books
1800125043Boston: From the Printing-Office of Manning & Loring 1800. First edition of Hall's famed speech tracing the history of the American Revolution. Octavo bound in paper-covered boards original wrapper bound in at rear. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "Ephraim Williams Esq. from his friend J. Hall." In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Exceedingly rare. Born in Methuen Massachusetts Josesph Hall moved to Camden Maine in 1809 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1814 during the War of 1812 he served as ensign in Colonel Forte's regiment Massachusetts Militia and was subsequently appointed colonel. He was appointed deputy sheriff in 1821 became sheriff in 1827 and was appointed postmaster of Camden 1830-1833. He was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses March 4 1833 - March 3 1837 and was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department in both congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1849. From the Printing-Office of Manning & Loring hardcover books
17831253841783-1956. Elaborately bound collection of Presidential autographs containing the autograph of each of the first 34 Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Quarto bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt presidential seal to the front panel with white and blue morocco onlays gilt arms and motto of George Washington to the rear panel with white and blue morocco onlays and his gilt signature in facsimile centerpieces within quintuple gilt ruling with star emblems at each corner blue morocco doublures with multiple gilt presidential signatures blue silk endpapers. This complete series of autographs of the first 34 Presidents of the United States contains the signature of each mounted on an album leaf opposite a loosely tissue-guarded engraved portrait of each. The collection includes: the signature of George Washington on an envelope addressed to Major General Knox as Secretary <span class="match">of</span> <span class="match">the</span> Society <span class="match">of</span> <span class="match">the</span> Cincinnati November 3 1783; a clipped signature of John Adams; clipped signature of Thomas Jefferson; the signature of James Madison on an envelope addressed to Reverend Frederick Freeman of Manayunk Pennsylvania; and inscription signed by James Monroe; the signature of John Quincy Adams on an envelope addressed to William Plumer jun. Esq. in Epping New Hampshire; a partially printed land grant signed by Andrew Jackson dated 1831 registering <span class="match">the</span> purchase <span class="match">of</span> 20 acres in Detroit by Peter Aldrich; clipped signature of Martin Van Buren; clipped signature of William Henry Harrison; signed inscription from John Tyler; signed inscription from James Polk; clipped signature of Zachary Taylor dated Baton Rouge March 5 1841; clipped signature of Millard Fillmore; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signature of James Buchanan on a document dated July 18 1858; clipped signature of Abraham Lincoln; endorsement signed by Andrew Johnson as President; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant; card signed by Ru<span class="match">the</span>rford B. Hayes; inscription signed by James Garfield; large card signed by Chester A. Arthur and dated May 22 1884; autograph noted signed by Grover Cleveland declining an invitation dated November 16 1890; an Executive Mansion card signed by William McKinely; clipped signature of <span class="match">The</span>odore Roosevelt; clipped signature of William Howard Taft; clipped signature of Woodrow Wilson; typed letter signed by Warren G. Harding as President dated June 4 1923 on White House letterhead; card signed by Calvin Coolidge; White House card signed by Herbert Hoover; typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary <span class="match">of</span> <span class="match">the</span> Navy February 15 1917. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Harry S. Truman as President June 30 1950 on White House stationery and a typed letter signed by Dwight Eisenhower. TLS as President November 13 1956 on White House stationery. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding chemise and half morocco slipcase. An exceptional collection and presentation. unknown books
1794125183Philadelphia: Printed by D. Humphreys for M. Carey 1794. Exceedingly rare first American edition and the earliest obtainable example of the first American bestseller. Octavo two volumes bound into one in three quarter calf over marbled boards morocco spine label lettered in gilt marbled endpapers. Although it was preceded by the first English edition published in 1791 no examples of the first English edition have been traced at auction. In very good condition. Bookplate to the pastedown bibliographic description tipped in. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco clamshell slipcase. Exceedingly rare with only one other example of the first American edition traced at auction in the last 75 years. Susana Rowson's best-selling novel Charlotte Temple relates the tale of 15-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Temple who is lured away from her prestigious boarding school by British army officer John Montraville. While en route to New York Montraville seduces Charlotte who he swiftly abandons upon arrival to his post and after a downward spiral into remorse illness poverty and the birth of a child she dies. Seduction novels were popular in the 18th century and the widely read Charlotte Temple went through more than 200 editions. Rowson a committed republican used the success of the novel to protest the sexual double standard that ruined the lives of women like Charlotte. Later in life she wrote a sequel that was published posthumously. Printed by D. Humphreys for M. Carey hardcover books
177696237J. Almon J.S. Jordan and J. Stockdale: London 1776-1793. Finely bound collection of the works of Thomas Paine including the rare first British editions of Common Sense and Plain Truth London: J. Almon 1776 second editions of Rights of Man Parts I & II London: J.S. Jordan 1791-1792 complete with half-titles present and a rare early printing of John Quincy Adams' response to Paine's Rights of Man London: J. Stockdale 1793 attributed to his father John Adams and written when John Quincy Adams was 26 years old. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine red morocco spine label all edges speckled black. In near fine condition. A rare and desirable collection. One of the founding fathers of the United States Thomas Paine authored two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution which ultimately inspired the 1776 Declaration of Independence. Virtually every American rebel read Paine's powerful pamphlet Common Sense which crystallized the American Revolution and demand for independence from Britain. John Adams asserted "without the pen of the author of Common Sense the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain." London hardcover books
175631029Berlin: Haude et Spener 1756. Fourth edition originally published Berlin 1746 small 8vo pp. xxiv 380 4; woodcut title-page vignette and several head- and tail-pieces throughout; contemporary speckled tan calf spine in six compartments stamped in gilt in 5 and lettered in gilt in 1 speckled red edges; extremities rubbed and worn bottom of spine chipped away joints starting but sound; good or better. An early example of the "highspot" tradition of collecting listing 100 titles in a variety of subjects that were "must-haves" for the 18th-century book collector. <br/><br/> Haude et Spener unknown books
176327288Cantabrigiae. Prostant venales Londini apud Gul. Sandby . Cantabrigiae: apud G. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer 1763. Small 8vo pp. 12 207; title page printed in red and black 2 engraved portraits and 13 engraved plates all signed "P. S. L. sc"; printer's imprint on p. 229: "Cantabrigiae: typis academicis excudebat Josephus Bentham." A nice copy in contemporary full red goatskin gilt floral border on cover gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments black gilt-tooled morocco labels in 2; a very nice copy in a handsome binding. This copy with a distinguished American provenance bearing the engraved armorial bookplates of Edward Everett the Unitarian clergyman and statesman and also that of a William Everett likely related. <br/><br/> apud G. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer unknown books
175148822Glasguae: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis 1751. 12mo pp. 282 xxiv 282 6; contemporary full vellum manuscript titling on spine; vellum a bit soiled else very good. The final 3 leaves consist of advertisements for Foulis books and proposals for an edition of Plato. Gaskell 218. <br/><br/> In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis hardcover books
175852672La Haye: chez Pierre de Hondt 1758. First edition 2 volumes in 1 volume as usual folio pp. 4 330 6 Catalogue des Livres qui se trouvent a La Haye chez Pierre de Hondt; 4 328 28; title pages printed in red and black text in double column engraved plate genealogical tree of the Estienne dynasty several engravings in the text woodcut initials and ornaments; a very nice copy in contemporary cat's-paw calf gilt-decorated spine in 7 compartments red morocco label in 1. Designed as a supplement to Bayle's Dictionnaire historique. "Prosper Marchand was a bookseller and an editor to whom the literary world is greatly indebted . He died in 1756 and left his library and manuscripts to the University of Leyden. He wrote among other works Le Dictionaire historique . the original manuscript of which 'was all written on little pieces of paper of different sizes some not bigger than one's thumb-nail and written in a character so exceedingly small that it was not legible to the naked eye. It has been said that this is the first book printed with the help of a microscope' Watt. It is however a work full of erudition although the style is charcetrized as not being very pure" Bigmore & Wyman II p. 23. The catalogue of books offered by De Hondt at the back of the first volume is an impressive 12-column affair listing approximately 200 titles in French and Latin. <br/><br/> chez Pierre de Hondt unknown books
177833016Oxford: at the Clarendon Press: sold by Charles Bathurst London; and by Daniel Prince Oxford 1778. First edition 4to pp. 4 vi 2 250; contemporary full red goat elaborate gilt floral borders on covers incorporating urns smooth gilt spine in 6 compartments green morocco label on 1 gilt edges and turn-ins a.e.g.; minor wear prelims moderately foxed else a fine bright copy. A binding perhaps made for presentation. The book reached a 5th edition by 1844. <br/><br/> sold by Charles Bathurst, London; and by Daniel Prince, Oxford unknown books
1786104062Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist 1786. First edition of Paine's defense of the Bank of North America. Small octavo bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Rare. "Another time that tried men's souls occurred in 1780 when the American troops were at the end of their patience because of lack of pay and scarcity of supplies. Serious features of mutiny and sedition had already appeared. A tone of discouragement swept through the Pennsylvania Assembly for the treasury was empty. One member said 'We might as well give up first as last.' But Paine did not agree and when he drew his meager salary he took $500 and started a subscription for the relief of soldiers. Robert Morris and many others followed and by June 18 1780 had raised 300000 pounds and started a bank which supplied the army through the campaign.When the bank came under attack by those who favored inflation after the war Paine rushed to its defense with this pamphlet."Gimbel 45. In very good condition with the title page backed with some restoration period ownership signature stamp to the verso of page 53 notations throughout. Printed by Charles Cist hardcover books
179196176Chez F. Buisson: Paris 1791. First French edition of Thomas Paine's classic statement of faith in democracy and egalitarianism. Octavo bound in contemporary one quarter calf over marbled boards. In very good condition. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable. "One of the most remarkable political writers of the modern world Thomas Paine wrote both parts of Rights of Man with the United States in mind Celebrating America and the extension of the struggle for liberty equality and democracy to France Rights of Man became a phenomenal success in America" Kaye 4 97-9. Paine finished the first part of Rights of Man on his 54th birthday January 29 1791 and the following day handed the manuscript to Johnson a London publisher "who set about printing it in time for the opening of Parliament and Washington s birthday on February 22." Fearing governmental reprisals Johnson halted its release compelling Paine to find another London publisher J.S. Jordan. Paine entrusted friends to supervise the publication and "packed his trunk for Paris where he planned to arrange a French translation." The London edition of Rights of Man finally saw publication on March 13 1791 and "made Paine the most controversial public figure of the day" Keane 304-6. Paine then in France had "brought with him from London a copy of the original sheets for translation into French" Woodward 199. With the publication of a new French edition of Common Sense and in May 1791 the appearance Droits de l Homme Rights of Man French newspapers declared Paine "the most determined champion of republican principles." Paine's objective in Part I of Rights of Man "was to defend the cause of individual rights and liberty" Fruchtman 250-1. Rights of Man stands as "the earliest complete statement of republican principles. It set forth the fundamental ideas on which the American republic was founded" Woodward 211. Shortly after publication of Part I of Rights of Man Paine began work on Part II which appeared in February 1792. Paris hardcover books
1769125438London: Printed for David Henry and sold by Francis Newbery 1769. First complete edition of "the most important scientific book of 18th-century America" and "America's first great scientific contribution" PMM. Octavo bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands red morocco spine label lettered in gilt double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. With the rarely found half-title. Advertisement & errata leaf bound in following the preface. Illustrated with 7 copper-engraved plates 4 of which are folding. This the fourth first complete and most desirable edition of Franklin's important work contains for the first time complete notes on all of the experiments as well as correspondence between Peter Collinson Franklin and several other collaborators. The earlier editions each issued in three parts as separately published pamphlets usually bound together were carelessly published. Franklin edited this new one-volume edition himself significantly revising the text adding for the first time a number of his own philosophical letters and papers introducing footnotes correcting errors and adding an index Cohen Benjamin Franklin's Experiments. In near fine condition. Expertly rebacked. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. Franklin's most important scientific publication" Experiments and Observations contains detailed accounts of the founding father's crucial kite and key experiment his work with Leiden jars lightning rods and charged clouds Norman 830. "The most dramatic result of Franklin's researches was the proof that lightning is really an electrical phenomenon. Others had made such a suggestion before him-- even Newton himself-- but it was he who provided the experimental proof" PMM. "The lightning experiments caused Franklin's name to become known throughout Europe to the public at large and not merely to men of science. Joseph Priestley in his History of Electricity characterized the experimental discovery that the lightning discharge is an electrical phenomenon as 'the greatest perhaps since the time of Isaac Newton. Franklin's achievement. marked the coming of age of electrical science and the full acceptance of the new field of specialization" DSB. Printed for David Henry and sold by Francis Newbery hardcover books
1769116750London: Printed for David Henry and sold by Francis Newbery 1769. First complete edition of "the most important scientific book of 18th-century America" and "America's first great scientific contribution" PMM. Octavo bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards morocco spine label. Advertisement & errata leaf inserted following preface. Illustrated with 7 copper-engraved plates 2 of which are folding. In very good condition. First editions are rare exceptionally so in a contemporary binding. Franklin's most important scientific publication" Experiments and Observations contains detailed accounts of the founding father's crucial kite and key experiment his work with Leiden jars lightning rods and charged clouds Norman 830. "The most dramatic result of Franklin's researches was the proof that lightning is really an electrical phenomenon. Others had made such a suggestion before him-- even Newton himself-- but it was he who provided the experimental proof" PMM. "The lightning experiments caused Franklin's name to become known throughout Europe to the public at large and not merely to men of science. Joseph Priestley in his History of Electricity characterized the experimental discovery that the lightning discharge is an electrical phenomenon as 'the greatest perhaps since the time of Isaac Newton. Franklin's achievement. marked the coming of age of electrical science and the full acceptance of the new field of specialization" DSB. Printed for David Henry and sold by Francis Newbery hardcover books
1789116728New York: John Fenno July 29 1789. Rare original printing of the Gazette of the United States issued during the presidency of George Washington on July 29 1789. Folio one page folded this issue includes a the following articles many continued from previous issues: Sketch of the Political State of America Original Specimens of Eloquence Foreign and Domestic Miscellaneous Articles and Sketches of Proceedings of Congress approved by G. Washington President of the United States. In near fine condition. First issued on April 15 1789 the Gazette of the United States was an early American partisan biweekly publication friendly to the administration of George Washington and to the policies and members of the emerging Federalist Party. The Gazette played a notable role in the development of political parties and early partisanship. It also played a leading role in inspiring the creation of its rival paper the National Gazette which was founded at the urging of anti-Federalist leaders Thomas Jefferson and James Madison as a vehicle for their party's own political self-promotion and polemics. John Fenno unknown books
