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157810732Rennes: J. du Clos for P. Le Bret 1578. Contemporary vellum soiled and stained later manuscript spine title evidence of four pigskin ties slightly overlapping edges ruled in red. Only Antiquarian Edition: "The Demosterion provides the most extensive documentation of early French Paracelsianism" Baudry tr. Half in French and half in Latin its six parts present an introduction to Paracelsian doctrine a distillation of its principles into three hundred bilingual aphorisms a work on divination a dictionary of Paracelsian terms a chiromantic essay and a balneological and mineralogical description of Brittany. Together the texts address alchemy geomancy astrology ethics dietetics physiology pathology and cures for ulcers leprosy edema plague gout and paralysis.    Schematic the first plate outlines which remedy cures which ailment according to Paracelsian principles. The second plate has a large woodcut with the phases of the Moon passing through a sidereal month noting enterprises and therapies favored on each day along with astrological influences.    Complete and in good condition ink spots on the plates two contemporary title inscriptions one dated 1579 19th-century manuscript shelf labels.¶Trevor-Roper "The sieur de la Rivière Paracelsian physician to Henri IV" in Science Medicine and Society in the Renaissance: Essays to Honor W. Pagel ed. Debus 1972 II: 227-50; Baudry Contribution à l'étude du paracelsisme en France au XVIe siècle 1560-1580.Le Demosterion de Roch Le Baillif passim & 2172; Sudhoff Bibliographia paracelsica 181a n.; Duveen Bibliotheca alchemica 343-4 "very rare"; Brunet III: 897 "rare et curieux". [J. du Clos] for P. Le Bret unknown books
00231London: various publishers 1748. A Fine Collection of Smollett First Editions <br/><br/>SMOLLETT Tobias. The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Osborn 1748. Together with: The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A New Translation by the Author of Roderick Random. Adorned with Thirty-Three Cuts Neatly Engraved. In Four Volumes. London: Printed for J. Osborn 1750. And: The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. In Four Volumes. London: Printed for the Author: And Sold by D. Wilson 1751. And: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. By the Author of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for W. Johnston 1753. And: The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves. By the Author of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Coote 1762. And: The History and Adventures of an Atom. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Almon 1769. And: The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. By the Author of Roderick Random. In Three Volumes. London: Printed for W. Johnston and B. Collins 1671 i.e. 1771. And: The Adventures of Telemachus the Son of Ulysses. Translated from the French of Messire François Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon Archbishop of Cambray. By T. Smollet M.D. London: Printed for S. Crowder T. Longman G. Robinson R. Baldwin and E. Johnston 1776. And: Plays and Poems Written by T. Smollet M.D. With Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Author. London: Printed for T. Evans and R. Baldwin 1777.<br/><br/>All first editions first edition in book form of The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves. Together nine works in twenty-two twelvemo volumes.<br/><br/>Uniformly bound in early twentieth-century polished calf by Rivière & Son stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper. Covers ruled in blind spines ruled in blind with five raised bands and two olive green morocco gilt lettering labels all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Date in gilt at foot of spine. A superb collection.<br/><br/>Tobias Smollett 1721-1771 "English satirical novelist best known for his picaresque novels. Smollett apprenticed as a surgeon and throughout his life he combined the roles of medical man and writer.In 1748 Smollett published his novel Roderick Random a graphic account of British naval life at the time and he also translated from the French the great picaresque romance Gil Blas. Peregrine Pickle was published in 1751 and The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom.appeared in 1753.He translated Don Quixote from the Spanish 1755 and in 1756 he became editor of The Critical Review a Tory and church paper at the same time writing his four-volume Complete History of England 1757-58.In 1759 he was convicted for libel on Admiral Sir Charles Knowles in The Critical Review fined and sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the King's Bench Prison. He drew on his experiences there for his two-volume novel The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves 1762.His finest work Humphry Clinker 1771 recounts the adventures of a family traveling through Britain" Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature.<br/><br/>Rothschild 1905 1910 1912 1919 note 1923 and 1925. Tinker 1924 1927 1932 and 1933. London: [various publishers], 1748 unknown books
1739WRCAM52099Manila 1739. 3611 leaves. Small quarto. Slightly later limp vellum spine title in manuscript edges sprinkled red remnants of two ties at fore-edge. Boards with some ink and dampstaining corners bumped. Small unobtrusive stamp on titlepage verso. Contemporary manuscript inscriptions on front and rear endpapers. Light tanning else internally clean. Very good. An exceedingly rare work printed at the University of St. Thomas in Manila the first university in Asia providing instructions to the Order of Dominicans in the Philippines for the completion of their various religious duties. A second work on the privileges allowed to various members of the order and those accorded to natives is also included with continuous foliation. Del Rio was a Dominican who had arrived in the Philippines in 1713. He worked primarily in the town of Pangasinan eventually became the Procurator General of the provincial order and is known to be the author of one other work an account of a small Philippine mission also from 1739. The Dominicans first arrived in the Philippines in 1587 and used Manila as the base of their operations in Asia and the Pacific. Not in the National Library of Spain OCLC locates only one copy of the present work at the Boston Public Library. MEDINA MANILA 207. LeCLERC 2939. PALAU 268230. OCLC 317736434. hardcover books
1822255109London: Henry Berthoud 1822. First. hardcover. good. followed by Teatro Critico Americano; or a Critical Investigation and Research in into the History of the Americans. By Paul Felix Cabrera. 19 lithograph plates one folding. xiii 128pp. 4to later 19th century 1/2 black morocco morocco worn near spine ends and on front cover edges of boards lightly worn very light foxing to some page margins including margins of most plates ex-lib. London Henry Berthoud 1822. First Edition<br/><br/> "Captain Del Rio examined the now famous ruins of Palenque in 1787 but his manuscript report remained in the provincial archives of Guatemala until a short time prior to their translation and publication in the present form. The translator gave so literal a version that he did not change the references in the body of the work which referred to drawings that had been irrecoverably lost. Captain Del Rio's Report occupies pp. 1 to 21 and in the remainder of the work Dr. Cabrera attempts to establish the theory that the figures upon the monuments of Palenque prove a connection between the Egyptians and the Aboriginal race which constructed them.From the occurrence of an eclipse recorded 291 years before Christ corresponding with the same date in the Mexican calendar he constructs a table of the Mexican years." Field 231. "The first published work on Mayan archaeology." Sabin 71446. The plates are by Jean Frederick Maximilien de Waldeck after Ricardo Almendariz. Ex libris from the Minnesota Historical Society with their rubberstamps on the bottom of the title page including their withdrawal stamp.<br/><br/> Henry Berthoud unknown books
19215013<p><b>Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir et ses amis</b><b>. Deluxe edition with a dry point by Renoir in double state. </b>Riviere George. Paris: Floury 1921. DELUXE edition. One of the 150 copies on Japon Paper with one original drypoint by Renoir "Le chapeau epingle" Delteil 8 in double state black and sanguine and one color lithograph "Tete de jeune fille" on front cover. The book is enriched with many illustrations on diverse paper and size. Rebounded with original soft cover well preserved inside.</p> Floury hardcover books
194813286JNew York: Random House 1948. First Edition. The basis for Red River the classic Howard Hawks directed 1948 Western film starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift for which Chase co-authored the screenplay. Hardbound in original tan cloth. Fine copy in a near fine bright dust jacket with a few tiny mends by an expert paper conservationist. Attractive copy. Enclosed in a custom clamshell box. In a career of many fine films John Wayne’s three greatest performances are considered those in The Searchers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Red River where Wayne plays the hard-edged cattle drive boss Tom Dunson. Red River has been selected by the Library of Congress as a national film treasure. A very scarce book in jacket. Random House hardcover books
951Paris. Henri Flour. 1907. 4 to. pp. iv 176 4. 42 hors texte plates in color and monochrome and 103 other illustrations. The Deluxe edition of 100 on Rives en Dauphine Velin paper from the total edition of 1000. With a deckled edge. Original wraps bound in. The frontispiece and wrappers were designed by Georges Auriol who also designed the ornaments and type. A Portrait of Riviere by Theophile Steinlen. Original etchings by Riviere "Le coup de Vent" and "Enterrement aux Parapluies". The text includes a catalogue of Riviere's etchings lithographs and woodcuts. unknown books
02297London: Printed for Thomas McLean 1821. Scarce Copy<br/>With Earliest Watermarks<br/>Complete With Half-Title<br/><br/>CARELESS John pseudonym. CHATTO William Andrew. The Old English 'Squire. "A Jovial Gay Fox-Hunter Bold Frank and Free." A Poem in Ten Cantos. Illustrated with Plates by One of the Family. London: Printed for Thomas McLean 1821. <br/><br/>First edition earliest issue a Large Paper copy complete with half-title; scarce. Tall octavo 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in; 263 x 181 mm . viii 136 pp. Twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece watermarked "Whatman 1821"; the plates in Abbey's copy watermarked "Whatman 1823."<br/><br/>Bound by Rivière & Son in full green crushed morocco with French fillets gilt tooled compartments broad gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Plum endleaves. Spine sunned to warm brown. Bookplate of Graham M. Adee. A fine copy.<br/><br/>"The half-title is frequently missing" Tooley.<br/><br/>The story of the life of a somewhat debauched squire from birth until his bridle at marriage.<br/> <br/>"'John Careless Esq.' is only known as the author of a rare colour-book The Old English Squire published by M'Lean in 1821 with twenty i.e. 24 coloured plates 'by one of the family' in the style of Rowlandson. The literary matter differs from that of Combe and Mitford in being strongly influenced by the style of Walter Scott wherever the galloping metre of Retaliation and Haunch of Venison is not used. Especially curious is the account of the collection of Old Masters from which the Old English Squire bought his St Anthony preaching to the Fishes." Prideaux.<br/><br/>"It is not certainly known who 'John Careless' was. He is sometimes said to have been 'Stephen Oliver' a pseudonym of W.A. Chatto; but Chatto's poem of the same title was published in 1838 by 'Phiz.' His 'Old English Squire' with twenty-four aquatints colored by hand 'by one of the family' is in fact something of a mystery and for the collector rather an expensive one: it may cost £20 or even more. The reason of such a price though there is the justification of rarity lies in two features it possesses. One is the plates which are attributed to Thomas Rowlandson of which all that can be said is that they are utterly unworthy of the artist who in the same year completed the illustrations to 'Dr. Syntax's' three 'Tours.' However these puzzles of authorship and illustration make the book interesting. And trashy though the verse is it has yet one other great interest - that of life" Sawyer and Darton English Books 1475-1900.<br/><br/>The stunning library of color-plate and sporting books collected by Capt. Graham M. Adee USN ret. of Newport. R.I. was sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1953.<br/><br/>Tooley 128. Abbey Life 387. Prideaux pp. 305 330. Schwerdt I p. 95. London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821 unknown books
1720WRCAM48868Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books
1624044461Mainz: Petri Henningii 1624. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary rolled and stamped pigskin remains of clasps worn at the corners but quite sound - an attractive binding. First published in 1593 Graesse D355 various editions. A widely disseminated and influential book - as central in its way as the Malleus Maleficarum - Del Rio untangles good and bad magic superstition idolatry and devil worship and gives a list of Devil inspired authors Bacon Paracelsus George Ripley etc. Though written from a generally counter-reformation stance Delrio's work was the standard guide for Catholics and Protestants throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. Bookplate at rear old signature to title.Moderate to heavy browning to the paper a few minor tears to the outer margin but otherwise clean. 24 1070pp; lacking the front endpaper. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Inventory No: 044461. <br/><br/> Petri Henningii hardcover books
4697Offered here is a rare and unusual collection of designs and drawings the work of what appears to be a single binder for Riviere & Son from the late 1920's with a very few possibly later. There are 8 large designs for spines with some drawings tool impressions two of which are in color; 4 smaller designs for spines; 7 small "snippets" of tooling designs; 7 front cover designs some drawings some with tool impressions; 26 rubbings of bindings covers spines etc. various sizes; 4 miscellaneous: a sheet of oasis leather samples used for the Andrew Lang Fairy Books tool roll samples for a set of Shakespeare a small piece of paper with what looks to be time studies for various bindings e.g. ìΩ Plain 50 minî spine design samples from various sets of English authors sheet with various pictorial tools used and which authors titles etc. to use them e.g. a witch on a broom and ìThe Arthur Rackham Fairy Bookî. A variety of paper has been used in these examples some thicker but much of it quite fine i.e. tissue quality. Some small tears and browning from being folded for decades but overall most pieces in nice shape. A most scarce archive of original bookbinding records from one of the most famous bookbinding companies in the history of modern bookbinding. <br/><br/> hardcover books
2291Paris VERNEAU 1900. Lithograph in colors from the suite PASAGES PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82cm. From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS". Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins. unknown books
165929260Lyons: Antoine Cellier 1659. <p>First Description of Aortic Stenosis</p> <p>RIVIERE Lazare 1589-1655. Observationum medicarum & curationum insignium centurae tres. . . . Edited by Simeon Jacoz. 4to. 8 311 9pp. Lyons: Antoine Cellier 1659. 225 x 167 mm. Speckled sheep c. 1659 rubbed small wormhole in front cover. Some foxing browning & dampstaining old repair to one leaf. Very good copy. Old signature and notes on endpapers.</p> <p> First Edition. Riviere was the first to describe stenosis of the aortic valve from a case that he treated in 1646. GM 2727 cites Riviere's description of this condition in his Opera medica universa 1674 of which the present work is the first edition; the description appears here on p. 177 and is entitled "Cordis palpitatio & pulsus inaequalitas." Riviere also brought Paracelsian iatrochemistry into the curriculum of the University of Montpellier and it was under his auspices that Alexander Fraser introduced the Harviean theory of the circulation into the University's curriculum in 1636. An edition of the present work was published in The Hague in the same year as this Lyons edition. As Riviere was French it is reasonable to presume that the Lyons edition was first. Hirsch. Norman 1837. Willius & Dry p. 58. Thorndike VIII p. 518. <p>. Antoine Cellier unknown books
1921ABE-857353084Paris Floury 1921. Renoir et ses amis Riviere George. Paris: Floury 1921. First edition with one original drypoint by Renoir "Le chapeau epingle" Delteil 8 and one color lithograph Tete de jeune fille on front cover printed on fine wove paper in original binding in very good condition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Paris, Floury paperback books
2292Paris Verneau 1900. Lithograph in colors from PAYSAGE PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82CM.From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS" . Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins. unknown books
1851406078New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges professionally rebacked some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets 21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches. 11 woodblock illustrations in text and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present. Original printed wrappers with woodblock vignette. SCARCE Hudson River Railroad travel guide published the first year in which the full line was completed. It covers points of interest along the route with woodblocks illustrating the text. Topics include: the history of the Hudson River the history of the construction of the Hudson River Railroad and the cities towns and villages along the Hudson from New York City all the way to Troy. Concerning the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring the guide states: "the iron foundry was established here by Gouverneur Kemble. The works are situated about a mile west of the village upon a small stream which tumbles rapidly down the mountains affording considerable water power. It is the largest establishment of its kind in the country employing nearly five hundred hands constantly." The building of the Hudson River Railroad is another topic in the guide. The project was considered highly impractical since much of the route had to be cut through extremely difficult rock and terrain. This section includes a description of the tunnels which had to be constructed. The railroad was opened in three stages. In September 1849 it allowed passengers to travel from New York to Peekskill. By that December 6 twenty-three additional miles were opened extending to New Hamburg. By the 31st of the month it was open the remaining distance of nine miles to Poughkeepsie. The Hudson River Railroad was an extension of the Troy and Greenbush Railroad which was chartered in 1845 connecting Troy South to Greenbush now Rensselaer on the east side of the Hudson. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12 1846 to extend this line south to New York City. The full line opened on October 3 1851 the same year in which this travel guide was published. WorldCat/OCLC records 25 copies but it is scarcely found complete with the map and the map is also excluded from the digitized versions available online. <br/><br/> Wm. C. Locke & Co unknown books
1841283161Richmond: Shepherd & Colin Printers 1841. First Edition. Half Leather. Poor binding. The first six Annual Reports of the President to the Stockholders of the James River and Kanawha Company for the years of 1835 through 1840. The canal was first developed by the James River Company in 1790 resumed in 1820 by the Commonwealth of Virginia and revived for the second and final time by the James River and Kanawha Company. By the final of these annual reports the canal reached only to Lynchburg and would later be driven out of operation by damage sustained by the Civil War and competition by the C&O railroad. With a large folding map of a proposed canal from Richmond to Tidewater. Foxing to the preliminaries; Japanese tissue reinforcement to the hinges. Half calf over marbled paper with a leather label. Uncommon. OCLC notes one holding each for the First Second and Fifth Annual Reports only. Poor binding. Shepherd & Colin Printers unknown books
177148726Madrid: por D. Joachin Ibarra 1771. Small folio pp. 4 lvi 143 1; engraved vignette title page; bound with: Jordán de Assó y del RÃÂo Ignacio & Miguel Manuel y RodrÃÂguez El ordenamiento de leyes que D. Alfonso XI hizo en las Cortes de Alcalá de Henares el año de mil trescientos y quarenta y ocho. PublÃÂcanlo con notas. Madrid: Ibarra 1774 pp. 2 xxxiv 158 2; woodcut vignette on title page tail-pieces; decorative initial. Laws statutes etc. of the Kingdom of Castile in Spain. Miguel Manuel y RodrÃÂguez of Seville was one of the great historians of Spain in the 18th century and he was also the first librarian of the Colegio Imperial de Madrid. Together with Dr. Ignacio Jordán de Asso y Rio a Spanish historian jurist and naturalist who was also known under the pseudonym Melchor de Azagra they published these two works dedicated to Spanish law: the first on the Charter Viejo de Castilla; and the second El Ordenamiento de Leyes in which they deal with the system of laws that Don Alfonso XI made ;;in the courts of Alcala de Henares in the year 1348 here published with notes and an accounting of the Kingdom of Castile. Palau 18725 and 18726 respectively. Lasala 287 and 345 respectively. <br/><br/> por D. Joachin Ibarra unknown books
170948524London: John Morphew 1709. Second edition of vol. 1 First edition of vol. 2. 8vo pp. i-vi 1-246; 1-272. With an engraved frontispiece in vol. 1. Some worming to the top margin of a few leaves in vol. 2 not affecting any letterpress some light foxing a very good set. Bound in modern 3/4 calf spine with heavy gilt stamping with new endpapers. Bound in the rear is the scarce keys to both volumes. The Schlueters note in their Encyclopaedia of British Women Writers that this is Manley's most celebrated work . a kind of roman a clef that recounted political intrigue and sexual scandal . includes scenes of homosexual as well as heterosexual orgy drunkeness rape and incest which has given it a sensationalist reputation . Her contribution lies in having forged an authentically feminist realism . and in having braved the negative currents that opposed women's entance into the field of dramatic and fictional literature . She is one of the pioneers of women's literature in English but her work has yet to receive the serious critical attention it deserves. John Morphew unknown books
1710252472London: John Morphew 1710. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf vol. I rebacked preserving most of original black morocco label corners repaired hinges strengthened. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Vol. II with later spine label binding rubbed. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This famous attack scandalized virtually every member of the Whig Party and led to Mrs. Manley's arrest. A friend and collaborator of Swift's she succeeded him as editor of The Examiner and exercised some influence on Defoe. ESTC N47961; ESTC T106837 John Morphew unknown books
192121568Paris: H. Floury 1921. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. 273 pages. 26 x 20 cm. With the original dry point etching Delteil 8 third state "Jeune Filles Fleurissant leurs Chapeaux" hors-texte drypoint etching " and with lithograph "Tête de Jeune Fille". 95 heliogravure illustrations and 56 plates 12 in color. Table Des Gravures Hors Texte and Table Des Gravures Dans Le Texte. Crisp very clean interior binding tight head and foot of spine reinforced. H. Floury unknown books
1921181928Paris: H. Floury editeur 1921. Hardbound. VG or better copy. The drypoint etching printed on Wove paper is in excellent condition. Cover which is an original lithograph also is in excellent condition but is harmed by being bound-into the cloth along it's extreme left edge. The book has very nice shelf appeal with a leathe rlabel showing some wear. Original color-illus. wraps finely bound-into coarse woven beige cloth. with remnants of leather spine label. 273 pp.; 58 plates 12 in color including the frontis and 2 dry-point; several bw illustrations within the text including 2 bw photographs of Renoir. Text in French. Lists of all illustrations are included. This copy is not numbered and does not appear to be one of the special 150 copies printed on Japan paper. contains two original drypoint etchings as per the contents: "La Danse a la Campagne" on page 66 and "Jeunes Filles Fleurissant Leurs Chapeaux" on page 226 which has a distinct plate impression on the reverse which is lacking on the first. Over-all a very nice copy with clear bw images and vibrancy in the color plates. Written in 15 chapters including coverage of the expositions of 1874 1876 and 1877 Renoir's atelier on Rue Saint-Georges the soiress of Madame Charpentier and so much more. Rare with both plates. H. Floury, editeur unknown books
181837090Buenos Ayres: Imprenta de Los Expòsitos 1818. First edition. A near fine copy light edgewear faint toning. Broadside. 4to. Dated and signed in print: Quartel general en Santiago abril 8 de 1818 -Exmo. Sr. José de San Martin. San Martin's second and conclusive report on the success of the Battle of Maipu on the 5th of April which won the Chilean stuggle for independence. San Martin and his rebels completely destroyed the Spanish forces led by General Mariano Osorio. The Spaniards were so completely overrun with nearly 3000 prisoners taken and 2000 dead that San Martin soon swept through and liberated Peru. "Despues de mis repetidos avisos del resultado de la batalla del 5 en el llano de Maypú tengo el honor para mayor esclarecimiento de V.E. de incluir los partes originales que he recibido añadiendo que à la fecha pasan de mas de 2500 prisioneros con 170 oficiales. Los enemigos habian dexado en Talca sus grandes despositos parque equipages y caja militar: yo estoy seguro que todo caera en nuestro poder." The broadside ends: "Hoy salen para esa ochocientos prisoneros americanos y manana de quinientos a seiscientos; es muy buena gente especialmente los Chilotes." Quite scarce. OCLC shows only a single copy at JCB. Not in BN Chile. Zinny: BibliografÃa histórica p. 216 No. 18. BibliografÃa del General Don José de San MartÃn IV p. 135. Imprenta de Los Expòsitos unknown books
171157864London: John Morphew 1711. Second edition corrected of vol. 1 First edition of vol. 2. 8vo pp. xx 334; xvo 336. Some light marginal staining some light foxing and marginal staining a very good set. With the ownership signature of "C. A. Anacker" on the corner of the title page. Bound in contemporary speckled brown calf spine gilt with raised bands. Includes the advertising leaf by the publisher and "A Key to the Third Volume of the ATLANTIS call'd Memoirs of Europe." Includes some contemporary annotations presumably by Anacker." The dedication is to Isaac Bickerstaff and contains caustic letters between Richard Steele and Mrs. Manley. Halkett and Laing Vol IV page 50. The Schlueters note in their Encyclopaedia of British Women Writers that this is Manley's most celebrated work . a kind of roman a clef that recounted political intrigue and sexual scandal . includes scenes of homosexual as well as heterosexual sex orgies drunkeness rape and incest which has given it a sensationalist reputation . The second volume for example opens with a piece on the New Cabal a group of wealthy lesbians . Her contribution lies in having forged an authentically feminist realism . and in having braved the negative currents that opposed women's entrance into the field of dramatic and fictional literature . She is one of the pioneers of women's literature in English but her work has yet to receive the serious critical attention it deserves. John Morphew unknown books
185964413Chicago IL: Press and Tribune Print 1859. First edition. 8vo. 203 51 pp. Folding plate tables. "On the question of whether the railroad bridge from Rock Island Illinois to Davenport Iowa was a hazard to the navigation of the Mississippi River" OCLC. "James Ward a St. Louis steamboat owner filed a bill praying that the bridge be declared a nuisance and ordered removed; in 1866 Congress finally passed an act requiring that the bridge be replaced by another half the cost to be paid by the United States" "The Mississippi River: St. Louis' Friend or Foe" by James Lemly Cambridge U. Press online. Drop-title: "District Court United States. Southern District of Iowa. James Ward vs. Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company." Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 413: "Not located title from Heartman Cat. No. 187 June 1926 No. 300." OCLC locates eight copies New York Public Yale Chicago History Museum Harvard-Baker Missouri-St. Louis Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public Library of Congress Newberry. Very good. Original printed olive wrappers some soiling lacking rear wrapper rebacked with archival paper. 10747. <br/><br/> Press and Tribune Print unknown books
