77 78 79 80 ARMISTEAD (W.) Memoirs of James Logan; a Distinguished Scholar and Christian Legislator; Founder of the Loganian Library at Philadelphia, and for Two Years Governor of the Province... . By Wilson Armistead. London: Charles Gilpin. MDCCCLI. Portrait and Plate. Half olive morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. 12mo, pp. 192. ARMSTRONG (J.) Notices of the War of 1812. By John Arm strong, late a Major-General in the Army of the United States, and Secretary of War. New York: Wiley & Putnam. 1840. 2 vols., 12mo, pp. 260; iv., 244. Half blue calf. ARNETT (J. A.) Bibliopegia: or the Art of Bookbinding in all its branches. Illustrated with Engravings. By John Andrews ArLondon: Richard Groombridge. 1835. nett. Sm. 12mo, pp. iv., 212. Half calf, UNCUT. Scarce. ARNETT. An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients; with a History of the Art of Bookbinding, from the times of the Greeks and Romans to the Present Day. Interspersed with Bibliographical References to Men and Books of all Ages and Countries. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. By John Andrews Arnett. London: Richard Groombridge. 1837. 81 12mo, pp. iv., 212. Half morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Scarce. ARNOLD (Benedict.) Proceedings of a General Court Martial for the Trial of Major General Arnold, with an Introduction, Notes and Index. New York: Privately Printed. 1865. Roy. 8vo, pp. xxix., 182. Portrait. Half blue morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. 100 copies only printed. The Portrait in this copy is an UNLETTERED INDIA PROOF. An Elegant Volume. 82 ASH (S.) and RATHBAND (W.) A Letter of Many Ministers | in | Old England, Requesting The judgement of their Reverend | Brethren in New England con- cerning Nine Positions. | Written Anno Dom. 1637. | Together with their Answer thereunto returned, Anno 1639. | And the Reply made unto the said Answer, and sent over | unto them, Anno 1640. | Now published ... | upon the desire of many godly and faithfull Ministers in and about the City of London, who love and seeke❘ the truth. | By Simeon Ash, and William Rathband. | ... | London, | Printed for Thomas Vnderhill, at the signe of the Bible in great Woodstreet. 1643. Į Sm. 4to, pp. (10), 90. Crushed blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. Fine Copy. VERY SCARCE. 83 A[SH] (T[homas.)] Carolina; or a | Description of the Present State of that Country, and The Natural Excellencies thereof, viz. The Healthfulness of the Air, Pleasantness of the Place, Advantage and Usefulness of those Rich Commo- | dities there plentifully abound 84 85 86 87 88 ing, which much | encrease and flourish by the Industry of the Planters that daily enlarge that Colony. Published by T. A. Gent. | Clerk 1 on Board his Majesties Ship the Richmond, which was sent out in the year 1680. With particular Instructions to | enquire into the State of that Country, by his Majesties | Special Command, and Return'd this Present Year, 1682. | London, | Printed for W. C. and to be Sold by Mrs. Grover in Pelican Court in Little Britain. 1682. Sm. 4to, pp. (2), 40. Crushed blue levant morocco, gilt top, by F. BEDFORD. A LARGE and FINE Copy. ... VERY RARE. One of the EARLIEST BOOKS relating to CAROLIna. ASHER (G. M.) A Bibliographical and Historical Essay on the Dutch Books and Pamphlets relating to New Netherland and to the Dutch West India Company, and to its possessions in Brazil, Angola, etc. By G. M. Asher. Amsterdam: Frederick Muller. 1854-67. Sm. 4to, balf crimson levant morocco, gilt top, Uncut, by W. MATTHEWS. Indispensable to the collector of books relating to New York. The titles are given in Dutch with an English translation. The notes are numerous, and in some instances, extend to great length. ASHER. Henry Hudson the Navigator. The Original Documents in which his Career is Recorded, Collected, Partly Translated, and Annotated, with An Introduction, by G. M. Asher, LL.D. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society. M,DCCC,LX. 8vo, pp. (12), ccxviii., 292. 2 Maps. Half purple morocco, gilt top, uncut. "The relations of his three voyages to the coast of America by the eminent and unfortunate discoverer, afford us the first authentic information regarding the Indians of New York, and of the Esquimaux of Labrador. The editor asserts what we do not recollect to have seen elsewhere stated: "Verrazano seems to have been the pilot [of the Samson and Mary] and to have lost his life in an encounter with the North American Indians.'”- Field. ASPINWALL [(Thomas.)] Catalogue of Books relating to America, in the collection of Colonel Aspinwall, Consul of the United States of America at London. [Paris: 1832 ?] 8vo, pp. (4), 66. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. The collection of which this was the Catalogue, was sold entire to Mr. S. L. M. Barlow of New York, but a large portion of the books, of the least value however, was destroyed by fire. The catalogue was privately printed and is VERY rare. ATHERTON (C. H.) Eulogy on Gen. George Washington delivered at Amherst, N. H. ... on the 22d day of February, 1800 ... By Charles Humphrey Atherton. Amherst: 1800. 8vo, pp. 23. VERY SCARCE. ATWELL (A. M.) An Address delivered before Mount Vernon. Lodge, on their Anniversary Election of Officers, February 22, 5800. By Amos Maine Atwell, A.M. Providence: 5800. 8vo, pp. 18. UNCUT. 89 90 91 92 93 AUDUBON (J. J.) The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. By John James Audubon. New York: 7. 7. Audubon. 1840-44. 7 vols., roy. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt edges. A fine clean copy with a photographic PORTRAIT of the AUTHOR inserted. The ORIGINAL EDITION in this form, which, for the beauty and perfection of its plates, is beyond any comparison with the more modern issues. See Cassin (J.) No. 350. AUDUBON and BACHMAN (J.) The Quadrupeds of North America, by J. J. Audubon... and the Rev. John Bachman, D.D. New York: J. F. Audubon. 1846–54. 3 vols., imp. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, UNcut. Bound from selected numbers as originally issued. PORTRAIT of AUDUBON inserted. An elegant copy of the genuine first octavo edition, in which the plates are incomparably superior to those in Lockwood's re-issue. "A most beautiful and interesting work, the Engravings exhibiting in most instances two or more figures (male and female,) in the most life-like attitudes, with their young, prey, &c., the entire plate coloured, with views of their favourite haunts and localities." AUGUSTINUS (SANCTUS.) De Anima et Spiritu - De Ebrietate - De Vanitatibus Sæculi - De Vita Christiana Ad Virgines de Sobrietate et Ebrietate De quatuor virtutibus caritatis De contricione cordis. [Colophon] Anno ab incarnacōe dñica millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo sēdo. [1472] qñto idus novēbris. Sm. 4to, Gothic Letter, rubricated capitals, 74 leaves, 24 lines to a page. beautifully bound in brown morocco super extra, gilt edges, by LORTIC. Fine clean copy, which was sold Of this VERY RARE specimen of early typography (which is by Panzer attributed to one of the Italian presses,) Brunet is unable to cite more than one complete copy, at Sir Mark Sykes's sale for 87. 18s. 6d. AUSTIN (J. T.) The Life of Elbridge Gerry. With Contemporary Letters to the Close of the American Revolution. By James T. Austin. Boston: Wells and Lilly. 1828. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi., 520; vii., 408. Portrait and Facsimile. Half maroon morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. PORTRAIT, and AUTOGRAPH LETTER written and signed by Mr. GERRY inserted. AUTHENTIC (An) NARRATIVE of Facts relating to the Exchange of Prisoners taken at the Cedars; supported by the Testimonies and Depositions of His Majesty's Officers, with Several Original Letters and Papers. Together with Remarks upon the Report and Resolves of the American Congress on that Subject. London: T. Cadell. MDCCLXXVII. 8vo, pp. 50. Half blue morocco. Fine copy of an EXTREMELY RARE and interesting Revolutionary tract. 94 [AUTOGRAPHIC WRITINGS BY EMINENT MEN. Consisting of Original Autographs and Characteristic Original Writings, of the following Eminent men, viz.: President LINCOLN, Vice-President HAMLIN, WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SCHUYLER COLFAX, J. P. UPSHER, GIDEON WELLES, E. W. BATES, JOSIAH QUINCY, JARED SPARKS, EDWARD EVERETT, WM. C. BRYANT, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, R. WALDO EMERSON, RICHARD H. DANA, WM. LLOYD GARRISON, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, FRANCIS LIEBER, GEO. BANCROFT, Chief Justice CHASE, HENRY WARD BEECHER, Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT, L. E. AGASSIZ, J. R. LOWELL, and WENDELL PHIllips. New York: 1864.] Imp. 8vo, crimson levant morocco, paneled and gilt sides, broad inside borders on polished crimson morocco, watered silk linings, morocco joints, gilt edges, by W. MATTHEWS. This UNIQUE and BEAUTIFUL Volume was prepared for the Sanitary Fair, held at New York in 1865, and was sold for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission. 95 [AUTOGRAPHS. FIFTEEN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH LETTERS of the PRESIDENTS of the UNITED STATES from WASHINGTON to LINCOLN inclusive. With PORTRAITS of the respective WRITERS. Philadelphia: 1864.] 96 97 4to, half calf, gilt top. This UNIQUE and MOST DESIRABLE volume was prepared by FERDINAND J. DREER, Esq. and by him presented to the Sanitary Fair, at Philadelphia, in 1864. The BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED MS. TITLE PAGE was written by one of his sons. The letters are uniformly in the FINEST STATE OF PRESERVATION. It is hardly necessary to observe that a series of this description is of the highest interest and of the GREATEST RARITY. Autographs OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS. A Collection of One Hundred ORIGINAL SIGNATURES &c. with many PORTRAITS of the WRITERS. Collected and Arranged by T. H. Morrell. [New York: 1859.] 4to, blue morocco, paneled șides, broad outside and inside gilt borders, gilt edges. A UNIQUE volume comprising Original AUTOGraph SignaturES, LETTERS and NOTES, of the persons designated in the neatly prepared manuscript index appended to the collection, which embraces a complete set of the signatures of the PRESIDENTS of the UNITED STATES from WASHINGTON to BUCHANAN; many of the GENERALS and STATESMEN of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION; and a numerous assemblage of those of Americans eminent in the walks of Science, Literature and Art. The in-laying in this BEAUTIFUL and MOST INTERESTING volume was executed by MR. TRENT, and is in his best manner. [AYSCOUGH (Samuel.)] Remarks on the Letters from an American Farmer; or a Detection of the Errors of M. J. Hector St. John; pointing out the Pernicious Tendency of these Letters to Great Britain. London: John Fielding. 1783. 8vo, pp. 26. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. RARE. "The writer of this pamphlet is of opinion that M. St. John's design in publishing his letters, was to diffuse a spirit of migrating to America. He accuses him also of a palpable falsehood, in describing himself as a native American, descended from Scotch parents, being a fact, according to this writer, well known, that he is a native of Normandy, and that his chief residence while in America was at New York." M. R. LXVIII. 537. Nichols' Anecdotes. IX. 55. "The author was the Rev. Samuel Ayscough." 98 AYTOUN (W. E.) Ballads of Scotland. Edited by William Edmondstone Aytoun, D.C.L. Second Edition. Revised and AugLondon: Blackwood. 1859. mented. 2 vols., sm. 8vo, pp. xcv., 296; viii., 403. Brown morocco, gilt edges, by HENDERSON & BISSETT. 99 [ 100 IOI 102 B JACHE (Benjamin Franklin.)] Remarks occasioned by the 8vo, pp. vi., 84. Half morocco, gilt top. PORTRAIT of WASHINGTON inserted. BACKUS (J.) A History of New England, With particular Reference to the Denomination of Christians called Baptists. Containing The first principles and settlements of the Country; The rise and increase of the Baptist Churches therein; The intrusion of Arbitrary Power under the cloak of Religion; The Christian Testimonies of the Baptists and others against the same, with their Sufferings under it, from the Beginning to the present Time. Collected from most Authentic Records and Writings, both Ancient and Modern. By Isaac Backus, Pastor of the first Baptist Church in Midleborough. Boston, and Providence: 1777-1796. 3 vols., 8vo, crushed green levant morocco, paneled and gilt sides, gilt top, UNCUT, by F. BEDFORD. A MATCHLESS COPY of this VERY RARE work, the third volume of which is generally deficient. Green's copy of vols. I. and II. only, sold for $75. Mr. Bancroft remarks that this history, as to its facts, is "more to be depended on than any of the early histories of New England." See Rich. 1. 253. Also Bartlett's Biblio. of R. I. p. 22. BACKUS. Church History of New England, from 1602 to 1804, abridged, with a concise History of the Baptists in the Southern parts of America. By Isaac Backus. Boston: Printed for the Autbor. 1804. Half green levant morocco, gilt top by F. BEDford. 8v0, pp. 271. Uniform with the preceding No. A FINE COPY. VERY RARE. Contains a Chronological Index to the history of New England. BACON (F.) The Works of Francis Bacon... Lord High Chancellor of England. Collected and edited by James Spedding, M.A.... M.A. ... and Douglas Devon Heath ........ Robert Leslie Ellis, Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press. 1863. 15 vols., 8vo, half blue morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE PAPER: 100 copies only printed, and now SCARCE. The finest production of this celebrated Press, and the most beautiful example of American typography. It is a reprint of the best London edition, with corrections and some |