164 165 166 BEYARD (N.) and LODOWICK (C.) Journal of the Late Actions 4to, pp. 56. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by Bradstreet. 150 copies only printed. BIBLE. The Souldiers Pocket Bible: Containing the most (if not all) those places contained in holy Scripture, which doe shew the qualifications of his inner man, that is a fit Souldier to fight the Lord's Battels, both before the fight, in the fight, and after the fight; Which Scriptures are reduced to severall heads, and fitly applyed to the Souldiers severall occasions, and so may supply the want of the whole Bible, which a Souldier cannot conveniently carry about him: And may bee also usefull for any Christian to meditate upon, now in this miserable time of Warre. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy. Printed at London by G. B. and R. W. for G. C. 1643. Cambridge: Reprinted. 1861. 8vo, pp. vi., (2), 16. French blue morocco, paneled and gilt sides, gilt top, UNCUT. Large PAPER. Twenty-five copies only PRIVATELY PRINTED for MR. LIVERMORE, for distribution among his friends. An exact reprint of the original edition, only two copies of which are now known; one in the British Museum, the other in the collection of the late Mr. George Livermore. It does not appear to have been known to Watt, Lowndes, or Dibdin, nor is it described or mentioned by any bibliographer. "Trust in the Lord, and keep the Powder dry."— Title. BIBLE. The Souldiers Pocket Bible printed at London by G. B. and R. W. for G. C. 1643. Reproduced in Fac-simile with an Introduction by Francis Fry, F.S.A. London: Willis and Sotheran. 1862. Sm. 8vo, pp. viii., 16. Purple morocco, blank tooled sides, broad inside gilt borders, gilt edges, vellum fly leaves. An elegant volume, and one of FIVE COPIES ONLY PRINTED ON VELLUM. "This reproduction of the only known copy in this kingdom, is a faithful representation of the original recently discovered in the British Museum. That every soldier in Cromwell's army was furnished with a pocket Bible of some sort is an undoubted tradition. But it has never been satisfactorily determined what edition was so used, although some curious conjectures have been made on the subject. The curious tract now copied solves the difficulty." Introduction. 167 Biblia Sacra Latina. 168 Mogunt: per Fust et Schoiffer. MCCCCLXII. Two leaves from the FIRST EDITION of the LATIN BIBLE with a Date; in fine preservation; loose in a cover. A desirable specimen of early typographical art, and very difficult to obtain. BIBLIA PAUPERUM. Reproduced in Facsimile, from a copy in the British Museum. With an Historical and Bibliographical Introduction. By J. Ph. Berjeau. London: John Russell Smith. 1859. Roy. 4to, half morocco, UNCUT. A literary curiosity of great interest, being a faithful reproduction of one of the very first Essays towards the Art of Printing by Letters and Figures cut out in blocks of wood before the invention of movable types. 169 BIBLIOMANE. (Le) [Two numbers only, all that were published.] London: Trübner & Co. 1861. 170 171 172 173 174 [Also:] Armorial des Bibliophiles, ou Recueil général de tous les Ex-Libris ou Blasons des Bibliophiles célèbres anciens et modernes, avec une Notice sur leurs Bibliothèques, par M. J. Guigard. Parts I and II. [All published.] Paris: Bachelin-Deflorenne. 1870-71. 5 vols., imp. 8vo, boards, UNCUT. The 28 portraits are selected INDIA PROOF IMPRESSIONS, imported expressly for this set. "A more splendid Journal of Bibliophily has never been published in Europe. It was interrupted in consequence of the war, and will not be resumed at present. The 5th volume will be completed by the Armorial des Bibliophiles.”— Pub. Note. BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA; or, a Chronological Catalogue of the most Curious and Interesting Books, Pamphlets, State Papers, &c., upon the Subject of North and South America, from the Earliest Period to the Present, in Print and Manuscript; for which research has been made in the British Museum, and the most Celebrated Public and Private Libraries. London: J. Debrett. 1789. 4to, pp. (2), 271. Half green morocco, gilt top, Uncut. With an introductory discourse "On the Present State of Literature in those Countries,” which has many curious particulars, and is evidently written by some one who had visited the United States. Though the name of the author is not known, it has been variously ascribed to Dalrymple, Homer, Long, and with more probability, by Homer himself, to Reid. BIDDLE (N.) An Ode to Bogle. By Nicholas Biddle, July 16, 1829. Philadelphia: Privately printed for Ferdinand J. Dreer. 1865. 4to, pp. 8. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE PAPER. 25 copies only printed. Portrait of the AUTHOR and an UNCANCELLED U. S. Bank BOND for ONE THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING (with coupons) signed by him inserted. [BIDDLE (Richard.)] A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery. Illustrated by Documents from the Rolls, now first published. London: Hurst, Chance & Co. 1831. Evo, pp. viii., 333. Half green morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet. BIGELOW (T.) An Eulogy on the Life, Character and Services of Brother George Washington, Deceased. Pronounced before the fraternity of... Masons, by Request of the Grand Lodge, Boston, Feb. 11, 1800. By Brother Timothy Bigelow. ... at Boston: [1800.] 8vo, pp. 26. UNCUT. 1 175 176 177 178 [BINNEY (Horace.)] An Inquiry into the Formation of Washington's Farewell Address. ... Philadelphia: 1859. 8v0, pp. 250. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. PORTRAITS inserted. SCARCE in this condition. Four BIOGRAPHICAL Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington, Late President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief of their Armies, during the Revolutionary War. Dedicated to the Youth of America. From Sidney's Press For I. Cooke & Co. ... New Haven. 1811. 18mo, pp. 144. Calf extra, by F. BEDFORD. VERY SCARce. BISHOP (S. G.) An Eulogium on the Death of Gen. George Washington, pronounced at Pittsfield, February 22d. 1800 ... By Samuel G. Bishop.... Gilmanton: The Author. 1800. Roxbury: Privately Re-printed. 1866. Imp. 8vo, pp. iv., 15. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. PORTRAIT inserted. Sixtysix copies only printed. BISHOPE (G.) New England Judg d, | Not by Man's, but the Spirit of the Lord: And The Summe sealed up of New-England's | Persecutions. | Being | A Brief Relation of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers in those Parts of America, from the beginning of the Fifth | Moneth 1656. (the time of their first Arrival at Boston from England) to the later End of the Tenth Moneth, 1660. | Where| in The Cruel Whippings and Scourgings, Bonds and Imprisonments, Beat-ings and Chainings, Starvings and Huntings, Fines, and Confiscation of Estates, Burning in the Hand and Cutting of Ears, Orders of Sale | for Bond-men, and Bond-Women, Banishment upon pain of Death, and Putting to Death of those People, are Shortly touched; With a Relation of the Manner, and Some of the Other most Material Proceedings; and a Judgement thereupon | In Answer To a Certain Printed Paper, intituled, A Declaration of the General Court of the Massachusets holden at Boston, the | 18 October, 1658. Apologizing for the same. | By George Bishope. | ... | London: Printed for Robert Wilson, in Martins le Grand. 1661. |[Followed by] An Appendex | to the Book, Entituled, | New England Judged being Certain Writings, (never yet Printed) | of those Persons which were there | Executed. | Together with a short Relation, of the Tryal, | Sentence, and Execution, of William Leddra. | Written by them in the time of their Imprisonment, in the Bloody Town of Boston. | London,| Printed for Robert Wilson, at the sign of the Blackspread- Eagle and Windmil, in Martins Le Grand. | 1661. |[Also:] New England Judged. The Second Part. | Being, | A Relation of the cruel and Bloody Sufferings of the People | called | Quakers, in the Jurisdiction chiefly of the Massachusets; Beginning with the Sufferings of William Ledra, | whom they murthered, and hung upon 179 180 a Tree at Boston, the 14th of the first month, 1669. barely for being such a one as is called a Quaker, and coming within their Jurisdiction; And ending with the Sufferings of Edward Wharton, the 3d month, 1665. And the remarkable Judgements of God | in the Death of John Endicot Governour, John Norton, High Priest, and Humphrey Adderton, Major General. | By George Bishope. | London, Printed in the Year, 1667. Sm. 4to, pp. 206, 147. Crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges by F. BEDFord. These THREE WORKS together form a complete book, and a copy equal to this is of the HIGHEST DEGREE OF RARITY. It is unnecessary to dilate upon the great historical importance of this volume. The following is an abbreviation: BISHOPE. New-England Judged, by the | Spirit of the Lord. | In Two Parts. First, Containing a Brief Relation of the Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers in New-England, from the | Time of their first Arrival there, in the Year 1656, to | the Year 1660. Wherein their Merciless Whippings, | Chainings, Finings, Imprisonings, Starvings, Burning in the Hand, Cutting off Ears, and Putting to Death, with divers other Cruelties, inflicted upon the Bodies of In-nocent Men and Women, only for Conscience sake, are briefly described. In Answe., to the Declara on of their | Persecutors Apologizing for the same, MDCLIX. | Second Part, Being a farther Relation of the Cruel and Bloody Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers in New-England, Continued from anno 1660, to anno 1665. Be-| ginning with the Sufferings of William Leddra, whom they put to Death. | Formerly Published by George Bishop, and now | somewhat Abreviated. With an Appendix, | Containing the Writings of several of the Sufferers; with some Notes, showing the Accomplishment of their Pro- | phecies; and a Postscript of the Judgements of God that | have befallen divers of their Prosecutors. | Also, | An Answer to Cotton Mather's Abuses of the said People, in his late History of New-England, Printed anno 1702. | The whole being at this time Published in the said Peoples Vindication, as a Reply to all his Slanderous Calumnies.... London, printed and Sold by T. Sowle, in White- Hart-Court in Gracious-Street. 1703. 8vo, pp. (6), 498. Followed by John Whiting's "Truth and Innocency Defended." pp. 212, 12. Brown morocco, carmine edges. A large and beautiful copy with all seven title pages. VERY SCARCE. [BLACKBURNE (Francis.)] Memoirs of Thomas Hollis, Esq. F. R., and A.S.S. 2 vols., imp. 4to, half russia, gilt top, uncut. London: MDCCLXXX. PRIVATELY PRINTED. This elegant copy contains all the additional engravings including the beautiful mezzotint portrait of Isaac Newton. There are in all 36 engravings by CIPRIANA, BARTOLOZZI, and BASIRE. It also has the Index which did not appear until 25 years after the publication of the work, and is rarely found in any copy. It further contains, all the suppressed or Star pages in which most copies are more or less deficient. These Star pages, as they are usually called, come in between pages 522 and 523 in the second volume in this order, 533* to 580, followed by 577* to 584*, and embrace 52 pages. Most copies contain from 42 to 48 pages only. 181 182 Mr. Hollis was well known for his devotion to the cause of liberty, and for his munificent benefactions to Harvard College, and other Literary Institutions in America. The work abounds with the letters of his American correspondents; in Vol. 1, at p. 371, is a fine portrait of Dr. Jonathan Mayhew, of Boston. BLADENSBURGH RACES. (The) Written shortly after the Capture of Washington City, August 24, 1814. [Probably it is not generally known, that the flight of Mahomet, the flight of John Gilpin, and the flight of Bladensburgh, all occurred on the twenty-fourth of August.] [n. p.] Printed for the Purchaser. 1816. 16mo, half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. A satirical poem on Madison, and his administration, in imitation of John Gilpin. Blades (W.) The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England's First Printer, with Evidence of His Typographical Connection with Colard Mansion, the Printer at Bruges. Compiled from Original Sources by William Blades. London: Joseph Lilly. 1861. 2 vols., 4to, pp. xv., 298; lx., 310, (1). 65 Plates. Half purple levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Besides copious quotations from original documents, illustrative of the life and times of Caxton, derived from hitherto unexplored sources, it includes the whole of his prologues and epilogues attached to the various books printed by him; also his own historical work, entitled "Policronicon Liber Ultimus," and is illustrated with more than 60 FACSIMILE Plates, executed by Tupper in the most careful manner. The second volume is devoted to a bibliographical and literary account of all the works printed by, or ascribed to, the press of Caxton, including many books undescribed by Dr. Dibdin and other bibliographers, accompanied with most careful collations, and a list of copies of books printed by Caxton, in number, more than four hundred and fifty, now in the public and private libraries of Great Britain. Published by subscription; only 250 copies printed, and now very scarce. 183 BLAKE (G.) A Masonic Eulogy, on the Life of the Illustrious Brother George Washington, pronounced before the Brethren of St. John's Lodge, on the Evening of the 4th Feb. 5800. ther Geo. Blake. 184 185 186 8vo, pp. 23. UNCUT. By BroBoston: 5800. BLAKE (G.) A Masonic Eulogy. Second Edition. Boston: 5800. 8vo, pp. 23. UNCUT. BLAND PAPERS. (The) Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland, Jr. of Prince George County, Virginia. To which are prefixed an Introduction, and a Memoir of Colonel Bland.... Edited by Charles Campbell. Petersburg: 1840-43. 2 vols., 8vo, in one, pp. xxxi., 160; (2), 9, 130. Half calf. Two PORTRAITS inserted. Large and fine copy. This collection of papers relating to the Revolution is now SCARce. BLEECKER (A. E.) in Prose and Verse. Prose and Poetical, by Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, 12mo, pp. (12), xviii., 375. PORTRAIT. New York: T. & 7. Swords. 1793, Green morocco, gilt edges. A fine LARGE copy. |