1461 LESTER and FOSTER. The LIFE and VOYAGES of AMERICUS VESPUCIUS; with Illustrations concerning the Navigator, and the Discovery of the New World. By C. Edwards Lester and Andrew Foster. Portrait and plates. 8vo, half morocco. New Haven, 1852 Contains also: An account of the discoveries of Vasco de Gama, beyond the Cape of Good Hope; Letters of Paolo Toscanelli to Columbus; Marco Polo and his Travels; &c. 1462 LE SUIRE (M.). Le NOUVEAU MONDE. Poeme. 2 vols., 12mo, half morocco, uncut. a Eleutheropolis [Paris], 1781 1463 LE SUIRE. Le NOUVEAU MONDE, ou CHRISTOPHE COLOMB. Poëme ... Nouvelle Édition, entierement refondue et corrigée. 8vo, calf. Damaged by water. Paris, [1800] 1464 LES VERITABLES MOTIFS de MESSIEURS et DAMES de la SOCIETÉ de NOSTRE DAME de MONREAL. Pour le Conversion des Suavages de la Nouvelle France. [Paris], 1643 4to, vellum. 1465 LETERA, de la nobil cipta : novamente ritrovata alle Indie con li costumi & modi del fuo Re & foi populi; Li modi del fuo adorare con la bella vfanza de la donne loro: & de la dua persone ermafrodite donate da quel Re al Capitano ne larmata. 4to, 8 pp., half morocco. Data in Peru, 1534 Reprint Milan 1839? 1466 LETTER (A) From A GENTLEMAN of the CITY of NEW-YORK To Another, Concerning the Troubles which happen'd in That Province in the Time of the late Happy Revolution. 4to, half New York: William Bradford, 1698 morocco. Fine copy, though the last leaf is soiled. 1467 LETTER (A) concerning LIBELS, WARRANTS and the SEIZURE of PAPERS. . . [By "the Father of Candor."] 8vo, half morocco. London, 1764 Page 57. Reference to the Zenger Trial. 1468 LETTER (A) from an AMERICAN, now resident in London, to a Member of Parliament, on the subject of the RESTRAINING PROCLAMATION; and containing Strictures on Lord Sheffield's Pamphlet on the Commerce of the U. S. 8vo, half morocco. London, 1784 1469 LETTRE CIRCULIARE de la MORT de la REVERENDE MERE CATHERINE de S. AUGUSTIN, Religieuse Hospitaliere de Quebec, decedée le 8 May, 1668. Post 8vo (pp. 50), vellum. [1668] In the Jesuit Relation of 1669 there is an account of the death of the Reverend Mother, which is taken from a letter printed expressly to be sent to the members of the Order, the seat of which was at Caen, in Normandy. No other copy of the letter has heretofore been described. 1470 [LEVIS.] SIXTY YEARS of the LIFE of JEREMY LEWIS. 2 vols., 12mo, sheep. New York, 1831 1471 LEWIS (Matthew Gregory, "Monk"). JOURNAL of a WEST INDIA PROPRIETOR, kept during a residence in Jamaica. half calf, gilt. 8vo, London, 1834 1472 LEWIS. ORDERLY BOOK of the AMERICAN ARMY stationed at or near WILLIAMSBURG, Va., under the Command of Gen. Andrew Lewis, from March 18, 1776, to August 28, 1776; printed from the original Manuscript, with Notes, &c., by Charles Campbell, Esq. Small 4to, half morocco, uncut. Richmond, Va., 1860 Only 100 copies privately printed. No 1. 1473 [LEWIS and CLARK.] MESSAGE from the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, communicating DISCOVERIES made in exploring the MISSOURI, RED RIVER and WASHITA, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley and Mr. Dunbar . . . 8vo, half morocco. 1474 1475 ... Washington, 1806 LEWIS and CLARK. TRAVELS to the SOURCE of the MISSOURI RIVER, and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean in 1804-6. Maps. 3 vols., 8vo, half calf. London, 1817 See ALLEN. LIANCOURT (Duke de la Rochefoucault). TRAVELS through the UNITED STATES of NORTH AMERICA, the Country of the Iroquis, and Upper Canada, in the Years 1795, 1796 and 1797, with an Authentic Account of Lower Canada. 3 maps. 2 vols., 4to, half calf. London, 1799 1476 LIGON (Richard). A TRUE & EXACT HISTORY Of the ISLAND of BARBADOS Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar. . . &c. Map and 9 plates. Folio, calf. London, 1657 Autograph of Thomas Cotton, 1657. . 1477 [LINCOLN.] The ASSASSINATION of ABRAHAM LINCOLN and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward and Frederick W. Seward . . . on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865. Expressions of Condolence and Sympathy, &c. Portrait. 4to, half morocco. Washington, 1867 1478 LINCOLN OBSEQUIES. OBSEQUIES of ABRAHAM LINCOLN in the City of New York. By D. T. Valentine. Portrait and tinted plates. Royal Svo, morocco, gilt leaves. New York, 1866 1479 [LINCOLN.] TRIAL of the CONSPIRATORS for the ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, &c. Argument of John A. Bingham. 8vo, half calf. Washington, 1865 Also in this vol., An ARGUMENT to establish the illegality of Military Commissions in the U. S. . . . by Reverdy Johnson. Baltimore, 1865 Also, OPINION on the Constitutional Power of the Military, to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President. By James Speed. Washington, 1865 1480 [Linschoten.] John Huighen Van Linschoten his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Endies. Devided into foure Bookes. With 4 title-pages, frontispiece, 12 large maps and 7 small. Folio, orange levant morocco extra, gilt leaves, by Bedford. London: John Wolfe, 1598 "This inestimable book, a treasure of all the learning respecting the East and West-Indies and the navigation thither, at the end of the sixteenth century, has been in the highest esteem for nearly a century, and was given to each ship sailing to India, as a log-book. Hence the many editions (6 in Dutch, 3 in French and I in Latin), which is also the cause why fine copies, especially with all the plates and maps, are so very rare. The description of America occupies pages 16 to 82 of the third part."-F. Muller. 1481 [LINSCHOTEN ] NAVIGATIO ac ITINERARIUM JOHANNIS Wants all the maps (12) and 5 plates. 1482 [LINSCHOTEN.] HISTOIRE de la NAVIGATION de JEAN HUGUES de LINSCHOT, Hollandois: aux Indes Orientales . . . Avec annotations de B. Paludanus. Engraved title, portrait, plates and large maps and plans. Folio, half calf, 206 pages. Amsterdam, 1638 The second title reads, "Le Grand Routier de la Mer. Amst., 1638." Third title, Description de l'Amerique." Etching on title; also map. Amst., 1638. 1483 [Lithgow.] Willem Lithgouws 19. Jaarige Landt= Reyse... Europa, Asia en Africa. Engraved title by Crispin de Pas, and plates at pp. 1, 22, 101, 173 of the first book, and pp. 47, 71, 77 of the second. 4to, vellum. Amsterdam, 1705 The portrait of Lithgow from the Duke of Roxburgh's print is here inserted. called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes. . . The cuts by Michael Angelo. Woodcuts. Small 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges. Worcester Isaiah Thomas, 1787 1485 LIVERMORE (George). An HISTORICAL RESEARCH respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic, on NEGROES as SLAVES, as CITIZENS, and as SOLDIERS . . . 8vo, half morocco. Boston, 1862 1486 LIVERMORE. An HISTORICAL RESEARCH respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic, on NEGROES, as SLAVES, as CITIZENS, and as SOLDIERS. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges. Boston, 1863 Large Paper copy of the fifth edition. Only 50 printed. 1487 LIVERMORE. MEMOIR of . . . prepared agreeably to a Resolution of the Massachusetts Historical Society. By Charles Deane. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. Cambridge, 1869 1488 LIVINGSTON (Edward). LIFE of . . . By Charles Havens Large Paper copy. Only 50 printed. Presentation copy from the author. 1489 [LIVINGSTON.] A MEMOIR of the LIFE of WILLIAM LIVINGSTON . . . with Extracts from his Correspondence, and Notices of Various Members of his family. By Theodore Sedgwick, Jun. Portrait. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. New York, 1833 1490 LOCKE (Richard Adams). that the Moon has a Vast Woodcut and 2 large plates. The MooN HOAX; or, a Discovery Population of Human Beings. . . . 8vo, half morocco. New York, 1859 1491 [LOCKMAN (John).] TRAVELS of the JESUITS . . . To which is now prefixed an Account of the Spanish Settlements, in America. 4 maps and 2 plates. 2 vols., 8vo, sprinkled calf, red leaves. Second edition. London, 1762 1492 LONG (J.). VOYAGES and TRAVELS of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, describing the Manners and Customs of the NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS; with an Account of the Posts situated on the River St. Lawrence, Lake Ontario, &c. To which is added a Vocabulary of the Chippeway Language. Map. 4to, calf. London: Printed for the Author, 1791 "The author engaged in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1768, and journeyed as a fur trader among the Indians of Canada for nineteen years. His knowledge of the characters, customs and domestic life of the Indians was therefore the most thorough and intimate. His relations are characterized by candour and intelligence, tinged a little with the disappointments which most of the servants of the Company, who have written accounts of their experiences, seem to have suffered."-FIELD. 1493 LONG. VOYAGES and TRAVELS. Another copy. but less margin. 4to, half calf. With the map, London, 1791 1494 LONG (S. H.). ACCOUNT of an EXPEDITION from PITTSburgh to the Rocky Mountains, 1819-20. Compiled by E. James. Maps and plates, some colored. 3 vols., 8vo, half calf, gilt. London, 1823 1495 [LOPEZ.] VIDA que el Siervo de DIOS GREGORIO LOPEZ, hizo en algunos lugares de la Nueva España, Principalmente en el Pueblo de Santa Fè. Por el Licencia do Francisco Losa. 4to, vellum. Madrid, 1658 1496 [LOPEZ.] La VIDA, que Hizo el siervo de Dios GREGORIO LOPEZ, en algunos Lugares de esta Nueva España. Por el licenciado Francisco Lossa, Presbitero Cura, que sue en la Iglesia Cathedral de Mexico. Coat-of-arms. Small 8vo, vellum. Lisboa, 1615 1497 [LORITZ or GLAREANUS.] D. HENRICI GLAREANI POETÆ LAUREATI de GEOGRAPHIA LIBER UNUS. 4to, half calf. Woodcut border. Basileæ, 1527 B. A. V., No. 142. Also in the above volume: "De Bello Rhodio, liber tres, Clementi VII. Pont. 1498 [LORITZ or GLAREANUS.] HENRICI GLAREANI, POETÆ LAUREATI de GEOGRAPHIA liber unus, ab ipso authore iam recognitus. 4to (33 leaves), vellum. Basileæ, [1528] B. A. V., No. 143. MS. notes throughout. In the woodcut border on the title-page is the familiar woodcut of the henpecked husband. |