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Coloured Engravings of Heaths.
London: printed by T. Bensley [vol.I] or R. Taylor [vols.II-IV]
for the Author, [1794-]1802-1805-1809-'1805'[-1830]. 4
volumes, folio. 288 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Bound
without the engraved dedication to the Marquis of
Blandford and the one-leaf letterpress introduction). Vols.I-
III: contemporary uniform diced Russia; vol.IV: bound to
match in about 1830, rebacked with the original spines laid
down.
First edition of this spectacular monograph on the heathers:
complete with the rare fourth volume.
(#34771) $ 35,000
HENRY CHARLES
ANDREWS
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Directions for sailing to and from the River Mississippi, to accompany Blunt's Chart [caption title].
New York: Blunt, 1815. 8vo. 8pp. Original blue paper front
wrapper, with letterpress mounted title label, bound in.
Publishers' advertisement mounted to inside front wrapper.
Later cloth-backed marbled paper boards. Provenance:
Marinens Bibliotek (inked stamps), deaccessioned by the
Garnisions Biblioteket in 2017.
Very rare early American sailing directions to and from the
Mississippi River.
(#34788) $ 1,500
EDMUND M .
BLUNT
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Iconologie Tirée de divers Auteurs. Ouvrage Utile aux Gens de Lettres, aux Poëtes, aux Artistes, & généralement à tous les Amateurs des Beaux-Arts.
Parma: De l'Imprimerie de Philippe Carmignani, 1759.
Three volumes, folio (13 x 8 3/4 inches). [10], 16, 203, [1]; [4],
219, [9]; [4], 208, [8]pp. Engraved title vignettes in each vol.,
engraved dedication in vol. 1, engraved headpiece in vol. 1,
630 engraved emblematic illustrations. Contemporary
marbled calf backed paper covered boards, flat spine ruled
in gilt, citron and green morocco labels, expert repairs to
tops and tails of spines. Provenance: Giuseppe de Lama
(manuscript book label in vol. 1).
A lovely 18th century emblem book: the rare folio edition.
(#34217) $ 4,800
JEAN BAPTISTE
BOUDARD
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A plan of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton, taken by His Majesty's forces, under the command of Maj. Gen.l Sir Henry Clinton, K.B: Survey'd by Major Holland, Surv.r Gen.l &c.
London: 1779. Engraved and aquatint map, period hand
colouring. 14 lettered references, large inset with title as
above.
Rare revolutionary chart of the Hudson River showing the
American defenses, on the eve of the Battle of Fort
Montgomery.
(#33200) $ 22,500
J . F . W .
DES BARRES
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Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon
London: Published for the Author by Ackermann and Co.,
1845. Folio (19 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches). [4], 48 pp., plus
lithographed additional title and 12 lithographed plates.
Publisher's green cloth boards, upper cover stamped in gilt,
expertly rebacked to style with dark green morocco.
Scarce folio lithographed view book of Ceylon.
(#34617) $ 12,000
JOHN
DESCHAMPS
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The Bustard Cock [and] The Hen Bustard ... [Pair of ornithological watercolours signed, depicting a male and female Great Bustard].
London: 1746. Watercolour and gouache on laid paper,
signed and dated within the images and with pen-and-ink
inscriptions concerning the sizes of the birds. Sheet sizes:
approx. 16 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches. Matted.
A lovely pair of original watercolours by George Edwards.
(#33072) $ 12,000
GEORGE
EDWARDS
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Journal of the Progress of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales through British North America; and his Visit to the United States.
[London]: Privately printed [Chiswick Press, printed by
Whittingham and Wilkins], [1860]. 8vo. Engraved
frontispiece, two folding maps (one hand-coloured in
outline), 8 tinted lithographs (one folding), engraved
illustrations. Publisher's purple cloth, covers bordered in
blind, upper cover lettered in gilt, rebacked. Provenance:
Eccle Riggs Library (armorial bookplate).
Scarce privately-printed journal of the Prince of Wales's
visit to America.
(#34164) $ 1,000
GARDNER D .
ENGLEHEART
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Nouveau Traite de la Culture des Jardins Potagers
Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1692. 8vo (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches). [8],
285, [7]pp. Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Duke of
Arenberg, Nordkirchen (armorial bookplate).
Rare early treatise on the vegetable garden.
(#29738) $ 1,200
GARNIER ; OR
PIERRE MORIN
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[Partly-printed invitation to William Keteltas, to dine with President Thomas Jefferson].
[Washington, D.C: 1801-1808]. 1p., approximately 3¾ x 6¾
inches. Accomplished in manuscript in a secretarial hand.
Old folds. Matted.
Invitation to dinner at Jefferson's White House.
(#30400) $ 3,250
THOMAS
JEFFERSON
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Les Clématites a Grande Fleurs ... Description et Iconagraphie des Espèces Cultivées dans l'Arboretum de Segrez.
Paris: Librarie J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1884. Small folio (13 1/2
x 10 1/2 inches). 24 lithographed plates by Bergeron
(numbered 1-22, plus 4 and 7 bis). Publisher's green cloth,
covers bordered in blind, upper cover and spine lettered in
gilt, yellow endpapers.
A beautifully illustrated monograph on clematis, including
American species.
(#29933) $ 1,000
ALPHONSE
LAVALLÉE
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Voyages Celebres & remarquables, Faits de Perse Aux Indes Orientales.
Amsterdam: Michel Charles le Céne, 1727. 2 volumes in 1,
small folio. Titles printed in red and black. Engraved
portrait frontispiece, 44 engraved maps, plans and views (31
folding), 19 in-text engraved illustrations. Contemporary
calf, spine with raised bands in seven compartments, red
and green morocco lettering pieces in the second and third,
the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, marbled
endpapers and edges.
A lovely copy of a noted illustrated work on Asia, including
maps and views of India, China, and Japan.
(#30277) $ 7,800
JOHANN ALBRECHT
VON MANDELSLO
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Illustrations of Masonry, by one of the Fraternity ... [With:] A Narrative of the Facts and Circumstances relating to the Kidnapping and Presumed Murder of William Morgan ... for the purpose of preventing the printing and publishing of a book entitiled "Illustrations of Masonry".
Rochester: Printed for the Author, William Morgan, 1827;
[Rochester]: Edwin Scranton, 1828. 2 volumes, 8vo. 96pp;
72pp. [Illustrations:] Full dark blue crushed morocco, bound
by Bradstreets; [Narrative:] Half dark blue curshed morocco
and marbled paper covered boards, bound by Bensel.
Provenance: H. F. DePuy.
Rare first Rochester edition of Morgan's anti-Masonic
pamphlet and a Rochester edition of the account of his
presumed murder: both from the library of H. F. DePuy.
(#34838) $ 1,500
WILLIAM
MORGAN
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Narrative of a Journey through Siberia.
London: Harrison and Sons, 1892. 8vo. 73, [1]pp. Extra-
illustrated with a chromolithographed folding map, printed
by George Philip & Son. Original wrappers bound in.
Contemporary manuscript annotations. Early red morocco
by Zaehnsdorf, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Capt. E. St.
C. Pemberton (inscription on label mounted to upper
wrapper).
The author's copy of a confidential report on a journey
across Central Asia.
(#34848) $ 3,500
CAPT . E . ST . C .
PEMBERTON
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Manuscript vellum document signed by William Penn, granting five hundred acres of land in Pennsylvania to John Dwight.
London: 22 March 1686. 1p., approximately 10x19 1/4 inches,
scalloped top. Signed by Penn on the fold. Red wax seal
mostly intact. Framed.
A Pennsylvania land grant signed by William Penn, selling
500 acres of land to among the most famous potters of 17th
century England.
(#33755) $ 6,000
WILLIAM
PENN
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Archive of original pen-and-ink drawings used as illustrations in his book Charing Cross to Saint Paul's
London: circa 1890. 18 pen-and-ink drawings, each
mounted to card, twelve signed. Housed within a black
morocco backed box.
Archive of lovely drawings of London by a noted artist and
illustrator.
(#31626) $ 17,500
JOSEPH
PENNELL
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Stamboul. Moeurs et Costumes.
Paris: Canson, 1883. Folio (24 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches). Mounted
on guards throughout. Letterpress title printed in red and
black, letterpress introduction leaf and letterpress list of
plates. Tinted lithographic frontispiece printed by
Lemercier of Paris, 28 chromolithographic plates, trimmed
to the edge of the image and mounted on thick paper with
imprints, as issued, all by Lemercier of Paris after Preziosi.
Bound to style in full period brown morocco, covers
elaborately bordered in gilt, spine gilt with raised bands,
marbled endpapers, gilt edges.
Lively lithographs by one of the best known of the artists
living and working in Istanbul in the mid-19th century: one
of 500 numbered copies.
(#34439) $ 22,500
AMADEO
PREZIOSI
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Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, consisting of the most beautiful hardy and rare herbaceous plants, cultivated in the flower garden, from drawings by Mrs. Edward Roscoe
London: Robert Havell, 1831. Quarto (11 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches).
Engraved title and 55 hand coloured engraved and aquatint
plates, by Havell after Roscoe. Plates on wove paper
watermarked J. Whatman 1830. Contemporary burgundy
straight grain morocco, covers elaborately blocked in gilt
and blind, spine gilt with wide semi-raised bands in five
compartments, lavender endpapers, gilt edges.
With wonderful hand coloured plates by Havell after
Margaret Roscoe.
(#34804) $ 5,000
MARGARET
ROSCOE
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A Dissertation upon Tea: : explaining its nature and virtues, by many new experiments; and demonstrating the various effects it has on different constitutions. To which is added, the natural history of tea; ... Also a discourse on the virtues of sage and water; and an enquiry into the reasons, why the same food is not equally agreeable to all constitutions ... The Second Edition.
London: Printed for Dan. Browne [and others], 1753. Small
4to. [4],199,[1]pp. Expertly bound to style in half period
russia and marbled paper covered boards, spine with raised
bands, red morocco lettering piece.
Rare early English work on the medicinal uses of tea.
(#34729) $ 2,500
THOMAS
SHORT
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The cabinet-maker's guide, or rules and instructions in the art of varnishing, dying, staining, japanning, polishing, lackering and beautifying wood, ivory, tortoise-shell, and metal.
Greenfield, MA: Ansel Phelps, 1825. 12mo (6 x 3 1/2 inches).
108pp. Publisher's ad on rear board. Publisher's lettered
boards, rebacked at an early date with blue checked calico
cloth. Provenance: A. Lovett (signature dated 1830).
The first furniture finisher's manual published in America.
(#34793) $ 6,500
G . A .
SIDDONS
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Captivity of the Oatman Girls: Being aninteresting narrative of life among the Apache and Mohave Indians: containing also an interesting account of the massacre of the Oatman family, by the Apache Indians in 1851
San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co.'s Excelsior Steam
Power Press, 1857. 12mo (7 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). 231pp. Wood-
engraved map, portrait of Olive Oatman, and numerous
wood-engraved illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth, upper
cover lettered in gilt. Housed in a later brown chemise and
slipcase.
The earliest obtainable edition of the most famous
California Indian captivity: lovely example in publisher's
cloth.
(#34827) $ 3,000
R . B .
STRATTON
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Political Economy: Founded in Justice and Humanity. In a Letter to a Friend. By W.T.
Washington, D.C.: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, 1804.
8vo. 24pp. Expertly bound to style in period tree sheep and
marbled paper covered boards.
Rare anti-slavery tract by the first architect of the U.S.
Capitol.
(#34719) $ 3,500
WILLIAM
THORNTON
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[Trade catalogue for John Slater's patented steam kitchen].
Birmingham: circa 1800-1810]. Oblong small folio. 16
engraved leaves. With 4 small letterpress explanatory
handbills mounted (one on front pastedown, the others on
verso of first three plates). Contemporary manuscript
annotations, including prices. Contemporary calf-backed
marbled paper wrappers. Provenance: Elizabeth David
(booklabel).
Rare early illustrated trade catalogue for steam ovens.
(#34841) $ 2,800
TRADECATALOGUE
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With the Serbs in Macedonia.
London: John Lane, 1920. 8vo. xii, 278pp. Photographic
plates. Extra-illustrated by Margaret English, a British
nurse serving at the 37th General Hospotal Salonique,
Vertekop, with 57 original photographs, most mounted and
captioned within the book. Contemporary half brown
morocco and cloth boards. Provenance: Margaret English
(signature and inscription dated 1920).
A British nurse's archive of photographs of her service in
Macedonia during World War I, inserted as extra-
illustrations into a scarce account of the campaign.
(#34881) $ 1,000
DOUGLAS
WALSHE
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Sleighing in Canada, on the River St Lawrence facing Montreal, 1841
[London]: C. Warren, 1841. Hand-colored lithograph by C.
Warren. On card. Image: 11 3/8 x 27 1/2 inches; sheet: 13 5/8 x
28 7/8 inches. Expert restoration to upper left corner and
left margin.
Beautiful winter scene on the St. Lawrence by Henry James
Warre
(#29299) $ 5,750
SHIRLEY & HENRY
WARRE
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Sixteenth Amendment Convention. The National Woman Suffrage Association will hold its Tenth Annual Washington Convention ... it is the duty of Congress to submit a Sixteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution prohibiting the several states from disfranchising United States citizens on account of sex ...
[Washington?]: [1877]. 1p. handbill. Signed in print by
Clemence S. Lozier, Susan B. Anthony, Isabella Beecher
Hooker and Sara Andrews Spencer. Old folds. .
Scarce handbill announcing the Woman Suffrage
Convention of 1878, which would result in the first
Congressional bill to amend the Constitution to grant
women the right to vote.
(#34849) $ 2,500
WOMEN 'S
SUFFRAGE
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