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‎Western Canada Book of Lectures‎

‎1905. Leather Bound. Various pagination pp. 52. 4to. Burgundy leather with gilt lettering to front board. Some scuffing to extremities; very good. Five lectures delivered in 1905 espousing the multivarious advantages of settling on the Canadian prairies. Section titles include the likes of: "Large Returns from Small Outlay"; "Land not All Taken Up"; "Settlement not Spasmodic"; "A Land of Opportunities"; "Everything Within Reach". Peel 2809. unknown‎

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‎Wise Sayings Together with Wise Sayings; A Guessing Competition For Your Party New Sunny South Series 1‎

‎Very good. Obect; Slim card box containing twenty identical sets of 14 questions and one answer card; box is maroon and white and showing signs of having been opened and closed; cards are unused and clean; Together with slim card envelope containing ten identical sets of fourteen different questions and one answer card; the card envelope is purple and white; one vertical tear to the upper flap at back; cards are unused and clean one is noticeably toned. No publishing details circa 1940s.<br/> <br/> Only one listing in OCLC Museum of Victoria Australia for the slim box set and no listings for the slim card envelope. A game for parties. According to the rules each player receives a card with the questions face down. At a given signal the participants turn the cards over and begin to answer the questions. After 10 to 15 minutes competitors should sign their card and exchange with the next player for checking. If two or more have the same number of correct answers the winner shall be decided by drawing lots. unknown‎

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‎Women's Democratic Campaign Manual 1924‎

‎Democratic National Committee 1924-01-01. Paperback. Good. Washington D. C. 1924; beige paper covers with blue cover titles; chipping at spine edges; light wear and markings to covers; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket; hinges stained from glue; interior clean and unmarked. 142 pages. Democratic National Committee paperback‎

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‎Ächtige Entwürfe zur Geogenphisch Statistische Politischen Nachrichten die Verenigten Staaten von Nord-Amercke German manuscript 1817: Authentic Drafts on Geographical Statistical and Political Reports Concerning the United States of North America.‎

‎<p>Germany: “betreffend Vorerinnerung geschrieben im Jahre 1817.†1817. 53 1 pages. Manuscript comprising 14 untrimmed sheets and one final half-sheet on laid paper most sheets watermarked either a fleur-de-lis or the initials “F H F.†Not recorded in Gravell 2nd ed.; the paper’s characteristics and appear consistent with early 19th-century American manufacture. Sheets measure approximately 25 cm × 40 cm 9.84 × 15.75 in and are each folded once along the vertical axis to form bifolia likely gathered into a fascicle. The half-sheet has corner loss with word loss and tape repairs; its heavy embrowning and staining indicate it served as the rear wrapper while the first leaf’s matching wear suggests it was the front wrapper. Embrowning stains and foxing throughout with scattered minor paper defects; darkly engrossed and housed in an archival four-flap enclosure.</p> <p>Original and extensive 1817 manuscript anonymous and apparently unpublished offering a candid outsider’s view of the early United States written in Germany by an author who had traveled in America.</p> <p>“The wish to be useful to my German compatriots is what led me to undertake this work†the author writes. Across more than fifty pages the manuscript presents an ambitious loosely organized yet intellectually rigorous survey of American society combining political philosophy practical emigration and economic advice and cultural observation drawn from both firsthand impressions and secondhand reports. It describes what a newly arrived traveler to America might expect and serves as a “proto-guide†written before the emigrant’s handbook had emerged as a distinct genre.</p> <p>While the author’s identity is unknown he clearly traveled in America describing in wonderment his visit to Peale’s Philadelphia Museum:</p> <p>"“The portraits are largely painted by Rembrandt Peale a skilled American artist. They notably include several prominent Frenchmen; among them I also noticed our own Gall Franz Joseph Gall d. 1828 German neuroanatomist phrenologist. Franklin is depicted with spectacles resting on his nose. While viewing the mammoth bones which are displayed in a separate hall—one that also contains most known mammals and birds preserved in lifelike taxidermy—I found myself overcome by the following reflections that arose unbidden in my thoughts: Could the Creator have granted existence to such a monstrous being…â€"</p> <p>References to Mathew Carey’s 1812 stereotype Bible a visit to Peale’s Museum while Rembrandt Peale was still in Philadelphia the yet-unprinted Lewis and Clark expedition report and mention of a quarto edition of Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopaedia being prepared in Philadelphia likely the American edition in early production circa 1810–1811 together suggest the author’s presence in America around 1810–1812.</p> <p>Written “purely from memory†the work unfolds as a discursive yet sharply observant collection of chapters. It presents a wide-ranging survey of the United States beginning with the continent’s geography natural resources and Indigenous peoples followed by a demographic overview of its population. It explores agriculture in depth contrasting it with manufacturing and links economic development to trade banking and fiscal policy. The author offers critical reflections on the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. federal model including law enforcement and jurisprudence and the role of English influence. Social institutions such as poor relief education religion and print culture are considered alongside American values like thrift and self-reliance. The text offers extended views on the communal society of Harmony advice for German emigrants and concludes with a candid discussion of slavery.</p> <p>The manuscript is the author’s working copy. It is heavily marked up annotated and repeatedly revised throughout. Pagination proceeds without interruption and there are no physical signs of missing text or structural loss. While some chapter titles listed in the table of contents do not appear in the manuscript itself their absence does not necessarily indicate an incomplete or fragmentary state. Rather the manuscript may reflect a complete version as the author conceived it—or as complete as he could bring it before abandoning the project or composing a revised draft elsewhere. </p> <p>Manuscripts from this period that present German views of the United States let alone offer detailed guidance for prospective emigrants are exceptionally rare. For context this example dates to 1817 the same year the Zoar community was founded in Ohio—one of several German emigration movements shaped by broader economic and cultural motivations. Written at a formative moment in German-American engagement the manuscript provides a clear record of how one early observer interpreted and conveyed the realities of American life to a German-speaking audience.</p> <p>Note: The manuscript comprises approximately 15000 words. A 45-page transcription is provided though given the extensive emendations and extensive untranslated marginalia this should be regarded as an informed approximation.</p> <p>Select Transcriptions:</p> <p>From Chapter I. General Physiognomy of North America<br /> Since the entire landmass by its very formation is mainly attached to its mountain ranges one must expect only a few significant plains especially on the eastern side. The land undulates in wave-like fashion alternating between hills and valleys. This area lying east of the high mountain chains which in regard to soil quality products and population shows the greatest variety is crossed by substantial navigable rivers on which the products of the fertile land can easily be transported to the coastal cities.</p> <p>These respectable coastal and trading cities some of which are quite large lie on convenient harbors and bays so that ships of considerable size can reach them. The location of the United States for global trade is so excellent that it would be difficult to find a better one. Through this trade and especially through the industriousness of its inhabitants the United States has already achieved a high level of prosperity. The price of land in the fertile regions has risen very high which has prompted owners to sell in order to emigrate to the western regions beyond the mountains to Ohio Kentucky and Louisiana where they can acquire land of equal quality at a much lower price.</p> <p>From Chapter II. The North American Indians or Original Inhabitants of the Continent <br /> Since the method of warfare practiced by the Indians violates all principles of military and international law—laying waste to everything murdering indiscriminately regardless of age or sex and often slowly torturing their captives to death—the government of the United States made the generous proposal that both nations i.e. Britain and the U.S. refrain from employing these undisciplined hordes in military service. However this suggestion has so far been rejected by the British side.</p> <p>Planters living near the borders are therefore exposed to great danger at the outbreak of war and usually flee into the interior or take refuge in forts that have been erected along the frontier for protection and equipped with defensive garrisons.</p> <p>The lands that the United States recently purchased from various Indian tribes are of exceptional quality. However private individuals and corporations are currently prohibited from entering into negotiations or purchase agreements with the tribes.</p> <p>President Thomas Jefferson made the proposal which was approved by Congress in 1796 to undertake an expedition to explore the vast region located southwest of the United States. Captains Lewis and Clark along with one hundred carefully selected men and the necessary arms and provisions were ordered to depart from Fort St. Louis at the mouth of the Missouri River where it meets the Mississippi and to follow the river’s course deep into the interior. Their goal was to cross the western mountain ranges and reach the source of the Columbia River. This was accomplished with great effort.</p> <p>The travelers encountered many unfamiliar nations who had never before seen a white man. From some they acquired horses to transport their supplies across snow-covered mountains. After an arduous journey they finally reached a branch of the Columbia River that was navigable. This eased their travel to the river’s mouth at the Pacific Ocean. They returned by the same route.</p> <p>It is said they encountered little resistance from the Indians during their journey. The Sioux tribes reportedly made hostile demonstrations but Captain Lewis finding himself surrounded is said to have deterred them through the following ruse.</p> <p>He knew how greatly all Indians feared smallpox since this virulent disease had already wiped out entire nations and it was known among the Indians that the contagion could be deliberately spread by artificial means. So when the warlike Sioux tribe sought to halt his progress and capture him Captain Lewis drew out a vial and told the Indians that upon opening it the smallpox poison would unfailingly be released among them spread rapidly and wipe them out. This persuaded the Indians to retreat swiftly and trouble the party no further.</p> <p>The public long awaited the journal of this expedition which had been announced in various newspapers. However I was never able to obtain a copy despite considerable effort as I was eager to read such an interesting travel account. Whether the entire story is a fabrication or whether the travel journal was deliberately withheld from the public I cannot say. But one thing is certain: if the expedition was carried out as reported then President Jefferson by recommending it; Congress by providing the means; and the expedition team by carrying it out so purposefully all rendered a great service to their country.</p> <p>From Chapter III. The Population of the United States<br /> Since the epoch in which the colonies severed themselves from the mother country— namely from the year 1774 to the year 1817 a period of 43 years—the population of the United States rose from 3 million to 81â„2 million. Thus one may assume that even without accounting for immigration from Europe the population would double every thirty years corresponding roughly to the span of a single generation.</p> <p>Side Note: Besides immigration the following causes may also be noted particularly in towns and small rural settlements such as those…</p> <p>The causes of this nearly incredible growth in the human population may be summarized as follows: just as in large cities like London and Paris or in factory and manufacturing towns where people live in crowded conditions and the population either stagnates or declines—due to unhealthy air and numerous other causes of illness so that deaths outnumber births—so in contrast the population of a country will grow where the majority of inhabitants live according to nature as farmers. This is especially the case in the countless small rural towns spread across North America where most residents engage in gardening and agriculture. These occupations expose them constantly to fresh air and accustom them to a frugal natural lifestyle.</p> <p>Another contributing factor is the early marriages of young men and women owing to the ease with which marital unions are contracted. In America marriage is viewed primarily as a civil contract and ideas of a moral-religious ceremony or sacrament have no significant influence on the process. For that reason a marriage is legally binding not only when performed by an ordained clergyman or preacher of the Gospel but also when solemnized by any justice of the peace.</p> <p>Many are being drawn westward from the eastern states seeking to obtain land in places like Ohio and Kentucky which they cannot afford in the East where the price of land in the older settlements has risen to enormous and exaggerated levels.</p> <p>From Chapter IV XVI. Sound Advice for Germans Wishing to Immigrate to the United States of North America<br /> I am told that just now in the spring of 1817 following several years of poor harvests in Germany many inhabitants are resolved to emigrate to America. For thoughtful travelers it will be extremely welcome to hear information concerning the new country and the conditions in the place to which they intend to emigrate.</p> <p>Shipping agents commonly employ emissaries in the interior of Germany who encourage people with persuasive words and sometimes even offer a small amount of travel money to bring them to the seaports. These vessels typically do not require prepayment of the passage fare. However when the passengers arrive at their destination no one is permitted to disembark until the fare has been paid in full. The passengers are then sold to planters craftsmen or other private individuals who are willing to cover the debt the passenger has incurred.</p> <p>Such a purchased person is referred to as a servant and a formal contract is drawn up between master and servant before a justice of the peace. In this contract the servant typically agrees to serve faithfully for a fixed number of years and to assist willingly in all assigned work. In return the master promises to provide food and clothing and often offers a small sum of money upon the completion of the term as an incentive. Children must serve until they reach legal adulthood—that is until their twenty-first year.</p> <p>These contracts indentures are printed in English and executed in duplicate by the justice of the peace: one copy is given to the owner the other to the servant. If the servant is dissatisfied with his treatment he may file a complaint with a magistrate and in some cases may even be permitted by the ruling of a court to choose another master provided someone is found willing to pay the required sum on his behalf.</p> <p>If the master is dissatisfied he may have the delinquent servant imprisoned and the servant must then compensate for the lost time and incurred expenses as a penalty.</p> <p>In New York Philadelphia and Baltimore societies have been organized that upon proper petition will intervene in individual cases for those whose circumstances appear to require such assistance. There exist German Irish and Scottish benevolent societies each striving to support their respective…</p> <p>These ethnic societies aim to assist their countrymen at the very least by helping them find placements or opportunities to repay their passage debts affordably. Yet it is far too often the case that poor but diligent families who have sought refuge in America are sold off individually with children separated from their parents or husbands from their wives—sometimes across hundreds of miles.</p> <p>It is also advisable for every immigrant who is of modest means and intends to purchase land or other forms of real property to apply for naturalization immediately upon arrival. This must take place before a justice of the peace. Only after the lapse of seven years does he enter into full civic rights and only then can he legally transfer title to any acquired property or enter into binding contracts concerning it. This law which restricts foreigners in such a manner is known as the Alien Act. It was passed under President Adams in Congress to prevent foreign speculators—especially Dutch and French—from purchasing large tracts of land and after only a few years during which land values often quadrupled or quintupled selling them off for great profit.</p> <p>The foreigner or alien is however required to bear all the burdens of citizenship without enjoying any of its rights. He is subject to militia duty: after a ten-day stay in any locality he must report to the captain of the local militia brigade and his name is immediately entered into the militia rolls. He is liable for the same penalties imposed on any militiaman if he is absent from the required musters. And if the brigade to which he is assigned is called into actual military service he too must serve.</p> <p>He must of course also pay all direct taxes and levies just like a citizen though he does not have the right to vote in elections for public officials.</p> <p>If immigration is to be beneficial not only to individuals but especially to new settlers in general it must be carried out through organized societies. For instance if a number of diligent artisans and farmers were to band together a communal fund could be raised for the purchase of a tract of fertile land. Such a colony would also be entitled to petition the U.S. Congress for a land grant which would likely be approved allowing the colony to acquire the land on favorable repayment terms.</p> <p>By establishing a small town and immediately cultivating the surrounding area additional craftsmen and planters would soon be drawn in. The value of the acquired land would double year after year eventually yielding significant profit.</p> <p>When the colony is later expanded care should be taken to include only useful and essential tradesmen and agricultural workers or alternatively individuals of means who could advance funds on behalf of the poorer members—funds which could then be repaid through labor. The land must be developed at communal expense…</p> <p>The land was to be purchased at common expense for the collective benefit of the colony. It was to be divided into equal portions among the colonists so that even the poorest would receive the same share as the richest. Only after the lapse of a certain number of years would the communal interest be eligible for division.</p> <p>The idea for such a colony was first conceived by a man named Rapp from Württemberg. Through peculiar and enthusiastic religious ideas which he spread among a segment of the rural population in that kingdom he attracted a number of followers. He proposed a plan for emigration that found eager support among those already inclined to emigrate.</p> <p>He purchased a considerable tract of land in his own name about eight hours north of Pittsburgh and established a small town which was named Harmony—a name also given to his religious society. He introduced certain ordinances and regulations. All labor was carried out communally: much land was cleared orchards and vineyards were planted houses and public buildings were erected including a meeting hall inn storage facilities an oil press bakery gristmills tanneries and more. Various domestic manufactures were operated collectively in factory-like fashion and brought to a high degree of refinement. In short it quickly became apparent how much more effective a society working toward a shared purpose could be compared to isolated family-based industry.</p> <p>Rapp recently sold Harmony and relocated with his Swabian followers to the Wabash River where it flows into the Ohio. It is said that the climate near Pittsburgh was not favorable to viticulture and that they expect better conditions for wine-growing in their new settlement.</p> <p>From Chapter V. The Interests of Manufacturing and Industry Considered in Opposition to Agriculture<br /> The two main political parties that dominate in America—one the Federalists inclined toward England and the other the Democratic party sympathetic to France—will likely reflect on the lessons drawn from the recent European wars and the course of European politics. In the future for the people must inevitably be divided into parties the combined interests of commerce and agriculture will likely rise in opposition to large-scale manufacturing which the government to maintain popular favor will attempt to support—at least outwardly—through import bans tariffs and duties.</p> <p>If the kind of labor a nation pursues has a strong influence on its moral and physical condition and if a nation were to face the choice of either 1 fostering agriculture and the necessarily associated domestic manufacturing and artisan production—thereby providing suitable employment for shipping and commerce; or 2 promoting large- scale factories and manufacturing as the nation’s principal economic foundation with the aim of eliminating the need for imports—then trade and shipping would no longer enjoy their former vitality. In that case only as much land would be cultivated as needed to feed the industrial laborers and factory workers and the majority of bulky goods previously exported to foreign countries would no longer be produced.</p> <p>This question is important enough that it warrants close examination by the legislators of the nation.</p> <p>The results of such a study would serve as a guide for drafting the national tariff schedule and…</p> <p>The legislature should ensure that those goods which though not easily produced are nonetheless essential and indispensable be manufactured domestically wherever possible. By contrast luxury items and harmful or unnecessary beverages should be either eliminated through heavy import duties or transformed into beneficial sources of state revenue.</p> <p>All European nations are more or less nations of manufacturers and industrialists. In both areas they have reached a high degree of perfection. The population of their territories is so large and concentrated that they were compelled to pursue such occupations or to found colonies in order to rid themselves of surplus population. As such these nations must welcome the raw products of other countries and seek a favorable market for them in exchange for their manufactured goods.</p> <p>In contrast wages in America are high. It is difficult to hire a laborer for less than half a Thaler per day approximately 1 gulden 15 kreuzer while for heavier work the same laborer often earns a full Thaler about 2 gulden 30 kreuzer per day. Laborers are in demand and will remain in demand for centuries so long as there remains new land to cultivate.</p> <p>True national wealth consists of well-cultivated and populated lands. Thus a nation can never truly be called poor even if it lacks sufficient quantities of representative currency such as silver and gold so long as it maintains the land it inhabits in a flourishing state.</p> <p>For centuries Germany has supplied half the world with industrious and enterprising citizens without ever making claims to compensation for the cost of their upbringing. If we consider the United States of North America Pennsylvania stands out as one of the most highly cultivated states. Owing to its advanced culture dense population and generous sacrifices for the Union it is often called the keystone of the American federation. The ancestry of its inhabitants—largely German or of German descent— distinguishes itself through exceptional industry integrity deep knowledge of agriculture and the construction of durable and handsome buildings far surpassing that of the Scots and Irish.</p> <p>The homes of prosperous farmers in Pennsylvania are typically two-story structures of solid limestone. The barns in particular are so robust and enduring that one traveler describing them felt compelled to exclaim: “They build for the immortal gods!â€</p> <p>The most important and indispensable manufactures in the state consist of ironworks foundries and hammer mills. Excellent cast iron stoves are produced in every shape. Sheet iron is pressed through rollers and is especially used in nail-cutting mills.</p> <p>The manufactures of woolen cloth and cotton goods already produce items worth several million Thalers annually. Tanneries process not only all the hides produced domestically but also a significant quantity of hides imported from South America New Spain and the West Indies.</p> <p>From Chapter VI. Agriculture and Farming<br /> Wheat farming in Pennsylvania and the neighboring states has suffered significant damage from an insect that lays its eggs in the young stalk. The larva then consumes the pith of the stem preventing the ear from filling out. Numerous attempts have been made to eradicate this destructive pest but at least in the areas known to me none have yet succeeded.</p> <p>Distilleries are all too common across the country. Brandy is produced mainly from corn and rye. A promising beginning has been made in Pennsylvania with barley and hops cultivation. Since malt beverages are nourishing and healthful it is to be hoped that they will gradually displace the excessive consumption of strong spirits.</p> <p>Beekeeping is still not widely developed. Farmers tend to kill their swarms in the fall with sulfur keeping only as many as are needed for next summer’s brood. Systematic or magazine beekeeping has therefore not yet been introduced and is only rarely known.</p> <p>Several short treatises on this subject based on German guidelines have appeared in English.</p> <p>Viticulture has been attempted only by Germans especially Swabians and Swiss. Because establishing a vineyard demands intensive labor ongoing care and a wait of at least four years before yielding a profitable harvest—after which bad years may still occur—and because winemaking requires specialized knowledge the enterprise is generally too laborious for the American farmer. Moreover the climate not only of the Eastern states but also of Pennsylvania and Maryland is said to be unfavorable for grape cultivation despite the fact that several wild vine species grow abundantly and produce grapes in profusion as already noted.</p> <p>Animal husbandry is significant across all states. From New England many hundreds of mules and donkeys are driven westward. The New Englanders wisely took advantage of the recent war unrest in Spain and imported several shiploads of Spanish sheep. These Merino sheep are now widespread and through crossbreeding have significantly improved the quality of domestic wool. The price of common wool typically stood at $1.50 semi-pure at $4.60 and pure Merino wool at $2.30.</p> <p>From Chapter VII. The Passive and Active Trade of the United States<br /> Domestic trade among the various states as well as coastal commerce is likewise significant—the latter involving a great number of vessels.</p> <p>In this respect the Union may reasonably be divided into eastern middle and western states. While these are united by shared interests a common constitution government and language they nonetheless differ substantially in customs habits and various popular prejudices.</p> <p>For example the inhabitants of the eastern states—Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont and Rhode Island—commonly known as New Englanders or “Yankees†claim that they conduct more substantial trade and export more than the middle states —New York and Pennsylvania—or even more than the western states combined: Maryland Virginia Ohio Kentucky the Carolinas and Georgia.</p> <p>Upon closer examination however it becomes clear that New England’s exports roughly equal those of the western states but that a large portion consists of goods originally imported from the West and not native to New England itself—such as tobacco rice cotton and so forth.</p> <p>Therefore should the threats made by residents of those eastern states during the last war to secede from the Union ever be realized the advantage of such a separation would plainly lie with the western states which would then endeavor to ship their own products on their own vessels.</p> <p>From Chapter VIII. The political and financial state of the United States considered in general</p> <p>Under President Adams the majority of the people in the Northern States complained not only of political oppression and military despotism but also of the misuse of public funds and their allocation to purposes that at the time were far beyond the nation’s immediate concerns.</p> <p>Adams attempted to establish a standing army erected barracks for the troops expanded the navy by constructing warships and introduced taxes—some of which were expected to have a beneficial effect on public morality such as the tax on whiskey.</p> <p>The steps Adams took were those of a far-sighted statesman. He clearly recognized the unfolding European revolutions aligned himself with British interests and sought to elevate the American nation to a respectable position in global affairs.</p> <p>However he faced a nation that preferred the uncertainty of peace to a formal declaration of war and was unwilling to make sacrifices. It was a nation that falsely believed the French had freed it from British rule out of friendship and thus felt eternally indebted to France.</p> <p>They believed themselves obligated to France. The majority of the people saw in the French Revolution the dawn of a golden era for human welfare and civil rights and for this reason alone were opposed to any war with that nation. But when Adams finally struck at the people’s weak spot—when he imposed a tax on their favorite drink whiskey—public dissatisfaction broke out into open unrest. Though it was suppressed by military force the freedom of speech exercised by the Republicans soon brought about a change in the administration. Ambitious demagogues denounced Adams’ policies. The taxes were repealed. The warships were sold and replaced with gunboats for harbor defense; the national debt was reduced through fiscal restraint and President Jefferson’s economic administration and cost-saving policies became the order of the day. The people were content.</p> <p>Jefferson eventually recognized how difficult it would be to maintain a position of neutrality between warring nations. Yet through trade with both sides American commerce flourished. Their ships earned vast sums. Their ports open to all nations were full of vessels and their products—especially grain—fetched record prices. This state of affairs brought about during his administration was too gratifying for him to wish to remain at the helm of state should this favorable condition change—a possibility which seemed increasingly likely. So he withdrew into philosophical retirement.</p> <p>His former Secretary of State Madison—who had been privy to Jefferson’s plans and shared his political principles—assumed control of public affairs during a period in European revolutionary history that scarcely has its equal.</p> <p>Ships sailing under the flag of their homeland were stopped under the flimsy pretext that their crew were subjects of His Majesty the King of Great Britain. These men were taken aboard British warships and forced into service. Under various other pretenses the trade of the United States faced serious obstacles. England blockaded entire coastal regions by mere proclamation without possessing sufficient naval force to carry out such blockades. France on the other hand confiscated every American vessel and its cargo if it could be shown that any of its crew had previously served on an English ship.</p> <p>When the general embargo and Non-Intercourse Act which placed restrictions on all ships was announced by the United States it found ardent defenders as well as critics who condemned it as impractical. Many demanded that an armed neutrality be formally declared and so on.</p> <p>Meanwhile Napoleon’s fame and ambition had reached a height that made him appear to even the most distant nations as a kind of bronze colossus—one against whom all storms crashed in vain. He had raised the glory of the French Empire to an unprecedented brilliance. That brilliance dazzled even the political vision of the free citizens of a confederation of states whose founding institutions stood in stark contrast to the principles of the French Emperor.</p> <p>Despite the fact that trade between the United States and England amounted to nearly 30 million dollars and that all commerce with other nations France included scarcely totaled a quarter of that sum; despite the fact that the majority of the American people were of English descent and had retained English institutions customs religious ceremonies and language; despite the realization that England’s naval power could inflict deep wounds by destroying the open and undefended port cities of the United States whereas France’s land forces—lacking naval strength—could never come into contact with America in the event of a prolonged war declaration: even though all these reasons were plainly before the nation it nevertheless chose to side with France and against England.</p> <p>Should England ultimately emerge victorious from the conflict with France it was feared that vengeance would be exacted upon a republican state that was already the natural commercial rival of the island nation. To declare war simultaneously against both England and France raised even greater concerns—despite the fact that the United States had equally just grounds for declaring war on both.</p> <p>From Chapter IX. On Banking<br /> A defining feature in the character of the inhabitants of the United States is a commendable industriousness that extends across all classes of the nation along with a spirit of speculation and commerce that animates everyone. All work or trade—nearly all fixed property is for sale—since the owners always set such a high price on it convinced they can use the proceeds to buy a better piece of land or a more conveniently located house or to build one themselves. This is the source of the constant activity and migration westward.</p> <p>Since the citizens of the United States are owners of an extraordinarily vast expanse of land and innumerable movable assets they require a representative medium for such property without which business is inconceivable and commerce comes to a standstill. It was therefore quite natural that in the absence of precious metals—silver and gold— they resorted to paper money. In this case paper currency came to replace coined money. And since the U.S. government i.e. Congress among its other prerogatives had expressly reserved for itself the exclusive right to mint money it ought to have established a national bank and declared all other paper money invalid and worthless.</p> <p>But this did not occur. Instead corporations in every state were chartered by the respective legislatures to establish banks and—as previously mentioned—this led to an excessive amount of paper currency entering circulation. This medium was out of all proportion to the fixed and other forms of property which inevitably led to the condition already described: silver commanded a rapidly increasing premium and eventually disappeared entirely.</p> <p>These observations are of obvious value to anyone who at the present moment is considering emigrating to the United States. Such an individual will see that because the medium of exchange is disproportionate to the property it represents cultivated lands—especially on the western side of the mountains—are fetching inflated prices. For example in Franklin County Pennsylvania in a populated area of the state the price of the best farmland has risen from an average of 30 dollars per acre in 1809 to 200 dollars per acre by 1817.</p> <p>From Chapter X. England’s Influence on the United States of North America<br /> Since the revolution that began in 1774 and the peace subsequently brokered between England and the United States by France the North American Union has positioned itself among the ranks of sovereign and independent nations. Even amid the disputes and conflicts of the European powers in the past decades the Union has sought to maintain strict neutrality. Though as previously noted the will of the larger population tended toward France there exists a political faction within the country that while seemingly a minority in truth directs all public policy in ways it deems beneficial to its own purposes—without the broader population realizing it.</p> <p>This faction known as the Federalist Party consists of sympathizers with England to the extent that England’s interests coincide with or do not conflict with those of the Union.</p> <p>England’s keen statesmen are unlikely to idly allow Americans to begin processing their own raw materials and produce. England would thereby lose one of its most valuable sources of raw exports and manufacturing markets.</p> <p>By the end of 18— year obscured due to a shortage of raw cotton spinning machines in Pennsylvania were forced to shut down. The price of raw material had risen sharply— until it disappeared altogether. It is likely that England had quietly purchased all available reserves.</p> <p>During the most recent war the town of Machias—a strip of land in Massachusetts— was in English hands. It became the main depot for English goods. From there New Englanders distributed the wares to other parts of the Union. All transactions had to be settled in specie. Eastern banks drew bills of exchange in large sums on the banks of New York and Philadelphia; these in turn drew on the western banks Baltimore and others. In the end most of the hard currency flowed back to England and military operations had to be financed with paper money—whose issuance and loan arrangements encountered great difficulties.</p> <p>The New Englanders were publicly accused—though not without basis—of making no attempt to drive the English out of Maine. In order to deflect the bitterness of this accusation several prominent men from the eastern states convened in the city of Hartford Connecticut to deliberate on their interests and to discuss the grievances of this part of the Union particularly the lack of support from the federal government in defending the coastline and other matters.</p> <p>The broader goal of the entire project was also to heighten the people’s desire for peace to its peak. Once peace was concluded the Democratic Party celebrated the event with public festivals and illuminations. The newspapers glorified the perceived benefits and general rejoicing continued—until the Federalists again laid bare the bitter realities to the public.</p> <p>They exposed the drawbacks of the peace in the harshest light: the lost Newfoundland fisheries the unresolved revision of borders on the Canadian side the lack of compensation and the forfeiture of any redress for past wrongs. None of the original reasons for the war had been achieved or settled. Nothing further was said of the freedom of the seas the liberty of the flag sailors’ rights or paper blockades. England now remained silent on all these matters which were rendered moot with the end of the war with France.</p> <p>From Chapter XI. Constitution and Form of Government of the United States<br /> The Constitution of the United States is widely recognized as a philosophical masterpiece: a well-considered and practical republican framework of government.</p> <p>It cannot be denied that the republican-representative form of government is preferable to the purely democratic or aristocratic systems known to the ancients or to those formerly established in Switzerland and Venice. Through the election of representatives the integrity of popular sovereignty can be preserved without devolving into aristocracy. If the majority of the people consistently approves only those measures that aim at the general welfare of the state and seeks to implement them through the election of its representatives—without being misled by passions the lure of conquest or favoritism toward any particular nation—then such a constitution not only merits praise for its theoretical perfection but also proves itself in practice. One must admit that it adequately meets the demands made of a government designed for a nation composed of many peoples united by the shared labor and hardship of establishing and cultivating their new homeland.</p> <p>The desire that the conduct of public affairs—even in republican constitutions—should rest in the hands of the wisest and best does not contradict the theory of democratic representative forms of government so long as the representatives are elected only for a reasonably short term.</p> <p>From Chapter XII. Administration of Justice – Prisons and Poorhouses<br /> In criminal cases of all kinds after a preliminary hearing the justice of the peace may order the accused to be held in the county jail until the next court session during which time the county must bear the cost of detention. The presiding judge instructs the sheriff to announce the court date in public newspapers and to summon a jury composed of 24 men from the local community.</p> <p>This jury is then sworn in by the judge.</p> <p>Note: Trial by jury—decision by a panel of peers—was an ancient Germanic right brought to England by the Saxons and which still exists today in the English legal tradition.</p> <p>The jurors are properly instructed in their duties. The case—whether civil or criminal—is presented and the jury remains in court throughout the proceedings until the verdict is rendered.</p> <p>In criminal cases the accused is permitted to challenge any jurors whom he considers biased or otherwise objectionable in character. The court replaces these jurors with others. A panel of jurors then withdraws to a designated room to deliberate on the preliminary statements made by witnesses and the accused. Their task is solely to decide whether the accused is guilty of the alleged crime or not.</p> <p>The county jail is maintained by the county sheriff who is also responsible for the care of the prisoners supplying them at county expense with basic food such as porridge and occasional meat.</p> <p>Poorhouses usually own plots of land the income from which supports the institution. Alternatively they are funded by a poor tax levied on county residents. Each county elects three commissioners and one poorhouse superintendent. The commissioners review applications from those seeking admission to the poorhouse.</p> <p>Because anyone willing to work can easily find employment—and especially because farmers require laborers for a variety of tasks—and because no type of work is viewed as dishonorable begging is virtually nonexistent. Another factor that has eliminated idleness and mendicancy is a certain sense of honor that pervades even the lowest social classes. Additionally it is quite easy for parents to apprentice their children in trades in a profitable and advantageous way.</p> <p>Whereas in Europe particularly in Germany it is customary for a master craftsman to charge a fee for training an apprentice in the United States the custom is the opposite: the apprentice not only receives free room and board and clothing but—</p> <p>Even after completing their apprenticeship American apprentices receive a certificate of freedom and a sum of money in recognition of their loyal service and labor—an amount that can sometimes be quite substantial.</p> <p>To be sure the great shortage of laborers and their high wages help explain this arrangement. But it also seems that in Germany too little attention has been paid to properly valuing the services of apprentices. This imbalance may favor the master too heavily and may even explain why poor parents sometimes choose not to apprentice their children in a trade instead allowing them to remain idle rather than securing them a useful skill and a steady livelihood.</p> <p>Funds needed for public expenses are raised by a county tax which is assessed proportionally based on wealth. The county treasurer collects the tax revenues from the various township collectors and submits an annual accounting to the county commissioners which is published in all the local newspapers. Expenses typically include salaries of county officials maintenance of county buildings payment of court witnesses prisoner upkeep bounties for wolf and panther scalps stationery newspaper subscriptions and printing costs constable reimbursements and repairs to roads and bridges.</p> <p>To be sure craftsmen and artisans in the United States are not as thoroughly trained as those in Europe. Because guild systems do not exist and since neither artisans nor craftsmen travel to broaden their skills they usually begin working as independent masters or entrepreneurs immediately after their apprenticeships. They are not required to produce a masterwork to demonstrate their skill.</p> <p>Here people do not work to produce perfection. Speed and utility are the primary concerns.</p> <p>From Chapter XIII. Schools and Teaching Institutions — Arts and Sciences<br /> Public schools for the instruction of youth in reading writing and arithmetic are properly established throughout all the states.</p> <p>Several legislatures have allocated significant funds for the education of poor children and for Sunday schools and parents are free to take advantage of this benefit for their children. Many seminaries and Latin schools referred to as Collegia exist where future physicians theologians and lawyers receive their foundational education.</p> <p>In Philadelphia there is an institute for the study of theoretical and practical surgery and medical science under the guidance of skilled doctors. There is also a school for advanced midwifery an observatory and more.</p> <p>Educational institutions and schools for young women are quite common as can be seen from advertisements in public newspapers. One often finds announcements for political societies and humane organizations dedicated to supporting the poor under various names.</p> <p>Philadelphia also hosts a collection of natural specimens and other curiosities art objects Native American artifacts and oil portraits of various renowned men from many nations—along with some of the most remarkable American mammals birds amphibians and snakes displayed both as taxidermy and living specimens.</p> <p>Printing presses are widely distributed throughout the country; every county indeed every substantial inland town has at least one and some even have two or three printing establishments. In the coastal cities not insignificant literary enterprises are undertaken. In New York the British Classics have been printed on splendid paper very correctly and beautifully. A quarto edition of the Edinburgh Encyclopedia is being prepared in Philadelphia. Mathew Carey also there has published the Bible in several formats using entirely domestic typefaces.</p> <p>In addition to the daily and weekly newspapers—most of which are published in royal folio—there are various monthly journals issued in installments.</p> <p>Without harboring prejudice against European literature and while acknowledging the content of periodicals and journals one must admit that the gap remains considerable. Aside from political commentary which is their main strength little can be found that is as solid or intellectually developed as what German scientific education offers.</p> <p>This constant discussion of political matters in German slang: “tinkering talk†is the centerpiece of conversation across all social classes especially among the educated. As many subscribe to multiple newspapers that keep them well-supplied with material there is nothing easier to find than people who fancy themselves politically wise.</p> <p>There are several writers who combine originality with learning taste and wit. With the loss of Chief Justice Brackenridge both literature and public life lost an important pillar. An imitation of Chinese-styled letters in the manner of Goldsmith’s Citizen of the World or Montesquieu’s Lettres persanes—under the title Salmagundi by “Squire Langstaff†are works of a master’s hand. However one must have personal familiarity with local people and customs in order to fully understand and appreciate the work. It offers a witty critique and satire on the manners and behaviors that have emerged in America concerning moral and religious habits as well as general conduct. Novels are among the most frequently listed items in booksellers’ catalogs.</p> <p>From Chapter XIV. On Religiosity and the Various Sects of the Christian Religion<br /> Freedom of religion and conscience is guaranteed to all inhabitants in the Constitution of the United States.</p> <p>As a result a wide variety of religious sects conduct their ceremonies undisturbed in designated public meeting places and there is no evidence of religious persecution or intolerance in matters of faith.</p> <p>Each congregation of any given religious sect elects its own preacher and every member contributes annually to his support according to their means—usually between 3 10 and 20 thalers. The ministers of the German Reformed and Lutheran congregations hold yearly assemblies or synods at some location within the middle states. There they deliberate on important matters of faith consult one another regarding the state of religion in their congregations examine candidates and recommend them to known teaching posts among other things.</p> <p>The Moravian Brethren or Herrnhuter congregations have already done much for the education and instruction of the Indigenous people under their care and they have shown great zeal in their conversion to Christianity. They have also tried to introduce agriculture and domestic manufacturing among them.</p> <p>Several Bible societies exist in different states dedicated to the free distribution of Bibles to poor families.</p> <p>A society is said to have been formed which sends missionaries to Africa for the conversion of unenlightened rulers and the spread of the Gospel in that part of the world.</p> <p>From Chapter XV. Frugality and Economy as Characteristic Traits of the American Character.<br /> Diligence and industriousness are typically joined with frugality temperance and thrift and these as previously noted constitute a principal element not only of the national character but also of nearly every individual American. Just as thrift governs all branches of general government and state legislatures so too is strict economy found in the private household of every citizen. However in the former case this can sometimes become so excessive that it hinders important national operations especially in times of war.</p> <p>There is no formal distinction among social classes. Yet a divide emerges between the affluent and educated segment of the nation—those who hold public office engage in commerce or serve as doctors clergymen or legal professionals—and the working populace. This divide proves harder to bridge than the class distinctions of Europe.</p> <p>Training the young men of a nation in the use of arms gives them a certain strength natural confidence and masculine bearing—an air of dignity that is better felt than described. At the same time military institutions are all the more necessary in large and populous nations particularly where the broader masses remain coarse and unrefined.</p> <p>.or would degenerate into an effeminacy that would imprint on the character of the whole a weak or womanish stamp.</p> <p>This frugality is also the reason why Congress has not long since established measures to direct immigrants not only to land but also to other forms of support in their settlement efforts. This would not only bring a large number of industrious people into the country increasing national wealth but would also fulfill the goal of the emigrants themselves: the improvement of their condition. As things currently stand the majority of these unfortunate individuals exchange modest independence for bondage and poverty—benefiting only a few wealthy individuals who through their contracts in the transport business earn large sums.</p> <p>The larger the population the greater the productive power of a nation: more land is cultivated and more real national wealth is created. It must therefore be the desire of Congress to encourage immigration and to provide immigrants with the means to acquire land. Until now poor immigrants—without a trade who have barely paid their fare and have nothing left to buy land—have had to resign themselves to day labor. Given the exorbitant cost of all necessities in the United States even with good wages a day laborer cannot save anything and thus has no hope of ever becoming a landowner.</p> <p>The national festivals include the annual celebration of the day on which the United States declared its independence July 4 1776. On this day the people gather at selected locations—under groves of trees in gardens or in open fields. One clearly observes here the division of the populace into two parties since the Federalists and Democrats never celebrate the festival together. Instead each party gathers at its own designated place where a table lavishly set with food and drink awaits them. To the sound of music and cannon fire various toasts are made reflecting the general mood of the party and the individual. These toasts which are often quite original are usually preserved and published in the local newspapers.</p> <p>From Chapter XVII. On the Enslaved Black Population in the United States<br /> The Quakers or Friends in Pennsylvania have set a noble example for the inhabitants of other states: they granted freedom to their Black slaves. If the Society of Friends deserves any praise this act alone would speak for them. Yet men capable of such a deed have surely done even more good already.</p> <p>Whatever the condition may be of the Black population and the mulattoes born of their mixing with Whites in Maryland Virginia and the western territories the question remains whether it would be prudent for the planters in those states to follow the example of the Quakers. The number of Black people in those regions is so significant that emancipation could only occur under carefully managed conditions: either by allocating them a designated region and equipping them with the necessary tools and provisions or by guiding them through better education and gradually leading them into freedom.</p> <p>In Pennsylvania and the eastern states a slaveholder may only retain a slave until their twenty-eighth year; at that point the law grants the individual freedom. This also applies to all enslaved persons brought into these states from elsewhere even if they had been considered lifelong slaves in their original states.</p> <p>The legal rights of the planters must also be taken into account—many of them own hundreds of slaves through inheritance or other means. These enslaved people often constitute a considerable and at times the largest portion of the planter’s wealth. Slaveholders naturally grow accustomed to indolence or at least to not performing the labor that men of similar wealth and circumstances in the eastern states are willing to undertake. Black people are by nature considered indolent; and although they can endure significant physical hardship and strain it cannot reasonably be expected of them in their present condition to exert themselves in the same way that the free inhabitants of the middle and eastern states have done—those whose labor has enriched those regions.</p> <p>Virginia which has the largest population of Black people has nonetheless seen considerable progress in cultivation in recent times especially since many residents of Pennsylvania have purchased land in Virginia’s fertile valleys. By introducing enslaved labor along with their superior methods of agriculture and household economy they provided an example for the local slaveholders to follow.</p> <p>Indeed the treatment of Black people in Virginia has been portrayed to Europeans as exceptionally cruel. And while there may be cases where they are punished too harshly it appears to be in the planter’s own best interest to secure the love and trust of their laborers through gentle and humane treatment. These people are said to be very sensitive to insult or injustice but also never forget kindness and proven goodwill.</p> <p>As far as I know the Black population in the western states is not protected by law from cruel or arbitrary corporal punishment by their masters. This brings to mind a line from Pfeffel’s fables which may serve as a closing remark: “Bravely throw off the yoke of slaves Torn from the lion’s neck by Washington— Yet the hypocrite still holds tight / A thousand slaves beneath his heel.â€</p> unknown‎

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‎[ANON] "An American Physician‎

‎MacKenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts: Constituting A Complete Practical Library. .‎

‎Philadelphia: Troutman & Hayes 1851. A New American from the latest London Edition." Octavo 23.5cm. Modern half black leather with red marbled paper over boards titled in gilt on spine; modern cream endpapers; 456pp. Bookplate of Charles William Gordon. Rebound internally foxed with old dampstain to top edge of pages mostly not affecting text: Good or better. Reprint of a popular cookbook including recipes for food and household needs as well as multiple crafts and trades: the title page mentions calico printing farriery painting pickling tanning and more. Troutman & Hayes unknown‎

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‎[Anon] [Illustrated Manuscript]‎

‎Légende de la Courtesane Otzoumi et du prêtre Bouddhique Itzari‎

‎Paris: N.p. 1920. Two manuscripts 7" x 9.25" preliminary draft 23 pages entirely illustrated and written in pencil. The other manuscript 9" x 11.5" contains 17 leaves recto and verso; the text written in pencil but with beautifully detailed gouache illustrations 4 full page and the remainder inset in the text. Housed in a paper folder. The preliminary draft is toned and smudged in places while the color manuscript remains bright and clean. <br /> <br /> Stunning illustrated manuscript of a Japanese legend from the "City of Pleasure" concerning the beautiful courtesan Otzoumi and the Buddhist priest Itzari.  The text of this story appeared in a compilation La cité d'amour au Japon Courtisanes du Yoshuwara by Dr. Tresmain-Trémolières in 1905.  The cover and the spine of the paper folder which houses the manuscript both have written manuscrit a Cottin.  Perhaps this is a hint as to the author/artist or perhaps means in the style of say Eugène Cottin or another.  The gouache pieces are bright colorful detailed and fantastical and to us seem to us to resemble the Art Deco style of George Barbier.  Certainly a manuscript worthy of further study.<br /> <br /> <br /> From the library of Jacques Loreau 1920-2010 operatic tenor and avid collector of 19th and 20th century literature and theater.  . N.p. unknown‎

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‎[ANON] LEANDRE, Charles [after].‎

‎Remember your wife!‎

‎France: S.P. C1895. A lovely water colour partly finished very much in the style of Charles Léandre. Unsigned this work appears to be an incomplete composition for a magazine such as "Le Rire" or "L'Assiette au Beurre." A worman on a director's chair is speaking to a relaxed gentleman in late nineteenth century dress wearing a straw boater and with an outsized moustache. The painted area is highly skilled and appears to be finished. What is curious is that the pencil sketch shows another woman stood to the other side of the man and tapping him on the shoulder. Only her hand has been inked in. It is tempting to think that the shadow of the woman is left intentionally ghost like as the man's conscience reminding him of his wife. What argues against this is that the "ghost" is in pencil which wouldn't have reproduced in any intended publication. Also the man's left foot is also only in pencil. So on balance this is an unfinished caricature. Still a fabulous fin de siecle drawing. On art paper with a little nicking to the edges and slight darkening. A single fold to the centre where the sheet has been folded. 30cm x 22cm. . Une jolie aquarelle partiellement achevée très dans le style de Charles Léandre. Non signée cette œuvre semble être une composition inachevée destinée à un magazine tel que « Le Rire » ou « L'Assiette au Beurre ». Une femme assise sur une chaise de réalisateur s'adresse à un homme détendu vêtu d'un costume de la fin du XIXe siècle coiffé d'un canotier et arborant une moustache imposante. La partie peinte est très travaillée et semble achevée. Ce qui est curieux c'est que l'esquisse au crayon montre une autre femme debout de l'autre côté de l'homme qui lui tape sur l'épaule. Seule sa main a été encrée. Il est tentant de penser que l'ombre de la femme a été laissée intentionnellement fantomatique comme la conscience de l'homme lui rappelant sa femme. Ce qui contredit cette hypothèse c'est que le « fantôme » est au crayon ce qui n'aurait pas été reproduit dans une publication prévue. De plus le pied gauche de l'homme n'est également dessiné qu'au crayon. Tout bien considéré il s'agit donc d'une caricature inachevée. Il n'en reste pas moins un fabuleux dessin fin de siècle. Sur papier d'art avec quelques petites entailles sur les bords et un léger noircissement. Un seul pli au centre là où la feuille a été pliée. 30 cm x 22 cm. S.P. unknown‎

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‎[ANON]*‎

‎Gibraltar.‎

‎c.1800. Fine gouache painting of the Rock of Gibraltar with ships in the foreground 39 x 65.5 cm to outside black neat line. Indecipherabe signature to bottom right obscured by black ink border line. c.1800 unknown‎

Référence libraire : 52115

‎[ANON].‎

‎Essai contre l’humeur.‎

‎<p><em>8vo. pp. 19 1 blank; with engraved headpiece vignette and initial; stitched as issued uncut.</em></p><p>First edition of this rare moralistic essay on the subject of humour both good and bad.</p><p>The author states that he has no intention of being stuffy or professorial in his analysis of humour and its subspecies 'mauvaise humeur'. He notes that in the age of 'good company the need to be fashionable had almost entirely ruled out any place for humour and offers the reader a more optimistic view of existence more frivolous and worldly in which humour might have a role'.</p> [n.p., n.d., c.‎

Référence libraire : 3220255

‎[ANON].‎

‎Hymnal of the Manchester High Schools for Girls.‎

‎Printed for the Governors By Sherratt & Hughes. Manchester. 1897. pp. vii i 224 vi ii blank. Original cloth faded new spine and front free end-paper a copy of a hymn by EDWIN HATCH in pencil on the rear blank a very good copy. RARE - COPAC records the British Library only in the UK. The Preface records that a number of people had waived copyright for the use of their hymns including RUDYARD KIPLING - MISS GASKELL - REV. FRANCIS PALGRAVE and a number of others. Printed for the Governors By Sherratt & Hughes. Manchester. [1897?]. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 57945

‎[ANON].‎

‎Pisa. Interno del Duomo la lampada di Galileo.‎

‎c.1890. Original black & white albumen print 26 x 20 cm laid onto blue card with MS title "Pisa" beneath. Mounted. [c.1890]. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 56731

‎[ANON].‎

‎Talmud Yerushalmi. Jerusalem Talmud.‎

‎Constantinople Ashkenazi brothers 1754. . Folio modern blind-tooled burgundy-brown calf; occasional slight warming to leaves text in Hebrew; 1 66 71 ll.<br /> Tractates of Moed starting at Pesachim and Nezikin. With a commentary written by Rabbi Yehoshua Benbenashti called 'Sdei Yehoshua' the field of Joshua.<br /> Constantinople, Ashkenazi brothers, 1754. unknown‎

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‎[ANON]:‎

‎ALBUM OF TWENTY-EIGHT DRAWINGS DEPICTING ANCIENT PERSIAN AND OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN RULERS‎

‎Original manuscript. c.1900. Quarto red cloth album with bevelled edges 25.5 x 19.5cm containing 28 fine black chalk drawings on thin tracing paper depicting various ancient Persian and other Middle Eastern rulers mounted at the corners to the leaves. Each sheet approximately 18 x 15cm. Seven images with red manuscript titles in Cyrillic beneath. Armorial crest in red ink and small old bookseller's printed description affixed to the front pastedown. Old pencil note to the front free endpaper stating "Tracings from the tombs". The album itself is significantly worn and lacking the spine the upper board held by the cords only and with the first five leaves loose and other leaves becoming so. The leaves with light foxing and marking and occasional nicks to the extremities. Possibly lacking one drawing at the beginning. The first drawing is detached and has creasing to the corners affecting the image at one corner several other drawings are detached at one or two corners but still remaining mounted to the leaves with minor loss to the blank corners and with a little wrinkling to the extremities otherwise the images are in good order. An intriguing album of finely-executed black chalk drawings depicting twenty-eight rulers from Persia the Middle East and Mediterranean with named individuals including: "Rut-n-nu"of Egypt; "Dikran II" Tigranes the Great 140-55 BC King of Armenia; Amastris c.340-39-284 BC Persian princess and ruler of Heraclea the first woman in the Mediterranean publicly identified as the political economic and administrative royal authority; Nicocles King of Paphos d. 306 BC; "Turan Khan"; Mithridates; and "Sheikh al Arab".</p><p>According to the early twentieth-century bookseller's note affixed to the front pastedown the drawings are "tomb tracings" of Persian and Egyptian portraits. The first image titled "Rut-n-nu" depicting a portrait from an Egyptian temple which was also reproduced by the French Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion in his "Monuments de l'Egypte de la Nubie" 1835-45 certainly appears to indicate this. However the remaining drawings all very much in the Persian manner and uniform in their style and execution and of which we can find no other examples/copies puts a question mark over this apparent origin.</p><p>Provenance: from the library of Dr. Hugh J. Schonfield 1901-1988; acquired from Hodgson & Co. London A Catalogue of Books from Various Sources 24th June 1965 lot 404. [Original manuscript]. hardcover‎

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‎[ANON]:‎

‎EVELYN MAY AND THE SCREAMING EAGLE‎

‎London: Herbert Jenkins. 1929. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the spine and upper board in the Helen McKie illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy paper slightly cracked in places on the front inner hinge but the binding remains firm the spine with a slight lean and with a few tiny bumps to the board edges. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate and small shelf stamp to the front pastedown and his name and date inscribed at the top of the title page are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has several tiny closed tears at the spine tips and fold cornerswhich is a touch darkened to the spine and has several short closed tears to the spine tips and fold corners. With the publisher's printed price of 7/6 to the spine that has been covered with a 2/6 price label. Scarce in the dustwrapper. A humorous tale told through the diary of Evelyn May a little girl who the anonymous writer describes as "the seed of a flapper" complete with a child's naive spelling and vocabulary. Evelyn May travels to America with her English mother and American Father and so ensues much UK vs US bickering and cultural satire with a distinctly 1920s slant. Following an earlier book titled 'Sh - Not Before Evelyn May'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Herbert Jenkins. 1929 hardcover‎

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‎[ANON]:‎

‎ORIGINAL WOODCUT PRINTING BLOCK THE LAST JUDGEMENT‎

‎c.1680-1720. Original woodcut printing block depicting The Last Judgement with the Heavenly City at the top with shining light above two gateways with gardens leading towards it Jesus Christ and four angels in front and with human figures in the foreground including a horse-drawn cart taking away the damned. 78 x 83mm. Old manuscript label to the side: "Last Judgement / White collection". The block remains in very good condition indeed with only a touch of minor old loss to the foot of the lower border. Accompanied by an impression taken from the block printed on high-quality modern paper. A splendid late seventeenth- / early eighteenth-century woodcut printing block depicting The Last Judgement with a resplendent Heavenly City at the head.</p><p>The present block originates from the workshop of the pioneering Newcastle printer John White 1689-1769 who inherited a large collection of blocks most likely including the present one from his father also John White the York-based printer. White's collection of blocks subsequently descended through a series of Newcastle printers: Thomas Saint Thomas Angus George Angus Emerson Charnley and William Dodd. The present wood-cut is reproduced in Charnley's 'Specimens of Early Wood Engraving: being impressions of woodcuts from the collection of Mr. Charnley' Newcastle: 1858 and Dodd's subsequent 1862 edition. A large portion of White's original collection of blocks now resides at McGill University. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1606

‎[ANON]:‎

‎SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED PUZZLE BLOCK TOY‎

‎Germany. c.1880. Set of twenty-five wooden cubes with six dissected chromolithographed scenes depicting the story of Snow White and Seven Dwarves to each side 21 x 21cm when assembled. Contained within its original wooden box with hinged lid and decorated paper sides 24 x 24cm. The set with with five chromolithographed guide sheets the sixth mounted to the lid of the box. The cubes with a little wear to the edges and occasional minor loss to the paper image. The guide sheets with chips tears and old paper repairs verso. The box with a horizontal crack to the lid and a little wear and chipping to the paper covering. Overall however the set remains in a good state preservation. A nice example. An attractive and uncommon late nineteenth-century block puzzle depicting the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Printed in vibrant chromolithography the puzzle would have been manufactured in Germany to supply the burgeoning middle-class toy market of Europe and North America. [Germany]. unknown‎

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‎[ANON]:‎

‎TRUE CHRISTMAS JOY: A New Poem on the Birth of Our Saviour.‎

‎London: Printed and sold by J. Evans and Son. c.1815-20. Later edition. Later edition. Original printed wrappers with a woodcut depicting the nativity to the upper cover signed 'Lee' in the cut. 8pp. A very good copy the binding a little delicate but secure and with traces of having previously been bound within a larger volume to the spine. The contents with a touch of toning are otherwise clean throughout and remain free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. A poetic celebration of the nativity by an unnamed eighteenth-century author embellished with a charming naive woodcut. The work first appeared under a slightly different title c.1750 ESTC N65956 although only early nineteenth-century copies such as the present example are recorded in British institutions. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Printed and sold by J. Evans and Son. [c.1815-20] unknown‎

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‎[CALIFORNIA]. ANON‎

‎The Raising of the American Steamship "Republic."‎

‎San Francisco Paul Elder 1916. 1916. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 12 photographs. Original gilt stamped gray cloth t.e.g. Fine fresh copy. No bookplates. Signed and inscribed in blue ink on the half title page: "Compliments of John A. Hooper." Hooper was the ship's owner. Printed at Tomoye Press. Designed by Herman A. Funke. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. San Francisco, Paul Elder [1916]. hardcover‎

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‎[CIVIL WAR]. Anon‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed‎

‎text of a telegram on printed form of the American Telegraph Company from Captain William M. McKim to agent George P. Greer of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Boston ca. 1864. 8vo 1 page with additional Autograph Letter Signed of S.R. Conner on verso for certification. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 500990

‎[CIVIL WAR]. Anon‎

‎Printed Telegram‎

‎holograph copies of text for 4 telegrams Boston February 15-18 1864. Small 4to sheet 2pp. recto and verso. F. Soft cover. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 501001

‎[Fishing & Angling / Humor] Novice, A [Anon]‎

‎THE ANGLICAN FRIAR; And / The Fish Which He Took / By Hook and by Crook / A Comic Legend / By A. Novice A.F. & F. / Dedicated to All Lovers of Angling / Arum Legenditis‎

‎London: J. and D. A. Darling 1851. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Very Good/None Clear archival polyester sleeve added. Small 8vo 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" original publisher's green decorative gilt-and-blind-stamped cloth with cover displaying the title & subtitle with a bright gilt-title and -engraving of a friar catching a cat ! not a catfish ".by hook and by crook" illustrated with frontispiece repeating humorous gilded cover art of friar fishing opposite extra-illustrated title page with eight engraved oval vignettes bordering that has been printed on heavy stock plus an undecorated title page further illustrated with seven 7 full-page engraved plates unsigned with style resembling Doyle rather than Cruikshank 166 pages. Engaging brief presentation on front free endpaper "To a learned angler" by another who to his friend quotes supposedly "'These are not Anglers but Angels' Pope Gregory."<br/><br/>VERY SCARCE Illustrated and amusing poetic send-up of fishers of fish men & accidentally cats. The gilt impress on the front cover of the fishing friar is wonderfully bright; likewise the frontispiece and facing decorative engraved title page on heavier stock. Light and uniform age-toning to pages and plates slightly more apparent around their margins but without or very little foxing or noticeably affecting the full-page still crisp engravings. Wear to spine cloth with upper cap gone and fraying to the foot of the spine. Covers are quite clean and bright with slight fading and some wear showing at edges and corners. <br/><br/>References: Westwood & Satchell The Chronicle of the "Compleat Angler".1883: with anonymous author not identified page 15. Heckscher Sale Catalogues 83. J. and D. A. Darling hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 6598

‎[GREAT BRITAIN - GREAT UNREST] [AVIATION] Anon‎

‎The Progressive Rake's Progress‎

‎London: W.H. Smith & Son N.d. ca 1914. Lithograph in colors 77cm x 50cm ca. 30" x 20". Mild toning in margins with subtle repair to closed tears; Near Fine. Professionally mounted on archival linen. <br /> <br /> An anti-Progressive satirical image using a crash-landed bi-plane to symbolize the recklessness of Asquith's Liberal government; the unfortunate banged-up chap at center appears to be a caricature of David Lloyd George Asquith's Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Prime Minister. The artist is unidentified but possibly Edward Huskinson long-time editor of The Tattler and a popular Conservative cartoonist of the period. W.H. Smith & Son unknown‎

Référence libraire : 83910

‎[Ian Fleming / Bondiana] Anon‎

‎The Japan of Today‎

‎Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1964. Travel / lifestyle Octavo 26 x18cm pp.84. Illustrated with maps charts and colour photographs. Bound in photographic glossy wrappers. Together with six pamphlets 'Facts about Japan' also from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated March 1964. Fine throughout. From the collection of Jon Gilbert pencil ownership within used while writing his bibliography of Fleming who was fascinated by Japan and her culture. He visited on two occasions setting a James Bond novel there You Only Live Twice published March 1964 and wrote about Tokyo in Thrilling Cities 1963. The Japan of Today was published annual for tourists from the 1950s-70s; this particular issue was in print exactly when Fleming visited on his main research trip. See Thrilling Cities pp.49-68. Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1964 unknown‎

Référence libraire : 72428

‎[JUDAISME] - GRUNBERG (Anon) -‎

‎Le Messie juif.‎

‎Paris, Editions Héloise d'Ormesson, 2007 ; in-8, 547 pp., br. Bon état broché.‎

‎Bon état broché.‎

Référence libraire : 201903664

‎[Kettilby, Mary]; by Several Hands (anon)‎

‎A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery Physick and Surgery; for the Use of all Good Wives Tender Mothers and Careful Nurses‎

‎London: For Richard Wilkin 1714. Octavo 19 x 12.5 cm. 16 218 13 pages. FIRST EDITION. “Mary Kettilby’s collection of cookery recipes and medicinal and home remedies from a tasty “green-pease soop without meat†to gooseberry wine. Households that could not afford French cooks or French cooking came to form a growing audience for books by women that contained unpretentious recipes cut to suit a less costly cloth for pickling and collaring rather than ragouts. Where Hannah Woolley had led plenty of female cooks with their eye on the profitable middle market followed with books like Mary Kettilby’s collection of recipes 1714 and Eliza Smith’s Compleat Housewife 1734†Colquhoun Taste: The Story of Britain through its Cookery 2015. Kettilby’s book purported to be a collective effort: the preface stating that ‘a Number of very Curious and Delicate House-wives Club’d to furnish out this Collection’. Maclean however pages 79-82 doubts this and notes that evidence from later editions indicate Kettilby to be the main author. Apart from the Preface there is no introduction of any sort: the recipes follow immediately after the chapter headings. The book is clearly divided into chapters of recipes for food and for remedies but within the chapters there is no definite structure. For example the first chapter begins with six recipes for soups followed by recipes for collared beef ‘French-Cutlets’ collared mutton stewed pigeons broiled pigeons dressed turbot and then patties ‘for a Dish of Fish’. The recipes are given either as goals as ‘To make Hogs-Puddings’ or as titles sometimes with descriptions as ‘A very good Tansy’. Quantities are given in whichever units are convenient as ‘a Gallon of grated Bread’ ‘three Pounds of Currants’ or ‘nine Eggs’. Often quantities rely on the cook’s judgment as ‘as much Sugar as will make it very sweet’. Temperatures and timings are given when necessary as ‘a cool Oven: Half an Hour bakes it’. Later binding in 19th century style. Half-calf gilt-decorated spine marbled endpapers. The front paste-down contains the bookplates of two significant culinary collections: Thomas Scruggs & Margaret Cook and Marian Hatch. The Hatch bookplate was designed and engraved by British engraver Alfred J. Downey. With the bookseller's ticket of Philip C. Duschnes to the rear pastedown. Ink ownership mark to half-title "1718 Eliseab; and inscription on final page of text "illeg. near New College Oxford". OCLC locates eighteen copies; Bitting page 258; Cagle 789; Maclean pages 79-82; Oxford page 54; Wellcome II page 389. For Richard Wilkin hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 7280