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réf. 26669Hamburg: Verlag des Israelit und Hermon G. M. B. H. 5691. First edition. Softcover. fair to g. Quarto. 4 172pp. Original printed wraps. Scarce and fascinating work on Agudist writings written by Jacob Rosenheim the faithful disciple of Samson Raphael Hirsch the founder and leader of the Agudas Israel organization. Some age wear on wraps with spine crudely rebacked with olive binder tape and age-toning along edges of covers. Upper part of front cover and lower corner partly chipped. Front cover and title-page creased. Text in German. Wraps in overall fair interior in good to very good condition. Verlag des Israelit und Hermon G. M. B. H. unknown books
1743réf. 18929Zullichau: Johann Jacob Dendeler 1743. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. 14 761 35pp. Original 3/4 vellum over marbled paper covered boards with contemporary handwritten title on spine. Engraved frontispiece. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. Rare and remarkable work on medical subjects and diseases occuring in the Holy Scriptures. Some age-wear on binding with rubbing along edges and covers. Spine slightly soiled/darkened. Ex-libris of previous owner at rear of front board. Text in German gothic script. Binding in overall good interior in near fine condition. Johann Jacob Dendeler hardcover books
1834réf. 19636Berlin: I. Lewent 1834. Hardcover. g. Six octavo volumes bound in three quarter leather over paper covered boards. Each volume has ties on fore edge of front and rear boards. Vol. 1: "Seder Zeraim" 196 pp. Vol. 2: "Seder Moed" 232 pp. Vol. 3: "Seder Nashim" 212 pp. Vol. 4: "Seder Nezikin" 268 pp. Vol. 5: "Seder Kodshim" 264 pp. Vol. 6: "Seder Tehorot" 212 pp. Book has the original Hebrew of the Mishnah and the translation into Judeo-German in double columns atop the commentary "Melo Kaf Nahat" which is in Hebrew Rashi Script. The author of the commentary was a renowned talmudic scholar and author who lived in the first half of the eighteenth century. This groundbreaking commentary was considered a "funnel of sorts" for previous rabbinic and Medieval commentaries on the Mishnah for it collected explanations from Rashi Maimonides Bertinoro and Tosafot Yom-Tov. It also drew heavily upon Isaac ibn Gabbai's commentary. This work was originally in Amsterdam in the year of 1732. This is the later reprint from Berlin printed between the years 1832-1834. Age wear and scuffing to leather some Hebrew script handwriting on front endpapers but books are in overall good condition. I. Lewent hardcover books
1726réf. 22666Franckfurth und Leipzig: Christoph Gottlieb Nicolai / Carl Christoph Immig 1726. Hardcover. fair. 8vo. Three-quarter vellum over paper boards. 2 vols. in 1 each with frontispiece and title page in red and black. 12 296 pp. 22; 6 164 pp. 8. Fascinating 18th century hand manual on the use of natural magic in medicine and healing for humans and animals by Johann Nikolaus Martius. Ornamental head- and tail pieces. Few decorative initials throughout. Handwritten notes on front and rear endpaper. Newspaper clippings two attached one loose at rear of volume. Back board cracked but not broken. Handwritten title author and year on spine. Front and back hinges starting holding tight. First leaf in second volume frontispiece and title page loose - suggesting that it was inserted after binding. Some browning and staining of some pages not affecting text. Index. Text in German Gothic script. Binding in poor interior in overall very good condition. Full title-page of second work: "Hundert acht und dreissig neu-endeckte und vollkommen bewährte Geheimnisse oder allerhand magische / spagyrische/ sympathetische und antipathetische Kunst-Stücke derer eines allein den Besitzer viel Geld gekostet hat. Bey dieser neuen Auflage wiederum mit sehr vielen anderen Geheimnissen und einem vollständigen Register vermehret auch durchgehends verbessert. Christoph Gottlieb Nicolai / Carl Christoph Immig hardcover books
1740réf. 22671Leipzig: Bey Friedrich Lanckischens Erben 1740. Tenth ed. Hardcover. g. 4to. 6 1035 68. Decorative paperboards over half vellum. Frontispiece. Illustrated title-page with text in red and black. Head and tailpiece. Two inscriptions dated 1741 on front endpaper. Early medical and pharmaceutical dictionary by German doctor and professor Johann Jacob Woyt 1671-1709. Includes detailed descriptions of specific diseases together with their symptoms therapies and remedies. Age wear and abrasions on binding. Spine torn across midsection. Front endpaper and hinges loosening. Age toning sporadic staining on some pages. Top edge from page 1019 through rear bumped and slightly creased. Two-inch closed tear on last index page. Text in German Gothic script. Binding in fair interior in overall good condition. Bey Friedrich Lanckischens Erben hardcover books
1740réf. 20478Züllichau: Verlegung des Waysenhauses bey Gottlob Benjamin Frommann 1740. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 28 862 70 134 2pp. Original full vellum with title blind-stamped on spine. Decorative initials head- and tailpieces. Fascinating work on the geography and topography of the Holy Land and surrounding regions based on the Holy Scripture. Illustrated with 15 hand-colored fold-out maps. The work is divided into 6 chapters in which Schmidt gives a detailed description of the history topography politics flora and fauna and the customs of the inhabitants of the Holy Land and surrounding countries in the Middle East. Some edge wear to binding with some soiling and staining on spine and boards. Bottom of spine slightly bumped and cracked. Ex-libris of previous owners on front- and rear paste-down. Previous owner's inscription and signature on both endpapers dated 1851. Name of previous owner handwritten on fore page edge. Slight sporadic foxing throughout. Few fold-outs have been repaired with tape on verso. Text in German Gothic script. Binding in fair interior and maps in overall very good condition. Verlegung des Waysenhauses bey Gottlob Benjamin Frommann hardcover books
1852réf. 16320Mainz: Victor v. Zabern 1852. Hardcover. fair. 8vo. vi485pp. Half leather over marbled boards with gold decorated spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Abrasions to boards and spine. Clear tape across upper part of spine. Split along spine on front board but firmly holding. Foxing underlining and markings in blue and red throughout. Essay on Justus Freiherr von Liebig's "Chemische Briefe." Text in German gothic script. Fair. Victor v. Zabern hardcover books
1929réf. 11575Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1929. First edition. Softcover. vg. Max Jacob. 8vo. 220pp. Illustre de lithographies originales et de nombreaux dessins par L'Auteur. Original tan wrappers. One inch tear to tail of spine. Minor wear to head of spine. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. This is the last volume of nine separately issued Livres D'Artiste which provide a unique portrait of French life during the 1920's. Illustrated with 10 original full-page lithographs and in text drawings. Limited edition no. 165. Text in French. In very good condition. Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise unknown books
1859réf. 12451Halberstadt: bi-Defus Y.F. Hirsch 1859. Second edition. Hardcover. g. This is the second edition of the work. The first edition was printed in 1837 in Zulku. A later edition was printed in Leipzig. Source: Bet Eked see below Two volumes in one. 8vo. 284 leaves. Rebound in cloth. Modern light green endpapers. The volume is an encyclopedic work on the rules and principles of rabbinic law. The author was a great Galician Talmud scholar and Kabbalist. He leaned towards Chasidism and was a disciple of ha-Hozeh of Lublin. Minor age wear. In Hebrew. Interior and exterior in very good condition. Bet Eked V.2p606 item #1875. bi-Defus Y.F. Hirsch hardcover books
réf. 22199Berlin: Hans Heinrich Tillgner n/d. Sonderheft Special edition. Softcover. g. 4to. 32pp. Printed original wraps protected by modern mylar. Rare special edition of the German periodical Der Feuerreiter honoring the German artist poet and printmaker Ludwig Meidner 1884-1966. Meidner's works were part of the Nazi book burning in 1933 being Jewish he fled to England in 1939. Illustrated with an original numbered 63/100 etching frontispiece and two original lithographs by Meidner. Etching signed by Meidner in pencil lithos with artist's initials. Age wear and creasing to wraps. 1 1/2" of backstrip on head of spine missing tail of spine chipped. Wraps repaired with tape. Wraps almost completely detached. Waterstaining on lower right corner throughout not affecting text or plates same corner bumped throughout. Etching almost detached from book block. Top right corner of page 31 repaired with tape. Text in German Gothic script. Wraps in fair interior in overall good to very good condition. Inhalt contents: Frauenbildnis Originalradierung / Nur dies ist das wahre Wort / Von der Armut / Vom rechten Gebrauch irdischer Gabe / Mutter du mystische Frau / Ludwig Meidner: Kopf Originallithographie / Oskar Walzel: Der Dichter Ludwig Meidner / Fred von Zollikhofer: An Ludwig Meidner / Hugo Marcus: Drei Begegnungen / Johannes R. becher: An Ludwig Meidner / Willi Wolfradt: Der Maler und Zeichner Ludwig Meidner / Fred von Zollikhofer; Der Verwndelte / Heinrich Eduard Jacob: Notizen zur apokalyptischen Kunstform / Fritz Gottfurcht: Zur Definition des Bühnenraums. Hans Heinrich Tillgner unknown books
1970réf. 17738New York: Ktav 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xxxvii 484pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. One of the most important works on the Cairo Genizah. Text is in English with selected Hebrew from manuscripts and fragments. Overall in fine condition. Ktav hardcover books
1832réf. 67528Paris: Chez F. G. Levrault 1832. ou Lectures Graduées pour les Enfans de Six a Douze Ans. Traduit de L'allemand par Mad.e Élise Voïart. Paris: Chez F. G. Levrault 1832. Three twelvemo volumes out of four . 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches; 133 x 82 mm. vii 1 blank 185 1 table; 2 162 1 table 1 blank; 2 138 1 table 1 blank pp. Volumes I III and IV. Each volume has half-title separate hand-colored vignette title-page and two hand-colored plates. Original pink paper boards. Boards stamped and lettered in black ink with a floral border and a colored vignette of the front board of each volume. Volume I edges speckled blue volume II and IV edges speckled brown. Spines a bit sunned. Some light foxing and toning throughout. Each volume with a bookplate on front pastedown reading " Chambre d'etude." Overall a very good set. HBS 67528. $750. Chez F. G. Levrault unknown books
1839réf. M15112Gelnhausen:: J.C. Janda 1839. 1839. 23 cm. xx 674 2 pp. Modern chocolate brown half-cloth marbled boards gilt-stamped spine label on black leatherette original printed wrappers bound in edges untrimmed surface soiling some internal browning. Scarce. VERY CLEAN COPY NICE BINDING. Very good. First edition. On diseases of the eye in the newborn child. CONTENTS: Erste Ausgabe. - 1 Geschichte der Krankheit; 2 Etymologie; 3 Begriffsbestimmung der Krankheit; 4 Anatomie und Physiologie der Auges der Neugebornen; 5 Phanomenologie der Krankheit; 6 Von der zeitlichen Verhaltnissen der Krankheit; 7 Von der raumlichen Verhaltnissen der Krankheit; 8 Von der Charakteren der Krankheit; 9 Diagnose der Krankheitsarten; 10 Von dem Sekret der Krankheit; 11 Von der Aehnlichkeit uund Verschiedenheit der Adenosynchitonitis neonatorum mit der agyptischen der genorrhoischen u. der scrophulosen Augenkrankheit; 12 Von den Ausgangen der Krankheit; 13 Von der Ergebnissen der Sektionen der mit der Adenosynchitonitis neonatorum behaftet gewesenen Augen; 14 Aetiologie der Krankheit; 15 Prognose der Krankheit; 16 Therapie der Krankheit. Translated 1 History of the disease; 2 Etymology; 3 Definition of the disease; 4 Anatomy and physiology of the eye of the newborn; 5 Phenomenology of the disease; 6 Temporal relations of the disease; 7 Spatial relations of the disease; 8 Characteristics of the disease; 9 Diagnosis of disease types; 10 Disease secretion; 11 Similarity and difference of adenosynchitonitis neonatorum with Egyptian genorrhoeic and scrophular eye disease; 12 Eye disease outcomes; 13 Results of eye sections affected by adenosynchitonitis neonatorum; 14 Etiology of the disease; 15 Prognosis of the disease; 16 Therapy of the disease. Grulee 1408. [J.C. Janda], 1839. hardcover books
1954réf. 1457New York: The Modern Library 1954. 8vo. 190 x 130 mm. 7 ½ x 5 inches. xvi 424pp. including Index. Publishers' maroon paper over boards with gilt lettering on spine; unclipped jacket. Book is Near Fine: some light pencil underlining in the introduction but nowhere else in the text. Jacket is Good: chipped at the head and foot of the spine with normal soiling and shelf wear. First Modern Library Edition. Jacob Burckhardt 1818-1897 the noted Swiss art historian writes on the social history and cultural output of Italy from 1350 to 1550 using materials collected during a prolonged research visit to the country from 1853 to 1854. Originally published in German as Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien Basil 1860 this edition complete and unabridged follows the English translation by S.G.C Middlemore first published in 1878. The Modern Library unknown books
1943réf. M14646New York:: Prentice-Hall 1943. 1943. Second printing. 8vo. x 435 1 pp. Illustrations diagrams index. Burnt-orange cloth with silver-stamping; lacking front free-e.p. Very good. Scarce. Surely an important assemblage of papers relating to industrial safety. The writers offer their experiences in safety engineering a history of American industrial safety accident costs accident case studies causes of accidents factory inspections maintenance electrical hazards machine guarding woodworking machines prevention of falls fire prevention and protection first aid etc. / Also with contributions by M.A. Gimbell Safety Engineer General Electric; S.W. Homan Safety Engineer Children's Bureau US Dept. of Labor; C.B. Boulet Director of Personnel Wisconsin Public Service Corp.; W. Dean Keefer Second V-P Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Co.; R.T. Page Asst. Sanitary Engineer U.S. Public Health Service. Prentice-Hall, 1943. hardcover books
1881réf. M14548Wiesbaden:: Verlag von J. F. Bergmann 1881. 1881. Small 8vo. IV 124 pp. 2 figs. lithographic. Cover is disbound a remnant; chipped cover. As is. RARE. 'The pupillary movement in physiological and pathological relations.' On pathology of the eyes. Verlag von J. F. Bergmann, 1881. unknown books
1959réf. M14207Springfield:: Charles C Thomas 1959. 1959. Large 8vo. ix 555 pp. Cloth gilt spine dust-jacket; jacket worn insect freckling else very good. A handy reference work of over 6000 entries of named methods terms doctrines tests eponyms theories operations original texts concepts diseases "Fathers" and founders etc. Schmidt was the vocabulary editor of "Modern Medicine." Charles C Thomas, 1959. hardcover books
1833réf. 11554Columbus Oh.: Published by the Author 1833. Includes other "miscellaneous pieces moral and religious." 205pp. 32mo. Contemporary calf leather label. Extremities rubbed foxed ink stains to a few leaves. A very good copy. hardcover books
1826réf. 63685Cumberland MD: Printed for the Author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. In Defense of Captain Cresap First edition of this biography of Captain Cresap defending him against charges that he slaughtered Indians before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In particular Cresap became infamous in the case of the Indian Logan and the murder of his defenseless family in 1774. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in Notes on Virginia.The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer later clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Joseph Doddridge in his then recently published Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia & Pennsylvania from the Year 1763 until the Year 1783 Inclusive of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" - Streeter. Each copy of this edition we have handled features largely identical contemporary manuscript annotations and corrections to the text suggesting that they are made in the hand of the author or publisher. The Streeter copy was bought by Sessler for $650 in 1968. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter roan over marbled boards spine gilt. Covers worn top outer corner abraded. 19th-century ownership inscription on front pastedown 19th-century gift inscription and authorship attribution on titlepage 19th-century inscription on rear pastedown. Top outer edge of text block abraded affecting only page numbers of first ten leaves. A few contemporary manuscript annotations in the text. Minor age-toning and a few minor dampstains. A decent copy. In a half morocco box. HOWES J32 "b." SABIN 35488. STREETER SALE 1335. FIELD 769. THOMSON 640. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 24967. DAB IV p.538 Cresap. hardcover books
1898réf. 7787New York. 1898. From an edition limited to 950 copies edited by Elliott Coues. Fowler was the first American to travel through much of the territory traversed. Original cloth spine gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very good. HOWES F298. RITTENHOUSE 224. hardcover books
1845réf. 50054Philadelphia: John S. Gable 1845. First edition. An exploration of the conflicts which the armed forces engaged in from the French & Indian War to the Second Seminole War and including a treatise on the art of war. Includes two large and striking plates portraying the murder of Jane McCrea and Peter Francisco's fight with Tarleton's men - these are usually lacking. 624pp. plus two large folding plates. Contemporary calf black gilt morocco labels. Spine and edges rubbed. Later bookplate on front flyleaf. Very light scattered foxing. Very good. SABIN 52241. SERVIES 3063. unknown books
1619réf. 54737Leiden: Nicolaus a Geelkercken 1619. A New Passage to the Pacific and State-Sponsored Piracy Scarce first Latin edition of one of the bestsellers of illustrated 17th-century travel literature which reports Le Maire's critical DISCOVERY of TIERRA del FUEGO an alternate route to the Pacific and also recounts the Pacific pillaging of the veteran East Indies sailor-turned-pirate Joris van Spilbergen. In addition the work includes valuable early information on ports along the Pacific coast of the Americas and is also of interest for the 17th-century Dutch presence in Brazil. Rich in ethnographic detail the numerous illustrations in the SPECULUM ORIENTALIS. include images of oversized penguins llamas and an Andean condor with a nine-foot wing span. Naval battles beleaguered Spanish settlements and newly discovered islands are also depicted in detail making this a valuable compendium of adventure on the high seas during the Age of Discovery. In 1614 the VOC commissioned Spilbergen to sail to the Moluccas with nearly 700 men. Despite the ostensible commercial nature of his expedition Spilbergen's six vessels were heavily armed anticipating encounters with silver-laden Spanish vessels. Spilbergen spent two years calling at various Spanish and Portuguese ports along both coasts of South America failing to capture any great amounts of silver or silk from Manila but burning several settlements and emerging triumphant from a naval skirmish just south of Lima. By contrast Le Maire's less mercenary expedition resulted in important discoveries; his exploration of Tierra del Fuego and the Tuamotou Archipelago called into doubt the existence of a massive southern continent providing a catalyst for Tasman's discovery of New Zealand and Australia. The two expeditions crossed paths in the Dutch East Indies in 1616. Spilbergen's fleet of six ships was fitted out and armed to combat the Spanish colonies attacking Spanish settlements and shipping along their route. They sailed to Brazil then through the Straits of Magellan and north along the coast of America as far as California. After sailing east to the Philippines they went on to Batavia in search of a Spanish fleet reportedly planning to attack Dutch settlements in the Moluccas but they never found a fleet. On his arrival at Batavia Spilbergen encountered Le Maire and Schouten whose voyage for the newly-formed Compagnie Australe had embarked in 1615 a year after Spilbergen's. Le Maire and Schouten traveled via the newly-discovered Le Maire Strait but on their arrival at Batavia they were arrested for breaching the monopoly granted to the Dutch East India Company of the Strait of Magellan. Spilbergen took Le Maire Schouten and their crews on board and escorted them back to the Netherlands virtually as prisoners. Le Maire grew ill and died en route. This work is remarkable as an early document on Dutch navigation to the Brazilian coasts. Its great value lies in Spilbergen's detailed account of their stay in the Ilha Grande from October 1614 to January 1615 and in São Vicente in 1615. Plate 2 depicting the disordered landing of Dutch vessels in São Vicente clearly documents the way of life of the indigenous peoples under Portuguese occupancy. Colonial religious structures appear alongside typical Native American hammocks and traditional Brazilian costumes and methods of animal husbandry are evident. This illustration with its explanatory text is particularly important as 17th-century ethnographic documents about the future São Paulo are very rare. One of the large folding maps remains important for illustrating Le Maire and Schouten's route across the Pacific. Other maps show the Straits of Magellan and Manila the Moluccas and various ports on the Pacific coast of America. The SPECULUM ORIENTALIS. was originally published in Dutch the same year as this Latin edition with identical plates. Translations in other languages followed rapidly: German in 1620 Frankfurt and French in 1621 Amsterdam. The work was not translated into English until the 1906 Hakluyt Society edition with the title The East and West Indian Mirror. Oblong quarto. Contemporary Dutch vellum. Old stains and soiling to boards manuscript "33" in ink on spine edges rubbed boards slightly bowed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor toning and foxing tiny reinforcement at mounting stub on verso of each large folding map some offsetting. Overall very good. In a blue cloth box gilt leather label. LANDWEHR VOC 361 mistaking the first edition of the Dutch: it is 1619 as his excellent collation obviously attests not 1617. BORBA DE MORAES II:276. HOWGEGO S159. W. Klooster THE DUTCH IN THE AMERICAS 1600-1800 cat. 24 p.12. BLAIR-ROBERTSON XV pp.328-30; illustrated XVIII p.224. LeCLERC 1994. SABIN 2288. RODRIGUEZ 2288. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 619/133. J. de VilliersThe East and West Indian Mirror Hakluyt Society 1906. JCB II:143. Lach ASIA IN THE MAKING OF EUROPE III pp.445-48. Schilder AUSTRALIA UNVEILED Ch. V pp.32-37. TIELE 66. hardcover books
1776réf. 47955London: Sayer & Bennett 1776. An Important Revolutionary-Era Florida Map A highly important chart of the entrance into the St. Mary's River showing the soundings shoals and navigational details as well as Tiger Island Marteirs Islands part of Amelia and Cumberland Islands and the ruins of Fort William which was built by James Oglethorpe. It shows settlements and named plantations including that of the Countess Dowager of Egmont with the slave quarters labeled in the map key. The map also includes a key to the rivers buildings etc. indicated on the map and sailing directions into the harbor. This chart was originally published in the second part of The North-American Pilot. In 1776 shortly after news of American Independence reached Great Britain publishers Sayer & Bennett issued a second part to their previously published North-American Pilot to encompass the coastline of the American colonies. The maps issued here include famed cartographic productions by John Gascoigne Joshua Fisher Anthony Smith and others. Many maps include additions reflecting the early battles of the war such as the plan of Charlestown showing the attack on Fort Sullivan. This second part of The North-American Pilot was first published in 1776 and subsequently reissued with additional maps in 1777. Single sheet 29 x 22 inches. Some light toning and offsetting. Very good. SELLERS & VAN EE 1632. unknown books
1609réf. 51636Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609-1610. Three of the Most Important Early Dutch Voyages to the East Three highly important Dutch voyages all in their second French editions and bound together as issued in 1610. These three voyages represent the initial Dutch exploration and expansion to the East Indies a significant element in a global commercial enterprise which was to develop throughout the 17th century. The foundational accounts in the present volume originally issued together by Amsterdam printer Cornille Nicolas include: 1 Lodewijcksz Willem: PREMIER LIVRE DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA NAVIGATION AUX INDES ORIENTALES PAR LES HOLLANDOIS. Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. 53 leaves. Titlepage with engraved map forty-five in-text engravings including three maps seventeen in-text woodcut illustrations and one plate on separate leaf following printed text. Moderate soiling on titlepage slight edge wear to first few leaves. Second French edition following the first French edition of 1598. Lodewijcksz gives an account of the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies under Cornelis Houtman from 1595 to 1597. The information collected by Houtman on the spice trade convinced the Dutch they could compete with Portugal's monopoly in the East Indies and his narrative served to initiate the explosion of Dutch trading at the turn of the century. "Like the English Houtman's men suffered so severely from scurvy that they had to put in at the Cape of Good Hope and at Antongil Bay in Madagascar to recuperate. But they then sailed straight across the Indian Ocean to the Straits of Sunda and dropped anchor at Bantam in Java without the loss of a ship. At this port the center of the Javanese pepper trade a long time was spent. Both natives and Portuguese showed considerable hostility and Houtman and some of his men were imprisoned. However the Dutch succeeded in making a commercial treaty and departed with a good cargo. They proceeded eastward to Bali and then returned along the south coast of Java thereby acquiring a more correct impression of the width of the island than had prevailed and laid the ghost of Java's being the northern part of the Southern Continent.the Dutch skipper had enough to show for his venture to inspire the merchants of Amsterdam with a determination to exploit the trade" - Penrose. 2 Neck Jacob Cornelissoon van: LE SECOND LIVRE IOURNAL OU COMPTOIR CONTENANT LE VRAY DISCOURS ET NARRATION HISTORIQUE. Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. Two parts. 224 leaves. Titlepages with engraved illustrations twenty-two in-text engravings including one map two in-text woodcuts. Leaves D2 and D3 lacking provided in facsimile. Second French edition following the first French edition of 1601. Van Neck who represented the Verre Company commanded three ships which were part of the first successful Dutch trading voyage to the region. The other two ships were commanded by Wybrand Van Warwijck and Jacob Van Heemskerk. Van Neck's vessel became separated from the other two after rounding the Cape of Good Hope and the three did not reunite again until his arrival in Java in late December 1598. Unlike his Dutch predecessor Cornelis Houtman who three years earlier had seized the port of Bantam Van Neck dealt diplomatically with the natives. "Rather than rejecting the inflated prices asked by the local ruler he offered to pay over the odds in order to cement a lasting relationship.Van Neck's was the most profitable of the pre-VOC Dutch East India Company voyages. Despite the apparently high price paid for spices he netted a profit of 300 per cent on his overall costs. In 1601 fourteen fleets comprising sixty-five ships sailed for the East Indies but by that time competition between rival Dutch operators as well as with the Portuguese had inflated prices and none were as successful as Van Neck's first enterprise" - Howgego. While focused on activity in the East Indies EUROPEAN AMERICANA notes the text includes references to Brazil and tobacco from the West Indies. The second part of this 1609 French edition an eight-page appendix of words spoken in Java and Malay includes word lists in French printed in roman type Malay in italic type and Javanese in civilité. 3 Noort Olivier van: DESCRIPTION DU PENIBLE VOYAGE FAIT ENTOUR DE L'UNIVERS OV GLOBE TERRESTRE. PAR SR. OLIVIER DU NORT D'UTRECHT GENERAL DE QUATRE NAVIRES ASSAVOIR. Amsterdam: Widow of Cornille Nicolas 1610. 2611pp. Engraved titlepage vignette. Twenty-five in-text engravings including three maps. Second French edition following the first French printing of 1602. Van Noort a former innkeeper in Rotterdam sponsored by a group of Dutch merchants accomplished the fourth circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan Drake and Cavendish. He was the first Dutch explorer to do so making the trip from 1598 to 1601. The voyage was particularly arduous. Half the crew mutinied his ships were constantly harassed and most of those that didn't mutiny perished from disease. He returned to Holland "with only one battered ship and eight crew left although some accounts suggest that forty-five crew survived. His voyage contributed little to the geographical knowledge of the time but had some effect in opening the way to the establishment of the Dutch in the East Indies.Van Noort's achievement however captured the imagination of his countrymen and the published accounts sold well the first appearing only eighteen days after his return. A more complete edition appeared later that year followed by two amended editions in 1602" Howgego. Three of the most important pioneering French voyages to the Far East bound together as issued. Three volumes bound in one. Described in greater detail below. Folio. Contemporary vellum over boards rebacked with original spine preserved. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light soiling and repairs to titlepages; minor soiling otherwise. Very good. Lodewijcksz: EUROPEAN AMERICANA 609/71. TIELE-MULLER 115. JCB 3II:63. HOWGEGO H105 Houtman. Penrose TRAVEL AND DISCOVERY IN THE RENAISSANCE 1952 p.204. Neck: EUROPEAN AMERICANA 609/93. TIELE 786. TIELE-MULLER 129. HOWGEGO N13. Noort: EUROPEAN AMERICANA 610/79. SABIN 55438. BORBA DE MORAES p.617. W. Klooster THE DUTCH IN THE AMERICAS 1600-1800 p.12. TIELE 806. JCB 3II:71. HOWGEGO N37. hardcover books
1870réf. 57403New York. November 25 1870. Astor Says No to a Railroad A brief letter in which John Jacob Astor III modestly declines to join the board of directors of the Southern Transcontinental Railway Company. Astor writes to lawyer and jurist Edwards Pierrepont that his "principal reason for declining is that I could & would be of no use to the Company in any way beyond such very slight and temporary support as it might possibly derive from my name. As for taking any real share in 'the important duties' to be discharged in 'carrying out this' great enterprize I could not do it and I do not desire to take a share of good things that I have done nothing to create." Astor may have made his decision after the fact. A New York Times article from November 1 1870 entitled "Permanent Organization of the Southern Transcontinental Railway Company" recounts the meeting in which the railroad was formally established led by Gen. John Fremont. Astor is listed among the directors elected that day along with Pierrepont and with Marshall O. Roberts being elected as president. Either Astor changed his mind or never wanted to serve in the first place and was elected in absentia. The latter seems more likely as he notes "I do so decline the directorship at this moment for the reason that I have been notified to attend a meeting of Directors on Monday next and it is better for the Board to start without me than for me to resign after operations have been commenced." John Jacob Astor III 1822-90 was the wealthiest man in America for much of the 19th century. Although he initially dabbled in railroads like so many capitalists of the day he ultimately narrowed his focus to New York real estate which made him tremendously rich and secured his reputation as a notorious slumlord with help from Tammany Hall. At the same time he was well-known for his philanthropy giving large sums to the Children's Aid Society the New York Cancer Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Edwards Pierrepont 1817-92 had a distinguished legal career in and out of public office. After practicing law for many years he was elected to the Superior Court of New York City in 1857. Pierrepont was a Democrat but supported Lincoln during the Civil War. He later served in many roles during Grant's administration including as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1869. By 1870 he was back in private practice and was a prominent member of the "Committee of Seventy" that finally broke Boss Tweed's hold on Tammany Hall and the city writ large. He then became director and legal counsel for the newly chartered Texas and Pacific Railroad of which Fremont was president which soon acquired the Southern Transcontinental Railway Company and merged with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Whether it was political disagreement between Astor and Pierrepont or simply Astor's wish to stay out of railroads Astor certainly made the right decision in the short term. Subsequent instability in railroad expansion and the Panic of 1873 devastated many investors including Fremont. For his part Pierrepont returned to government becoming Grant's Attorney General in 1875 and later U.S. minister to Great Britain. A brief but notable piece of correspondence from one of the richest men in 19th-century America. Old folds. Very faint adhesive remains at left corners of first page. Near fine. unknown books
