rif. 1329347A color example of the map of the Azores by Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598. This map was first published as part of a 1583 addendum to his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum the first modern world atlas. Condition: Very Good. Some age toning particularly in the upper right corner. Text from the verso of the page is visible in the margins particularly on the left side. Matted not framed. w 29 5/8 in. x h 23 5/8 in. Shelved at DuPont. 1329347. Arts & Antiques. unknown books
1900rif. 27986Denver CO: Issued by Halsey M. Rhoads 1900. Very Good. Denver CO: Issued by Halsey M. Rhoads ca. 1900. Later printing. Broadside with calligraphic portrait of Abraham Lincoln in which the script of the Emancipation Proclamation forms the image within a decorative frame surrounded by the names of the members of Congress who voted for the amendment of the U.S. Constitution. 48 x 37 3/4 cm. A few tears to edges with tape mend to verso top edge; folds; minor edge wear; paper residue to verso from previous mount; overall Very Good. The original design was by W.H. Pratt in 1865 with just portrait and border and the names to the outside added to later printings. Halsey Rhoads was publisher of the Rocky Mountain Herald and a well known and prominent Denver citizen--even his bout with appendicitis in 1901 treated with leeches and ice garnered several writeups in contemporary newspaper accounts. This broadside scarce in any printing. See Eberstadt 42. Issued by Halsey M. Rhoads unknown books
1861rif. 39392Springfield: Charles H. Lanphier 1861. 4 pp. Folio. 16-1/4" x 23-1/2.". Lightly chipped blank inner edge. Each page printed in six columns each separated by a rule. Very Good. The Register no friend of Abraham Lincoln was a Democratic Paper supporting the Crittenden Compromise. Reporting on State and National issues the Register notes "The Crittenden Resolutions have strong friends but the ultra republicans will not take them." Lincoln had insisted that his allies hold firm against Crittenden's Compromise. The Register rebukes Lincoln for his famous declaration that "the Union could not endure permanently part slave and part free." Developments in the fracturing Union are reported. Lincoln had been elected President nearly three months before the appearance of this issue. His inauguration would occur five weeks later. Paid advertisers include John McClernand and John Stuart who advertise their legal services in the first column of page 1. The large number and variety of advertisements for an array of medical complaints about four columns are surprising- - and a little disturbing. This issue also reports an incident involving the John Brownites at Boston who were snubbed by British Lord Brougham after inviting him to attend a convention discussing the abolition of slavery. Charles H. Lanphier unknown books
1862rif. 100336Newspaper folio unbound 8pp. Dampstained browned at edges with some foxing early owner's ink stamp on top margin some small tears and chips along edges and a little creasing. Still in decent shape overall. This is one of the earliest printings of the Emancipation Proclamation which was issued on September 22 1862. The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom for all slaves in any Confederate state that didn't return to the Union by January 1 1863. Although this executive order did not actually free a large number of slaves it set the stage for the freedom of all slaves. Coverage of the Emancipation in this newspaper begins in the middle of the first page. This newspaper article represents important coverage of a very significant event in American History. archives government exhibits emancipation website books
1933rif. 49709Warsaw: Instytut Badań Spraw Narodowościowych 1933. First edition. Softcover. vg- to vg. Quarto. 45pp. 1. Grey printed wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Publisher's device on the title page and front wrapper. Published by the Polish National Affairs Research Institute this study is a comprehensive and detailed survey of the state of Jewish economic cooperatives in Poland from the late 19th centuries until the early 1930s. It was part of a larger effort to study Polish-Jewish socio-economics during the period and includes extensive numerical data tables throughout. The work was issued as the first of two in a series of publicartions on behalf of the Committee for the Examination of the Economic Needs of the Jewish Population in Poland Komitet dla Zbadania Potrzeb Gospodarczych Ludnośći Żydowskiej w Polsce. The preface was written by the committees's chair the Polish economist merchant and financier Adolf Peretz 1855-1933. The final section contains annexes appendices and includes an errata sheet tipped in on the final page. Publisher's advertisements printed on the back cover. Text throughout in Polish. Wrappers light sunned along the edges with minor rubbing and/or creasing to extremities. Light smudge to the front cover. Small closed tear on the title page. Pages throughout sunned with occasional minor creasing to the edges. Wrappers in very good- interior in very good condition overall. Wrappers protected in modern mylar. Instytut Badań Spraw Narodowościowych unknown books
1710rif. 37844Frankfurt a. M. 1710. First edition. Hardcover. fair to g. Folio. 1 leaf 4 leaves 99 leaves 114 leaves 9 leaves 13 leaves 1 leaf. Contemporary brown leather with blind tooling along the border and spine as well as raised bands. Blue edges. Illustrated title page with image of a swan. Head and tail pieces. Commentary on the Talmud that elucidates contradictions within the text. Author makes use of gematriot based on his name. Text printed in double columns with talmudic text in regular script and author's comments in Rashi script. Source notes on side margins. Text in Hebrew. Significant peeling and scratching to leather boards. Bottom edge torn. Tail of spine mostly missing. Some misnumbering to leaves. Leaf 5 was bound after the fact. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Heavy foxing to leaves. Overall in fair to good condition. hardcover books
1743rif. 318179Amsterdam: Gerrit Tielenburg 1743. Hardcover. Very Good. Later edition but first by this publisher. Small octavo. Contemporary half-calf with red and green morocco spine labels gilt. 546 14pp. Engraved title Illustrated with engravings in text. Modest rubbing and wear to the extremities a handsome very good or better copy in contemporary binding. A compendium of jesters and fools. Part Two Only but apparently complete unto itself. OCLC locates a single copy of this edition in Tilburg. Gerrit Tielenburg hardcover books
1817rif. 619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper "Bright" and "St John Crookes" and verso of map "St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856". $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but crucially gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. Despite his protestations of innocence the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright 1811-1889 a r. unknown books
1592rif. 273298Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1592. unbound. Map. Uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 16" x 21". This beautiful 1588 map by Abraham Ortelius depicts Holland or the Netherlands in exceptional detail. The map covers the regions near the Wadden Sea roughly covering modern day provinces of North Holland South Holland and Utrecht. The map centered on Amsterdam is oriented with north to the left. Topographical and geographical features such as mountains and cities are beautifully rendered in profile. The waters surrounding the region are shown with waves and include several illustrations of ships throughout. This is the first state of the map with later states showing a stippled sea rather than waves. Includes a large strapwork title cartouche scale of miles with a divider in the lower left. The Royal coat of arms is presented in the top left. The map also includes a 16-point compass rose. Ortelius based this map on the work of Jacob van Daventer. Published in the 1588 edition of Ortelius' famous "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which is historically considered the first modern atlas. Based on the text on verso only 300 copies of this particular edition were ever printed van der Broecke 79. The map is in good condition with minor wear along the original centerfold. Minor foxing at places. Original plate mark is visible. Latin text on verso. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Hard to find in black and white. Abraham Ortelius unknown books
1864rif. 62679Philadelphia: Published by Mason & Co. 1864. Singing for Lincoln in '64 A pocket songster printed to support Lincoln's reelection campaign in 1864 featuring a rather youthful portrait of the president on the front wrapper and twelve spirited pro-Union songs. The titles largely military in theme include such works as "Give us Noble Leaders" "The Veteran Volunteer" "Cast Your Votes for Abraham" "For Lincoln or McClellan you'll be called on to decide/ The one to save the union the other to divide" and "We are Coming Father Abraham 600000 More." The advertisements on the rear wrapper encourage readers to purchase a wide variety of Lincoln campaign badges emblems pins and photographs from the publishers. Despite Lincoln's overwhelming electoral victory in 1864 the race was rather close in Pennsylvania where this was printed – Lincoln took Philadelphia County by a scant few percent and actually failed to secure a majority in neighboring Montgomery and Bucks counties. 16mo. Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and stained. Largely clean internally. Advertisements on rear wrapper shaved slightly at outer edge as issued. Good plus. MONAGHAN 323. unknown books
1819rif. 010456St. Louis Missouri 1819. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This stampless folded letter measures 7.5” x 12”. It is datelined “St. Louis 14 August 1819” and was sent to Moses Taylor at Mount Vernon Ohio in care of the towns postmaster Henry B. Curtis by Aaron T. Crane and Abraham Beck early St. Louis land agents whose business the Western Land Agency was located in the rear of the Bank of St. Louis at 58 South Main Street where Crane also served as the St. Louis Postmaster only the third since the position was established in 1808. The letter’s two-line typeset postmark was the earliest used in St. Louis and the Spink Shreve Auction #121 reports that only four examples are known to have survived. Taylor or Curtis for him apparently had asked Crane and Beck if they knew the whereabouts of a relative probably a son. It reads in part: “Yours . . . was duly received and we made immediate enquiries . . . to return an answer as soon aspossible still owing to the number of strangers who daily arrive & pass through this place we were unable to discover Mr. Taylor matching the name you provided. However a person answering your description by the name Moses Taylor a carpenter by trade is in this place. He is doing well & has been making some money & has good employment. We said nothing to Mr. Taylor yet. Yours Respectfully / Crane & A. Beck” . No online information is available about the Ohio Turners and little is known about Crane and Beck other than that Beck was the son of a New York physician and Crane had served as an army or militia captain during the War of 1812. For more information see Billon’s Annals of St. Louis in its Territorial Days Heritage Auctions Sale #3547 of 1 November 2017 and Horstman’s “William T. O’Hara Missouri Territorial Banker” in the “Missouri Paper Money Clip File” at Washington University Volume 1 of the American Stampless Cover Catalog and on-line genealogical records for Crane Beck and Curtis. An exceptionally scarce and important letter regarding life in early American St. Louis as the city was growing rapidly. The physical records for the Western Land Agency which have been microfilmed and digitized are held by the Library of Congress. At the time of listing only one other letter from Beck held by the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri in St. Louis and one document signed by Crane a 6-cent Post Office scrip note are known to have survived. . unknown books
1834rif. 35602Rochester Boston MA 1834. A collection of six letters ranging in size from 8-1/2" x 11" to 8-1/2" x 12-3/4" five complete and one partial letter. All in ink manuscript on unlined paper. Old folds light toning occasional light foxing two on untrimmed paper. Most are addressed on final blank page and have wax seal remnants with the usual tear where wax was torn open occasional loss to a few letters. Overall Very Good. Abraham Holmes was a Massachusetts legislator and attorney. Opposing ratification of the Constitution he was allied with the Anti-Federalist Otis family of Barnstable and Freeman family of Sandwich. He was an Anti-Federalist delegate from Rochester MA to the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention of 1788. He served as Sergeant in Capt. Barnabas Doty's company Col. Ebenezer Sproat's regiment during the Revolutionary War. He was admitted to the Plymouth County Bar in April 1800 at the age of forty-six. Though he had no formal legal education his admission to the Bar was permitted in consideration of his respectable official character learning and abilities and on the condition that he study three months in an attorney's office. He served as president of the Court of Sessions prior to his bar admission practiced law in Rochester until the early 1830s was a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1820 and a member of the Executive Council from 1821 to 1823. Davis William T.: BENCH AND BAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II. Boston: 1895. Page 235; Daughters of the American Revolution: LINEAGE BOOK VOLUME 12 1900 Page 15. William Baylies 1776-1865 and Francis Baylies 1783-1852 were brothers and partners in a Massachusetts law firm. William served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts in 1809 1813-1817 and 1833-1835; was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1808-1809 1812-1813 and 1820-1821; and a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1825-1826 and 1830-1831. Francis was a Congressman from 1821-1827; a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827-1832 and in 1835; and the United States Charge d'Affaires Argentina in 1832. Holmes's Letters are as follows: 1 Letter to Francis Baylies Member of Congress dated at Boston January 19 1822. Holmes then member of the Massachusetts Executive Council awaits reports of the State legislative committees the incorporation of Boston "which will serve to procrastinate the session" the "suspense of the acceptance of office of the Judge of the Municipal Court" and issues such as criminal trials and the death sentence. "We pass our time here in Boston. the frequent application for appointments of both proper and improper candidates is rather an uncomfortable circumstance; but not so distressing as in affixing the time when convicts shall live no longer. to determine whether a convict shall die or not. It is probable we shall have the trial of both soon as there has been three capital convictions since I was here; one for murder and two for highway robbery. Those trials I attended; a Mr. Simmons formerly of Taunton as I am told managed the Defence; I can not record him as possessing great oratorical abilities but for integrity of arrangement and strength and argument perhaps no man of his years stands higher." Boston was incorporated March 4 1822 and the same year the Boston Police Court for criminal cases and Justice's Court for the County of Suffolk for civil claims were established. 2 Holmes's Letter to Francis Baylies dated at Boston March 28 1822. Holmes notes that the State legislative session is coming to a close. He anticipates orations which would "cause Tully to wish that he hadn't ever learned to speak; and all this for the good of the Nation." 3 Letter to William Baylies Counsellor at Law dated at Rochester MA October 24 1828 docketed October 25. An interesting three pages for lawyers anyway written in small yet legible hand on legal size paper. Holmes discusses with "great anxiety" and detail strategies and implications of the case entitled Rounseville Spooner versus Davis et ux. presentation of which had just concluded in the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Holmes and Baylies had represented Rounseville. Judge Wilde issued his decision on the following day October 25th. The case involved land in Fairhaven conveyed by Alden Spooner to Walter Spooner which later descended to Humphrey Davis's wife; but Alden Spooner later conveyed it again to Rounseville Spooner. What will be done in the case Holmes says "God only knows." Judge Wilde's Opinion reported at page 147 of Pickering's Reports Boston: 1830 gives the victory to Holmes and Baylies. 4 Letter to William Baylies Nov. 21 1828. Holmes discusses his excitement over a favorable verdict. "I rode into the yard. Mr. Bassett's son met me and informed me that the verdict of the jury was in favour of our client. Do you think I was sorry My heart jumped to my throat and with some difficulty I prevented my immortal spirit from bursting thro' the clay tenement. I am glad now that we did not use Joshua Vincent's Deposition for they would have objected and the point next word illegible for the Whole Court./ The next enquiry is Compensation. But I must stop with my hearty congratulations." Docketed on final page in part "Thomas v. D. & wife Nov. 21 1828." 5 Letter to William Baylies dated Rochester MA April 11 1834. A lengthy poignant letter discussing his advanced age and retirement. He no longer views political issues with the same interest; despite his overall good health he is troubled with lameness and currently lives with his son and his son's wife. "Some of my old customers are not willing to apply to anyone else." 6 Partial Letter to Francis Baylies December 1821. ". I dread the power of some of your colleagues. Mr. Saltonstall whose abilities are competent to make white and black synonymous terms I understand -which God forbid is strongly intrenched in a. Battery of Bankruptcy. unknown books
1580rif. 1396356c1580. Condition of map is Good with moderate age toning creasing and a small brown stain along right edge. Matted in metal frame measuring 24.25 in. x 19.75 in. . CW Consignment. Shelved at Rockville PS 1101 #25. Believed to be from Abraham Ortelius's "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - Parergon - Nomenclator Ptolemaicus" published in Antwerp by Christoph Plantin Press 1579 1584. 1396356. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown books
1917rif. 1143571917. First Edition. Signed. BERGER Samuel CAHAN Abraham. The Rise of David Levinsky. New York and London: Harper & Brothers 1917. Octavo original red cloth. $1100.First edition of Cahan's ""literary masterpiece"" a fascinating association copy inscribed by Jewish American Olympic medalist and heavyweight boxing champion Samuel Berger to Vaudeville actor and film producer Bobby North with Berger's inscription dated the year after publication ""To My Friend Bobby North Knowing that his knowledge and appreciation of the subject with which it deals will make this pleasurable reading Samuel Berger July 10 1918.""The Rise of David Levinsky is ""the first classic of Jewish American literatureÉ In it Cahan created one of the greatest characters of Jewish American fiction."" Born in a Lithuanian village Cahan fled pogroms to arrive in New York City in 1882. He became the ""great socialist leader of East Side Jewry a major spokesperson for the American Jewish community and the founder and for decades the editor-in-chief of the Jewish Daily Forward the most important Jewish newspaper in America"" Sternlicht Masterpieces of Jewish American Literature 17-23. ""The unrivalled record of a great historical experience the novel belongs not only in the genre of immigrant fiction but also among the best novels of American business"" John Higham. A ""literary masterpiece"" it tells the life of a ""Jewish boy from Russia who comes to America abandons his religious orthodoxy and plunges into the world of business only to find wealth but lose his soul"" Lipsky Rise of Abraham Cahan. Cahan infused the novel ""with his own fascination with the pitfalls and the possibilities of American life"" Sternlicht 20.As Mencken said of Cahan: ""It is a fine feat to write a first-rate novel but it is also a fine feat to steer a great newspaper from success to success in difficult times. He has done both"" ANB. First edition first issue: with code ""H-R"" on copyright page indicating publication in August 1917. With two rear leaves of publisher's ads. No known dust jacket. Serialized in 1913 in a much-abbreviated form in McClure Magazine. Bruccoli & Clark 83. Rideout Radical Novel 294. Hanna 556. This association copy contains a presentation inscription by the Jewish American athlete Samuel Berger who was ""the first Olympic Heavyweight Boxing Champion winning his gold medal at the 1904 St. Louis OlympiadÉ the first time boxing was included on the Olympic programÉ the 6'2""/200-pound heavyweight turned professional immediately after the Olympics but fought only two years"" Siegman International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 49. His inscription is to Robert ""Bobby"" North who ""rose from the ranks of Vaudeville and the legitimate stage to be one of the film industry's leading producers in the 1930s responsible for many feature films at First National and Warner Brothers"" Slide Encyclopedia of Vaudeville 375. Prior to North's film career he was early described as a ""Jewish player"" who emerged ""from the East SideÉ and left Yiddish parlance to appear in English dramas"""" Theatre Vol. 28:156. Text very fresh mild rubbing to boards faint toning to spine of gilt-stamped cloth. A near-fine copy with a distinctive association. hardcover books
rif. CA01AA-00275Elm Press. Collectible - Very Good. Highland Park IL: Elm Press 1902. 12mo. 49pp. Limited to 110 copies. Very Good book. Fine printing and typography. essays printing typography Inquire if you need further information. Elm Press unknown books
1587rif. 239611Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1587. unbound. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 14" x 19.5". These two maps on one sheet detail areas of western Mexico above and the Greater Antilles below. Ortelius created them from information compiled by other mapmakers such as Mercator Guttierez and Alsons de Sata Cruz. These sources allowed him to include a wealth of detailed information that is mostly if not entirely accurate. Above the map of western Mexico shows the area around Culiacan and the Spanish settlement of Villa S. Michaels which was notable in the period for its silver mines. It begins at the Yucatan and extends through the Cayman Magnus and the Caymanes. The map below illustrates the Greater Antilles including Cuba Hispaniola Jamaica St. Jois Insula St. Johns the Bahamas Virgin Islands and the Windward Islands all in impressive detail. The section of South Florida also shows suggestion of the Florida Keys which was uncommon for these period. A notable error is that the Tropic of Cancer is labelled as the Tropic of Capricorn. A highly decorative note with strapwork and foliage fills the acific Ocean to the left of Mexico and provides information about the upper map. The lower map also has a framed cartouche with birds perched atop it. Two ship illustrations float in the choppy seas around the islands. The map is a first state from the 1587 French edition of Ortelius's "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum." It is in good condition with no chips or tears. Stain at the center seam in the lower margin not affecting the image some overall stains. French text on verso. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. This map is an uncommon uncolored example of this wonderful map by Ortelius. Abraham Ortelius unknown books
1864rif. WB163441864. Hardcover. Very Good. Rare broadside tipped into a copy of The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln: Containing many unpublished documents and unpublished reminiscences of Lincoln's early friends. TARBELL Ida M. Assisted by James McCann Davis. Published by McClure New York 1896. The broadside printed in two columns presents the platforms of the Republicans who in June in Baltimore nominated Lincoln and the Democrats who in August in Chicago nominated McClellan. hardcover books
1598rif. 13293451598. A map of the Holy Land by Abraham Ortelius dated 1598 first issued in 1584 as a part of Theatrum Orbit Terrarium. In Very Good condition with age toning and a central crease. Matted but not framed. w 26.5 in. x h 22 in. Shelved at Rockville PS 1101 #25. Based on material collected by the Dutch Astronomer Peter Laicksteen who travelled to the Holy Land in 1556. Christian Sgrooten here written "Schrot" royal geographer to King Phillip II of Spain produced a nine-sheet map of Palestine in 1570 from Laikstain's information. This map was condensed into the present form by Abraham Ortelius. Ortelius the creator of the first modern atlas collected and edited maps from all over Europe for his book. Many of the original mapmakers rose to fame solely through Ortelius's decision to include their maps in his atlas. Laicksteen took thorough and accurate notes and the original Laicksteen and Sgrooten map contained improvements over earlier maps. For instance the River Kishon is here shown as flowing from the mountains near the Sea of Galilee not as was previously thought from the Sea of Galilee itself. However the Levantine coastline Sgrooten and Ortelius depicted is hardly recognizable to modern eyes. The map is replete with fanciful bays and peninsulas though some of the most recognizable features of the coastline such as the outcrops of land at Haifa and Beirut are absent. Ortelius had originally used another map of the Holy Land by cartographer Tilleman Stella in the early editions of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. It covered a far more extensive territory including part of Egypt and Syria. Oddly the coastline in this first map was much more accurate than in the Sgrooten map. Laicksteen and Sgrooten's original map included a small inset with an extended geography. However their mapping of the Dead Sea and surrounding areas was so controversial that Ortelius chose to leave out this region completely. The strange anecdote written in the Dead Sea is Ortelius's own addition. It describes how the Dead Sea was once a fertile valley but was transformed by an act of God into a barren sea to punish the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah. In the bottom left hand corner is a hand colored illustration of the story of Jonah. Above the luscious cartouche Ortelius has added three miniatures featuring the Crucifixion the Nativity and the Resurrection of Christ. The French text on the verso a long-winded description with little relevance to the map was changed to a more "reader-friendly" version shortly after the publication of this edition. 525 copies were made of this edition of Ortelius's map. 1329345. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown books
1860rif. 377692New York: Horace Greeley & Co 1860. 32pp. 8vo. Disbound. 32pp. 8vo. An early campaign biography of future president Abraham Lincoln written by John Locke Scripps of the New York Tribune. Scripps reports on the life of Abraham Lincoln in eight chapters touching on the major events of his life and career beginning with his early life and his move to Illinois through his transition from merchant to lawyer and legislator and covering his time in Congress with accounts of Lincoln's opposition to the Mexican-American War his support of the Wilmot Proviso and his involvement with the organization of the Republican Party. Wessen states that this edition was printed by Horace Greeley "from plates cast from the same type forms" as the 1860 Chicago edition which is considered the first published biography of Lincoln. An advertisement for the Tribune and the Tribune Almanac fills the bottom two thirds of the last page. "Most authentic of Lincoln campaign biographies" - Howes. Howes S247a "aa"; Managhan 79 note; Wessen Campaign Lifes of Abraham Lincoln 12 ref; Miles 418a; Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print p. 85 Horace Greeley & Co unknown books
1865rif. 235590Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co 1865. First edition front wrapper without portrait of Lincoln appearing in later issues. Engraved title and piano score; 5 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Loose as issued; split along spine with some chipping to extremities. First edition front wrapper without portrait of Lincoln appearing in later issues. Engraved title and piano score; 5 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Donizetti died 17 years before Lincoln having gone mad from syphilis. His Funeral March gained a measure of recognition in America after it was performed during Lincoln's funeral ceremonies. It is a heavy solemn piece in a minor with droning octaves in the bass a haunting chromatic figure in the middle register and a lyrical upper voice. see Barret Sale Lot 693; Stern Collection of Lincolniana Oliver Ditson & Co unknown books
1863rif. 40887New York: Office of the Metropolitan Record 1863. Original printed wrappers. Stitched. 29 1 blank 1- advertisement for 'The Washington Despotism Dissected' 1 blank pp. Light wear and fox. About Very Good. The Metropolitan Record whose Prospectus is printed on the rear wrapper calls itself "an unswerving opponent of fanaticism in every form and an advocate of constitutional liberty and the rights of the citizens against despotic usurpation." This pamphlet is "A mock trial wherein Lincoln was charged with treasonable intent purposes and designs and of having committed among other unconstitutional acts the following: 'Declared War against Sovereign States under pretence of repossessing himself of certain forts and other property; arresting citizens without process of law; suppressed liberty of speech; stopped publication of certain newspapers; placed the military power above the civil power; overthrown State Sovereignty; forced unconstitutional acts through Congress.' At the conclusion of the trial the Court addressed the 'Criminal' as follows: 'You have been tried and found wanting. You have been given the opportunity of saving a nation but you have stabbed it to the heart. You have converted your country into a despotism'." Eberstadt. "Quotations from Lincoln and others selected to discredit his administration" Monaghan. A second edition was printed in 1867. Sabin Monaghan and LCP do not collate the advertisement at page 31. FIRST EDITION. 111 Eberstadt 332. Monaghan 252. Sabin 41234. LCP 10399. Office of the Metropolitan Record unknown books
1701rif. 33078Fulda 1701. Hardcover. fair. 4to. 185 leaves. Black cloth. Red edges. Illustrated title-page with Moses and Aaron on the sides and David killing Goliath at the bottom. Commentary on selections of the Zohar and other kabbalistic texts by Mordacai Ashkenazi published with the aid of his teacher Abraham Rovigo. These two kabbalists were both secret followers of the messianic claimant Sabbatai Sevi. Despite Sabbatai's conversion to Islam in 1666 and death in 1676 many of his followers continued to believe in him and worked to spread their particular heterodox brand of Judaism in defiance of the rabbinic establishment. As cover for his Sabbatian agenda Ashkenazi claimed that “Eshel Avraham” was simply a new interpretation of the Kabbalah based on his prophetic dreams. Ultimately this book is an important example of the success of the early eighteenth century Sabbatian underground to print books under the nose of the rabbinic authorities before it came out into the open with the printing of Nehemiah Hayon's “Migdal Oz.” Text in Hebrew. Backstrip missing but the book is still intact. Bottom corner chipped. Title-page torn and bottom strengthened. Slight worming to front leaves. Overall in fair condition. Steinschneider 4299:1. Samuel Wiener Bibliotheca Friedlandiana 991. hardcover books
1667rif. 1375442London: Francis Kirkman 1667. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 4 64 pages. In Good condition. Bound in 19th century half green leather with marbled paper boards spine with gilt lettering. With morderate rubbing and shelfwear middle of spine with a spot where spine is peeling away. Gutter opening at title page with lower section of text block detaching from spine. Ink math to title page I2 verso. E4 with large tear to upper fore corner some loss to text on verso. All leaves trimmed close with some minor occasional loss. With nine instances of single word ink marginalia some with matching underlining some partially trimmed away. With the bookplate of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to the front pastedown. His signature on the title page. Shelved case 0. ESTC R9308. Wing B445. Woodward & McManaway 8. Scarce with OCLC listing only 8 institutional copies of this state and no copies at auction since 1931. Another state of the edition with Thomas Dring named as publisher in imprint and with advertisement at bottom of A2v; this state lacks advertisement. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan 1751-1816 was an Anglo-Irish playwright writer and politician. He was the owner of the famed Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London and wrote several prominent plays including 'The Rivals' 'The Duenna' 'The School for Scandal' and 'A Trip to Scarborough.'. 1375442. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Francis Kirkman hardcover books
1723rif. 805501723. Amsterdam: Salomon Schouten 1723. Amsterdam: Salomon Schouten 1723. Bilingual Edition of an Important Maritime Code Consolato Del Mare. Westerveen Abraham d.1725 Translator. Il Consolato del Mare Nel Quale Si Comprendono Tutti Gli Statuti & Ordini Disposti da Gli Antichi Per Ogni Cosa di Mercantia & di Navigare. Cosi a Beneficio di Marinari Come di Mercanti & Patroni di Nave / Het Consulaat van de Zee Waar in Begreepen Zyn Alle de Keuren en Ordonnantien by de Ouden Gemaakt Aangaande Alderly Gevallen des Koophandels En Zeevaart. Amsterdam: By Salomon Schouten Boekverkooper In de St. Lucye-Steeg 1723. xxxii 533 1; 2 25 73 pp. Copperplate pictorial frontispiece dated 1704. Quarto 8-1/4" x 6-1/2"; 20.95 x 16.51 cm. Contemporary vellum later hand-lettered title to spine. Light soiling and rubbing to boards light scuff to front board spine darkened rear joint partially cracked corners bumped. Moderate toning to interior somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to head of text block above headlines faint spotting to sections of text. $1250. Second and final Dutch edition. Italian and Dutch on facing pages. The final section contains in the original Catalan Ordinacions de Tot Vexell qui Armara per Anar en Cors e de Tota Armada Ques Faca per Mar a code dealing with such subjects as piracy. A landmark in the development of maritime law the Consolato del Mare was first published in Barcelona in 1484. A digest of the law and practice commonly followed by the commercial judges in the chief ports around the Mediterranean it became a maritime common law of the Mediterranean and a foundation for subsequent European maritime laws and customs. Its circulation was widest in Italy especially among the Venetians but it was also influential in Western Europe. First published in 1704 Westerveen's translation appeared at a time when Holland was a dominant maritime power with interests in the Atlantic and Pacific worlds. Indeed his introduction and prefatory verse present Holland as the legitimate successor to the previous maritime leaders Spain and Italy. This is why it was time he argued to produce a translation for Dutch readers. The striking frontispiece in our edition by Pieter Sluiter Sluyter 1675-1713 features a large group of men in a classical setting who are acclaiming the Consolato which i. unknown books
1649rif. 48861Amsterdam: For Gerrit Willemsz by Adriaan Roest 1649. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three parts small octavo. A-X8 168 leaves: G5 signed F5; I2 as H2; I4 as H4. 18 293 25 indexpp. Woodcut printer's device at title woodcut lettrines. Contemporary vellum with exposed thongs lightly soiled. Old entry at front pastedown. Occasional faint dampstain at bottom margin else a very good copy with clean text throughout. Second edition of this polemical history by "a strident condemner of the Jews" Sprunger. First published at Rotterdam by Jan van Waesberghe in 1608 the present work is the earliest reaction in print to the presence of Jews and their religion in the Dutch Republic van Rooden. Citing M. Bodian's Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation R. Po-Chia Hsia describes the cultural context: "Coming initially in the 1590s as Portuguese merchants and Christian converts the so-called 'New Christians' Sephardic Jews in fact were welcomed by the Regents of Holland but were strongly opposed by the Reformed clergy. When the conversos reverted to the open practice of Judaism reaction from the Reformed Church was fierce. The predikant Abraham Coster 1575-1620 attacked the Sephardim as an 'unclean people' who sought to build a public synagogue 'in which they can perform their evil and foolish ceremonies and spew forth their gross blasphemies against Christ and his holy gospels as well as their curses against the Christians and Christian authorities'". The present edition was later re-issued the following year with identical collation and pagination but designated as "Den 2den druck van nieuws oversien". References: R. Po-Chia Hsia "Introduction" & P. van Rooden "Jews and Religious Toleration in the Dutch Republic" in: Calvinism and Religious Toleration 3; 137. Sprunger Trumpets from the Tower 81. NNBW 8 320: "Dit werk is een poging om de Amsterdamsche vroedschap te bewegen het bouwen van een nieuwe openbare synagoge te beletten". For Gerrit Willemsz (by Adriaan Roest) hardcover books
