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1720rif. 19012Amsterdam 1720. 4to. Joannes Oosterwyk Contemporary half sheepskin marbled paper sides. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece by J. Folkema after F. Ottens 6 folding engraved maps and 7 engraved plates including 1 folding showing ships at sea by A. Salm after Van der Hem. Further with the title page printed in red and black a small woodcut vignette on the title page some woodcut decorated initials and some large woodcut floral tailpieces. 38 330 14 pp. First edition of the most important early account of whaling in the northern seas. The author a ship's commander in the Dutch Greenland fleet describes the history of the Dutch whaling in the northern seas. Dutch whaling dominating in Europe for most of the 17th and 18th century was not confined to the Greenland waters only but ranged widely across the northern fisheries from the Davis Straits to the Siberian Sea. The work also includes short histories of the northern explorations in Greenland Iceland Spitsbergen Nova Zembla Jan Mayen Island and Strait Davis all accompanied by the newest maps and preceded by a map of the North Pole. The plates show the different whales and ships of the whalers. To Zorgdrager's work detailed lists are added of captains ships equipment and provisions for the ships caught whales the cost of equipment and crew etc. Also the practical and technical aspects of whaling are fully described. The book was used as one of the sources for Melville's Moby Dick.With a printed ex libris bookplate of N. Du Jardin-Van der Avoort mounted on the front pastedown. The spine and boards are somewhat scuffed the corners of the boards are slightly bumped a tear in one leaf some occasional foxing and water staining the edges are slightly frayed. Otherwise a good copy of a rare and interesting work.l Cat. NHSM p. 899; Chavanne 2110; Leclerc 678; Sabin 106374; STCN 201968800 14 copies incl. 1 incomplete; Tiele Bibl. 1241 note; V. Gestel - Van het Schip Maps in books on Russia and Poland 299. ABE CAT Alaska Canada & Greenland AMERICAS EUROPE EXPLORATION & TRAVEL MARITIME HISTORY POLAR REGIONS TRAVEL & VOYAGES Arctic & Antarctic Canada & Greenland Fishery & Whaling North America Scandinavia & Arctic Travel & Voyages North America hardcover

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Emancipation Proclamation War Department General Orders 1863

1863rif. 69520Washington D.C.: War Department 1863. CIVIL WAR. War Department General Orders 1863. Washington D.C.: War Department 1863. Full Description: LINCOLN Abraham. CIVIL WAR. Emancipation Proclamation War Department General Orders 1863. Washington D.C.: War Department 1863. The first War Department printing General Orders #1 Jan 2 1863 and fifth overall printing of the final Emancipation Proclamation. The 4 page pamphlet bound together with a nearly complete run of War Department general orders for the year 1863. Two octavo volumes 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 174 x 119 mm. Volume I comprising General Orders of the War Department Adjutant General's Office Numbers 1-221 2 January 1863 to 16 July 1863 and Volume II comprising Numbers 222-400 16 July 1863 to 28 December 1863. Nearly complete only lacking numbers 55 63 116-119 148 in volume I and 274 352 and 381 in volume II. With 5 copies of number 149 and and 3 copies of number 240. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. All edges speckled brown. Hinges repaired. Some rubbing to board edges. Previous owner's contemporary ink signature Bvt. Col. E.J. Wells on front paste down of each volume. Numerous annotations in the same old ink throughout generally noting when the order was received and dated 1863. Some glue marks to the General Order #1 not affecting text. A small tear to last leaf of text in volume I with no loss. Overall a very good copy. In addition to the very important first War department printing of the Emancipation Proclamation these volumes contain several other very important and interesting General Orders from the War Department as well as President Abraham Lincoln in relation to the military during this year in the Civil War. Notably: No. 100 April 24 "Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field." "commonly known as the 'Lieber Code' after its main author Francis Franz Lieber. The Lieber Code set out rules of conduct during hostilities for Union soldiers throughout the U.S. Civil War. Even today it remains the basis of most regulations of the laws of war for the United States. The Lieber Code consists of 157 provisions that deal with a wide range of legal issues that must be considered in armed conflict. It contains general principles but also very detailed rules. Among the issues addressed are whether armed force is justified by military necessity the principle of humanity the distinction between combatants and civilians POW status retaliation and permissible methods and means of warfare." LOC" No. 143 May 22 the establishment of the United States Colored Troops. This authorized the establishment of a bureau regulating the recruitment training and organization of the U.S. Army's first regiments composed entirely of African-American soldiers. Numerous court cases are documented including #17- The sentenced hanging death of a "colored man" for "attempted rape". #346- The trial of George Woolfolk for "Being secretly within lines of the US forces as the same time belonging to the so-called Confederate Army." He was sentenced to be shot to death. And #396- The trial brought by Colonel John Gault against Dr. Aaron James for "Being the captain of a band of guerillas or marauders and shooting at US soldiers." He was sentenced to death but the President disapproved the sentence and directed him to be released. A number of orders of Military discharges both honorable and dishonorable as well as military promotions. #337 announces "Major General U.S. Grant U.S. Army is placed in command of the Military Division of the Mississippi Headquarters in the field." #349 announces "Major General William T. Sherman is appointed to the command of the Department and Army of the Tennessee Headquarters in the field." #194 is the appointment of Major General George Meade as commander of the Army of the Potomac who would defeat General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg only days later. And #398 honors Ulysses S. Grant for his Mississippi River campaign and presents him a gold medal. Numerous obituaries including #71 which announces the death of Major General E.V. Sumner who fell ill and died on his way to take command of the Department of the Missouri and directs the ways that Department should give him military honors. Important presidential proclamations including #58- Calling to all soldiers who were "absent without leave" urging them to return to their regiments and would not face punishment beside loss of wages for time missed. #252- Orders regarding the treatment of prisoners of war stating that 'if the enemy shall sell or enslave anyone because of his color the offence shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession'. "President Abraham Lincoln issued an 'eye-for-eye' order warning the Confederacy that Union soldiers would shoot a rebel prisoner for every Black prisoner shot. It also would condemn a rebel prisoner to a life of hard labor for every Black prisoner sold into slavery. AA Registry. #315- Lincoln's suspension of the "writ of habeas corpus." "The doctrine of habeas corpus is the right of any person under arrest to appear in person before the court to ensure that they have not been falsely accused. Lincoln's suspension of the "writ of habeas corpus" was one of the most controversial acts of his administrations. Lincoln defended himself against charges that his administration had subverted the Constitution however arguing that acts that might be illegal in peacetime might be necessary "in cases of rebellion" when the nation's survival was at stake." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. #340- Proclamation by the President calling for three hundred thousand volunteers. "Whereas the term of service of a part of the volunteer forces of the United States will expire during the coming year; and Whereas in addition to the men raised by the present draft it is deemed expedient to call out 300000 volunteers to serve for three years or the war not however. exceeding three years." And numerous other General Orders pertaining to soldiers and the war effort including #35- A list of items that could be sold to soliders by sutlers. #40- The establishment of a Volunteer force for Kentucky. #163- "A resolution to encourage the enlistments in the Regular Army and Volunteer forces." #323- which authorized each enlisted cook "two under-cooks of African descent who shall receive for their full compensation ten dollars per month and one ration per day." #351- This discusses the governance of "The Employment of women nurses in the U.S. General Hospitals." and #364 which discusses the cos of clothing and camp for the U.S. Army and includes a folding chart. Eberstadt 12. Grolier 100 American 71. Streeter 1751. HBS 69520. $7500. War Department unknown

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Emancipation Proclamation War Department General Orders 1863

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[WICQUEFORT, Abraham de].Biblio.com

Advis fidelle aux veritables Hollandois. Touchant ce qui s'est passé dans les villages de Bodegrave & Swammerdam & les cruautés inoüies que les François y ont exercées. Avec un memoire de la derniere marche de l'armée du Roy de France en Brabant & en Flandre.

1673rif. 76SED10JGA06The Hague 1673. 4to. Jan and Daniel Steucker Contemporary vellum with the gold-stamped and crowned initials "E.F.V.D" on the front board. With 10 scenes on the horrors of war on 8 folding engraved plates ca. 31 x 20 cm by Romeyn de Hooghe. 1 1 blank 202 pp. First edition of a famous Dutch history book vividly describing as well as depicting the cruelties of war committed by the French army of Louis XVI in The Netherlands in the years 1672 and 1673. The illustrations also rank among the best masterpieces of Baroque book-illustration. By their passionate denunciation of the horrors of war Romeyn de Hooghe's illustrations stand comparison with Goya's Desastres de la Guerra. Thieme & Becker calls the artist "the most important and fertile master of the second half of the 17th century in Holland". And Furstenberg judged the present print-series "One of the few and too-little known masterpieces of the period The Book Collector 1960 p. 432.''The text includes a detailed account of the cruelties committed by the French army of Louis XIV in the Dutch villages of Bodegraven and Swammerdam. The work was published anonymously because the author Abraham de Wicqefort 1598-1682 a diplomat and politician was well-known at Paris and the French court. He also wrote an excellent manual for ambassadors: "L'Ambassadeur ses fonctions" published at The Hague in 1682. The present work became popular in The Netherlands and was several times republished in Dutch with the plates reduced.Back hinge loosening. Fine large paper copy with contemporary manuscript owner's entry on the title page. Otherwise in good condition.l Hofer Baroque Book Ill. plate 140; Hollstein Dutch & Flemish IX pp. 90-96 only 7 plates; Landwehr De Hooghe Book Illustrator 30; Nierop Grabowsky etc. Romeyn de Hooghe 1673.19 p. 263; STCN 851219519; Thieme & Becker XVII p. 458; Willems 1874. hardcover

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BARONIUS, CAESAR & ABRAHAM BZOVIUSBiblio.com

Annales Ecclesiastici. Editio novissima ab ipsomet ante obitum aucta & iam denuo recognita. Tomi Duodecim 12 Tomi Continuation: Annalium Ecclesiasticorum post Caesarem Baronium. Authore Abrahamo Bzovio. Tomus XIII-XX. = Vols. 1-20. - THE GREATEST HISTORY OF THE CHURCH EVER WRITTEN

1624rif. 51428Köln Ioannis Gymnici Antonius Boetzer 1624 a. 1621-1640. Folio. 40 x 26 cm. Bound in 8 thick uniform contemporary full pigskin bindings over wooden boards. Raised bands and richly blind-tooled boards. Title labels with gilt lettering. Clasps missing. Spines a bit rubbed. Wear to some spine-ends. Some upper compartments with nicks one volume having a tear in leather at upper compartment. One volume with a small loss of leather to upper compartement. With engraved title-page engraved portrait of Baronius engraved portrait of pope Urban VII. More than 10.000 pp. Printed in double-columns. In general internally fine. Baronius's monumental work with its continuation by Bzovius up to the year 1565 hailed by Roman Catholic writers as the greatest history of the church ever written and Baronius hailed as the "father of ecclestical history" 1-12 dealt with Anno 1-1198 and volume13 -20 Anno 1198-1565."The Annales were first published between 1588 and 1607. This work functioned as an official response to the Lutheran Historia Ecclesiae Christi History of the Church of Christ. In that work the Magdeburg theologians surveyed the history of the Christian church in order to demonstrate how the Catholic Church represented the Antichrist and had deviated from the beliefs and practices of the early church. In turn the Annales fully supported the claims of the papacy to lead the unique true church."Before Baronius was appointed Librarian of the Vatican in 1597 he had access to material and sources in its archives that were previously unpublished or unused. He used these in the development of his work. Accordingly the documentation in Annales Ecclesiastici is considered by most as extremely useful and complete. Lord Acton called it "the greatest history of the Church ever written"."Graesse I 296. - Brunet I 662-631. hardcover

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Annuities upon Lives: or the Valuation of Annuities upon any Number of Lives; as also of Reversions.

1725rif. 153270London: Printed by W. P. and sold by Francis Fayram Benj. Motte W. Pearson 1725. Life expectancy as probability First edition of a founding work of actuarial science de Moivre's influential study of annuities based upon the mortality statistics gathered in the 1690s by Edmund Halley. De Moivre was perhaps the first to develop probability theory extensively and the first to use probability theory to write a comprehensive work on life contingencies. In Annuities upon Lives de Moivre formulated that among a body of persons over a certain age the successive annual decreases by death are nearly equal. He applied the theory of probability to the systematic investigation of problems concerning annuities upon lives. "De Moivre's contribution to annuities lies not in his evaluation of the demographic facts then known but on his derivation of formulas for annuities based on a postulated law of mortality and constant rates on money. Here one finds the treatment of joint annuities on several lives the inheritance of annuities problems about the fair division of the costs of a tontine and other contracts in which both age and interest on capital are relevant. This mathematics became a standard part of all subsequent commercial applications in England" Ian Hacking in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography. The work is bound with five others: i YORKE Charles. Some considerations on the law of forfeiture for high treason. The third edition further corrected and enlarged. London: J. and J. Rivington 1748. Yorke's principal legal work first published in 1745 when his father was Lord Chancellor and is a defence of one of his father's judgments against the Young Pretender. ii STORY Joseph. An essay concerning the nature of the priesthood. Dublin: George Faulkner 1749. First edition. iii ROBINSON Christopher. Considerations on the late bill for payment of the remainder of the national debt in which the occasion of inserting the clause relative to His Majesty's consent and The Arguments in Support of such Right in the Crown are impartially stated. Dublin: n.p 1754. First Dublin edition published in London the same year. iv ROBINSON Christopher. A short essay on the publick judgments of the Romans. Dublin: n.p 1739. First edition. v Anonymous. Considerations on the case of the bakers in Dublin. Dublin: Printed for George and Alexander Ewing 1757. Later edition first published 1752. Six works bound in a single vol. octavo 197 x 120 mm. Contemporary half calf spine lettered in gilt paper sides. Contemporary manuscript contents list to front pastedown early bookplate of Wolfe De Forenaughts to same crossed out early ownership inscription to title page of the first pamphlet. Slight rubbing superficial splits along joints contents fresh. A very good copy. ESTC T33056; Garrison & Morton 1690; Hanson 3492; Institute of Actuaries p. 39; Kress 3595; Norman 1530; McCulloch p. 250; not in Goldsmiths'. unknown

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[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]. [RACISM]Biblio.com

Miscegenation or the Millennium of Abolitionism - Stirring Fear of Interracial Marriage Before 1864 Presidential Election

1864rif. 25614The second in a series of four racist political cartoons published in 1864 by Bromley & Company which was closely affiliated with the Copperhead New York World newspaper. These prints sought to undermine Abraham Lincoln's chances for reelection by branding him as a "miscegenationist" and playing on white fears of "race-mixing." The cartoon scene pictures several interracial couples enjoying a day at the park eating ice cream discussing wedding plans and a woman's upcoming lecture. Two African American families have white employees a carriage driver and footmen and a babysitter. The only other example traced at auction brought $7800 in 2010. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. RACISM.Print. "Miscegenation or the Millennium of Abolitionism." Political Cartoon. New York: Bromley & Co. 1864. 1 p. 20¾ x 13â… in. American politics had long played on fears of sexual relationships between races. A powerful new word for "race-mixing" was coined in an anonymous December 1863 pamphlet entitled Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races Applied to the American White Man and Negro published in New York. Purporting to advocate the virtues of the "blending of the white and black races on this continent" it was a literary forgery prepared by The World managing editor David Goodman Croly and reporter George Wakeman. The authors were unsuccessful in their attempt to trick President Lincoln into endorsing the work. At the far left of the image Abraham Lincoln declares "I shall be proud to number among my intimate friends any member of the Squash family especially the little Squashes." The African American woman to whom he is speaking replies "I'se 'quainted wid Missus Linkum I is washed far her 'fore de hebenly Miscegenation times was cum. Dont do nuffin now but gallevant 'round wid de white gem'men! he-ah! he-ah! he-ah!" Senator Charles Sumner says "Mr. President! Allow me the honor of introducing my very dear friend Miss Dinah Arabella Aramintha Squash." A white carriage driver complains in the background "Gla-a-ang there 240t! White driver white footmen niggers inside my heys! I wanted a situation when I took this one" while a black man in the carriage tells his companion "Phillis de_ah dars Sumner. We must not cut him if he is walking." A black woman at a table tells a white man with her "Ah! Horace its-its-its-bully 'specially de cream" and he replies "Ah! my dear Miss Snowball we have at last reached our political and social Paradise. Isn't it extatic" To the right are two couples embracing each a white woman and an African American man. The first white women tells her partner "Oh! You dear creature. I am so agitated! Go and ask Pa" to which he replies "Lubly Julia Anna name de day when Brodder Beecher shall make us one!" The second white woman says "Adolphus now you'll be sure to come to my lecture to morrow night won't you" to which he answers "I'll be there Honey on de front seat sure!" In the background are various immigrant minorities viewing the scene. One exclaims "Most hextwadinary! Aw neva witnessed the like in all me life if I did dem me!" and another adds "Mine Got vat a guntry vat a beebles!" An Irish girl complains "And is it to drag nagur babies that I left old Ireland Bad luck to me." Manton Marble the editor of The World collaborated with printmaker Bromley & Company to issue a series of four anti-Lincoln "Political Caricatures." The present example was the No. 2 in that series. No. 1 was "The Grave of the Union or Major Jack Downing's Dream"; No. 3 "The Abolition Catastrophe Or the November Smash-up"; and No. 4 "The Miscegenation Ball." Republicans responded by trying to turn the "miscegenation" charge against the Democrats. A Republican print "The Political "Siamese" Twins: The Offspring of Chicago Miscegenation" pictures McClellan and Pendleton joined together despite their very different ideas on ending the war. Although Abraham Lincoln won New York states' electoral votes in 1860 Stephen Douglas had carried New York City and its environs. Financial elites fearing that civil war would ruin business and recent immigrants fearing competition with free black labor supported Douglas. Lincoln's unpopularity in New York City during the Civil War was a factor in the deadly 1863 Draft Riots. In 1864 Lincoln again won the states' electoral votes while New York City favored his Democratic opponent McClellan. In fact Lincoln's majority dropped from 50136 votes in 1860 to only 7373 votes in 1864 with approximately 50000 more total votes cast than in 1860. Bromley and Company continued to sell the caricatures after the election as this January 1865 advertisement from an Ohio newspaper makes clear. Another advertisement assured purchasers that the set of four prints available for $1 were "sent on wooden rollers to insure safe carriage." The World 1860-1931 a daily independent newspaper was published in New York City. Alexander Cummings founded it as a religious Republican outlet in 1860. August Belmont and others purchased it in 1862 changing the editorial focus. With editor Manton Marble 1834-1917 The World soon became the country's leading Democratic newspaper. In 1864 Union authorities shut down The Worldand another paper for three days after they published forged documents purportedly written by Lincoln that were really part of a hoax to manipulate the price of gold. The paper actively supported George B. McClellan against Lincoln in 1864. Condition Fine for exhibit despite flaws. Cropped with loss of "Political Caricature No. 2" from top edge and part of printed pricing information from bottom edge publisher's name rubbed out from the copyright statement lacking ½" from lower left corners a few short tape repairs by the edges a 2" closed tear through the second dialogue bubble along the top edge and a 3" closed tear parallel to the right edge. Mount remnants on verso.