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1688Best.-Nr. ST13039cLondon: J. M. for Henry Herringman; Mary Clark for Charles Harper 1688; 1689. FIRST EDITION of Part III. 304 x 202 mm. 12 x 8". 58 41 1 blank 80 4 70 i.e. 68 154 23 1 blank 148; 16 161 21 166 pp. 148-9 misnumbered 140-1 2 pp. Two works bound together in one volume. Very attractive contemporary black morocco handsomely gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Separate title pages for each section those in the first work dated 1687. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Archibald Philip Earl of Rosebery and the book label of Lawrence Strangman front free endpaper with bookplate of Robert S. Pirie see below for these three. Perkin B1; Wing C-6658 C-6664B and C-6665. One open tear just touching printed marginal notation small hole affecting two words light and very sparse foxing a touch heavier on a few signatures and some negligible spotting here and there otherwise A VERY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE COPY with only the most trivial wear. From a distinguished collection in pleasing condition and in a contemporaneous binding this volume contains the works of Abraham Cowley one of the most precocious poets in the annals of English literature. Cowley 1616-67 was producing poetic works of inexplicable sophistication before he had settled into puberty; he published his first volume of verse at 15; and he went on to become one of the most popular poets of his day. Cowley was a staunch royalist who served in the exiled court of Charles I's queen Henrietta Maria where he helped to encode and decipher messages sent between the monarchy's supporters including the royal couple themselves. Despite having been arrested and imprisoned as a royalist agent at one point Cowley escaped the Cromwell years largely unscathed and retired to the countryside in 1663. Upon his death Cowley was not only given the extraordinary honor of burial in Westminster Abbey noted by the DNB as "the most lavish funeral which had ever been given to a mere man of letters in England" but was also afforded a privileged spot next to the graves of Spenser and Chaucer. Cowley's influence on contemporary poetry was demonstrably deep; his funerary monument refers to him as "the English Virgil" and Perkin asserts that his "fame as a poet exceeded even that of Milton" during the waning years of the Restoration. The first part here contains the poet's best-known mature works while the second is composed of his early efforts and the third his writings on plants. Our volume is from the collection of Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world's oldest society of bibliophiles. Our volume has a thrice-distinguished provenance. The first recorded owner is Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery 1847-1929 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during 1894-95. Earlier he had been Foreign Secretary twice as well as Leader of the Opposition. As stated in the British Armorial Bindings database Rosebery was an "ardent and discriminating book collector." Afterwards the present volume became the property of Bombay-born and Cambridge-educated Lawrence Strangman 1907-80 son of Sir Thomas Strangman Q.C. and Lady Winifred Strangman. Much of his celebrated collection went to his alma mater Trinity Hall in the University of Cambridge where it is maintained as the Strangman Collection in Jerwood Library while other portions were handled by Sotheby’s. A captain in WWII Strangman served as a distinguished Intelligence Officer. Our third recorded owner is Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world’s oldest society of bibliophiles. J. M. for Henry Herringman; Mary Clark for Charles Harper unknown books

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L'Empire du Japon Tiré des Cartes des Japponois

1719Best.-Nr. 15847Amsterdam: François L'Honoré & Compagnie Libraries 1719. 440 by 520mm. 17.25 by 20.5 inches. Engraved map. Henri Chatelain's edition of Adrien Reland's important map of Japan 1715 including the place-names in phonetic Dutch. Reland's map of Japan represents a radical departure from prior European maps of Japan and is the first map printed in Japan to use Sino-Japanese characters. Instead of using the existing European geographical sources of Japan Reland utilized Japanese maps most notably a map from the library of Benjamin Dutry 1668-1751 a former director of the Dutch VOC. This was a tremendous leap forward in the geographical depiction of Japan such as in the treatment of Kyushu Island and in naming the 66 provinces. Large inset of the area around Nagasaki and an ornate dedication cartouche with about twenty coats of arms. Published in the fifth volume of the Châtelain family's 'Atlas historique ou Nouvelle introduction à l'Histoire à la Chronologie & à la Géographie Ancienne et Moderne' 1719 when eventually extended to 7 volumes. With an inset 'Vue de la Ville de Nangasacki & de l'ile'. Zacharie Châtelain d. 1723 was the father of Henri Abraham 1684-1743 and Zacharie Junior 1690-1754. They worked as a partnership publishing the 'Atlas' under several different Châtelain imprints depending on the Châtelain family partnerships at the time of publication. The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720 with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography geography history chronology genealogy topography heraldry and costume of the world. The maps in the "Atlas Historique" were mainly based on those of the French cartographer Guillaume De L'Isle but were presented by the Châtelains in an encyclopaedia form. The accompanying text is in French and often is printed in two columns on the page with maps and other illustrations interspersed. Each map and table is numbered consecutively within its volume and all maps bear the privileges of the States of Holland and West-Friesland. Hubbard 73. François L'Honoré & Compagnie Libraries, unknown

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Illustrator Frank Leslie Publishes Fanciful Grand Reception of Civil War Notables as a Subscription Premium

1865Best.-Nr. 25618Frank Leslie published this print as a premium for his new family magazine Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner and copyrighted it on April 8 1865 just a week before Lincoln's death. The image created by engraver Henry B. Major and lithographer Joseph Knapp portrays Lincoln flanked by the First Lady and Vice President Andrew Johnson greeting Julia Dent Grant wife of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant who stands nearby. According to a notice printed at the bottom right corner "Every Person who pays Ten Cents each for numbers 1 and 2 of Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner The New Family Paper is entitled to a copy of this PLATE without extra charge" or individuals could purchase the print for $3. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.Lithograph. "Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation at the White House 1865" New York: Frank Leslie April 1865. 1 p. 19 x 23¾ in. In the first issue of The Chimney Corner Leslie described the "Grand Reception" image as "the most costly gift plate ever presented by any publisher in the United States having been produced at an expense of $10000." "Every family should possess this truly national picture and carefully preserve it" Leslie continued "as it will transmit to future generations the men who have restored our great national unity. It is especially valuable as it contains an excellent likeness of our late lamented President introducing General Grant and his wife to Mrs. Lincoln." The picture contains "nearly 100 portraits of our most celebrated Generals Statesmen and Civilians also of many of our most distinguished American ladies. The likenesses are admirable having been taken from photographs by Brady." The key giving the names of each individual portrait was published in issue number 4 of the Chimney Corner on June 24. Included in the image are Generals Ulysses S. Grant John G. Foster William T. Sherman Hugh J. Kilpatrick Nathaniel P. Banks Philip H. Sheridan Winfield S. Hancock John A. Logan Joseph Hooker Benjamin F. Butler Oliver O. Howard John A. Dix and Henry W. Slocum. Admirals David Farragut and David Dixon Porter represent the Navy. Members of the cabinet include Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton Secretary of State William H. Seward and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. Members of Congress include Senator Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Island Senator William P. Fessenden of Maine Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts and Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax of Indiana. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase represents the U.S. Supreme Court. New York newspaper editors Horace Greeley Henry J. Raymond and James Gordon Bennett are also present. Prominent women include First Lady Mary Lincoln Ann S. Stephens dime novelist and magazine editor Miriam Folline Squier wife of Leslie's former editor-in-chief and Leslie's future wife Julia Dent Grant wife of Ulysses S. Grant Kate Chase Sprague daughter of Chief Justice and wife of Rhode Island Senator and Adele Cutts Douglas widow of Stephen A. Douglas. Others identified in the key include Ephraim G. Squier Leslie's former editor-in-chief archaeologist and U.S. commissioner to Peru Governor Andrew G. Curtin of Pennsylvania and Ambassador to Russia Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky. Despite Leslie's copyright Anton Hohenstein created a very similar image entitled "Lincoln's Last Reception" which also featured Lincoln's meeting General Ulysses S. Grant's wife Julia. Published by John Smith in Philadelphia in 1865 and hand-colored "Lincoln's Last Reception" also included more than thirty military and political leaders and a few prominent women among the onlookers in the ballroom. Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner 1865-1884 was a weekly family newspaper published "every Tuesday" in New York by Frank Leslie. Each illustrated issue of sixteen pages contained serial fiction short stories poetry biographies history travel sketches natural history anecdotes and other subjects. According to the prospectus the newspaper would be "a welcome messenger of instruction and amusement to the young and old in the family and by the fireside—that altar around which cluster our holiest and most cherished recollections." Leslie had copyrighted the title in 1861 but "the great Rebellion now happily closing intervened to put a stop to the enterprise." Frank Leslie 1821-1880 was born in England as Henry Carter but he adopted the pseudonym of Frank Leslie to keep his artistic activities a secret from his relatives who disapproved. He came to the United States in 1848 and settled in New York in 1853 to engrave woodcuts for P. T. Barnum's Illustrated News. When that publication failed Leslie began work on his own series of illustrated publications including Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper The Budget of Fun Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner and others. At his death he was deeply in debt but his second wife Miriam Folline Squier 1836-1914 continued his publications and again made them profitable even legally changing her name to Frank Leslie in 1881. Condition Spot-mounted to modern board mat toning moderate foxing minor edge wear. Would benefit from conservation. Frank Leslie