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1764réf. 1509200002Printed by Hugh Gaine at his book-store and printing office at the Bible & Crown in Hanover-Square. M DCC 1764-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Volume 1 only. Large folio. 38 cm. Vol. I. Bound in publisher's full sheep. Bound by Rob. McAlprine signed by him. Red morocco spine label. Scuffs/rubbing to cover. Creasing to title page. Engraving of Royal arms on title Reilly 862. iv 840 i.e. 838 2 p. Contains an Act for reversing the attainder of Jacob Leisler etc at appendix which Evans states if often absent. Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his book-store and printing office at the Bible & Crown, in Hanover-Square. M, DCC, hardcover
1670réf. 21606A Amsterdam : chez Jean Schipper 1670. Cm. 232 pp. 16 371 5. Bell’antiporta allegorica incisa 5 figure nel testo a mezza o piena pagina ed una tavola ripiegata f.t. Un piccolo difetto al piatto posteriore ma bell’esemplare nella sua prima legatura in pergamena con titoli ms. al dorso. Prima edizione francese dopo l’originale olandese del 1651 di questo testo fondamentale sulla religione indiana. Il pastore protestante olandese Roger fu il primo attraverso quest’opera a far conoscere in Europa la religione induista. Il prezioso insieme di notizie fa raccolto in dieci anni di permanenza sulle coste dell’India Orientale dal 1640 al 1650. Il testo termina con un estratto dalla "Chine illustree" di Kircher. Cfr. Graesse VI 147. Raro soprattutto in tale ottimo stato di conservazione. chez Jean Schipper, unknown
1739réf. 27896Jessnitz Saxony-Anhalt: Bi-defus Yisrael bar Avraham 1739. Hardcover. Good. Four volumes folio published between 1739 and 1742. Woodcut printer's device at titles; woodcut endpieces in first volume. Hebrew text opens from right to left; leaf numbers in Hebrew characters. Hebrew chronograms yield Jewish dates of publication 5499-5502. Brown library buckram scuffed at extremities spines lettered in gilt. Endleaves renewed. A good set. See foliation and condition notes for each volume below. Scarce eighteenth-century edition of this seminal compendium of Jewish law halakhah. Compiled between 1170 and 1180 while Maimonides was living in Egypt the Mishneh Torah is regarded as the author's magnum opus. It is the only Medieval-era work that surveys the full panoply of Jewish observance including those laws that are only applicable when the Jerusalem Temple is in existence. The present edition is the first to contain Judah Rosanes' commentary Mishneh le-melekh. "Mishneh Torah" The Repetition of the Law is an appellation originally applied to the biblical book of Deuteronomy; the subtitle "ha-Yad ha-Hazakah" The Book of the Strong Hand plays on its subdivision into fourteen books: the numerical value fourteen is represented in Hebrew letters as Yud 10 Dalet 4 which forms the word "yad" hand. Maimonides sought to provide a complete statement of the Oral Law so that a person who mastered first the Written Torah and then the Mishneh Torah would be in no need of any other book. Contemporary reaction was mixed with strong and immediate opposition focusing on the absence of sources and the belief that the work appeared to be intended to supersede study of the Talmud itself. Maimonides responded to these criticisms and the Mishneh Torah endures as an influential work in Jewish religious thought. According to several authorities a decision may not be rendered in opposition to a view of Maimonides even where he apparently militated against the sense of a Talmudic passage for in such cases the presumption was that the words of the Talmud were incorrectly interpreted. Likewise: One must follow Maimonides even when the latter opposed his teachers since he surely knew their views and if he decided against them he must have disapproved their interpretation. Vol. 1: 1 title 8 234 102 3 ff. Repairs at title page with very slight loss of text at verso following leaf and the final leaf. Text embrowned often heavily in first half with some light marginal dampstains throughout. Old manuscript entries in Hebrew at title in at least three hands. Vol. 2: 1 title 148 112 2 ff. Marginal repairs to first and last two leaves no loss of text. Moderately dampstained throughout with some mild embrowning. Old manuscript entries in Hebrew at title in at least two hands; three old stamps at title including at least one censor's approbation. Vol. 3: 1 title 221 169 ff. Repairs at bottom margin to title with loss of some text below imprint and at final lines of rabbinic approbations at verso and at bottom margin following leaf with some text loss and obscuration by translucent paper tape. Small marginal repair at final leaf. Light dampstaining in first half; remaining text with mild embrowning. Old manuscript entries in Hebrew at title in at least two hands; two old stamps at title including at least one censor's approbation. Vol. 4: 1 title 135 138-154 157 1 ff. Marginal repairs to title and final leaf no loss of text. Sporadic light embrowning and marginal stains. Old manuscript entry in Hebrew at title. A complete set with only minimal text loss in a few places -- a very usable scholar's copy. References: Vinograd Jessnitz 46; Fürst 2: p. 295; Zenker p. 583 Title in Hebrew: משנה תורה ×”×•× היד החזקה להנשר הגדול ×”×’×ון רבינו משה בר מימון זצ׳׳ל ×¢× השגת הר×ב׳׳ד זצ׳׳ל ופירוש הרב מגיד משנה וכסף משנה להג×ון המשביר רבינו יוסף ק×רו זצ׳׳ל ומגדל עוז והגהות מימונייות ופירוש רבינו עובדי והרב המוסמך מדר׳׳ל ן׳ חביב על הלכות קידוש החדש ×¢× כל הצורות השייכות להלכות ×לו ולהלכות שבת וסוכה ×•×¢× מורה ×ž×§×•× על דברי הרב המגיד וכסף משנה ×’× שתי מפתחות גדולות ורחבות ×חת על סדר ×”×¤×¨×§×™× ×•×חת על דרך ××œ×¤× ביתה ×œ× חסר דבר מכל כפי ×שר נדפס ב××ž×©×˜×¨×“× Rabbi Moses Maimonides the Rambam was a 12th century Jewish philosopher and halachic legal scholar. A highly controversial figure both during his lifetime and after his death he is generally acknowledged as the preeminent Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. He was born in Córdoba Spain but fled as a child from the Almohad persecution. He eventually settled in Egypt where he served as a rabbi physician and philosopher. His fourteen-volume Mishneh Torah his only work not in Arabic still carries canonical authority particularly within the Yemenite Jewish community as the codification of Talmudic law. His other works include "Kitab al-Siraj" a commentary on the Mishnah "Kitab al-Fara'I" a book on precepts and the celebrated philosophical work "Dalalat al-Ha'irin" known in Hebrew as the "Moreh Nevukhim" The Guide to the Perplexed. In this latter work Maimonides attempted a philosophical/theological reconciliation of the Hebrew Bible and Greek knowledge. This work came to play a central role in all subsequent major controversies over philosophy within the Jewish community during the Middle Ages. Bi-defus Yisrael bar Avraham hardcover
1739réf. 27896Jessnitz Saxony-Anhalt: Bi-defus Yisrael bar Avraham 1739. Hardcover. Good. Four volumes folio published between 1739 and 1742. Woodcut printer's device at titles; woodcut endpieces in first volume. Hebrew text opens from right to left; leaf numbers in Hebrew characters. Hebrew chronograms yield Jewish dates of publication 5499-5502. Brown library buckram scuffed at extremities spines lettered in gilt. Endleaves renewed. A good set. See foliation and condition notes for each volume below. Scarce eighteenth-century edition of this seminal compendium of Jewish law halakhah. Compiled between 1170 and 1180 while Maimonides was living in Egypt the Mishneh Torah is regarded as the author's magnum opus. It is the only Medieval-era work that surveys the full panoply of Jewish observance including those laws that are only applicable when the Jerusalem Temple is in existence. The present edition is the first to contain Judah Rosanes' commentary Mishneh le-melekh. "Mishneh Torah" The Repetition of the Law is an appellation originally applied to the biblical book of Deuteronomy; the subtitle "ha-Yad ha-Hazakah" The Book of the Strong Hand plays on its subdivision into fourteen books: the numerical value fourteen is represented in Hebrew letters as Yud 10 Dalet 4 which forms the word "yad" hand. Maimonides sought to provide a complete statement of the Oral Law so that a person who mastered first the Written Torah and then the Mishneh Torah would be in no need of any other book. Contemporary reaction was mixed with strong and immediate opposition focusing on the absence of sources and the belief that the work appeared to be intended to supersede study of the Talmud itself. Maimonides responded to these criticisms and the Mishneh Torah endures as an influential work in Jewish religious thought. According to several authorities a decision may not be rendered in opposition to a view of Maimonides even where he apparently militated against the sense of a Talmudic passage for in such cases the presumption was that the words of the Talmud were incorrectly interpreted. Likewise: One must follow Maimonides even when the latter opposed his teachers since he surely knew their views and if he decided against them he must have disapproved their interpretation. Vol. 1: 1 title 8 234 102 3 ff. Repairs at title page with very slight loss of text at verso following leaf and the final leaf. Text embrowned often heavily in first half with some light marginal dampstains throughout. Old manuscript entries in Hebrew at title in at least three hands. Vol. 2: 1 title 148 112 2 ff. Marginal repairs to first and last two leaves no loss of text. Moderately dampstained throughout with some mild embrowning. Old manuscript entries in Hebrew at title in at least two hands; three old stamps at title including at least one censor's approbation. Vol. 3: 1 title 221 169 ff. Repairs at bottom margin to title with loss of some text below imprint and at final lines of rabbinic approbations at verso and at bottom margin following leaf with some text loss and obscuration by translucent paper tape. Small marginal repair at final leaf. Light dampstaining in first half; remaining text with mild embrowning. Old manuscript entries in Hebrew at title in at least two hands; two old stamps at title including at least one censor's approbation. Vol. 4: 1 title 135 138-154 157 1 ff. Marginal repairs to title and final leaf no loss of text. Sporadic light embrowning and marginal stains. Old manuscript entry in Hebrew at title. A complete set with only minimal text loss in a few places -- a very usable scholar's copy. References: Vinograd Jessnitz 46; Fürst 2: p. 295; Zenker p. 583 Title in Hebrew: משנה תורה ×”×•× היד החזקה להנשר הגדול ×”×’×ון רבינו משה בר מימון זצ׳׳ל ×¢× השגת הר×ב׳׳ד זצ׳׳ל ופירוש הרב מגיד משנה וכסף משנה להג×ון המשביר רבינו יוסף ק×רו זצ׳׳ל ומגדל עוז והגהות מימונייות ופירוש רבינו עובדי והרב המוסמך מדר׳׳ל ן׳ חביב על הלכות קידוש החדש ×¢× כל הצורות השייכות להלכות ×לו ולהלכות שבת וסוכה ×•×¢× מורה ×ž×§×•× על דברי הרב המגיד וכסף משנה ×’× שתי מפתחות גדולות ורחבות ×חת על סדר ×”×¤×¨×§×™× ×•×חת על דרך ××œ×¤× ביתה ×œ× חסר דבר מכל כפי ×שר נדפס ב××ž×©×˜×¨×“× Rabbi Moses Maimonides the Rambam was a 12th century Jewish philosopher and halachic legal scholar. A highly controversial figure both during his lifetime and after his death he is generally acknowledged as the preeminent Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. He was born in Córdoba Spain but fled as a child from the Almohad persecution. He eventually settled in Egypt where he served as a rabbi physician and philosopher. His fourteen-volume Mishneh Torah his only work not in Arabic still carries canonical authority particularly within the Yemenite Jewish community as the codification of Talmudic law. His other works include "Kitab al-Siraj" a commentary on the Mishnah "Kitab al-Fara'I" a book on precepts and the celebrated philosophical work "Dalalat al-Ha'irin" known in Hebrew as the "Moreh Nevukhim" The Guide to the Perplexed. In this latter work Maimonides attempted a philosophical/theological reconciliation of the Hebrew Bible and Greek knowledge. This work came to play a central role in all subsequent major controversies over philosophy within the Jewish community during the Middle Ages. Bi-defus Yisrael bar Avraham hardcover books
1877réf. 4837Miller's Bible and Publishing House 23,5 30,5 Montréal, Canada / Philadelphia 1877 Fort volume in-4, reliure de plein cuir vert sombre, dos à quatre nerfs et à six caissons ornés, deux portant le titre doré "Holy Bible", plats bisautés encadrés d'un triple filet et d'une guirlande dorés, entrelacs dorés au centre, dentelle sur les chasses, tranches dorées, VII-1011 p., Marriages (1 p.), Births (1 p.), Memoranda (1 p.), Family portraits (4 p., soit 16 emplacements de portraits en oval) et 4 p. non paginées, 9 gravures hors texte, dont celle de Gustave Doré "Daniel the Statesman-Prophet". La première traduction en anglais de la Bible hébraïque (Ancien Testament) a été, sur le sol américain, éditée et publiée à Philadelphie en 1854. Notre réédition date de 1877-78 (année hébraïque 5638 comme l'indique la page de titre). Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) est né en Allemagne et a émigré aux Etats-Unis en 1824. Il a été le rabbin de la Synagogue Mikweh Israel à Philadelphie et le créateur du premier périodique juif au Etats-Unis (The Occident). Il a été un promoteur très actif de la culture juive aux Etats-Unis, face au risque d'assimilation ou de protestantisation. Il rappelle au début de la préface son objectif "a desire entertained for more than a quarter of a century, since the day he quitted school in his native land to come to this country, to present to his fellow-Israelites an English version, made by one of themselves, of the Holy Word of God." Sa traduction est une oeuvre de foi : "The translator is an Israelite in faith, in the full sense of the word : he believe in the Scriptures as they have been handed down to us". La traduction de Leeser s'est imposée comme un "standard" jusqu'aux travaux de la Jewish Publication Society (JPS). La page de titre porte la mention "Abraham de Sola, LLD. Montréal, Canada". De Sola (1825-1882), ministre de la Synagogue espagnole et portugaise de Montréal, fut un des continuateurs de Leeser. Coiffes abîmées, mors fendus en tête et en queue, légère déreliure entre les pages VIIet VII, coins un peu émoussés, petite réparation en bas des pages 17-18-19-20, bon intérieur.(EvB19) PHOTOS NUMERIQUES DISPONIBLES PAR EMAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
1877réf. 4837Miller's Bible and Publishing House 23,5 30,5 Montréal, Canada / Philadelphia 1877 Fort volume in-4, reliure de plein cuir vert sombre, dos à quatre nerfs et à six caissons ornés, deux portant le titre doré "Holy Bible", plats bisautés encadrés d'un triple filet et d'une guirlande dorés, entrelacs dorés au centre, dentelle sur les chasses, tranches dorées, VII-1011 p., Marriages (1 p.), Births (1 p.), Memoranda (1 p.), Family portraits (4 p., soit 16 emplacements de portraits en oval) et 4 p. non paginées, 9 gravures hors texte, dont celle de Gustave Doré "Daniel the Statesman-Prophet". La première traduction en anglais de la Bible hébraïque (Ancien Testament) a été, sur le sol américain, éditée et publiée à Philadelphie en 1854. Notre réédition date de 1877-78 (année hébraïque 5638 comme l'indique la page de titre). Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) est né en Allemagne et a émigré aux Etats-Unis en 1824. Il a été le rabbin de la Synagogue Mikweh Israel à Philadelphie et le créateur du premier périodique juif au Etats-Unis (The Occident). Il a été un promoteur très actif de la culture juive aux Etats-Unis, face au risque d'assimilation ou de protestantisation. Il rappelle au début de la préface son objectif "a desire entertained for more than a quarter of a century, since the day he quitted school in his native land to come to this country, to present to his fellow-Israelites an English version, made by one of themselves, of the Holy Word of God." Sa traduction est une oeuvre de foi : "The translator is an Israelite in faith, in the full sense of the word : he believe in the Scriptures as they have been handed down to us". La traduction de Leeser s'est imposée comme un "standard" jusqu'aux travaux de la Jewish Publication Society (JPS). La page de titre porte la mention "Abraham de Sola, LLD. Montréal, Canada". De Sola (1825-1882), ministre de la Synagogue espagnole et portugaise de Montréal, fut un des continuateurs de Leeser. Coiffes abîmées, mors fendus en tête et en queue, légère déreliure entre les pages VIIet VII, coins un peu émoussés, petite réparation en bas des pages 17-18-19-20, bon intérieur.(EvB19) PHOTOS NUMERIQUES DISPONIBLES PAR EMAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
1763réf. 160235London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley 1763. The prelude to his magnum opus First edition of the prelude to Tucker's nine-volume magnum opus The Light of Nature Pursued which outlined a vast and idiosyncratic philosophical system and which had a noted influence on his philosophical contemporaries. Tucker was an empiricist in the tradition of John Locke holding that the mind begins as a blank slate. In his moral philosophy he proposed that our own satisfaction is the motive of our actions and that the maximum satisfaction of this is the ultimate moral good. He can consequently be seen as an early precursor of utilitarianism. This work published pseudonymously was not well received by the critics. "The 1763 fragment was strongly criticized in the Monthly Review to which Tucker provided a humorous reply Man in Quest of Himself under the new pseudonym Cuthbert Comment" ODNB. The Light of Nature Pursued however enjoyed a high reputation from its first appearance and was a noted influence on William Paley Thomas Malthus and James MacIntosh. Octavo 198 x 124 mm. Contemporary calf double gilt fillet to bands and covers. Contemporary ownership inscription of James Drummond of Bridgend in ink to front free endpaper and in pencil to front pastedown; 18th-century note of author and their death date on title. Minor restoration at head of rear joint short closed tear at fore edge of title neatly taped on verso light finger soiling ink splash to p. 153. A good copy. ESTC T117455. unknown
1721réf. 1906090004Amsterdam J. Lindenbergh 1721. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio 42 x 28 cm. Bound in contemporary mottled calf. Shelf worn corners bumped. Joints cracked. Additional engraved titles 2 engraved portraits 2 double-page maps map of the world map of Greece and the Mediterranean. A total of 179 engravings within text and plates after works by Romein de Hooghe. Includes engraving of the Temple of Jerusalem. Scattered foxing. 10 482 p. Pages misnumbered. Dutch. Hollstein IX 2; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 404; Klaversma/ Hannema 129. Amsterdam, J. Lindenbergh hardcover
1951réf. 502979Farrar Straus & Giroux 1951. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEAR FINE/Very Good. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the FFEP. 188 pp. Illustrated by 12 wood engravings by Ilya Schor. 8vo Orange cloth effect paper over boards black stamped spine lettering. Trivial rubbing to tips faint offsetting to endpaper gutters otherwise very sharp and fresh. DJ tips rubbed with a bit of loss and small chip to front tail front flap creased price of '$3.00' intact. Heschel's Sabbath reflections are a unique offering among his works: a series of short and mystical philosophical reflections on the Seventh Day embodying the Jewish 'architecture of time' in alterity to 'Technical civilization--man's conquest of space.' Heschel was a powerhouse in 20th century philosophy of religion and a widely read public intellectual. The Sabbath was his most enduringly popular book. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover
1830réf. 192234London: Printed by A. J. Valpy 1830-1834. First editions from this noted series representing the Greek tragedians Latin satirists the prose of great statesmen and Roman history. Valpy 1786-1854 began to publish Classical literature as a schoolboy. The Family Classical Library followed his reissue of the Delphin Classics 1819-30 a series of annotated Latin texts. 21 vols small octavo 154 x 98 mm. Portrait frontispiece of each author. Contemporary speckled calf red labels compartments tooled in gilt double gilt fillet to boards gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Bookplates of the collector Charles Waterman Armour 18571927. A few headcaps worn restoration to headcap and joints of Euripides vol. I spines flaking light foxing. A very good set. hardcover
1867réf. 000793IPSWICH MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1867. On offer are five handwritten manuscript journals all having belonged to the Caldwell family who lived in Massachusetts one of the diaries 1870 has the name Ezra S. Vieyes written in it. A casual reading does not determine where Ezra fits in with the Caldwell family but a more detailed reading will hopefully flesh out the relationship. Two of the diaries have the name of the family scion being Abraham Caldwell of Ipswich Massachusetts. Other towns mentioned include Westminster Fitchburg Northborough and Worcester. The diaries represent the years 1867 full of entries 1870 a quarter full 1875 a half filled 1887 fully written and the 1890's. Though not all fully written and the entries suggest illiterate writers these diaries represent a true piece of Americana with a treasure trove of local historical detail and genealogical information. For the medical collector there is an interesting thread running throughout - Mr. Caldwell is quite aged and he catalogues his daily ailments certainly a medical professional may assess his health from his writings. Here are some snippets: 1867 - "February 26th Went to examination. Lizzie Rawson teach good." "March 4th Went to town meeting. Another trial of Shemp decided as it should be." "May 10th Surveyed road to town distance of about 2 ¾ miles 15 ft." "June 17th Golden wedding 75-100 people persons present." "September 13th Took Templers Degrees. Went to town to lecture. Carried B.M. Balch." "October 13th On euqaduct to town meeting for roads. Was chosen on committee." 1887 "January 9th 7 Below. Very cold. Snow flakes flying all day. Ben out very little today. Louitah Lord little more comfortable but very sick." "February 9th Sick all day. From Salem paper I see Mr. Joseph Pusfer died in Salem Oct. 19th 1886. Born July 18th 1798." "March 14th Today I hav made a grait mistak in being two positive when in fact I was rong. My mind is faking me." "June 22nd and 23rd Stage coach below belonged to Appleton farm . Boiled out sink cess pool very hard job. Had nummness in my arm and shoulder. Stage coach passed to day for Salem." "July 25th Hot and sultry. A young lady came to Mrs. Batysons. Sang for House Benefit." "August 9th Went marsh with North Harris and Negro. Went to Beverly. Stayed at Edwards over night." "August 21st Fine and pleasant. John Billy's mother and sister here. Conrad G to made round Cape Ann." "October 6th Tryed to make some wine. Caried my grapes to Capt. Wilcomb and he pressed them for me." "October 19th Finished pounding the beans then went to Georgetown. Went in to Noisas Shoe factory. Was kindly received and shown from basement up. Felt interest and enjoyed it muh." "December 14th Very warm and Pleasant. Went over to south side river to Mrs. Dolls with Edy B. Escamined his stock." "December 16th Cooler. Gave notice to Mrs. Campbell that I should want the tenement she now ocupies for my own use the first of April next." "December 19th Mrs. Smith at the Invenational House left and fell and broke both arms. Slippery this morn. Bought turkey of Perkins." The 1893-1900 journal in the lot is a handwritten financial journal which has about 100 pages of expense type entries. I believe most of the entries have to do with rentals and money collected for the rentals. This journal has the name John Caldwell written on the inside. The front cover has fallen off of this journal and some of the pages are torn. The first 20 pages have also been torn out and are not accounted for. Overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel HISTORY MASSACHUSETTS MA FARMING ECONOMICS GENEALOGICAL . unknown
1864réf. 44789Boston: Little Brown and Company 1864. Original full black cloth blind embossed boards spine lettered in gilt. Frontispiece "Map of the Gettysburg Battlefield and Hospitals." Folding plate "Map of the Grounds and Design For the Improvement of the Soldiers' National Cemetery Gettysburg PA. 1863." The scarce Erratum slip is laid in. Wear and chipping to spine and edges old dampstain affecting the bottom portion of the text. Contains the first authorized appearance of Lincoln's Gettysburg address in book form. Scarce. See photos. First Edition. Hard Cover. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
réf. 7027Antwerp: 1573-80. No binding. Very Good. 355 x 500 mm. in full early wash colour one or two light foxmarks otherwise in very good condition. A good example of the FIRST STATE of a classic map of the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It was published by Abraham Ortelius in the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' for the first time in 1573. It is drawn directly from the written account of the French naturalist Pierre Belon of 1553 and cartographically from Jacomo Franco's map published in Venice c.1570 just prior to this map. Franco's map improved the general outline of the island and provided more place names than any other before it. It is unfortunately very rare surviving in only three known examples. This Ortelius map is the earliest derivative of it and is engraved by Jan van Deutecum on a larger scale. It is augmented with three sailing ships a fine sea monster and three ornate cartouches. One of these encloses an inset map of the island of Lemnos. Ortelius' map had a great influence on the future cartography of Cyprus being copied on numerous occasions by later map mapkers. Broecke 1996 149; Maps of Cyprus 25.1; Stylianou 1980 no. 66; Zacharakis 1992 no. 1451. 1573-[80] unknown
1805réf. 614705London: R. Faulder/T. Payne 1805. Volume I to VII complete. Hardcovers with red boards no dust jackets gilt lettered spines and complementary marbled page blocks in very good condition. Page block heads are slightly tanned. Within age related tanning and foxing on some of the pages which are otherwise clear. Boards are clean and bindings are sound. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. R. Faulder/T. Payne Hardcover
1886réf. 0002014NORTH OXFORD COUNTY ON EAST NISSOURI WOODSTOCK. Fair. 1886. On offer is an interesting original later 19th Century Municipal Record book from North Oxford Ontario dated 1886-87. Titled: Township of North Oxford Debenture Accounts Henderson Creek Drain under By Law No. 176. 1886 & 1887. The treasurer is an Abraham John Hillsdon and the accounts are written in his hand ~ lists of income received and expenditures for this Henderson Creek Drain project in 1887. There are 29 written pages starting in 1887 with the last entry in 1895. They are sporadic in the book some at the front some in the middle and some right at the end of the book with blank pages in between. There is a small glued in handwritten receipt: 'Received from Mr. Hillsdon Treasurer of North Oxford the Sum of Five dollars and Seventy three cents ~ East Nissouri Township's share of the refund on the Henderson Creek Drain" signed David Lawrence Treasurer East Nissori'. Many names in this book a very interesting piece of south western Ontario history. The back of the book has several pages on the Gravel Account for 1894; Reports from Each Pathmaster of the Gravel Used in their Division; lists of names numbers of loads and pit locations. There is also a copy of By-Law # 176 for the year 1886 inserted ~ By-Law to provide for draining of parts of the first second and third concessions of the Township of North Oxford and for borrowing on the credit of the Municipality the sum of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars for completing the same. Provisionally adopted the twentieth day of October A.D. 1886. Also there is a worn copy of the Seventh Annual Report for the Agricultural Mutual Assurance Association of Canada tucked in. The book itself is in fair shape having a cracked hinge some loose pages and some chipping but overall Fair.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NORTH OXFORD COUNTY ABRAHAM JOHN HILLSDON KITCHENER ONTARIO UPPER CANADA GALT WATERLOO HENDERSON CREEK DRAIN DAVID LAWRENCE EAST NISSORI LAKESIDE THAMESFORD ECONOMY FINANCE WOODSTOCK INGERSOLL TILLSONBURG BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK NORWICH SOUTH-WEST OXFORD TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA HESSE DISTRICT MENNONITES AMISH CANADIANA CANADIAN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
1865réf. 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
1860réf. 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
1860réf. 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
1865réf. 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
réf. 146474Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln the sixteenth president of the United States. Displayed in an antique wooden frame. The engraving measures 4.5 inches by 6 inches. The entire piece measures 10.75 inches by 12.75 inches. In near fine condition. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the United States through its Civil War and in doing so preserved the Union of the United States of America abolished slavery and strengthened the federal government. Lincoln began constructing his cabinet on election night and sought to create a cabinet that would unite the Republican party. His eventual cabinet would include his primary rivals for the Republican nomination and although his appointees held differing views on economic issues all were opposed to the expansion of slavery into the territories of the United States. The most senior cabinet post of Secretary of State was appointed to William Seward who had recently failed to win the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and Lincoln's choice for Secretary of the Treasury was Ohio Senator Salmon P. Chase Seward's primary political rival and the leader of a radical faction of the Republican party that sought the immediate abolition of slavery. unknown
1618réf. 71449San Francisco:: The Flag's Evening Dispatch April 16 1865. single sheet folded to form four pages. Light horizontal crease is neatly reinforced with tissue; slight use at edges. . Folio. Two small engraved illustrations. Mourning borders throughout. Nearly the entire newspaper is devoted to assassination news including "A Wail for President Lincoln" written for the Flag's Dispatch. The Flag's Evening Dispatch, unknown
1864réf. 82099New York:: National Union Executive Committee 1864. Creased where folded vertically and multiple times horizontally; some minor use to edges and a few tiny losses at folds; very attractive. . 11-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches. A Lincoln re-election broadside setting forth in detail and contrasting The Chicago Platform proposing "immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities" and The Baltimore Platform "quelling by force of arms the rebellion." National Union Executive Committee, unknown
1863réf. 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
1863réf. 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
réf. 25.07Lincoln13THE WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Limited Sponsors Edition. By Nicolay and Hay. Complete in 12 volumes. In remarkable condition for the age. Good to very good overall. Some extremity micro spine chipping and abrasions. The bindings are original. The bindings are the publisher's original full leather bindings. The hinges are all sound. An exceptional set. In remarkable condition for the age. Minor extremity wear. Minor extremity chipping. Small chip st head if volume two and base of volume six. Hinges all sound. The paper is high quality. These are large volumes measuring approximately 9.25 inches tall. This is a complete 12 volume set of the Works of Abraham Lincoln. Copyrighted in 1894. No date on title page. This is the limited Sponsor's Edition by the Lincoln Memorial University. The historical record dates this set as 1926. by John G. Nicolay and John Hay these books are in very good condition. Thick heavy paper. Each of the 12 books has around 350 pages and measures 9.25" long 6.25" wide and 1.5" thick. The main condition flaw is minor extremity chipping as shown in the pictures. Small chip at the head of volume two base of volume six. Light generalized abrasion. Hinges sound. Paper is high quality rag paper. Includes signed limitation page from John Wesley Hill the Chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University. Monaghan 1471. An exceptional set. The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln first published in 1894 was edited and compiled by President Lincoln's private secretaries John G. Nicolay and John Hay. The 1894 edition was the first scholarly attempt to collect and publish the complete writings of Lincoln. The New and Enlarged Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln was issued in 1905 by the Francis D. Tandy Company. This edition from 1926 The Sponsors Edition was published using the plates from the New and Enlarged work with an introduction by the Chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University. This set will be well protected for shipping. Please see my other listings for similar books. 25.07
