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Atlas Historique ou Nouvelle Introduction à l'Histoire à la Chronologie à l'Geographie Ancienne & Moderne; Représentée dans de Nouvelles Cartes ou l'on remarque l'Etablissement des Etats & Empires du Monde leur Durée leur Chute & leurs differents Gouvernements.

rif. 121741Amsterdam Frères Chatelain 1705-1721. . First edition; 7 vols folio 44 x 28 cm; engraved allegorical titles to vols I II IV V and VII 281 engraved plates including maps genealogical tables many plates with inset vignettes of arms and portraits some double page or folding ink mark to plate 36 vol. I spotting to lower margin of plate 27 of vol. II bruise to outer margin xx2-B2 of vol. IV large folding plate 30 to vol. VI with fold tears repaired; later nineteenth-century half red morocco red cloth boards spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments a touch of rubbing a small dent to lower board of vol 1 else a fine set. Attractive example of the first edition of this encyclopaedic historical atlas with the celebrated 4-sheet map of the Americas. Although the main focus of the text was geography the work also included a wealth of historical political and genealogical information. Henri Abraham Chatelain 1684-1743 his father Zacharie Chatelain d.1723 and Zacharie Junior 1690-1754 worked as a partnership publishing the 'Atlas Historique' under several different Chatelain imprints depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication as it was reissued by the two surviving brothers in 1732-39. The sixth volume relates mostly to the Americas and contains the 'Carte très curieuse de la Mer du Sud' depicting the history of discovery in the western hemisphere from the time of Columbus to the French explorations in North America up to the late seventeenth century. In addition to the maps many of which are based on such as those of Dapper Chardin le Bruyn Le Hay and others covering China Japan Persia Egypt Russia as well as the Americas there are early images of native peoples such as 'Esquimaux' 'Hurons' 'Iroquois' 'Cannibales' 'Hottentots' 'Namaquas' etc. Koemann II cha 1-7; Tooley 80; Wagner 511; McLaughlin 190; Goss North America 52. Amsterdam, Frères Chatelain, 1705-1721. hardcover

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Extracts from Letters to Various Persons of Distinction. From the Period Immediately Succeeding the Nomination of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency in 1860 Onward to March 4 1863; Having Reference Principally to the Rebellion and the Conduct of the War

1863rif. 13393N.p.: Printed Not Published 1863. 48pp. Modern crimson wrappers. Large dampstain throughout first half of text text toned thereafter. Marginal pencil markings throughout including one notice of transposed lines on page 9. Overall good plus condition. A rare collection of letters by an anonymous author mostly sent to President Abraham Lincoln but also to Secretary of State William Seward Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase and other officials between October 25 1860 and February 19 1863. The author is a Unionist and a self-described "citizen" not a soldier though he has plenty to recommend to President Lincoln and others about how to prosecute the present war. He also refers to himself as "a cool observer outside the stifling atmosphere of Washington" though again he wastes no time in recommending actions and strategies for political and military improvements. The author was most certainly a political actor of some kind as he writes intimately and on friendly terms with Lincoln and others "You know my personal regard for you" to John J. Crittenden in early 1861. He writes long letters to his correspondents about a decidedly wide variety of issues including the future of slavery political intrigue the dissatisfaction of the public early in the war and more but mostly about troop levels troop movements officer appointments and other aspects and critiques of war strategy. A notable angle of the work is that the author's side of the correspondence and likely some of the return correspondence he mentions within the letters are possibly lost to history other than their presence here. The imprint reads simply "Printed Not Published" and does not include a place or date of publication. We have assumed the date of 1863 given the introductory note is dated March 8 1863. OCLC reports just six copies at Columbia the Huntington Library Harvard Brown the University of Chicago and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Printed, Not Published unknown

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[CIVIL WAR; EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION]. LINCOLN, ABRAHAMBiblio.com

General Orders Containing General Order No. 139 the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

1862rif. 2923Washington D.C.: War Department 1862. Calf marbled boards. Very Good. FIRST OBTAINABLE PRINTING OF THE PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION setting a date for the freedom of more than three million enslaved in the United States and reframing the Civil War as a fight against slavery. Issued by the War Department to regimental commanders in the field during the Civil War in the week after the completion of President Lincoln’s official manuscript version. Contained is a set of three volumes of General Orders covering the full year 1862 July-Dec 1863 and the full year 1864. History of the Emancipation Proclamation: “The proclamation has been called by responsible persons one of the three great documents of world history ranking with Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence” – Eberstadt “From the first days of the Civil War slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically. As a milestone along the road to slavery’s final destruction the Emancipation Proclamation has assumed a place among the great documents of human freedom” – National Archives Following the Seven Days Battle and General McClellan’s retreat from the Peninsula at the end of June 1862 President Lincoln realized that there would be no early end to the war and found himself “as inconsolable as it was possible for a human to be and yet live.” Anxious for news from the army and needing to escape the constant interruptions at the White House he frequently visited the telegraph office in the War Department building to await dispatches. It was during one such visit early in July that he asked the chief of the telegraph staff Major Thomas Thompson Eckert for some paper to “write something special” and began the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation completing it in a few weeks. Lincoln had long hoped to resolve the slavery issue through a congressional act of emancipation compensating slave owners for their loss of “property” but that approach was roundly rejected by representatives from the border states leaving the President who had decided upon the necessity of emancipation with a presidential proclamation as the only option. The extraordinary document he conceived would announce the liberation on January 1 1863 of all slaves in those states still in rebellion against the Union and promised compensation to slave owners in those states that returned to the fold before that time if they adopted “immediate or gradual abolishment of slavery.” This proclamation would be followed by a final proclamation issued on the 1st of January identifying those states still in rebellion and confirming the liberation of all slaves therein. On Tuesday July 22 Lincoln presented his draft to the Cabinet telling them that he had resolved firmly upon the course of action it specified and asking them not for advice but suggestions. The only observation he had not anticipated came from Secretary of State Seward who proposed that it might be best to wait for a military victory before issuing the Proclamation as it could otherwise seem like “the last measure of an exhausted government.” Immediately recognizing the wisdom of the suggestion Lincoln held back. On September 17 after an anxious wait of nearly two months he received the victory he needed at the bloody Battle of Antietam. Completing his final draft Lincoln presented it to his cabinet for refinement on September 22. Following the meeting Seward took the amended draft with him to the State Department where a formal manuscript copy was made then signed by Lincoln and Seward. The formal official “Emancipation Proclamation” was of course issued on January 1 1863 the day it became the law of the land. Printing History: This printing in the War Department’s official “General Orders” is the fourth printing overall but realistically the first obtainable printing. It is preceded by: -The first printing Eberstadt #1 a small three-page circular intended for distribution within the government and to the local press likely printed on September 22. At the time that Charles Eberstadt published his study of the Proclamation 1950 he was able to locate only one copy which he himself owned and as nearly as we have been able to determine no other copies have come to light since then. -The second printing Eberstadt #2 may be a phantom printing. Charles Eberstadt was not able to locate a copy but he inferred its existence from the standard State Department practice of printing a folio edition consisting solely of the text of the proclamation followed by another printing consisting of the text of a letter of transmittal from the Secretary of State as well as the text of the proclamation. While there may be a copy of Eberstadt #2 in the National Archives as he speculated it is not recorded in their online catalogue nor have we been able to find a copy in any other online catalogue including OCLC the Library of Congress and the Abraham Lincoln Library. -Eberstadt’s third printing is of legendary rarity. It consists of Secretary of State Seward’s one-page letter of transmittal addressed “To the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States in foreign countries” and the text of the proclamation. Eberstadt located a total of only five copies in institutions at the Library of Congress the National Archives Yale the Clements Library and Brown. OCLC does not record any additional copies nor is it recorded in Monaghan. There has been one copy at auction $400000 in 2021 and that was described as the only copy in private hands. -The present copy General Orders No. 139 is Eberstadt’s fourth printing of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation dated in print on September 24. Eberstadt surmises that this field order printing could have been accomplished as late as September 29 or 30. Although it may have been printed in as many as 15000 copies it is very rare in commerce likely due to the ephemeral nature of the printing and distribution. Additional General Orders and Provenance: The three volumes once belonged to John G. Haskell A.Q.M. Chief Quartermaster and contain the General Orders for the year 1862 July-December only for the year 1863 and for the full year 1864. John Gideon Haskell 1832-1907 was a resident of Kansas and joined the Union Army when the war broke out. He enlisted with the 14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and later served as Assistant Quartermaster General of Kansas as quartermaster of the Third Kansas and the Tenth Kansas Volunteers as Captain and Assistant Quartermaster on the staff of General James G. Blunt and as Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Frontier. After the war Haskell was named official state architect and worked on the state house the capitol the State University and more. In addition to the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation the three volumes also contain the Acts of Congress on many other subjects including pay discharge recruitment handling of troops etc. Washington D.C.: War Department Adjutant General’s Office 1862-64. Three volumes. Small octavo contemporary three-quarter brown morocco two volumes with cloth boards one with marbled boards. Some rubbing and wear to bindings pencil notations on endpapers with collation and highlighting certain orders and some internal pages. Dampstaining to general title of 1862 volume; internal text and Emancipation Proclamation generally fine. RARE AND IMPORTANT. References: Charles Eberstadt. “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.” New York: 1950. War Department unknown