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1646Best.-Nr. 68207Fort New Amsterdam in New Netherland New York City: February 17 1646. Granting Land in Lower Manhattan in 1646 Translated by Gehring as a deed for ".a certain piece of land formerly known by the name of Pannebacker's or Bouwery No. 5 or 4; extending next to the land of Cornelis Claesz Swits along the wagon road until Hans Kiersteeden's plantation; and further on straight through the woods to the boundary line of Leendert Aerden at the point where the three roads of the inner wagon road meet." Kieft served as the sixth Director of New Netherland from 1638 to 1647 and his term was marked by extreme violence against Native Americans. He was succeeded by Peter Stuyvesant in 1647. A very rare signature. Old folds. Small losses to vellum along lower fold not affecting text. Without the seal. Very good. Charles T. Gehring ed. New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch Vols. GG HH & II Land Papers Baltimore 1980 GG-134 p.39. hardcover
1963Best.-Nr. 39265New York: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund but never published 1963-1964. LIKELY THE ONLY COMPLETE COPY OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY and extraordinarily rare! PUBLICATION THE MASTER COPY OF THE FIRST MANUAL FOR PURSUING CIVIL RIGHTS CASES PRESERVED BY JACK GREENBERG WHO CONCEIVED OF THE PROJECT. Volume I: viii 1-198 198/1-14 199-375 pp; Volume II: vi misnumbered viii but complete 377-487 487/1-78 488-606 606/1-24 607-723; 725-817 602/1-58. Jack Greenberg initiated this project shortly after taking the reins of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund which being non-profit had already detached itself from the for-profit N.A.A.C.P. As Greenberg notes in the preface civil rights law was becoming a specialty like other branches of the law and thus needed specialized guidebooks. The Fund's lawyers guided by the principles set forth in these manuals went on to win virtually all of the important cases of the civil rights era. Only a few dozen copies were issued and most of them lack some or all of the important interpolations see collation. Furthermore since this manual was printed for use in a seminar and issued in three-ring binders sections were often removed. And finally the third volume was issued last in a tiny edition and is exceptionally rare. Fortunately Jack Greenberg preserved a complete copy with all of the interpolations for personal reference. Upon his retirement as a Columbia Law School professor in 2015 at age 90 he gave this set to his son. 4to. In the original leatherette three-ring binders all of which are perfectly functional. Some wear to binders but still solid. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT with a few manuscript corrections in Greenberg's hand. AN ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL DOCUMENT FOR THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND OF ALL LATER CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (but never published) hardcover
1730Best.-Nr. E1Q9EQ01U79OAmsterdam: Reinier and Josua Ottens 1730. Mounted and framed. With title in banner at top centre arms of the city at top right city seal at top left and the primary locations with captions. Large engraved panorama on 4 sheets ca. 42 x 218 cm as assembled. Rare large engraved view of Amsterdam as seen from the inlet known as the IJ published by Reinier and Josua Ottens ca. 1730 with numerous ships on the IJ. It's the last state of the view by Jacob Savry published in 1647 and partly updated including the changes made by Visscher in his issue from 1653. Most obvious are the changes on the east part of the city with several new buildings including ''s Lands Zeemagazijn' now known as the Netherlands Maritime Museum.Washed and with one minor professional restoration near the title. Very good copy of a beautifully executed an detailed view of Amsterdam.l D'Ailly Profielen 186; De Vries Atlas van Amsterdam 14; cf. D'Ailly Profielen 55 & 74. Reinier and Josua Ottens, unknown
1599Best.-Nr. DB9FTP3RHVIKAntwerp 1599. Pieter Bast Framed. Large engraved panorama on 2 sheets ca. 27 x 76 cm as assembled. Rare first state of a 16th-century view of Amsterdam as seen from the inlet known as the IJ made by Pieter Bast a Dutch engraver from Antwerp best known for his city map of Amsterdam and this view. "In its amplitude and the sheer audacity of the presentation this engraving is indisputably one of Bast's most significant creations. It is as much a portrait of the harbour of Amsterdam as of the city itself and underscores the unique importance of maritime trade as the principle source of the city's wealth and power". With its distinctive orientation he not only initiated the series of representations of Amsterdam as seen from the IJ but also "established the standard for an entire genre of Dutch maritime painting" Keyes. In 1611 a second state edition was published by Claesz Jansz. Visscher who drastically altered the composition. In very good condition.l Hollstein Dutch & Flemish I p. 168 8; Keyes Pieter Bast 8 and p. 19. unknown
