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NEW ACQUISITIONS JANUARY 2018
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Mal lui veut mal lui tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard ... [French version of: Regarding the State of the English Nation, in the Year 1778]
[France: c. 1780]. Engraving. Sight size: 8 x 11 inches.
Framed.
An American Revolution satirical print lamenting the war's
effects on the English trade and economy.
(#34970) $ 2,800
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Album of topographical watercolors depicting views along the Lower Danube and in Hungary, Transilvania, Romania, and Serbia.
[Central Europe]: 1841-1843. Quarto. 97 original watercolors
or drawings (including a folding panorama) corner mounted
recto only onto 76 leaves within the album, plus an
additional watercolour loosely inserted and a pen-and-ink
drawing in the style of an engraving mounted onto the final
page. Watercolours captioned and dated in a neat ink hand
on the mounts. Contemporary half green morocco and
marbled paper covered boards, spine with raised bands in
six compartments, tooled in gilt on either side of each band,
marbled endpapers.
An unusual album of watercolours of mid-19th century
Hungary, Romania and Serbia.
(#34905) $ 6,750
BRITISH SCHOOL , 19TH CENTURY
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The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, Cal.
San Francisco: De Pue & Company ... Jos. Winterburn &
Co., printers, 1879. Folio. 65 lithographed maps and plates
(50 numbered lithographed plates showing farms,
buildings, ranches, towns, etc. [11 double-page]; 9
unnumbered lithographed plates with multiple portraits of
citizenry; 6 hand-colored lithographed maps [5 double-
page]), lithographed by Galloway of San Francisco. Expertly
bound to style in half black morocco and original cloth
covered boards, upper cover blocked in gilt.
Scarce California county atlas.
(#33140) $ 3,750
CALIFORNIA - DE PUE & CO .
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Views of Calcutta and its environs
London: Dickinson & Co., 1848. Folio (27 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches).
Lithographed throughout. Hand-coloured title and 27 views
on 25 leaves by Dickinson & Co. after d'Oyly (one folding, all
heightened with gum arabic). Publisher's red cloth-covered
boards, the upper cover blocked in gilt with a large
architectural vignette incorporating the title, expertly
rebacked and retipped with red morocco, the flat spine
divided into five compartments by single thick fillets, titled
in the third compartment, marbled endpapers.
A fine copy of the rare deluxe hand-coloured issue of Sir
Charles d'Oyly's masterpiece
(#34946) $ 36,000
SIR CHARLES D 'OYLY
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The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America; or, The Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees generally
New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1847. xiv,594pp. plus sixty-
seven colored lithograph plates. Modern black morocco,
spine gilt. Light scattered foxing, but plates generally clean,
with tissue guards.
With beautiful color plates of American fruits.
(#33101) $ 12,000
ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING
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James Madison, President of the United States
[Philadelphia: Published by W. H Morgan & Co., 1810].
Stipple engraving. Image size: 19 7/8 x 13 1/16 inches. Expert
restoration, principally in the lower margin.
The most famous portrait of James Madison by one of
America's most esteemed engravers, David Edwin.
(#34647) $ 2,850
DAVID EDWIN - AFTER THOMAS SULLY
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Across Europe and Asia to Japan
Kobe, Japan: H. Kodama, [1914]. 8vo. [4], 201, [3], Portrait
plate. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper and
with the portrait signed. Extra-illustrated with an
Autograph Letter Signed by the author, sending the book,
tipped into the rear. Publisher's black pebbled cloth, recased
with the original spine. Provenance: Mr. & Mrs. Forestier
Walker (author's presentation inscription).
Scarce privately-printed account of an Englishman's journey
to Japan.
(#34879) $ 500
ROWLAND BRIDGWATER EVANS
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Collection de Portraits, Representant les Personnages les Plus Celebres dans la Poésie, laLittérature, les Sciences, les Arts, la Politique, le Médecine, l'Eglise et la Magistrature. Gravé au Lavis et en couleur d'après différens Maîtrea Paris: M.F. Drouhin, 1801. Small folio (14 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches).
7, [1]pp, plus 31 aquatint plates printed in colours and
finished by hand. Some foxing. Early half calf and marbled
paper covered boards, spine decorated in blind and lettered
in gilt, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Cornelius Coolidge
(early signature); Lemuel Stanwood (signature).
Rare collection of French portraits printed in colors,
including an important image of Franklin after Charles
Philippe Vanloo.
(#34918) $ 2,800
(BENJAMIN FRANKLIN )
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Les Vagabonds par Maxime Gorki. Traduction de Ivan Strannik. Bois Gravés par Lébédeff.
Paris : Chez Mornay, 1921. 4to. Colour woodcuts by
Lébédeff. With 30 sketches by the artist, 8 preliminary
woodcut proofs, 25 color woodcut proofs (21 signed), all
tipped into 28 window cut paper mounts [as issued]. Extra-
illustrated with a colour woodcut by Lébédeff, numbered
212/225, signed and inscribed by the artist to Ivan Lamberty.
Publisher's vellum wrappers, covers hand illuminated in
pen-and-ink by Lébédeff, gold ribbon ties, publisher's
brown morocco-backed patterned chemise and slipcase.
Unique large paper copy number one (of one), on Japon
Impérial with the original sketches for the illustrations by
Lébédeff, as well as signed proofs of the illustrations.
(#28268) $ 9,500
MAXIME GORKY
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The Federalist, on the New Constitution. by Publius. Written in 1788. To which is added, Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality. Written in 1793. likewise, the Federal Constitution, with all the Amendments
New York: Printed and sold by George F. Hopkins, 1802. 2
volumes, 8vo. viii,317,[1]; v,[3],351, [1] pp., including an ad leaf
bound following the table of contents. Expertly bound to
style in period tree sheep, flat spines gilt with red and black
morocco lettering pieces.
Rare second edition of the most important work of
American political thought ever written and according to
Thomas Jefferson "the best commentary on the principles of
government" - the first edition to identify Hamilton, Jay and
Madison as the authors.
(#34806) $ 14,000
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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American Prize Fruit No. 1.
Boston: Haskell and Allen, 1872. Color printed lithograph
with hand-coloring. Sight size: 19 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches.
Framed.
Rare color lithographed American still life.
(#34274) $ 2,000
HASKELL & ALLEN
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Travels in the Interior Parts of America; Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita by Captains Lewis and Clark, Dr. Sibley and Mr. Dunbar With a Statistical Account of the Countries Adjacent as Laid before the Senate by the President of the United States in February 1806.
London: Richard Phillips, 1807. 8vo. 24, 17-116pp, plus
folding table. Disbound. Housed in a blue cloth chemise and
blue cloth folding box.
First English edition of the first report on Lewis and Clark.
(#33852) $ 5,000
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Plans des plus béaux jardins pittoresques de France, d'Angleterre et d'Allemagne, et des edifices, monumens, fabriques, etc.
Paris: Levrault [vol. 1] and Pougens [vol. 2], 1809-1810. 2
parts in 2 volumes, oblong small folio. Text in three columns
in French, English and German. [First part:] Engraved
frontispiece and 96 engraved plates. [Second part:]
Engraved frontispiece, 96 engraved plates on 70 sheets (20
folding). Period pink paper-covered boards, black morocco
lettering pieces on the spines. Housed in a dark red
morocco backed box.
A rare work depicting the best examples of European
garden design and architecture from the early nineteenth
century.
(#28396) $ 7,500
JEAN CHARLES KRAFFT
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Essays on Physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and love of mankind.. illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings
London: T.Bensley for John Murray, H.Hunter and
T.Holloway, 1792 [watermarked 1804]. Three volumes in
five, large quarto. 3 engraved title vignettes, 173 plates, about
361 engraved text illustrations (one on India paper
mounted). Contemporary blue straight grained morocco,
covers with a wide elaborate Greek key border, spines in six
compartments with semi-raised double bands, lettered in
the second, third, fourth and fifth compartments, the others
tooled in gilt, brown endpapers, gilt edges.
A very fine set of this influential work with four images
engraved by William Blake, and the whole work overseen by
Henry Fuseli.
(#32388) $ 4,500
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER
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A Safe and Easy Remedy proposed for the relief of the Stone and Gravel, the Scurvy, Gout, &c. and for the Destruction of Worms in the Human Body.
London: Printed by James Phillips, 1778. Small 4to. [8], 38,
[2]pp. Expertly bound to style in half period russia and
marbled paper covered boards, spine with raised bands,
black morocco lettering piece.
First edition.
(#34730) $ 2,000
MEDICINE - NATHANIEL HULME
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Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory Panoramic Advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets [wrapper title].
[Philadelphia]: Julio H. Rae, [1851]. Oblong quarto (9 3/8 x 13
3/4 inches). [23]pp. text and sixteen lithographed plates
(several folding). Original gold-printed black wrappers
bound in. Contemporary cloth, label on front cover printed
gold on black glossy paper, neatly rebacked. Housed in a
morocco-backed cloth box. Provenance: John McAllister
(booklabel).
An incredible city directory and business promotional,
illustrating eight blocks of Chestnut Street in downtown
Philadelphia on sixteen beautifully executed lithographs.
(#28374) $ 5,000
JULIO H . RAE
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The United States Gazetteer: Containing an Authentic Description of the Several States
Philadelphia: F and R. Bailey, 1795. 12mo (6 3/8 x 3 3/4
inches). Engraved title, [iii]-vi, errata leaf, blank leaf,
[292]pp. Nineteen engraved folding maps, including the
large folding frontispiece map (4 with hand colouring).
Contemporary tree sheep, flat spine divided into
compartments with gilt fillets, red morocco lettering piece
in the second, repair to front joint.
The first gazetteer of the United States with an important
series of engraved American maps: an American
cartographic cornerstone.
(#29699) $ 8,000
JOSEPH SCOTT
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Autograph letter signed to Member of Parliament Benjamin Hawes, concerning the Spanish slave market in Sierra Leone and the colony at Liberia.
Philadelphia: 5 May 1834. 3pp. Later annotation at head of
first page.
Scarce letter on the Liberian colonization movement by one
of its founders.
(#31598) $ 2,500
SLAVERY - ELLIOTT CRESSON
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Cistineae. The Natural Order of Cistus, or Rock-Rose.
London: James Ridgway, 1 July 1825 - January 1830. 28
original parts, 8vo (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches). 112 hand-coloured
engraved plates by J. Hart, M. Hart, W. Hart and Mrs.
Brown. Publisher's ads in parts 1, 2, 12, 13, 23, and 25; Sweet's
change of address slip in part 20. Publisher's tan wrappers.
Housed in a half green morocco box.
First edition in the very rare original parts of Sweet's highly
decorative practical guide to the cultivation of the Rock-
rose or Cistus: one of the most beautiful family of flowering
plants then available.
(#34776) $ 5,250
ROBERT SWEET
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[Trade catalogue for John Slater's patented steam kitchen].
Birmingham: circa 1800-1810]. Oblong small folio. 16
engraved leaves. With 4 small letterpress explanatory
handbills mounted (one on front pastedown, the others on
verso of first three plates). Contemporary manuscript
annotations, including prices. Contemporary calf-backed
marbled paper wrappers. Provenance: Elizabeth David
(booklabel).
Rare early illustrated trade catalogue for steam ovens.
(#34841) $ 2,800
TRADE
CATALOGUE
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Geographical and Political Atlas of the States and Territories of the United States of Americain which the Public Land Surveys are now inoperation
Washington, D.C.: General Land Office [printed in New
York by Julius Bien, lithographer], 1876. Large oblong folio
(26 1/4 x 34 inches). Lithographed throughout, title and 18
chromolithographed maps on 19 sheets, after or supervised
by Roeser, printed by Bien. Expertly bound to style in dark
brown half morocco over period plain paper covered
boards, original brown morocco label on the upper cover.
Provenance: Richard J. Oglesby, U.S. Senator from Illinois
(name in gilt on morocco label on upper cover).
The first official atlas of public lands in the American West:
a roadmap to western migration and homesteading.
(#26746) $ 24,000
U .S . GENERAL LAND OFFICE
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Autograph letter signed ("J Vanbrugh") to Edward Southwell, concerning the construction of Kings Weston House in Bristol.
Castle Howard: 1 December 1713. 2pp, with integral address
leaf. Inlaid at a later date.
A rare autograph letter signed by the noted architect of
Blenheim Palace.
(#34683) $ 2,500
JOHN VANBRUGH
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Album d'Oiseaux [cover title].
[France: circa 1860]. Folio. 12 watercolours by G. Varnier
(each approx. 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches), each mounted on grey
card and then a grey card matt with an octagonal opening,
the matts with gilt edges to the openings and thin black ink
ruled border. Contemporary French brown morocco,
covers panelled in gilt and blind, the central panel of the
upper cover lettered in gilt, spine gilt with raised bands,
gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, gilt metal
clasps, expertly rebacked with original spine.
A charming series of decorative watercolours of birds in
botanical settings.
(#34906) $ 5,750
G . VARNIER
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Articles of Association of the Bank of Potomac, Established at Alexandria.
Alexandria, VA: Printed by Samuel Snowden, [1805]. 8vo.
16pp. Expertly bound to style in period half tree sheep and
marbled paper covered boards.
The founding of a pioneering Virginia bank.
(#34723) $ 3,750
VIRGINIA , BANK OF POTOMAC
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With the Serbs in Macedonia.
London: John Lane, 1920. 8vo. xii, 278pp. Photographic
plates. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by Margaret English, a
British nurse serving at the 37th General Hospotal
Salonique, Vertekop, with 57 original photographs, most
mounted and captioned within the book. Contemporary half
brown morocco and cloth boards. Provenance: Margaret
English (signature and inscription dated 1920).
A British nurse's archive of photographs of her service in
Macedonia during World War I, inserted as extra-
illustrations into a scarce account of the campaign.
(#34881) $ 1,000
DOUGLAS WALSHE
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