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CATALOGUE 94
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The Prior Documents
1.
[ALMON, JOHN]. A Collection of Interesting, Authentic Papers, Relative to
the Dispute between Great Britain and America; shewing the Causes and Progress of
that Misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775. London, J. Almon, 1777. First edition.
$2,500
8vo; pp. 280, [3] (Index); printed in double columns; light foxing to margins; neat
bookplate on front paste-down; contemporary full calf; spine is worn; front joint
cracked but covers secure. An important work.
Sabin 951; Howes A180; Church V: 1141; Adams “American Controversy” I: 7713; Winsor VIII: 498; JCB III: 2377. This work is usually referred to as the “Prior
Documents,” the name taken from its running headlines. "It was intended to precede
the first volume of the “Remembrancer,” and contains a collection of authentic
papers on the various questions in dispute, from the resolutions of 1764, which gave
rise to the Stamp Act, to the battle of Lexington, in 1775." -(Church) Scarce and
important.
2.
[AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de
l'Amérique. Paris, 1792. "New edition."
$2,500
8vo; f, pp. 324; pp. 317; two parts in one; contemporary half mottled roan and
marbled paper over boards; spine gilt; binding little worn at edges; text sporadically
foxed; light dampstain at upper corner of final gathering; overall a very good copy
of a scarce work.
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Howes C716; Sabin 16120; Barbier I:735. The original French edition of the
"Constitutions" was published through the efforts of Benjamin Franklin in 1783. It
was translated by the Duc de la Rochefoucauld, and annotated by him, and included
the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the treaties
made between the United States and the countries of France, Sweden and the
Netherlands. These are in here as well, but the significance of this edition lies in the
fact that the text of the Federal Constitution and that of the Bill of Rights appear for
the first time. This is not surprising; the work was very possibly employed as a piece
of propaganda during this critical year of the French Revolution, when the Tuileries
was invaded, the revolutionary Commune established, the royal family imprisoned,
the Republic proclaimed in September, and power seized by the Jacobins, who
began to draft their own constitution.
3.
[AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. Recueil d'Estampes représentant les
différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de
l'Amérique. Paris, Ponce et Godefroy, (c.1784).
$3,500
4to; unpaginated; sixteen engraved plates, including engraved title-page; recent
paper over boards; light foxing throughout; a very good copy of a very scarce work.
Sabin 68421; Howes C582. This collection of engraved plates provides a visual
history of some of the key events of the American Revolution. The views include
several small vignettes on first and final plates; the capture of a tax-collector; the
Battle of Lexington; the surrender at Saratoga; the taking of Senegal, Grenada,
Tobago, and Dominica; the capture of Pensacola by Galvez; Cornwallis' surrender;
the skirmish at St-Eustache; the siege of Fort St-Philippe in Minorca; the attack on
St. Christopher; a map of the various European settlements in what became the
United States; four small maps of the English concessions to France and Spain by
the Treaty of 1783; the final leaf consists of a review of the Treaty of Versailles,
with several small vignettes and a listing of all the plates.
4.
[ANON]. Considerations on the Approach of War, and the Conduct of His
Majesty's Ministers. London, J. Debrett, 1791.
$975
8vo; f, pp. 40; recent paper-covered boards; faint dampstaining to text; otherwise
clean.
Not in Sabin. The unknown author here mounts an attack on Pitt for his intended
war with Russia and her allies, in order to maintain the balance of power in Europe.
On page 20, the author refers to the fact that Pitt had known of "a gross and
outrageous insult [that] has been offered to the British flag by a Spanish officer at
Nootka Sound" but had done nothing about it, because he claimed that "the
complaint had been communicated to him at the time, but not the particulars of
aggravation." This is quite possibly a reference to the dispute between John Meares
and the Spaniards, which led, in 1790, to the “Nootka Agreement.”
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5.
[ANON]. Homes of American Authors; comprising Anecdotical [sic],
Personal, and Descriptive Sketches, of various writers. New-York, D. Appleton &
Company, 1857.
$450
Tall 8vo; pp. viii, 374; engraved title (dated 1854), 20 engraved plates, 15 woodcut
vignettes, of which nine are finely coloured, and 16 facsimiles of authors'
manuscripts; contemporary half-calf and marbled paper over boards; spine ornately
gilt; marbled fore-edges and endpapers; armorial bookplate; binding somewhat
worn; minor foxing and/or browning; overall, a very nice copy.
Vide Sabin 32741 and BAL 1345 for first edition of 1853. The work contains
information on the major American authors of the day, including Audubon,
Paulding, Bryant, Irving, Bancroft, Dana, Prescott, Sedgwick, Cooper, Everett,
Emerson, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Webster, Lowell, &c.
6.
[ANON]. Remarks Upon the Present Negotiations of Peace Begun between
Britain and France. London, [Privately Printed], 1711. First edition.
$1,275
8vo; f, pp. 35; old marbled paper wrappers; text lightly age-browned; blank verso of
final leaf little dusty; half-title wanting.
“European-Americana” 711/177; TPL 147; Goldsmiths' 4837; Kress 2743; not in
Sabin, JCB, Lande, Casey; not mentioned in Davenport, "European Treaties;"
Stevens (1927), "Catalogue of Rare Americana," 671: "Secretly printed and
extremely rare ... the writer [expresses] his concern at the exorbitant power of
France, her trading advantages in the West Indies, and her growing influence in
Canada and with the Indians of that country." When the "Preliminary Articles to the
Treaty of Utrecht" foreshadowed the end of the War of the Spanish Succession,
feelings in England ran high that the ensuing Treaty would permit French control of
Spain, the Spanish colonies, and all of the colonial trade. This diatribe voices this
concern, and states unequivocally, "That the present Proposals of Peace, or any
future Proposals of what kind soever, That Shall Leave Spain and the Indies to the
Home of Bourbon, ought by every true English-man to be rejected with Scorn and
Indignation."
7.
BACK, [GEORGE]. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of
the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833,
1834, and 1835; ... London, John Murray, 1836. First, and Large-Paper, edition.
$5,250
4to; pp. x, (2), 663, (1); 16 engraved plates including frontispiece; one folding map.
Original cloth binding, rebacked, with original spine and label laid down, cloth on
spine little darker in colour; usual sporadic foxing in margins of plates; but for some
offsetting from plates, text very clean. A very good, uncut copy of this Large-Paper
edition, issued by the Admiralty in limited numbers, with plates on India paper and
mounted.
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Sabin 2613 (14 plates only); WCB 58b:2; Streeter VI:3704; TPL 1873; Graff 130;
Arctic Biblio. 851; Lande 935; Field 63 (describing this large-paper quarto as very
beautiful, and mentioning that only a few copies were to be had). The author
discusses in some detail the dealings with the Indian tribes that his men met along
the way, and their dependency upon these natives especially during the winter. "A
fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic
expedition." -(Streeter) It was on this expedition of 7,500 miles that Back discovered
and named Montreal Island, after the city which had given him such a tumultuous
farewell.
8.
[BARBÉ-MARBOIS, FRANÇOIS, Marquis de]. Complot d'Arnold et de
Sir Henry Clinton contre les États-Unis d'Amérique et contre le Général
Washington, Septembre 1780. P. Didot, L'Ainé, MDCCCXVI (1816). First edition.
$500
8vo; 2 ff, pp. xliv, 184; two engraved portraits; one engraved map. Contemporary
quarter-calf; marbled boards and endpapers; binding worn at edges and corners;
monastery stamp at tail of title and lower margin of one page; minor sporadic
foxing; a very good copy, complete with the half-title, and with the map, which is
not present in all copies.
TPL 6988; Sabin 3302; Howes B110; not in Streeter, Monaghan or Leclerc. BarbéMarbois was a very staunch friend of the new United States, and the preface in this
work gives an early, complete and thoughtful resumé of his reasons for this stand.
The work itself is an account of Benedict Arnold's plan to betray the American
troops and to surrender West Point to the British. He offered his services to Sir
Henry Clinton, but the plan was discovered and Arnold was forced to flee. He
escaped and later became a brigadier-general in the British army.
9.
BARBÉ-MARBOIS, [FRANÇOIS, Marquis de]. Histoire de la Louisiane et
la Cession de cette Colonie par la France aux États-Unis de l'Amérique
septentrionale; ... Paris, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, 1829. First edition.
$1,750
8vo; pp. [6], 485, 20 ("Vicissitudes de la Louisiane et du Champ d'Asile," Par
Antoine Métral); one folding, engraved, hand-coloured map. Quarter calf and
contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, rebacked; neat engraved bookplate;
spine with gilt morocco label, gilt bands; wear at edges and corners; small tear in
lower margin of title; sporadic foxing; pages 196 and 338 erroneously numbered 96
and 38 respectively. With an autograph note, signed by the author, tipped-in.
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Howes B111; Streeter Sale III:1599; Sabin 3306. "Barbé-Marbois represented
France in the preliminary negotiations with the United States on the Louisiana
Purchase and his book is one of the main sources on that subject. It shows that in
the claim by the United States in the negotiations with Great Britain, the northern
boundary of Louisiana included the area now comprised in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho was without foundation. The important map in the first edition indicated
the 110th meridian as the western extent of Louisiana." -(Streeter) The tipped-in
note is to an anonymous gentleman and is dated October 11, 1828.
10. BARROW, JOHN. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic
Regions, undertaken chiefly for the purpose of Discovering a North-East, NorthWest, or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific: from the earliest periods of
Scandinavian navigation, to the departure of the recent expedition, under the orders
of Captains Ross and Buchan. London, John Murray, 1818. First edition.
$1,350
8vo; pp [6], 379, [1], 48 (Appendix); three engraved illustrations included in the
pagination; one folding map. Contemporary half-calf and marbled paper over
boards; spine gilt-lettered and ornately-gilt decorated; a fine copy.
TPL 4846; Sabin 3660; Lada-Mocarski 76; not in the Arctic Biblio. "An elaborate
work, written while the author was Secretary to the Admiralty, with full command of
the needful materials." -(Sabin) His object was to present a succinct, knowledgeable
list of explorations in the Arctic regions and to put into perspective the relative
importance of the various voyages. The importance and influence of Barrow himself
in the exploration of the Arctic is obvious from the number of areas named after him
in those regions.
11. BARROW, JOHN. Voyages of Discovery and Research within The Arctic
Regions, from the Year 1818 to the Present Time: under the command of the several
naval officers employed by sea and land in search of a North-West Passage from the
Atlantic to the Pacific; with two attempts to reach the North Pole. London, John
Murray, 1846. First edition.
$1,150
8vo; pp. xiv, pp. 530; engraved frontispiece portrait, one engraved chart and one
large, folding engraved map; without the publishers' adverts, sometimes found at the
rear. Contemporary full polished calf; covers gilt-ruled and spine ornately gilt in
compartments; two gilt-stamped morocco labels on spine; marbled endpapers and
fore-edges; binding minimally rubbed at edges; overall, a fine, exceptionally clean
copy.
TPL 7825; Arctic Biblio. 1096: "Contains a detailed account of the principal British
expeditions into the North American Arctic (also to Svalbard), from that of Ross in
1818 to those of Back and Simpson, 1836-39; their scientific achievements, and
contribution towards the discovery of a Northwest Passage. The final chapter
includes criticism of Sir John Ross' second voyage 1829-33."
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12. BAUDRY D[es LOZIERES, (LOUIS-NARCISSE)]. Voyage à la
Louisiane, et sur le Continent de l'Amérique Septentrionale, fait dans les années
1794 à 1798; Contenant un Tableau historique de la Louisiane ... Paris, Dentu, 1802.
First edition.
$2,250
8vo; pp. viii, 382; folding engraved map; half-calf and sprinkled paper over boards;
rebacked long ago, with original spine laid down; binding little rubbed at edges; tiny
stamp at lower corner of title-page and at upper corner of [blank] verso; folding map
lightly toned and in fine condition; p. 293 misnumbered 29; a very good copy.
Howes B243; Sabin 3979; WCB:1a; Field 99; Monaghan,149; Pilling, Algonquian,
p. 38; Streeter III: 1571. Much of the work covers the history of Louisiana, and
contains discussions of many Indian tribes, with the vocabularies of the Sioux and
Chippewa. The author lists more than one hundred tribes situated between the St.
Lawrence and the Gulf of Mexico, and he also describes seventeen tribes living
along the Mississippi, Arkansas and Red rivers. A very good copy of a scarce work.
13. BIBAUD, MICHEL (1782-1857). Epitres, Satires, Chansons, Epigrammes et
Autres Pièces de Vers. Par M. Bibaud. Montreal, Imprimées par Ludger Duvernay, a
L'imprimerie de La Minerve, 1830. First edition.
$500
12mo; pp. 178; engraved title vignette and tail-pieces; quarter cloth, and paper over
boards; neatly rebacked; penciled notes on front paste-down; contemporary names
on title (Dr Meredith, Gust. A. Drolet); a very good, complete, untrimmed copy,
with lovely woodcut figures throughout.
TPL 1569 (defective); Gagnon I, 272; Sabin 5158; Fraser 271; Morgan 30; LAC.
Michel Bibaud was born in Montreal and began his career as a journalist working
for "Le Spectateur." He wrote for several periodicals, many of which he founded,
and also worked as a teacher. He took his role as an educator seriously through his
writing, considering himself a defender of French Canada, often admonishing his
compatriots to improve their lot in life. "Epitres" is the first collection of poetry to
be published in Canada by a Canadian, but the critics have not been kind to the
work, calling it "moralizing, severe, bitter and pessimistic" (DCB). Many of the
poems and songs centre on the political events of the day, particularly Bibaud's
opposition to the union of Upper and Lower Canada. "La Minerve" was a major
printer of French Canadian political journals and literary works from 1826 to 1899.
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14. BIBAUD, MICHEL. L'encyclopédie canadienne, journal littéraire et
scientifique. Montréal, John Lovell, 1842-43. Tom I, nos. 1-12; Mars 1842 - Février
1843. (All published).
$900
Tall 8vo; pp. iv, 480; with all the original yellow printed wrappers bound in, save
that for No. 9; front wrapper to No. 11 torn; contemporary half morocco and
marbled paper over boards; marbled endpapers; rebacked with original spine laid
down; ex-library, with a stamp on flyleaf and one on title-page; with the bookplate
of G. Ducharme, bookseller and collector. Complete with all issues and with the
prospectus. A very scarce work.
Not in TPL, Gagnon or Dionne; copies located at LAC, BAnQ, and McGill. "Erudit,
Bibaud puise la matière de son journal dans les études les plus diverses. Rien ne lui
est étranger. Chaque mois, il glane dans les études historiques, les sciences
naturelles et médicales une abondante moisson. Il sait aussi être personnel. Il publie
dans sa revue des 'biographies américains' et des essais critiques sur des ouvrages
publiés dans le Québec, notamment ceux de Joseph-François Perreault, JeanBaptiste Meilleur, Charles Mondelet." (Beaulieu et Hamelin, “La Presse
Québécoise,” 1973, p. 120. "Journalism continued to attract him, and in 1842 he
started “L’Encyclopédie canadienne,” a monthly through which he hoped to further
the arts, letters, and sciences. The experiment once again proved disappointing, and
“L’Encyclopédie canadienne” ceased to appear in February 1843" -(DCB).
One of the Rarest Accounts of Hawaii and the West Coast
15. BOLDUC, JEAN BAPTISTE ZACHARIE. Mission de la Colombie. Lettre
et Journal de Mr. J. B. Z. Bolduc, Missionnaire de la Colombie. Quebec, De
l’Imprimerie de J. B. Frechette, Pere, Imprimeur-Libraire ..., [1843?]. First, and only
edition.
$6,850
Small, slim 4to; pp. 95, [1] (blank); recent half-calf and marbled paper over boards;
spine gilt in compartments; small vignette on title; in very fine condition.
Sabin 6181. Gagnon I;505. Smith 927. Strathern 56. Graff 340. Howes B573. Lande
790. TPL 5254. Pilling, “Salishan” p. 6. Wagner-Camp 78 note. Casey 1895.
Dionne 329. Cowan p. 21. Soliday I;316; Forbes, “Hawaiian Nat. Biblio.,” Vol. II:
1378. Not in Streeter nor Monaghan. J.B.Z. Bolduc was born in Lower Canada,
educated at the Quebec Seminary, and, upon ordainment, was sent to the Oregon
Territory as a missionary in 1841.This valuable account, published in 1843, gives
Bolduc’s journal of his voyage from Boston, by way of Cape Horn, to the Oregon
Territory where he was to take up his work in the missions already established there
by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quebec. He sailed on the 12th of September,
1841 and visited Chile and the Pacific Islands of Gambier, Tahiti and Hawaii. His
“Journal” gives valuable accounts of each of these locations, especially Hawaii,
with descriptions of the geography, the native inhabitants, missionary activity and
local history. On September 9th the following year, he arrived at the mouth of the
Columbia River, landed at Astoria three days later, then proceeded to Fort
Vancouver where he met John McLoughlin, the Hudson’s Bay Company Chief
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Factor. On the last few pages of his journal, Bolduc gives a brief description of
various posts on the Pacific Slope, a description of both the White and Native
inhabitants with notes on customs, habits, numbers, and the progress of missionary
work. Samples of Chinook Jargon are included at the end. Several authorities,
Pilling being the earliest we have noted, report on the scarcity of this account, the
reason being that a fire in the office of the printer, J. B. Frechette, destroyed much
of the edition after it was printed.
16. BOSSU, [JEAN-BERNARD]. Nouveaux Voyages dans L'Amérique
Septentrionale, contenant Une collection de Lettres écrites sur les lieux, par l'Auteur,
à son ami, M. Douin, Chevalier, Capitaine dans les troupes du Roi, ci-devant son
camarade dans le nouveau monde. Amsterdam, [but printed at Paris], Changuion,
1777. First edition.
$3,000
8vo; pp. xvi, 392; four engraved plates (one folding); engraved coat-of-arms at
p. [v]; contemporary full mottled calf, spine ornately gilt; neat contemporary
[priest's] signature on title; marbled endpapers; a fine, pristine copy.
Howes B618; Sabin 6470; Field 158; Graff 362; Monaghan 267; Siebert Sale 679;
Streeter Sale III: 1520: "This is the account of Bossu's third voyage to Louisiana
country made early in 1770. He revisited his old friends, the Arkansas Indians, and
on their behalf made a mission to the Caddos and Attakapas, and then returned to
France in 1771. Most of the letters are dated from the Arkansas post." This account
of Bossu's third tour through the Louisiana country is remarkably scarce, and of it
"there is no English translation." -(Howes) This work, not to be confused with the
author's earlier trips to Louisiana, is much scarcer than is the earlier work.
17. [BRITANNUS, (Pseud.)]. A Letter to a Certain Foreign Minister; In Which
the Grounds of the Present War are truly Stated: the Conduct of the last
Administration in Regard to Foreign Affairs fully Vindicated; and the Terms of a
Safe and Honourable Peace clearly pointed out. Dublin, Printed by George Faulkner,
MDCCXLV (1745).
$275
8vo; pp. 63, [1] (publisher's adverts); title vignette; removed, very good.
ESTC T99358. The author argues that the English administration was right in their
entering into the War of Austrian Succession in defense of her allies. The author
signs himself "Britannus," and it has been suggested by several sources that this was
a pseudonym of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690-1763).
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Satire on Admiral Byng
18. [BROADSIDE]. Cowardice Rewarded or the Devil will have his Due.
[London, 1756].
$1,100
Etched broadside; 22 cm x 24 cm (9" x 9-1/2"), tipped onto stiff paper; slight loss at
lower corners, with no affect to text. Very good.
BM “Satires” 3485. A satire by which the anger of the English populace was
maintained against Admiral John Byng for his loss of Fort Mahon in Minorca
during the siege of 1756, early in the Seven Years' War. He is shown here against a
background of battleships; he is punished by Mars, banished by Neptune, Justice
holds a noose around his neck, and the Devil is calling for his soul. Byng was courtmartialed, and was executed by firing-squad in March, 1757. The work is after Sir
Joshua Reynolds, and there are eight lines of satirical verse below the image. This is
the only version of this print to have the engraved eight lines.
19. [BROADSIDE]. (Seven Years' War). Untitled Satire on the failing
administration of the Whig Ministry of Fox and Newcastle. [London, November,
1756].
$1,200
Etched broadside; 23.5 cm x 22 cm (9-1/4" x 8-1/2"); with nineteen lines of text
engraved below image; a very good copy, printed on heavy paper.
BM “Satires” 3436.The etching is of an effigy of an unpopular minister on
horseback, being conducted to his execution, with a gallows and a bundle of
kindling; the government is being accused of neglecting everything except that of
bribery and corruption, so that "at length they were obliged to import H-ss--n and
H-n-v-r--n Troops to support an immense unconstitutional Standing Army, in
defending them & their measures at home; whilst our perfidious Enemies ravaged
and distressed our wretched Colonies ..."
Satire on the Bute Administration
20. [BROADSIDE]. The Instalation Feast. [London], Published according to Act
of Parliament, [Sept. 22, 1762]. Price 6d.
$1,100
Oblong folio; etching; 17 cm x 34 cm (6-3/4" x 13-3/4"); tipped onto a stiff backing
sheet. A very good, clean copy.
BM “Satires” 3895. A satire of the so-called Installation Feast, held barely six
months before the end of the Seven Years' War; the feast had been arranged for the
then Prime Minister, John Stuart, Earl of Bute, whose ministry was exceedingly
unpopular. During the early part of the war the leading light of British policy was
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and secretary of state, but his influence waned
precipitously upon the death of George II in 1760 and the accession of George III.
The young king was heavily influenced by Bute, a Scot whose policies regarding the
culmination of the War were diametrically opposed to those of Pitt, and the latter
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resigned his post in 1761. With Pitt's resignation Lord Bute came to play a
significant role in British politics, but was roundly disliked and mistrusted. He
surrounded himself with Scottish friends, which antagonized the populace, was
rumoured to be the lover of the young king's mother, the dowager Princess of Wales,
and was strongly derided and lambasted by the British press, especially by John
Wilkes' "North Briton." Despite England's resounding victories in North America,
the king followed Bute's advice to end the war as quickly as possible, and ended up
returning substantial portions of lands already conquered to Spain and France. In
this image, a gentleman in the foreground holds a mirror, or a portrait, marked
PITT, Bute's sworn enemy, foretelling the re-emergence of William Pitt, who
regained power a few years later, in 1766.
With an Interesting Provenance
21. BURGOYNE, Lieut-General [JOHN]. A State of the Expedition from
Canada, as laid before the House of Commons ... and verified by evidence; with a
Collection of Authentic Documents ... London, J. Almon, 1780. First edition.
$11,000
4to; pp. viii, 140, lxii (Appendix), f ("Advertisement"); six folding maps and plans;
contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards; expertly rebacked, with
original spine, gilt, laid down; from the Newby Hall library, with the Grantham
bookplate on front paste-down; maps are wide-margined; and are complete with
requisite overlays on two of them, and with routes and encampments shown in
colour. A very good, large copy of this fine work.
Howes B968 (calling for five maps only); JCB 2620; Sabin 9255; Streeter II:794;
Lande 69; Vlach 125; Gephart 6179; vide TPL 503, Melzack 0465 and Gagnon I:61
(2nd ed.). Following the disastrous northern campaign of 1777, which led to
Burgoyne's capitulation at Saratoga, the author was forced to defend his actions
against severe and mounting criticism. He claims, in this work, that his army was
too small and that it was poorly provided for. "The work is one of the best sources
on the campaign." -(Streeter). The maps, which give exact and detailed information
about the campaign, are by William Faden. Newby Hall, in Ripon, Yorkshire, was
built by Sir Edward Blackett in the late seventeenth century. Styled after Sir
Christopher Wren, it remained the core of the building as it evolved over the next
two hundred and fifty years, when it sold to William Weddell who added large wings
to it. When Lord Grantham inherited the building in 1792, he converted the dining
room into a magnificent library to house his large collection of books.
22. [CAREY, MATTHEW]. Common Sense Addresses, to the Citizens of the
Southern States: Proving, I. That the restrictive system is not abandoned by Great
Britain or the continental powers. II. That there is no just foundation for the threats
of retaliation by the European nations for our increase of duties. III. That the
protection of manufactures by duties is constitutional. IV. That high prohibitory
duties, generally reduce prices and improve quality. V. That the distress of the
southern States primarily arose from the policy pursued by this government from
1816 to 1824, from the effects of which they have not recovered. To Which are
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Added, Five Appendixes ... Third Edition, enlarged and improved. By a Citizen of
Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Printed by Clark & Raser ... Nov. 2, 1829.
$175
8vo; pp. xii, 42; removed; little light browning; overall very good.
Not in Howes; Sabin 10859. Carey, a strong protectionist in economic and political
matters, urges the Southerners to see the problems of free-trade, and argues that the
economic distress of the southern states is a direct result of the absence of tariffs
during the period from 1816 to 1824. This work was published several times in a
short period.
The East Coast of North America Charted
23. CHABERT, [JOSEPH BERNARD, Marquis de]. Voyage fait par Ordre du
Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, pour rectifier les Cartes des
Cotes de l'Acadie, de l'Isle Royale et de l'Isle de Terre-Neuve; Et pour en fixer les
principaux points par les Observations Astronomiques. Paris, l'Imprimerie Royale,
1753. First edition.
$4,000
4to; f, pp. viii, 288, [10]; six folding engraved maps; one folding sketch; one folding
table; engraved copperplates by Gobin, and many woodcut ornaments.
Contemporary mottled calf; spine gilt in compartments; marbled endpapers; light
browning to title-page, and small faint bookseller's stamp at lower corner. A very
good, wide-margined copy.
Brunet I:21004 and Suppl. I, p. 239; Sabin 11723; TPL 222: "L'Academie royale
des sciences examined the work and recommended its publication as a model of
scientific accuracy;" not in Gagnon; Lande 114; O'Dea 148; Bell C223; Dionne
II:489. The volume is divided into two parts, the first giving an account of the
author's voyage from Brest to Louisbourg and his four expeditions to the
neighbouring coasts and islands; and the second, his astronomical observations.
24. CHOISEUL-STAINVILLE, ETIENNE-FRANCOIS, Duc de (1719-1785).
An Historical Memorial of the Negotiation of France and England, from the 26th of
March, 1761, to the 20th of September of the same year, with the Vouchers.
London, D. Wilson et al, 1761. First edition in English.
$1,850
4to; pp. 63, (1). Sewn into later plain-paper wrappers; final leaf lightly foxed;
professional repair to head of final three leaves, affecting two words.
JCB 1295; Sabin 47517; TPL 339; Howes M507. Translated from the French
edition of the same year, this English edition is relatively scarce. It is an important
work relating to the Seven Years' War, and contains the text of all thirty-one
diplomatic exchanges between France and England which relate to the cession of
Canada to England, the fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland, and the setting
of the boundaries of Louisiana. The author was an important French statesman.
After successful service in the army he entered the diplomatic service and gained
support from Mme. de Pompadour. As ambassador to Vienna in 1757, he
strengthened the Austrian alliance by conducting the first negotiations toward the
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marriage of Marie Antoinette with the future Louis XVI and, later, in his capacity as
minister of foreign affairs (1758 to 1770) he negotiated the Family Compact (the
several alliances between France and Spain) and the Treaty of Paris at the end of
the Seven Years' War. He reorganized the army and navy, brought in reforms,
supported the publication of the “Encyclopédie,” and aided the suppression of the
Jesuits. The last-mentioned weakened his position, and a clique surrounding Mme.
du Barry, Louis XV's mistress, caused his exile from court in 1770.
25. CLAVIERE, ETIENNE & J.P. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE. De la France
et des États-Unis, ou De l'Importance de la Révolution de l'Amérique pour la
bonheur de la France ... Londres [but Paris?], 1787. First edition.
$2,000
8vo; pp. xxiv, xlviii, 344; contemporary full tree calf; large red morocco label; spine
gilt in compartments (one device is a royal insignia with crown, sheaf of wheat, and
"honi soit qui mal y pense"); front joint cracked; tiny abrasion to head of spine;
otherwise an immaculately clean copy.
Not in TPL; Sabin 13516; Fay, p. 23; Howes C464; Goldsmiths 13307; Monaghan
303; Kress B.1169; Echeverria & Wilkie 787/3. An erudite, well-reasoned work; the
writers consider in great detail the trade and commerce of France, the newlyindependent United States, Great Britain and Canada.
26. CLINTON, Sir HENRY. A Letter from Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B.
to the Commissioners of Public Accounts, Relative to Some Observations in their
Seventh Report, Which may be judged to imply Censure on the late Commanders in
Chief of His Majesty's Army in North America. London, J. Debrett, 1784. First
edition.
$375
8vo; pp. 31, (1) (Advert). Sewn as issued; first and final leaves slightly dust-soiled;
a very good, uncut and unopened copy, with Clinton's “Advertisement,” explaining
his publishing of this work, tipped-in.
Sabin 13750; Howes C494. Taking issue with the Commissioners' implications that
he had used government funds in an improper manner during the war with the
Colonies, Clinton here defends himself quite heatedly, and submits documents to
prove that, had his orders been read and acted upon in Britain, the so-called
mismanagement of which he is now accused would not have come to pass. Also
mentioned is his concern with the obvious favouring of Cornwallis by the
Commissioners. The whole question of the leadership of the British troops during
the Revolution, and the competition between Clinton and Cornwallis, led to its own
"war" of correspondence between the two men.
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27. [CLUNY, ALEXANDER]. Le Voyageur Americain, ou Observations Sur
l'Etat actuel, la Culture, le Commerce des Colonies Britanniques en Amérique: Les
Exportations & Importations respectives entre elles & la Grande-Bretagne, avec un
Etat des revenus que cette dernière en retire, &c. Adressées par un Négociant
expérimenté, en forme de Lettres, au très-honorable Comte de ... Augmenté d'un
Précis sur l'Amérique Septentrionale & le République des Treize-États-Unis. Par M.
Jh. M[andrillon]. Amsterdam, Chez J. Scheering, 1783. Second French edition.
$2,750
Small 8vo; pp. viii, 264; one large, folding, engraved map; three folding tables;
contemporary quarter-calf and marbled paper over boards; shelf number on front
free endpaper, and round stamp of a Geneva "Société" at lower corner of title-page;
binding little worn at edges; overall a very good, clean copy of this work, published
shortly after the edition of the previous year. Pages (142)-242 form the "Précis"
mentioned in the title, and pp. 243-264 consist of the "Treaty of Friendship and
Commerce between the Netherlands and the United States of America." These lastmentioned were not present, obviously, in the first (English) edition of 1769.
TPL 429; Sabin 13797; JCB 2846; Howes M249 (under Mandrillon); not in Kress
nor in Goldsmiths. Cluny, in his "American Traveller," details the development of
agriculture, the experiments with new crops, and the movement of settlements
further into the back country of the Colonies, and he seeks to show that the Colonies
were self-supporting and not a drain on the British economy. In this edition, Joseph
Mandrillon has adeptly translated Cluny's work, and has added his own "Précis sur
l'Amérique Septentrionale ...," describing the newly-formed United States, and
providing an early printing of the treaty between the States and the Netherlands,
which was, after the Treaty with France, the second alliance concluded by the
newly-independent States. This work is often confused with Mandrillon's own "Le
Spectateur Américain," which was published in 1784. He was guillotined in 1794.
28. COLTON, C[ALVIN] (1789-1857). Tour of the American Lakes, and among
The Indians of the North-West Territory, in 1830: Disclosing the Character and
Prospects of the Indian Race. London, Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis,
MDCCCXXXIII (1833). Two volumes. First (and only) edition.
$950
Large 12mo; p. xxxii, 316; pp. vii, [1] (Blank). 387, [1] (Blank); contemporary half
calf and marbled paper over boards; marbled fore-edges; spines gilt in
compartments; small sticker of Paris bookseller on front paste-down of vol. I; few
small spots of foxing on first and final blanks; overall a fine set.
Sabin 14782; Howes C-619; Field 345. The author served as Presbyterian
missionary in western New York State for a number of years, but left the ministry
after his wife's death in the 1820s.
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29. COOPER, SAMUEL. A Sermon Preached before His Excellency Thomas
Pownall, Esq; Captain-General and Governor in Chief, The Honourable His
Majesty's Council and House of Representatives, Of the Province of the
Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, October 16th, 1759. Upon Occasion of the
Success of His Majesty's Arms in the Reduction of Quebec. Boston, New-England,
Green & Russell and Edes & Gill, [1759]. First edition.
$950
8vo; pp. [iii]-xi, (1), (13-53); contemporary marbled paper wrapper; little chipped at
edges; little sporadic foxing; some light staining on rear blank. A complete copy of a
somewhat scarce sermon on the French and Indian War.
Evans 8330; TPL 4721; Sabin [16601]; JCB 1209; not in Howes. Cooper lauds the
Massachusetts men who took part in both the taking of Louisbourg from the French
the previous year and now in the conquest of Quebec. He also vaunts British power,
religion and general demeanour over that of its French enemy, and speaks highly of
James Wolfe, who "died to live in the Hearts of Britons, and especially in the Hearts
of British Americans ..."
30. [CREVECOEUR, MICHEL-GUILLAUME ST-JEAN de]. Lettres d'un
Cultivateur Américain, écrites a W. S. Ecuyer, Depuis l'Année 1770, jusqu'à 1781.
Traduit de l'Anglois par ***. Paris, Chez Cuchet, M,DCC.LXXXIV (1784). First
edition in French, first issue.
$3,500
12mo; pp. xxiv, 422, [2] (Table); pp. [2], 400, [2] (Table); in vol. 1, p. 223 is
mispaginated 123; woodcut head-pieces; early nineteenth-century sprinkled calf;
bindings very rubbed, but tight and secure; marbled endpapers; small neat
contemporary signature on titles; but for a few spots of foxing, the text is
remarkably clean; overall a very good set, complete with half-title in vol. II (none
called for in vol. I) and the 4-pp. "Avertissement et Errata."
Howes C883; Sabin 17494; Monaghan 502. Crèvecoeur travelled about North
America for many years, settling finally in Pennsylvania about 1769, and remaining
in the United States until 1790, with a hiatus from 1780-1783, when he returned to
France. He sought to improve commercial relations between France and the United
States when he was consul in New York, and was responsible for, among other
things, the introduction of alfalfa into America, and of the North American potato
into northern France. This work gives remarkable insight into the rural life of North
America at that period, and encouraged Europeans to emigrate to the United States
to work the land.
31. [CREVECOEUR, MICHEL-GUILLAUME ST-JEAN de]. Voyage dans la
Haute Pennsylvanie et dans l'Etat de New-York, Par un Membre adoptif de la
Nation Oneide. Paris, Maradan, 1801. Three volumes. First edition.
$2,850
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8vo; pp. xxxi, (1), 427; pp. xiii, (1), 434; pp. xii, 409; frontispiece portrait of George
Washington, plus 14 other plates, maps and tables, 12 of which are folding and with
large margins. Recent hard-grain morocco and marbled paper over boards; marbled
endpapers; t.e.g., others untrimmed; edges of few maps and leaves frayed at margin,
not affecting image; all three volumes are partially unopened; a very good set,
complete with half-titles in all volumes.
Sabin [17501] (13 maps and plates only); Howes C884; Monaghan 503; Cox II, p.
156; Field 388 (ten plates and maps). Although it is described on the title as a
translation, this is rather the original work of the author. He gives us remarkable
insight into the rural life of North America at that period, and into the customs of
the Indian tribes which he came to know well. "This work is distinguished by its
valuable details on the aboriginal tribes, and their gradual disappearance. No other
writer has so well described the Indian great councils, or assemblies, where they
deliberate on their public interests." These volumes are the natural continuation of
his earlier "Letters from an American Farmer."
A Scarce Work
32. DARBY, WILLIAM. A Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana:
Presenting A View of the Soil, Climate, Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral
Productions; … Being an Accompaniment to The Map of Louisiana. Printed for the
Author, and Published by John Melish, Philadelphia, 1816, First edition.
$2,750
8vo in 4's; f, pp. xvii, (1) (Blank) [Appendix]; (18) [Attestations and Subscribers’
List]; (iii)-ix, (1) [Blank]; 270, (16) [Vocabulary, Index, "Note to Page 128" and
Errata]; small engraved map; contemporary full tree calf, rebacked; raised bands and
original red morocco label on spine; lacking free endpapers; few small repairs to
title-page and to heel of the first page of Appendix; edges and verso of folds of map
have small remains of cellulose repairs; partial erasure at head of one page has
caused thinning of the paper. Interestingly, the first half of the book is printed on
heavier, whiter paper than the second half, with the exception of the Appendix,
which is bound in at the beginning of the work and the paper of which matches the
lighter, browner paper of the final part. Few copies of this first edition are known to
include a map; if a map is present it is usually Melish's large, folding map. Based on
the stub to which it is attached, the map here was added soon after the work was
published, and would appear to be Mathew Carey's map of Louisiana of 1817.
Howes D62: "Some copies of the 1816 edition contain a list of subscribers"; Sabin
18528; not in Streeter (2nd ed. only); Shaw & Shoemaker 37388. The author was
deputy-surveyor for the United States from 1805-1810. "Conceiving the plan of a
map and statistical account of Louisiana, he found government surveys inadequate
and began a series of extensive explorations at his own expense. Interrupted by the
British invasion, he acted as one of Jackson's topographical staff in the campaign of
1814-15 ... He returned to Pennsylvania in 1815 ... In Philadelphia, John Melish
agreed to publish [this work]. Using Darby's statistical account and map, which
[Andrew] Jackson and members of his staff considered accurate and valuable, the
publisher compiled the Melish map of the United States, which was used as the basis
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for boundary delineation in the treaty of 1819 between the United States and Spain.
This map, which brought profit and prestige to Melish, left the explorer 'to mourn
for non-requited toil and misdirected credit'." -(DAB V, p. 73). Darby finally
received partial compensation in 1854. This map shows many lakes and rivers, but
very few towns.
33. DES BARRES, J. F. W. Cape St. Mary N.E. one mile; South entrance of
Grand Passage; St. Mary's Bay. Published as the Act directs 1st Feb. 1st [sic], 1781,
by J.F.W. Des Barres, Esq.
$1,250
30-1/4" x 21" (77 cm x 53 cm) within the plate mark. Hand-coloured etching from
volume II of Des Barres' Atlantic Neptune. Three views on one sheet. Heavy laid
paper with watermark of "J Bates;" few tiny pinholes; few small repairs in margins,
mostly on verso; lightly age-browned; very good.
Spendlove, p. 20. Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres was a military engineer of a
Swiss Huguenot family. When the Seven Years' War commenced in 1756, he went off
to North America and was with Amherst at the siege of Louisbourg in 1758.
Thereafter, he served with Wolfe at Quebec in 1759 and was in Halifax in 1761.
When the French captured St. John's, Newfoundland in 1762, Des Barres was part
of the English force which recaptured it. He then began working with James Cook
charting the coasts of Newfoundland and spent several years surveying and
measuring, the results of which were published in his “Atlantic Neptune.” "The
large prints from 'The Atlantic Neptune' are among the finest and most beautiful
pictures of Canada ever made." (Spendlove, p. 18).
34. DES BARRES, J. F. W. The Entrance of Mines Basin, Ile Haut and Cape
Chegnecto. Published as the Act directs Jany. 1st, 1779, by J. F. W. Des Barres, Esq.
$1,100
Approx. 20" x 17-1/2" (47 cm x 44 cm) within the plate mark. Hand-coloured
etching from volume I of Des Barres' “Atlantic Neptune.” Two views on one sheet.
Heavy laid paper with watermark of J Bates; few small repairs in margins, mostly
on verso; margins lightly age-browned; brown stain in bottom left corner of margin,
with no affect to image.
Spendlove, p. 20. There were many, many issues of “The Atlantic Neptune,”
"appearing yearly between 1770 and 1781, with very many variations. ... Des
Barres was an artist of great ability [and his] delineation of ships was particularly
effective ..." (Spendlove, pp. 18-19).
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35. [DICKINSON, JOHN]. Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the
Inhabitants of the British Colonies. Philadelphia, Printed by William and Thomas
Bradford ... 1769. Third edition.
$1,350
Small 8vo in 4s; pp. [2], 104; old marbled-paper wrappers; title-page little dusty;
contemporary hand has written the author's name neatly on title.
Howes D329; Sabin 20044; Evans 11238; Adams, "American Independence," 54h;
Grolier, "American 100," 13. "These twelve letters appeared first in the
"Pennsylvania Chronicle" between November 30, 1767 and February 8, 1768.
Before the end of 1767 almost every colonial newspaper began to reprint the series.
Some printed only a few of the letters, but others printed all twelve." The author was
one of a small group who, right up until 1776, urged conciliation; however, he
briefly served in a special force raised in Delaware and took part in the Battle of
Brandywine. He then, in rapid succession, held a variety of important offices, and
"in 1787, as a delegate from Delaware, he became a member of the convention to
frame the Federal Constitution, and took an active and useful part in its
proceedings."-(DAB, vol. V, pp. 299-300). Adams notes two issues of the edition
with no priority.
Very Scarce First Edition
36. DOBBS, ARTHUR. An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay,
in the North-West Part of America; containing a Description of their Lakes and
Rivers, the Nature of the Soil and Climates, and their Methods of Commerce, etc.
Shewing the Benefit to be made by settling Colonies, and opening a Trade in these
Parts; Whereby the French will be deprived in a great Measure of their Traffick in
Furs, and the Communication between Canada and Mississippi be cut off.
[with]:
An Abstract of Captain Middleton's Journal, and Observations upon his Behaviour
during his Voyage, and since his Return. To which are added, I A Letter from
Bartholomew de Fonte, Vice-Admiral of Peru and Mexico; giving an Account of his
Voyage from Lima in Peru, to prevent, or seize upon any Ships that should attempt
to find a North-west Passage to the South Sea, II. An Abstract of all the Discoveries
which have been publish'd of the Islands and Countries in and adjoining to the Great
Western Ocean, between America, India, and China, &c. pointing out the
Advantages that made be made, if a short Passage should be found thro' Hudson's
Streight to that Ocean. III. The Hudson's Bay Company Charter. IV. The Standard
of Trade in those Parts of America; with an Account of the Exports and Profits made
annually by the Hudson's Bay Company. V. Vocabularies of the Languages of
several Indian Nations adjoining to Hudson's Bay. The whole intended to shew the
great Probability of a North-West Passage, so long desired; and which (if
discovered) would be of the highest Advantage to these Kingdoms. London, Printed
for J. Robinson, 1744. First edition.
$13,500
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4to; f, pp. ii, 211, [1]; one large, folding, engraved map; later half-calf and marble
paper over boards; map expertly backed on acid-free paper; few small, unobtrusive
holes in map; expert repairs to margins of final leaves, not affecting text. A very
good copy of a very scarce work.
Howes D384; Dionne II: 440; Gagnon II: 669: Lande 1144; TPL 193; Bell D262;
Cox II, pp. 107-108; Hill, pp. 84-85; JCB I: 766; Streeter 3637; Sabin 20404; Peel
8; European-Americana 744/80; Been, “Animals & Authors,” pp. 171-172. Dobbs,
later the governor of North Carolina, was a staunch supporter of the various
incentives to search for the North-West Passage. He was just as staunch an
opponent of the Hudson's Bay Company, whose monopoly in the Canadian north
and west he saw as a deterrent to exploration and exploitation of the vast area. This
is the first work to be written in the famous Dobbs-Middleton controversy; this
controversy was initiated, in this work, by Dobbs' accusation that Middleton's lack
of success in exploring the regions was due to his acceptance of bribes from the
Hudson's Bay Company, and attacks Middleton for his leadership of the 1741-1742
expedition. The year after this work was published, the British Parliament
announced a reward of twenty thousand pounds, to be given to the discoverer of the
Northwest Passage, and Dobbs financed an expedition in 1746-1747 to search for
this route via Hudson's Bay. A scarce work, with a valuable early account of the
search for a Northwest passage.
37. DOBSON, [JOHN]. Chronological Annals of the War; from its beginning to
the present time. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing from April 2. 1755, to the End of
1760, Part II. from the Beginning of 1761, to the signing of the Preliminaries of the
Peace. With an Introductory Preface to each Part, a Conclusion, and a General Index
to the Whole. Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, MDCCLXIII (1763). First, and only,
edition.
$3,250
8vo; f, pp. xv, (1) (Blank), 327, (1) (Blank), (8) (Index); one folding table;
contemporary full sprinkled calf, lightly faded at top of front cover and lower
corners lightly rubbed; a very good, clean copy of a fairly scarce work.
Howes D377; Sabin 20415 (no mention of Index); not in TPL. "Contains full
particulars of the French and Indian war in America, as well as the events which
took place in Europe." -(Sabin) A comprehensive work relating to the Seven Years'
War, with a great deal of material on America. As the Index states, it is "A General
Index of the Battles, Naval Engagements, Ships of War and the most considerable
Merchantmen, Taken, Lost or Destroyed; Skirmishes of Importance; and Fortresses
Besieged, Taken, Relieved, or Evacuated." The North American battles cited are
those of Fort Duquesne, Lake George, Ticonderoga, Montmorenci and the Heights
of Abraham; the North American Naval Engagements include Cape Race,
Louisburg, Cape François, etc., there are long lists of both English and French
ships, and a comprehensive list of fortresses.
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38. [DONNET, JAMES, editor]. Arctic Miscellanies. A Souvenir of the Late
Polar Search. By the Officers and Seamen of the Expedition. London, Colburn and
Co., Publishers, Great Marlborough Street, 1852.
$3,150
8vo; pp. xxiv, 347; coloured lithograph as frontispiece; several wood-engraved
illustrations within the text; contemporary prize binding of full red calf, covers
paneled in gilt scroll; inner dentelles gilt. and spine gilt in compartments; marbled
endpapers and fore-edges; neat bookplate; prize presentation comments on front
flyleaf. A fine copy of the enlarged second edition.
Arctic Biblio. 651; TPL 3128; Lande 926; Sabin 1924. A collection of articles
extracted from the manuscript newspaper "Aurora Borealis," composed by officers
of the expedition under the command of Capt. H. T. Austin (1850-51), searching for
Franklin and his ships. The expedition vessels, HMS Assistance, Resolute, Intrepid,
and Pioneer, wintered off Griffith Island in Barrow Strait and the writing and
production of the newspaper was a winter project. The collection includes
whimsical and informative articles and letters on animals, history, sledge journeys,
meteorology, etc. The work is credited to "the Officers and Seamen of the
Expedition," but was, in fact, edited by James Donnet, the surgeon on HMS
"Assistance."
39. [DOUGLAS, JOHN, Bishop of Salisbury]. A Letter Addressed to Two
Great Men, on the Prospect of Peace; and on the Terms necessary to be insisted
upon in the Negociation. London, A. Millar, 1760. First edition, second issue. $450
8vo; 2ff, pp. 56; engraved tail-piece; removed; contemporary marginalia on title,
one page, and at tail of p. 55. A very good copy, the only difference between the
first and second issues being the placing of an erratum line below the word Finis on
final page in the second issue.
Vide TPL 314 (1st issue); Howes L276; vide Sabin 20684 (2nd ed.); Casey 297;
Lande 190; Gagnon I: 2102; Vlach 217. Douglas, under the pressure of his patron,
Lord Bath [Sabin incorrectly refers to him as Lord Bute], wrote this letter to
William Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle as the Seven Years' War was nearing its
end, to press for England's acquisition of all of French Canada, which he
considered to be much more important than Guadeloupe, Senegal and Gorée.
40. EATON, ELON HOWARD (1866-1934). Birds of New York. [Albany],
University of the State of New York, 1916. Portfolio of plates.
$1,125
4to; portfolio in original publisher's green cloth, string ties, title on front board. 105
(of 106) coloured plates (9" x 12") from paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Index
to plates on front paste-down. Some foxing on boards; plates lightly foxed in
margins; two plates stained, one edge torn with no loss to images. Wanting plate no.
12 (Black Duck). A lovely set.
The plates in this portfolio were reprinted from those published in the two volume
set of Eaton's “Birds of New York,” 1910-1914. They were issued separately in this
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portfolio edition of "all of the birds known to breed within or to visit the State of
New York." Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) was born in Ithaca, N.Y., and began
drawing birds at an early age. He travelled widely with ornithologists and museum
curators, gathering a collection of more than 3,500 bird skins, which he used for his
art and later donated to Cornell University. "His paintings, which illustrate most of
the leading bird books published between 1896 and 1927, are characterized by a
beauty of draftsmanship and a devotion to truth which are manifested not only in the
accuracy of every detail of plumage and form, but in the perfection attained in
reproducing the characteristic attitudes and expressions of each species."-(DAB).
41. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790) La Science du Bonhomme Richard
de Benjamin Franklin, Précédée d'un abrégé de la Vie de Franklin, et suivie de son
Interrogatoire devant la Chambre des Communes. Paris, A l'Imprimerie des Sciences
et Arts, L'an II de la République françoise (1794).
$450
12mo; pp. [2], lxiv, 119. Signatures: a-b12, d2, c6; A-E12. Contemporary quarter
calf over continental paper boards; some wear to spine; gilt morocco label;
bookseller's ticket on front paste-down; signature in margin of title; ms note in
margin of one page; tear in margin of one leaf; overprinting on pp. lxii and lxiii;
leaves d1-d2 bound out of sequence; wanting front free endpaper. Otherwise, text
block tight and clean, printed on pale blue paper.
Ford 133; Quérard III, 199; Sabin 25585 (Quérard states that “La vie de Franklin”
was written by the French economist Jean-Baptiste Say, 1767-1832). Franklin's
“Way to Wealth” was first published in “Poor Richard's Almanac” for 1758, and
then separately issued in 1760 under the title of “Father Abraham's Speech.” It was
translated into French in 1777 as “La Science du Bonhomme Richard,” and it was
as popular in France as in America. As the first U.S. Ambassador to France, from
1776 to 1785, Franklin promoted the newly formed republic, convincing the French
that financial contributions in support of American independence would be a good
investment. According to Stacy Schiff (“A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France
and the Birth of America,” New York, 2005), Franklin hosted a lavish dinner and
ball in Paris on July 4th, 1779 to celebrate Independence Day. A copy of this work
was given to each guest as a party favour.
42. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin
Franklin ... Written by Himself to a Late Period, and Continued to the Time of his
Death, by his Grandson, William Temple Franklin. Comprising the Private
Correspondence and Public Negotiations of Dr. Franklin, and his Select Political,
Philosophical, and Miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. London,
Printed for Henry Colburn, 1819. Two volumes. Second edition.
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in rear of volume II; original quarter-vellum and paper-covered boards; remains of
paper labels on spines; edges worn; private blindstamp on front flyleaves; light
dampstain to lower margin of frontispiece and some offsetting to title; two leaves of
the preface are misbound between signatures A and B and pp. 363-64 misbound;
text very clean and tight. A very clean, totally uncut, set.
This edition not in Howes; Sabin 25545 (without adverts in vol. II), citing six
volumes. "All of these sets are often broken up, and the three series of “Life,
Correspondence, and Posthumous Writings” sold separately with the same general
title ..." Our set contains the complete two-volume series on the “Life of Benjamin
Franklin.”
43. FRANKLIN, JOHN. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in
the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. London, John Murray, 1823. First edition, second
issue.
$4,250
4to; pp. xv, (1), 783, (1); 31 engraved plates (12 coloured), and four folding maps.
Full light brown calf, ornately blind-tooled; a.e.g. Little fading to spine and to upper
edge of front cover; usual offsetting from plates; a large, sumptuous, clean copy of
this beautiful and important work, with the extra coloured plate from Richardson's
“Flora Boreali-Americana,” which is not in the first issue.
TPL 7092; Sabin 25624; vide WCB 23:1, Field 560, Graff 1406, Peel 80, and Arctic
Biblio. 5194 (all 1st issues). This issue (we use the term advisedly, as the type has
been reset, to distinguish it from the official 'Second Edition') differs from the first
issue in that it includes an extra coloured plate from Richardson's “Flora BorealiAmericana;” there is additional material added to the introduction; many of the
errata have been corrected; the plates have been newly-engraved; there are major
additions to the final botanical appendix; the maps are dated November 1823 rather
than March 1823; and the map of the “Connected Discoveries” has been enlarged
to include territory south of Hudson's Strait which is not in the earlier map. The
object of the expedition was, in part, to determine the longitude and latitude of the
Northern coast of North America. It is the story of the most frightful journey of
5,500 miles in the north, told in detail. The members of the expedition travelled both
overland and by canoe; the party was decimated by murder, hunger and cold.
"The Great Pathfinder"
With Signed Autograph Letter
44. FREMONT, J[OHN] C[HARLES], Brevet Col. (1813-1890). The
Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California, to which is
added a Description of the Physical Geography of California. With recent notices of
The Gold Rush. Buffalo: Geo. H. Derby and Co., 1851.
$2,500
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Large 12mo; pp. 456; two frontispiece portraits, and two plates; original brown
cloth, worn at corners and at spine; text and plates clean, with minimal agebrowning; bookplate (?) removed from front paste-down; publisher's advert on rear
paste-down; with an interesting Autograph Letter, signed by Frémont, to Charles
F[rederick] Mayer, affixed to verso of first frontispiece. The portraits are of Frémont
and of Col. J. J. Abert, Head of the Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Graff 1435; Smith 3360; WCB 115:16 (no mention of plates). The book is an early
edition of several editions published for those considering a westward move.
Fremont was an important figure in nineteenth-century United States, an explorer of
the far west, famous in Gold Rush history, one of the first of two U.S. senators from
California, and a failed Republican presidential candidate. The recipient of the
letter, Charles F. Mayer (1797-1864) was the scion of an important Baltimore
family, and was a lawyer and president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The letter
is dated "Washington City, July 27, 1850", and Fremont writes: "My dear Sir, I
have to thank you for the attention of yours of yesterday, which I received last night.
Like yourself, I think that there are no objections to be entertained to Andrew
Smith's Lease, and am glad that you write accordingly to Mr. Robert (?). I shall ask
Mr. Robert to let him have it and urge him (Smith) to come out immediately to the
ground. The opinion of Mr. Rose (?) will be valuable in England if he is known
there, and in any case must have some weight, although it can only be upon the
general subject of the validity of California, as mine in particular cannot be known
to him. ... Permit me to remind you of Mr. Webster's opinion although it is
unnecessary to do so. I write to both our friends by this mail. I hear that Stockton
and Aspinwall are enthusiastic about mining in California gold. Yours truly, J. C.
Frémont." Daniel Webster was strongly in favour of acquiring as much California
land as was possible and Frémont had known him since Webster was Secretary of
State; Andrew Smith was an engineer and the lessee of Golden Mountain during the
Gold Rush; [William Henry] Aspinwall (1807-1875) owned Howland & Aspinwall,
which popularized the use of clipper ships, and founded, in 1848, the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company to provide service to California (very timely, indeed, since the
Gold Rush began the following year!); [Robert] Stockton (1795-1866) was a naval
commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican-American War
of 1846-1848. An interesting and very relevant letter.
Scarce Loyalist Pamphlet
45. [GALLOWAY, JOSEPH]. (1731-1803). A Candid Examination of the
Mutual Claims of Great-Britain and the Colonies: with A Plan of Accommodation,
on Constitutional Principles. New-York, Printed by James Rivington,
M.DCC.LXXV (1775). First edition, first state (?).
$4,350
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Howes G34; Sabin 26422; Adams, “Amer. Independence” 164; Evans 14059: "Two
impressions were printed this year. The first, with a list of errata on the verso of the
title. The second, with the verso blank." Galloway was an American politician and
and Loyalist, and served as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the First Continental
Congress. As such he was a moderate, and proposed a Plan of Union which he
hoped would avert a full break from Britain. When his Plan was rejected, Galloway
left Philadelphia and joined General Sir William Howe's British army. He returned
to the city as a civil administrator during the British occupation and spent a fair
amount of time on plans, once again for union. As he fully expected the "rebels" to
be defeated when the Continentals re-entered Philadelphia in 1778, he fled to
England where he remained until his death. Rivington was the leading Loyalist
printer in the colonies, whose shop was destroyed during the Revolution in a mob
attack. This is "one of the most famous Tory tracts, upholding unlimited
parliamentary supremacy. In several colonies copies were officially burned."
(Howes). Scarce.
Rare First Edition Relating to Lewis and Clark
46. GASS, PATRICK (1771-1870). A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a
Corps of Discovery, Under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke [sic] of
the Army of the United States, from the Mouth of the River Missouri through the
Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, During the Years 1804, 1805
& 1806. Containing An authentic relation of the most interesting transactions during
the expedition, - A description of the country, - And an account of its inhabitants,
soil, climate, curiosities and vegetable and animal productions. By Patrick Gass,
One of the Persons Employed in the Expedition. With Geographical and
Explanatory Notes by the Publisher. Pittsburgh, Printed by Zadok Cramer, for David
M'Keehan ... 1807. First edition.
$18,500
12mo; pp. viii, (2), [10]-262; original quarter-roan and marbled paper, much of it
perished, over boards; upper extremity of spine lacking .5 cm of leather; original
leather label worn but present; tear on front free endpaper and on one final blank;
general age-browning and staining throughout as usual; small contemporary name
on title-page and few inked notations on rear endpapers; a totally unsophisticated
copy of this rare work.
WC 6:1; Streeter Sale V: 3120; Beckham, Erickson 3.1; WCB 6:1; Howes G77;
Sabin 26741; Graff 1516; Smith 3465; Shaw & Shoemaker 12646; Hill 685: "The
Gass narrative is the first separately published account of the Lewis and Clark
expedition, and hence is one of the essential books for an Americana collection.
Since the official account was not published until 1814, Gass's relation was the only
authentic account of the expedition available for some years, containing the first
real information the nation had of the Oregon Country and of the Louisiana
Purchase. The purpose of the journey was to explore the Missouri River and its
tributaries for the most direct and practicable route to the Pacific, to ascertain
whether the mouth of the Columbia might be as convenient a center for the fur-trade
at Nootka Sound, and whether overland trade was feasible. The party explored the
Missouri, went into winter quarters with the Mandan Indians, crossed the Rockies,
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and arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River on November 14, 1805. On the
return journey they followed the Snake River and its tributary, the Clearwater. The
party then split up, and Gass accompanied Clark to the head of the Jefferson River,
returning at length to St. Louis. Gass' "Journal" was also used in the preparation of
the official account."
Boston Port Act - The First Intolerable Act
47. [GREAT BRITAIN]. Anno Regni Georgii III. Decimo Quarto. Cap. XIX.
An Act to discontinue, in such Manner, and for such Time as are therein mentioned,
the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise
at the Town, and within the Harbour, of Boston, in the Province of Massachuset's
Bay, in North America. London, Charles Eyre & William Strahan, 1774.
$2,750
Folio; caption title, pp. 515-522 (pp. 517 and 520 misnumbered 417 and 420);
removed; printed in Black Letter; woodcut Royal Coat-of-Arms; decorative initial; a
few light spots of foxing but overall a fine copy.
Designed to punish Boston for the Tea Party, this Act closed the port until such time
as the East India Company should be paid for the tea which was destroyed.
Warships of the Royal Navy began patrols of the mouth of Boston Harbour to
enforce the act, and the army, with Thomas Gage as commander-in-chief, was also
involved. Many of the colonists in Boston were angered that they were being
punished because of the acts of a few and were not allowed to testify in their own
defence. Sympathetic colonies from as far away as South Carolina sent relief
supplies to the settlers of Massachusetts-Bay, and the situation became the impetus
for the unification of the thirteen colonies. The first Continental Congress was
convened in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774 in order to coordinate a colonial
response to this Act and the other "Intolerable," or "Coercive" Acts.
48. [GREAT BRITAIN]. An Act for Extending Jurisdiction of the Courts of
Justice in the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, to the Trial and Punishment of
Persons guilty of Crimes and Offences within certain Parts of North America
adjoining to the said Provinces. [43 George III, Cap. 138]. London, George Eyre and
Andrew Strahan, 1803. First edition.
$1,250
Folio; pp. 1433-1435; caption title and woodcut Royal coat- of-arms; very light
toning to margins; a very good copy.
Not located in TPL nor in Peel. The term "Indian Territories" was first used in the
"Quebec Act" of 1774, in reference to the region of Northwest America outside of
the boundaries of the Province of Quebec and the Hudson's Bay Company territory
of Rupert's Land. The said regions did not fall within the jurisdiction recognized by
the Quebec courts, but were loosely under the watchful eye of the British.
In the years that followed the American Revolutionary War, the fur trade based out
of Montreal experienced a resurgence under the aegis of a handful of
entrepreneurial merchants. Some were Empire Loyalists, others Scottish merchants,
and still others British adventurers. Competition was fierce, and some of these men
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united to form the North West Company in 1779. Violence grew, murders and
destruction of property became common, and it became obvious that the criminal
and civil legal jurisdiction of the Indian Territories needed to be defined in order to
regulate the fur traders. This act, the Canada Jurisdiction Act, stipulated that those
British subjects who committed offenses in the Indian Territories could be tried and
sentenced in Lower Canada or in Upper Canada in the same manner as if the
crimes were committed in either of the provinces. It also authorized the governor to
appoint Justices of the Peace within the Indian Territories. Thus this Act became the
fundamental instrument for dispute resolution between the HBC and the NWC.
The King's 62nd Royal American Regiment
49. [GREAT BRITAIN]. Anno Regni Georgii II. An Act to enable His Majesty
to grant Commissions to a certain Number of Foreign Protestants who have served
Abroad as Officers, or Engineers, to act and rank as Officers, or Engineers, in
America only, under certain Restrictions and Qualifications. London, Printed by
Thomas Baskett ... and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1756.
$750
Small folio; 2 ff (general title leaf and pp. 187-188); removed; woodcut coat-ofarms on title and decorative initial on p. 187; text in Black Letter. A fine copy.
Following the defeat of General Braddock at Fort Duquesne in 1755 and the
anticipated resurgence of war between Great Britain and France, an infantry
regiment was raised in the American colonies in 1756 to defend against further
attacks by the French forces and their Native allies. By this Act, which took
advantage of the many foreigners who had settled in the colonies, the 62nd Royal
American Regiment was created. It included American colonists, British volunteers,
and foreign Protestants such as Swiss and German men. The blending of recruits
was intentional and the fact that they were Protestant was an important
consideration in effectively fighting the (predominantly Catholic) French forces. The
62nd Regiment fought at Louisbourg in 1758 and took an active part in the
campaign against Quebec in 1759, earning the praise of General James Wolfe and
the motto "Celer et Audax" ("Swift and Bold").
Palliser's Act
50. [GREAT BRITAIN]. An Act for the Encouragement of the Fisheries carried
on from Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions in Europe, and for
securing the Return of the Fishermen, Sailors and others employed in the said
Fisheries, to the Ports thereof, at the End of the Fishing Season. 15 George III, Cap.
31. London, Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1775.
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Folio; title leaf; pp. 1131-1155. Removed; woodcut royal coat of arms; headpiece;
decorative initial; text in black letter. Very good.
This British Parliamentary Act aimed to improve the state of the Newfoundland
ship-fishery carried on from England by enforcing certain older laws and
introducing new laws to better manage the contract fishing labour. Included within
the legislation was the criminalization of breach of contract and desertion by fishing
servants, the right of masters to hold back sufficient wages from fishing servants to
pay for their passage home at the end of their contract (to help reduce the number of
men that became stranded at Newfoundland), and the guarantee that the fishing
servants would be paid first from the proceeds of the fish bounty. The Act was
popularly known as the Palliser's Act in honour of Sir Hugh Palliser (1723-1796),
Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland from 1764 to 1768, who
helped draw up the legislation.
51. HARMON, DANIEL WILLIAMS. Journal of Voyages and Travel in the
Interiour of North America, between the 47th and 58th Degrees of North Latitude,
extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacific Ocean ... To which is added a Concise
Description of the Face of the Country, its Inhabitants, their Manners, customs,
Laws, ... Illustrated by a Map of the Country. Andover, Flagg and Gould, 1820. First
edition.
$2,250
8vo; pp. xxiii, [1], [25]-432; complete with frontispiece portrait, folding map, halftitle and errata slip (affixed to rear endpaper). Contemporary full calf, professionally
rebacked; new endpapers; usual sporadic browning; contemporary signature and
date on initial blank. A very good, complete copy of a fairly scarce work.
Bell H42; TPL 1171; Sabin 30404; Field 656; Graff 1786; Lande 1216; Howes
H203: "Editor Daniel Haskel took some liberties with the narrative and the moral
and religious tones woven into it are hardly consistent with life on the Indian
frontier. An important book in spite of Mr. Haskel"; Wagner Camp 17; Streeter VI:
3692; Strathern 245; Gagnon I: 1609: "Cet ouvrage de Harmon ... avec ceux de
Franchère et de Henry, sont les documents le plus précieux que nous avons pour
l'histoire de l'Ouest Canadien."; Peel 71; Amer. Imprints 1518. The work is a
classic in the history of the fur-trade and of the Canadian northwest; the map
includes the area between Quebec and the Northwest Coast, locating the native
tribes. Contains specimens of the vocabularies of the Cree Indians and the Tacully.
52. HOYT, E[PAPHRAS]. A Treatise on the Military Art; in four parts.
Containing I. A comprehensive system of Discipline, for the Cavalry of the United
States; ... II. Regulations concerning the Duty of Cavalry in Camp in time of War;
III. Directions for the conduct of Partizan [sic] Corps, ..., IV. Maxims relating to the
Marching, Encampment, ... Vol. I. Part I. & II. (All published) Printed at
Brattleborough, by Benjamin Smead, for the Author. Sold by him, and by Russell &
Ripley, Greenfield. 1798.
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12mo (in 6s); f, pp. v, [1], [7]-212, [2], (Errata), ten folding, engraved plates;
original full roan binding, somewhat worn; some browning and/or staining
throughout the text; tear in margin of A[6] not affecting text; from the library of
Hall Park McCullough, with his bookplate.
Not in Howes; Evans 33907; McCorison 490; not in Sabin; we have located copies
at JCB, NYPL, and L of C.; Yale (Beineke) appears to have a defective copy, and
Minn. (Wilson Lib.) a microfiche. The author (1765-1850) held many positions in
Deerfield, Mass - surveyor, postmaster, justice of the peace, member of the
Constitutional Convention of 1820, etc.; he was also a major-general in the
Massachusetts militia. Besides this work, he also wrote other military and
genealogical treatises, and upon his death manuscripts were found of incomplete
works pertaining to Burgoyne's campaign and various aspects of the French and
Indian War. A second volume was planned, but never materialized. "The propriety
of publishing and selling the first volume of this work, separate from the second, will
be obvious; - the first being calculated principally for the discipline of the Cavalry the second, containing rules for the management of Troops in the field, in carrying
on the "Petite Guerre," and in some of the higher branches of war; being applicable
to Infantry as well as Cavalry. It is presumed that many would wish to procure the
first, who would not go to the expense of both." -(Advertisement, p. [i]).
53. [HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY]. Return to an Address of the Honourable
The House of Commons, dated 26 May 1842; - for, Copy of the existing Charter or
Grant by the Crown to the Hudson's Bay Company; together with Copies or Extracts
of the Correspondence which took place at the last Renewal of the Charter between
the Government and the Company, or of Individuals on behalf of the Company;
also, the Dates of all former Charters or Grants to that Company. Ordered, by The
House of Commons, to be Printed, 8 August 1842.
$500
Folio; pp. 32, [2] (docket); removed; text clean and untrimmed; docket leaf little
torn at margin, with no loss; scarce.
TPL 2526; Peel (2003) 210. This work includes letters from the Governor of the
Hudson's Bay Company concerning the granting and renewal of licenses for trade
between the Company and the Indians of North America.
54. [HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY]. Anno Regni Georgii III. An Act to Allow
the Exportation of a Limited Quantity of Wheat-meal or Flour, Oats, Oatmeal,
Grotts, Barley, Pease, Beans, Malt, and Biscuit, to Hudson's Bay, in North America,
for the Benefit of the Hudson's Bay Company, and their Servants residing there.
London, Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1774.
$250
Folio; caption-title, pp. 655-658; disbound.
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This was an interesting time for the "Company of Adventurers." The French were no
longer rivals for the fur trade, having been forced to give up their continental North
American territories in 1763, at the end of the Seven Years' War; the North West
Company had not yet come into being as rivals, and the American Revolution was
not yet a distraction.
The French and Indian War
First Edition of a Scarce Work
55. [HUSKE, JOHN]. The Present State of North America, &c. Part I (all
published). London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. First edition.
$8,500
4to; 2 ff, pp. 88; later half-morocco; t.e.g., others uncut; tiny hole on G[4], barely
touching two letters; first and final leaves dusty; a fine, uncut copy with very wide
margins. Page 88 states that "the rest of this Work will be published with all
possible Dispatch" but, in fact, nothing more was published.
Howes H826; TPL 6412. The Table of Contents lists eight chapters but Part I
contains chapters 1 to 3 only as Part II was never published. There is some
discussion about whether the work was written by Ellis Huske, who died in 1755, or
by his brother John (1721?-1773). A second edition "with Emendations" was
published in London and two editions were published in Boston, all in the same
year, but this first edition of Huske's angry denunciation of French policy in
America has become exceedingly scarce.
56. JAMES, WILLIAM. An Inquiry into the Merits of the Principal Naval
Actions between Great-Britain and the United States; Comprising an account of all
British and American ships of war, reciprocally captured and destroyed, since the
18th of June 1812. Halifax, N.S. Printed for the Author, by Anthony H. Holland,
Acadian Recorder Office, 1816.
$1,950
8vo; pp. vi, 102 (pp. 8-9 mispaginated 14-15), three folding tables (Tables 1, 3, and
4); Tables 2, 5, 6, and 7 within the text; original printed paper wrappers; paper spine
perished; sewn as issued; a very good copy of a somewhat scarce work.
TPL 1056; Sabin 35719; P. Fleming, “Atlantic Canadian Imprints” NS121; we
have located copies at JCB, BL, NMM and AAS. "James, a proctor in the ViceAdmiralty court of Jamaica, was held prisoner while visiting in the United States in
1812. Escaping to Halifax in 1813, he engaged in writing on naval topics and
became ultimately a standard authority on British naval history. This pamphlet, his
first, was strongly prejudicial to American seamanship and raised great protest in
the American press."-TPL. An expanded work was published in 1817.
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57. JEFFERYS, T[HOMAS] (1719-1771). The Natural and Civil History of the
French Dominions in North and South America. Giving a particular Account of the
Climate, Soil, Minerals, Animals, Vegetables, Manufactures, Trade, Commerce, and
Languages, Together with The Religion, Government, Genius, Character, Manners
and Customs of the Indians and other Inhabitants. Illustrated by Maps and Plans of
the principal Places, Collected from the best Authorities, and engraved by T.
Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Part I. Containing
A Description of Canada and Louisiana ... Part II. Containing Part of the Islands of
St. Domingo and St. Martin, St. Bartholomew, Guadaloupe, Martinico, La Grrenade,
and The Island and Colony of Cayenne. London, Printed for Thomas Jefferys at
Charing Cross, MDCCLX (1760). Two parts in one volume. First edition. $32,500
Folio; 4 ff, pp. 132, *129-*142, [133]-168; 4 ff, pp. 156, 153-156, 157-246; 18
folding, engraved plates, with 20 maps and plans. Full sprinkled calf with gilt rules,
scuffed, expertly rebacked; gilt morocco label on spine; engraved armorial
bookplate of the 5th Earl of Carysfort, and private library label on front paste-down;
titles in red and black; each part has a separate title-page; printed marginalia; some
foxing on one map; small tear at stub of one plan, no loss of image. In Part II, pp.
54-55 and 86-87 are misnumbered 55-54 and 90-91 respectively; signature Rr, pp.
153-156 has been bound in twice. Complete with the seven inserted additional
leaves, *129-*142 and with the errata slip pasted to p. 80 of Part II. A very good,
clean copy of a very important work.
Beinecke, "Lesser Antilles," 228; ESTC T111517; Howes J76; Streeter Sale I:128;
JCB 1260; Sabin 35964; Lande 471; Dionne I:635; Bell J43. "The seven inserted
leaves in Part I (pp. *129-*142) contain more recent information" (Beinecke),
including "Account of the Siege and Reduction of Quebec in 1759," and "The
French Attempt to Retake Quebec in 1760." The errata slip on p. 80 of the second
part contains the revised list of 22 parishes of Guadeloupe. An excellent work by
one of the greatest of the English geographers. Many of the finely-engraved maps
are of interest and importance. They comprise: a Map of Canada and North part of
Louisiana; large Plans of Quebec and Montreal; a New Map of Nova Scotia and
Cape Britain [sic], with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada; a Plan of
the City and Harbour of Louisburg; a large plan of the Siege of Quebec; a Map of
North America from d'Anville, Improved with the Back Settlements of Virginia and
the Course of the Ohio; a Plan of New Orleans, the Capital of Louisiana, with two
insets; the Course of the Mississippi River from Bayagoulas to the Sea, and the East
Mouth of the Mississippi with a plan of Fort La Balise; and many large maps of the
West Indies.
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58. [JUVENILE]. MADISON, UNCLE, ed. (1814-1891). Our Little Boy's
Book. With Illustrations. Boston, James M. Usher, 37 Cornhill, [1846].
$500
12mo; pp. 96; engraved frontispiece and nine engraved illustrations. Brown
publisher's cloth, blind-stamped; little faded at spine and edges; spine gilt-stamped
with title and decorative scene; head and heel of spine bumped; ownership signature
on front fly-leaf. A scarce example of early American children's literature.
Amer. Imprints 46-7216 (citing 1 copy at Spokane Public Library); CSU: "Uncle
Madison is a pseudonym frequently used by publisher James Madison Usher in
children's books that he wrote or edited. Text is not the same as that issued under
the title “Our Little Boy's Book,” by James M. Usher between 1847 and 1862." A
compendium of poems and cautionary tales for children, including reflections on
piety and mortality, with several stories set in "berrying" excursions.
59. KENDALL, GEO[RGE] WILKINS. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe
Expedition, comprising a Description of A Tour through Texas, and across the great
southwestern prairies, the Camanche and Caygüa Hunting-grounds, with an account
of the sufferings from want of food, losses from hostile Indians, and final capture of
the Texans, and their march, as prisoners, to the city of Mexico. New-York, Harper
and Brothers, 1844. Two volumes. First edition.
$2,850
8vo; f, pp. xii, (13)-405; pp. xii, (11)-406; one folding map and five engraved plates,
including two frontispieces; original brown cloth, worn at edges; cloth on rear board
discoloured; gilt lettering and decorations on spine; text and plates lightly toned with
minimal light foxing; old dampstain in gutter of first and final leaves in vol. II.; a
good copy, with an interesting presentation inscription in vol. I by Josiah Gregg.
WCB 110:1; Howes K75; Sabin 37360; Str. Sale I: 379; Streeter "Texas" 1515;
Field 818; Wheat, "Transmississippi" 483. "... describing the terrible disasters
which befell the expedition from the attacks of the hostile Indians, and the author's
subsequent captivity in Mexican prisons" -(Sabin) The Texan Santa Fe Expedition
was both a commercial and a poliical endeavour, initiated by Mirabeau Lamar,
President of the Republic of Texas, who was anxious to bring the Santa Fe region
under his hegemony, as well as the profitable Trail. The party of volunteers which
was sent out in June, 1841 was accompanied by an army that was led by Col. Hugh
McLeod. The Texans were quite unprepared for the scope of the exercise - their
supplies were inadequate, their plans were poorly formulated, and they had not
expected the Indian attacks visited upon them. In the end they were captured,
marched to Mexico City, and imprisoned there. They were not released until April,
1842. The presentation of the book by Josiah Gregg is an interesting one,
considering the fact that Kendall and his travails are mentioned in Gregg's
"Commerce of the Prairies" (1844). The inscription reads: Presented to Mr. F. H.
Morgan, Esq. by J. Gregg, in token of kind Remembrance and Esteem. Phila., April
4th, 1844."
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"... one of the most accurate and detailed accounts ... "
60. KNOX, JOHN, Captain (d. 1778). An Historical Journal of the Campaigns
in North-America, for The Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: Containing The Most
Remarkable Occurrences of that Period; Particularly the Two Sieges of Quebec, &c.
&c. The Orders of the Admirals and General Officers; Descriptions of the Countries
where the Author has served, with their Forts and Garrisons; their Climates, Soil,
produces; and A Regular Diary of the Weather. As Also Several Minifesto's, a
Mandate of the late Bishop of Canada; The French Orders and Disposition for the
Defence of the Colony, &c. &c. &c. London, Printed for the Author, and Sold by W.
Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXIX (1769). Two
volumes. First edition.
$7,500
4to; frontispiece portrait, pp. ix, (1) (6), 405, (1), f (Errata); frontispiece portrait, f;
pp. 465, (1), f (Errata); one large folding engraved map. Contemporary mottled calf,
little shelf-worn, rebacked; spines with gilt morocco labels; ex-library bookplates on
front paste-downs (deaccessioned from Harvard College Library); engraved
armorial label on front paste-down of vol. I; large engraved headpiece on dedication
page; tables throughout text; little light foxing on very few leaves; small stain to
corner of frontispiece in vol. I; map with small tear at gutter, but extremely clean;
title verso has date stamp; small tear in upper margin of one leaf, no loss of text; p.
323 of vol. II erroneously numbered 223. A very good set of this scarce work, with
portraits of Amherst and Woolfe [sic], and with map by Thomas Kitchin, indicating
the British lands in North America following the treaty of 1763.
JCB 1680; Dionne II: 751; Gagnon I:1880; Streeter Sale II:1030; Vlach 417;
Howes K222; TPL 323: "His journal is one of the most accurate and detailed
accounts available on the siege of Louisburg and Quebec;" Lande 486; Sabin
38164: "A very valuable collection of materials towards a history of our late war,
and conquests in America, as well as for a description and natural history of the
country, in which this attentive and industrious author personally served; and the
best original authority for the death of Wolfe and the conquest of Canada." The
author gives a first-hand account of the battles, and the work is supplemented by
copies of both British and French documents.
61. [LE BOUCHER, ODET-JULIEN]. Histoire de la Derniere Guerre, entre La
Grande-Bretagne, et les Etats-Unis de l'Amérique, La France, L'Espagne et La
Hollande, depuis son commencement en 1775, jusqu'à sa fin en 1783. Paris, Brocas,
1787. First edition.
$7,500
4to; pp. xxxiv, (2), 357, (3) (Approbation, Privilège et Errata); seven folding,
engraved maps and two folding tables. Later half-calf and marbled paper over
boards; neat small signature on title; minimal light sporadic foxing; tape repair to
one map with no loss and bottom corner of one table torn. Overall a very good,
complete copy of a scarce and important work.
Not in TPL nor in Gagnon; Howes L169; Lande 52; JCB 3110 (calling for six maps
only); Sabin 6840 and 39613. The work includes a great deal of material on the
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American Revolution, on the state of Canada, on the West Indies, and on the various
land and naval battles. The two excellent, large maps of the Northern United States
(including a large part of Canada) and the Southern United States are copied, with
permission, from the Neptune Americo-Septentrionale; the five smaller maps, of St.
Christopher's, the Gulf of Mexico, the West Indies, the Gulf of Bengal, and the Bay
of Trinquemalay are copied from Bellin's Hydrographie and his Atlas Maritime
(also with permission). A scarce work, in very good condition.
62. LE PAGE DU PRATZ, [ANTOINE-SIMON] (1695?-1775). Histoire de la
Louisiane, Contenant la Decouverte de ce vaste Pays; sa Description géographique;
un Voyage dans les Terres; l'Histoire Naturelle; les Moeurs, Coûtumes & Religion
des Naturels, avec leurs Origines; deux Voyages dans le Nord du nouveau Mexique,
dont un jusqu'à la Mer du Sud; ornée de deux Cartes & de 40 Planches en Taille
douce. Tome Premier ... A Paris, Chez de Bure, l'Aîné, sur le Quai des Augustins; à
S. Paul; Chez La Veuve Delaguette, rue S. Jacques, à l"Olivier; Chez Lambert, rue
de la Comédie-Françoise, M.DCC.LVIII (1758).
$4,500
12mo; pp. xvi, 152, 153*, 154-358; pp. [4], 441, [1], 353-34 (signature *Gv); pp.
[4], 451, [4]. Two folding maps; 40 engraved plates, including one folding plan.
Full, mottled calf, expertly rebacked; spines gilt in compartments, with gilt morocco
labels; marbled endpapers; head- and tail-pieces; initials. Vol. I: library stamp in
margin of one leaf; tear in lower margin of one leaf, with no loss; small wormhole in
rear fly-leaf and paste-down; pp. 25* and 153* are cancels. Vol. II: pp. 194, 195,
200, 201, 202,203, 204, 206 are misnumbered 195, 196, 190, 191, 122, 123, 104,
108 respectively; very small tear in margin of one leaf, with no loss; small
perforation in attempt at censorship of one image, with loss; last leaf is cancelland
for Vol. I, pp. 154-155. Vol. III: library stamp on verso of one plate; ownership
signature on lower margin of title; woodcut bookplate on front past-down;
occasional light spotting; pp. 430 and 431 misnumbered 431 and 430 respectively.
Howes L265; Field 910; Graff 2462; Streeter 127; Sabin 40122: Antoine Le Page
du Pratz spent his formative years in France, where he studied to be an engineer
and architect. He joined Louis XIV's dragoons in the French Army, and served in
the War of the Spanish Succession in 1713. In 1718, he left France with 800 men
under the Company of the West bound for Louisiana. He arrived at the colony and
resided there for fifteen years, setting up a tobacco-growing plantation. After
returning to France in 1734, Du Pratz began writing his memoirs. They were first
published from 1751-1753 in the "Journal Économique,” in twelve parts. It is from
this work that most of the details of the life of the Natchez and other Mississippi
tribes of Native Americans have been derived.
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Scarce First Edition
63. LEAVITT, THAD. W. H. History of Leeds and Grenville Ontario, From
1749 to 1879, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent
Men and Pioneers. Brockville (Ont.), Recorder Press, 1879. Illustrated by E. A.
Turner. First edition.
$600
4to; pp. viii, 199; eight sheets of portraits (five to a sheet) and 68 lithographed
plates, many with between two and four images per sheet, and two double-page;
contemporary half-calf over cloth; marbled endpapers and fore-edges; light wear to
binding but, overall, a very good copy of the scarce first edition.
Harper, "Early Painters and Engravers in Canada," citing Turner's work for this
book; we have located copies at UofT (Fisher), ROM, and United Church of
Canada only; other Canadian libraries appear to have microfiches and/or reprints.
64. M'KEEVOR, THOMAS. A Voyage to Hudson's Bay, During the Summer of
1812. Containing a Particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which
present themselves in those Regions; also, a Description of the Esquimeaux and
North American Indians ... London, Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1819. First edition.
$400
8vo; pp. 78; six engraved plates. Recent cloth. A very good, very clean copy.
Sabin 43396 (five plates only); Arctic Biblio. 10643; Lande 1314; TPL 910-911;
Peel 60; Gagnon II:1345. The author was medical advisor to Selkirk's expedition of
1812 and here notes the customs, habits and appearance of the Northern Indians
and of the Inuit, as well as certain natural and physical phenomena such as polar
bears and icebergs.
First Edition of this Classic Overland Account
65. MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER. Voyages from Montreal, on the River St.
Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific
Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account of the rise,
progress, and present state of the Fur Trade of that country. London, T. Cadell, Jun.
& W. Davies; Cobbett & Morgan; and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1801. First edition.
$12,500
4to; 2ff, pp. viii, cxxxii, 412, f (errata); engraved frontispiece portrait; three large,
engraved, folding maps; few small, old repairs to maps, not affecting image; light
foxing/toning. of text and usual offsetting from portrait to title-page; later full dicedcalf, covers ornately panelled in gilt, spine ornately gilt in compartments, with two
morocco title-pieces. A spectacularly-beautiful, large, wide-margined, untrimmed
copy, complete with portrait and errata leaf.
Sabin 43414; TPL 658; Str. VI: 3653; WCB 1:1; Field 967; Vlach 511; Graff 2630;
Howes M133; Peel 25; Hill, p. 187; Cox II, p. 177; Lande 1317; Smith 6382;
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Strathern 343. Leaving Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabaska in 1789, Mackenzie set
out for the Arctic Sea on the river now bearing his name, and returned the same
year. In 1793 he again set out, this time for the Pacific. He and his party worked
their way up the Peace River, the Parsnip River, crossed the Continental Divide,
and discovered the Fraser River. They travelled down the Fraser for a bit and then
struck overland; they reached and crossed the Coast Ranges, reached the Bella
Coola River which they descended, and found themselves at the river's mouth in a
tidal inlet of the Pacific, thus completing the first overland journey, north of Mexico,
across North America. Many of the nineteenth-century explorers who followed in
Mackenzie's tracks found his accuracy remarkable. These two expeditions were
undertaken on behalf of the North West Company in its attempt to break the
monopoly of the fur trade held by the Hudson's Bay Company.
66. [MAP]. MOUNT and PAGE. A Chart of the South-East Coast of
Newfoundland. Printed for Mount and Page Tower-Hill. London, [n.d.].
$1,650
Engraved map; 47.3 cm x 59.8 cm (18.6 in x 23.5 in), in contemporary colour; signs
of old folding; chipped at edges, not affecting image.
Kershaw 549. This chart was published in Mount and Page's "The English Pilot.
The Fourth Book," editions printed in 1778, 1780 and 1784.
Of Extreme Rarity
67. MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS R. The Arctic Navy List; or, A Century of
Arctic & Antarctic Officers, 1778-1873. Together with a List of Officers of the 1875
Expedition, and their Services. London and Portsmouth, Griffin & Co., 1875. First
edition.
$5,250
8vo; pp. iv, [2], 62, [2] (publ.'s cat); large folding engraved map; original printed
blue paper-covered boards; boards somewhat discoloured and free endpapers
browned; text and large map very clean.
Not in the Arctic. Biblio. “‘The Arctic Navy List’ is an attempt to give a complete
enumeration of all Officers who have served in the Arctic or Antarctic regions in the
Century between 1773 and 1873. There have been Three Generations of Arctic
Officers. First, that of Cook and Phipps. Second, that of Ross, Parry, Franklin, and
Back. Third, that of the Franklin searches. The fourth will commence with the Arctic
Expedition of 1875." -(Preface) A small. plain-looking work of great interest, and of
great rarity.
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A Reasoned Argument against the Quebec Act of 1774
68. [MASERES, FRANCIS]. An Account of the Proceedings of the British, and
other Protestant Inhabitants, of the Province of Quebeck, In North-America, In order
to obtain An House of Assembly in that Province. London, B. White, 1775. First
edition.
[with]:
[MASERES, FRANCIS]. Additional Papers concerning the Province of Quebeck:
Being an Appendix to the Book entitled "An Account of the Proceedings." London,
W. White, 1776. First edition.
$3,950
8vo; pp. 294; pp. 510; polished dark brown calf, re-cased, with new endpapers;
sporadic light foxing; hole in one leaf of vol. I, affecting few words; in vol. II, title
and two prelims have been repaired at edges and silked, and one leaf (Qqq) has
minor marginal repair; the text-block of vol. II is untrimmed, and edges are
somewhat friable. Vol. I bears the signature of "F. Maseres" on the first blank, and
vol. II is signed "Bishop of Nova Scotia" at the head of the title-page.
TPL 468 and 490; Vlach 525 and 526; Lande 613 and 614; Gagnon I:14 and 26;
Dionne II:806 and 812; Sabin 45411; JCB 2131 and 2278; Gephart 3486 and 3487;
Adams 75-96 and 76-92. Maseres, a Huguenot and originally a native of London,
was attorney-general of Quebec from 1766-69 under Carleton. Later returning to
England, he brought his impeccable writing skills to bear on the politics of the
British Colonies; in these works he looks at the effect of the Quebec Act of 1774,
which restored French law to the Civil Courts of Quebec, retained the English
criminal law system, secured the rights of the Roman Catholic citizens of Quebec to
practice their faith, extended the limits of the province south to Lake Erie, made no
provision for representative institutions but established an Executive Council, and
gave full encouragement to the Protestant religion. This Act, together with the
Boston Charter Act, served as a catalyst for the British colonies south of Quebec to
rebel against the British. As the natural voice for the British merchants in the
Colonies, Maseres sought repeal of the Quebec Act, and urged for a new act which
would guarantee the right of habeas corpus and trial by jury, would confirm the
boundaries set by the Royal Proclamation of 1763, and would establish a house of
assembly represented by Protestants, although elected by both Catholics and
Protestants. He was not successful. [This work] "is perhaps the most important of
all Maseres' contributions to Canadian history, and contains original material
pertaining to early British rule in Canada" - (Lande).
69. [MASERES, FRANCIS]. Considerations on the Expediency of admitting
Representatives from the American Colonies into The British House of Commons.
London, Printed for B. White, M.DCC.LXX (1770).
$2,350
8vo; f, pp. 41; later quarter-calf and marbled paper over boards; a fine, clean copy,
complete with half-title. The authorship is attributed to Maseres by Sabin.
Sabin 45414; TPL 433; Dionne II:777; Adams "Controversy" 70-20; Lande 608,
which is "Author's own copy, with his signature on title page. Note on p. 41 in
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Maseres' hand reads: 'The plan proposed in this pamphlet met with the approbation
of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and likewise with that of Mr. George Grenville, as I was
informed by the late Mr. Thomas Whately.' " Fairly scarce, and not cited in the list
of his works in the DCB.
70. MAYHEW, JONATHAN. Two Discourses Delivered October 9th, 1750.
Being the Day appointed to be observed As a Day of Public Thanksgiving For the
Success of His Majesty's Arms, more especially In the intire [sic] Reduction of
Canada. Boston, Printed and Sold by R. Draper ... Edes and Gill ... and T. and J.
Fleet, 1760.
$1,950
8vo; pp. 69, [1] (blank); removed; stab-holes present; little light browning; a very
good copy, complete with half-title; inscribed, presumably by the author, "For the
Rev.d Drs. Wigglesworth." Preserved in a cloth slipcase.
Evans 8668; TPL 6480; Gagnon I:2291; Dionne II:638; not in Lande, Howes,
Streeter or Vlach. "We may now, with the greatest propriety, consider the conqust
[sic] of Canada as compleated. The French no longer hold a single fort, garrison,
or fortified place in that country." -(p. 39) This work is relatively scarce and has
come up at auction only three times in the last thirty years. The author (1720-1766)
graduated Harvard in 1744 and was ordained at the West Church in Boston. He
opposed the so-called "Five Points of Calvinism," much to the distress of the Boston
clergy, pointing the way to the coming Unitarianism well before the Unitarian
Doctrine of 1819. The "Drs. Wigglesworth," Samuel and Edward, also at Harvard,
were of the same bent, and all three very much influenced the course of New
England theology.
An Important French History of the United States
71. [MAZZEI, FILIPPO]. Recherches Historiques et Politiques sur les EtatsUnis de l'Amérique Septentrionale, Où l'on Traite des établissemens des treize
Colonies, de leurs rapports & de leurs dissensions avec la Grande-Bretagne, de leurs
gouvernemens avant & après la révolution, &c. par un Citoyen de Virginie. Avec
quatre Lettres d'un Bourgeois de New-Heaven [sic] sur l'Unité de la Législation. A
Colle, et se trouve A Paris, Chez Froullé, 1788. Four volumes. First edition. $1,850
8vo; 2 ff, pp. xvi, 383, [1] (Errata); 2 ff, pp. 259; 2 ff, pp. 292; 2 ff, pp. 366;
contemporary quarter-calf gilt and mottled paper over boards; two morocco labels
per spine; boards little worn at edges; front joint of Vol. I and Vol. IV just starting;
few light spots of foxing in text, but overall an extremely clean, very good set.
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Monaghan 1052; Howes M456; Sabin 47206; JCB 3208. The author was an Italian
by birth who settled in Virginia in 1773 and became a close neighbour of Thomas
Jefferson. His purpose was to introduce the cultivation of the grape and the olive
but, through Jefferson's influence, became active in the movement for independence
and from 1779 to 1783 acted, on behalf of Patrick Henry, as agent for Virginia to
obtain supplies in Italy. The work is an interesting study of the Colonies' historic
ties with England and of the reasons behind the dissensions and ultimate separation.
There are criticisms of similar works by Raynal and Mably, and there are chapters
on slavery and on the Indians ("these people are called savages, because their
customs differ from ours, which we think the perfection of good breeding; they have
the same opinion of theirs"). There are also comments on recently published works
on the United States, among which he gives Jefferson's "Notes" and Jefferys'
"American Atlas" very high marks. A most interesting work on the American
Revolution and on the economic and political life in the United States at this crucial
period. Both Howes and the “Dictionary of American Bibliography” suggest that
Jefferson assisted Mazzei in this work.
72. McKENNEY, THOMAS L. & JAMES HALL. History of the Indian Tribes
of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal
Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits, from the Indian
Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington. Philadelphia, Published by D.
Rice & A. N. Hart, 1855. Three volumes. Third octavo edition.
$26,500
Royal 8vo; pp. iv, 333; pp. xvii, [1], 9-290; pp. iv, 17-393; 120 coloured
lithographed plates, finished by hand; fine publisher's binding of full light-brown
morocco, ornately blind-rolled; a.e.g.; few sporadic spots of foxing and few small
smudges; a very good, very attractive set of this third octavo edition, with beautiful,
brilliantly-hand-coloured plates by J.T. Bowen; a stunning set in publisher's binding.
Howes M129; vide Sabin 43411 (diff. eds.); Field 992; vide Bennett, American
Color Plate Books, p. 79 and Lipperheide 1616 (first ed.). This is the third and,
many say, best octavo edition of this magnificent work, because of the quality of the
colouring. The hand-finished colour plates are after the portraits executed by
Charles Bird King, the originals of which were destroyed in a fire at the
Smithsonian Institute in 1865. In this edition the plates are "Lith., Printed & Col.d
by J. T. Bowen." Originally published in three large folio volumes 1836-44. "These
are the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed ... The original oil paintings
of which these plates were copies were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire."
-Howes. "The plates are accurate portraits of celebrated chiefs, or of characteristic
individuals of the race; and are colored with care, to faithfully represent their
features and costumes." -Sabin.
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73. MOORE, GEORGE. Journal of a Voyage Across the Atlantic: with Notes
on Canada & the United States; and Return to Great Britain, In 1844. London,
Printed for Private Circulation. 1845.
$850
Slim 12mo; pp. [8], 96; original blind-stamped green cloth; front hinge lightly
cracked; wanting front free endpaper; edges of binding little worn, and corners and
spine lightly chipped; few spots of foxing in the text; overall clean, and complete
with half-title.
Howes M768; Sabin 50377; TPL 7798. A rather scarce little work, privately
printed. The author gives extensive details of weather and food on board the ship,
and then describes his trip as he travels through New York, to Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington. He then returned to New York, and headed north,
commenting on the areas through which he passed. Entry to Canada was made at
the border "which has recently been settled by treaty by Lord Ashburton and Mr.
Webster." He speaks very highly of the Eastern Townships, spends some days in
Montreal, and then heads by carriage to Upper Canada. He is impressed by
Kingston and especially by Niagara Falls, and then makes his way to Boston and
New York. The appendices (pp. [83]-96), consist of the "Biography of Laura
Bridgeman," the story of the deaf-blind American child to gain a significant
education in the English language, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller,
due to the involvement of Dr. Samuel Howe and the Perkins School in Hanover, NH.
Also included are some miscellaneous notes, an analysis of the population of the
United States, and a copy of a "Certificate of Naturalization." A very good copy of a
scarce little work, which was "printed for private circulation."
74. [MOREAU, JACOB-NICOLAS]. Memoire contenant le Précis des Faits
avec leurs Pièces justificatives, pour servir de Réponse aux Observation [sic]
envoyées par les Ministres d'Angleterre dans les Cours de l'Europe. Paris, de
L'Imprimerie Royale, 1756.
$2,675
12mo; f, pp. vii, (1), 70, 73-276; contemporary mottled calf; spine gilt; marbled
endpapers; a very good copy. Pp. 71-72 omitted in the pagination, but no loss, the
gathering and catchword being correct; the Pièce No. IX is misnumbered XI.
Howes M791 (incorrect pagination); Sabin 47511; TPL 250; JCB I; 1123; Lande
657; Vlach 549; Dionne II:548; vide Gagnon II:1369 and Streeter Sale II:1013
(first [4to] edition of the same year). The French had issued a "Memorial,"
presenting their side in the dispute with England; the English had replied with their
"Observations on that Memorial" which they sent to the European nations, in which
they stated their position on the Ohio region, put forth their claims to the area west
of the Alleghenies, and justified their belligerence. This is the French reply to the
Observations, accusing the English of unwarranted aggression and war-mongering,
and accusing Washington of having assassinated de Jumonville. This work
embodies extracts from Washington's “Journal” (pp. 105-144) taken on his
surrender of Fort Necessity and, although in translation, it is the first printing of
those extracts, which are not to be confused with his first “Journal” which was
printed at Williamsburg two years earlier. There are also documents and letters by
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Albemarle, Braddock, Villiers, Sir William Johnson, Stobo and Washington. A very
important document pertaining to the colonial history of America, and the
importance of the results of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War).
75. MULLAN, Capt. JOHN. Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado via The Missouri and
Columbia Rivers, accompanied by a general Map of the mineral region of the
northern sections of the Rocky Mountains. New York, Published by Wm. M.
Franklin, (for the author), 1865. First edition.
$1,950
12mo; pp. 153, [1] (Blank); extremely large, folding coloured map tipped onto
inside rear cover; final ten leaves lightly dampstained at lower portion; original
brown cloth; spine extremities and one corner chipped; rear cover lightly faded;
small archival tape repair to map, at stub; withal, a good complete copy of a fairly
scarce book.
WCB 420a; Wheat “Transmississippi” 1126; Howes M885; Graff 2933; Sabin
51274; Str. Sale IV: 2106: "There is a day-by-day itinerary from Walla-Walla to
Fort Benton covering forty-seven days, with a general description of the route. One
of the best features of the Guide is its "Addenda" at pp. 89-153 which is devoted
primarily to the then recent developments in gold and silver mining in Idaho." The
large folding lithographed map, hand-coloured, is the "General Map of the North
Pacific States and Territories Belonging to the United States and of British
Columbia, extending from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean and between Latitude
39° and 53° North. Exhibiting Mail Routes, Gold Mines, and including the most
recent surveys of the Topographical Bureau."
76. NARES, [GEORGE STRONG], Captain. The Official Report of the Recent
Arctic Expedition. London, John Murray, 1876. First edition.
$3,150
Slim 8vo; pp. 96; frontispiece map; recent half-calf and marbled paper over boards;
marbled endpapers; original blue paper wrapper bound in at rear; a fine, clean copy,
complete with map.
Not in Arctic Biblio. The earliest printed account of the expedition to the North Pole
aboard the “Alert” and “Discovery,” commanded by Nares, who served on
Belcher's expedition to find Franklin. In 1874, based on his experience, he was
called to lead the expedition covered in the present work, which was designed to
reach the North Pole. The expedition was badly affected by a virulent outbreak of
scurvy. "The failure of the Nares expedition effectively ended British polar
exploration for the next 25 years ... The ships reached Lady Franklin Bay on
Northern Ellesmere Island in late August, and the “Alert” went on to the extreme
north of the island, the highest latitude that had yet been reached by ship. After
wintering at their bases of Floeberg Beach and Discovery Harbour, three separate
sledge journeys set out in April 1876 but within a month men in each group showed
serious signs of scurvy. By July nearly half of the 122 men of the expedition were ill
and a number had died. Nares reluctantly turned back, freed his two ships from the
ice, and returned embarrassed if not disgraced to England on September 9, 1876." -
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D. &. D. Stam "Books on Ice" (2005). The work is extremely scarce, and precedes
Nares' "Narrative of a Voyage."
77. NEAL, DANIEL. The History of New-England Containing an Impartial
Account of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Country to the Year of our
Lord, 1700. To which is added The Present State of New-England, With a New and
Accurate Map of the Country. And an Appendix Containing their Present Charter,
their Ecclesiastical Discipline, and their Municipal-Laws. London, J. Clark, 1720.
Two volumes. First edition.
$2,500
8vo; f, pp. vi, x, [2], 330; 2 ff, pp. 331-712; folding engraved map, coloured in
outline; mounted engraved portrait of the author (not called for) tipped-in as
frontispiece to vol. I; title-pages printed in red and black; later half-morocco,
marbled paper over boards, and marbled endpapers; t.e.g.; binding edges worn; tiny
excision at head of title of vol. I (no affect); small wormhole to tail of sigs. D-F of
vol. I (no affect to text); few old repairs to folds of map (no loss); light age-toning
throughout; a tight and clean copy of a scarce work.
Howes N26; Sabin 52140; European-Americana 720/178; Larned 992. The author
describes the original state of the colonies and the arrival of the Puritans from
England; the wars with the Indians and the witchcraft mania; the laws of the
colonies, just and unjust, sensible and foolish; the impact of the Jesuits; those men
who contributed to the early history of the colonies, etc.
78. [NEWFOUNDLAND]. Papers Relating to the Proposed Changes in the
Constitution of Newfoundland. (Presented to Parliament by Command of Her
Majesty). Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 23 June 1842.
Parliamentary Paper 362. [London], 1842.
$450
Folio; pp. [1]-15; [1] (docket); also hand-numbered p. [143]-158 in a contemporary
hand. Removed; stitched. Very good.
This collection of exchanges between Governor Sir John Harvey, Lord John Russell,
and Lord Stanley, explored the difficulties connected with the administration of
Newfoundland (such as: interference of the Roman Catholic priesthood with
election matters; the undefined and exaggerated powers of the House of Assembly;
and conflicting interests of merchants and residents). On August 12, 1842, the
British government adopted a new constitution for Newfoundland: it provided for a
single legislative body made up of ten nominated and fifteen elected members,
impose tighter restrictions for candidates and voters, and allowed for money bills to
originate with the Governor and his Executive Council.
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79. NICOLAY, CHARLES G. The Oregon Territory: A Geographical and
Physical Account of that Country and its Inhabitants; with outlines of its history and
discovery. London, Charles Knight & Co., 1846. First edition.
$800
12mo; pp. 226; engraved frontispiece; two maps (one folding); contemporary halfcalf and marbled paper over boards; a near-fine copy, complete with half-title.
WCB 122c:1; Howes N151; Sabin 55251; Smith 2664 Tweney 57: "This book gives
the English side of the Oregon boundary dispute, and urges that the northern line of
California be the natural boundary between the two countries. However, Nicolay
himself indicates that the book was not written to support the British claim." This
first edition was published the year in which the Treaty of Washington was signed,
which ended the conflict between the United States and Great Britain over title to
the Oregon Territory, and settled the boundary of same.
80. [NICOLAY, CHARLES. G.]. The Oregon Territory, consisting of a brief
Description of the Country and its Productions; and of the Habits and Manners of
the Native Indian Tribes, with a map of the territory. London, M.A. Nattali, 1846.
$500
12mo; small frontispiece map, pp. [2], 78; recent half-calf and marbled paper over
boards; bound without adverts; a very good copy.
WCB 122d: "In addition to comments on the British and American claims to Oregon
territory, this pamphlet contains references to the fur trade and to the Indians of the
upper Columbia River regions, particularly to the Blackfeet and to the Crow."
81. [NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY]. Massachusetts. General Court.
North-Eastern Boundary Committee. Reports and Resolves in Relation to the
North-Eastern Boundary. [Boston, 1838].
$500
8vo; pp. 76; two large, folding maps (one based on Mitchell, the other on Dashiell);
recent cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a very good copy.
TPL 5127; Gagnon II: 229; Sabin 69725; vide Casey 1636 (one map only). When
the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, the line drawn between the northeastern
states of the new Republic and the bordering territory of the British colonies was
never clearly delineated. Thus followed a period of sixty years, fraught with
uncertainty and danger. By early 1842, however, there had developed between
Great Britain and the United States a mutual understanding that a compromise line
could be agreed to by both governments; the final settlement of 1843, the WebsterAshburton Treaty, was brought about more by mutual compromise, fostered by
Daniel Webster and Alexander Baring (Lord Ashburton), than by actual
clarification of the meaning of the original Treaty. This was one of the reports that
helped speed along the final ratification.
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82. OVIEDO Y VALDÉS, GONZALO FERNANDEZ de. Historia General y
Natural de Las Indias, Islas y Tierra-Firme del Mar Océano ... Cotejada con el
códice original, enriquecida con las enmiendas y adiciones del autor, é ilustrada con
la vida y el juicio de las obras del mismo por D. José Amador de los Rios. Madrid,
Imprenta de la Real Academia de la Historia, 1851-1855. Four volumes.
$7,000
Tall, thick 4to; f, pp. cxii, 632, five engraved plates, errata leaf; pp. vi, pp. 511, (1),
one engraved plate, two folding engraved maps, errata leaf; pp. viii, 651, (1), errata
leaf, one map, one engraved plate; pp. viii, 619, (1), errata leaf, four engraved plates
and one coloured folding plate; contemporary full Spanish tree calf; spines gilt in
compartments, with two morocco labels on each; marbled endpapers; small red
leather ex-libris on front paste-downs; some light sporadic foxing; little spotting to
plates in vol. I; small, unobtrusive mark on front cover of vol. I; slight rubbing at
edges of bindings; overall an extremely good, large, set of this important edition,
and complete with all maps, plates and errata leaves.
Graff 3147; Howes O159; Sabin 57990: "The third part of this important history,
which comprises the entire of the fourth volume, had never before been published."
This major work covers the discovery, conquest and colonization of the New World
by the Spanish from 1492 to 1547. It includes not only Oviedo's own observations of
the political, geographical and social aspects of Spanish colonial history, but also
the natural history of the colonies he visited. He includes his own sketches of the
flora, fauna and native people in his report. Having been raised in the court of
Ferdinand and Isabella, Fernández de Oviedo was in an ideal position to attest to
the early development of the Spanish colonial empire. After spending some time in
Italy, he was sent to Santo Domingo in 1514 to supervise gold smelting, and when
he returned to Spain in 1523, he was appointed historiographer for the Indies by
Emperor Charles V. This chronicle, of which a summary was first published in
1535, is the result of 35 years of travels and research. Oviedo studied documents
and maps from the most famous Spanish explorers, among whom were Columbus,
Magellan, Ponce de Léon and Balboa. This edition is the first complete edition
published, and was edited by José Amador de los Rios for the Spanish Royal
Academy of History.
83. PENNANT, THOMAS. Arctic Zoology. London, Printed for Robert Faulder,
1792. Two volumes. Second edition.
$1,100
4to; f, pp. 376; f, pp. 418, (13) (Index); two engraved folding maps; 17 engraved
plates (Nos. VII-XXIII) and two engraved title-vignettes; recent half-morocco and
cloth-covered boards; a very good, clean, large, uncut copy, but wanting the first
part to vol. I, i.e.- the Introduction, which includes pp. CC + v, and plates I-VI.
Nissen IVB: 713; Anker 397; Wood, p. 516. This work, "which must be regarded as
the most prominent of Pennant's works, [and] was originally planned as a sketch of
the zoology of North America, but was later enlarged with the description of the
quadrupeds and birds of the parts of Europe and Asia … -(Anker)
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84. [PERIODICAL]. BEADLE, D[ELOS] W[HITE], editor (1823-1905).
The Canadian Horticulturist. Published by The Fruit Growers' Association of
Ontario. Vol. VIII, no. 1 (January 1885)-vol. VIII, no. 12 (December 1885). Copp,
Clark & Co., General Printers, 67 & 69 Colborne Street, Toronto, 1885.
$500
8vo; pp. 292; 12 chromolithograph plates; four black & white illustrations
throughout text; one folding plan; tables; continuous pagination. Publishers' green
and gilt embossed cloth, wear at edges, little scraped, some bubbling; hinges
starting; decorative end-papers; front paste-down has traces of previous acquisition
label, stamp; front fly-leaf loose, with "Ex Libris J. Russell Harper" in pencil on
verso; offsetting on four leaves, not affecting text; decorative tail-piece; index.
LAC. "The Canadian Horticulturist" was published monthly from Vol.1, no. 1
([Jan.] 1878) to vol. 37, no. 12 (Dec. 1914). D.W. Beadle was born in St.
Catharines, Ontario where his father, a physician, had acquired a nursery of
250,000 fruit trees. D.W. graduated from Harvard Law School, and was called to
the New York bar in 1848, but he became disillusioned with law practice, and he
returned to St. Catharines to take over his father's nursery. The Beadle nursery had
the reputation for providing quality fruit tree specimens that were purchased and
planted throughout Upper Canada. In 1859, with other horticulturists, he founded
the Fruit Growers' Association of Upper Canada (from 1868, the Fruit Growers'
Association of Ontario). As a journalist, he was founding editor of "The Canadian
Horticulturist" in 1878, and he stayed at the helm of the periodical until 1886. He
wrote articles about cultivating fruits in the various Canadian climates, and had a
monthly column on apples. His famous work, "Canadian Fruit, Flower and Kitchen
Gardener ... (Toronto, 1872) "was the first truly Canadian book on both the
utilitarian and the ornamental branches of horticulture and ... it continues to be a
valuable resource in the study of Canadian garden history." -DCB.
85. PIKE, ZEBULON MONTGOMERY. Exploratory Travels through the
Western Territories of North America: comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the
Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey through the Interior of
Louisiana, and the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain. Performed in the Years
1805, 1806, 1807 by Order of the Government of the United States. London,
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. First London edition.
$7,500
4to; pp. (iii)-xx, 436; two engraved maps (one folding); wanting half-title; recent
half-morocco and marbled paper over boards; neat 19th-century inscription on front
fly-leaf; clean tear in one leaf repaired with archival tape (not affecting text); light
age-toning throughout, with the usual foxing of maps; a very good, large, uncut and
partially unopened copy printed on heavy paper.
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WCB 9:2; Howes P373; Graff 3292; Sabin 62837; vide Hill 1357 (1st ed.). In 1805
Pike led an expedition in search of the source of the Mississippi; in 1806-07 he was
sent on another expedition to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red
Rivers and to reconnoitre Spanish settlements in New Mexico. He and his men went
up the Arkansas to the site of what is now Pueblo, Colorado, exploring the area and
the peak that is named after him. At the Rio Grande they were taken by the Spanish
who brought them to Santa Fe and then to Chihuahua; they were finally released at
the border of the Louisiana Territory. The account of this first government
expedition was originally published in Philadelphia in 1810. That first edition,
according to WCB 9:1, "was so badly organized that in 1811 an English editor, Dr.
Thomas Rees, in Coues' words 'undertook to bring something like cosmos out of this
chaos ... by weaving as much as he could of the matter of the Appendixes into the
main text, or into the footnotes thereto, thereby greatly reducing the bulk of the
appendicial texts.'" "Pike's expeditions rank second in significance only to that of
Lewis and Clark. His book created interest in the Southwest and stimulated the
expansionist movement into Texas." -(Hill).
From the Library of the Duchess of Berry
86. [POULLIN DE LUMINA, (Etienne-Joseph)] Histoire de la Guerre contre
les Anglois. Genève, s.n., 1759-1760. Two volumes in one. First edition.
$5,800
8vo; pp.[24], 244, f (blank); pp. [28], 211, [1] (blank); contemporary full mottled
calf, spine gilt; marbled endpapers; light rubbing at edges; a very good, very clean
copy, complete with both half-titles and with the original blank leaf between the two
volumes. In the first volume, pp. 189, 231 are misnumbered 19 and 23 respectively;
in vol. II, p. 152 is misnumbered 1.
JCB III:1221; Howes P517; Sabin 64720; Quérard VIII:311; Leclerc 77. We have
located but seven holdings of the complete work, viz. TPL; BAnQ, U. de Mtl., Univ.
of Man., Soc. of the Cinn., Oxford, and BL. The war was primarily fought by French
troops, relatively small in number, augmented by Indian allies from indigenous
tribes, and British troops strengthened by their colonist militias. After several
British failures, notably the expedition against Louisbourg and the siege of Fort
William Henry, the British government fell, and William Pitt came to power. He
significantly increased British military resources in the North American colonies
just as the French became unwilling to finance large convoys to augment its forces
in New France, concentrating instead on fighting the Prussians and its allies in the
European theatre of the war. As a result, the British troops were able to move into
New France and to take Montreal in 1760. This scarce work covers the progression
of the war from the French point of view, and a very large part of it concerns itself
with the North American theatre. It contains accounts of the expeditions against the
various forts, an account of the evacuation of the Ohio Territory by Washington, the
death of Braddock, the taking of Louisbourg and the expulsion of the Acadians, the
role played by the Indians, etc. A scarce, interesting and important work.
87. PRINCE, THOMAS. Extraordinary Events the Doings of God, and
marvellous in pious Eyes. Illustrated In a Sermon At the South Church in Boston
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(New England), on the General Thanksgiving, Thursday, July 18, 1745. Occasion'd
By Taking the City of Louisbourg on the Isle of Cape-Breton, by New-England
Soldiers, assisted by a British Squadron. Boston, Printed: London, Reprinted ...
1746. Fifth (London), edition.
$750
8vo; pp. 32. Removed; few sporadic spots of foxing, but overall very good, and
complete with half-title. Fairly scarce in all editions.
Sabin 65596; TPL 4702; Dionne II:450; Lande 2088; Gagnon I:2810; Evans 5681
(no locations mentioned). From 1689 to 1763 colonial wars in America, given the
generic name in the United States of the "French and Indian Wars," were
campaigns in the worldwide struggle for empire and were linked, by and large, to
the wars of the various European coalitions. As the European powers plunged into
war yet again in 1740 (the War of the Austrian Succession), the American phase
began in 1744, when the French made an unsuccessful assault on Port Royal. In
1745, a Massachusetts expedition under William Pepperell, with a British fleet
under Sir Peter Warren, took the fort of Louisburg which stood on the west side of
Ile Royale, now Cape Breton Island. Understandably, the success of the New
Englanders, acting conjointly with the British navy, inspired tremendous pride and
excitement in Boston, when the news of the fall of Louisburg became known.
88. PULTENEY, WILLIAM. Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs with
America, and the Means of Conciliation. London, J. Dodsley and T. Cadell, 1778.
$250
8vo; f, pp. 102; sewn as issued; uncut; lacking [A1] (initial blank or half-title); this
is the fourth edition, published in the same year as the first three editions, and with
the same collation.
Adams, “Amer. Controversy” 78-91d; Howes P649; Sabin 66647. The author was
Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury. In this work he displays an unwarranted
optimism for the reconciliation of Britain with her rebellious colonies, despite the
various acts, bills and battles which had already ensued. He here argues for an
understanding of and conciliation with the Americans, and suggests that "their
grievances of every sort should be inquired into and redressed." Appendix I
(pp. 73-86) contains some letters of Benjamin Franklin, which were published in the
London 'Chronicle,' and Appendix II (pp. 87-94) contains an extract from a treatise
by Dr. [Josiah] Tucker, Dean of Gloucester.
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89. RAYNAL, L'Abbé [GUILLAUME-THOMAS-FRANÇOIS]. Histoire
Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans
les deux Indes. Geneva, Jean-Leonard Pellet, 1780. Five volumes, including Atlas.
$8,000
Quarto; pp. xvi, engraved frontispiece portrait, one engraved plate, pp. 741, [1]
(Errata); 2 ff, engraved frontispiece, pp. viii, 485, [1] (Errata); engraved frontispiece,
pp. xv, [1] (blank), 629, [1] (Errata); 2 ff, engraved frontispiece, pp. viii, 770, [1]
(Errata); Atlas: 2 ff, pp. 28. 50 engraved double-page maps (1-17, 17 bis, 18-49], all
by Rigobert Bonne, and 23 tables (12 folding); old neat repair to verso of one map
(no loss); contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards; spines ornately gilt in
compartments; original gilt-stamped morocco labels; little wear to spine extremities
in some volumes; few corners lightly bumped; minimal light foxing and/or
browning; an extremely good, complete set. The frontispiece portrait in volume I is
by Cochin, and the four engraved plates are after Moreau.
Not in Howes nor in TPL, both of which cite English translations only; Sabin
68081: "A large part of the work is said to have been written by Diderot, and others.
The sentiments and criticisms contained in it prevented its publication in France ..."
Surveying the state of the colonies of Africa, Asia and the two Americas, the author
writes in true Voltairean tradition, and severely criticizes the incursion of European
political manoeuverings. Because of its anti-slavery, anti-colonialist and anticlerical sentiments, this work was, in 1781, condemned to be burned "comme impie,
blasphématoire, séditieux, tendant à soulever les peuples contre l'autorité
souveraine et à renverser les principes fondamentaux de l'ordre civil." -(Peignot II:
71) The work continued to be printed outside of Paris, despite the watchful eye of
spies and agents. (see Robert Darnton, "The Literary Underground of the Old
Regime", p. 64). This work went through many editions in several languages. It was
revised and augmented from time to time by Raynal, and appeared in various
abridgments. This was the first edition to bear his name on the title-page.- (Encycl.
Brit. 22, pp. 935-36).
90. RICHARD, EDOUARD; BEAUDE, HENRI, ed. Acadie. Reconstitution
d'un chapitre perdu de l'histoire d'Amerique. Ouvrage publié d'après le MS. original,
entièrement refondu, corrigé, annoté, ... par Henri d'Arles [pseud. of Henri Beaudé].
Québec; Boston, Laflamme et Marlier, 1916-1921. Three volumes.
$175
8vo; pp. xxxiii, 418, f; pp. xvi, 504, 2ff; pp. viii, 547, [3]; two engraved frontis.
(vols. 1 & 2) original paper covers printed in red and black, covers soiled and few
short tears, spines fragile but holding; uncut and partly unopened copy, numbered
edition, bookseller's ink stamp on front flyleaf of vol. 1, text very clean; overall, a
very good set in original printed covers.
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Morley, “Atlantic Prov.” p. 18. This work was first published in English in two
volumes in New York and Montreal (J. Lovell) in 1895 under the title “Acadia,
Missing Links of a Lost Chapter in American History.” The author, Edouard
Richard, practiced law, and then held public office from 1872 until 1878. Later he
devoted much of his time to researching and writing his Acadia, the object of which
was to give a summary of the early history of Acadia and to focus on the unjust
expulsion of the Acadians, and attributing the fault to the governor of Nova Scotia,
Charles Lawrence, for this policy. "The book was later edited [and translated] by
Henri d'Arles (ie. Henri Beaudé) who superimposed his own thesis, placing
responsibility for the expulsion on the British government." (Story, “Oxford
Companion to Canadian History,” p. 709). An important contribution to the debates
surrounding the deportation of the Acadians.
91. RICHARDSON, JOHN and WILLIAM SWAINSON. Fauna BorealiAmericana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America; Containing
Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land
Expeditions Under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, Part Second, The Birds.
By William Swainson, Esq ... and John Richardson, M.D. ... London, John Murray,
1831. First edition.
$2,000
4to; pp. lxvi, 524; 46 (of 50) hand-coloured plates; errata slip tipped-in facing the
list of plates; contemporary dark blue ribbed cloth; some light foxing, mainly on
text.
Anker 493; Arctic Bibl., 14491; Sabin 71027; Nissen IV, 773; TPL 1454. This is the
second volume of a four-volume work that was issued between 1829 and 1837. The
first volume (1829) was devoted to mammalia, the third (1836) to fish and the fourth
(1837) to insects. The present volume treats of the birds that were found in North
America of the 48th lat. parallel, and accounts for 238 species, many of which had
not been described before. Dr. Richardson accompanied John Franklin as surgeon
and naturalist on his two land expeditions to the Arctic, and spent several summers
as well as winters in the area. Richardson's collaborator William Swainson
undertook the arrangement of most of the birds and their appellation; he also wrote
the introductory observations on the natural system, a preface and two appendices,
and drew the designs for the plates. A beautiful work with brilliantly coloured
ornithological plates.
Scarce, and a Very Good Copy
92. RICHARDSON, JOHN. Fauna Boreali-Americana; Or the Zoology of the
Northern Parts of British America: Containing Descriptions of the Objects of
Natural History Collected on the late Northern Land Expeditions, under Command
of Captain John Franklin [Part First, Containing the Quadrupeds]. London, John
Murray, 1829. First edition.
$1,850
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4to; pp. xlvi, [4], 300; complete with half-title; 28 etched plates by Landseer; two
illustrations in the text; nineteenth-century half-morocco, spine gilt; t.e.g., others
untrimmed; front joint reinforced; some wear to binding; a very good copy.
Arctic Biblio. 14491; Lande S1924; Peel 91; Sabin 71026; TPL 1454. This is the
first volume of the four-volume work of Richardson's "Fauna Boreali-Americana";
the second was on the Arctic birds (1831), the third (1836) was on the fish, and the
fourth (1837) on the insects. Part Two was done in collaboration with William
Swainson and Part Four with Swainson and William Kirby.
A Very Scarce Work
93. RICHARDSON, Maj. [JOHN]. The Canadian Brothers; or, The Prophecy
Fulfilled. A Tale of the late American War. Montreal, A. H. Armour and H.
Ramsay, 1840 Two volumes. First edition.
$3,500
12mo; pp. [iii]-xii, 220; pp. 227, [1] (Errata), iv (Adverts); later half-calf and cloth;
t.e.g.; spines gilt-lettered with gilt decorations; marbled endpapers; light, sporadic
foxing, and bindings little rubbed at extremities; from the library of Sir Hugh Allan,
with his signature at upper corner of both title-pages. A very good copy of a
somewhat scarce Canadian work.
TPL 2391 (wanting pp. [i-ii] in vol I); Sabin 71036; Watters, p. 373 (locating copies
at UBC, NS Prov. Library, TPL and McGill); we have also located copies at UofT
(Fisher), Victoria and ROM libraries. This work was basically a sequel to the
author's "Wacousta," published in 1832 but was not as popular; it was later
published in New York, under the title "Matilda Montgomerie or The Prophecy
Fulfilled" (1851). All are fictionalized accounts of the War of 1812, and of the
relationships between Americans, British and Native protagonists. Among the
historical personages who make their appearances are Tecumseh, Sir Isaac Brock,
Captain Robert Heriot Barclay, and others. A scarce work; the last copy at auction
fetched $500 thirty-five years ago (April 1980); it is the first copy that we have had
in our almost forty years in business. Sir Hugh Allan (1810-1882) was a shipping
magnate, railway promoter, and financier who played a great role in the history of
Montreal and of Canada.
94. ROGER, CHARLES (1819-c.1878). The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to
Wealth and Civilisation. Quebec: Peter Sinclair et al, 1856. Vol. I (all printed).
$450
8vo; 2 ff, pp. (I) - V, [1] (Blank), pp. [2] (Preface), f (Blank), pp. (3)-412; original
publisher's cloth, spine dulled and corners and spine extremities lightly worn; little
light foxing on first leaves; neat old name on front free endpaper, and few penciled
notes on front paste-down; complete with copyright notice pasted down to verso of
first blank; a very good copy of a work that has become quite scarce.
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TPL 3687; Dionne II:1189; Sabin 72607. The author was an historian and
journalist and was born in Scotland. He was in the 4th Battalion and was, from
1836 to 1839, stationed in Halifax, N.S., and from then to 1842 was in Quebec City.
He remained in Quebec City for many years, working for the Quebec Library
Association, the "Morning Chronicle," and the "Quebec Gazette," before moving to
Port Hope and then to Ottawa. Only one volume of this work, covering the period
1534 to 1824 was published. "The projected second volume, which would have
brought the history up to 1837, was apparently never written, probably because of
the appearance of John Mercier McMullen's history in 1855." (DCB X: 627).
95. ROGERS, ROBERT. Journals of Major Robert Rogers: containing An
Account of the Several Excursions he made under the Generals who commanded
upon the Continent of North America, during the late War. From which may by [sic]
collected The most material Circumstances of every Campaign upon the Continent,
from the Commencement to the Conclusion of the War. London, Printed for the
Author, And sold by J. Millan, MDCCLXV (1765). First edition.
$11,500
8vo; pp. viii, 236, [4]; contemporary full calf, rebacked in period style and retaining
the original gilt-stamped, red morocco title-piece; binding little rubbed at edges;
overall a fine, clean copy, and complete with half-title, advert leaf, and publisher's
catalogue leaf.
TPL 393; Graff 3555; Lande 760; Howes R419; Sabin 72725; Streeter Sale II:
1029: "Published when Rogers was only 34 years old, this is one of the basic
sources for the French and Indian War. It begins on September 24, 1755 with an
account of a scouting expedition on Lake George and ends on February 14, 1761
when Rogers arrived at New York after having received the surrender of the French
at Detroit late in 1760. In the meantime he had been with Amherst at Crown Point
in 1757, with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga in 1758, and had been a participant in
the campaign around Montreal in 1760." A second volume of this work was
proposed, but never issued. Rogers' exploits captured readers' imagination, and he
was and still remains one of the most romantic figures in American colonial history.
96. ROSS, JOHN. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West
Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830,
1831, 1832, 1833. London, A. W. Webster, 1835. First edition.
$1,250
4to; 4 ff, pp. xxxiii, (1); 740, (i.e. 742) with added leaf *688-*689 and complete
with the errata leaf and list of plates; 31 engraved plates, charts and maps (the large
folding map and nine of the plates are coloured); original paper over boards and
morocco title-piece on spice; binding little worn at edges and small piece wanting at
head of spine; joints are cracked, but binding is solid; sporadic foxing, heavy at
times; the coloured plates are very clean; a good, complete large-paper copy
(31.5 cm x 25 cm).
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TPL 1808; Sabin 73381; Arctic Biblio. 14866; Lande 1426; Hill, p. 261; Abbey
Travel II: 636. "As a result of the failure of his voyage in 1818, the Admiralty
refused to support John Ross in a second. It was not until 1829 that the assistance of
Felix Booth, the sheriff of London, enabled him to set out in the small paddlesteamer Victory with his nephew James Clark Ross as second-in-command." -(Hill)
This second expedition spent four winters in the Arctic, and during this time James
Clark Ross discovered the Northern Magnetic Pole. An excellent work, and scarce.
97. [SAINT-VALLIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE, MONSEIGNEUR DE (16531727). Rituel du Diocese de Quebec, Publié par l'Ordre de Monseigneur l'Evêque de
Quebec. A Paris, Chez Simon Langlois, ruë Saint Etienne des Grès, au bon Pasteur,
M.DCC.III (1703). Second edition.
$8,000
8vo; pp. [10], 671, [2] (Privilege, dated 30 mars 1703; errata). 19th century Parisian
binding in red morocco with gilt rules; spine gilt in compartments with gilt title;
a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; inner dentelles in gilt, with binder's name R. Petit
embedded on lower front edge; woodcut title vignette of arms of Bishop of Québec;
elaborate woodcut head-piece; initial; head- and tail-pieces; paper flaw on edge of
one leaf and corner of two leaves, no loss of text; errors in pagination: 145, 558 and
657 are misnumbered 14, 668 and 617 respectively; p. [312] is not numbered. Text
in French, with prayers in Latin; musical notation throughout. Small ink stain on
rear cover, otherwise a very clean copy of a scarce work, in a beautiful binding.
BNF; TPL 139. Contents: Premiere Partie: Des Sacremes; Seconde Partie: Du
Sacrifice de la Messe; Troisième Partie: des Benedictions. Jean-Baptiste de SaintVallier was the second Bishop of Quebec, heading the Roman Catholic Church in
New France from 1688-1727. The "Rituel" is a handbook he compiled, instructing
the clergy of Quebec on how to perform the rituals of the Church, particularly the
sacraments and order of the Mass in the early days of the settlements. Saint-Vallier
had been chaplain to Louis XIV and was not without ambition: he requested the post
of Bishop to the vast missionary diocese following the retirement of Bishop Laval.
He was not a popular leader and made enemies with every representative of
religious and military life at the colony. Nevertheless, this work and his
"Catechisme" are important records of how the Church governed its members, who
made up the predominantly-Roman Catholic population at the time. The "Ritual"
appear in two early editions, both showing 1703 as the year of publication. Many
bibliographies have suggested that the reason for the second edition was that the
first was destroyed in a shipwreck during a crossing from Paris to Quebec shortly
after it was published. Joseph Pope ("Rituel de Quebec, 1703: The Two Editions."
"The Book Collector," Vol 41, no. 2, 1992) disputes this premise, referring to simple
navigational fact: the crossing from Paris to Quebec took six to eight weeks, and the
shipping season was from April to November. There was not enough time for the
second edition, with the many changes and corrections ordered by the Jesuits, to be
reprinted and sent back on its way across the ocean before the season closed in the
fall of 1703. A more probable theory (Claude La Charité, "Les deux editions du
"Rituel du diocese de Québec de Mgr de Saint-Vallier, datées de 1703: de l'édition
Janseniste à l'édition revue et corrigée par la Compagnie de Jésus." "Revue de
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, No. 3, pp. 74-85) is that the first
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edition was subjected to intense scrutiny by the Jesuits and theologians in France,
who cast Jansenist or Calvinist leanings on some of the text. Passages were
rewritten and new text added, making the two editions quite different in content. A
curiosity remains as to why the publication dates and the dates of the Privilège were
the same in both editions: Pope speculates that the second edition was given the
1703 date "to allow it to have been printed under the authority of the same Privilège
du Roy as the first edition," not wasting the time it would have taken to obtain a
second Privilège. In any case, the work remains an important document of religious
practices among the early settlers of Canada. The precepts of the "Rituel" remained
in place until the mid-nineteenth century. The last copy of this extremely scarce
work to come up to auction was in April, 1979 at Sotheby's in London.
98. SCORESBY, WILLIAM (1789-1857). Journal of a Voyage to the Northern
Whale-Fishery; Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West
Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin of Liverpool. By
William Scoresby, Junior. Edinburgh, Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.
Edinburgh: and Hurst, Robinson and Co. Cheapside, London, 1823. First edition.
$2,250
8vo; pp.xliii, [1], 472; two folding maps; six engraved plates, two folding; six
illustrations throughout text; appendices have meteorological tables and lists of
mineral, plant and animal specimens found. Original quarter green morocco over
paper-covered boards, dusty and worn at corners and edges; gilt morocco label on
spine; joint starting at spine label; hinges cracked but holding; untrimmed edges;
maps have tear at guards, one is repaired and laid down on heavy stock; one tear in
upper margin of one leaf, repaired, not affecting text; occasional foxing; final leaf
(blank) has small tear in upper margin. Engraved armorial bookplate of Thurland
Castle: "Edward Brown Lees and Dorothy Livesey His Wife;" bookseller ticket; "Ex
Libris J. Russell Harper" in pencil on front paste-down.
Arctic Biblio 15614; Hill 1543: "William Scoresby Junior accompanied and was
trained by his father, William Scoresby Senior (1760-1829), a famed whaler and the
most successful ice navigator who ever lived, who made several Arctic voyages
between 1785 and 1791, and commanded thirty more between 1791 and 1823.
Scoresby Junior later led annual whaling voyages to the north on his own. He
established the fact that the temperature of the polar ocean is warmer at great
depths than on the surface. His work caught the attention of Sir Joseph Banks, who
became his friend. In addition to numerous scientific articles, Scoresby Junior
published two books on the Arctic, the classic "An Account of the Arctic Regions ..."
in 1820, and the present title in 1823. This book is an account of a voyage in which
several weeks were spent in whaling and in the exploration of the Scoresby Sound
region, in a search for Eskimo settlements and in quest of magnetic and other
scientific observations."
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99. [SEVEN YEARS WAR]. Noticia Certa da Tomada, e Rendimento de CaboBerton, cuja praça se rendeo a os Inglezes, Ficando toda a Guarniçaõ prizioneira de
Guerra. Lisbon, [Domingos Rodrigues], 1758.
$2,850
Small 4to (19 cm); pp. 8; removed; interesting woodcut depiction of the Battle of
Louisbourg on title. A very good copy of a scarce little work.
Lande S1690 (but McGill cites only a microfiche in its database); not in Bell; U. of
T. (Fisher) cites a microfiche only; L of C and NYPL appear to have only the 1941
facsimile; one copy cited at each of the following: BL, LAC, TPL, JCB, Harvard
(Houghton); Yale cites two copies (Beineke and Mudd) Maggs Cat. 465, #3003
(1925): "We have been unable to trace mention of this rare pamphlet in any
bibliography.” Louisbourg, the French "Gibraltar" of America, was built on the
eastern portion of Cape Breton Island (now part of Nova Scotia) between 17201740. During the Seven Years' War the British, realizing that its location made it the
entry to French Canada and the lands beyond, sent out an expedition in 1757 to
capture it. This first attempt failed, but in 1758 a combined British land and sea
attack, the former under General Amherst and the latter under Admiral Boscawen,
laid siege to the Fort. The siege reduced it to ruins and in July of 1758, the French
forces surrendered it to the British. Very scarce.
The Beginning of the Seven Years' War
100. [SEVEN YEARS' WAR]. Ordonnance du Roi, Portant déclaration de guerre
contre le Roi d'Angleterre. Du 9 Juin 1756. De Par le Roi. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie
Royale, M.DCCLVI (1756).
$2,250
Small 4to; pp. 4. Removed; small headpiece.
This issue not in Wroth & Annan; TPL 6428; (another issue of six pp, with larger
headpiece); not in Lande, Gagnon or Sabin. Since 1754, England and France fought
each other in America, without a formal declaration of war. In 1755, the British
seized 300 vessels in the French merchant fleet, in violation of several international
treaties. Following the change in alliances in France and the invasion of Saxony by
Prussia, Louis XV was forced to enter into war. England had already declared war
on France on 18th May, 1756; thus began the Seven Years’ War. It came to an end
with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which acknowledged an important French defeat,
the loss of the colonies of New France and the West Indies to the British.
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The Origins of the Seven Years' War
101. [SEVEN YEARS' WAR]. Mémoires des Commissaires du Roi et de Ceux
de sa Majeste Britannique, Sur les possessions & les droits respectifs des deux
Couronnes en Amérique; Avec les Actes publics & Piéces justificataives.Tome
Premier, Contenant les Mémoires sur l'Acadie & sur l'isle de Sainte-Lucie ...Tome
Second, Contenant les Traités & Actes publics concernant l'Amérique en général, &
les Pièces justificatives des Mémoires sur les limites de l'Acadie ... Tome Troisième,
Contenant les Pièces justificatives concernant la propriété l'isle de Sainte-Lucie.
...Tome Quatrième, Contenant les derniers Mémoires sur l'Acadie, & un Memoire
des Commissaires du Roi sur l'Isle de Tabago. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale,
M.DCCLV-M.DCCLVII. (1755-1757). Four volumes. All first editions.
SOLD
4to; pp. viii, i-lxxv, [1], 181, [1], 61, [1], cvii, [1], 112, 105-120; pp. xiii, [1], 646;
pp.xvi, 319; pp. [6], xxv, [1], 654; two engraved folding maps. Full mottled calf;
spine gilt in compartments; gilt morocco label, inner dentelles; marbled endpapers;
woodcut head- and tail-pieces; printer's device on titles; tiny blind-emboss at lower
margin of title-pages; some text in two or three columns, with parallel English or
Latin translations. Vol. I: small repair in margin of title-page; small tear at join of
map; pp. xvii and 114 mis-numbered xv and 124 respectively; printer's flaw of few
letters missing in text near margin of one page; very occasional spotting; little
browning on two signatures. Signature **O, pp. 105-112, is bound in twice. Vol. II:
small tear in margin of one leaf, no loss of text; Vol. III: occasional spotting, agebrowning; two tears in two leaves, no loss of letters; light tide-mark at upper margin
of few leaves; little worming in lower margin of last few leaves, with no affect to
text. Complete in four volumes; the fourth volume, which was published two years
after the first three volumes, is frequently wanting.
ESTC T154565; Sabin 47546; Barbier III: 213; TPL 235; Lande 627; Echeverria &
Wilkie 755/9. The Commissioners were appointed by both sides in an attempt to fix
the boundaries of the French and the British possessions in America. "The English
commissioners, W. Shirley and Wm. Mildmay, examine the French and English
claims to Eastern North America and give special attention to information from
early maps, as well as that obtainable from geographers and North American
travellers. The compilers of this publication were Messrs. de Silhouette, de la
Gallisonière, and the Abbé de la Ville, an ex-Jesuit. They have appended a number
of treaties and acts pertaining to North America, papers relating to the boundaries
of Acadia, and documents concerning the possession of St. Lucia." -(Lande). The
last copy to come up to auction, and it was wanting the fourth volume, was at
Sotheby's 30 years ago (December, 1987).
102. SMITH, D[AVID] MURRAY. Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign
Shores; from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875—76 ... Glasgow,
Melbourne, etc., T. Liddell, 1877.
$2,500
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Large, thick 4to; pp. iv, [2], 824; 26 portraits, chromolithographs and maps. Halfcalf and marbled paper over boards in contemporary style; a.e.g.; spine gilt in
compartments with gilt devices and gilt-lettered morocco title-piece; text and plates
lightly browned at edges of margins; because of its size and weight this books is
often found in worn or broken condition; this is a fine copy and the cleanest we have
had in a very long time.
Arctic Biblio. 16282; Sabin 82419. A comprehensive survey of Arctic expeditions,
the greatest part pertaining to Franklin, Ross, Parry, etc. and the search for
Franklin. The excellent plates are fine, clean strikes and include many portraits of
various Arctic explorers, as well as hunting scenes, sledging, Eskimos, seal hunting,
etc. The large, folding map is the "Chart of the Polar Sea" and the smaller one is
that of the "Route Map of the Franklin Expedition [Erebus & Terror] 1845 & of the
Latest English Expedition [Alert & Discovery] 1875-76.”
"...for the River Ohio and Countries Adjacent."
Scarce First Edition, First Issue
103. SMYTH, DAVID WILLIAM. A Short Topographical Description of His
Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America, to which is annexed a
Provincial Gazetteer. London, W. Faden, 1799. First edition, first issue.
$1,850
8vo; 2 ff, pp. 164; one folding table. Original paper over boards, rebacked somewhat
later with linen; a large, uncut copy.
Sabin 85205; Casey 853; cf. Lande 2207 and TPL 734 (second issue). David
William Smyth (or Smith) came to Canada from England in 1790, as a member of
the 5th Regiment. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in
1792 and again in 1796, and was appointed surveyor-general of the province, a title
he held until 1804, when he returned to England. This is the first published
topographical description of Upper Canada, and contains two parts. The first is the
topography of the principal lakes, rivers and land formations in Upper Canada, and
the second is a gazetteer of eighteenth-century place-names of the region. "The
accompanying Notes and Gazetteer were drawn up by David William Smyth, Esq.
the very able Surveyor-General of the Province of Upper Canada, at the desire of
Major-General Simcoe, on the Plan of those of the late Capt. Hutchins, for the River
Ohio and Countries Adjacent." -(Advertisement).
104. [TRAILL, CATHERINE PARR, 1802-1899]. Canada and the Oregon.The
Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer,
Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America. To Which is Appended an
Account of the Country of the Oregon. London, M. A. Nattali, 23, Bedford Street,
Covent Garden, MDCCCXLIX (1849).
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[bound with (as issued)]:
NICOLAY, CHARLES. G. The Oregon Territory, Consisting of a Brief
Description of the Country and its Productions; and of the Habits and Manners of
the Native Indian Tribes. With a Map of the Territory. London, M. A. Nattali, 23,
Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 1846.
$950
12mo; Traill: pp. viii (contents and list of illustrations), 351, 20 woodcuts, including
frontispiece, 15 plates and four illustrations throughout text (supplied by the
publisher from other sources); one chart; one map; tables; Nicholay: pp. [4], 78, [2]
(publisher's adverts), frontispiece map; incomplete separation of four leaves, with
small tear at top edge. Original green blind-stamped publisher's cloth, faded; corners
bumped; gilt spine; upper rear joint has small tear; untrimmed edges; notations,
armorial bookplate and "Ex-libris J. Russell Harper" on front paste-down; waterstaining on upper margin of three leaves; tear in gutter of one leaf, not affecting text.
"The Oregon Territory" has a separate title page and pagination.
Sabin 96441; TPL (Nicolay) 2793. "The Backwoods of Canada" is a series of 18
letters sent from Catherine Parr Traill to her mother in Scotland, from 1832 to
1834. She describes her voyage from the Scottish port of Greenock to Montreal, and
her subsequent settlement with other emigrants in the woods of Ontario. It was first
published in London in 1836 as part of the series "The Library of Entertaining
Knowledge." WCB 122d (Nicolay: "In addition to comments on the British and
American claims to Oregon territory, this pamphlet contains references to the fur
trade and to the Indians of the upper Columbia River regions, particularly to the
Blackfeet and to the Crow." This first edition was published the year in which the
Treaty of Washington was signed, which ended the conflict between the United
States and Great Britain over title to the Oregon Territory, and settled its boundary.
105. TRAILL, CATHERINE PARR (1802-1899). Studies of Plant Life in
Canada; Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Plain. By Mrs. C.P. Traill, Lakefield,
Ont., ... Ottawa, A.S. Woodburn, Printer and Publisher, Elgin St. 1885. First edition.
$400
8vo; pp. [4], iii, [1], ix, [1], [4], [2] (errata), [5]-288; nine chromolithograph plates
"from drawings by Mrs. [Agnes] Chamberlin, Ottawa," with guards. Frontispiece
portrait with printed signature of author, Heliotype Printing Co., Boston in bottom
margin. Publisher's green and gilt cloth, little wear on lower edges; corners bumped;
a.e.g.; decorated endpapers; "Ex Libris J. Russell Harper" in pencil on front fly-leaf
verso; margin rules in red ink, with occasional bleeding; one plate wanting caption
leaf, substituted by leaf of contemporary paper. Plates printed by Geo. Bishop Eng.
& Printing Co., Montreal.
LAC; "This little work on the Flowers and Native Plants of Western Canada is
offered to the Canadian public with the hope that it may prove a means of
awakening a love for the natural productions of the country, and a desire to acquire
more knowledge of its resources." -Preface. Catherine Parr Traill, botanist and
writer, emigrated to Canada with her sister Susanna Moodie and their husbands in
1832. She documented her experiences as a new settler in the Canadian
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"backwoods." She was a prolific writer of some 22 books, particularly of the plant
life in her surroundings. While she writes that this work includes plants from
"Western Canada," she means Upper Canada, west of Peterborough, though
frequent consultations with other botanical works led her to believe that many
woodland plants were similar across the newly-settled country. Catherine Parr
Traill was an early historian of the natural environment of the country.
106. [TREATIES]. Several Treaties of Peace and Commerce Concluded between
the late King Of Blessed Memory Deceased, and other Princes and States; with
Additional Notes in the Margin, Referring to the several Articles in each Treaty, and
a Table ... Reprinted and Published by His Majesties Special Command. London,
Printed by His Majesties Printers, and sold by Edward Poole ..., 1686.
[bound with]:
Treaty of Peace, Good Correspondence & Neutrality in America, Between the most
Serene and Mighty Prince James II. By the Grace of God, King of Great Britain,
France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. And the most Serene and Mighty
Prince Lewis XIV, The Most Christian King: Concluded the 6/16th Day of Novemb.
1686. Published by His Majesties Command. Printed by Thomas Newcomb ...,
MDCLXXXVI (1686)
[bound with]:
Articles of Peace and Commerce Between the most Serene and Mighty Prince James
II. By the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the
Christian Faith, &c. And the most Illustrious Lords, The Douletli Basha, Aga &
Governours of the famous City and Kingdom of Algiers in Barbary:
Ratified and Confirmed By Sir William Soame Baronet, His Majesties Ambassador
to the Grand Signior, On the Fifth of April, Old Style, 1686. ... Published by His
Majesties Command. [London], Thomas Newcomb, 1687.
$2,375
Small square 4to; the three works bound together in contemporary speckled calf,
neatly rebacked with corners renewed. Pp. [4], 269, [1], f; pp. 19, [1]; pp. 24;
woodcut initials throughout; baronial bookplate on front paste-down; complete with
final integral blank Ll [4] in the second work. A very good copy.
Vide Davenport 57, 65 and 79; Sabin 79375; JCB, p. 165; Wing 3605; TPL 94. The
first work, "Several Treaties ..."is the second edition, comprising earlier treaties,
including the Treaty of Breda which relates largely to America, and the Treaty of
Madrid which relates to the settling of differences in America. The second work,
commonly known as the "Treaty of Whitehall," relates entirely to America, and is
the second issue, with the advert on verso of p. 19. There had been, in the preceding
years, several points of friction between the French and the English in America. In
Canada the French complained that the English were attempting to block the
expansion of their trade in furs in the north and south and, as a result of this, a
small band of French attacked and plundered the establishments of the Hudson's
Bay Company on the Nelson River in 1682-1683; the English soon retaliated by
pillaging the French posts in the region. There were disputes over fishing between
the New Englanders and the French in Acadia and what is now Maine, and a great
deal of ill-feeling in the Caribbean islands. As a result, an attempt was made to
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establish a treaty of neutrality. This was done, but most controversial matters,
including the Hudson's Bay dispute, were left untouched and were not to be solved
for some time.
107. [TREATY]. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. The Definitive Treaty of Peace and
Friendship, Between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the
States General of the United Provinces. Concluded at Aix la Chapelle the 18th day
of October N.S. 1748 .... London, Printed by Edward Owen ... 1749.
$1,250
Slim 4to; pp. 65, [1](Blank); recent cloth; printed in two columns in French and
English, with a few sections in Latin, Spanish and Italian; an exceptionally fine and
clean copy.
Davenport IV: 139; not in TPL, Casey, Vlach, Gagnon, Dionne. This treaty brought
an end to the War of the Austrian Succession. The most important aspect of it as
pertains to North America was the capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg by
the Colonial Militia of Maine, under Colonel William Pepperrell in 1745. A number
of clauses in this treaty bear on North America, none more importantly than the
restoration of Cape Breton Island and Louisbourg to the French, much to the
chagrin of the New Englanders who had taken it. Ultimately, both reverted to
England permanently ten years later in the Seven Years' War.
108. [TREATY]. [AIX-LA-CHAPELLE]. His Majesty's most gracious Speech
To both Houses of Parliament, On Tuesday the Thirteenth Day of June, 1749.
London, Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty;
and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1749.
$300
Folio; 4 pp.; decorative initial woodcut; removed. Very good.
Vide Davenport IV: 140; vide Sabin 96543; ESTC N17592 (three copies only - BL,
JCB and IL). George II suggests to Parliament that, now that the Treaty has been
agreed to and ratified, and that the terms and conditions have been carried into
execution by all parties, it now remains only but to preserve and improve the peace.
This "peace" turned out to be very temporary, as war again broke out in 1756, once
again pitting England and France against each other (Seven Years' War/French and
Indian War).
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A Physician's Journal
109. TYSON, JAMES L., M.D. Diary of a Physician in California; being the
results of actual experience, including Notes of the Journey by land and water, and
observations on the Climate, Soil, Resources of the Country, etc. New York, D.
Appleton, 1850. First edition.
$1,650
8vo; pp. 92, [4] (Publ's. adverts); original printed paper wrappers with adverts on
inside of front wrap and on both sides of rear wrap; title repeated on front wrap
within black border, and headed "The Land of Promise;" wrappers worn and
chipped, but no loss of text; two fairly unobtrusive library markings on title;
contemporary note at heel of front wrapper: "Deposited in the Clerk's office of the
District Council for the Southern Dis New York March 30 1850." A good copy of a
fairly scarce ephemeron.
Howes T456; Sabin 97640; Cowan, p. 235: "This work has a greater originality
than the majority of similar narratives written by the adventurers of that time."
Early Proclamation by Governor Simcoe
110. [UPPER CANADA]. Proclamation to Such as are Desirous to Settle on
Lands of the Crown in the Province of Upper Canada; By His Excellency John
Graves Simcoe. Quebec, the Seventh Day of February, One Thousand, Seven
Hundred, and Ninety-two. Published by G. Tiffany, Newark (Upper Canada), 1795.
$5,000
Broadside, 69 lines, overall 20 x 32.2 cm.; fine condition.
Tremaine 968, locating but eight copies. This rare proclamation sets out the terms
under which the pioneer settlers, United Empire Loyalists, etc., were first granted
their lands in eastern Upper Canada. This proclamation was first printed by Samuel
Neilson in Lower Canada in 1792, as there was no printer in Upper Canada at the
time. By 1793, however, Gideon Tiffany had taken over the printing business of
Louis Roy, the first printer in Upper Canada, and due to increased growth in the
settlement of Upper Canada, this broadside was ordered by governor Simcoe to be
reprinted. In it are set out the ten basic conditions to be fulfilled by those seeking a
grant, including the improvements to be made, the reserves of mineral rights to the
Crown and lands to the clergy, etc. A most important document for the early history
of Upper Canada.
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111. VENEGAS, MIGUEL (1680-1764). A Natural and Civil History of
California: Containing An accurate Description of that Country, Its Soil, Mountains,
Harbours, Lakes, Rivers, and Seas; its Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, and famous
Fishery for Pearls. The Customs of the Inhabitants, Their Religion, Government,
and Manner of Living, before their Conversion to the Christian Religion by the
missionary Jesuits. Together with Accounts of the several Voyages and Attempts
made for settling California, and taking actual Surveys of that Country, its Gulf, and
Coast of the South-Sea. Illustrated with Copper Plates, and an accurate Map of the
Country and the adjacent Seas. Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel
Venegas, a Mexican Jesuit, published at Madrid 1758. London, Printed for James
Rivington and James Fletcher, at the Oxford Theatre, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1759.
Two volumes. First edition in English.
$4,350
8vo; pp. [20], 455; [8], 387. Signatures: A8, a2, B-2F8, 2G4; [A4], B-2B8, 2C2; one
map; four engraved plates, with two illustrations on each plate, and including the
two frontispieces ("These four plates appear to have been issued with but a few
copies of the work, as two is the number usually found." -Cowan). Recent full
paneled calf; paper lightly toned; p. 377 of Vol. I incorrectly numbered 387.
Armorial book plates of George Alan Lowndes, Barrington Hall on front pastedowns; a fine set of an important work.
ESTC T138256; Cowan p. 237; Graff 4471; Howes V70; Sabin 98845; Wagner,
Spanish Southwest, 132a; Hill 1768: "This work has been cited as the first book in
English completely devoted to California." Miguel Venegas was a Jesuit historian
who had served as a missionary in central Mexico. Although he never visited
California himself, he was assigned to write this history and ethnography of the
Baja area, which he based on correspondence and reports sent to him by his
colleagues. The Jesuits had established missions in California in the early 18th
century and had entered the Pericú region in 1720, but their efforts at bringing
Christianity to the aboriginals were not well-received. The 1734 Pericú Revolt
against this intrusion saw two missionaries killed and Jesuit control over the area
compromised. The Jesuits were eventually expelled by the Spanish crown in 1768.
Venegas' account was subsequently edited by Andrés Marcos Burriel. It was
published in Spanish in 1757 as "Noticia de la California."
112. WELD, ISAAC. Travels through the States of North America, and the
Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the Years 1795, 1796 and 1797.
London, John Stockdale, 1799. Two volumes. Second edition. Presentation copy.
$1,750
8vo; pp. xxiii, [1] (List of plates), 427; xxii, 376, [16] (Publ.'s cat.); 16 folding,
engraved plates and maps, including the large frontispiece map which is handcoloured in outline; the plate of the "View of the Hudson's River" is correctly
captioned. Original half-roan and marbled paper over boards; binding very worn;
text and plates lightly toned; presentation copy from the author.
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TPL 4789; Lande 890; Vlach 754; Gagnon I: 3701; Sabin 102541; Howes W235;
JCB 4062 (no plates). Weld (1774-1856) arrived in North America from Dublin,
Ireland in late 1795. He landed in Philadelphia and made his way by horseback,
canoe, and on foot through forests and along rivers, entrusting his safety in large
part to the friendly Indians he met along the way; his travels took him into the
southeast, and back into the two Canadas, into the cities and through the vastness of
the sparsely-settled lands. After a period of approximately eighteen months he
returned home, and had this account of his travels in North America published. The
first volume is inscribed, on verso of the first blank, "To Emanuel Bayly Esq. [of
Dublin] with best regards from the Author"; a small, neat inscription at head of the
title-page reads: "A. Schaw given him by E.B.", possibly Major Alexander Schaw of
the Royal Artillery Regiment.
113. YOUNG, ALLEN. The Two Voyages of the 'Pandora' in 1875 and 1876.
London, Edward Stanford, 1879. First edition.
$13,500
Small 4to; pp. viii, 197, [1] (Blank); two folding maps, one in each pocket of front
and rear covers; nine plates; later full blue morocco, lettered in gilt on front cover
and spine; both maps with separations at fold lines and neatly rebacked with
Japanese paper. A fine, clean, complete copy.
Arctic Biblio. 19759: "With notes on ice of Melville Bay, Smith Sound, and
Canadian Arctic waters, on west Greenland ports, and the Polar Eskimos." The
"Pandora" was Young's private yacht; in his first voyage he travelled to Lancaster
Sound, Barrow Strait and Peel Sound, and on the second he explored Smith Sound,
hoping to find remains of the Franklin expedition. Young received financial
sponsorship from Lady Jane Franklin for his first attempts to search the area, but
was thwarted by heavy ice in Peel Sound and forced to return. In 1876, after the
death of Lady Franklin, he returned to the Arctic, entering Smith Sound and
bringing aid to the British Arctic Expedition. In his Preface, Young states that his
narrative "was intended for private circulation only …" Given this comment, it is
assumed that the number of copies printed were few, leading to the scarcity of the
work and the fact that it is seldom seen in the market.
114. YOUNG, EGERTON R[YERSON]. Stories from Indian Wigwams and
Northern Campfires. London, Charles H. Kelly, 1894. First London edition.
$150
Small 8vo; f, pp. 293, [1], f (Publ's Ad.); frontis., title printed in red and black,
numerous illustrations in the text and 33 plates of illustrations; original publisher's
pictorial cloth over beveled boards and stamped in black and in gilt; minor edge
wear; text very clean; overall a very good copy.
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Vide Watters p.422 (Toronto ed. of 1893). The author, Egerton Young (1840-1909)
was a teacher, Methodist missionary, lecturer and writer. He published many
thrilling stories relating to his experiences with the Indian tribes of Canada and his
dangerous adventures in remote parts of the country. His works are recommended
for young audiences but entertain readers of all ages.
115. [YOUNG, WILLIAM, MAJOR]. Manoeuvres for a Battalion of Infantry,
Upon Fixed Principles. With Seventeen [sic] Copper Plates. Including the late
General Wolf's. By a German Officer. London, Printed for J. Millan, near Whitehall,
M.DCC.LXVI (1766).
$450
12mo; pp. 20, [4]; 16 engraved plans, coloured, one folded; title vignette; headpiece;
text block loose; paragraph at top of 2nd last leaf struck out; small tear in margin of
last engraving at stub; list of plates on p. 20 erroneously describes plate 16 as 17.
ESTC T122623: "A German Officer" is Major William Young. The principles of
manoeuvring militia on the battlefield. Plate No. 5 illustrates a manoeuvre said to
have been used by General James Wolfe.