1247 1248 These volumes, the most elegant of their class, merit a passing notice. They are not mere reprints of the rare and valuable works whose titles they bear, as each work has a copious introduction, and is profusely annotated by an eminent New England scholar. The series is complete so far as published; one volume of an intended Virginia series is included, that being the only one issued when the work was stopped. Their Titles are briefly as follows: I. Mourt's Relation or Journal of the Plantation at Plymouth. With an Introduction and Boston: J. K. Wiggin and Wm. Parsons Lunt. MDCCCLXVII. IV. Plain Dealing. Or News from New England. By Thomas Lechford. With an Introduction and Notes by J. Hammond Trumbull. Boston: J. K. Wiggin and Wm. Parsons Lunt. MDCCCLXVII. Boston: Wiggin and Lunt. MDCCCLXVI. LIBRI (G.) Monuments Inédits ou peu Connus, faisant partie du Cabinet de Guillaume Libri, et qui se rapportent à l'Histoire de l'Ornementation chez différents Peuples. Seconde Édition, augmentée de plusieurs Planches. Londres: 1864. Folio, in a port-folio. Of this SPLENDID and UNIQUE Work only 150 copies were executed. It contains 65 large Plates, exhibiting numerous specimens of richly ornamented Early Bookbindings, Illuminated Manuscripts, Drawings by Raffaelle, Michael Angelo, Da Vinci, Rubens, Guercino, splendid Works of Art in Gold, Ivory, &c. Early Engraved Maps, Antiquities in Gold by the Aborigines of America, &c., all beautifully executed in facsimile of the originals, in GOLD, SILVER, and COLOURS; with Descriptions in English and French. LINCOLN (A.) Tribute of Respect of the Citizens of Troy to the 4to, balf green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. INDIA PROOF PORTRAIT, and PROOF VIEW of "Lincoln's Early Home" inserted. 1249 [LIND (John.)] An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress. London: T. Cadell. 1776. 8vo, pp. 132. Half crimson morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by BRADSTREET. Each article of the Declaration of Independence is carefully examined and every assertion disputed. In a short "review" at the end of the volume, the author thus expresses himself. "The opinions of the modern Americans on Government, like those of their good ancestors on witchcraft, would be too ridiculous to deserve any notice, if like them, too contemptible and extravagant as they be, they had not led to the most serious consequences." 1250 LINGARD](R.) A Letter of Advice | To A Young Gentleman Leaving the UNIVERSITY | Concerning his Behaviour and Conversation in the WORLD. | By R. L. Printed and Sold by VV. Bradford, Printer to his Majesty, King | William, at the Bible in | New York. 1696. morocco, broad inside 16mo. Title 1l. Advertisement 21. pp. 45. Crushed purple levant borders, gilt edges. AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE of the PRINTER inserted. In the FINEST STATE OF PRESERVATION. 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 The EARLIEST Book known to have been printed in the COLONY OF NEW YORK; the Laws of the Colony excepted, which were printed in chapters, from time to time as passed, and collected into a volume at the end of each session. THIS IS THE ONLY COPY KNOWN TO EXIST. It was purchased at the sale of E. B. Corwin's Library, and although it cannot claim to be the earliest example of printing in the Colony of New York, it is certainly THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN NEW YORK that has come under our notice, or of which we have any account. It is a reprint of an English work, a copy of which was described in one of Mr. Thorpe's catalogues some years ago. LINN (J. B.) The Death of Washington. A Poem in imitation of the manner of Ossian. By Rev. John Blair Linn, A.M. 8vo, pp. 26. Very scarce. Philadelphia: 1800. LINN (W.) A Funeral Eulogy, occasioned by the Death of General Washington. Delivered February 22d, 1800, before the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. By William Linn, D.D. New York: 1800. 8vo, pp. 44. LINN. The Blessings of America. A Sermon preached in the Middle Dutch Church, on the Fourth July 1791, being the Anniversary of the Independence of America: at the request of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order. By William Linn, D.D. New-York: M, DCC, XCI. LINSCHOTEN (J. H. Van) Semper Eadem. | John | Hvighen Van | Linschoten. his Discours of Voyages | into ye Easte & West | Indies. | Deuided into Foure Bookes | Printed at London by John Wolfe | Printer to y Honorable Cittie of London | I. W. | [1598.] Collation. Five prel. leaves; text, pp. 197. 'The Second Booke, etc. 1598.' Title, and pp. 197-295. The Thirde Booke, etc. 1598.' Title, and pp. 307-447. 'The Fovrth Booke, etc. 1598.' Title, and pp. 451-462. With 12 copper-plate maps. Folio, Black Letter, with the frontispiece and the whole of the 12 GENUINE ENGLISH MAPS engraved by ROGERS, ELSTRACKE and BECKIT; remarkably FINE COPY in russia extra, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. VERY RARE. LINSCHOTEN. Voyages. [Another Copy.] London: [1598.] Folio. Black Letter. Crushed blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. BEAUTIFUL COPY, with a SPLENDID IMPRESSION of the engraved title, all the TWELVE MAPS; and a SELECTION of TWENTY-SEVEN of the BEST ENGRAVINGS from the Dutch edition inserted. "This inestimable book, a treasure of all the learning respecting the East and West-Indies and the navigation thither, at the end of the sixteenth century, has been in the highest esteem for nearly a century, and was given to each ship sailing to India, as a log-book. Hence the many editions (6 in Dutch, 3 in French, and 1 in Latin), which is also the cause why fine copies, especially with all the plates and maps, are so very rare. A large part of the book is occupied by translations of original Spanish and Portuguese documents on geography, ethnography, statistics, navigation, etc., and in these respects it is of the highest importance and authority. The description of America occupies pages 17 to 82 of the third part." F. Muller. 1256 LIPPARD (G.) Washington and his Generals; or Legends of the Revolution. By George Lippard. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, by Rev. C. Chauncey Burr. 1257 Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co. 1847. 8vo, balf green morocco. PORTRAIT inserted. LISLE (H. M.) An Oration delivered at Hingham, ... on Saturday the 22d of February, 1800, the Anniversary of the Birth, and the day appointed by the Government of the United States for Public National Mourning for the Death of ... General George Washington. By Henry Maurice Lisle. ... Boston: 1800. 8vo, pp. 22. UNCUT, and RARE. 1258 [LIVERMORE (George.)] Remarks on Public Libraries. From the North American Review, for July, 1850. For Private Distribution only. Cambridge: 1850. 1259 1260 1261 1262 8vo, balf morocco, gilt edges. VERY SCARCE. LIVERMORE. An Historical Research respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic on Negroes as Slaves, as Citizens, and as Soldiers. By George Livermore. Fifth Edition. Boston: 1863. 4to, cloth, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE PAPER. 50 copies PRIVATELY PRINTED for presentation only. ... LIVERMORE. An Historical Research. [Another Copy.] Boston: 1863. Roy. 8vo, balf blue morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Two PORTRAITS inserted. FINE PAPER. 50 copies only Privately printed. [LIVINGSTON (William.)] A Review of the Military Operatons in North America; from The Commen cement of the French Hostilities on the Frontiers of Virginia in 1753, to the Surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. | Interspersed | With Various Observations, Characters, and Anecdotes; necessary to give Light into the Conduct of American Transactions in general; and more especially into the political Management of Affairs in New-York. In a Letter to a Nobleman. 4to, pp. (4), 144. VERY SCARCE. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley. MDCCLVII. Half green morocco, gilt top, by BRADSTREET. LARGE and FINE COPY. LIVINGSTON. [Same Title as the preceding No.] To which are added, Colonel Washington's Journal of his Expedition to the Ohio, in 1754, and several Letters and other Papers of Consequence, found in the Cabinet of Major General Braddock, after his Defeat near Fort Du Quesne; and since published by the French Court. None of these Papers are contained in the English Edition. Dublin: Printed for P. Wilson and J. Exshaw, in Dane-Street. M.DCC.LVII. 12mo, pp. 276. W. MATTHEWS. Crushed red levant morocco, paneled sides, rich inside borders, gilt edges, by "Washington's Journal commences at page 191, and with Braddock's Papers occupies the remainder of the volume. This portion of the work is a translation of the Memoire contenant le Precis des Faits, printed by the French Court, charging Washington with the assassination of Jumonville, and reprinted by Hugh Gaine in 1757, under the title of "Memorial containing a Summary View of Facts, etc."- Field. The Precis des Faits and the "Memorial," are both in this Collection. See Nos. 1380, and 1381. 1263 LODGE (E.) Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. ... With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of their Lives and Actions. By Edmund Lodge, Esq., F.S.A. London: Harding and Lepard. 1835. Roy. 8vo, 12 vols., bound in 6. Green levant morocco, broad outside and inside gilt borders, gilt edges, by "MACKENZIE BOOK-BINDER TO THE KING.' A BEAUTIFUL SET with MOST BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS of the TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY PORTRAITS. This is one of the copies published by Harding, in which the impressions are uniformly fresh and fine. Such sets are becoming QUITE SCARCE, in consequence of the attraction they present to the illustrator. 1264 LONG (J.) Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians; with an Account of the Posts situated on the River St. Lawrence, Lake Ontario, &c. To which is added a Vocabulary of the Chippeway Language. By J. Long. ... London: Printed for the Author. MDCCXCI. 4to, pp. xi., 295. Map. Half blue levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. MATTHEWS. INDIA PROOF PORTRAIT inserted. An ELEGANT COPY; clean as when issued. "The author engaged in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1768, and journeyed as a fur trader among the Indians of Canada for nineteen years. His knowledge of the character, customs, and domestic life of the Indians was therefore the most thorough and intimate. His relations are characterized by candour and intelligence, tinged a little with the disappointments, which most of the servants of the Company who have written accounts of their experiences, seem to have suffered "— Field. 1265 LORD (W. W.) André; a Tragedy. In Five Acts. By W. W. 1266 LOSKIEL (G. H.) History of the Mission of the United Brethren 8vo, pp. xii., 159, 234, 233, (22). Map. Half blue morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Map mounted on fine linen. BEAUTIFUL COPY. 1267 LOSSING (B. J.) The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. By Benson 1268 J. Lossing. With Several Hundred Engravings on Wood, by Lossing and Barritt, chiefly from Original Sketches by the Author. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1851-52. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, balf green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Bound from carefully selected numbers of the now exceedingly scarce FIRST EDITION, with BRILLIANT and PERFECT IMPRESSIONS of the nearly ELEVEN HUNDRED highly finished woodcuts. A pungent review of the work, (20 pp.) is inserted at the end of the first volume.. LOSSING. Mount Vernon and its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial. By Benson J. Lossing. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, chiefly from Original Drawings by the Author, Engraved by Lossing and Barritt. New York: W. A. Townsend and Co. 1859. Sq. 8vo, pp. 376. 139 Engravings. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. THIRTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS inserted. Fine copy. 1269 LOSSING. The Life and Times of Philip Schuyler. By Benson J. Lossing [Vol. 1. only.] New York: 1860. 1270 8vo, pp. 504. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. PORTRAIT and BOOK-PLATE of GEN. SCHUYLER inserted. No more of this edition was published. LOSSING. and Political. Life of Washington; a Biography; Personal, Military, New York: Virtue and Company. [1860.] 3 vols., imp. 8vo, balf green levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Bound from selected original parts, with FINE IMPRESSIONS of the EIGHTY ENGRAVINGS, many of which are INDIA PROOFS. 1271 LOSSING. The Home of Washington and its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial. New Edition, Revised, with Additions. By Benson J. Lossing. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings.... York: W. A. Townsend. 1865. 1272 1273 New Sq. imp. 8vo, pp. 376. 140 Engravings. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE 100 copies only printed. PAPER. Inserted are THIRTY-FIVE beautiful illustrations, upwards of TWENTY of which are INDIA PROOFS, and INDIA PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS. A selected copy with FINE and PERFECT impressions of the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ENGRAVINGS contained in the work. LOSSING. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. Sm. 4to, pp. vii., 464. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. One of TWELVE COPIES ONLY of the FIRST EDITION which were left uncut. EXCELLENT IMPRESSIONS of the numerous Wood Engravings. LOSSING. Vassar College and its Founder. By B. J. Lossing. on Wood. |