"The author of these observations must be ranked among the most respectable writers on the affairs of America. In him we see the warm pleader united with the sound reasoner, the intelligent politician, and (above all) the independent man."

PRIEST (J.) American Antiquities, and Discoveries in the West: being an exhibition of the Evidence that an ancient population of partly civilized Nations, differing entirely from those of the present Indians, peopled America, many centuries before its Discovery by Columbus. And Inquiries into their Origin, with a copious description of many of their Stupendous Works now in ruins. With conjectures concerning what may have become of them. ... By Josiah Priest. Third Edition Revised. Albany: Hoffman and White. 1833.

8vo, pp. 400. 3 Engravings. Cuts. Half red levant morocco, gilt top, by F. BEDFORD. "Notwithstanding 22,000 copies of this work were published in thirty months, in four editions, for subscribers, it is now quite scarce in perfect condition.”— Munsell.

PRINCE (J.) Part of a Discourse delivered on the 29th of December, upon the close of the Year 1799, recommending the Improvement of Time. By John Prince, LL.D. Salem: [1800.] 8v0, pp. 24. UNCUT.

Preached on the Sabbath after receiving the melancholy news of the Death of General Washington.

1634 PRINCE (S.) Catalogue of the Very Valuable Library of the late Rev. Samuel Prince, M.A. Sold December, 1865. London: 1865.

8vo, cloth uncut. Ruled, with names and prices. Rich in AMERICANA, SHAKSPEREIANA, &c.

1635 PRINCE (T.) A Chronological History of | New-England | In
the Form of Annals: Being | A summary and exact Account of the VX
most material Transactions and Occurrences relating to this | Country,
in the Order of Time wherein they happened, from the Discovery
by Captain Gosnold in 1602, | to the Arrival of Governor Belcher,
in 1730. With an Introduction, ... | By Thomas Prince, M.A.
|Vol. I. | Boston: N. E. | Printed by Kneeland & Green for S. Gerrish, |

MDCCXXXVI.

Sm. 8vo, crushed crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by W. MATTHEWS. An excellent copy.
VERY SCARCE.
Morrell's copy sold for $25. Roche's for $23.

1636 PRINCE. Same Title. A New Edition. [Edited by Nathan Hale.] [Boston:] Cummings, Hilliard, & Company. 1826.

8vo, pp. 439. Half calf, gilt top, UNCUT. Very scarce, in this condition, no more than FIFTEEN COPIES having been left uncut.

1637 PRINCE. Same Title. Third Edition. To which is added, a Memoir of the Author, an attempt towards a perfect Catalogue of his Writings, a Genealogy of his Family, and the names of the

Subscribers to the original edition. By Samuel G. Drake. [Por-
traits and Plates.]
Boston: 1852.

8vo, calf. FINE COPY. THIRTY COPIES only printed. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE.
1638 PRINCE. A Sermon Deliver'd at the South-Church in Boston,
New-England, August 14, 1746. Being the Day of General
Thanksgiving for the Great Deliverance of the British Nations, by
the Glorious and Happy Victory near Culloden... By Thomas
Prince, M.A. Boston: Printed. London: Reprinted and sold by
John Lewis. 1747.

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8vo, pp. 39. Half morocco. RARE.

PRINCE. Catalogue of the American Portion of the Library of 3. the Rev. Thomas Prince. With a Memoir, and List of his Publications, by Wm. H. Whitmore. Boston: Wiggin & Lunt. 1868.

12m0, pp. xxv., 166. Half green levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. SMITH. PORTRAIT of MR. PRINCE inserted.

1640 PRINCE SOCIETY. Publications of the Prince Society. Boston; [v.d.]
This Society, named in honor of the Rev. Thomas Prince, the eminent Antiquary and
Annalist of America, consists of 100 members, and prints 150 copies of each book on small,
and ten on large paper.

2 vols., pp. xv., ii., 324; vii., 354. Three fine PORTRAITS laid in.

III. New England's Prospect. A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of
America, commonly called New-England: By William Wood. [Edited by
Charles Deane.]
Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son. 1865.

...

pp. xxxi., (8), 131. MAP.

IV. Dunton's Letters; Written from New England, A.D. 1686. By John Dunton. In
which are described his Voyages by Sea, his Travels on Land, and the Cha-
racters of his Friends and Acquaintances. Now first published from the Ori-
ginal Manuscript, in the Bodleian Library Oxford. With Notes and an
Appendix, by W. H. Whitmore.

Boston: Printed by T. R. Marvin & Son, 1867.

pp. xxiv., 340. Cuts. An INDIA PROOF PORTRAIT of INCREASE MATHER laid in.
V. & VI. The Andros Tracts: being a Collection of Pamphlets and Official Papers issued
during the Period between the Overthrow of the Andros Government and the
Establishment of the Second Charter of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the
Original Editions and Mss. With Notes and a Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros,
by W. H. Whitmore Boston: Printed by T. R. Marvin & Son. 1868-69.
PORTRAITS.

2 vols.

VII. Sir William Alexander and American Colonization. Including Three Royal Charters;
a Tract on Colonization; a Patent of the County of Canada and of Long Is-
land; and the Roll of the Knights Baronets of New Scotland; with Annota-
tions and a Memoir by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M.

Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son. 1873.
PORTRAIT.

pp. vii., (1), 283.

7 vols., roy. 4to, UNCUT.

LARGE PAPER.

Only TEN COMPLETE SETS printed.

PRINTING. [A Series of Essays on Printing, comprising,] 1. A
Memoir on the Origin of Printing. In a Letter addressed to John
Topham, Esq. II. An Historical Essay on the Origin of Printing.
Translated from the French of M. De La Serna Santander.
Biographical Memoirs of William Ged: including a particular Ac-
count of his Progress in the Art of Block Printing.
Newcastle: 1819-20.

8vo, 3 pieces bound in one vol., pp. iv., 72; xiv., 93; vi., 48. Polished calf, gilt edges,
by F. BEDFORD. Small Editions. VERY SCARCE. An elegant volume.

PROCEEDINGS (The) of the Executive of the United States, Respecting the Insurgents. 1794. Philadelphia: John Fenno. M,DCC,XCV. 8vo, pp. 130. Half morocco. Fine copy. VERY SCARCE. 500 copies printed by order of the Senate of the United States, to be delivered with the Message of the President of 19th November, 1794.

Relating to the "WHISKEY INSURRECTION."

PROCEEDINGS of the General Society of the Cincinnati, with the Original Institution of the Order. To which are annexed, the Act of Incorporation, by the State of Pennsylvania; The By-Laws of the Pennsylvania Society, and the Testimonial to the Memory of General Washington, as Adopted and Communicated by the last meeting of the General Society.. Philadelphia: 7. Ormrod. 1801. 8vo, pp. 82. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. One bundred copies only printed. POR

TRAIT of WASHINGTON inserted.

PROCLAMATIONS for Thanksgiving, issued by the Continental Congress, Pres't Washington, by the National and State Governments on the Peace of 1815, and by the Governors of New York since the Introduction of the Custom. ... [Edited by F. B. Hough, M.D.] Albany: Munsell and Rowland. 1858.

Imp. 8vo, pp. xvii., 183. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. 150 copies only printed. THIRTY-NINE PORTRAITS of the GOVERNORS inserted.

PROUD (R.) The History of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the Original Institution and Settlement of that Province, under the first Proprietor and Governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742. With an Introduction, Appendix, etc. etc. ... . ... By Robert Proud. Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, Junior. 1797.

2 vols., 8vo, pp. 508; 373, 146. gilt top, UNCUT; by W. MATTHEWS. An ELEGANT COPY with a FINE and GENUINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER WRITTEN and SIGNED by WILLIAM PENN, referring to events alluded to in the text inserted.

Portrait and Map. Half crushed red levant morocco,

PSALMS. The Whole Booke of Psalmes | Faithfully | Translated into English Metre. Whereunto is prefixed a discourse de- | claring not only the Lawfullnes, but also the necessity of the

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heavenly Ordinance of singing Scripture Psalmes in the Churches
of God. Imprinted | 1640. |
Cambridge: 1862.

8vo, blue morocco, gilt back, paneled and gilt sides, broad inside gilt borders, gilt top, UNCUT.
A BEAUTIFUL COPY of this elegant reprint of the FIRST BOOK printed in the British American
Colonies.

ONE OF TWELVE COPIES ONLY PRINTED ON THICK PAPER. "In the reproduction of this quaint volume every word, every letter, and indeed every point has been sedulously collated with a perfect impression of the original work struck at Cambridge in the year 1640. Indeed, so exact and faithful has the compositor been in following the original copy, that the bad spacing, omission of spaces, irregular justification, bad divisions, broken type, letters inverted, mixed lower-case letters with italics, and typographical errors are strictly reproductions of the printer's errors of the olden time.' Preface. The copy of the original edition in the Crowninshield library was sold by its purchaser, Henry Stevens of London, to the British Museum for one hundred and fifty guineas.

PSALMS. A New Version of the Psalms of David Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By N. Brady, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary, and N. Tate, Esq.; Poet Laureat to His Majesty. [With an Appendix containing a number of Hymns taken Chiefly from Dr. Watts's Scriptural Collection.] Boston: N. E. Printed by J. Kneeland, and S. Adams, For Thomas Leverett. MDCCLXV.

12mo, pp. 276, 84. Music, pp. 17. Blue morocco, gilt edges. VERY SCARCE.

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PULTENEY (W.) Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs with America, and the Means of Conciliation. By William Pulteney, Esq. The Fifth Edition. London: J. Dodsley. MDCCLXXVIII. [Also:] Considerations on the Present State of Public Affairs, and the Means of Raising the Necessary Supplies. By William Pul-Smith of teney, Esq. London: J. Dodsley. MDCCLXXIX. 8vo, 2 pieces in 1 vol., pp. (4), 111; (4), 52. Half morocco. Concerning the "Thoughts," Mr. Stevens remarks, "this is a well written and fair statement of the case as to whether or not the Americans were aiming at Independence from 1754, and how the difficulty may now be settled without a separation. Dr. Franklin's celebrated letters to Gov. Shirley, afterwards in 1766 printed in London, are given in the Appendix. The prophesying letters of General Montcalm, published the year before, are criticised and pronounced fictitious at page 41."

FINE COPIES.

PURCHAS (S.) Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas, his Pilgrimes, containing Peregrinations and Discoveries in the remotest North and East parts of Asia, called Tartaria and Asia, by Englishmen and others, and Voyages and Discoveries of the North parts of the World, by Land and Sea, Polar Regions and North-West of America, also English Northern Navigation, and Discoveries of Greenland, the North-West Passage, and other Arctic Regions; Voyages and Travels to and in the New World, called America, and of the Seas and Islands adjacent. By Samuel Purchas, D.D.

London: 1625-26.

5 vols., folio, olive morocco, paneled and gilt sides, broad inside borders, gilt edges, by CLARKE & BEDFORD. An ELEGANT, EXTREMELY LARGE, and full margined copy, from the famous SOBOLEWSKI COLLECTION, with brilliant impressions of the Original Frontispiece, and the

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Original Map of Virginia, and measuring 12 inches by 8 inches on the leaf; collating with Lowndes, and perfect and complete, except, that the map of Nova Scotia is wanting. It is by far the most desirable copy we have ever met with, being absolutely free from any taint whatever of the mildew which disfigures and endangers very many copies, and is perfectly CLEAN, FRESH, and CRISP throughout. A copy was lately priced in an English catalogue at £100.

Purchas says in his Preface that he has incorporated the substance of more than twelve bundred writers of Voyages and Travels. "His work," says Granger, in his Biogr. Hist. "is not only valuable for the various instruction and amusement contained in it, but is also very estimable on a national, and I may add, a religious account."

"We owe to the zeal and vast erudition of this laborious man, one of the most celebrated collections of Voyages which has ever appeared, valuable alike for the abundance of its materials and its importance in the history of Early Discoveries, especially those of the English."- Biographie Universelle.

PURPLE (E. R.) Genealogical Notes of the Colden Family in America. By Edwin R. Purple.

4to, pp. 24.

New York: Privately Printed. 1873.
Green cloth extra, gilt top, UNCUT. FIFTY COPIES only printed.

PURPLE (S. S.) Bradford Family. Genealogical Memorials of
William Bradford, the Printer. By Samuel S. Purple, M.D.
New York: Privately Printed. 1873.
4to, pp. 8. Plate. Green cloth extra, gilt top, UNCUT. FIFTY COPIES only printed.

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JUARITCH (B.) Bibliotheca Xylographica, Typographica et Palæographica. Catalogue of Block Books, and of Early Productions of the Printing Press in All Countries, and a Supplement of Manuscripts. For Sale by Bernard London: 1873

Quaritch.

8vo, balf red morocco, gilt top, by Bradstreet.

The most extraordinary, rare and valuable collection, ever offered for sale by any bookseller. The catalogue, which abounds in interesting and valuable bibliographical notes, contains upwards of 170 pages, and a table of contents chronologically arranged.

QUINCY (J. Jr.) Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill; With Thoughts on Civil Society and Standing Armies. By Josiah Quincy, Jr.

Boston: N. E. Edes and Gill. 1774

[Also:] The American Vine, a Sermon, preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, before the Honourable Continental Congress, July 20th, 1775.... By the Rev. Jacob Duché, M.A. Philadelphia: MDCCLXXV.

8vo, 2 tracts in 1 vol., pp. 82; 34. Half blue calf. Very scarce.

"One peculiarly unlucky circumstance attending our American disputes may be added to the rest, namely, that our fellow-subjects there are as well read in the nature and grounds of civil and religious liberty as ourselves; and this shrewd commentary on the Boston Port Bill will incline us to entertain a respectable opinion of their law pleaders."— Monthly Re

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