RUSKIN. The Stones of Venice. 1. The Foundations. II. The Sea-Stories. III. The Fall. By John Ruskin. With [Fifty-three] Illustrations Drawn by the Author.

London: Smith, Elder, and Co. 1851-53.

3 vols., imp. 8vo, balf scarlet morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. FIRST EDITIONS, with BEAUTIFUL IMPRESSIONS of the plates.

1732

"No one who has visited Venice can read this book without having a richer glow thrown over his remembrances of that city; and for those who have not, Mr. Ruskin paints it with a firmness of outline and vividness of colouring that will bring it before the imagination with the force of reality. His descriptions are the perfection of word-painting, and there is this additional charm in them, that the intellect and heart are sure to be gratified by profound thoughts and noble sentiments."— Literary Gazette.

1733

"These volumes are full of fine things, and of true things."— Athenæum.

RUSKIN. Modern Painters. By John Ruskin. [Illustrated with Eighty-seven Engravings on Steel.]

London: Smith, Elder, and Co. 1851-60.

UNLETTERED INDIA PROOF POR

5 vols., imp. 8vo, balf scarlet morocco, gilt top, UNcut. TRAIT of J. M. W. TURNER inserted. FIRST EDITIONS, excepting Vol. I. which is of the fifth, and Vol. II. which is of the third edition.

Complete sets of the earliest editions, of the Great Art Works of John Ruskin have become almost unattainable, as several of the volumes have long been out of print. The present one is uniformly bound, spotlessly clean, quite perfect, and with unsurpassed impressions of the numerous beautiful illustrations.

"To Mr. Ruskin art has a deep moral and religious significance, both in its uses and in its connection with the character and condition of the artist. Every touch is, for him, the thought of a human intellect and the voice of a human heart. He seems to kiss the very footsteps of that art of which he is the great expositor."- London Times.

1734

RUSSELL (J. M.) A Funeral Oration, on General George Washington. By John Miller Russell, Esq. Boston: 1800.

8vo, pp. 22. UNCUT. VERY RARE.

RUTGERS US. WADDINGTON. Arguments and Judgement of the Mayor's Court of the City of New York, in a Cause between Elizabeth Rutgers and Joshua Waddington.

New York: Printed by S. Loudon. M,DCC,LXXXIV.

8vo, pp. 47. Half morocco. EXCESSIVELY RARE.

The editor of the following reprint has stated that he paid fifty dollars for his copy of this tract under the impression that no other one existed. A copious and interesting account of this celebrated case, will be found in Hamilton's "Life of Hamilton," II. 245, in which the biographer states, that the commencement of Hamilton's professional career, and the first exertion of his talent as an advocate, were made in "this mighty cause."

[RUTGERS US. WADDINGTON.] An Address from the Committee appointed at Mrs. Vandewater's on the 13th Day of September, 1784. To the People of the State of New York.

New York: Printed by Shepard Kollock. M.DCC.LXXXIV.

8vo, pp. 16. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT.

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1736

The defendant's side of the case in this famous trial, which caused the greatest popular excitement at the time of its occurrence. EXTREMELY RARE, and evidently unknown to the editor of the following reprint of the trial. This and the preceding No. embrace two of the RAREST TRACTS KNOWN relative to the Revolutionary History of the City of New York.

RUTGERS US. WADDINGTON. The Case of Elizabeth Rutgers 3
versus Joshua Waddington, Determined in the Mayor's Court, in the
City of New York, August 7, 1786. With an Historical Intro- chance.
duction by Henry B. Dawson.

Morrisania: N. Y. 1866. Sept 20.78.

Roy. 8vo, pp. xlvi., 47. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. 100 copies only printed.

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RUTTY (J.) The Liberty of the Spirit and of the Flesh 31⁄2 400.. Distinguished : | in an Address to those Captives in Spirit | among the People called Quakers, who are commonly called Libertines. | By John Rutty, An unworthy Member of that Community. | Dublin: Printed. Philadelphia: Re-printed by B. FRANKLIN and D. HALL. 1759.

8vo, pp. 64. Half gray calf. LARGE and FINE COPY.

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ABIN (J.) A Dictionary of Books Relating to America,
From its Discovery to the Present Time. By Joseph
Sabin.
New York: Joseph Sabin. 1867-75. Same bot o's

7 vols., imp. 8vo; 5 vols., cloth, UNCUT, and 2 vols., in parts. All yet published.
LARGE PAPER. One bundred copies printed.

The purchaser of this set will be required to assume the subscription undertaken by the present owner. It is the most thorough work of the kind ever attempted, and indispensable to the collector of an American library.

SABIN (J.) & SONS. THE AMERICAN BIBLIOPOList. A Literary Register and Monthly Catalogue of Old and New Books, and Repository of Notes and Queries. [Vols. 1.-v.] New York: 1869–73. 5 vols., 8vo, in parts, UNCUT.

SABINE (L.) Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American
Revolution with an Historical Essay. By Lorenzo Sabine.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1864.
2 vols., 8vo, pp. xii., 608; 600. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. BEST EDITION.

SAFFORD (W. H.) The Blennerhassett Papers, Embodying the
Private Journal of Harman Blennerhassett, and the hitherto unpub-
lished Correspondence of Burr, Alston, Comfort Tyler, Devereaux,
Dayton, Adair, Miro, Emmett, Theodosia Burr Alston, Mrs.
Blennerhassett, and others, their contemporaries; developing the
purposes and aims of those engaged in the attempted Wilkinson and
Burr Revolution; embracing also the first account of the "Spanish

and continues

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Association of Kentucky," and A Memoir of Blenner hassett, by
William H. Safford. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin. 1864.

8vo, pp. 665. 3 Portraits. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. SIXTEEN PORTRAITS inserted, including an UNLETTERED INDIA PROOF of MRS. ALSTON, and a fine impression of the scarce PORTRAIT of MIRANDA.

ST. CLAIR (Arthur.) Proceedings of a General Court Martial, V Held at White Plains, in the State of New York, By Order of his Excellency | General Washington, Commander in Chief Of the Army of The United States of America, For the Trial of Major General St. Clair, August 25, 1778.| Major General Lincoln, President. Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers, in Mar

Folio, pp. 52.
CLAIR inserted.

ket Street. MDCCLXXVIII.

Blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by W. MATTHEWS. PORTRAIT of ST. A fine copy of one of the RAREST of the series of Revolutionary military trials, with the RARE FOLDED PLAN.

We are unable to trace the public sale of more than one copy.

ST. CLAIR. A Narrative of the Manner in which the Campaign against the Indians, in the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, was conducted, under the command of Major General St. Clair, together with his Observations on the Statements of the Secretary of War and the Quartermaster General, relative thereto, and the Reports of the Committees appointed to inquire into the causes of the failure thereof. Taken from the Files of the House of Representatives in Congress.

Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aiken. 1812.

Two PORTRAITS, one an

8vo, pp. xix., (24), 273. Half blue morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. unlettered India proof, of ST. CLAIR inserted. FINE COPY. VERY SCARCE.

"A narrative, of the terrible defeat and slaughter, of eight hundred soldiers by the Ohio Indians. St. Clair's voluminous defense is rendered nugatory and futile by the passionate ejaculations of Washington, when Major Denny called him from a dinner-party, to announce the defeat. Overcome with surprise and indignation, Washington cursed the beaten general with exceeding fervor, adding, Did not my last words warn him against a surprise.'"Field.

ST. JOHN (J. A.) The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece. By J. A. St. John. London: Richard Bentley. 1842. 3 vols., 8vo, calf, marbled edges. FINE COPY.

"A masterly picture of the Hellenic family, not in their political relations only, but in the still more attractive aspect of their social history and domestic life."— Athenæum.

ST.-MEMIN (M. de) The St.-Memin Collection of Portraits; consisting of Seven hundred and Sixty Medallion Portraits, principally of distinguished Americans, photographed by J. Gurney & Son, from proof impressions of the original copperplates, engraved by M. de St.Memin, from Drawings taken from life by himself, during his exile in the United States from 1793 to 1814. To which are prefixed a

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Memoir of M. de St.-Memin, and Biographical Notices of the Per-
sons whose Portraits constitute the Collection, compiled from Au-
thentic and original sources by the publisher.

New York: Elias Dexter. 1862.

Folio, pp. viii., 104. Embossed green cloth extra, UNCUT. Made up from SELECTED COPIES of the photographs, lined and inlaid by MR. TRENT, and the CHOICEST of SIX COPIES ONLY SO prepared.

"As the engraved copper-plates were delivered by M. de St.-Memin to the parties whose
portraits had been taken, there would have been no collection of them in existence had he
not reserved for his own use a few impressions of each of the plates which he had engraved.
These he retained until his death in 1852, when they were purchased by a gentleman of
Dijon, who retained possession of them until 1859; they then passed into the hands of the
late James B. Robertson, who sent them to this country."— Preface.

SALEM WITCHCRAFT; or the Adventures of Parson Handy, from
Punkapog Pond. Second Edition, with Corrections.

New York: Elam Bliss. 1827.

12mo, pp. 70, (1). Half red morocco. VERY SCARCE.

SALEM WITCHCRAFT: Comprising More Wonders of the Invisi-
ble World, Collected by Robert Calef; and Wonders of the Invisible
World, by Cotton Mather. Together with Notes and Explanations
by Samuel P. Fowler.
Boston: Wm. Veazie. MDCCCLXV.

410, pp. 450. Portrait. Half olive levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE PAPER; 100
copies only printed.

For a severe critique on this reproduction, see Deane's "Spurious Reprints &c." No. 539.

SALT-PETRE. Several Methods of Making Salt-Petre; recommended to the Inhabitants of the United Colonies, by their Representatives in Congress. Philadelphia: W. and T. Bradford. 1775. 8vo, pp. 12. Half morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. EXCESSIVELY Rare.

Published by order of the Congress, with the autograph signature "Richard Varick Secy.," at the end of the text.

1748 [SAMPSON (Deborah.)] The Female Review: | or, | Memoirs | of an American Young Lady; | whose Life and Character are Peculiarly Distinguished being a Continental Soldier, for nearly Three Years in the late Ameri- | can War. | During which Time,| she performed the Duties of every Depart- ment, into which she was called with punc- tual Exactness, Fidelity and Honor, and pre- served her Chastity inviolate by the most artful concealment of her sex. With an | Appendix, | containing characteristic Traits, by different Hands: her taste for Economy, principles of Domestic Education, &c. By a Citizen of Massachusetts. | Dedham :

Printed by Nathaniel and Benjamin Heaton, | For the Author. |

M,DCC,XCVII.

12mo, pp. 258, (6). Portrait. Green morocco, carmine edges. FINE and PERFECT Copy of the EXCESSIVELY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION; with the PORTRAIT, and LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS complete.

This remarkable woman was twice severely wounded in action, was pensioned by Congress, and received a compensation from the State of Massachusetts, in consideration of her military services.

Reprinted with the following title.

With an Intro

[SAMPSON.] The Female Review. Life of Deborah Sampson the Female Soldier in the War of the Revolution. duction and Notes by John Adams Vinton. Boston: J. K. Wiggin.

Sm. 4to, pp. 267. Portrait. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. fifty copies printed.

...

MDCCCLXVI.

Two hundred and

[SANDERS (Daniel Clark.)] A History of the Indian Wars | with the First Settlers of the Uni-ted States, particularly in New England. Written in Vermont. | Montpelier: Vt. Wright and Sibley. | 1812.

16mo, pp. 319. Brown morocco, gilt edges. EXTREMELY RARE.

Mr. Field remarks: "the mystery which surrounded the authorship, history, and origin of this very rare volume, has been slowly dispelled by successive fragments of information. So few copies have survived the holocaust to which it was devoted, that its very existence was unknown to the most zealous collectors of Indian and Vermont history. Published anonymously, without preface, it was known to but few that the author was the Rev. Daniel Clark Sanders, President of the University of Vermont Immediately after its appearance, some person, evidently a personal enemy of the author, published an acrimonious critique upon the book, in the Liberal and Philosophical Repository. The animus of the critic was evidenced, not only by the bitterness of his language, but by his ignorance of the subject of Indian wars, being more profound than that of the author of the book he scored. Such was the effect of the article upon either Mr. Sanders, or the publishers, that the work was suppressed. But very few copies could have escaped the hands that were now as zealous to destroy, as they had lately been to create. In fact, so nearly complete was the destruction of the book, that it was forgotten by those who professed to know most of its author, his biographers. Neither Thompson, Williams, nor Hemmenway, who published memoirs of Sanders mention his authorship of the Indian wars."

SANDERSON (J.) Biography of the
Independence. By John Sanderson.

Signers to the Declaration of [And Others.]

Philadelphia: 1820–27.

BEAUTIFUL COPY. LARGE PAPER.

9 vols., imp. 8vo, balf russia, gilt top, UNCUT.
EXCESSIVELY RARE. We know of but ONE OTHER COPY on large paper. This was the Wight
copy, and is probably the FINEST ONE ever sold.

Vols. 1. and II. were edited by John Sanderson; III., IV., V., and vi., by Robert Waln.
In vols. vII.-IX., the editor is not named.

SANDERSON. Biography of the Signers &c. [Another Copy.]
Philadelphia: 1820-27.

9 vols., 8vo, balf green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT.

A LARGE, CLEAN and FINE COPY with NINETY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS inserted, embracing, among others, a COMPLETE SET of those in Brotherhead's edition, all FIRST PROOPS ON INDIA PAPER, and mounted in MR. TRENT's best manner.

A MOST DESIRABLE SET.

SANDERSON. Sanderson's Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. Revised and Edited by Robert T. Conrad. Philadelphia: 1852.

Imp. 8vo, pp. 834. Green morocco, gold filleted sides, gilt edges.