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ANDRÉANA. Containing the Trial, Execution and Various Matters connected with the History of Major John André Adjutant General of the British Army in America, A.D., 1780.

Philadelphia: Horace W. Smith. 1865. 410, pp. (4), 67, (4). Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Fifty Copies only printed on this paper.

The engravings published with the volume have been replaced with finer and better impressions. Eight fine PORTRAITS are inserted, mostly INDIA PROOFS and PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS, among which are the RARE PORTRAIT of ANDRÉ drawn by himself, and engraved by SHERWIN; and that of SIR H. CLINTON, engraved by BARTOLOZZI, and printed in tint.

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67 [ANDREWS (Charles.)] The Prisoners' Memoirs; or Dartmoor Prison; Containing a Complete and Impartial History of the entire Captivity of the Americans in England, Also a Particular Detail of... that Horrid Massacre at Dartmoor, on the Fatal Evening of the 6th of April, 1815. New York: Printed for the Author. 1815. 12mo, pp. 283. Plate. Half olive morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. The folded "View of Dartmoor Prison," is frequently wanting.

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ANDREWS (E. W.) An Address before the Washington Benevolent Society, in Newburyport, on the 22d of Feb., 1816. By Edward W. Andrews, A.M. ... [In Verse.]

Newburyport: William B. Allen & Co. 1816. 8vo, pp. 15. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by BRADSTREET. India proof PORTRAIT of WASHINGTON inserted.

ANDREWS (J.) History of the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland; commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783. By John Andrews, LL.D. With Portraits, Maps, and Charts.

London: MDCCLXXXVI.

4 vols., 8vo, pp. ii., 448; 449; 445; 416, (60), xiv. 24 Portraits and 7 Maps. Half olive morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. FINE COPY.

Highly commended by Dr. Boucher. Includes portraits of Gens. Washington, Greene, Clinton, Burgoyne, Cornwallis, Lafayette, De Grasse, Count D'Estaing, and Captain Asgill.

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ANDREWS (J.) An Eulogy on General George Washington. Delivered... in Newburyport, February 22d, 1800. By John Andrews, A.M. ... Newburyport: [1800.]

8vo, pp. 21. UNCUT.

ANDROS (T.) The Old Jersey Captive: or a Narrative of the Captivity of Thomas Andros, ... on board the Old Jersey Prison-Ship at New York, 1781. In a series of Letters to a Friend. ... Boston: William Peirce. 1833.

12mo, pp. 80. Half crimson morocco.

ANNUAL REGISTER. (The) Or a View of the History, Politicks, and Literature of the Years 1758 to 1792. London: Dodsley. 1759-92.

35 vols., Index 2 vols., together 37 vols., 8vo, calf.

These volumes cover the entire period of the American Revolution; for the history of which they are acknowledged to be the best and most profuse authority.

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ANTIQUITY, HONOR, AND DIGNITY OF TRADE, particularly as connected with the City of London; Written by a Peer of England, and Addressed to his Youngest Son, as an Inducement to follow a Mercantile Concern. Westminster: Machell Stace. 1813.

Roy. 8vo, pp. (2), 65. Paneled calf. Printed on writing paper. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE. SIXTY PORTRAITS inserted; many of which are SCARCE and CURIOUS and some VERY RARE. From the De La Forrest collection, at the sale of which the late Mr. John Allan was an eager competitor and always coveted the work, which he never was able to obtain.

74 Aquinas (Thomas.) Summa de Articulis Fidei et Ecclesiæ Sacramentis. [Moguntia: typis Joh. Guttenberg. Circa. 1460.]

Sm. 4to, Gothic Letter, rubricated capitals, 13 leaves, 34 lines to a page. Not in BRUNET. Olive morocco, richly tooled and gilt sides after an elegant Grolier pattern, inside lined with polished crimson morocco beautifully tooled and gilt, morocco joints, gilt edges.

IN THE FINEST STATE OF PRESERVATION.

"One of the scarcest books in the world, consisting only of 12 leaves according to Santander; Panzer says 13, and Laire, Ind. 11. p. 260, gives it 14. Panzer is most correct: it ends in the following manner:

Explicit summa de articulis et ecclesie sacramentis, edita a fratre Thoma de Aquino ordinis fratrum predicatorum DEO gratias.'

The types exactly resemble those used in the celebrated Catholicon of Joh. de Balbis in 1460; it is printed in long lines, of which there are 34 in a page. No mark of punctuation but the period, no initial letters, catchword, signature, &c. The paper thick, white, and good."-Beloe's Anecdotes of Scarce Books. Vol. 1v. page 138.

The following occurs on the fly leaf: "With the exception of a perfect copy of the Mazarine Bible, belonging to Mr. Lenox, and the fragment of the same work in my collection, this little tract is believed to be the earliest specimen of typography in this country."—G(EORGE) L(IVERMORE.)

75 Aquinas. Encipit Prima Pars Secunde Edita a Fratre Thoma De Aquino. (Colophon.) Alma in vrbe moguntina.... p petru Schoiffer de gernshem. Anno di millesimo quadringentesimo Septuagesimo pmo. [1471] Octaua die nouembris.

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state.

Notwithstanding that a worm has pierced a few leaves, and that some others are slightly water-stained; this volume forms a most desirable specimen of the "divine art" in its infant The precision and regularity of its register are not excelled by the best typographical examples of the present day. Books with a date so early as 1471 are of very rare occurrence, and especially so, when from the press of PETER SCHOIFFER the veritable inventor of movable types.

ARGENSOLA (B. L.) The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. Containing, their History, Ancient and Modern, National and Political. Their Description, Product, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages, Customs, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclination of the Natives. With an Account of many other adjacent Islands, and several remarkable Voyages through the Streights of Magellan, and in other Parts. Written in Spanish by Bartholomew Leonardo de Argensola. Now translated into English and Illustrated with a Map &c. London: Printed in the year 1708.

Sm. 4to, pp. (4), 260, (8). Map and 3 Plates. Half blue morocco, gilt edges. FINE COPY.

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ARMISTEAD (W.) Memoirs of James Logan; a Distinguished Scholar and Christian Legislator; Founder of the Loganian Library at Philadelphia, and for Two Years Governor of the Province.... By Wilson Armistead. London: Charles Gilpin. MDCCCLI. Portrait and Plate. Half olive morocco, gilt top, UNCUT.

12mo, pp. 192.

ARMSTRONG (J.)

Notices of the War of 1812. By John Arm

strong, late a Major-General in the Army of the United States, and Secretary of War. New York: Wiley & Putnam. 1840.

2 vols., 12mo, pp. 260; iv., 244. Half blue calf.

ARNETT (J. A.) Bibliopegia: or the Art of Bookbinding in all its branches. Illustrated with Engravings. By John Andrews ArLondon: Richard Groombridge. 1835.

nett.

Sm. 12mo, pp. iv., 212. Half calf, UNCUT. Scarce.

ARNETT. An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients; with a History of the Art of Bookbinding, from the times of the Greeks and Romans to the Present Day. Interspersed with Bibliographical References to Men and Books of all Ages and Countries. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. By John Andrews Arnett. London: Richard Groombridge. 1837.

12mo, pp. iv., 212. Half morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Scarce.

ARNOLD (Benedict.) Proceedings of a General Court Martial for the Trial of Major General Arnold, with an Introduction, Notes and Index. New York: Privately Printed. 1865.

Roy. 8vo, pp. xxix., 182. Portrait. Half blue morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. 100 copies only printed. The Portrait in this copy is an UNLETTERED INDIA PROOF. An Elegant Volume.

ASH (S.) and RATHBAND (W.) A Letter of Many Ministers | in Old England, Requesting The judgement of their Reverend | Brethren in New England con- cerning Nine Positions. | Written Anno Dom. 1637. | Together with their Answer thereunto returned, | Anno 1639. And the Reply made unto the said Answer, and sent over unto them, Anno 1640. Now published ... | upon the desire of many godly and faithfull Ministers in and about the City | of London, who love and seeke the truth. By Simeon Ash, and William Rathband.... | London, Printed for Thomas Vnderhill, at the signe of the Bible in great Woodstreet. 1643.

Sm. 4to, pp. (10), 90. Crushed blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. Fine Copy.

VERY SCARCE.

83 A[SH] (Thomas.)] Carolina; or a | Description of the Present State of that Country, and The Natural Excellencies thereof, viz. The Healthfulness of the Air, Pleasantness of the Place, | Advantage and Usefulness of those Rich Commo- | dities there plentifully abound

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ing, which much encrease and flourish by the Industry of the Plan- | ters that daily enlarge that Colony. | Published by T. A. Gent. | Clerk on Board his Majesties Ship the Richmond, which was sent out in the year 1680. With particular Instructions to enquire into the State of that Country, by his Majesties Special Command, and Return'd this Present Year, 1682. | London, Printed for W. C. and to be Sold by Mrs. Grover in Pelican Court in Little Britain. 1682. Sm. 4to, pp. (2), 40. Crushed blue levant morocco, gilt top, by F. BEDFORD. A LARGE

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ASHER (G. M.) A Bibliographical and Historical Essay on the Dutch Books and Pamphlets relating to New Netherland and to the Dutch West India Company, and to its possessions in Brazil, Angola, etc. By G. M. Asher. Amsterdam: Frederick Muller. 1854-67. Sm. 4to, balf crimson levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. MATTHEWS.

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Indispensable to the collector of books relating to New York. The titles are given in Dutch with an English translation. The notes are numerous, and in some instances, extend to great length.

ASHER. Henry Hudson the Navigator. The Original Documents in which his Career is Recorded, Collected, Partly Translated, and Annotated, with An Introduction, by G. M. Asher, LL.D. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society. M,DCCC,LX.

8vo, pp. (12), ccxviii., 292. 2 Maps. Half purple morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. "The relations of his three voyages to the coast of America by the eminent and unfortunate discoverer, afford us the first authentic information regarding the Indians of New York, and of the Esquimaux of Labrador. The editor asserts what we do not recollect to have seen elsewhere stated: "Verrazano seems to have been the pilot [of the Samson and Mary] and to have lost his life in an encounter with the North American Indians.'"— Field.

ASPINWALL [(Thomas.)] Catalogue of Books relating to America, in the collection of Colonel Aspinwall, Consul of the United States of America at London. [Paris: 1832 ?]

8vo, pp. (4), 66. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT.

The collection of which this was the Catalogue, was sold entire to Mr. S. L. M. Barlow of New York, but a large portion of the books, of the least value however, was destroyed by fire. The catalogue was privately printed and is VERY RARE.

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ATHERTON (C. H.) Eulogy on Gen. George Washington delivered at Amherst, N. H. ... on the 22d day of February, 1800.... By Charles Humphrey Atherton. Amherst: 1800.

8vo, pp. 23. VERY SCARCE.

ATWELL (A. M.) An Address delivered before Mount Vernon Lodge, on their Anniversary Election of Officers, February 22, 5800. By Amos Maine Atwell, a.m. Providence: 5800.

8vo, pp. 18. UNCUT. EXCEEDINGLY RARE. Not in Hough's "Bibliographical List."

89 AUDUBON (J. J.) The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. By John James Audubon. ... New York: J. J. Audubon. 1840-44.

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The ORIGINAL EDITION in this form, which, for the beauty and perfection of its plates, is beyond any comparison with the more modern issues.

See Cassin (J.) No. 350.

AUDUBON and BACHMAN (J.) The Quadrupeds of North America, by J. J. Audubon ... and the Rev. John Bachman, D.D.

New York: J. J. Audubon. 1846-54.

3 vols., imp. 8vo, balf green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Bound from selected numbers as originally issued. PORTRAIT of AUDUBON inserted.

An elegant copy of the genuine first octavo edition, in which the plates are incomparably superior to those in Lockwood's re-issue.

"A most beautiful and interesting work, the Engravings exhibiting in most instances two or more figures (male and female,) in the most life-like attitudes, with their young, prey, &c., the entire plate coloured, with views of their favourite haunts and localities."

AUGUSTINUS (SANCTUS.) De Anima et Spiritu - De Ebrietate - De Vanitatibus Sæculi - De Vita Christiana - Ad Virgines de Sobrietate et Ebrietate De quatuor virtutibus caritatis De contricione cordis. [Colophon] Anno ab incarnacõe dñica millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo sedo. [1472] qnto idus novebris.

Sm. 4to, Gothic Letter, rubricated capitals, 74 leaves, 24 lines to a page. beautifully bound in brown morocco super extra, gilt edges, by LORTIC.

Fine clean copy,

Of this VERY RARE specimen of early typography (which is by Panzer attributed to one of the Italian presses,) Brunet is unable to cite more than one complete copy, which was sold at Sir Mark Sykes's sale for 87. 18s. 6d.

AUSTIN (J. T.) The Life of Elbridge Gerry. With Contemporary Letters to the Close of the American Revolution. By James T. Austin. Boston: Wells and Lilly. 1828.

2 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi., 520; vii., 408. Portrait and Facsimile. Half maroon morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. PORTRAIT, and AUTOGRAPH LETTER written and signed by Mr. GERRY inserted.

AUTHENTIC (An) NARRATIVE of Facts relating to the Exchange of Prisoners taken at the Cedars; supported by the Testimonies and Depositions of His Majesty's Officers, with Several Original Letters and Papers. Together with Remarks upon the Report and Resolves of the American Congress on that Subject.

London: T. Cadell. MDCCLXXVII.

8vo, pp. 50. Half blue morocco. Fine copy of an EXTREMELY RARE and interesting Revolutionary tract.

[AUTOGRAPHIC WRITINGS BY EMINENT MEN. Consisting of Original Autographs and Characteristic Original Writings, of the