179 180 a Tree at Boston, the 14th of the first month, 1669. barely for being such a one as is called a Quaker, and coming within their Jurisdiction; And ending with the Sufferings of Edward Wharton, the 3d month, 1665. And the remarkable Judgements of God in the Death of John Endicot Governour, John Norton, | High Priest, and Humphrey Adderton, Major General. | By George Bishope. | London, Printed in the Year, 1667. Sm. 4to, pp. 206, 147. Crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges by F. BEDFORD. These THREE WORKS together form a complete book, and a copy equal to this is of the HIGHEST DEGREE OF RARITY. It is unnecessary to dilate upon the great historical importance of this volume. The following is an abbreviation : BISHOPE. New-England Judged, by the Spirit of the Lord. | In Two Parts. First, Containing a Brief Relation of the Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers in New-England, from the | Time of their first Arrival there, in the Year 1656, to the Year 1660. Wherein their Merciless Whippings, | Chainings, Finings, Imprisonings, Starvings, Burning in the Hand, Cutting off Ears, and Putting to Death, with divers other Cruelties, inflicted upon the Bodies of Innocent Men and Women, only for Conscience sake, are briefly described. In Answer to the Declaration of their Persecutors Apologizing for the same, MDCLIX. | Second Part, Being a farther Relation of the Cruel and Bloody Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers in New-England, Continued from anno 1660, to anno 1665. Be-| ginning with the Sufferings of William Leddra, whom they put to Death. Formerly Published by George Bishop, and now | somewhat Abreviated. With an Appendix, | Containing the Writings of several of the Sufferers; with some Notes, showing the Accomplishment of their Pro-phecies; and a Postscript of the Judgements of God that | have befallen divers of their Prosecutors. | Also, | An Answer to Cotton Mather's Abuses of the said People, in his late History of New-England, Printed anno 1702. | The whole being at this time Published in the said Peoples | Vindication, as a Reply to all his Slanderous Calumnies. | London, printed and Sold by T. Sowle, in White- Hart-Court in Gracious-Street. 1703. 8vo, pp. (6), 498. Followed by John Whiting's "Truth and Innocency Defended." pp. 212, 12. Brown morocco, carmine edges. A large and beautiful copy with all seven title pages. VERY SCARCE. [BLACKBURNE (Francis.)] Memoirs of Thomas Hollis, Esq. F. R., and A.S.S. London: MDCCLXXX. 2 vols., imp. 4to, half russia, gilt top, UNCUT. PRIVATELY PRINTED. This elegant copy contains all the additional engravings including the beautiful mezzotint portrait of Isaac Newton. There are in all 36 engravings by CIPRIANA, BARTOLOZZI, and BASIRE. It also has the Index which did not appear until 25 years after the publication of the work, and is rarely found in any copy. It further contains, all the suppressed or Star pages in which most copies are more or less deficient. These Star pages, as they are usually called, come in between pages 522 and 523 in the second volume in this order, 533* to 580*, followed by 577* to 584*, and embrace 52 pages. Most copies contain from 42 to 48 pages only. 181 182 183 184 185 186 Mr. Hollis was well known for his devotion to the cause of liberty, and for his munificent benefactions to Harvard College, and other Literary Institutions in America. The work abounds with the letters of his American correspondents; in Vol. 1, at p. 371, is a fine portrait of Dr. Jonathan Mayhew, of Boston. BLADENSBURGH RACES. (The) Written shortly after the Capture of Washington City, August 24, 1814. [Probably it is not generally known, that the flight of Mahomet, the flight of John Gilpin, and the flight of Bladensburgh, all occurred on the twenty-fourth of August.] [n. p.] Printed for the Purchaser. 1816. 16mo, balf green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. A satirical poem on Madison, and his administration, in imitation of John Gilpin. BLADES (W.) The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England's First Printer, with Evidence of His Typographical Connection with Colard Mansion, the Printer at Bruges. Compiled from Original Sources by William Blades. London: Joseph Lilly. 1861. 2 vols., 4to, pp. xv., 298; lx., 310, (1). 65 Plates. Half purple levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Besides copious quotations from original documents, illustrative of the life and times of Caxton, derived from hitherto unexplored sources, it includes the whole of his prologues and epilogues attached to the various books printed by him; also his own historical work, entitled "Policronicon Liber Ultimus," and is illustrated with more than 60 FACSIMILE PLATES, executed by Tupper in the most careful manner. The second volume is devoted to a bibliographical and literary account of all the works printed by, or ascribed to, the press of Caxton, including many books undescribed by Dr. Dibdin and other bibliographers, accompanied with most careful collations, and a list of copies of books printed by Caxton, in number, more than four hundred and fifty, now in the public and private libraries of Great Britain. Published by subscription; only 250 copies printed, and now very scarce. BLAKE (G.) A Masonic Eulogy, on the Life of the Illustrious Brother George Washington, pronounced before the Brethren of St. John's Lodge, on the Evening of the 4th Feb. 5800. ... By Brother Geo. Blake. Boston: 5800. 8vo, pp. 23. UNCUT. BLAKE (G.) A Masonic Eulogy. Second Edition. Boston: 5800. BLAND PAPERS. (The) Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland, Jr. of Prince George County, Virginia. To which are prefixed an Introduction, and a Memoir of Colonel Bland.... Edited by Charles Campbell. Petersburg: 1840-43. 2 vols., 8vo, in one, pp. xxxi., 160; (2), 9, 130. Half calf. Two PORTRAITS inserted. Large and fine copy. This collection of papers relating to the Revolution is now SCARCE. Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, 12mo, pp. (12), xviii., 375. Portrait, New York: T. 7. Swords. 1793. Green morocco, gilt edges. A fine LARGE copy. 187 188 189 190 191 The Memoirs of Mrs. Bleecker and her poems, were published many years ago; but I have sought in vain among the libraries, and the Bleeckers to obtain a copy."- W. L. STONE'S "Life of Brant," Vol. 1, p. 207. BLEEKER (L.) The Order Book of Capt. Leonard Bleeker, Major of Brigade in the early part of the Expedition under Gen. James Clinton, against the Indian Settlements of Western New York, in the Campaign of 1779. [Edited by Franklin B. Hough.] New York: Joseph Sabin. 1865. 4to, pp. 138. Half purple morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE PAPER. Fifty copies only printed. An INDIA PROOF PORTRAIT of GEN. JAMES CLINTON inserted. [BLOME (R.)] The Present State Of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America, viz. Jamaica, Barbadoes, S. Christophers, Mevis, Antego, S. Vincent, Dominica, New-Jersey, Pensilvania, Monserat, Anguilla, Bermudas, Carolina, Virginia, New-England, Tobago, New-Found-Land, Mary-Land, New-York. With New Maps of every Place. Together with Astronomical Tables, Which will serve as a constant Diary or Calendar, for the Use of the English Inhabitants in those Islands; from the Year, 1686, to 1700. Table by which, at any time of the Day or Night here in England, you may know what Hour it is in any of those parts. And how to make Sun-Dials fitting for all those Places. Licens'd, July 20, 1686. Roger L'Estrange. London: Dorman Newman. 1687. Also a 8vo, pp. (8), 262, (36). Portrait, Plate and 7 Maps. Polished calf, yellow edges, by W. MATTHEWS. A beautiful copy of a VERY RARE edition. BLUE LAWS (The) of New Haven Colony, usually called Blue Laws of Connecticut; Quaker Laws of Plymouth and Massachusetts; Blue Laws of New York, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina. First Record of Connecticut; Interesting Extracts from Connecticut Records; Cases of Salem Witchcraft; Charges and Banishment of Roger Williams, &c.; and other Interesting and Instructive Antiquities. Compiled By an Antiquarian. [Royal R. Hinman.] Hartford: 1838. 12mo, pp. 336. Half roan. BOADEN (J.) Inquiry into the Authenticity of various Pictures and Prints, which, from the Decease of the Poet to our own Times, have been offered to the Public as Portraits of Shakespeare. lustrated by Accurate and Finished Engravings by the ablest artists, from such Originals as were of Undisputable Authority. By James Boaden. London: Robert Triphook. 1824. 8vo, pp. v., (5), 206. 5 Portraits. Half red morocco, gilt top UNCUT. A beautiful and UNIQUE Copy with an AUTOGRAPH letter and PORTRAIT of the AUTHOR, and six fine and scarce PORTRAITS (some India proofs before letters) of SHAKSPERE inserted. BODDILY (J.) A Sermon delivered at Newburyport, on the 22d of February, 1800. By Rev. John Boddily, ... [On the Death of George Washington.] Newburyport: 1800. 8vo, pp. 15, UNCUT and RARE. 192 193 194 195 196 BOLTON (R.) A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time. By Robert Bolton. New York: 1848. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxxii., 559; (2), 582. 2 Maps and numerous Engravings. Half morocco. A fine copy. Very Scarce. PORTRAIT inserted. BOND (S.) A Publick Tryal of the Quakers in Barmudas | Upon the first Day of May, 1678. First, The Charge against them was openly read, containing the Particulars: as 1. That a Quakers pretended Saviour within him, is not the true Christ, but the False Christ, the Devil. 2. That the main end of the Quakers Meetings in these Islands, is to make the Lord's Christ, His Holy Spirit, His Angels, and Apostles, all Lyars and False Witnesses of God. | 3. That the Prim-Principles of a Quaker, are the same Held and Professed by the Beasts, which Paul fought with at Ephesus. Secondly, the Charge being Proved by the Testimony of the Holy Scriptures: was found by the Sheriffe, and Justices of Peace, a true and just Charge. Thirdly, Being found Guilty, they are here Sentenced, and | brought forth unto the deserved Execution of the Presse. By Samson Bond late Preacher of the Gospel in | Barmudas. | Boston in New-England: Printed by Samuel Green, upon Assignment of Samuel Sewall: | 1682. 4to, pp. (4), 100. Crimson morocco, gilt edges. FINE COPY. VERY RARE. One of the earliest of Boston imprints, and PRESQUE UNIQUE. "This insuing Discourse had been Printed sooner, had not Mr. John Foster (the Printer) been disenabled by a tedious sickness of which he Died.- Preface. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church ... in the Confederate States of America; together with the Psalter. ... Richmond, [Virginia :] J. W. Randolph. MDCCCLXIII. 16mo, purple morocco, gilt edges. In this edition, really printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, the prayers for the President of the United States are altered to "The President of the Confederate States. But, by a curious omission, the prayer to be used at sea remains unchanged, and the Almighty is asked to be a safeguard unto the United States. The greater part of the edition was captured from the Anglo-Rebel blockade-runner Minna, by the Government dispatch ship Circassian, off Wilmington, Dec. 6, 1863. Edited by Bon Gaultier and Illustrated Book of BALLADS. (The) by Doyle, Leech, and Crowquil. Edinburgh: Blackwoods. 1859. Sq. 8vo, calf antique, carmine edges. BOOK WORM. (The) A Literary and Bibliographical Review, edited and illustrated by J. P. Bearjeu. London: 1866-1870. 5 vols., imp. 8vo, balf olive levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. MATTHEWS. AN ELEGANT SET of which only 250 copies were printed for subscribers. "This curious review, which forms a splendid set of volumes, illustrated by hundreds of original and facsimilie engravings, contains much interesting matter. For librarians and collectors of old books it is invaluable, as it gives full descriptions of the books which have been sold for ten pounds and upwards by public auction. 197 198 199 200 201 "Bibliomaniacs, bibliographers, and others interested in old books, woodcuts, ancient printers, their lives, works and marks, may be served by our quaint and wonderfully erudite, but exceedingly whimsical contemporary."- -Athenæum. BOOTH (M.L.) History of the City of New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. By Mary L. Booth. ... New York: W. R. C. Clark & Meeker. MDCCCLIX. 8vo, pp. 846. 101 Engravings, balf morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. BOSTON. A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, perpetrated In the Evening of the Fifth Day of March, 1770. By Soldiers of the xxIxth Regiment; which with the xivth Regiment. were then Quartered there: With some Observations on the State of Things prior to that Catastrophe. Printed by Order of the Town of Boston, And sold by Edes and Gill. ... 1770. Fine copy. 8vo, pp. 48, 87. Half crimson morocco, gilt top, UNcut. EXCEEDINGLY RARE. One of the rare copies containing the subsequently printed "Additional Observations to a Short Narrative," following the Narrative, and continuously paged therewith; respecting which see Sabin's Dictionary, ii., 329, No. 6741. BOSTON. A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March 1770. By Soldiers of the xxixth Regiment, which with the XIVth Regiment were then quartered there: with some Observations on the State of Things prior to that Catastrophe. To which is added an Appendix, containing the several Depositions referred to in the preceding Narrative; and also other Depositions relative to the Subject of it. Boston: Printed. London Re-printed for W. Bingley. MDCCLXX. 8vo, pp. 38, 83. Plate. Half blue morocco. Fine, large, clean copy; with the large folded plate often wanting. BOSTON. A Short Narrative. [Another Edition.] Re-published with Notes and Illustrations, by John Doggett, Jr. New York: 1849. 8vo, pp. 122. Plate, and Plan. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNncut. View of the Massacre inserted, and a facsimile copy of the "Boston Gazette," for Monday, March 12th, 1770, giving an account of the affair, laid loose in the Volume. This edition contains the rare "Additional Observations," printed from "the original in the Library of Harvard University.” BOSTON. A Fair Account of the late Unhappy Disturbance at Boston in New England; extracted From the Depositions that have been made concerning it by Persons of all Parties. With an Appendix, Containing Some. Affidavits and other Evidences relating to this Affair, not mentioned in the Narrative of it that has been published at Boston. London: B. White. MDCCLXX. 8vo, pp. 28, 31. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Beautiful Copy. VERY RARE. "A defence of the massacre at Boston. The author is a zealous advocate for the soldiers, and endeavours to prove that their firing upon their assailants was, if not wholly unavoidable, at least highly excusable; that they were provoked to it by the most unsufferable |