202 203 204 205 206 insults, and that the people were entirely the aggressors. He supports his representations by however, it will be observed, are BOSTON. The Votes and Proceedings of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Town Meeting assembled, according to Law. [Published by Order of the Town.] To which is prefixed, as Introductory, An attested Copy of a Vote of the Town at a preceding Meeting. The whole containing a particular Enumeration of those Grievances that have given Rise to the present alarming Discontents in America. Dublin: George Faulkner. M,DCC,LXXIII. 8vo, pp. viii., 32. Half morocco. A VERY RARE EDITION of which we bave never seen another copy. BOTTA (C.) History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America. Written by Charles Botta. Translated... by George Alexander Otis. ... Philadelphia: Printed for the Translator. 1820. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. 448; v., 567; xii., 503. Half red levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. MATTHEWS. A fine PORTRAIT of the AUTHOR, an autograph letter of THOMAS JEFFERSON to MR. VAUGHAN expressing a desire to transmit a copy of the translation to MR. BOTTA, and other illustrations inserted. UNIQUE and ELEGANT copy of the best edition. VERY SCARCE. One of the most impartial of all the histories of the American Revolution. BOUCHER (J.) A View of the Causes and Consequences of the London: G. C. & A. J. Robinson. M.DCC.XCVII. "Dedicated to Washington. The author was a refugee, who returned to England, on account of his political principles, in 1775, and died there, in 1804. In the preface, he passes in review the different histories of the American Revolution, all of which are censured as partial and defective."- M. R., XXIX, 369. BOUDINOT (E.) A Star in the West; or, A Humble Attempt to discover the long lost Ten Tribes of Israel, preparatory to their Return to their Beloved City Jerusalem. By Elias Boudinot. 8vo, pp. iv., 312. Half green morocco. Trenton: N. 7. 1816. SCARCE. Not in Mr. Field's Bibliography. Pages 89-107 are devoted to an enquiry into the language of the American Indians. BOWDITCH (N. J.) Suffolk Surnames. By N. J. Bowditch. Second Edition Enlarged. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1858. 8vo, pp. xv., 383. Half green morocco, gilt top. 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 BOWERS (B.) An Alarm Sounded to Prepare the Inhabitants of the World to Meet the Lord in the Way of his Judgements. By Bath Bowers. [New York: William Bradford. 1709.] Sm. 4to, pp. 23. Calf, gilt edges, by HAYDAY. Dated at the end, Philadelphia, July 17, 1709, but evidently printed by W. BRADFORD, at Nev York. BOWNAS (S.) An Account of the Life, Travels, and Christian 8vo, pp. viii., 199. Half calf. A remarkably fine copy. SCARCE. Bownas landed in Maryland, 1702. Soon after he arrived he held a public dispute with George Keith; also with William Bradford, and suffered imprisonment for his belief. His account of the Labadies, a community resembling the Shakers, is very amusing. [BOWYER (W.)] The Origin of Printing. In two Essays; 1. The Substance of Dr. Middleton's Dissertation on the Origin of Printing in England. II. Mr. Meerman's Account of the Invention of the Art at Harleim, and its Progress to Mentz. With Occasional Remarks; and an Appendix. The Second Edition: with some Improvements. London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols. 1776. 8vo, pp. xvi., 300. Half morocco. VERY SCARCE. ... BOYER (Lieut.) A Journal of Wayne's Campaign; against the North-western Indians; 1794. By Lieutenant Boyer. Cincinnati: William Dodge. 1866. ... ... 4to, pp. 23. Half purple morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. BOYNTON (E. C.) History of West Point, and its Military Importance during the American Revolution: and the Origin and Progress of the United States Military Academy. By Captain Edward C. Boynton, A. M. New York: D. Van Nostrand. 1864. Imp. 8vo, pp. xviii., (2), 9–408. 7 Maps and 29 Plates. Half purple levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE PAPER, one hundred copies only printed. SIXTEEN ENGRAVINGS, mostly fine INDIA PROOFS, some BEFORE LETTERS, inserted. BRACKENRIDGE (H. H.) Modern Chivalry: containing the Adventures of a Captain, and Teague O'Regan, his Servant. By H. H. Brackenridge. Richmond: Jacob Johnson. 1803-7. 2 vols., 12mo, pp., vi., 210, 178; ix., 175, 163. Half calf. Fine copy. VERY SCARCE. One of the earliest works of humour by an American Author. BRACKENRIDGE. Incidents of the Insurrection in the Western 8vo, balf green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. VERY SCARCE in uncut condition. A scarce book, in defence of the author and the subject. "It was at first intended to publish this work in three vols., with an appendix to each vol., &c. relinquished, and it was judged best to publish the whole in one vol." But this plan was This accounts for the 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 three paginations; that the second and third begin with page 5 is, perhaps, owing to titlepages, etc., being dropped. For other works relating to this subejct, see the following No. ; also, Nos. 483, 720, 765, and 1641. BRACKENRIDGE (H. M.) History of the Western Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania, commonly called the Whiskey Insurrection. 1794. By H. M. Brackenridge, ... Pittsburgh: W. S. Haven. 1859. 8vo, pp. 336. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by BRADSTREET. The only uncut copy we have ever seen. Now scarce, as most of the copies were destroyed by fire. The author's father defended the insurgents; in this work, the father is defended. See "Hist. Mag.," III, 377. BRADFORD (A.) An Eulogy in Commemoration of the Sublime Virtues of Gen. George Washington, ... Pronounced in Wiscasset, February 22, 1800. ... By Alden Bradford. Wiscasset: 1800. 8vo, pp. 16. UNCUT. BRADFORD. History of Massachusetts, From 1764, to July 1775: when General Washington took Command of the American Army. By Alden Bradford, ... Boston: Richardson and Lord. 1822. 8vo, pp. 414. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. PORTRAIT inserted. BRADFORD. History of Massachusetts, from July, 1775, when General Washington took Command of the American Army at Cambridge, to the Year 1789, (Inclusive,) When the Federal Government was established under the Present Constitution. By Alden Bradford ... Boston: Wells and Sibley. 1825. 8vo, pp. 376. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. the preceding No. PORTRAIT inserted. Uniform with BRADFORD. History of Massachusetts, from the Year 1790 to 1820. By Alden Bradford. Boston: The Author. 1829. 8vo, pp. 327. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. PORTRAIT inserted. Uniform with the preceding No. "The work of a gentleman, with whom New England History has been the study of a life, and who, from the official relation which he long sustained, as Secretary of the Commonwealth, enjoyed peculiar advantages for its prosecution.”— N. Am. Rev. BRADFORD (A. W.) American Antiquities and Researches into the Origin and History of the Red Race. By Alexander W. Bradford. New York: Wiley and Putnam. 1843. 8vo, pp. 435. Half crushed red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet. Contains a resumé of the discoveries of American antiquities, with a description of their size, character, and location, and is a very excellent collection of the material facts relating to them. Field. BRADFORD (W.) History of Plymouth Plantation. By William Bradford, the Second Governor of the Colony. Now First Printed 221 from the Original Manuscript. Deane. ... Edited, with Notes, by Charles Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1856. 8vo, pp. xix., (1), 477. Half crimson morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Fifty copies only reprinted, from the Massachusetts His. Society's Collections. [BRADFORD (W.)] Report of the Committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, on their Visit to New York, May 20, 1863, at the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Birth-Day of William Bradford, who Introduced the Art of Printing into the Middle Colonies of British America. By Horatio Gates Jones. Philadelphia: 1863. 8vo, green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Engraving of BRADFORD'S TOMB-STONE inserted. The interleaved, large type, and emphacized copy of the Address delivered by MR. WALLACE on the above occasion, bound in after the Report, is the identical copy from which he read at the Cooper Institute. 222 [BRADFORD.] Some Account of "The Book of Common Prayer,' printed A.D., 1710. By William Bradford, under the Auspices of Trinity Church, New York. The First Edition of that Book ever printed on the American Continent. 223 Privately printed for Horatio Gates Jones. 1870. Sm. 8vo. A few copies only printed. Accompanied with an autograph letter from JOHN H. HICKCOX, Assistant Librarian of the N. Y. State Library, describing the earliest known example of Bradford's printing in New York, now in that institution. BRADFORD CLUB. [A Complete Set of the Publications of "THE CLUB," so called, and of the “ BRAdford Club."] New York: [v.d.] 11 vols., royal 8vo, balf crimson morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, except Melvin's Journal which is gilt edged. The Series consists of: I. A Journal of the Expedition to Quebec, in the Year 1775, under the Command of Colonel pp. 30. No. 3, of 102 copies only printed, strictly for PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. Fine unlettered proof PORTRAIT of ARNOLD inserted. II. Diary of Washington; from the first day of October, 1789, to the tenth day of March, 1790. From the Original Manuscript, now First Printed. pp. 89. No. 1, of 110 copies only printed, for PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. PORTRAIT of WASHINGTON inserted. New York: 1858. Fine unlettered proof After the publication of this work the BRADFORD CLUB was organized and issued the following: I. Papers Concerning the Attack upon Hatfield and Deerfield by a party of Indians from Canada September 19, 1677. [Edited by F. B. Hough.] New York: 1859. pp. 82. Map. 110 copies printed. CLUB COPY No. 4. India proof PORTRAIT of the EDITOR inserted. II. The Croakers, by Joseph Rodman Drake and Fitz-Greene Halleck. Edition. First Complete New York: MDCCCLX. pp. viii., 191. PORTRAITS of HALLECK and DRAKE in Two states, lettered and unlettered India proofs. A fine unlettered India proof PORTRAIT of HALLECK, from a different plate inserted. 257 copies printed. CLUB COPY No. 3. III. The Operations of the French Fleet under Count de Grasse in 1781-2. As described in Two Contemporaneous Journals. [Edited by J. G. Shea.] New York: 1864. pp. 216. India proof PORTRAIT of LORD RODNEY inserted. 165 copies printed. CLUB COPY No. 2. 224 225 IV. Anthology of New Netherland or Translations from the Early Dutch Poets of New pp. 209. PORTRAIT in THREE different tints. The leaf of "Additions and Corrections," and the corrected impression of the Facsimile, laid in at the end, are not to be found in all copies. 200 copies printed. CLUB COPY No. 4. V. Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida. Translated New York: 1866. pp. xxviii., 324. PORTRAIT of DE SOTO in FIVE, and the engraving of BRADFORD'S TOMBSTONE, in THREE different states. 203 copies printed. CLUB COPY No. 1. VI. The Northern Invasion of Oct., 1780, a Series of Papers Relating to the Expeditions from Canada under Sir John Johnson and Others against the Frontiers of New York, which were supposed to have Connection with Arnold's Treason. With an Introduction and Notes by Franklin B. Hough. New York: MDCCCLXVI. pp. 224, Map. PORTRAIT inserted. 155 copies printed. CLUB COPY No. 1. VII. The Army Correspondence of Colonel John Laurens in the Years 1777-8, now First Printed from the Original Letters addressed to his Father Henry Laurens President of Congress. With a Memoir by William Gilmore Simms. New York: 1867. pp. 250. PORTRAIT in FOUR different states. Of that opposite the title page TWELVE impressions only were taken. Proof, and India proof PORTRAITS of the EDITOR, and of HENRY LawRENS inserted. 131 copies printed. CLUB COPY No. 1. Extra No. Memorial of John Allan. [By Evart A. Duyckinck.] New York: 1864. pp. 39. PORTRAIT of MR. ALLAN in THREE different states; bis PHOTOGRAPH, and an AuTOGRAPH note WRITTEN and SIGNED by him; a PHOTOGRAPH of bis RESIDENCE during the time of bis funeral service; and an interesting autograph letter of the late GEORGE LIVERMORE respecting MR. ALLAN inserted. No. 1, of 260 copies printed, ALL FOR PRESENTATION. Private No. Memorial of John Allan. [By Evart A. Duyckinck.] New York: 1864 pp. 39. The PORTRAIT in THREE different states. UNPUBLISHED; and FIVE COPIES only printed on WHITE PAPER for the Members of the Bradford Club. This copy is No. 1. An UNRIVALLED SET, and very difficult to obtain, as there are but FIVE COMPLETE SETS, like the present, in existence. BRADFORD CLUB. [A Complete Set of the Regular Series, 8 vols., together with a set of the Publications of "THE CLUB" So called, 2 vols. New York: 1857-64. Forming 10 vols., roy. 8vo, boards and paper, UNCUT; Melvin's Journal excepted, none of which were left uncut. [BRADSTREET (Mrs. Anne.)] The Tenth Muse | Lately sprung up in America. | Or | Severall Poems, compiled with great variety of VVit and Learning, full of delight. Wherein especially is contained a com- pleat discourse and description of The Four | Elements, Constitutions, Ages of Man, | Seasons of the Year. | Together with an Exact Epitomie of the four Monarchies, viz. | The Assyrian, | Persian, Grecian, Roman. | Also a Dialogue between Old England and | New, concerning the late troubles. With divers other pleasant and serious Poems. By a Gentlewoman in those parts. | Printed at London for Stephen Bowtell at the signe of the | Bible in Popes Head-Alley. 1650. | Small 8vo, pp. (14), 207. Red morocco, gilt edges. EXCESSIVELY RARE. unable to trace the sale of more than ONE COPY in this country. We are Cotton Mather, in his " Magnalia," remarks, "these poems, divers times printed, have afforded a grateful entertainment unto the ingenious, and a monument for her memory be |