XVIII. Letters of Marcus and Philo-Cato, addressed to DeWitt Clinton, Esq., Mayor of the City of New York. A New Edition, containing one letter of Marcus, and several numbers of Philo-Cato, never published before. New York: 1810. A caustic, and sometimes comical, exposé of the political quarrels arising out of the Burr XIX. A Narrative of the Celebrated Dyde Supper. By the Editor and Proprietor of the New York: Printed for the Author. 1811. pp. (6), 61. Gilt top, UNCUT. 296 BURR. Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr (late VicePresident of the United States), for Treason and for a Misdemeanor, in preparing the means of a Military Expedition against Mexico, a Territory of the King of Spain, with whom the United States were at Peace. ... By David Robertson. 297 298 299 300 Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle. 1808. 2 vols., 8vo, balf red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. RARE. BURR. Memoirs of Aaron Burr. With Miscellaneous Selections from His Correspondence by Matthew L. Davis. 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Polished calf, gilt edges, by W. Pratt. "Robert Burton is a name placed in the title-pages of a number of books by Nath'l Crouch, a bookseller, who is supposed to have written them himself."- Watt. 305 [BURTON (Robert.)] Anatomy of Melancholy what it is, with all the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostics, and several Cures of it. In Three Partitions. ... By Democritus Junior. ... A New Edition. Corrected and Enriched by Translations of the numerous Classical Extracts. Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press. 1861. 306 307 308 309 3 vols., 8vo, balf morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE PAPER; Seventy-five copies printed: one of FIFTEEN COPIES ONLY with duplicate title in each volume, baving the coat-of-arms of Burton finished in COLORS and GOLD. BUSHNELL (C. I.) Crumbs for Antiquarians: [Containing Early New York Business Tokens, Memoirs of Samuel Smith, Journal of Solomon Nash, Memoirs of Tarleton Brown, Narrative of Levi Hanford, Journal of R. J. 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It includes a Journal of the Survey of the line between Virginia and North Carolina, through the Dismal Swamp, in 1728, with many amusing incidents connected therewith. 315 316 317 ABEÇA DE VACA. The Narrative of Alvar Nuñez Folio, pp. 138. 8 Maps. Half blue levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. Matthews. "This Narrative was privately printed for Mr. G. W. Riggs of Washington, entirely for presentation to societies and personal friends. It is the earliest relation of Florida, and the territory from the Atlantic coast across the Mississippi to the Pacific which we possess. The narration of the unfortunate expedition of Cabeça de Vaca across the territory now occupied by the Southern States from Florida to Texas in the year 1527, nearly three and a half centuries ago, is full of the most melancholy yet absorbing interest. 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