320 321 322 323 324 deavouring to prove the received Opinions about Witchcraft to be Orthodox. With short | Essays to their Answers. | P. v. A short Historical Accout [sic] of Matters of Fact in that Affair. To which is added, A Postscript relating to a Book intitled, The Life of Sir William Phips. | Collected by Robert Calef, Merchant, of Boston in New-England. | Licensed and Entered according to Order. | London: Printed for Nath. Hiller, at the Princes-Arms, in Leaden-Hall-street, | over against St. Mary-Ax, and Joseph Collyer, at the Golden-Bible, | on London-Bridge. 1700. Sm. 4to, 61., pp. 156. Polished calf, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. EXTREMELY RARE, and probably as Large and fine a copy as exists, the fore edges being barely cut, the bottom entirely uncut. "The author gave great offence by opposing the then popular belief concerning witches. In his discussion with Cotton Mather, he is as superior to him in reasoning as he was in good sense and courage."- N. A. R. 111. 316. This was Woodward's copy, which was sold in 1869, for $130. CALEF. More Wonders of the Invisible World. [Same title as the preceding No. Second Edition.] Salem, Massachusetts: William Carlton. 1796. 12mo, pp. 318. Half calf antique, gilt back. A FINE COPY. Almost as RARE as the first edition. [CALLENDER (J. T.)] The American Annual Register; or, Historical Memoirs of the United States, for the Year 1796. Philadelphia: 1797. 8vo; pp. vii., 288. Half calf, UNcut. All ever published. SCARCE. [CALLENDER.] The History of the United States for 1796; including a Variety of Interesting Particulars Relative to the Federal Government previous to that Period. Philadelphia: Press of Snowden & McCorkle. 1797. 8vo, pp. viii., 312. Half calf, gilt top, UNCUT. An excellent impression of the very scarce PORTRAIT of HAMILTON painted by ROBERTSON, and engraved by GRAHAM for JAMES RIVINGTON inserted. First published in numbers, as a kind of continuation, though a separate work, of the American Annual Register for 1796. Chapters vi. and VII. contain those famous charges of peculation against Alexander Hamilton, which finally induced that distinguished Statesman to saw a leg off to cure a corn. See Hamilton (A.) No. 864. CALLENDER. Segdwick & Co. or A Key to the Six Per Cent Cabinet. By James Thomson Callender. Philadelphia: the Author. 1798. 8vo, pp. 88. Half calf, gilt top, UNCUT. Very Scarce. By James CALLENDER. Sketches of the History of America. 8vo, pp. 263. Half calf, gilt top, uncut. Fine copy. Scarce. 325 [CALLENDER.] The Prospect Before Us.... Richmond, Virginia: the Author. 1800. 326 327 328 329 8vo, 2 vols. in one, pp. 184; 152. Half calf. VERY SCARCE. Sold by the author in the jail at Richmond, and the most difficult to obtain complete of any of his racy productions. This copy wants Part II. of the second volume. CALLENDER (J.) An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of | Rhode Island | and Providence Plantations in New-England in America, | From the first Settlement 1838, to the End of [the] First Century. | By John Callender, A.M. Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green | in Queen Street. MDCCXXXIX. 8vo, pp. 14, 120, (1). Red levant morocco, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. A beautiful copy of the first edition. VERY SCARCE and important. CAMPANIUS (T.) Kort Beskrifning | Om | Provincien | Nya Swerige uti | America, Som nu förtjden af the Engelske Kallas Pensylvania. | Af lärde och trowärdige Mäns skrifter och berättelser ihopaletad och sammanstrefwen, samt med äthskillige Figurer | utzirad af Thomas Campanius Holm. Stockholm Tryckt uti Kongl. Boktr. hos Sal. Wankijfs | Ankia med egen bekostnad, af J. H. Werner Ahr. MDCCII. 4to, Engraved and Printed Titles, 71., pp. 190, Errata il. 7 Maps and Plates. levant morocco, paneled sides, gilt edges, by W. PRATT. A LARGE and ELEGANT COPY. VERY RARE. Green The engraved title reads: "Novæ Sueciæ, seu Pensylvaniæ in America descriptio." "The author was never in America. His work is made up from verbal accounts received from his father, and notes left by his grandfather, to which he has added facts obtained from the manuscripts of Peter Lindström, an engineer."— Duponceau. "A very scarce work relating to the establishment of the Swedes in New Sweden, afterwards Pennsylvania.” — Ricb. The following is a translation. CAMPANIUS. Description of the Province of New Sweden. Now called, by the English, Pennsylvania, in America. Compiled from the Relations and Writings of Persons worthy of credit, and adorned with Maps and Plates. By Thomas Campanius Holm. Translated from the Swedish, for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. With Notes. By Peter S. Du Ponceau, LL.D. Philadelphia: McCarty & Davis. 1834. 8vo, pp. vi., v-166. 5 Maps and Plates. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Frontispiece inserted. Scarce in uncut condition. Often improperly catalogued under the name of Holm. CAMPBELL (C.) Some Materials to serve for a Brief Memoir of John Daly Burk, Author of a History of Virginia. With a Sketch of the Life and Character of ... Judge John Junius Burk. Edited by Charles Campbell. Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell. 1868. 8vo, pp. 123. Half levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Scarce full length PORTRAIT of JOHN RANDOLPH inserted. 330 CAMPBELL (W. W.) Annals of Tryon County; or, The Border Warfare of New-York during the Revolution. By William W. Campbell. ... New York: J. & J. Harper. 1831. 8vo, pp. 191, 78. Map. Half calf. Fine large copy. CAREY (M.) A Short Account of the Malignant Fever, lately Prevalent in Philadelphia: With a Statement of the Proceedings that took place on the Subject in Different Parts of the United States. By Mathew Carey. Philadelphia: Printed by the Author. 1793. 331 8vo, pp. 103. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by BRADSTREET. SCARCE. Contains lists of the Names of all the persons buried in the several grave yards of Philadelphia from August 1st, to November 9th, 1793. "This pamphlet is a historical account of the circumstances attending the visitation of the yellow fever, which proved so fatal in Philadelphia, in the year 1793, and in which Mr. Carey has presented his fellow-citizens with a collection of facts and observations well calculated for the satisfaction of their anxious curiosity."- M. R., xiv., 187. 332 CAREY. The Olive Branch; or Faults on both sides, Federal and Democratic. A Serious Appeal on the necessity of Mutual Forgiveness and Harmony. ... By M. Carey. Sixth Edition, enlarged. Philadelphia: The Author. 1815. 8vo, calf. 333 CAREY. Autobiographical Sketches. In a Series of Letters addressed to a Friend. Vol. 1. Containing a view of the Rise and Progress of the American System: The Efforts made to secure its Establishment: the Causes which prevented its Complete Success, &c. By M. Carey. Philadelphia: John Clarke. [1829.] 12mo, pp. xvi., 156. Half blue morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER of the AUTHOR inserted. All ever published, and VERY SCAarce. 334 335 Contains curious particulars respecting Mr. Carey's numerous publications. CAROLINA. A Brief Description of The Province of Carolina | On the Coasts of Floreda. | And | More Perticularly of a New-Plantation | begun by the English at Cape Feare, on that River now by them called Charles-River, the 29 of May. 1664. | Wherein is set forth The Healthfulness of the Air; | the Fertility of the Earth, and Waters; and the great Pleasure and | Profit will accrue to those that shall go thither to enjoy the same. | Also, | Directions and advice to such as shall go thither whether on their own accompts, or to serve under another. Together with | A most accurate Map of the whole Province. Printed at London for Robert Horne. 1666. Sm. 4to, pp. (2), 10. Map. Red levant morocco, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD, BEAUTIFUL and VERY LARGE COPY of the RARE FIRST PRINTED DESCRIPTION of Carolina. [CARPENTER (Stephen C.)] Memoirs of the Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, Vice-President, and President of the United States of America; containing a Concise History of those States from the Acknowledgment of their Independence. With a view of the 336 337 338 339 340 ... Rise and Progress of French Influence and French Principles in that sons. A fine copy. "The history of this memoir is somewhat curious, and is probably known to very few perIt bears on the title page, Printed for the purchasers, 1809,' and was copyrighted by Thomas Hall;' but contains no name of either author or publishers. In fact, the work never was published. After printing a considerable edition the printers became alarmed, in view of the stringency of the law of libel at the time, and bethought themselves to take advice. A small number of copies - I think twenty- -were bound, and one of them was brought to the late Samuel M. Hopkins, then a young lawyer in Auburn, N. Y., for his opinion. Mr. Hopkins dipped into the book; read some twenty or thirty pages here and there; and informed the printer that he found, on the average, a libel to every page.' On this the memoir was suppressed." CARROLL (C.) Journal of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, during his Visit to Canada in 1776, as One of the Commissioners from Congress; ... With a Memoir and Notes by Brantz Mayer. ... Baltimore: John Murphy. 1845. 8vo, pp. 84. Half blue morocco. THIRTY-THREE PLATES, PORTRAITS, VIEWS, ETC., inserted. Large and fine copy. Published by the Maryland Historical Society. [CARROLL (John.)] An Address from the Roman Catholics of America, to George Washington, President of the United States. London: Printed by J. P. Coghlan. 1790. Folio. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT; Privately Reprinted in Facsimile, for Dr. J. G. Shea, with portraits, facsimile of Washington's reply, etc. [New York. 1857.] All for presentation. CARROLL. A Discourse on General Washington. Delivered in 8vo, pp. 24. Very Scarce. CARTER (W.) A Genuine Detail of the Several | Engagements, Positions, and Movements of the Royal and American Armies, during the Years 1775 and 1776; | with an | Accurate Account | of the Blockade of Boston, and a Plan of the Works on Bunker's Hill, at the time it was abandoned by his Majesty's Forces on the 17th of March, 1776. | In a Series of Letters to a Friend. | By William Carter, Late a Lieutenant of the 40th Regiment of Foot. | London: G. Kearsley. 1784. 410, pp. 50. Plan. Polished calf, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. Splendid copy. VERY SCARCE. [CARTWRIGHT (John.)] American Independence the Interest and Glory of Great Britain; or, Arguments to prove, that not only in Taxation, but in Trade, Manufactures, and Government, the Colonies are entitled to an entire Independency on the British Legislature. ... In a Series of Letters to the Legislature. To which are added copious Notes; containing Reflections on the Boston and 341 342 343 Quebec Acts; and a full Justification of the People of Boston, for destroying the British-taxed Tea; submitted to the Judgment, not of those who have none but borrowed Party-opinions, but of the candid and honest. London: Printed for the Author by H. S. Woodfall. M. DCC. LXXIV. 8vo, pp. xvi, iv, 72. Half morocco. Very Scarce. Speaking of this publication, the author's biographer says, " at a time when no Member of Parliament had sufficient decision of mind to propose the Independence of America, Major Cartwright suggested the expediency of an Union between Great Britain and her Colonies under separate Legislatures." See also M. R., LVIII, 238. CARUTHERS (E. W.) A Sketch of the Life and Character of the Rev. David Caldwell, D.D., near Sixty Years Pastor of the Churches of Buffalo and Alamance. Including Two of his Sermons; Some Account of the Regulation, Together with the Revolutionary Transactions and Incidents in which he was Concerned; and a very brief notice of the Ecclesiastical and Moral Condition of North-Carolina while in its Colonial State. By the Rev. E. W. Caruthers, A.M. Greensborough, N. C.: Swain & Sherwood. 1842. 8vo, pp. 302. Index, 11. Half red levant morocco, gilt top, by W. MATTHEWS. An elegant copy. RARE. "This rare Revolutionary Biography is replete with incidents of interest associated with the campaigns of Cornwallis, Tarleton, &c., in the South, and it is curious that no copyeither owing to its scarcity, or to the fact of its historical value being unknown- appeared in the libraries devoted to Americana, viz: those of Rice, Roche, Wight, Fisher, Davis, Morrell, and others." CARVER (J.) Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. By J. Carver, Esq., Captain of a Company of Provincial Troops during the late War with France. Illustrated with Copper Plates. London: Printed for the Author. MDCCLXXVIII. RI. 8vo, pp. (20), xvi., 544. 2 Maps, 4 Plates. Half crimson morocco extra, gilt top, UNCUT. An unusually LARGE and CLEAN COPY. "Carver came to England soon after he returned from his travels, with the intention of publishing his account of them; but when he had already sold the Ms. to a bookseller he was ordered by the government to deliver up all his maps and journals; and it was not until nearly ten years after, that he obtained permission to publish the work."— M. R., LX., 90. CARVER. Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. By J. Carver, Esq., Captain of a Company of Provincial Troops, during the late War with France. Illustrated with Copper Plates. The Third Edition. To which is added, Some Account of the Author, and a copious Index. London: C. Dilly. M DCC LXXXI. ... 8vo, pp. (22), 543, (21). 2 Maps, Portrait, and 4 plates. Half red levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. MATTHEWS. An ELEGANT COPY of this SCARCE EDITION with three plates COLORED, and rarely found uncut. To this third and best edition, a biography of the author, and an Index, are added by John Coakley Lettsom, M.D., who had become the proprietor of the work, and whose preface is dated March 30, 1781. |