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[American Revolution] Burgoyne, (John). A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid Before the House of Commons... London: Printed for J. Almon, 1780. First edition. 4to. viii, 140, lxii, (2, ad) pp. Illustrated with a folding engraved frontispiece map with hand-colored outlining, and five engraved battle plans with hand-colored outlining (two with engraved overlays), by William Faden. Three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, sometime rebacked, front board detached, boards and extremities rubbed and worn, spine dry; all edges trimmed; front free endpaper loose; offsetting to plates; scattered spotting to text. From the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Howes B-968; Sabin 9255; Adams, American Controversy 80-12a; Gephart 6179; Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 48, 51, 52, 53, 56, 57; Reese, The Revolutionary Hundred 63; ESTC T117437 First edition of British General John Burgoyne's defense of his command of the failed campaign of 1777 during the American Revolution. In 1777 the British devised a plan to gain control of the Hudson Valley and cut the rebellious New England states off from the rest of America, thus smothering the nascent revolution. To execute this plan Burgoyne led an offensive from the north, British General William Howe from the south, and Brigadier General Barry St. Leger from the west, with the goal to unite in Albany, New York. The campaign failed after Howe decided to capture Philadelphia instead of reinforcing Burgoyne's troops in Northern New York, a disastrous decision for the British that resulted with Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga to American General Horatio Gates. It was a stinging and consequential loss for the British that marked a turning point in the war, and resulted in France joining the conflict in support of the United States early the following year. Upon his return to England, Burgoyne faced severe criticism for the British defeat, and he published this volume in 1780 as a means to defend his actions. In it, he largely lays the blame for the British loss on General Howe, who resigned his command in April 1778.
Lot: 2 - [American Revolution] Clinton, George. Autograph Letter, signed
[American Revolution] Clinton, George. Autograph Letter, signed Governor George Clinton Reports on the Burning of Kingston by the British, New York's First State Capital "Head Quarters, Hurley", October 17, 1777. One sheet folded into four pages. Two-page autograph letter, signed by first New York Governor George Clinton, to his brother, Brigadier General James Clinton, reporting the burning
Lot: 3 - [American Revolution] (Cockings, George). The American War, a Poem; In Six Books. In Which the Names of the Officers who have Distinguished Themselves, During the War, are Introduced
[American Revolution] (Cockings, George). The American War, a Poem; In Six Books. In Which the Names of the Officers who have Distinguished Themselves, During the War, are Introduced London: Printed by W. Richardson for the Author; And Sold by S. Hooper; and P. Broke, 1781. First edition. From the library of Americana and autograph collector Zachary T. Hollingsworth, and with his book-plate on front paste-down. 8vo. (iv), 181 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece depicting the Battle of Bunker Hill. Contemporary three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, sometime rebacked, morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, spine and joints dry and worn, front board detached, boards soiled and rubbed; all edges trimmed; offsetting to title-page, contemporary manuscript to same, identifying author; single crayon mark on title-page, on fore-edge, margin of p. 22; scattered spotting to text; scattered contemporary marginalia in pencil. Sabin 14108; ESTC T115822 A scarce first edition of this epic poem about the American Revolution--"very remarkable specimen of poetry" (Sabin).
Lot: 4 - [Americana] (Allard, Hugo). Totius Neobelgii Nova et Accuratissima Tabula
[Americana] (Allard, Hugo). Totius Neobelgii Nova et Accuratissima Tabula Amsterdam: Reinier & Iosua Ottens, (ca. 1725). Engraved map of New England with hand-coloring, with inset "Restitutio" view of New York at bottom. 21 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (552 x 648 mm). Sheet lightly toned, primarily along edges; small spot in top center edge; short separation at bottom center; sheet professionally deacidified. In mat and in frame, 25 x 28 1/2 in. (635 x 724 mm). Burden 373 (State 7); Tooley, p. 289 20 (Seventh state). A fine example of this scarce map of New England by Hugo Allard, in the seventh and final state, published by Reiner and Joshua Ottens in Amsterdam. First produced by Allard in 1674, it is based on the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of the region, and here depicts Manhattan in the lower inset following its recapture by the Dutch in 1673, illustrating it for the first time from the East. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 5 - [Americana] Howe, Julia Ward, Irving Berlin, John Philip Sousa, Samuel F. Smith, and George F. Root. Display of Signed Patriotic Song Lyrics
[Americana] Howe, Julia Ward, Irving Berlin, John Philip Sousa, Samuel F. Smith, and George F. Root. Display of Signed Patriotic Song Lyrics No place, dates vary. Six autograph song lyrics or musical quotations, signed by their composers. Including: Julia Ward Howe (The Battle Hymn of the Republic), Irving Berlin (God Bless America), Samuel Francis Smith (My Country, 'Tis of Thee), John Philip Sousa (The Stars and Stripes Forever), Katharine Lee Bates (America the Beautiful) and George F. Root (Battle Cry of Freedom). Mounted to verso of frame is a typed letter signed by Katharine Lee Bates, dated December 8, 1926, transmitting her lyrics to a Mr. Sutphin, likely Donald R. Sutphin (1906-1992), a jewelry salesman for Tiffany & Co. in New York. Condition varies, some fading. In mat with printed American flag design, and in frame, 13 1/4 x 18 in. (336 x 457 mm). A wonderfully presented display of manuscript lyrics and musical scores from some of America's most famous patriotic songs. While The Star Spangled Banner is not present, America the Beautiful and My Country, 'Tis of Thee, were both in the running as options for the National Anthem when Congress issued a joint resolution outlining patriotic observances and ceremonies in 1931. John Philip Sousa's The Stars and Stripes Forever is still recognized as the country's national march in the same resolution. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 6 - [American Revolution] (Knox, William) The Interest of the Merchants and Manufacturers of Great Britain, in the Present Contest with the Colonies. First Edition
[American Revolution] (Knox, William). The Interest of the Merchants and Manufacturers of Great Britain, in the Present Contest with the Colonies, Stated and Considered London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1774. First edition, variant issue (with no price at bottom of title-page; without "go" as first word on p. 17; with press figures on pp. 14 and 22, as per Adams, but with press figure "4" on p. 37, instead of "5", per Adams; with press figure on p. 32--as per second state--and without press figure on p. 45, as per first state). 8vo. (ii), 50 pp. Later full drab paper-covered boards, brown calf spine label, stamped in gilt, small chipping to same; all edges trimmed; abrasion on front paste-down from removed book-plate; contemporary ownership initials at top of title-page; faint abrasion on verso of title-page, and at foot of p. 50. Adams, The American Controversy 74-40a; Sabin 34885; Howes I-64; ESTC T37338 Credited to William Knox, Undersecretary of State in the American Department in the British government, and former provost marshal in Georgia. An ardent supporter of the British government, here Knox argues against the growing unrest in the American colonies, warning that separation will lead to their economic ruin: "The continuance of their trade to the Colonies, clearly and entirely depends upon the laws of England having authority there. It is their operation which binds the commerce of the Colonies to this country. It is their operation which gives security to the property of the trader sent thither. Give up the authority of Parliament and there is an end to your trade, and a total loss of your property. But if that authority is supported and maintained, the trade of the Colonies must remain to Great Britain, and the property you intrust them with will remain secure, protected by acts of Parliament made in your behalf." This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 7 - [American Revolution] (Livingston, Philip). The Other Side of the Question: Or, A Defence of the Liberties of North-America. In Answer to a Late Friendly Address to All Reasonable Americans, on the Subject of our Political Confusions. By a Citizen
[American Revolution] (Livingston, Philip). The Other Side of the Question: Or, A Defence of the Liberties of North-America. In Answer to a Late Friendly Address to All Reasonable Americans, on the Subject of our Political Confusions. By a Citizen New-York: Printed by James Rivington, 1774. First edition. 8vo. 29, (1) pp.; lacking ad leaf at rear. 19th-century three-quarter crimson morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, remnants of library call number at bottom of spine and front boards, extremities and boards rubbed, spine ends lightly worn; all edges trimmed; abrasion on front paste-down from removed label; foxing to text; wear along center of title-page, presumably from a removed ink stamp. Adams, American Independence 128; Evans 13381; Howes L-398 ("aa"); Sabin 41634; ESTC W21592 Scarce first edition of Philip Livingston's powerful defense of American colonial rights, written in response to Loyalist Thomas Bradbury Chandler's Friendly Address to all Reasonable Americans (1774), which defended Great Britain's Coercive Acts. Livingston's pamphlet "invoked both historical precedent and Lockean political theory to defend colonial opposition to parliamentary taxation" (American National Biography, Vol. 13, p. 772). Livingston goes on to defend the actions of the Boston Tea Party insurgents, and using "ironic ridicule" (Bailyn, Pamphlets of the American Revolution, p. 8), counters Chandler's more conciliatory argument. Livingston ends his treatise with an impassioned plea, "Great are the difficulties we labour under, and many are the obstacles we must surmount. For the road to freedom and virtue, is not strewed with flowers, but sprinkled with thorns. Perhaps our fortitude is not equal to the talk, if so, we deserve the consequences. But remember, that the mother-country must suffer with her colonies: remember, that a Non-Importation has once procured a redress of our grievances. Remember that Concord is the parent of success. Remember, that the worst which can possibly befal (sic) us, even at the last, is that very slavery which we must now resist or submit to..." Born into one of New York's leading families, Philip Livingston (1716-78) was educated at Yale, and made his fortune in trade and land speculation. He became a leading conservative patriot in New York during the imperial crisis with Great Britain, served as a representative in the Stamp Act Congress, in both the first and second Continental Congresses, and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. "An exemplar of conservative patriotism in Revolutionary America", he was "a conscientious leader, possessed of an aristocrat's sense of social responsibility, he accepted republicanism without embracing its democratic implications." (ANB, p. 772) Very scarce. According to RBH, this is only the fourth copy to come to auction since 1991. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 8 - [American Revolution] Mackenzie, Roderick. Strictures on Lt. Col. Tarleton’s History "Of the Campaigns of 1780, and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America"...
[American Revolution] Mackenzie, Roderick. Strictures on Lt. Col. Tarleton’s History "Of the Campaigns of 1780, and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America"... London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by R. Jameson; R. Faulder, et al., 1787. First edition. From the library of Americana and autograph collector, Zachary T. Hollingsworth, and with his book-plate on front paste-down. (iv), vi, (ii, errata), 186 pp.; including half-title. Full brown tree calf, black morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, spine very dry, cracking along joints, extremities dry; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; old catalogue description mounted to half-title. Howes M-138; Sabin 43431; ESTC T92989 Very scarce first edition of Roderick Mackenzie's critique of British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton's command during the American Revolution. Mackenzie was a lieutenant in the first battalion of the 71st Regiment of Foot, also known as “Fraser’s Highlanders", an elite unit in the British army that fought in the Revolution. He served under Major Archibald MacArthur during the Battle of Cowpens, where British troops under Tarleton's command were routed by American General Daniel Morgan, and where Mackenzie was wounded and one of 600 troops captured. After the battle, Tarleton was severely critical of the command of Lord Cornwallis and British officers, blaming them for the loss. Here, Mackenzie "defends Lord Cornwallis, and is very severe on Lieut. Col. Tarleton's 'History', in which, he says, 'Some facts have been withheld, and some mutilated, while others are raised to a pitch of importance, to which, if historical justice had been the author's object, they are by no means entitled.'" (Sabin) According to RBH, this is only the third copy to come to auction since the Laird U. Park sale in 2000. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 9 - [American Revolution] Montresor, (John). Province de New-York
[American Revolution] Montresor, (John). Province de New-York Paris: Chez (George Louis) le Rouge, 1777. Engraved map with hand-colored outlining, comprising four joined sheets. Later paper with grommets attached along top edge; scattered light spotting and old faint stains; tape reinforcements on verso. 58 3/4 x 37 1/2 in. (1492 x 952 mm). Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, plate 114 A fine example of George Louis le Rouge's edition of one of the most detailed and important maps of the New York region issued during the Revolutionary War period. John Montresor was an English army officer, engineer, and prolific cartographer, whose long career extended from the French and Indian War to the American Revolution. In 1775 he was appointed Chief Engineer for the British Army in North America and published the first edition of this map, largely compiled from surveys he executed during the 1760s. This French edition closely follows the English, with minor additions, and depicts substantial portions of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, extending from Lake Champlain south along the Hudson River to Long Island. Two inset maps at top show Lake Champlain and the White Hills of the upper Connecticut Valley. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 10 - [American Revolution] (Morris, Gouverneur)
Observations on the American Revolution. Published According to a Resolution of Congress...For the Consideration of Those Who Are Desirous of Comparing the Conduct of the Opposed Parties...
[American Revolution] (Morris, Gouverneur) Observations on the American Revolution. Published According to a Resolution of Congress...For the Consideration of Those Who Are Desirous of Comparing the Conduct of the Opposed Parties... Philadelphia: Printed by Styner and Cist, 1779. First edition. 8vo. (iv), 122 pp., with half-title (often wanting). 20th-century quarter tan buckram over brown cloth, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; abrasion on front paste-down from removed label; faint abrasion on verso of title-page and at foot of final page; scattered light soiling to text. Sabin 50830. Evans 16625; Howes M-829; Reese, The Revolutionary Hundred 57; Hildeburn 3907; ESTC W28706; Rachum, From "American Independence" to the "American Revolution" (in Journal of American Studies, Vo. 27, No. 1, April 1993) Rare first edition of Gouverneur Morris's masterful account of the causes of the American Revolution, "a skillful and official resume of the American view of the question" (Sabin). Published in response British attempts at reconciliation, this first edition was printed in February 1779, at Congress's expense, in 1,300 copies. According to Ilan Rachum, it is possibly the first appearance of the term "American Revolution" at "the head of an official publication sponsored by the United States government" (p. 76). According to RBH, this is only the third copy to come to auction since 1984. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 11 - Audubon, John James. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories
Audubon, John James. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories New York and Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, (1839-) 1840-1844. In seven volumes. Royal 8vo (255 x 165 mm). Half-titles, 500 hand-colored lithographed plates after Audubon by W.E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, numerous wood-engraved anatomical diagrams in text. (Some spotting throughout, a touch of dampstaining to the foremargin of a few leaves in Vol. IV.) Publisher's deluxe green morocco decorated in gilt and blind, spines in five compartments with four raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, the rest with gilt owl or eagle tools, edges gilt, plaid endleaves (portion of lower joint detached with vertical tear across the spine Vol. I, some rubbing and wear to joints, spines darkened and brittle with a few chips and old repairs). Ayer/Zimmer, p.22; Bennett, p.5; McGill/Wood, p.208; Nissen IVB 51; Reese 34; Sabin 2364 First octavo edition. Audubon's double-elephant folio edition of The Birds of America (1827-1838) established his reputation as the greatest ornithological artist of his time. Though that edition was published in London to ensure the quality of the plates, he employed the Philadelphia firm of J.T. Bowen to produce this more commercially viable edition under the close supervision of his sons whereby the folio plates were reduced by camera lucida and lithographed. This octavo edition is considered the "first and most desirable edition in this form published during the author's lifetime, in one hundred parts" (Sabin). The original subscription price was $100, and its commercial success granted Audubon financial security. In addition to the original plate count included in the double-elephant folio edition, the octavo edition has 65 new images for a total of 500 plates, making it "the most extensive color plate book produced in America up to that time" (Reese). Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
Lot: 12 - Audubon, John James. The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories.
Audubon, John James. The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York: John Lockwood, (ca. 1870-1871). In eight volumes. Royal 8vo (263 x 172 mm). Half-titles, 500 hand-colored lithographic plates. Publisher's brown morocco elaborately decorated in blind, spines gilt-lettered, edges gilt, turn-ins gilt (some rubbing and light wear to extremities, a few hinges just starting). Ayer/Zimmer pp. 25-26; Nissen IVB 52; Wood p. 209 Later edition. The Lockwood edition represents the last octavo edition printed from the original stones; they were destroyed in a fire in a Philadelphia warehouse, where they were stored, after 1870. Roe Lockwood & Son were publishers of the second folio edition of Audubon's Birds, which was not commercially successful due to the outbreak of the Civil War. Lockwood was the major creditor for the second edition, however, and gained the publication rights and lithographic stones for Audubon's works. It is from these stones that this octavo edition was printed. Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
Lot: 13 - Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). American Robin
Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). American Robin London: R(obert). Havell, 1832. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching. Engraved, printed, and colored by Havell, after a painting by Audubon. Scattered very small repairs along edges; scattered faint spotting. Approximately 39 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (1003 x 673 mm) (sight). Float mounted in mat and in frame, 49 1/2 x 37 in. (1,257 x 940 mm). Low, p. 96 A handsome example of Audubon's depiction of an American robin, plate CXXXI from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict two adults, above, and four young around a nest, all in a branch of Rock Chestnut Oak. The caterpillar which one of the adults is feeding to its young in the painting is more finished in the plate. Painted at Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, on July 2, 1829." (Low) This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 14 - Audubon, John J(ames). Fish Hawk
Audubon, John J(ames). Fish Hawk, Male (London): R(obert). Havell, Jr., 1830. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J. Whatman watermarked paper, dated 1830. Engraved, printed, and colored by Havell, Jr. Light to moderate toning along edges, light mat burn in same; spotting in top edge and upper left corner, scattered light spotting in lower half; scattered light soiling; small repaired closed tear in bottom center edge. 38 7/8 x 25 11/16 in. (987 x 652 mm). In mat and in frame, 49 1/4 x 39 1/8 in. (1251 x 994 mm). Low, pp. 75-76, variant 1 Audubon's striking image of a fish hawk, also known as an osprey, plate 81 from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict one bird flying with a large Weakfish in its talons...In the plate, sea and cliffs were added in the distance. There is more color in the plate...Audubon undoubtedly painted it in the summer of 1829, when he was in New Jersey. It is a matter of wonderment that this plate, one of this author's favorites, has never achieved the popularity of prints such as the Flamingo or the Great Blue Heron. Surely, with the powerful, dramatically painted wings, it ranks as one of the most stunning of Audubon's prints." (Low) This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 15 - Audubon, John James. Wild Turkey
Audubon, J(ohn).J(ames). Great American Cock Male--Vulgo (Wild Turkey) (London, 1827). Hand-colored engraving, by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, after a painting by Audubon; on J. Whatman Turkey Mill paper, dated 1827. Approximately 3-inch repaired closed tear in top center edge; other scattered small repaired closed tears along edges; very small holes in top corners; light soiling along margins. 39 x 26 in. (991 x 660 mm). In mat and in frame, 46 3/4 x 34 1/4 in. (1187 x 870 mm). From the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Low, p. 28, variant 1 A handsome example of John James Audubon's Wild Turkey, the first print from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict one large, beautiful bird in a stand of Giant Cane. Almost all Audubon references suggest this work was painted at Beechwoods, the plantation of Mrs. Robert Percy near St. Francisville, Louisiana, in 1825...It is difficult to find this print in pristine condition. As the first one sent to subscribers, it was proudly shown off to family and friends, so that it was much handled." (Low)
Lot: 16 - Audubon, John James, and John Bachman. The Quadrupeds of North America
Audubon, John James, and John Bachman. The Quadrupeds of North America New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849, 1851, 1854. In three volumes. 8vo (264 x 180 mm). Half-titles, 155 hand-colored lithographed plates by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after original drawings by John James Audubon and John Wodehouse Audubon. (Some very minor soiling to a few leaves.) Publisher's brown morocco elaborately decorated in blind, sides with central lozenges with title lettered in blind, spines with raised bands, gilt-lettered and decorated in blind, edges gilt (some light rubbing to corners and extremities, a few hinges starting). Small bookseller's label on paste-downs (C. S. Francis & Co.). Bennett, p. 5; Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2368; Wood p. 208 First octavo edition. The Quadrupeds was first published between 1845 and 1848 in three folio volumes with 150 colored plates; a supplement, published in 1854, provided an additional volume of text and six plates. This first octavo edition, issued in response to the success of the octavo edition of The Birds of America, contains all of the original 150 plates and five, of the six, supplemental plates, each reduced by means of the camera lucida. Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
Lot: 17 - Audubon, John J(ames). Ruffed Grous
Audubon, John J(ames). Ruffed Grous London: John J. Audubon, 1828. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching. Engraved by Robert Havell, Jr., and printed and colored by Robert Havell, Sr., after a painting by Audubon. Scattered small discreet repairs along edges, light mat burn along same; very small short closed tear in bottom right corner. 26 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. (667 x 997 mm). Float mounted and in mat and in frame, 37 x 49 1/2 in.. (940 x 1257 mm). Low, pp. 52-53, variant 1 Audubon's fine depiction of a ruffed grouse, plate 41 from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict two males, top, and a female, below, feeding on the blue-black berries of Moonseed...There are curious variations of color in the ruffs of the male birds in different prints, ranging from black to velvety blue...Possibly painted about 1824 in Pennsylvania. Although not giving any information about the date or place of this painting, Audubon wrote about this bird at great length in Ornithological Biography. He was clearly a great admirer of this distinguished bird, and prized it for both its beauty and its culinary excellence. He mentioned especially that in various parts of the countryside it was called Pheasant and Partridge by the locals." (Low) This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 18 - Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). Trumpeter Swan
Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). Trumpeter Swan (London: Robert Havell), 1837. Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermarked paper, dated 1837. Engraved, printed, and colored by Robert Havell, after a painting by Audubon. Mat burn along edges; scattered small repairs in top edge; edges very slightly trimmed. 25 9/16 x 38 3/16 in. (649 x 970 mm). In mat and in frame, 36 1/4 x 48 1/2 in. (921 x 1,232 mm). Low, p. 191 A handsome example of Audubon's Trumpeter Swan, plate CCCLXXVI from his Birds of America (London, 1827-38). "Painting and plate depict one bird amid grass and washed-up seaweed. He is laying down with his head and neck arched back over his wing. Audubon wrote in Ornithological Biography: 'The young bird represented in this plate was shot near New Orleans, Dec. 16, 1822...'" (Low) This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 19 - Bartram, William. Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws...
Bartram, William. Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws... London: Reprinted for J. Johnson, 1792. First English edition. 8vo. xxiv, 520, (12) pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, engraved folding map, and seven engraved plates (one folding). Full contemporary mottled tan calf, decorated in gilt, front and rear boards detached, spine darkened and very dry, extremities rubbed; all edges trimmed; dampstaining in top edge of leaves at front; scattered soiling and spotting to text; old offsetting pp. 264-265; small chip in top corner Z2-3; light dampstaining in margins of some leaves at rear; scattered short closed tears along edges. From the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor L. and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Clark, Old South I:197-1; Field 96; Howes B-223; Sabin 3870; ESTC T88527 First English edition of William Bartram's travels through the Southern United States, a work "unequaled for the vivid picturesqueness of its descriptions of nature, scenery, and productions" (Sabin).
Lot: 20 - Birch, W(illiam). The City of Philadelphia. First Edition
Birch, W(illiam). and (Thomas). The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the Year 1800... The First American Color Plate Book Springland Cottage, Pennsylvania: W. Birch, Decr. 31st., 1800. First edition. Oblong folio. With an engraved vignette title-page by William Barker, hand-colored engraved frontispiece, engraved plan of Philadelphia by
Lot: 21 - [Blackstone, William] Contemporary Manuscript Lecture Notes From William Blackstone's Courses on the Laws of England
[Blackstone, William] Hammond, John. Contemporary Manuscript Lecture Notes Extensive Contemporary Lecture Notes from William Blackstone's Oxford Courses on English Law, Compiled by an Attending American-Born Law Student and Later Colonial Maryland Lawyer and Legislator (University of Oxford), ca. 1758. In four volumes. Thick 8vo. (ii), 455; (483); (466); (582) ff. Manuscript notes, in the
Lot: 22 - [Bry, Theodor de] Hariot, Thomas. Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae... (Part One, in Latin, of De Bry's Great Voyages)
[Bry, Theodor de] Hariot, Thomas. Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae... (Part One, in Latin, of De Bry's Great Voyages) Frankfurt: Ioannis Wecheli (for) Theodori de Bry, 1590 and (1608). Mixed edition in Latin*. From the library of bibliophile Amor L. Hollingsworth, and with his armorial book-plate on front paste-down. Folio. Illustrated with an engraved
Lot: 23 - Carver, Jonathan. Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America...First Edition
Carver, J(onathan). Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 London: Printed for the Author; And Sold by J. Walter, and S. Crowder, 1778. First edition. 8vo. (xx), xvi, (17)-543, (1) pp. Illustrated with an engraved folding frontispiece map of North America with hand-colored outlining, an engraved folding map with hand-colored outlining, and four engraved plates. Three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, decorated in blind and in gilt, front board detached, joints and extremities rubbed; morocco lightly and unevenly faded; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpaper; by William Smith, New York; printed slip tipped in at front blank; offsetting in frontispiece and to upper portion of title-page, faint renmants of contemporary ownership signature at top of same; light intermittent spotting to text. From the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Howes C-215; Sabin 11184; Vail 654; Pilling, Algonquian p. 68; Graff 622; Reese, The Struggle for North America 88 (third edition); ESTC T133718 First edition of Jonathan Carver's classic account of his travels through western North America, "the first major narrative by an American describing travel westward from the Mississippi. (Reese) "Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution. Like his French predecessor--Verendrye--he was seeking a transcontinental waterway, but, aside from exploring some tributaries of the Mississippi, he made no substantial contributions to geographical knowledge; his book, however, stimulated curiosity concerning routes to the Pacific, later satisfied by Mackenzie and Lewis and Clark." (Howes) Carver's account became immensely popular, and went through numerous editions, and was the most commonly available book describing the West at the end of the 18th century. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 24 - Childs, C(ephas).G(rier). Views in Philadelphia, and its Vicinity; Engraved From Original Drawings
Childs, C(ephas).G(rier). Views in Philadelphia, and its Vicinity; Engraved From Original Drawings Philadelphia: Published by C(ephas).G(rier). Childs, 1827-30. In six original parts. First edition. Small folio. With letterpress title-page in No. 2, letterpress text, two printed publisher's slips tipped-in (at front of No. 1 and at rear of No. 2), one printed publisher's slip laid in No. 3 ("In consequence of indisposition, the publisher regrets that the publication of this number has been delayed a month....", dated, May 6th), and list of subscribers in No. 6. Illustrated with an engraved title-page in No. 6, 24 engraved views, and one engraved plan (each with tissue guard), by Childs, William E. Tucker, J.W. Steel, J. Cone, and William H. Hay, after drawings by Thomas Birch, George Strickland, E.W. Clay, Thomas Sully, John Haviland, et al. Publisher's stiff printed wrappers, Nos. 4 and 6 sometime rebacked, wear to spine ends of others, soiling and spotting to wrappers, (heavier on Nos. 3 and 6), scattered wear and creasing along extremities; all edges trimmed; light to heavy foxing to plates; scattered spotting to text; dampstaining in top edge of No. 3; dampstaining in fore-edge of No. 6; in red cloth folding case. Snyder, Mirror of America, pp. 70-77; Howes C-383; Sabin 12731 and 99588 First edition in original parts of one of the most important American city viewbooks of the 19th century. The second comprehensive viewbook of Philadelphia after William Birch's City of Philadelphia (see lot 20), the engravings depict several important sites, including the city's prominent churches, the state house, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Mint, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Fairmount Water Works, and more. Uncommon in parts.
Lot: 25 - The Constitutional Articles of the Independent Company of Cadets, As Revised and Ratified, May, 1806
The Constitutional Articles of the Independent Company of Cadets, As Revised and Ratified, May, 1806 Boston: Printed by Greenough & Stebbins, 1806. First edition thus. 12mo. 36 pp. Three-quarter blue levant over marbled paper-covered boards, decorated in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers; original marbled wrappers bound in; spotting to title-page, old ink notation at top of same; contemporary inscription on verso of original rear wrapper ("Officers, August, 1812 / Lt. Col. John Williams / Major Geo. G. Lee / B.T. Lickman". From the library of Valentine Hollingsworth, and with his gilt morocco book-plate on front paste-down. Not in Evans, Bristol, or Sabin; Shaw & Shoemaker 10612; OCLC 51050247 Rare handbook for the Massachusetts Independent Company of Cadets, the oldest volunteer militia unit in Massachusetts. First organized by Benjamin Pollard in 1741, the Cadets initially served as the ceremonial bodyguard for the royal governors of Massachusetts. John Hancock, one of the Company's most famous members, joined in 1766, and in 1772 was selected its Commander. In 1774, as relations between the colonists and Great Britain worsened, Hancock was dismissed by acting Massachusetts governor, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Gage. In protest the unit disbanded, and following Britain's retreat from Boston, the Cadets were reorganized and then incorporated into the Continental Army. In 1786, following the war, it was formally reorganized as the Independent Company of Cadets and given special privileges by the General Court of Massachusetts. It continued to serve as escorts for Massachusetts governors, and its members served in the Civil War, as well as World Wars I and II. For the 1798 edition, see ESTC W39091, of which only one copy has been located, at the American Antiquarian Society. Rare, according RBH, no copy of this edition has ever appeared at auction. OCLC locates only three copies: American Antiquarian Society, New England Historic Genealogical Society, and Kreitzberg Library at Norwich University. We locate an additional copy at the Gilder Lehrman Institute. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 26 - [Economics] (Coxe, Tench) An Enquiry into the Principles on Which a Commercial System For the United States of America Should be Founded; to Which are Added Some Political Observations Connected with the Subject...
[Economics] (Coxe, Tench) An Enquiry into the Principles on Which a Commercial System For the United States of America Should be Founded; to Which are Added Some Political Observations Connected with the Subject... (Philadelphia): Printed and Sold by Robert Aitken, 1787. First edition. 8vo. 52 pp. Three-quarter crimson straight-grain morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, boards and extremities rubbed; all edges trimmed; foxing to title-page and text; 19th-century library ink notations on title-page, two faint abrasions at center of same. Howes C-829; Sabin 17295; Evans 20306; Kress B1198; ESTC W31900 An important and scarce pamphlet on American commerce, an influential work of early Hamiltonian and Federalist economics. Coxe was a political economist, and one the earliest voices that advocated for a strong nationalist commercial policy. Born in Philadelphia, he represented Pennsylvania during the Annapolis Convention in 1786, strongly supported the ratification of the Constitution, and became assistant secretary of the Treasury under Alexander Hamilton in the new federal government. Published on May 14, 1787, the day the Constitutional Convention began, this pamphlet was produced by The Society for Political Inquiries, a group created by Benjamin Franklin to influence the national debate on economic policy. This first edition provides a summation of Coxe's views on economic and commercial policy, where he urges for the development of domestic manufacturing, free commerce between states, the power for the government to impose tariffs and levy taxes, and regulatory powers to establish strong public credit. Coxe's views would be influential in the young government, where he worked alongside Hamilton in promoting government-led economic and commercial programs. According to RBH, this is the first copy offered at auction since the Laird Park sale in 2000. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 27 - (Eliot, John). New Englands First Fruits. First Edition
(Eliot, John). New Englands First Fruits; in Respect, First of the (Conversion of some, Conviction of divers, Preparation of sundry) of the Indians... Very Rare First Edition on Early Colonial New England, Including the First Printed Account of Harvard University London: Printed by R.O. and G.D. for Henry Overton, 1643. First edition. Small 4to. (ii), 26 pp.; lacking errata leaf, as usual
Lot: 28 - Elliot, Daniel Giraud. A Monograph of the Tetraoninae, or family of the Grouse
Elliot, Daniel Giraud. A Monograph of the Tetraoninae, or family of the Grouse New York: Published by the Author, (1864-)1865. Folio (591 x 456 mm). Letterpress title-page, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 7 pp. preface, introduction, explanation, list of plates. 25 fine hand-colored lithographic plates by C.F. Tholey after Elliot and J. Wolf, two hand-colored plates of eggs after W.S. Morgan, all printed by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia. (Some very slight mostly marginal spotting or soiling, some intermittent heavier spotting to a few text leaves, colors generally bright.) Later half cloth, marbled boards, morocco lettering-piece gilt (some light wear to corners, hinges just starting, short tear to cloth at foot of spine). Teylers Museum ink stamps on title-page, and with tiny shelf label on spine. Anker 128; Ayer/Zimmer p. 205; Bennett, p. 19; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 293; Wood p. 331 "Next only to Audubon's, the Elliot works are the most valuable American bird plates" (Bennett). The second of Elliot's great folio monographs, dealing with 25 species of Grouse (all then known). Twenty-four of the plates are from Elliot's own drawings, and one, of the Kunalee Grouse (in part one), is after Joseph Wolf. The lithographic work was carried out by Bowen & Co., the publisher's of the octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America, arguably the best lithographic printers in the United States at the time. This is one of only three works by Elliot produced in the United States; his later works were printed in Europe, though some retained a New York imprint. Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
Lot: 29 - Elliot, Daniel Giraud. The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America
Elliot, Daniel Giraud. The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America New York: Published by the Author, 1869. In two volumes. Folio (608 x 475 mm). Letterpress list of subscribers, 12 leaves with woodcut engravings by W. J. Linton, printed separately and pasted in. Seventy-two lithographed plates with hand-coloring, all but one by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia (plate 47 lithographed by Elliot and Wolf and printed by McLellan in New York), all after drawings by D. G. Elliot and Joseph Wolf. (Title-pages and a few text leaves creased, a few plates and text leaves starting in Vol. II, perforated stamp in margin of approximately two plates, Brachyrhampus Hypoleucus plate disbound with marginal chipping, a few marginal tears with a few repairs to several text leaves, a few plates with light marginal chipping). Modern half green morocco, marbled boards, spines gilt. With the book-plates and perforated stamps of the Spokane Public Library. Anker 129; Ayer/Zimmer p. 205; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 294; Sabin 22227. First edition, one of only 200 copies printed. "Since the time of Wilson and Audubon, no work has been published upon American Ornithology, containing life-size representations of the various species that have been discovered since the labors of those great men were finished" (from the Preface). Nearly all of the species are illustrated life-size and Joseph Wolf's depiction of the falco islandicus has become one of the icons of ornithological illustration. Among the final works completed by the printing firm Bowen in Philadelphia, as they went out of business soon after this was published, and Elliot had the rest of his works produced in Europe. Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
Lot: 30 - [Franklin, Benjamin] Saunders, Richard. Poor Richard improved...For the Year...1756...
[Franklin, Benjamin] Saunders, Richard. Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris...For the Year of our Lord 1756... "Love your enemies for they will tell you your faults" Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, (1755). First edition. 16mo. (36) pp. Illustrated with anatomical vignette woodcut and vignette calendrical woodcuts. Original stab-sewn self-wrappers; light wear and creasing to front and rear leaves; very faint dampstaining to first leaf; light spotting to final leaf, same starting; old faint pencil notation in top edge of final page; in blue cloth chemise. Church 1008; Drake 9776; Evans 7420; Ford 102; Hildeburn 1436; Miller 608; ESTC W22790 (six locations) A fine, rare, and unsophisticated copy of one of Franklin's famed Poor Richard almanacs, a defining work of his printing career, and one of the last issues printed and edited by him. Miller locates only 20 copies (some of which are incomplete or defective), from a likely print run of around 10,000. According to RBH, this is the fifth copy to appear at auction since 2005 (one of which was partially defective).
Lot: 31 - [Hamilton, Alexander] The Speeches at Full Length of Mr. Van Ness, Mr. Caines, The Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton, in the Great Cause of the People, Against Harry Croswell, on the Indictment for a Libel on Thomas Jefferson...
[Hamilton, Alexander] The Speeches at Full Length of Mr. Van Ness, Mr. Caines, The Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton, in the Great Cause of the People, Against Harry Croswell, on the Indictment for a Libel on Thomas Jefferson... New-York: Printed by G. & R. Waite, 1804. First edition. 8vo. 78 pp. Disbound; scattered spotting and toning to leaves; in cloth slip case and chemise. Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 90; Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 13322; Sabin 17677; Howes V-38 Scarce first edition of the speeches from People v. Croswell, a landmark case for the freedom of the press. Harry Croswell was the publisher of the small Federalist newspaper, The Wasp, and was charged with libel under the Sedition Act in 1803 following the publication of a story that claimed President Thomas Jefferson paid publisher James Callender to run negative stories against his opponents. During his trial, Croswell was represented by William Peter Van Ness, who unsuccessfully tried to admit evidence showing the truth of Croswell's published statements. The presiding judge, Chief Justice Morgan Lewis, denied Van Ness's attempt, and instructed the jury to only consider whether or not Croswell had published the statements, for which he was found guilty. Alexander Hamilton appealed the verdict to the New York Supreme Court, and in one of his most famous speeches, passionately argued for over six hours for freedom of the press and the use of truth as evidence against libel, as well as a rejection of libel based on English common law principles, which had set the precedent for the guilty verdict. Although the court deadlocked in a 2-2 split, Croswell was never sentenced, nor retried, and the following year the New York state legislature incorporated Hamilton's reasoning into its reformed libel laws. A fine copy.
Lot: 32 - (Hamilton, Alexander and James Madison and John Jay). The Federalist...First Edition
(Hamilton, Alexander and James Madison and John Jay). The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, As Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 New-York: Printed and Sold by J(ohn). and A(ndrew). M'Lean, 1788. Two volumes in one. First edition, regular paper copy. 12mo. vi, 227, (1); vi, 384 pp. Three-quarter green straight-grain morocco
Lot: 33 - Hancock, John. Autograph Document, signed
Hancock, John. Autograph Document, signed (Boston), April 15, 1772. One sheet, approximately 6 x 7 1/2 in. (152 x 190 mm) (sight). Autograph document, signed by John Hancock as Speaker pro tempore of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, settling the account of Thomas Dennie: "In the House of Representatives April 15 1772 The within Account being read. Accepted and Resolvd that there be allowed & paid to Mr. Thomas Dennie & others therein mentiond the Sum of forty four pounds ten Shillings & two pence half pence in full discharge of said Account Sent up for Concurrence John Hancock Spkr pro Temp." Inscribed below by Deputy Secretary John Cotton. Further inscribed by Hancock below above, and crossed out: "In the House of Representatives April 15 1772 The within account read & accepted. Resolvd that the Treasurer be & hereby is directed to Mr. John Dennie & others therein mentioned the several Sums". Also inscribed by Hancock along right side, "Major Foster Mr. Thurston Mr. Henry". Itemized manuscript on verso in another hand, for Thomas Dennie, John Whitcomb, and Benjamin White. Creasing from old folds, scattered repairs along same, recto and verso. In mat with engraved portrait of Hancock, and unexamined out of double-pane glass frame, 20 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (521 x 317 mm). From the library of J. Ackerman Coles, with his faint ink stamp on verso. An uncommon document from John Hancock as Speaker of the Massachusetts colonial House of Representatives, settling an account for Boston merchant Thomas Dennie (1756–1842).
Lot: 34 - Hutchinson, Thomas. The History of the Colony of Massachusets-Bay...
Hutchinson, Thomas. The History of the Colony of Massachusets-Bay... Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1764-69. In three (of an eventual four) volumes (with: The History of the Province of Masachusets-Bay...,1767, and A Collection of Original Papers Relative to the History of the Colony of Masachusets-Bay, 1769). First editions. From the library Americana collector Amor L. Hollingsworth, and with his red morocco book-plate on front paste-down of each volume. 8vo. (iv), iv, 566; (iv), iv, 539; (ii), ii, 576 pp. Full 19th-century polished tan calf, red morocco spine labels, decorated in gilt, front and rear boards detached on first and third volumes; front board detached on second volume, rear board of same starting; spine of each volume dry and chipping; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; by Riviere & Son; signature of American Congregational minister, educator, and president of Yale, Thomas Clap, mounted on front blank of first volume; ownership inscription on title-page of first volume, dated 1857 ("John Heale Pilsbury / from E.J. Demoor"; scattered light spotting to text. Sabin 34069, 34075, 34082. Evans 9705, 10658, 11300; Howes H-853; Adams, The American Controversy, 64-11a, 67-7a; Reese, The Struggle for North America 65; ESTC W20456, W20464, W31190 First edition of Massachusetts colonial governor Thomas Hutchinson's history of Massachusetts, "a work of permanent value...indispensable in any American collection." (Sabin) The first volume discusses the early years of the colony, from its first settlement in 1628, up to 1691, while the second volume covers the colony from its 1691 charter up to 1750. The third volume was published by Hutchinson as a supplemental volume to the first two, and is, according to Sabin, "a necessary adjunct." A fourth volume (not present) was published posthumously, in 1828, from Hutchinson's notes. "Besides being a colonial historian, Hutchinson was governor of Massachusetts from 1771 to 1773 and a staunch Loyalist. He left Boston for London in late 1773, after his actions were one of the precipitating causes of the Boston Tea Party, and remained in exile in England until his death in 1780." (Reese)
Lot: 35 - [Jackson, Andrew] (Kane, John Kintzing) A Candid View of the Presidential Question, by a Pennsylvanian
[Jackson, Andrew] (Kane, John Kintzing) A Candid View of the Presidential Question, by a Pennsylvanian The Emergence of Modern Presidential Campaigning in the Mudslinging 1828 Election Philadelphia: Printed by William Stavely, August, 1828. First edition. 8vo. 22 pp. Printed stab-sewn self-wrappers, creasing along spine and in corners; spotting and soiling to text; pencil notation at top of front wrapper ("Dup N.H."); in red cloth fall-down-back box. Sabin 60789; Shaw & Shoemaker 33747 Rare pro-Andrew Jackson 1828 presidential campaign pamphlet, by Pennsylvania lawyer and Democratic party politico John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858). Kane graduated from Yale in 1814 and began practicing law in Philadelphia in 1817. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1824 to 1825 and left the waning Federalist party before the end of his term, disgusted by the so-called "corrupt bargain" between President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay following the presidential election of 1824. By 1828 he had aligned himself with Andrew Jackson and campaigned heavily for him. The 1828 election is remembered as a watershed moment in American politics. Its divisive and bitter nature was unlike any before or after, and its use of organized campaigning helped foster the emergence of the two-party system, in which this pamphlet played a part. As such, this pamphlet, "contrasted the self-made man and national hero Jackson with the elitist Adams. Distributed nationally, Candid View helped create a new type of campaigning through the popular press and pamphleteering." (Grow, "Liberty to the Downtrodden" Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer, 2009, p. 5). According to RBH, this is the first copy to ever be offered at auction. OCLC locates only four other copies, in the Pennsylvania State Library, the Library of Congress, the American Antiquarian Society, and the John C. Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Shaw & Shoemaker locate further copies at the Maryland Historical Society, the New York Public Library, the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and at the Library Company of Philadelphia. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 36 - Janson, Charles William. The Stranger in America...First Edition, Hand-Colored
Janson, Charles William. The Stranger in America: Containing Observations Made During a Long Residence in That Country, on the Genius, Manners and Customs of the People of the United States... London: Printed for James Cundee at the Albion Press, 1807. First edition. 4to. 22, 499, (1), (6, ads) pp. Illustrated with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece with aquatint, engraved hand-colored vignette title-page with aquatint, and eight engraved and aquatint plates, one engraved plan, and one in-text engraving. Full navy blue morocoo, decorated in gilt, joints rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; scattered light spotting and soiling to text. From the library of Valentine Hollingsworth, and with his morocco book-plate on front paste-down. Abbey, Travel 648; Reese, The Federal Hundred 100; Howes J-59; Sabin 35770; Clark I:II 99 First edition of Charles William Janson's “petulant view of U.S. life.” (Howes). Janson, an Englishman by birth, resided in the United States from 1793-1805/6. “Having failed in America in both law and business and having been repelled by the rise of Jeffersonian Jacobinism, Janson draws a picture of unrelieved black, but one worthy of attention because of the length of his stay and the breadth of his interests. He covers an astonishing variety of subjects in a loose topical arrangement…” (Clark). The breadth of these topics is astoundingly diverse, and includes “Singular Manner of catching a Shark,” the dead of Bunker Hill, “Multiplication of Wild Pigeons in New England," the “Effect of Republican Principles," “Method of rearing Hogs,” “Peale's Museum,” “Wretched State of the Roads about Washington,” “Eminent Living Actors,” “Bee-Hunting,” “Treatment of Slaves,” “The Culture of Indian Corn,” “Thomas Paine,” and much more. The book contains fine aquatint views of Philadelphia and Boston, and is noted for containing the earliest known published image of the White House, and one of the earliest published views of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. According to Reese, the appendix “contains what appears to be the first British printing of Thomas Jefferson's December 1806 message announcing the completion of the Lewis and Clark expedition.“ Uncommon with hand-colored plates. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 37 - Jefferson, Thomas. Autograph Letter, signed
Jefferson, Thomas. Autograph Letter, signed On the National Road, the First Large-Scale Federal Infrastructure Project in the United States Monticello, August 6, 1808. One sheet, 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (248 x 184 mm). One-page autograph letter, signed by Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States, to Joseph Kerr, Thomas Moore, and Eli Williams, Commissioners of the Western Road (also
Lot: 38 - [Peale, Charles Willson] Jefferson, Thomas. Autograph Note, signed
[Peale, Charles Willson] Jefferson, Thomas. Autograph Note, signed Thomas Jefferson Gifts Charles Willson Peale An Eagle Claw (Philadelphia), March 12, 1797. Autograph note, signed in the third person by Thomas Jefferson as Vice-President of the United States and as President of the American Philosophical Society, to Charles Willson Peale: "Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr. Peele & returns him the papers he confided to him with thanks for the perusal. he also incloses the eagle's claw. he takes this opportunity of taking friendly leave of him. Mar. 12. 97." Additional signature ("Th: Jefferson"), added in another, later, hand at bottom right. One sheet, 4 x 7 3/4 in. (102 x 197 mm). Creased from old folds; docketed on verso. In mat with engraved portrait of Jefferson, and in frame, 16 3/4 x 12 in. (425 x 305 mm). A rare note from Thomas Jefferson to American painter and naturalist Charles Willson Peale. Here, Jefferson expresses his compliments to Peale for papers he confided with him, and encloses an eagle claw, presumably for inclusion in Peale's celebrated Philadelphia Museum. Jefferson and Peale were close friends and longtime correspondents who shared an equal enthusiasm for natural history and the desire to foster an American culture built on republican values. At the time of this letter, Peale's Museum occupied the greater part of the American Philosophical Society's (APS) Philosophical Hall at 5th and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. The first learned society in America, both Jefferson and Peale counted as members of the APS, with Jefferson then serving as its newly installed President (elected only 10 days earlier, on March 3, 1797)--a position he would hold through his term as Vice-President under John Adams, his two terms as President of the United States, until his resignation in 1815. In his role as President of the APS Jefferson encouraged the accumulation and diffusion of knowledge about the new nation, and as a friend of Peale, was a crucial supporter of his Museum, acting as a patron, assisting in the exchange and acquisition of specimens and artifacts, and serving as President of the Museum's Board of Visitors. Rare. Among the earliest extant letters from Jefferson to Peale to come to market, and according to RBH, is the first to come to auction since 1987.
Lot: 39 - [Lincoln, Abraham] Inaugural Message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
[Lincoln, Abraham] Inaugural Message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States Rare Broadside of Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address No place, March 4, 1861. Printed broadside, in three columns, containing the first Inaugural Address of President Lincoln. 23 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (603 x 241 mm). Creasing from old folds, light foxing to margins and text, a few small ink stains. Not in Monaghan President Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural address was delivered on March 4, 1861, on the eve of the Civil War. Primarily addressed to the people of the South, Lincoln hoped to allay the rising tensions over slavery, and emphasized his determination to preserve the Union, while appealing for restraint from potential hostilities. Lincoln concludes with his famous plea, "We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battle-field and patriot's grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely as they will be, by the better angels of our nature." The type of this example matches the "Extra" issue published by The Chicago Tribune (dated March 4, 1861) but does not include their masthead. Due to printing errors, the top two lines of the middle column are wanting, as well as the first word in the third column. Rare. According to RBH, only two similar examples of this printing have come to auction, one with a masthead and one without. Another example, also attributed to The Chicago Tribune, is held at the Library of Congress. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 40 - Lincoln, Abraham. Autograph Note, signed
Lincoln, Abraham. Autograph Note, signed (Washington, D.C.), March 9, 1963. One sheet, 5 x 8 1/4 in. (127 x 209 mm). Autograph note, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, to Anson G. Henry: "I know not except the Secretary of the Treasury tells me the report shows that Mr. Stevens had already had a full hearing of the charges and evidence--The report is to be shown to me. A Lincoln March 9. 1863". Creasing from when folded and mounted to old lined paper with albumen portrait of Lincoln and old typed description of same note. Lot includes the autograph letter from Henry, dated the same day, which prompted Lincoln's above reply. Together in mat and in frame, 19 1/2 x 15 in. (495 x 381 mm). Published in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 6, p. 128. President Lincoln replies to a letter from his friend Anson G. Henry (1804-65) regarding the conduct of the latter's friend, Robert J. Stevens, superintendent of the United States Mint in San Francisco. Stevens was accused of corruption, and according to the New York Tribune, was reported to have "appointed or retained in office dishonest or vicious men" (March 11, 1863). He was subsequently removed from office and replaced by Robert B. Swain.
Lot: 41 - Lincoln, Abraham, et al. Autograph Album
Lincoln, Abraham, et al. Autograph Album Washington, D.C., etc., January 1, 1863-July 13, 1895. 8vo. Comprising 91 autographs on 96 leaves, including President Abraham Lincoln (dated in another hand January 1, 1863), Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, Senator Charles Sumner, Ralph Waldo
Lot: 42 - Mather, Cotton. Magnalia Christi Americana...First Edition
Mather, Cotton. Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, From Its First Planting in the Year 1620. unto the Year of our Lord, 1698... London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1702. First edition. From the library of Americana collector Amor L. Hollingsworth, and with his morocco book-plate on front paste-down. Folio. (xxx), 38, (2), 75, (1), (2), 238, (2), 125-222, 100, (2), 88, 118, (4, errata, in facsimile), (4, ads, Church's first variant) pp.; blanks at front and rear renewed. Printed in double columns. Illustrated with an engraved double-page map of New England, and with a mezzotint portrait of Mather inserted at front. Full 19th century tree-calf, decorated in gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, front and rear boards detached, spine very dry and chipping, extremities dry and rubbed; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; light spotting and intermittent soiling to title-page and text; errata at rear supplied in facsimile (this was printed after publication, and is not always found). Church 806; Grolier, 100 American 6; Howes M-391; Sabin 46392; Schwartz & Ehrenberg, pp.133-134 (map); Streeter 658; ESTC T79039 First edition of Cotton Mather's important history of New England, "the most famous American book of colonial times and the indispensable source for colonial social history" (Streeter). The seven books within give accounts of the settlement and religious development of New England, and include an account of the lives of its governors and magistrates, biographies of sixty famous divines, the founding and history of Harvard College, a history of the Congregational Church of New England, and an account of the "Wars of the Lord", regarding dissident religious sects. Also included is Mather's description of the Salem Witch Trials and the escape of Hannah Duston, one the most well-known captivity narratives.
Lot: 43 - [Lincoln, Abraham] The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864
[Lincoln, Abraham] The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864 New York, 1866. Mezzotint engraving, by A(lexander).H(ay). Ritchie, after the painting by F(rancis).B(icknell). Carpenter. 25 1/4 x 36 in. (641 x 914 mm). Scattered small chipping along edges, light spotting to same; dampstaining in bottom left corner; foxing at bottom in title. In handsome period carved wood and gilt frame, 32 1/4 x 42 in. (819 x 1067 mm). This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 44 - [Lincoln, Abraham] Union
[Lincoln, Abraham] Union New York: William Pate, 1852 (but ca. 1862). Mezzotint engraving, by H(enry).S. Sadd after the painting by T(ompkins).H. Matteson. 22 1/4 x 28 7/8 in. (565 x 733 mm). Dampstaining and spotting along edges. In handsome contemporary wood and gilt frame, 28 3/4 x 35 in. (730 x 889 mm). First published in 1852 to celebrate the Compromise of 1850, Sadd's engraving originally depicted leading political figures of the time, including Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Sadd reworked the image, as seen here, and replaced key figures to reflect a more pro-Union stance. The most noticeable change was Abraham Lincoln replacing Calhoun, while Edward Everett, William Seward, and Benjamin Butler replaced other southern figures, and former president James Buchanan was replaced by Major Robert Anderson. This is the second edition, showing a beardless Lincoln at center. It was followed by a third edition shortly after, depicting a bearded Lincoln. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 45 - [Lincoln, Abraham] Marshall, William E. Abraham Lincoln
[Lincoln, Abraham] Marshall, William E. Abraham Lincoln New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. Engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln, by William E. Marshall. Artist's proof, printed on india paper and mounted to thick wove paper, signed in pencil by Marshall at bottom right. 25 1/2 x 20 in. (648 x 508 mm). Two repairs in top edge, small chipping along same. In handsome period carved wood frame, 33 1/4 x 27 3/4 in. (844 x 705 mm). A handsome and strong example of William E. Marshall's steel-engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln, considered one of the finest portraits ever made of the 16th President. Signed proofs are uncommon, and were typically sent to those who knew Lincoln personally. Of those who received them, such as Robert Todd Lincoln, Edwin Stanton, and Charles Sumner, they were met with high praise. Frederick Douglass is known to even have had an example of this print hung in his home.
Lot: 46 - Mather, Increase. The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation, Explained and Applyed: Or, A Discourse Concerning the General Conversion of the Israelitish Nation...
Mather, Increase. The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation, Explained and Applyed: Or, A Discourse Concerning the General Conversion of the Israelitish Nation... (London: John Allen), Printed in the Year 1669. First edition. 12mo. (46); (ii), 181, (10) pp.; with two title-pages (A1 and C8), the second from same setting of type, but with the imprint "London: Printed for John Allen, 1669". Full 19th-century mottled calf, red morocco spine label, ruled and decorated in gilt, by Riviere & Son, front and rear boards detached, same dry and brittle, spine dry with chipping at top and bottom; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; scattered light spotting to text; ownership signature of English Orientalist and philologist N.B. Halhed (1751-1830) on second title-page, with a faint inscription at bottom of same, likely by him; some headlines and page numbers trimmed close. From the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Church 605; Holmes 78; Evans 143; Rosenbach 2; Wing M-1230A; Sabin 46707; ESTC R220216 (locating 11 copies) Very rare first edition of Increase Mather’s first book. As Mather bibliographer T.J. Holmes notes, while this is not the earliest of Increase's printed writings, it is the first complete book from his pen, and includes his views on the millennium. It also contains prefaces by John Davenport and William Hook (his associate at New Haven) and by William Greenhill, the prominent English Puritan. Some copies have been found issued with only the title-page with the full imprint. Of the 26 copies located by Holmes, only six have the two title-pages, as is present in this copy. It was previously thought that this work was possibly printed by Samuel Green at Cambridge (printer of the Eliot Indian Bible), and that the second title-page was included for copies for the London market. "Very rare" (Sabin). This is the first copy at auction since 1995, and is only the third copy at auction since the Harmsworth sale in 1951. Altogether, RBH locates only 10 copies at auction going back to 1856. A fine and desirable piece of Americana. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 47 - (Munster, Sebastian). Tavola dell'isole nuoue, le quali son nominate occidentali, & indiane per diversi rispetti
(Munster, Sebastian). Tavola dell'isole nuoue, le quali son nominate occidentali, & indiane per diversi rispetti (Basel, ca. 1558 or later). 8th state. Uncolored woodcut map, 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (298 x 438 mm). Italian text on verso. Creasing from old fold at center, light offsetting to same; ink stain at top right over Francisca, with some loss from oxidation; window mounted to mat with duct tape, stained where mounted; archival repair at center fold on verso. Burden 12 German cartographer Sebastian Munster's (1488-1552) landmark map of North and South America, the earliest to show both continents, and to name the Pacific Ocean (mare Pacificum). First printed in 1540 for his edition of Ptolemy's Geography, this map was included in Munster's 1544 edition of Cosmography, and "...sealed the fate of 'America' as the name for the New World..." (Burden) Notable points include the Portuguese flag positioned over the South Atlantic, and the Spanish flag over the Caribbean. The sole surviving ship of Magellan's expedition, the Victoria, is shown in the south Pacific, while the island of Japan ("Zipangri") is shown, appearing three years before its earliest known contact with Europeans. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 48 - [Native Americana] [Dixon, Joseph K.] Diary of Dr. Joseph K. Dixon The Second Wanamaker Expedition to the North American Indian 1909-1910
[Native Americana] [Dixon, Joseph K.] Diary of Dr. Joseph K. Dixon The Second Wanamaker Expedition to the North American Indian 1909-1910 No place, 1910. In two volumes. Original typed diary of American photographer and leader of the Wanamaker expeditions, Joseph Kossuth Dixon. First volume comprising 113 typed pages and 52 mounted original silver gelatin prints; second volume comprising 172
Lot: 49 - [Native Americana] Dixon, Joseph K. Original Typed Manuscript for "The Vanishing Race"
[Native Americana] Dixon, Joseph K. Original Typed Manuscript for "The Vanishing Race" No place, 1909. 4to. Joseph K. Dixon's original typed manuscript for The Vanishing Race. (xviii), 300 pp. In red and black ink. Illustrated with photogravure frontispiece and 74 photogravure plates. Full brown levant, decorated in gilt, small chip to head of spine, scattered wear along extremities; top edge gilt other edges trimmed; moiré silk endleaves; by H. Blackwell (Boston); scattered light spotting to text. Joseph K. Dixon's original typed manuscript for his book, The Vanishing Race (1913). Beginning in 1908, Dixon led three expeditions to the American West to document the lives and cultures of Native peoples of the United States, sponsored by philanthropist and department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker. Dixon and Wanamaker, "believed, like so many of their contemporaries, that the traditional Indian was destined to disappear…The old chiefs, by then fifty or sixty years old, were dying and their history was disappearing with them. It was time to gather the last generation to tell their stories and be photographed for Dixon's book...Representatives from nearly every reservation--Crow, Blackfeet, Gros Ventre, Cayuse, Umatilla, Creek, Kiowa, Apache, Comanche, Cheyenne and Sioux--were assembled. Portraits were made of the chiefs, as well as scenes of camp life and battle. Dixon also re-enacted General George Armstrong Custer's Battle of the Little Bighorn for both film and still photographs..." (Fleming and Luskey, The North American Indians in Early Photographs, 1988, p. 217). This typescript contains several differences compared to the published text, most noticeably in the shortened title, here as only "The Last Great Indian Council". Other differences compared to the published text include an additional dedication to Wannamaker; President Taft not mentioned in the Acknowledgement; the various Native American folk tales not included, nor Wanamaker's "The Concept". Furthermore, only 75 photogravures are included, several of which are different than the 80 that were published. Lot includes Dixon's copy of the third edition of The Vanishing Race (1925), similarly bound as above, by Groschupf, Philadelphia. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 50 - [Native Americana] Lewis, James Otto
[Native Americana] Lewis, James Otto. Aboriginal Port Folio Philadelphia: May-December, 1835. In eight (of 10) parts only. Broadsheets (490 x 300 mm). Three leaves letterpress advertisements for parts 1-3 [all issued]; 64 lithographed plates with hand-coloring after Lewis by Lenham & Ducal of Philadelphia. (Without lithographed title-page and frontispiece, plate of Kun-nun-der-waaguinse-zoo with horizontal tear across images, other short marginal nicks and tears and slight soiling, but otherwise fresh.) Original printed wrappers, preserving original stab holes, the last part partially sewn, untrimmed (heavier fraying to front wrappers parts 5 and 8, some edgewear to wrappers). Provenance: Montclair Art Museum, LeBrun Library (sold Christie’s 14 December 2000, lot 356). Field 936; Howes L-315; Reese Stamped with a National Character 23; Sabin 40812 First edition of the earliest and rarest color-plate book on America's Indigenous peoples--a remarkable survival in the original wrappers. Recording the dress of the Potawatomi, Winnebago, Shawnee, Sioux, Miami, Fox, Iowa and other tribes at treaties of Prairie du Chien, Fort Wayne, Fond du Lac, and Green Bay. Scarcer than Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio, Maximilian's Reise in das Innere von Nord-America or McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes. Publication was costly, and the work was intended to be issued in 10 parts, each comprising 8 plates, and issued in printed wrappers. The publisher's bankruptcy during the printing of part 9 caused the edition to be reduced; part 10 was barely finished and sparsely distributed (and is thus now virtually unobtainable). An 11th part would have contained "Historical and Biographical Description of the Indians," but it was never published. The title (not present here) and three advertisement leaves complete the only text in the work, excluding text on the wrappers. Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
Lot: 51 - [Native Americana]. Lewis, James Otto. The North American Aboriginal Port-Folio
[Native Americana]. Lewis, James Otto. The North American Aboriginal Port-Folio New York: Published from the London Edition, 1844. One part only (all issued?). 4to (291 x 236 mm). Eight letterpress leaves, one blank leaf at end; lithographed title-page and six lithographed plates with hand-coloring by E. Jones. (Some slight soiling to title-page, a few corners with some edgewear.) Original printed wrappers, stabbed and sewn (front wrapper detached, lacking lower wrapper, some edgewear, tears, and creasing). Provenance: Montclair Art Museum, LeBrun Library (book-plate, sold Christie’s 14 December 2000, lot 357). Not in Field, Howes, Bennett, or Sabin A rare edition, with the original wrapper, of what was likely all that was issued of the American quarto edition. In an article about the lithographer, E. Jones, Harry T. Peters described the work as comprising a "cover and six plates," though he likely mistook the lithographed title-page for the cover. The lithographed wrapper contains a different design than the lithographed title-page, and both were executed by E. Jones. The edition was apparently printed from new stones. The Siebert copy lacked the printed wrapper and was one inch shorter. Exceedingly rare, the present copy is the only copy we trace at auction in over 50 years. This lot is located in Chicago. Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
Lot: 52 - [Native Americana] McKenney, Thomas Loraine, and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America
[Native Americana] McKenney, Thomas Loraine, and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848-1850. In three volumes. Royal 8vo (257 x 165 mm). 120 hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened in gum arabic; hand-colored lithographed dedication leaf. (Some slight scattered spotting, a few pale stains, some dampstaining in the gutter margin Vol. II.) Publisher's deluxe gilt-decorated blue morocco, spines in six compartments with five raised bands, decorated in gilt, all edges gilt (Vol. I front cover detached, a few old repairs to joints, some rubbing to extremities). Howes M-129 First octavo edition. As Superintendent of Indian Affairs, McKenney commissioned Charles Bird King to produce portraits of Native American leaders. The folio edition was published 1836-1844 with the following octavo edition containing an additional plate of Red Bird (Vol. II, frontispiece) and expanded biographies, along with the renowned portraits of Pocahontas and Black Hawk. Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
Lot: 53 - The New-England Primer Improved. 1767
(Watts, Isaac, and John Cotton). The New-England Primer Improved. For the more easy attaining the true Reading of English. To which is added, The Assembly of Divines Catechism, &c. Boston: Printed by W. M'Alpine, about Midway between the Governor's and Dr. Gardiner's, Marlborough-street, 1767. 48mo. 40 leaves. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of George III and five in-text engravings. Quarter brown calf over drab paper-covered wooden boards, wear along extremities; all edges trimmed; scattered soiling to text; text leaves lightly to moderately toned, with wear along edges; dampstaining in upper gutter of some leaves at front; faint remnants of contemporary ownership signature in fore-edge of frontispiece; short closed tear in fore-edge of B6; repairs at rear affecting final three leaves; last page worn. In brown morocco pull-off case. From the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Heartman 26; Evans 10700 (but matching imprint of Heartman 25); ESTC W35998; OCLC 1111825889; not in Ford or Rosenbach An exceptionally rare edition of this highly desirable Boston printed New-England Primer. Of the Primers published in 1767, Heartman could locate only three other American imprints (and one London imprint), all existing as single copies. RBH locates only one other copy having sold at auction, in 1919, then catalogued as "the most excessive rarity." Of this edition, Heartman locates only two other copies, at the Huntington Library and the New York Public Library, while OCLC locates an additional--and imperfect--copy at the Beinecke Library. ESTC locates another, imperfect copy, at the American Antiquarian Society. A very well-preserved example of a fragile work that is often found imperfect--an enduring classic of children's books.
Lot: 54 - The New-England Primer Improved. Paul Revere-Attributed Portrait of George Washington
[Washington, George] (Watts, Isaac). The New-England Primer Improved. For the More Easy Attaining the True Reading of English to Which is Added, the Assembly of Divines Catechism Boston: Printed and Sold by the Book-Sellers, 1784. 48mo. 32 leaves. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of George Washington, attributed to Paul Revere, and with seven in-text engravings. Full
Lot: 55 - Ramsay, David. The History of South-Carolina, From Its First Settlement in 1670, to the Year 1808
Ramsay, David. The History of South-Carolina, From Its First Settlement in 1670, to the Year 1808 Charleston: Published by David Longworth, For the Author, 1809. In two volumes. First edition. From the library of American portraitist Charles Fraser (1782-1860), with his ownership signature on each title-page and on front paste-down, and inscribed by him on front paste-down of first volume: "Charles Fraser Esq / of Charleston, S.C. / June, 1835"; additionally from the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. 8vo. xii, 478; iv, 602 pp. Illustrated with an engraved folding frontispiece map of South Carolina with hand-colored outlining, in first volume, and engraved folding frontispiece plan of Charleston in second volume. Full contemporary brown calf, stamped in gilt, front and rear boards of each volume starting, spines and extremities very dry and chipping, spine label on second volume detached but present, boards rubbed, spine ends worn; red speckled edges; old and later inscription on front paste-down of first volume; offsetting on maps, short closed tear in gutter of first map; scattered light to moderate spotting and soiling to text (heavier toward center of second volume). Howes R-34; Sabin 67686; Streeter 1139 First edition of David Ramsay's important history of South Carolina, in contemporary binding and with both large engraved folding maps present (often one or more wanting). One of the period's most respected historians, Ramsay's history follows from the settlement of South Carolina, through the American Revolution, and beyond, with the second volume a survey of life in contemporary South Carolina which is "of great value" (Streeter). Charles Fraser (1782-1860) was an American artist best known for his portrait miniatures of prominent Americans, including the likes of the Marquis de Lafayette and General William Davie. Born in Charleston, he initially practiced law, from 1808-17, before devoting his life to painting. He is considered the foremost miniaturist of South Carolina before the Civil War, and by the end of his life created over 500 miniatures and 150 paintings. Uncommon to auction with both maps present. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 56 - [Washington, George] Printed Broadside of Washington's First Inaugural Speech
[Washington, George] Printed Broadside of Washington's First Inaugural Speech Extraordinarily Rare Broadside Printing of George Washington's First Inaugural Address, The Only Known Copy in Private Hands "The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted
Lot: 57 - [Washington, George] Trumbull, Benjamin. The Majesty and Mortality of created Gods Illustrated and Improved. A Funeral Discourse, Delivered at North-Haven, December 29, 1799. On the Death of General George Washington; Who Died December 14, 1799
[Washington, George] Trumbull, Benjamin. The Majesty and Mortality of created Gods Illustrated and Improved. A Funeral Discourse, Delivered at North-Haven, December 29, 1799. On the Death of General George Washington; Who Died December 14, 1799 New Haven: Printed by Read & Morse, 1800. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp., including half-title. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington by Amos Doolittle, after Joseph Wright; woodcut vignette on title-page. Contemporary limp blue wrappers, old repair along spine with marbled paper, extremities and wrappers worn and soiled; foxing to portrait and text leaves. Sabin 97188; Evans 38679; Baker, The Engraved Portraits of Washington 81 ("extremely rare"); Wick 94; Hart 145; ESTC W26055 Scarce eulogy for George Washington, by Connecticut pastor and historian Benjamin Trumbull. With a very rare engraved portrait of Washington by Amos Doolittle. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 58 - [Washington, George] The Effect of Principle Behold the Man
[Washington, George] The Effect of Principle Behold the Man (Germantown, Pennsylvania: Germantown Print Works, ca. 1806). Engraved handkerchief, printed in brown on white cotton, approximately 11 1/2 x 12 in. (292 x 305 mm). Light to moderate soiling; scattered wear along edges. In frame, 12 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (311 x 336 mm). Collins, Threads of History 38 Scarce commemorative handkerchief memorializing President George Washington. A full-length Washington is shown at center, based on the painting by Gilbert Stuart, with the Seal of the United States at bottom left, and the British Lion at bottom right. A portion of Washington's Farewell Address is printed on the left side and part of a Eulogy on the right. The design is based on the mezzotint "General Washington, Father and Protector of America". This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 59 - [Washington, George] The Love of Truth Mark the Boy
[Washington, George] The Love of Truth Mark the Boy (Germantown, Pennsylvania: Germantown Print Works, ca. 1806). Commemorative handkerchief, printed in red on white cotton; approximately 12 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (sight) (311 x 273 mm). Scattered light soiling. In mat and in frame, 18 1/4 x 17 3/16 in. (463 x 436 mm). Collins, Threads of History 39 "One moment thought, but shew'd no signs of fear His little heart with principle beat high, 'Papa, I cannot, will not tell a lie! My sharp bright hatchet gave the naughty stroke; The parent then with love and rapture spoke, 'Run to my open arms, my dearest boy; Your love of truth bespeaks a father's joy; My sudden anger and my grief are fled, Although my lovely cherry-tree is dead." A rare variant of this handkerchief depicting the popular story of George Washington and the cherry tree. The enduring legend was invented by early Washington biographer Mason Locke Weems, and first appeared in the fifth edition of his Life of Washington, in 1806. This handkerchief is possibly the first appearance of the famed story in verse, as its printing has been attributed to the same year as Weems's fifth edition. In his Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, Herbert Ridgeway Collins identifies two variants of this handkerchief, printed in blue and brown, but makes no mention of one printed in red. According to RBH, no other red example has appeared at auction. We have not been able to locate another red example in any institutional collections. Rare. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 60 - [Washington, George] Sic Transit Gloria Mundi!
[Washington, George] Sic Transit Gloria Mundi! Glasgow: C(harles).G(ray), ca. 1818. Engraved handkerchief, printed in brown on white cotton, 25 7/16 x 19 5/16 in. (646 x 490 mm). Scattered spotting, light wear and very small holes along edges. In frame, 27 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (705 x 514 mm). Collins, Threads of History 54; Wick 62 A scarce and well-preserved textile commemorating the legacy of President George Washington. This image, depicting Washington standing on a pedestal is based on Cornelius Tiebout's 1798 engraving after the drawing by Charles Buxton and the painting by Gilbert Stuart. "Buxton's elaborate design is an amalgam of patriotic symbols referring to Washington's military achievements and his role in forging the new nation. The figure stands on a pedestal ensconced in a niche and flanked by two obelisks labeled 'Liberty' and 'Independence.' An eagle at the top of the arch holds a ribbon from which hang tablets representing the first sixteen states [here updated to 19 states]. The large urn in front of the figure...is probably the Masonic pot of incense, an emblem of a pure heart...The key to the whole design, however, lies in the background view of Bowling Green, New York, which depicts an empty pedestal where a statue of George III formerly stood." (Wendy C. Wick, George Washington: American Icon, p. 131). This rendition adds a long tribute to Washington above, reading "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi!" and that he "united and adorned many excellent Characters, at once the Patriot and the Politician; the Soldier and the Citizen; the Husbandman and the Hero; the Favourite of the Genius of Liberty; the Father of American Independence...He was First in Peace, First in the Hearts of Americans, First in the Eyes of the World..."
Lot: 61 - Webber, C.W. The Hunter-Naturalist. Romance of Sporting; or, Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters
Webber, C.W. The Hunter-Naturalist. Romance of Sporting; or, Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, (1851). First edition. Tall 8vo. 6, 8, 17-610 pp. Illustrated with chromolithographed frontispiece, nine chromolithographed plates (each with tissue guard), and numerous in-text black and white wood engravings. Three-quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, morocco lightly and unevenly faded, joints rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; matching marbled endpapers; scattered spotting to text and plates; worming to edges of some rear leaves. From the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Howes W-196; Henderson, p. 187 The first American book to feature chromolithography. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Lot: 62 - Wilson--Bonaparte. American Ornithology. First Edition, the First Bird Book with Color Plates Published in America
Wilson, Alexander. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. (With) Bonaparte, Charles Lucian. American Ornithology; Or, the Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States. Not Given by Wilson... Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1808-1814/Philadelphia: Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1825-1833. Together two works in 13 volumes. 4to. Comprising 103 total engraved plates with hand coloring: Wilson, 76 engraved plates with hand-coloring; Bonaparte, 27 engraved plates with hand-coloring. (Offsetting of plates to text, some spotting and browning heavier in a few volumes, a few leaves with marginal tears or minor losses to blank margins. Wilson: Vol. II leaf 2D1 with tear crossing ca. 9 lines of text.) 19th-century half red morocco, marbled boards, spines gilt (some rubbing and wear, a few hinges starting, a few endleaves becoming detached). Provenance: Isaac Norris (engraved bookplates, erased signatures on titles). Anker 533 ("the classical work of American ornithological literature"); Bennett, p. 114; Fine Bird Books, p. 114; Nissen IVB 992; Sabin 104597 and 6264; Reese Stamped with a National Character 3 ("the first American work to use color plates to convey scientific information"); Zimmer 679 and 64. First edition of the first American bird book with color plates published in America. Second state of the text on p. 33 of Volume I of Wilson's work (with line 23 ending: "I have myself"). Alexander Wilson, the "father of American ornithology," emigrated to America from Scotland in 1794. Though not a naturalist by training, he was fascinated with the American landscape and varieties of birds he had never seen before. Naturalist William Bartram encouraged him to cultivate his interest, and in 1807, Wilson secured an editorial position with Philadelphia publisher Samuel Bradford, who he persuaded to finance his monumental American Ornithology. Many of the plates were engraved by Alexander Lawson. Wilson died before the final three volumes of his work were published, and George Ord completed the text for the work. A decade later, Charles Bonaparte issued his sequel to Wilson's work. Bonaparte's work included the first published bird plate from a drawing by John James Audubon (Plate IV, the female great crow-blackbird). Wilson's work, along with Bonaparte's, established the foundation for the study of birds in America. Property from a Private Southwestern Collection
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