MISCELLANY FALL - Donald A. Heald Rare BooksPhiladelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804 [vols. 1-3] - 1805 [vol. 4] - 1807 [vol. 5 and atlas]. 6 volumes (text: 5 volumes, 8vo; atlas: 4to). Stipple

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London: T. Milbourne, 1672. 12mo. [8], 192pp. Three en-graved folding maps. (Small neatly closed tear to largestmap). Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, lea-ther label. Rare early work on Jamaica and the other American andBritish Caribbean colonies, published by British map-maker and bookseller Richard Blome.

(#28594) $ 18,500.

A Description of the Island of Jamaica; withthe Other Isles and Territories in America, towhich the English are Related.

RICHARD BLOME


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Paris: Crapelet, 1813. Folio.8pp. 16 line engraved plates(9 double-page, 5 folding),engraved by J. M. SylvesterBence. Plates numbered I-Xand I-VI. Expert restorationat sheet edges. Expertlybound to style in half bluemorocco and marbled papercovered boards. Very rare album of large-format views of Greece, Si-cily and Rome.

(#6874) $ 60,000.

Grandes vues pittoresques des principaux siteset monuments de la Grèce et de la Sicile et dessept collines de Rome.

LOUIS-FRANÇOIS CASSAS


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Seville: Juan Guitierrez, 1561. Small quarto. [9], 219 leaves. Letterpress title with woodcut surround and integral woodcut portrait ofthe author, 67 woodcut illustrations (including a map of the New World on the verso of leaf i4, woodcut map of Eastern Hemisphereon the verso of leaf i1, 7 personifications of the planets, 12 of the zodiac stars, 1 full-page figure of a man showing the areas ofinfluence of the stars on the body; 39 images connected with lunar and solar eclipses), numerous 4- and 6-line decorative woodcutinitials. Contemporary limp vellum, yapp fore-edges, leather ties. Provenance: Episcopal Lib-rary, Cordoba, Spain; Jesuit Col-lege, Cordoba, Spain; Andres Ra-mos. The extremely rare fourth edi-tion of Chaves's important early work on chronography and astro-nomy, featuring an early map of the New World.

(#19430) $ 35,000.

Chronographia ò reportorio de los tiempos el mas copioso y preciso que hasta ahora ha salido a luz.

HIERONYMO DE CHAVES


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Chicago: [circa 1890]. Oblong folio. 152 albumenphotographs, most 7 x 9 inches, mounted recto andverso of each leaf within the album. Images cap-tioned in manuscript on the mount below the im-age, many signed in white ink or in the negative byTaylor. Expertly bound to style in half dark purplemorocco over period cloth covered boards, spinelettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. A remarkable album of early Chicago photographyby John W. Taylor: a significant photographic re-cord of Chicago in the late 19th century.

(#29191) $ 27,500.

[Album containing 154 albumen photographs of Chicago by anoted photographer, including important architectural images, aswell as images relating to the preparations for the 1893 World'sfair, the stockyards as described by Upton Sinclair, and more].

CHICAGO

JOHN W. TAYLOR, photographer


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[Washington]: Coastal Survey Office, 1863. Fold-ing map, 24 x 25 1/2 inches, mounted in twenty-four sections on linen. Original card coverswith printed paper label. Contemporary owner-ship inscription on label. Light wear. Minorfoxing and wear to map. Rare field operations map of Mississippi.

(#27010) $ 5,500.

Southern Mississippi and AlabamaShowing the Approaches to Mobile.

CIVIL WAR

JOSEPH CORSON

READ


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London: printed for the author, by W. Bennett, 1798. 4to.Stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece of the dedicatee SirPhilip Stephens, by J. Collyer after William Beechey, 6 fold-ing engraved maps, 1 plate of a sperm whale, 2 plates ofcoastal profiles. Contemporary calf, covers with an elabo-rate wide gilt border, panelled in gilt and blind with intri-cate cornerpieces comprised of small tools, expertly re-backed to style, spine with wide semi-raised bands in fivecompartments, black morocco lettering piece in the se-cond, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, marbledendpapers. Important and rare account of whaling in the Pacific.

(#30271) $ 16,000.

A Voyage to the South Atlantic, and round theCape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the pur-pose of extending the spermaceti whale fisher-ies, and other objects of commerce, by ascer-taining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchor-ing births, in certain islands and coasts onthose seas at which the ships of the Britishmerchants might be refitted.

CAPTAIN JAMES COLNETT


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New York: G. & C. Carvill, 1827. 8vo. 104pp. Uncut. Publisher's boards, ex-pertly rebacked to style. . Provenance: Presentation copy of this scarcepamphlet, inscribed on the front board: "Dr. Bell from his friend & cousin,The Author." Presentation copy of a scarce work on New York's population.

(#38898) $ 1,500.

Sketch of the Resources of the City of New-York with a Viewof Its Municipal Government, Population &c &c from theFoundation of the City to the Date of the Latest StatisticalAccounts.

JOHN A. DIX


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London: for S. Hooper, 1775. Folio (17 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches). 100 hand-colouredengraved plates by J. Edwards, Ferner, W. Darling and I. Fougeron after J. Ed-wards. Minor foxing and toning. Contemporary diced russia, spine gilt, expertrepair to the front joint. Provenance: David Mill (bookplate); Frederick duCane Godman (bookplate). One of the most highly artistic flower books of the eighteenth century.

(#37440) $ 22,500.

A Select Collection of One Hundred Plates, consisting of themost Beautiful Exotic and British Flowers.

JOHN EDWARDS


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Venice: A. Vercellenius, 1503. Folio. 452, [9] leaves. Titlepage withcontemporary hand colouring. Contemporary underlining andannotations throughout. Minor soiling and foxing, sometimestrimmed closely with loss to marginalia. Medieval vellum manu-script over boards, rebacked at an early date with vellum, manu-script spine label. Very early references to Columbus: a scarce, very early American-um with notable illustrations.

(#28592) $ 16,500.

Novissime Hystoriarum Omnium Repercussiones,Noviter ... Editae.

JACOPO FILIPPO FORESTI DABERGAMO


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Winterton and London: the author, [1798-]1804 (first ser-ies); 1809 (first appendix); 1824 (second appendix). 3 vol-umes, folio. Printed dedication to Sir Joseph Banks in eachvolume, trimmed and mounted within a black-ruled bor-der. 78 engravings, most hand coloured, trimmed andmounted within an ink ruled border [complete]. Extra-illustrated with 25 separately-issued prospectuses andletterpress descriptions, as detailed below. Additionallyextra-illustrated with 7 unpublished engravings, as below.Expertly bound to style in half purple morocco and blue-green cloth boards, original morocco labels on the uppercovers. An extraordinary collection, comprising the complete workwith the very rare second appendix: extra-illustrated withnumerous prospectuses and unpublished plates.

(#34998) $ 29,000.

Engravings of the Mosaic Pavements ... [BoundWith:] [Appendix to the above] ... [And With:][A Second Appendix].

WILLIAM FOWLER


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Philadelphia: William Fry, 1817. 12mo. viii, 100pp. Contemporary speckled calf, flat spine ruled in gilt (joints cracked but holding). Housed in a moroccobacked cloth box. Provenance: Thomas Jefferson (presentation inscriptionfrom the author, initialled ownership mark on page 97); Jefferson estate (sale,Poor, 27 February 1829, lot 840); Rapin E. Smith (booklabel); Charles FrancisJenkins (bookplate). Thomas Jefferson's copy of an important American Greek grammar: "...toread Latin & Greek authors in their original is a sublime luxury" -- ThomasJefferson.

(#35079) $ 45,000.

Graecae Grammaticae Westmonasteriensis Institutio Com-pendiaria In usum juventutis civitatibus Americanis Studio-sae ... Editio Secunda.

THOMAS JEFFERSONLIBRARY OF JAMES A. ROSS


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London: James Bohn, 1842. Folio (21 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches). 93 hand-col-oured engraved plates (including 7 plates of views of trees in land-scapes, 86 plates of botanical details,) after Ferdinand Bauer, J. So-werby, J.T. Hart and others, engraved by Warner, Mackenzie, J. So-werby, E.S. Weddell, Quiroz and others. Expertly bound to style in halfpurple morocco over original purple cloth covered boards, flat spinein six compartments, lettered in the second and third, the others witha repeat overall decoration in gilt. A fine copy of Lambert's masterpiece: the ultimate edition, includingspectacular plates after Ferdinand Bauer.

(#26254) $ 58,500.

A Description of the Genus Pinus, with directions rela-tive to the cultivation, and remarks on the uses of theseveral species: also descriptions of many other newspecies of the family Coniferae. Plates.

AYLMER BOURKE LAMBERT


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London: Laurie & Whittle, 12 May 1794. Engraving, withmezzotint and roulette-work, a set of four, titled 'Spring','Summer', 'Autumn' and 'Winter'. Image size (including text):12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches approx. Sheet size: 16 5/8 x 11 3/4 inchesapprox. A beautiful series depicting a pair of lovers progressingthrough the seasons in a country landscape.

(#6467) $ 4,750.

[The Four Seasons exemplified].

ROBERT HOLMES LAURIEAND JAMES WHITTLE,

publishers


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[Amsterdam]: 1720 [but circa 1725]. Folio. Title printed in red and black. Folding engraved frontispiece, engraved list of plates within adecorative surround, 72 engraved plates, maps and broadsides on 73 leaves (5 of the single-page plates cut to the edge of the imageand mounted [as issued], 45 double-page, 19 folding and including 10 which combine both engraving and letterpress text), one plate loosely inserted, 2 with sections of blank margins torn away, some other clean tears occasionally affecting the image area. Con-temporary Dutch speckled calf, spine in eight compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in the second com-partment, repeat decoration in gilt in the others. A very rare collection of contemporary sati-rical prints relating to the financial exploits of John Law and his infamous Mississippi Bubble.

(#20771) $ 15,000.

[The Great Mirror of Folly...] Het groote Tafereel der Dwaashied vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang enondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie in Vrankrijk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden.

JOHN LAW


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[France]: 1816. 15 watercolors,each with an accompanyingmanuscript text leaf, pluswatercolor and gold title leaf,on sheets approximately 141/2 x 11 inches. Contemporarygreen morocco, spine giltlettered, all edges gilt. A lovely album of botanicalwatercolours.

(#33472) $ 8,500.

Histoire naturellebotanique [manuscript title].

CLARA

LOTH


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Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804 [vols. 1-3] - 1805 [vol. 4] - 1807 [vol. 5 and atlas]. 6 volumes (text: 5 volumes, 8vo; atlas: 4to). Stipple en-graved frontispiece portrait, engraved by S. Edwin in vol. 1. Atlas with 10 engraved maps. 22pp. subscriber's list in the rear of the at-las. Text: Contemporary tree calf, flat spines in six compartments divided by gilt roll tools and decoration, lettered in gilt, marbledendpapers. Atlas: original blue paper sugar paper covered boards, rebacked to style uniform to the text. First issue of the text with the first edition quarto atlas. The classic biography of Washington.

(#33018) $ 5,000.

The Life of George Wash-ington, commander inchief of the American For-ces, during the war whichestablished the indepen-dence of his country, andfirst President of the UnitedStates ...

JOHN

MARSHALL


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Paris: Printed by C. d'Hautel, 1819. 2 volumes, octavo (10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches).156 hand-finished colour-printed stipple-engraved plates after P.J. Redouté(27), P. Bessa (92) and others by Gabriel (108), Bessin (16) and others. Lightfoxing, mostly to the text. Publisher's pink paper boards, flat spines withblack morocco lettering pieces. Provenance: Steven Longfellow (signature invols. 2-3); Henry W. Longfellow (booklabels; autograph letter signed, datedJanuary 1853, to Longfellow from his sister Anne, "I send you a keepsakefrom the Old House..."). First edition in English of Michaux's masterpiece and a classic of Americannatural history: the most important work relating to American trees pub-lished in the 19th century. With provenance to American poet Henry W.Longfellow.

(#38534) $ 7,250.

The North American Sylva, or a Description of Forest Trees,of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, consideredparticularly with respect to their use in the Arts, and theirintroduction into Commerce.

FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ MICHAUX


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Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1671. Quarto (12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches). [8], 585, [27]pp. Dutch text in two columns.Engraved title, seven engraved portraits, thirty-one engraved double-page plates, large folding hemi-spheric map, and fifteen en-graved double-page maps. Se-venty engraved illustrations in the text. Early 20th-century half mottled calf over marbled paper covered boards, spine with raised bands, red morocco let-tering piece. Provenance: J. J. A. Poley (bookplate on the front pastedown). One of the most interesting of iconographic and cartographic sources of early Americana.

(#28634) $ 22,500.

De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America en 'Tzuid-land.

ARNOLDUS MONTANUS


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Buenos Aires: En venta enla casa de los S[eño]res Fu-soni H[erna]nos, [1864]. Ob-long folio. Lithographedtitlepage plus fifty-two li-thographed plates (nearlyall tinted), plus two originalprinted wrappers. Laterhalf dark blue morocco overblue pebbled cloth boards,boards and spinegilt. Superb lithographs made inBuenos Aires.

(#33033) $ 25,000.

Album Pallière Escenas Americanas Reduccion de Cuadros, Aquarelles, yBosquejos.

LEÓN PALLIÈRE


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London: circa 1890. 18 pen-and-ink drawings, each mounted to card, twelve signed. Housedwithin a black morocco backed box. Archive of lovely drawings of London by a noted artist and illustrator.

(#31626) $ 17,500.

[Archive of original pen-and-ink drawings used as illustrations in his bookCharing Cross to Saint Paul's].

JOSEPH PENNELL


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West Hartford, VT: The Countryman Press, 1945. Quarto (12 3/8 x9 1/2 inches). Dry point etched frontispiece signed by Rungius.Black and white and tipped-on color illustrations. Publisher'sred cloth, upper cover with a central decoration in gilt. Withoutthe slipcase. One of 160 numbered copies signed by Rungius and Schaldachand with an original etching signed by Rungius.

(#35898) $ 4,400.

Carl Rungius. The Big Game Painter. Fifty Yearswith Brush and Rifle.

CARL RUNGIUSWILLIAM J. SCHALDACH


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Bradford, PA: [circa 1881]. Fold-ing pocket map, approx. 27 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches, with the oil region hand colored. Numerous manu-script annotations, noting names of landowners and the locations of producing, drilling and dry wells. Folds into publisher's cloth boards. Scarce relic of the Allegany County, New York oil boom: a cadastral map of the region with manuscript additions showing thelocations of wells.

(#38756) $ 2,500.

J. A.

SEYMOUR

Map of the Allegany County Oil Field.


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New York: Printed for the Author by Alexander Ming, 1829. 405, [1]pp. Con-temporary calf, original gilt stamping on covers, gilt morocco spine label.Moderate edge wear, center vertical crease in spine, spine ends frayed. Ear-ly bookplate remnants on front pastedown, hinges a bit tender. First and only edition of this very rare and early American radical work, andone of the seminal works of the American Left.

(#35763) $ 6,500.

The Rights of Man to Property! Being a Proposition to MakeIt Equal Among the Adults of the Present Generation...

THOMAS SKIDMORE


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[London]: Dickinson & Co., [1848]. Folio. Letterpress title (verso blank), pp.[1-]5 let-terpress text Sketch of the Journey. 20 hand-coloured lithographed views on 16 sheets, by Dickinson and Co., after Warre, 1 lithographic map, hand-coloured in out-line with routes marked in red and blue. Contemporary purple cloth, rebacked and retipped with dark purple morocco, spine withraised bands in seven compartments, ruled in gilt and blind on either side of each band, lettered in gilt in the secondcompartment. Provenance: William Rathbone (booklabel); Lester E. Bauer (Parke-Bernet, 3 December 1958, lot 508); Frank T.Siebert (Sotheby's New York, 28 October 1999, lot 860). First edition, original hand-coloured issue of a work which contains the "only western color plates comparable in beauty to thoseby Bodmer" (Howes). An important record of the American west before it was touched by western civilization.

(#34798) $ 150,000.

Sketches in North America andthe Oregon Territory. By Cap-tain H. Warre, (A.D.C. to the lateCommander of the Forces).

GENERAL SIR

HENRY JAMES

WARRE


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[Washington, D.C.: circa 1875]. 9 albumen photographs,each mounted on two-toned Wheeler Survey mount withletterpress imprints and titles. Scarce O'Sullivan and Bell photographs from the land-mark Wheeler Surveys.

(#28738) $ 47,500.

[Photographs Showing Landscapes, Geologi-cal and Other Features of Portions of theWestern Territory of the United States].

[WHEELER SURVEY]

TIMOTHY O'SULLIVAN

AND WILLIAM BELL,

photographers


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MISCELLANY FALL - Donald A. Heald Rare BooksPhiladelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804 [vols. 1-3] - 1805 [vol. 4] - 1807 [vol. 5 and atlas]. 6 volumes (text: 5 volumes, 8vo; atlas: 4to). Stipple