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One of the first Hymnals by a Nova-Scotian

1. ALLINE, Henry

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Stonington-Port, Con. Printed by S. Trumbull. 1802.

16mo, 16.5cm, 282p., in contemporary full brown sheep, gilt ruled panel borders with

small decorations in the center, gilt titles, some wear on the boards and edges,

endpapers stained, a fragile production making this a very good sound copy , rare

900.00

T.P.L. 6803. Alline was born in Rhode Island in 1748 and moved with his family

to the township of Falmouth, N.S. in 1760. After a religious experience graphically

described in his Life and Journals, he felt the call to preach and although further

education was not available to him, resolved to become an evangelist. From 1776 to

1783 he traveled the Maritime Provinces on horseback and in all weathers preaching

wherever he could. In August of that year he sought to carry his message to New

England, but he died of complete exhaustion in New Hampshire in January 1784. His

"New Light" church encouraged the singing of hymns and the lack of hymnals in Nova

Scotia caused Alline to write many hymns himself. This is the first edition of the

posthumous collection which was printed several times in New England. It is a very rare

hymn book, and one of the first written by a Nova Scotian.


Incunabula - 1489.

2. ANONYMOUS

Alphabetum Divini Amoris de elevatione mentis in deum. Venerabilis patris....

Memmington. Albrecht Kunne. 1489. 8vo, 20x 14cm, [24pp., printed in black letter with

hand-written rubricated red initial letters, capitals, strokes & underlining, bound in

recent full vellum, gilt spine title, boards slightly warped else fine

4,000.00

With a contemporary vellum manuscript fragment which was used as a

bookmark.

Goff A-527. A early edition of an anonymous popular devotional work of the late

Middle Ages from the Austrian and Bavarian regions. Although frequently attributed in

15th century editions to theologian Johannes Gerson (1363-1429), in editions of the

16th century it was ascribed to German theologian Johannes Nider (c.1380-1438)

However, this edition, in the text, ascribes the authorship to the author of the "Imitatio

Christi", probably Thomas a Kemper. Earlier editions existed in Cologne (1470) and

Louvain (1479). A very scarce work of incunabula.


3. BARROW, Sir John, (1764-1848).

A Description of Pitcairn's Island and Its Inhabitants. With An Authentic Account

of the Mutiny of The Ship Bounty and of the subsequent fortunes of the mutineers.

New York. Printed and Published by J.& J. Harper. 1832. 16mo, 15.5cm, first US

edition, [viii],303p., preliminary ads., with 2 engraved plates, in the original printed tan

cloth over boards, usual foxing, very good to fine

250.00

Harper's Family Library, No XXXI. From the original British edition of 1831, entitled "The

Eventful History of the Mutiny." Barrow recounts the famous story of the mutiny against

Captain Bligh aboard the Bounty, during a voyage under-taken to convey the bread-

fruit tree to the West Indies. Hill 70. Sabin. 3663 (later eds). Cover title: "The Eventful

History of the Mutiny of the Bounty".


4. BARTHE, Ulric (Compiled by)

1871-1890. Wilfrid Laurier on the Platform. Collection of the principal speeches

made in Parliament or before the people by Hon. Wilfred Laurier. Quebec. Turcotte and

Menard. 1890. 8vo, 215cm, first edition, 624p., frontis portrait, in contemporary half

crimson calf, blind decorated raised bands, black and dark green leather labels, gilt tit-

les, red cloth boards, gilt titles in gilt laurel decoration on the upper cover, boards

slightly dust worn, wanting both mar-bled free flies, presentation type binding,

produced on somewhat fragile paper, still this is a very good to fine copy

250.00


5. BARTLETT, William Henry

Canadian Scenery. [A Complete Set with 117 plates & 2 engraved title-page

including the map. This printing issued without the portrait]. London. James S. Virtue,

City Road and Ivy Lane. [1841]. 4to., in 2 volumes, in fine signed binding, The plates are

very good clear strikes but all have a damp stain with tide line, the damp stain is

noticeable on the bottom spine edge of the boards, but not visible on the spines, as is

650.00


4. BELL, Winthrop

Brigadier-General Jedidiah Preble (1707-1784) and His Participation in Nova

Scotia History. Printed for the author at Halifax, Nova Scotia. By Halcraft Printing. 1954.

8vo, 22.5cm, 39p., limited to 125 copies, this being #45, stiff morocco grain card wraps

and endpapers, inner linen hinges, fine

100.00


Signed and Published by the Artist who later painted with his camera

6. BENY, Roloff

An Aegean Note-Book. Comments on a Mid-Century Odyssey in Greece.

[Lethbridge]. Published by the Author. [1950]. sq4to., 25x 27cm, [7]p. Of text, printed

on smaller 4to extra stock paper and loosely inserted, The First Edition, limited to 300

copies (1 - 50 de-luxe), this being #153, signed by Roloff Beny, illustrated title page, with

20 inserted lithographs on Byronic text, with titles printed on the tissue guards, inter

leaved in heavier card stock, portrait illustrated front endpaper, bound in black hard card

stock, in similar red slipcase, the cover label which is somewhat wrinkled and appears

never to have been affixed is loosely inserted, a slightly fragile production this copy is

better than average condition

350.00

As a student at OCA in the early sixties, I remember the teacher talk about Roloff

Beny was that he was regarded as talented. The label was to be applied to the lower

right corner of the cover. The text includes Beny's impressions of Greek culture during

his visit in 1948.


7. [BINDING]. FITZGERALD, Edward

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered Into English Verse by... Reprint of the First

Edition. London. Macmillan. 1905. 24mo, 12,5cm, reprints of the first three editions, 55,(-

33)-77, (-31)-76pp., in One volume, in full hard grain crushed brown morocco, raised

bands, gilt borders and decorations in the panels, gilt ruled borders and decorations &

flora corner decorations on the boards, gilt rule on the board edges, internal full

morocco gilt ruled borders and gilt corner decorations with japon vellum centre panels,

all edges gilt, with the bookplate "Redkynch House, Somerset" on the front endpaper,

and signed in gilt on the bottom board, "19 E.W. 05", a beautifully designed fine binding

350.00


8. [BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, Nicolas (1636-1711)].

The Art of Poetry, Written in French by The Sieur de Boileau, Made English.

[Translated by Sir William Soame]. London. Printed for R Bentley and S Magnes. 1683.

8vo, 18cm, 67p., woodcut astrolabe device on the title, 19th century ownership

signature on the front free fly, final black fly has earlier ink ownership inscriptions,

rebound in quarter French marbled paper over marbled boards, paper label, fine copy

thus

400.00

ESTC R3959, Wing B464, Macdonald 17 "Dryden probably contributed many lines to this

translation. He may have polished it throughout. Boileau, according to a story of

Oldmixon's, pre-tended never to have heard of Dryden." In Ton-son's 1708 reprint of the

translation, the editor states: "The translation of Monsr. Boileau's Art of Poetry was made

in the year 1680 by Sir William Soame of Suffolk, Bart. who being very intimately

acquainted with Mr. Dry-den, desired his revival of it. I saw the Manuscript lye in Mr.

Dryden's Hands for about Six Months, who made very considerable Alterations in it."


9. BOSWELL, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. New and Complete Edition, carefully revised

from the most authentic sources. Edited, with Notes, Etc., by William Wallace.

Edinburgh. W.P. Nommo. 1890. 8vo, 23cm, xiv,562p., in double columns, index, in full

contemporary maroon pollished calf, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt decorated borders

and center panel device, crushed green morocco label, gilt ruled borders on the boards,

and gilt crest on the upper cover, gilt rolled decoration on the board edges, marbled

endpaper and edges, a near fine copy in fine binding

175.00


10. [THE BOY SCOUT Association, Ottawa]. Catalogue.

The Boy Scout Association. Price List of Official Uni-forms, Equipment, Books,

etc. Catalogue No. 17. 1936. Ottawa. The Boy Scout Association, The Stores Department.

1936. 28cm, 48p., heavily illustrated with photographs & drawings, order blanks, colour

illustrated wraps, original ordering envelop laid-in, light soiling to covers, very good to

fine, scarce

125.00

Includes a two-page illustrated description : "Young Canada on Parade in

honour of Lord Baden-Powell's visit to Canada 1935." The catalogue provides

descriptions, with photos, of uniforms and equipment of cubs, boy scouts, rovers, sea

scouts, commissioners, and leaders along with badges and insignia. With an extensive

list of Boy Scout literature including the "Gilcraft" series.


With 240 Hand-coloured Plates of Birds & Bird Eggs

11. BREE, Charles Robert

A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles. In Four

Volumes. London. Groombridge and Sons. 1859. tall8vo, 24.5cm, 1859-1867, first

editions, in 4 volumes, iv,206 & iv,203 & iv,247 & iv,250pp., with 240 hand-coloured

plates of birds & bird eggs, tissue guards, in half brown morocco, blind ruled raised

bands, gilt titles, blind decorations in the panels, fine grain pebbled cloth boards,

marbled endpapers, t.e.g., some expert restoration, near fine set with an a Three Page

Autograph Letter Signed from the author, laid in

1,100.00

An important ornithological study by physician, Charles Robert Bree (1811-

1886). With striking bird plates using woodblock colour printing process by Benjamin

Fawcett. Laid in is a three-page hand-written letter from Bree to the probable original

owner, S.M. Burnett of Balbi-than House, Aberdeenshire (bookplates). The discussion is

of various kinds of birds.


12. THE BRADSTREET Company.

Bradstreet's Book of Commercial Ratings of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers,

etc., in the Dominion of Canada. Selected, under Specific Agreement, from the General

Volume, which is Copyrighted. Volume 209 - March, 1920.

New York. The Bradstreet Company. 1920. folio. 37cm, various paginations

c.[250]p., printed in 5 columns, in the original quarter red linen backed black cloth

boards, titles faded on the upper covers, spine edges worn and upper hinge cracked

internally fine

150.00

The American accounting companies listings of all Canadian businesses by

province, city or town, along with estimation of wealth and credit rating. Also includes,

Newfoundland and St. Pierre et Miquelon. The commercial laws for each province are

listed along with rolls of banks and bankers. A valuable Canadian economic reference.


13. BROADSIDE. [Great Britain. Colonial Office].

NOTICE. About TWENTY YOUNG ABLE BODIED FARM LABORING SERVANTS

newly married, (or with not exceeding one child each) are required to go to NORTH

AMERICA, in the month of May, next. To be engaged for a Term of 5 Years, and allowed

£17 per Annum Wages, with Board and Lodging for themselves and families, free of

Cost. If the Parities be desirous of returning to England at the Expiration of their

Engagements, a free Passage will be provided for them, but if they may wish to remain

in North America, and that their conduct has given satisfaction to their Employers, A

GRANT OF LAND, free of Coast, will be made to Them. ... London. H.K. Causton, Printer.

1836. 1p. broadside, 21x 28cm, fine, rare

1,000.00

Not in T.P.L., nor Lande.

Not in Amicus. WorldCat locate only 1 copy; at Thomas Fisher Library.


15. BROADSIDE. - Debenture. [Americana].

Summons dated May 24, 1799 against William Redfield of Middletown, to

answer charges by Solomon and James Cowles of Farmington, Connecticut, on behalf of

The firm Cowles & Mix. Solomon Cowles (1758 - 1846), a Revolutionary War officer

retired with the rank of General was a prominent member of the Cowles family. William

Redfield (1727 - 1813) of Middletown, possibly the grandfather of William C. Redfield

(1789 - 1857) of Middletown, scientist and meteorologist. Signed M.J. Russell, Justice of

the Peace. Verso signed by Sheriff Enoch Parsons. The Connecticut Historical Society

mentions Parsons as being appointed Governor of the Northwestern Territory in 1789,

however, this is incorrect as Arthur St. Clair was the first Governor of the Territory and

remained until 1802. Nonetheless, Enoch Parsons is an integral part of early Ohio history.

Parsons father, Major-General Parsons, was a close ally of Washington and served his

country on the front lines from 1775 to 1782. He drowned in the winter of 1789 when

his canoe capsized while on surveillance in Pennsylvania. Single sheet. 8 1/4 x 6.5",

creased at folds, age toned, very good condition

250.00


Enoch Parsons (1769 1846) was born 5 November 1769 in Lyme, Connecticut.

He was the son of Mehitable Mather Par-sons and Maj-or General Samuel Hold-

en Parsons. In 1789, at only nineteen years of age, Parsons was appointed Governor of

the Northwestern Territory and Registrar and Clerk of the first Probate Court in Ohio. He

later resigned and returned to Connecticut. At age 21, Parsons was appointed High

Sheriff of Middlesex County; he remained in that position for about 28 years. Enoch

Parsons married Mary Wyley Sullivan (d. 1807) on 19 May 1795 in Philadelphia; they had

three children. He married his fourth cousin, Mrs. Sarah Hubbard Rosencrans, on 17

September 1808; they had one child. Enoch Parsons was the President of the Middle-

town and Hartford Branch of the Bank of the United States between 1818-1824; he held

the post again later, until the Charter expired. He was also a frequent member of the

Leg-islature. Enoch Parsons died 9 July 1846. [Connecticut Historical Society]


14. [CANADA].

The Canada Gazette.

[Department of Militia and Defence].

Militia General Orders. Extracts from The Canada Gazette. June 3,1865; November 8,

1890; December 17, 1892; February 24, 1893; February 3, 1894.

Quebec, Ottawa. Queen's Printer. 1865, 1890- 1894. folio, 33cm, pages: 1837-

1892,2,3,8,11pp., some minor chipping to edges, several leaves glue stained, loose as

issued, self wraps, two binder holes on the spine edge, very good

250.00

Yearly reviews of the Canadian Militia in the Victorian era-infantry, cavalry,

artillery and engineers-with officer promotions, appointments, unit efficiency

comparisons, regulations, and awards. The 1890's series are off-prints while the 1865

Orders are part of a complete "The Canada Gazette" (No. 22, Vol. XXIV- 55 pages).


15. CANADA. Ministry of Immigration and Colonization.

Canada West. [Cover Title]. Ottawa. Ministry of Immigration and Colonization.

Nd. [1920?]. 4to, 27cm, 40p., plus text on the inside of the wraps, text in double columns,

with 3 double folded colour maps, 1 map & c.65 illustrations, (mainly rural, farming,

housing), colour illustrated wraps, staples rusted else near fine

125.00

Peel 2926.

Includes in sections Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.


16. [CAYET, Pierre Victor-Palme]

Chronologie Septenaire de L'Histoire De La Paix Entre Les Roys De France et

D'Espagne. Contenant les choses plus memorables aduenues en France, Espagne,

Allemagne, Italie, Angleterre, Escosse, Flandres, Hongrie, Pologne, Suece, Transituanie,

& autres endrooits de l'Europe: avec le succez de plusieurs navigations faictes aux Indes

Orientales, Occidentales & Septentrionales, depuis le commencement de l'an 1598,

insques a la fin de l'an 1604. Divisee En Sept Livres. Derniere Edition.

Paris. Par Jean Richer:... 1609. 8vo, 17cm, foliated, (8's), [vi],506 leaves,[1]p.,

engraved title-page, bound in full contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, gilt

stamped decorations and borders in the panels, upper hinge expertly restored, this

edition is rare

4,000.00

This edition is rare, with no auction records (1975-09) & Historical Records (A&E).

- - Sabin 11627. Palau, 50667. cf. T.P.L. #6295 for 1605 edition & #6296 for 1612. cf.

Lande 113 for the 1606 edition. cf. Gagnon I-747, for 1608 "Chronologie novenaire,..."

A rare and important work, containing one of the first accounts of Champlain's

first voyage to North America. The work consists of a chronological arrangement of

important events from 1598 to 1604, divided into 7 Books or parts of about 140 foliated

pages each. In Book 6, for the year 1603, occupying folios 377-433, is a long detailed


account of the French Expedition to Canada organized by Amyar de Chastres, Governor

Dieppe, and commanded by the Sieurs Du Pont Grave and Prevert, accompanied by

Samuel De Champlain. The expedition left Honfleur on March 15th, 1603, and after a

tempestuous voyage of forty days, reached Tadoussac. From this point Champlain

explored the Saguenay for about 30 or 40 miles, and then the St. Lawrence as far as the

Falls above the present site of Montreal. Returning to Tadoussac he explored the shores

of the Gulf, secured a valuable cargo of furs, and returned to France, which he reached

on September 20th, 1603.

This is one of the earliest accounts of Champlain's First Voyage to Nouvelle France,

being a succinct abridgement in the third person of Champlain's "Des Sauvages ou

Voyage de Samuel Champlain de Brovage"... which was published in Paris in 1603

immediately after the return of the expedition.

Book 7, for the year 1604, contains a long account of the foundation of the Jesuit

College in Paris and of the activities of the Order in Europe, Peru, New Grenada, the

Philippine Islands, China, and Japan, in addition to a further account of the French in

Canada.


17. CALLAGHAN, Morley

No Man's Meat. Paris. Edward W. Titus, at the Sign of the Black Manakin,

Montparnasse. 1931. 19cm, 42p., limited to 525 numbered copies, signed by the author,

this being copy number 372, on hand made paper, quarter linen backed paper over

boards with printed paper labels on the spine and upper cover, t.e.g., in publisher's

tissue wrapper and black slipcase, (both are typically chipped and frayed), the book is

fine

150.00


18. CHURCHILL, Charles

Memorials of Missionary Life, in Nova Scotia. London. John Mason; Hamilton,

Adams & Co. 1845. 12mo. 16.5cm, vi,[1],206,[1]p., in contemporary half calf, raised

bands, blind stamped borders in the panels, crushed crimson morocco label, gilt titles,

marbled boards, some wear on the boards, very good to fine

175.00

T.P.L. 2705. Sabin 13013. Not in Lande. Story p593. The author, a Wesleyan

Methodist missionary, served in Nova Scotia between 1838 to 1861. In his last years, he

edited the periodical Wesleyan. His narrative includes experiences and includes

topographical, historical and general information.


19. COLLINS, Major Perry McD.

Overland Explorations in Siberia, Northern Asia, and the Great Amoor River

Country; Incidental Notices of Manchooria, Mongolia, Kamschatka, and Japan, With,

Map and Plan of an Overland Telegraph Around the World, Via Behring's Strait and

Asiatic Russia to Europe. New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1864. thick12mo,

19.5cm, 467,8p., ads., with 4 plates, lacking map & plan referred to in title, appendix,

original black pebbled cloth boards rebacked in black cloth, black leather label, a fine

copy thus

250.00

cf. Hill 336., mentions this edition. Smith. American Travellers C92. "... much

interesting is included on the peoples of the region, the trade and resources of Siberia,

and the Amoor Railroad. Besides giving an interesting economic and cultural picture of

the area, Collins's plates provide a view of the ancient Tartar monuments along the

Amur River". (Hill). A scarce 19th century travel book of a trip through Russia and Siberia

starting from New York in 1856. Major Collins, a United States commercial agent, was

looking into the prospects of American access to the natural resources of Siberia through

the Amur River. He advocated railroad and telegraph connections to open up the Amur

country. - A 1962 edition by the Un. Wisconsin Press, has an excellent forward. (Smith).


20. [LORD Dalhousie]. Autograph Letter Signed

DALHOUSIE, George Ramsay, ninth Earl of

Handwritten Correspondence, addressed from: Castle of St. Louis, Quebec, 29

May 1821, Earl of Dalhousie; Gentlemen (,) I find a flying(?) opportunity of a vessel going

to Madiera & returning here direct should you have had no opportunity this year by man

of war to Halifax to send my annual supply of 2 Pipes, and ½ cask of sweet malmsey , I

beg you will send it by this (.) I am sorry to say that my last wine by the Phaeton was by

no means so great as what you formerly sent me-Yours faithfully Dalhousie. You will

draw as usual on J. Gordon 153 Oxford St. London. 1821. 29x20cm, 4p. (2p.blank) with

address on p.4, handwritten, in a portfolio of full dark green goat, with crimson morocco

label with gilt titles in gilt border on the upper cover, internal flaps and a portrait of

Dalhousie on the front marbled endpaper, some slight foxing but generally fine

condition, rare

1,200.00

At the time of writing of this correspondence, Dalhousie was governor-in-chief

of Canada (1819 to 1828). A military man, he had fought throughout the American

Revolution, the Peninsular Wars and was present at the Battle of Waterloo. During his

tenure in Canada he came into conflict with Louis Joseph Papineau and the French-

Canadian majority in the Assembly. On leaving Canada, Dalhousie was appointed


commander-in-chief in India. Very interesting pre-Confederation ephemera which leads

one to suspect that good wine was a scarcity in the colonies!!

When on September 8th, 1828, George Ramsay, who had served in Canada for

12 years"... he left a legacy of artworks and cultural initiatives that would establish him

as one of the first significant partrons of the arts in Canada". Rene Villeneuve. Lord

Dalhousie, Patron and Collector. National Galley, 2008.


Richard Hatfield's Copy

21. DANSON, Andrew

Unofficial Portraits. Canadian Politicians Photo-graphed By Themselves. With

Introductory Essays by Robert Fulford and Maia-Mari Sutnik. Toronto. A co- publication

of Doubleday Canada and the Art Gallery of York University. 1987. folio, 30.5x 25cm,

174p., with 62 photographic plates, catalogue, bibliography, illustrated wraps, fine in

fine jacket, Premier Richard Hatfield's copy, with his signed bookplate & signed by the

ten premiers on their portraits

500.00

Signed portraits include: Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada; Robert

Bourassa, Premier of Quebec; John M. Buchanan, Premier of Nova Scotia; Grant Devine,

Premier of Saskatchewan; Donald Getty, Premier of Alberta; Joseph A. Ghiz, Premier of

P.E.I.; Howard Pawley, Premier of Manitoba; Brian Peckford, Premier of Newfoundland;

David Peterson, Premier of Ontario; and William Vander Zalm, Premier of British

Columbia. From the library of Richard B. Hatfield, Premier of New Brunswick, with his

signed bookplate.


22. [DAVIS, A.H.].

Coit Correspondence: or, A Trip to New Brunswick, By The Coit Family.

Worcester: Printed By Chas Hamilton. 1871. 12mo, 19cm, first edition, xi,[12]-94p., half

title printed in red, title page vignette ship illustrations, in the original green cloth, gilt

titles on the upper cover, near fine copy,

250.00

Account of a boating excursion to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (St. John, Annapolis,

Halifax) made by a group of New Englanders mainly from the Boston-Worcester area.

The letters were originally published serially in the Worcester Daily Gazette. Included is

a list of officers of the steamer, members of the band, officers of the Coit Family, and

participants in the expedition. A second trip was made in 1871.


23. DE HANSY, Theodor, published by [Binding].

L'Office de la Quinzaine de Pasques, a l'Usage de Rome. En Latin et en Francoise.

Dedie a la Reine. Avec l'Explication des Ceremonies propres de ce saint Temps; des

Meditations sur les Evangiles de chaque jour; des Reflexions sur les Mysteres; Exercises

& Prieres pour la Confession & la Communion. Paris. Chez De Hansy, Libraire, 1775.

24mo. 14cm, 611p., engraved frontis, title-page vignette, printed in double column, in

contemporary full dark crimson levant morocco, raised bands, gilt spine title & gilt panel

borders with small centre panel decorations, triple gilt ruled borders on the boards,

marbled endpapers, a.e.g., some annotating, fine copy

400.00

A popular Roman Catholic missal and breviary pub-lished by De Hansy, (1700 - 1770) in

Paris. With Approbation dated 1727. An interesting pre-Revolution edition dedicated to

the Queen of France, Marie-Antoinette.


24. ELIOT, Charlotte. [T.S. Eliot].

Savonarola. A Dramatic Poem. With Introduction by T.S. Eliot. London. R.

Cobden-Sanderson. [1926]. 19cm, the first edition, xv,99p., original black cloth (front

bottom corner bumped) paper spine label, a fine bright copy in lightly soiled printed

grey jacket with a few early inner tape repairs (33840 lt).

350.00

Gallup B8. A dramatic poem on the Italian monk and religious reformer,

Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1491) by Charlotte Eliot (1843-1929), the mother of T.S.

Eliot. With a six-page introduction by T.S. Eliot. A scarce book, the first edition was

published in only 300 copies.


25. [FRANCE]. LOUIS XIV.

Edit du Roy. Contre Les Duels et Rencontres. Verifie en Parlement, le Roy y seant,

le septieme Septembre 1651. Paris. Le Procureur General du Roy. 1651. 21.5x 17cm, 20p.,

decorated title page, chapter header & first letter drop-cap decoration, small stain on

title, in quarter brown calf backed grey paper over boards, fine

500.00

One of many edicts by various kings of France to stamp out the proliferation of

duels of honour in France. The first ordinance in France against dueling was given in

1566, to little or no avail, and in 1626 a new edict under Louis XIII condemned to death

anyone who had killed an adversary. This is one of eleven ordinances against dueling

given during the reign of Louis XIV, further edicts showing a proliferation of the events.

An interesting government document drawing attention to a particular French

predilection - affairs of honour. Even Voltaire is noted as fighting a duel in his youth!


26. [FIRST War Canadian Poetry].

The Soldier's Wives' League. [Anonymous].

To Our Boys in Khaki. God Bless Them. N.p. The Soldier's Wives' League. 1915.

16mo. 15cm, 8p., printed brown wraps, near fine

200.00

"Written and Published in Aid of our Patriotic Work by a Member of The Soldier's

Wives League." Six patriotic: five by "E.A.B." and one, "Canada's Lads", by I.L. Macdonald.

The S.W.L. existed in Ottawa, Saint John and Kingston.

Not in Watters. Not in Amicus. Not in WorldCat: there are many items under this

title on WorldCat, however none with this date. There were a few similar titles in 1916

and many in 1917, 1918 and beyond. This appears to be the first use of this title.


27. [GASOLECTRIC Motors, Limited]. Prospectus .

PROSPECTUS. Gasolectric Motors, Limited. (Incorporated under the Ontario

Companies Act). Authorized Capital - $1,000,000.00... Board of Directors. President - L.H.

Piercy, Guelph, Ont., Manufacturer.... [St. Thomas, Ontario. The Company. 1911]. 8vo,

23cm, 14p., with 10 illustrations, printed brown wraps, fine, rare

400.00

A printed business plan for a Canadian automotive business located in

St.Thomas , Ontario with plans to develop a line of electric automobiles and buses. The

Company also intended to acquire the patent for the Hub Motor in Canada. With an

interesting series of c.1910 automobile illustrations including the Piercy 30-35 H.P.

Gasoline Car.


General Wolfe's Last Exhortation to His Troops

28. [GENTLEMAN'S Magazine].

CAVE, Edward] pseud. Sylvanus Urban

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. Volume XXX. For the Year

M.DCC.LX. [1760]. By Sylvanus Urban, Gent. [January 1760-December 1760]. London.

Printed for D. Henry and R. Cave. 1760. thick8vo, 21cm, (ii),623,(17)pp., title-page

vignette, with 15 of 17 plates (2 wanting), volume indexes, rebound in quarter brown

morocco grain leather and marbled boards, red and green leather labels, very good to

fine

800.00

Twelve issues of the monthly magazine for the year 1760 and the final year of the Seven

Years' War. Includes articles on Admiral Sir Edward Hawke (with portrait); General

Wolfe's last exhortation to his troops; a biography of George Frederick Handel; letter

from an officer of the Royal American Regiment regarding Quebec and the battle of

Saint Foy; General Amherst's Expedition to Montreal (with folding map & plan); account

of Captain Walker and his squadron of privateers; charges against General Town-send

for his handling of the defense of Quebec; Prussian accounts of the Battle of Torgau; the

Minutes of Lord George Germain's Trial following the Battle of Minden; and the Articles

of Capitulation on the Fall of Montreal. Plates of interest include: a chart of the Irish Sea


(with the Nymph Bank); the engagement of H.M.S. "Monmouth" and the French ship

"Foudroyant" (1758); "A curious map of the Icey Sea" (a slightly chipped circular map of

the Arctic regions): several maps showing the campaigns in Germany.


Oliver Goldsmith of St. Andrew's, N.B. Canada's First Native Born Poet

29. GOLDSMITH, Oliver

The Rising Village, with Other Poems. By Oliver Goldsmith, a Descendant of the

Author of "The Deserted Village". Saint John, New Brunswick. Published for the Author

by John McMillan. 1834. 16mo. 14cm, first Canadian edition, 144p., complete with half

title, in the original green watered silk, gilt spine titles, expertly restored, all edges gilt,

a fine copy thus, rare

1,500.00

T.P.L. 1834. Lande 1798. Sabin 27720. Watters p77. - The Canadian edition of a

work first published in London in 1825. Oliver Goldsmith was born in St. Andrew's, New

Brunswick in 1794 and was the great nephew of Oliver Goldsmith, the English poet. The

Rising Village is written in imitation of The Deserted Village. He was Canada's first native-

born poet. Except for some time spent travelling, he spent most of his working life in

Halifax, where he wrote The Rising Village. Rhodenizer states that his verse is "...

noticeably reminiscent of that of his great-uncle, the Irish born English poet".

An expanded collection over the London 1825 edition of the title poem. A work

of some note in the history of Canadian poetry. Described by Klinck et al (LITERARY

HISTORY OF CANADA) as "the first volume of verse ever published in Canada by a native-

born Canadian to receive serious attention at the hands of critics and literary historians.


The author was the grand nephew of his more famous namesake. When the title poem

was published in London, he was battered by the inevitable comparisons made by

reviewers. This augmented collection was his farewell to versifying

Except for some time spent travelling, most of his working life was spent in

Halifax, Hong Kon and Newfoundland, as well as New Brunswick. It was in Halifax that

he wrote the The Rising Village Rhodenzier states that his verse is "... noticeably

reminiscent of that of his great-uncle..."

A new edition, edited by Michael Gnarowski, Mont-real. Delta. 1968. 47p.,

Incorporates textual differences between the London, 1825 edition and the first

Canadian edition published in Canada, in 1834.


Illuminated by Owen Jones

30. GRAY, [Thomas].

Gray's Elegy. Illuminated by Owen Jones. London. Longman and Co. & New

York. Wiley and Putnam. 1846. sm4to, 24cm, First Edition [36] pages in including title,

hinged in separately, on extra (heavy) stock card paper, printed in chromo-litho in gold

and colour with decorated borders with the text in frame borders and colour device

decorated on the corners, in full dark brown calf, elaborated designed and decorated in

deep embossed to simulate wood boards, all edges gilt, two bookplates, top and bottom

spine edges and corners slightly worn else a fine copy

500.00

"In 1846 Longman published Gray's Elegy, illuminated by Owen Jones: the first

secular book wholly illuminated by him, the first with the name of a New York publisher

on the title-page as well as that of the English publisher, and the first to be issued in a

special kind of binding chiefly used for illuminated books. The binding is in brown

leather deeply embossed to imitate carved wood; the design, which is overall, consists

of holly leaves and 'Gray's Elegy' in gothic lettering in a panel on the front, and holly

leaves and Owen Jones's monogram on the back, and must have been built up

underneath the leather as well as embossed on it. There is no gold (or colour) on the

sides, but the flat edges and 'squares' are tooled in gold and the edges of the paper are


gilt. The binding was executed by Remnant & Edmonds who had for several years

specialized in fancy binding for Albums and Gift Books. The illuminations, in Owen

Jones's characteristic spidery style, are chromolithographed in two blues, two reds,

black and gold." (Ruari McLean). McLean. Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings, pp.11 &

15. (1)


Grand Trunk Railway Eliminates Its Biggest Rival

31. GRAND Trunk & Great Western Railway of Canada.

[Circular/Broadside].

Grand Trunk & Great Western Railways of Canada. Mr. W. Abbott. The Proposed

Amalgamation.

Sir, I have received a circular, dated 16th March, and addressed by you to

shareholders in the Great Western Railway. ... - [Printed letter opposing...]... W.A. Dixon.

March 24th, 1882. folio, 32x 21cm, 2 printed pages, double-column, quarter folded,

some chipping on the fore-edge, very good good condition, rare

500.00

An important event in Canadian business history. The Grand Trunk Railway

eliminates its biggest rival. -

W.A. Dixon was one the shareholders of the Great Western Railway and was

opposed to the proposed amalgamation with the Grand Trunk Railway. The

amalgamation was approved at the Great Western's semi-annual meeting of April 27,

1882, and approved by the Canadian Parliament the same year. The Grand Trunk

thereby eliminated its biggest competitor and added nearly 1500 kilometers of track to

its system. - See A.W. Currie. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 1957. pp244-245.


32. GREAT Britain. House of Commons.

Papers Presented to the House of Commons, Relating to the Encounter Between

His Majesty's Ship Leopard, and the American Frigate Chesapeake. London. Ordered, by

The House of Commons... [1809]. folio, 33cm, 37p., self wraps, disbound, fine condition

350.00

cf. T.P.L. 852. Sabin. Not in Smith. The British fire on the American warship off

the Capes of Virginia in 1807. The Chesapeake was believed to be carrying deserters.


Sale of the Manuscript of Harmon's Journal

33. [HARMON, Daniel].

PARKE-BERNET Galleries Inc

Western And Other Americana, Canadiana, with many rarities. An Important

Collection of Currier & Ives and other American Lithographs. Collected by the late

Guthrie Y. Barber [cover title]. New York. 1941. 23.5cm, 248[3]p. listing 1287 items,

printed wraps, yapped edge frayed else a fine copy

75.00

"This sale contained the manuscript journal of Daniel Harmon".


34. HEAD, Sir Francis Bond

Toronto: The Grounds Upon Which Are Based Her Claims to be The Seat of

Government of Canada; with A Memorandum. Addressed by... to the Secretary of Sate

for the Colonies, on the Subject. Toronto. Thompson & Co. 1858. 8vo, 22cm, 34p., plus 3

map plates, in the original printed wraps with titles repeated on the upper cover in

frame border, string tied, upper wrap chip on the bottom edge, slightly dust worn else

very good copy, rare

250.00

T.P.L. 3861. Not in Lande. No standard listing located.


35. HEYDEN, Joseph Van der

Life and Letters of Father Brabant. A Flemish Missionary Hero. Louvain. Printed

by J. Wouters. 1920 tall8vo, 24.5cm, 249p., frontis portrait, 4 plates, index, in printed

grey wraps, cover worn & chipped, printed on somewhat fragile paper, in light grey clam

shell box with paper label, rare

350.00

Not in Amicus. WorldCat locates 6 copies (none in Canada). Edwards 1717, cites

B.C. Arch- ives; Lowther 1649.

The story of a Belgian Jesuit, Reverend Augustin J. Brabant (1845-1912), who

served on Vancouver Island, British Columbia as a missionary to the West Coast First

Nations. He established a mission at Hesquiat, on Vancouver Island in 1874 and served

there for nearly 30 years.


36. IRVING, Washington,

Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Illustrated by George H.

Boughton. London. Macmillan and Co. 1893. 12mo. 18cm, first edition, xi,218p., frontis

and 53 illustrations, original dark green cloth, gilt titles & elaborate floral decoration on

upper cover and spine, a.e.g., a fine copy, scarce in this condition

400.00

A beautifully decorated and vividly illustrated edition of an American classic.

The floral decorations with Boughton's signature in gilt on the bottom right corner. One

of the 24 volume "Macmillan Cranford Series" published between 1877 and 1907.


37. KENTON, Edna (Selected and Edited by)

The Indians of North America. From"The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents:

Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791". Edited by

Reuben Gold Thwaites. New York. Harcourt, Brace & Co. [1927]. 8vo. 22cm, first edition

thus, in 2 volumes, xvii,597 & xv,579pp., with 21 maps and plans and 1 portrait plate

(Catherine Tegakwita), notes, appendices, dark blue cloth, spine titles faded, a very good

sound set

150.00

Haywood v2-p852. Kenton's skillfully edited work of the principal documents

from Thwaites' monumental collection dealing with the work of the Jesuits in the

interior of North America, issued in seventy-three volumes; it is particularly valuable for

its information on Indian tribes. - "The content is precisely defined by the title. Of the

280 documents listed by Thwaites, 68, in whole or in part, comprise the body of this

work". Extracts omitted or un-included papers appear as footnotes. Pagination of the

Thwaites English text is shown, notes by Thwaites have been liberally drawn on, ...

preface.


38. KEATS, John

The Eve of St. Agnes. A Poem. designed & lettered by Ralph Fletcher Seymour.

With a Preface Written for It by Edmund Gosse. Chicago. Published at the Fine Arts

Building by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. 1900. 8vo, 22.5cm, (17), (37)pp., edition limited to

800 copies, this being No. 388, decorated double title-page, 6 drawings, extensive

design and letter decoration, quarter dark green fine grain book linen backed grey-

green paper over boards, gilt decorated & gilt block titles and decorated on the upper

cover, former owner's inscription on front paste-down, fine copy

300.00

Fine copies are scarce. One of last of Keats' poems, probably written in 1819 but

first published in 1820. With a extensive background on the poem by English critic,

Edmund Gosse. An attractive private press edition printed in Chicago by R.R. Donnelley

& Sons Company. Each page has been decorated or illustrated in rubricated style by

American illustrator and publisher, Ralph Fletcher Seymour (1876-1966).


39. KRIEGHOFF, Cornelius]

A portfolio of paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff reproduced from Maclean's

Magazine ("Christmas Album"). December 24, 1955. [Magazine and Portfolio]. Montreal.

Maclean's Magazine. 1955. folio. 37cm, pp.13-19 (magazine), 7 loose leaves in wraps

(portfolio), 10 colour reproductions with self-portrait, in original mailing enve-lop, fine

150.00

The article from Maclean's is entitled

"The Rebirth of a Fascinating Painter". Reproductions include: Merrymaking

(cover); Tobogganing; The Sleigh Ride; Running the Toll; Baker's Mishap; Breaking Lent;

Habitant Farm; Playtime, Village School; Royal Mail Crossing the Ice; The Ice Cone at

Montmorency Falls.


40. LANDE, Lawrence

The Development of the Voyageur Contract, (1686 - 1821). A Monograph

Compiled and Edited by Lawrence M. Lande. Montreal. Lawrence Lande Foundation for

Canadian Historical Research, McLennan Library, McGill University. 1989. 4to. 27cm,

xx,151p., plus 111 plates and facsimiles, text illustrations, reference list, mapped

endpapers, printed on rag paper, deluxe hand-binding limited to 200 numbered &

signed copies, this being #6, in full linen with recessed title label printed on birch bark

on the upper cover, editor presentation inscription, as new

350.00

Part one is a descriptive listing of fifty manuscript voyageur contracts from the

French regime and early period of British rule up to 1790. Four contracts are illustrated,

and one complete facsimile is tipped in. The second part of the book presents a

systematic treatment of the printed contracts of the various firms of the North West

Company spanning the period from the 1780's up to the 1821 amalgamation with the

Hudson's Bay Co. Sixty-one selected contracts are described of which forty-four are

given a full page illustration.


41. LaFONTAINE, Jean de

Fables de La Fontaine. Illustrees D'Eaux-Fortes Originales de Gaston Barret.

Paris. Aux Editions Arc-en-Ciel. 1950. 8vo. 22.5cm, in 2 volumes, 246 & 264pp., limited

to 2200 copies, this being #1621, colour engraved plates, on rag paper, in sections

(facsicules), original printed wraps, in the original dark blue, rounded spine backed open

boxes, in slipcases, fine

200.00

Jean de La Fontaine, (1621–1695) was the most famous French fabulist and one

of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his

Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous

alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages.


Three Typescript Lectures by Stephen Leacock

42. LEACOCK, Stephen

Three Typescript Lectures.

One: Professional Institute Lecture Delivered by Professor Stephen Leacock of

McGill University at the Auditorium, Ottawa, January 10, 1927, on the present outlook

of political economy in especial relation to public policy in Canada. Mr. Fred Cook

presiding. - 9 pages.

Two: University Extension Course, Lecture Number 5, on the gold standard and

its relation to industrial recovery by Professor Stephen Leacock, at Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 7,

1927. Mr. J.H. Campbell, Chairman. - 4 pages.

Three: University Extension Course Lecture Number 12, Social Justice and Social

Revolution, by Dr. Stephen Leacock, at Ottawa, Ont., March 28, 1927. - [1],10 pages.

[Ottawa]. Unpublished. 1927. folio, 33cm, being 100 typescript pages in various

paginations, first and second copies, bound-in plain green linen binder, very good to

fine

With a Leacock folder and a silk Leacock memorial bookmark, loosely inserted

2,500.00


Not located in Spadoni, Bibliography of Stephen Leacock, 1998. Cf D27.2 for

similar reference to the second speech listed above. - The third lecture concludes with

the famous Leacock epigram: "A socialist is an economist who has gone wrong." The

collection also includes 4 lectures by W.W. Goforth: The Problem of Canadian

Immigration", "On the Mini-mum Wage", "On Foreign Trade of Canada" & "On Trade

Unionism in Canada". Also includes 3 lectures by Dr. J.C. Hemmeon: "On the Canadian

Banking System-Its Strength and Weakness", "On the Sources of Government Revenue

with Special Relation to Canada" & "On Sources of Public Revenue with Particular

Reference to the Provincial Governments." A printed booklet has been bound-in: "The

Problems of Canadian Transportation" by Laurence Chalmers Tombs" and tipped-in

newspaper clipping reviews of the lectures.


Extra Illustrated Copy with 104 Portraits

43. LEE, Sidney

Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century. [Extra Portrait Illustrated]. New

York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1904. thick12mo, 20cm, first edition, xvi,337p., with 6

portrait plates, 104 extra portraits tipped-in with hand-written index, index, in half

crimson crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt ruled tan linen boards, decorated

endpapers, t.e.g., bookplate, some deterioration in the middle spine panels otherwise a

fine copy with tipped in autograph letter from the author.

300.00

Six biographies (More, Sidney, Ralegh, Spenser, Bacon, Skakespeare) by the

editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.

In attractive fine signed (Adams Bindery) bindings. An interesting Extra

Illustrated Copy with the book-plate of American bibliophile, William Livermore

Kingman and with 104 mainly engraved portrait plates added. With a signed hand-

written letter from the author to Kingman tipped-in. A unique copy.


44. LEES, J.A. & W.J. Clutterbuck

B.C. 1887. A Ramble in British Columbia. London & New York. Longmans, Green,

and Co., 1892. 12mo. 19cm, viii,387,22p., publisher's catalogue, with 75 plates and

illustrations from engravings, rear folding colour map, in the original maroon cloth, with

spine and cover titles and decoration stamped in silver, a fine bright copy

150.00

Compare copies on line to see just how poor copies can be. - Lowther 791. Smith

5809. "Primarily relates to the author's travels in the East Kootenay region. There were

two issues in 1888. (No priority?). New edition: 1889. Also 1892..."


45. LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth

The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Boston. Ticknor and Fields.

1858. 12mo, 18.5cm, first U.S. edition, first issue, iv,[7],215,12p., rear publisher's ads.,

original blind decorated ribbed brown cloth, gilt spine titles, top (chipped) and bottom

spine edge rubbed else a very good to fine copy - a single leaf publisher's advertisement

for "Waverley Novels" tipped in at front

400.00

BAL 12122. The first American appearance of Long-fellow's narrative poem of

the early days of the Plymouth colony of Massachusetts. With a collection of his poems,

under the title, "Birds of Passage", that includes "My Lost Youth". The first issue (of 4 for

1858) with "treacherous" for "ruddy" in the 3rd line, page 124 (changed by Longfellow's

direction on further issues).


46. LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth

The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Boston. Ticknor and Fields.

1859. 12mo, 18.5cm, first U.S. edition, 3rd (or 4th) printing, iv,[7],215,12p., rear

publisher's ads, original blind decorated ribbed brown cloth, gilt spine titles, brown-

coated endpapers, top spine edge rubbed, slight damp stain (just visible) along the top

margin of the text, bookplate, else a very good to fine copy

50.00

BAL 12122. Longfellow's classic narrative poem of the early days of the

Plymouth colony with an added collection of poems under the title. "Birds of Passage".

A later printing (3rd or 4th) of the first edition of 1858.


1837 Rebellion - Persons Charged with High Treason Suspension of Habeas Corpus

48. LOWER Canada. Court of Queen's Bench.

[VALLIERES DE ST. REAL (Joseph Remi)]

Judicial Decisions on the Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum, and on the

provincial ordinance 2d Victoria, Chap. 4, whereby the habeas corpus ordinance of 1784

has been suspended; WITH NOTES. --

Three-Rivers, February 1839. 8vo, 23cm, 27p., in the original plain blue wraps,

string tied, untrimmed, upper wrap loose, internal library stamps, uncut, near fine, very

rare

4,000.00

[Vallieres De St. Real (Joseph Rémi)]. Judicial Decisions on the Writ of Habeas

Corpus ad subjiciendum, and on the Provincial Ordinance 2d Victoria, Chap. 4, whereby

the Habeas Corpus ordinance of 1784 has been suspended; With Notes. Three-Rivers,

February. 1839. On page 3: Mr. Justice Vallières de St. Real explained the grounds of his

Judgement as follows ... The opinion of Justice Jean Roch Rolland forms pp. 13--20.

T.P.L. 7540. "Concerns the petitions of Celestin Houde and Joseph Guillaume Barthe for

writs of habeas corpus. The Crown argued that the Habeas Cropus Act was sus-pended


by the ordinance to authorize the apprehension and detention of persons charged with

high treason [etc.]".

Mr. Justice Vallieres de St. Real granted the writ; Mr Justice Rolland did not.

T.P.L. 7540. - Not in Gagnon; Lande; WorldCat locates 1 copy, Un Sherbrooke,

Three-Rivers. Amicus cites a catalogue reference only. Not in ABE, ABPC, A&E. No other

listings located.

T.P.L. 7540. Sabin 98394. Concerns the petitions of Celestin Houde and Joseph

Guillaume Barthe for writs of habeas corpus. The Crown argued that the Habeas Corpus

Act was suspended by the ordinance of the Governor and Special Council of 8th

November 1838, i.e., "An ordinance to authorize the apprehension and detention of

persons charge with high treason [etc]". Mr Justice Vallieres de St. Real granted the writ;

Mr Justice Rolland did not. (TPL).

An important judicial document concerning the suspension of Habeas Corpus

by Sir John Colborne in November, 1838, with respect to those arrested for Treason and

sedition after the Rebellion of 1837.


47. [MacDONALD, Thoreau].

British Empire Exhibition, 1924

A Portfolio of Pictures from the Canadian Section of Fine Arts. Toronto. Rous and

Mann Limited. 1924 sm4to. 25cm, [30]p., with 28 black & white reproductions,

illustrated wraps, a few light spots on the cover, very good to fine, rare

200.00

Edison E14. - 1 drawing (vignette) and cover lettering by TM. - An illustrated

catalogue of Canadian art contributions to the British Empire Exhibition held in London

in 1924. Canadian paintings by Tom Thomson, Clarence Gagnon, Lawren Harris, Alfred

J. Casson, Frederick Varley, Arthur Lismer and others.


48. [MAGDALEN ISLANDS]. P. Fortin.

Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, entrusted to

Enquire into the Tenure of Lands in the Magdalen Islands, County of Gaspe. Hon. P.

Fortin, Chairman. Session 1874-75.

Levis Printed by Order of the Legislature at "L'Echo de Levis". 1875. sm4to,

25cm, 88p., appendices, original printed green wraps with title repeated with

publisher's frame border on the upper cover, spine edge a bit chipped else very good to

fine, rare

250.00

A scarce pamphlet relating to a Quebec Government investigation into the

tenancy of inhabitants of the Magadalen Islands. The original settlers on the Magdalens

were of Acadian descent, the Island not being affected by the Expulsions of the 1750's.

By the Quebec Act of 1774, the Magdalen Islands had been transferred from the control

of Newfoundland to the Province of Quebec. In 1798, proprietorship of the Islands had

been awarded to the Coffin family, in particular Admiral John Townsend Coffin. The

pamphlet lists the residents with questions and answers regarding tenancy

arrangements. Also includes sections on seal hunting and various fisheries.


1798 Rebellion Participant - The Battle of Tory Island, Later a Participant in War of 1812

49. MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK. By P.B.V. Broke

PRIVATE LOG, KEPT ON BOARD H.M. SHIP AMELIA BY P.B.V. BROKE. 3'D LIEUT.T",

AUGUST 1797 - NOVEMBER 1798. Small 4to. 25 pp. manuscript entries. About 35000 words.

This is a journal kept by a British hero of the War of 1812, from earlier in his career. It contains

an account of the Battle of Tory Island, which took place off the northwest coast of Ireland in

1798. The Battle of Tory Island was the last attempt by the French to launch an invasion of

the British Isles. Following this battle Wolfe Tone was captured aboard one of the French

ships defeated during the battle, and the rebellion of the Society of United Irishmen was

crushed. The journal was kept by Philip Broke on board the 38-gun frigate Amelia, formerly

the French frigate Proserpine, from her commissioning on 28 August 1797 through the

Battle of Tory Island in October 1798. Broke records Amelia's participation in the 1798

blockade of the French fleet in Brest, as she encounters merchant vessels, privateers, French

men-of-war, and dozens of ships of the Royal Navy. His journal ends with a first hand account

of the action that destroyed the French fleet sent to Ireland in support of the Irish Rebellion

-the so-called Battle of Tory Island.

7,500.00

While his style tends to be telegraphic, Broke's narrative is consistent with accounts

of this famous sea battle, and contains extra details as well. "saw the Strangers to leeward-


bore up & discover'd them to be an Enemy's squadron of 7 ships of the line & 8 frigates - one

schooner - we passed their line close to windw'd & ran on to engage two sail in the rear -

who proved to be the [HMS] Ethalion & [HMS] Sylph, observing the enemy's motions. We

join'd them on that service. AM… the enemy charged us we did not bear up till they were

within about 5 miles - then we made all sail, wind on Starb'd quarter, - only one of them

appear'd to gain on us - a large Rasée, frigate - she came nearly within shot in two hours -

the fleet discontinued chace & a short time later recalled the frigate - who fired at us afore

she hauled up - knowing from various informations that the enemy's squadron was destined

for Ireland, with about 4000 troops, arms &c'r - we were assured that they would not risqué

separation or being dismasted &c'r - upon our account, & therefore kept pretty close to them

- particularly at night"

P.B.V. Broke is, of course, best remembered as the commanding officer of HMS

Shannon, who on 1 June 1813, met and captured USS Chesapeake off Boston, mortally

wounding her commander, James Lawrence, but not before the dying skipper exhorted his

crew to "Not Give Up the Ship." Broke was the only victorious British commander in a frigate-

on-frigate action during the War of 1812.

Text clean. Bound in old vellum over marbled boards, housed in an archival box.

Accompanied by a complete transcription. A unique record of a historic event during the

period of the French Revolutionary Wars.


LaHAVRE, NOVA SCOTIA

50. [MAP]. BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas

Grundriss des Haffens la Haive and der Kuste von Accadien. Von N.B. Ling. de la

Marine 1744. [Leipzig]. Arkstee & Merkus. [1756]. 20x 28cm (8"x12"), topographical map

with contemporary hand colouring, text in German, some toning but a very good

condition

350.00

"Outline of the Harbour LaHave and the shore of Acadia". Kershaw 766. A

detailed map of the estuary of La Have, Nova Scotia, south of Halifax, by French

hydrographer, Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772). This was the first Acadian capital near

present-day Bridgewater before it was moved to Port Royal in 1736. Settled by Isaac de

Razilly in 1632, the map shows his original fort and gives the soundings. The map was

drawn from a survey by the French Navy.

From the German edition "Allegmeine Histoire der Reise zu Wasser und zu

Lande" (1753).


Separately Issued - Reduction of 1632 Champlain Map.

51. [MAP]. BOISSEAU,

Description de la / Nouvelle France / ou sont Remarquees les Diverse

Habitations / des Francois, despuis la premiere descouuerte / jusques a present,

receuillie et dressee sur / diruerses relations modernes. Nd. [1664?/1670?]. 35x 52 cm.

(14x 20½ in.), trimmed to the strike line, in fine condition

15,000.00

Reference; Kershaw, #84. Burden, 261. Verner & Stuart-Stubbs, #5. "Published

in: source not located. This second state of the plate is identical, except that the date has

been deleted (in the catouche), and several names have been added in the Maryland,

Delaware, New York area" - Kershaw.

Rare and important GREAT LAKES map first issued in 1643. According to Burden

it is actually the first printed map to show and name all five lakes, pre-dating the Sanson

map of 1650. The map is based on Champlain's map of 1632 improved to incorporate

names. Although the configuration and size of the lakes are incorrect, the map is of

seminal importance to the cartography of the region. "Lac St. Louis" (Lake Ontario) leads

into "Lac Derie" (Lake Erie) which is shown very small because Champlain, relying on

second-hand knowledge, greatly under-estimated its size. "Mer Douce ou Lac" (Lake

Huron) and "Grand Lac" (Lake Superior) are much more recognizable. Lake Michigan is


again confused and represented either by a small lake to the northeast named "Lac des

Puans" (the same name used by Sanson) or an inlet in the south of Lake Superior called

"Grande Riviere qui vient du midy". This is the second state of the map with additional

names and the delineation of "Virginie", "N. Svede", "N. Hollande", and "N. Angleterre".

Verner & Stuart-Stubbs #5. Very wide margins with very minor browning, overall fine

with a crisp impression.


Newfoundland & Labrador

52. DAVIS, S.T., M.D. (Shongo).

Caribou Shooting in Newfoundland: With a History of England's Oldest Colony

from 1001 to 1895. Lancaster, PA. The New Era Printing House. 1895. 8vo, 20cm, first

edition, 212p., with 52 illustrations, in presentation style fine signed binding "E.S. Eigg

& Son", half crimson morocco, gilt and black ruled raised bands, crushed crimson

morocco label, gilt titles, pebbled maroon cloth boards, gold floral decorated

endpapers, all edges gilt, a fine copy rare

300.00

Heller#74, Phillips p.96- 97, Bruns D-32. O'Dea 1133. "Historical notes largely

drawn from Newfoundland as it is in 1894 by Moses Harvey. (O'Dea).


53. [GILBERT]. SLAFTER, Carlos

Sir Humfrey Gylberte and his Enterprise of Colonization in America. Including

His Discourse to Prove a North-west Passage to Cataia; His Letters Patent from Queen

Elizabeth; Captain Edward Haies' Narrative; and Other Important Papers and Letters,

Together With Annotations and A Memoir. Boston. The Prince Society. 1903. 21x 16.5cm,

xiv,335p., (facsimile - signatures in fours; in two; B-H in furs; 1 in two), frontis portrait

from engraving, limited to 250 copies, ex-library and rebound in full tan linen, with

crimson leather label, wear on the edges, inner linen hinges, front hinge expertly

repaired, very good, uncommon

175.00

Originally issued in wraps. O'Dea 30. - 250 copies printed. First group contains

reprints of documents in Richard Hakluyt's Voyages, reprinted in 1809-1812,' V.3.

including Gilbert's Discourse 1576 and Edward Haies' Narrative or Report of the voyage

and success thereof... by Sir Humphrey Gilbert as in Hakluyt, see no. 8a. Second group

contains copies of thirty five documents from State Paper Office, London, relating to

English activities at Newfoundland in the 16th century.


54. GOSLING, W.G.

Labrador: Its Discovery, Exploration, and Development. London. Alston Rivers,

Ltd. 1910. thick8vo, 22.5cm, the first edition, xii,574p., with 38 plates and maps from

photographs, (inc. large folding colour map), original blue fine grain book linen, gilt

spine and upper cover titles, t.e.g., a near fine copy

400.00

O'Dea 1903. William Gilbert Gosling (1863-1930) was born and educated in

Bermuda and moved to Newfoundland where he became a very successful business

man. His book on Labrador is considered one of the most comprehensive on the area

and includes chapters on Cabot, Cartwright, Grenfell, the Moravians and cartography.


55. HALLOCK, Charles

Three Months in Labrador. [Newfoundland]. New York. Published by Harper &

Brothers. 1861. Being: 2 sequential articles extracted from Harper's New Monthly

Magazine, and bound in modern dark blue cloth. 577-600p & 743-766 [6]p., many half

page and text illustrations from wood engravings, of Nascopies, Blanc Sablon, Forteau

Lighthouse, Henley Harbour, and Pulpit Cave Tub Island. In Fine Condition, uncommon

150.00

Hallock was the founder and publisher of "Forest and Stream" magazine.


The First Comprehensive Map of the Interior of Newfoundland

56. JUKES, J. B.

General Report of Geological Survey of Newfound-land, Executed under the

Direction of the Government And Legislature Of The Colony During the Year 1839 and

1840. London. John Murray. 1843. 8vo, 22.5cm, first edition, 160,8p., ads., with 2 folding

partially-coloured lithograph plates inc. the frontispiece, a diagram and (the often

missing) large map of Newfoundland, in the original elabrated blind decorated green

cloth, gilt spine titles, with the Armorial bookplate and signature of Henry W. Acland, [a

British physician and educator], some slight foxing, rare especially with the folding map

which is usually wanting, a fine copy, rare

1,500.00

The first geological survey of Newfoundland was undertaken by Joseph Beete

Jukes in 1839-40. His task was most difficult as the interior of the British colony was

virtually unknown and therefore uncharted, except for the single track of W. E.

Cormack's crossing from Trinity Bay to St. George's Bay in 1822. His full geological report

first appeared in London in 1842 as part of his "Excursions in and about Newfoundland".

The map which accompanies this work is the first comprehensive map of the interior of

Newfoundland


57. McGRATH, Antonia (Researched and Selected by)

Newfoundland Photography, 1849-1949. From the Collection of the

Newfoundland Museum. St. John's. Breakwater Books. 1980. oblong4to, 21.5x 26cm,

viii,p., plus 86 mainly full page plate illustrations, grey cloth, gilt titles, a fine copy in fine

complete jacket

50.00


58. NEWFOUNDLAND Railway. [Tourists' Guide].

Come to Newfoundland : the glorious New- found-vacation - land. [Alternative

Title]: Dominion of Newfound-land. Britain's oldest colony.

[St. John's, Nfld.] Newfoundland Railway Company.

[1926]. square4to, 24.5x31cm, folded twice to: 24.5x 11cm, [12]p., (self wraps), with 21

illustrations from photograhs & a colour map, with a 1 colour illustrated running header,

upper cover with 2 panel illustrations in colour & 1 being "Map Showing Newfoundland,

its Location and Connecting Railway Line" in colour, near fine

125.00

O'Dea 1834. This is a Newfoundland tourism booklet which describes many

aspects of Newfoundland to potential visitors. These include the island's history,

economy, and accessibility; descriptions of different areas of the island with features

attractive to anglers, hunters, and tourists; and the laws governing those hunters and

fishers while in Newfoundland.


59. [NEWFOUNDLAND. - MacGregor, Sir William].

Report on the Trade and Commerce of Newfound- land, for the Four Years

ending with the 30th June, 1906, By His Excellency Sir William MacGregor, Doctor of

Medicine, G.C.M.G., Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland. (cover title). [St. John's,

1907]. 4to. 27cm, 63,157-267p., including diagrams, (several folding), tables, quarter

cloth backed printed paper over boards, upper hinge starting on the upper third with

call label on the top left corner, engraved library bookplate (discard), very good,

250.00

O'Dea 1385. I copy, microfiche. "Subjects included Newfoundland and Labrador

commerce - description and travel". Memorial Un Catalogue.


60. STEARNS, Winfrid Alden

Labrador : A Sketch of Its Peoples, Its Industries and Its Natural History. Boston.

Lee and Shepard. 1884. 8vo, 20cm, first edition, viii,295,p., original brown cloth, gilt

spine titles and rules, patterned endpapers, faintly fade mark from removed spine label,

internal private library stamps else a very good to fine copy

175.00

O'Dea 937, Tanner 883, Cooke & Caron p.386, AB 16715. "Based on visits in 1875

and 1880-81, to the area along St. Lawrence Gulf; with a brief chapter on southeastern

Labrad-or, from a visit in 1882, as far north as Harrison Inlet (55N)."- AB. Stamps from

the Mercantile Library of New York.


61. STEARNS, Winfrid Alden

Labrador: a Sketch of its Peoples, its Industries and its Natural History. Boston.

Lee and Shepard. 1884. 8vo, 20.5cm, first edition. viii,295p., rebound in full fine grain

linen, fine copy thus

125.00

An account of an American naturalist's trips to Quebec and Labrador in 1875

and 1883.


62. WIX, Edward

Six Months of a Newfoundland Missionary's Journal, From February to August,

1835. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1836. 16mo, 16.7cm, 2nd Edition, xi,228p., original

brown cloth, gilt title, a fine copy

600.00

T.P.L. 5068. Lande 2316. Sabin 104969. O'Dea 431.

Wix, a Church of England clergyman, was archdeacon of Newfoundland from

1830-38. In 1835, he undertook a missionary tour to the eastern southern and western

coasts of Newfoundland. His account of this tour contains some of the most valuable

observations on the extent of contemporary life in Newfoundland.


63. [NORTHERN Canada Power Limited].

Photograph Album. "Pictures taken by S.A. Hughes on visit of S.A. Hughes and

H.T. Lee to ‘Northern Canada Power Limited'." Quinze River Power Site, Quebec - July 5-

23. & Wawaitin Falls Power Site, Ontario - July 7-23. |Personal collection. 1923 |oblong

photograph album, 18x 25cm, [22]p., contains 22 laid in sepia tone photographs each

9x 14cm, with hand-written captions, and 1 sketch map, original limp alligator grain

leather, string-bound, very good condition, internally fine

250.00

A unique photographic record of two hydroelectric projects being carried out in

northern Ontario and northern Quebec in 1923. Views of both sites are displayed

including construction camps and power plants. A sketch of the power plant at Quinze

River by resident engineer, J. Dick is laid-in (he is also pictured in one photograph).

Quinze River is in northern Quebec in the Lake Timiskaming area.. Wawaitin Falls is

located in northern Ontario on the Mattagami River near Timmins. The photographs are

vivid and the hand-written captions very informative.


64. [ONTARIO. Manuscript Sermon Books].

CLARK, William W.

Nine hand-written sermon books. Signed on various copies by Reverend

William W. Clark, Wesleyan Minister, various addresses in Canada West. 1859-1872.

Blenheim, Burford, Toronto. Nine bound manuscripts journals. 1859-1872.

12mo, 18cm, various paginations, (3 are c.25 pages, 5 are c.100 pages) in hand-written,

all are bound in full sheep, all have some covers and edge wear but a very good and

sound

500.00

William W. Clark was a Wesleyan minister in Canada West, with several

addresses given, Plattsville, Blenheim Township and Fairfield Cottage, Bur-ford. The

reverend was a circuit preacher and some of the sermons are placed in Baldwinsville,

Port Dover and various sections of Toronto. He notes in the earliest book "Written during

my labours on the Blenheim Circuit in the year 1859."


65. [OTTAWA]. Canadian Flag

A very large Canadian Red Ensign that flew over the house of prominent Ottawa

lawyer, McLeod Stewart (mayor of Ottawa from 1887 to 1888). A letter, showing

provenance, states that the flag was flown over Stewart's residence, Appin House, which

stood where the Museum of Nature is now located in Ottawa. Enclosed with: An Ottawa

newspaper, "Every Saturday" (Vol. I, No. 4) dated Saturday January 8th, 1887 that contains

on the front page an article on "The Progressive Son of Ottawa" on assuming his mayoralty

position.

Flag dimensions: 1m.36cm x 2m, 32cm, (53" x 92" or 4'5" x 7'.9"), the flag is complete

but shows wear from use (frayed along edges, several small holes & stains). The probably

date would be c.1880.

1,200.00

S. McLeod is written on the upper left edge along one stripe of the Union Jack..

McLeod Stewart was born in Bytown (now Ottawa) in 1847 to prominent Ottawa family that

owned a large part of Ottawa Centretown called Stewarton. Many of the streets in this area

are still named after the McLeod family. Stewart McLeod was an officer in the Governor

General's Foot Guards and his patriotism is reflected in this Canadian national flag. The Red

Ensign was replaced in 1965 as the Canadian national flag by the present maple-leaf flag.

Facsimile Image: Canadian Red Ensign, 1868-1921.


66. OTTAWA Improvement Commission

The Capital of Canada. Parks and Driveways, 1899-1925. Ottawa. Ottawa

Improvement Commission. 1925. sm folio. 31cm, [40]p., with c.51 plates and

illustrations, rear folded map, decorated stiff blue grey morocco grain card wraps, gilt

style titles in decorated frame borders on the upper cover, string bound, near fine

100.00

Sir Wilfrid Laurier suggested the idea for the Ottawa Improvement Com-mission

in 1896, expressing his wish to make Ottawa, "the Washington of the North". The

present publication was issued to demonstrate some of the work done to that end.


67. [OTTAWA View]. HUNTER, William S.

View From Barrack Hill. Ottawa City, Canada. [From: Hunter's Ottawa Scenery].

Ottawa. Published by William S. Hunter. 1855. 25.5x 33.5cm, sepia tone lithograph, by

J.H. Buffords, Litho. Boston, fine

450.00

One of the best views in this Ottawa series. Buffords fame came mainly as the

printer of the Currier Ives prints.

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910). "Probably the first book to include lithographs

drawn by Winslow Homer, who was apprenticed to Bufford's of Boston at the relatively

late age of eighteen, for a period of two years. The present work includes the

apprentice's first substantial published lithograph (the third plate, View of the Locks,

Entrance of Rideau Canal) which is initialed by Homer, and the large title vignette and

five other plates that are attributable to him on grounds of style". Tatham suggests that

"Interests seeking Ottawa's selection as the nation's Capitol may have been behind it or

The Ottawa and Prescott Railway, which linked the town to Montreal, might have

funded it in an attempt to encourage tourism.... ". - Tatham. Winslow Homer and the

Illustrated Book, 1992.


An Ottawan's World Trip, 1901-1903

68. [OTTAWA]. Post Card Album.

Illustrated Postal-Card. [Ottawa]. 1901-1903. 4to, 26x 21.5cm, [12]p., with 24

post cards in prepared slots, blue cloth, With: political card laid on front endpaper,

internal card stock is on pulpy paper, loose, very good condition, the annotated cards

are near fine

150.00

A series of early 1900 post cards from Montreal, Argentina, London, New

Zealand, Scotland, Amsterdam, Egypt and San Francisco. (World tour?) Most are

stamped and are addressed to members of the Roger Family, Florence Street, Ottawa or

Britannia-on-the-Bay.

Also laid in is a colour illustrated municipal political card - "Your Vote and

Influence respectfully solicited for Robert Stewart, For re-election as Alderman for

Wellington Ward, for 1898."


Limited Edition of 25 Sets, this Being #21.

69. [OTTAWA]. FRANCIS, Jack P., (compiled by)

Biographical Dictionary of Anglican Clergy in the Diocese of Ottawa born before

1900. Assisted Elizabeth Taylor. In Two Volumes. Ottawa. Anglican Diocese of Ottawa

Archives. 2013. 4to. 28cm, c.[1500]p., Limited Edition of 25 numbered sets, this being

#21, with 2 frontispieces & 82 plates illustrations including some colour, 2 folding maps,

sources, in half crimson morocco grain leather, marbled boards, gilt spine titles, fine, as

new

500.00

A collection of 573 biograph-ies of Anglican clergymen who were born before

1900 and who at some point in their careers served in parishes in the area known now

as the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, covering a large part of eastern Ontario and western

Quebec. Well illustrated with around 80 portraits. An impressive work of research in very

attractive bindings.


70. [OTTAWA]. HILLARY, Sir Edmund

Signed Program. The Rotary Clubs of Ottawa. "Sir Edmund Hillary" Dinner (in aid

of the Sherpa people of Nepal) in the presence of Their Excellencies the Governor

General and Mrs. Schreyer with, as guest speaker, Sir Edmund Hillary, K.B.E., LL.D. Chat

eau Laurier, Ottawa. Mon-day, December 3, 1979. [Ottawa]. Bradda Printing Services.

1979. 8vo, 21.,5cm, 4p., biography, program, acknowledges, on card stock printed in

blue type, fine condition, Signed on front -"Ed Hillary".

75.00

He narrated two presentations with slide and film: "From the Ocean to the Sky"

and "The Hospital in the Sky".


71. [OTTAWA]. Woodburn Directories.

Woodburn's City of Ottawa Directory - containing an - Alphabetical Directory &

Citizens, Street Directory, Classified Business Directory and a Miscellaneous Directory; -

to which is added - Directories of the immediate suburbs, comprising Archville, Bank

Street Road, Billings Bridge, Village of Gloucester, City of Hull, Janeville, Mount

Sherwood, Village of New Edinburgh, Richmond Road, Rochesterville and Stewarton.

[Ottawa. A.S. Woodburn, Printer, Publisher and Law Stationer, 42 Elgin Street.

[1879]. 8vo, 21.5cm, [i],312,[2]p., numerous pages of advertisements, many illustrated,

some printed on colour stock several printed on card extra stock, rebound in brown

cloth, with the remains of the ads from the covers laid down, spine title stamped in

black, one preliminary ad leaf appears wanting, a very good restor-ation of a book

previously in poor shape including a light damp stain along the top text margin, these

early Ottawa directories are all now rare

450.00


72. RAND, McNally... Ontario Guide.

Rand, McNally & Co'.S Indexed County Map and Shippers' Guide of Ontario.

Accompanied by a New and Original Compilation and Ready Reference Index, showing

in Detail the Entire Railroad System... Cities, Towns, Post Offices, Railroad Station,

Villages, Counties, Islands, Lakes, Rivers, etc.

Chicago & New York.. Rand, McNally & Co. nd. [1895]. 16mo, 16.5cm, 36p.,

(mainly index), large rear folding map, outline colour, opening to 53.5x 69cm, (21"x 27"),

in the original printed stiff card wraps, fine plus copy, scarce in this condition

150.00


A LOUIS RIEL PORTFOLIO

73. [BROADSIDE]. RIEL, Louis

La Question Riel. (Block title). Opinion de Leurs Grandeurs Mgr. Tache et Mgr.

Lafleche... [n.p.. 1887]., folio broadside, 46x 31cm, text in double columns, c. (94 lines of

text in each column), some slight staining and some chipping on the top and bottom

margin (expertly restored) flat without folds normally associated with broadsides,

expertly restored and laid down on card stock, a fine copy, rare

Lande 1403. Not in Peel. Two letters by L.-F. -R. Lafleche, Bishop of Three Rivers,

and A.-A. Tache, Archbishop of St. Boniface, who played a major role in attempting to

quell the popular agitation in Quebec against Riel's execution.

1,500.00

Accompanied with:

RIEL, Louis "David"

Poesies Religieuses et Politiques par Louis "David" Riel. Montreal. Imprimerie de

L'Extendard. 1886. 12mo, 18cm, 51,[1]p., frontis portrait, original printed wraps with

title repeated in frame border on the upper cover, produced on fragile paper a fine copy

thus


Accompanied with

RIEL, Louis

Mounted Photograph. Montreal. "Compliment of S. Davis & Sons, Montreal,

largest cigar manufacturers in the Dominion. Ad on the verson. N.d., photo size 8.5x

5.7cm on card 10.5x 6.3cm, image slightly faded, very good, rare

Three items; in portfolio binding in full dark blue green crushed goat, marbled

endpapers with pocket insets for the portrait photograph & the book of poems, dark

blue linen fold over flaps, with crushed crimson morocco label with gilt titles &

decorated borders, ribbon ties, in fine condition


74. RIEL, Louis "David" , (Photograph)

Photograph of Louis Riel by Abraham Guay. Certi-ficat. Nous, soussignes

declarons et certifions que cette photographie est la vraie copie du portrait de Louis

"David" Riel, don't l'original est la propriete d'Abraham Guay. Signe Veuve Julie Riel.

Veuve Marguerite Riel. Joseph Riel. Alexandre Riel. Henriette Poitras. Date a St. Vital, 12

janvier 1886. Je certifie par la presente que le portrait de Louis Riel qui m'a ete montre

par M. Guay est une ressemblance parfaite. Montreal, 24 fevrier 1886. (Signe) John Lee.

Montreal. N.p. 1886. Photograph 12.5x 9.6cm mounted on card 16.5x 10.9cm, with

printed certification, slightly faded else fine

150.00

Original Albumen mounted on printed studio card, printed shortly after his

execution in November, 1885. The photo-graph was taken by Abraham Guay.


75. [RIEL]. CAMPBELL. Sir Alexander

In The Case of Louis Riel, Convicted of Treason and Executed Therefor. Report of

Sir Alexander Campbell. Ottawa. Printed by Maclean, Roger & Co. 1885. tall8vo, 25cm,

10p., printed blue wraps with title repeated on the upper cover in frame boards, half

tear near the bottom spine edge through the text, top front corners turned down or

chipped, very good condition, this is the only copy we have had, no standard listings,

very rare

400.00

"Memorandum respecting the case of The Queen v. Riel, prepared at the request

of the Committee of the Privy Council". Campbell was Minister of Justice during the Riel

trial. Peel 1361. A French edition in the sane year was published as a broadsheet, with

text in 6 columns; 56x 39cm, cf. Peel 1362.


Fourth Edition of Rycaut's 1667 Work On Ottoman Government and Society

76. RYCAUT, Paul

The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing, The Maxims

of the Turkish Polity, the most material Points of the Mahometan Religion, their Sects

and Heresies, their Convents and Vetaries. Their Military Discipline, with an exact

Computation of their Forces both by Land and Sea. Illustrated with divers Pieces of

Sculpture representing the variety of Habits amongst the Turks. In Three Books.

London. John Starkey and Henry Brome. 1675. 12mo. 18cm, 4th edition, 3 parts

in One volume, [xii],380,[iv]p., engraved frontis (military) view & 27 copper engraved

(mainly costume) plates, in later (19th) full marbled dark green calf, with blind ruled

raised bands, gilt device decorations in the panels, gilt titles, single gilt border on the

boards, gilt roll decoration on the dentelles, private unobtrusive blind on the front free

fly, very good to fine copy

1,250.00

Cf. Blackmer Catalogue 288. Fourth edition of Rycaut's

1667 work on Ottoman government and society. "An Extremely Important and

Influential Work, which provides the fullest account of Ottoman affairs during the 17th

century. Rycaut's most important work, he went to Constantinople in 1661 as secretary


to the Ambassador to the Porte, Heneage Finch. In 1667 he was appointed consul in

Smyrna where he resided for eleven years. He took his information on the Ottoman

Empire from several sources: original records, and from a Polish resident of some

nineteen years at the Ottoman court. Rycaut also contributed one of the stories in John

Evelyn's Three Imposters (1669)". - Blackmer.

Book I: The Maxims of the Turkish Polity. Book II: Of the Turkish Religion. Book

III: Of the Turkish Militia. A classic European study of the Ottoman Empire that remained

in print for over one hundred years.


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