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ALBUM AMICORUM CLICK THE An album of drawings and watercolours of TITLE natural history and topographical subjects, and including a original watercolour of a bouquet of bluebells and wood-anemones by Margaret Meen.
[Great Britain: first quarter 19th century]. Quarto. 29 drawings or watercolours, each corner mounted. Early English red straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with border defined by an inner and outer single fillet rule, lettered (in the second compartment) 'Recueil / des / talens/' and 'et de / l'amitie' (in the third), the first and sixth with elaborate repeat tooling made up from numerous small tools and pointillé work, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: Marquis of Bute.
A rare and beautifully bound collection of original drawings and watercolours, including a work by Margaret Meen "the most outstanding woman painter associated with Kew [Gardens] in the eighteenth century" (Mabley) and an early representation of one of Australia's most spectacular butterflies, the Cape York Birdwing.
(#34904) $ 8,750. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
AMERICAN REVOLUTION, BENJAMIN WILSON
The Repeal.
[London: 18 March 1766]. Engraving, on laid paper. Sheet size: 11 1/2 x 18 inches. Trimmed to the platemark.
Rare first edition, first issue of the most famous satirical print relating to the dreaded Stamp Act, printed on the day of its repeal.
(#35806) $ 16,500. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
BIBLE IN LATIN
[Biblia Latina].
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 6 August 1479. Thick folio (14 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches). 468 leaves. Printed in gothic type in two columns throughout. Rubricated in red and blue throughout with a dynamic fourteen-line initial on folio one in red, blue, and green whose center contains a blue heart centered on a green cross being pierced by a red arrow. Very minor worming affecting the first leaf (OT index). Early manuscript inscription on verso of first leaf. Full sixteenth- century German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, edges stained blue.
Incunable Bible in Latin, printed by the famed publisher of the Nuremberg Chronicle.
(#37361) $ 35,000. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
JEAN BERNARD BOSSU
Nouveaux voyages aux Indes occidentales; contenant une Relation des différens Peuples qui habitent les environs du grand fleuve Saint-Louis, appelé vulgairement le Mississipi; leur religion; leur gouvernement; leurs moeurs; leurs guerres et leur commerce.
Paris: Le Jay, 1768. 2 volumes, 12mo. Half-titles. Four engraved plates (including frontispieces in each vol.). Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines with raised bands, ruled on either side of each band, red morocco lettering piece. Provenance: William McDowall, Castle Semple (armorial bookplate, covered by); Sir Michael Robert Shaw- Stewart, 7th Baronet (armorial bookplate).
Rare first edition of a noted mid-18th century account of the Mississippi Valley.
(#36888) $ 1,600. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
FRANCOIS BOUSSUET
De natura aquatilium carmen, in universam Gulielmi Rondeletii.
Lyon: M. Bonhomme, 1558. 2 parts in 1, small 4to (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches). Bonhome's woodcut Perseus device on both titles, woodcut portrait of the author, 466 large woodcut illustrations of fish and marine life. One folding leaf with illustration in the second part. Late 19th century brown morocco by De Samblanx and Weckesser, covers panelled with gilt rules, gilt fleuron cornerpieces, spine with five raised bands, lettered in the second compartment, the others with gilt fleurons, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.
First and only edition of Bossuet's pictorial history in verse of fishes and aquatic animals.
(#31052) $ 4,250. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
CHARLES DARWIN
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.
London: John Murray, 1871. 2 volumes, octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches). [8], 423, [16]; [10], 475, [16]pp. Half-titles. Publisher's ads at end of both volumes dated January 1871. Publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt spine, dark blue glazed endpapers. Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (bookplate).
First edition, first issue: the first appearance of the word "evolution" in any of Darwin's works.
(#37435) $ 5,750. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
J. F. W. DES BARRES
A View of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, taken from the East Shore.
London: J.F.W. Des Barres, c. 1777. Hand-colored etching. Several skilfully repaired tears. Trimmed within platemark left margin. Plate mark: 11 3/4 x 25 1/4". Sheet size: 13 7/8 x 25 3/4".
Rare early view of Portsmouth from the New England volume of the Atlantic Neptune.
(#32296) $ 9,000. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
JEAN FRANÇOIS FORTY
Ouevres de Sculptures en Bronze, Contenant Girandoles, Flambeaux, Feux, Pendules, Bras, Cartels, Barometres, et Lustres.
Paris: Chereau, [circa 1780]. Quarto. Engraved title and 48 engraved plates, by C. Colinet and Augustin Foin. Contemporary blue paper wrappers. Provenance: Eug. van Herck & Fils (early ink stamp).
Classic series of Louis XVI designs.
(#38121) $ 5,750. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
WILLIAM GUTHRIE
A New System of Modern Geography: Or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World..., the astronomical part by James Ferguson, F.R.S. ...
London: printed for C. Dilly, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1792. 4to. 24 folding engraved maps, each hand-coloured in outline, and one single-page plate of an Armillary Sphere. Contemporary full calf by William McKenzie, covers with a roll border in gilt and with a large central panel of tree calf, spine with raised bands with gilt bead roll, green morocco labels in second and fifth compartments, others gilt panelled with bead and rope rolls, and containing a variety of fleuron, star, wheel, bird, and sunburst tools, green stained edges. Provenance: McKenzie (Irish bookseller's label on the front bookplate).
An exceptionally fine copy of Guthrie's Geography in a contemporary binding by the celebrated Irish binder William McKenzie.
(#36892) $ 7,800. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
HORACE
Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera.
London: Gul. Sandby, 1749. 2 volumes, 8vo. Titled printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved dedication, 35 engraved plates. Contemporary French red morocco, flat spine gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: W. W. Scranton.
Sandby's edition of Horace, in contemporary red morocco.
(#32762) $ 950. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ
[An archive of letters written to George Frederick Kunz, largely on gemological matters].
[Various places: 1884-1930]. Approximately 105 letters or notes, comprising: approximately 9 autograph notes signed on post cards, approximately 83 autograph letters signed, and approximately 22 typed letters signed.
A fascinating archive of correspondence to noted American mineralogist and mineral collector, George Frederick Kunz.
(#36598) $ 7,500. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
THEOPHILE LEFEBVRE
Voyage en Abyssinie exécuté pendant les années 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 ... Histoire Naturelle Zoologie ... Atlas ... [Bound with:] Voyage en Abyssinie ... Album historique, ethnologique et archeologique ... [And with:] Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae ... Icones.
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1847-1851. 3 volumes bound in 2, folio (489 x 344mm). 203 plates, mounted on guards, comprising: [Atlas Zoologie:] 40 hand-coloured engraved plates of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish, and insects, 1 plate of fossils bound at end; [Album Historique, Ethnologique et Archéologique:] 59 lithographed plates (33 coloured, 3 folding); [Atlas Botanique:] 103 engraved plates. Contemporary green morocco-backed marbled boards, flat spines in compartments with wide black bands, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (bookplate).
The complete atlas volumes to an important 19th century French exploration of Ethiopia.
(#37438) $ 22,500. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
MAINE, GEORGE N. COLBY
Atlas of Hancock County Maine Compiled and Published under the direction of Geo. N. Colby ... Drawn from official Plans, U.S. Coast Survey Charts, and actual Surveys by H. E. Halfpenny & J. H. Stuart.
Ellworth, Maine: S. F. Colby & Co [engraved by William Bracher, printed by F. Bourquin, Philadelphia], 1881. Folio (16 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches). 96pp, including 5pp ads in rear. 39 hand coloured lithographed maps (17 double-page, some printed recto and verso of same sheets, numerous insets) [complete]. Contemporary black morocco, upper cover lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: Edward C. Burleigh (name in gilt on upper cover).
The first atlas devoted to Hancock County, Maine.
(#30409) $ 4,500. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
ANDRÉ MICHAUX
Histoire des Chênes de l'Amérique, ou descriptions et figures de toutes les espèces et variétés de Chênes de I'Amérique Septentrionale, considérées sous les rapports de la Botanique, de leur culture et de leur usage.
Paris: de l'Imprimerie Crapelet, 1801. Folio (17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches). Half-title. 36 copper-engraved plates after Pierre- Joseph Redouté (32) or Henri-Joseph Redouté (4), by Plée (33) or Sellier (3). Minor foxing. Twentieth century half green morocco and green cloth boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, panelled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges.
The first edition Michaux's magisterial monograph on all the known species of North American Oaks, illustrated by the best known botanical painter of all time.
(#34008) $ 9,500. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
[MILITARY, UNITED STATES] - [WINFIELD SCOTT]
[Rules and regulations for the field exercise and manoeuvres of infantry].
[Concord, NH: 1817?]. Atlas volume only, square small 4to (7 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches). 41 engraved folding plates (numbered I- XL, with plate XXXV printed in two parts on two sheets). Extra-illustrated with a duplicate of plate VIII. Contemporary half sheep and blue paper covered boards. Provenance: Thomas M. Marsh (signature dated 1822).
Scarce series of illustrations of early American infantry tactics developed by Winfield Scott.
(#30555) $ 850. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
JOHN MILLER
Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei ... An Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus.
London: published and sold by the author, [1770-]1777. Folio (21 x 14 1/4 inches). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates of botanical details, 104 engraved plates, each in two states (uncoloured and finely hand coloured; the hand coloured plates being proofs before letters), all by and after Miller. One-page list of subscribers. Contemporary calf, covers panelled in git, expertly rebacked, spine gilt with raised bands, contemporary marbled endpapers and edges.
The first edition: with the plates in both coloured and uncoloured states.
(#36180) $ 35,000. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
JAMES B. NICHOLSON
A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing. Also, The Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper. The whole designed for the Practical Workman, the Amateur, and the Book-Collector.
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1856. Large 12mo. 318pp. 12 lithographed plates (including frontispiece), seven specimens of marbled paper. Letterpress illustrations. Publisher's catalogue at rear. Publisher's blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettered spine.
The first edition of the first major practical bookbinding manual published in America.
(#36905) $ 850. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
HENRY PHILLIPPES
The Purchasers Pattern, much enlarged. The First Part, shewing the True Value of Land or Houses, by Lease, or Otherwise ... The Second Part, shews the Measuring of Land, Board, Timber ... with Tables of the Excise of Beer and Ale ...
London: Ben Billingsley and Samuel Crouch, 1676. 12mo (4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches). [36], 259, [11], 24, [6]pp. (errors in pagination as issued). Woodcut illustrations. Later mottled calf gilt by Riviere & Son, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt edges.
A guide to rebuilding the city of London after the Great Fire in 1666.
(#36873) $ 3,000. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
THOMAS REID
Essays on the Active Powers of Man.
Edinburgh: John Bell and G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1788. Quarto. vii, [1], 493, [1]pp. Half-title. Without the final ad leaf. Contemporary speckled calf, flat spine ruled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece.
First edition of a major work of the Scottish Enlightenment.
(#37742) $ 1,750. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
ARABELLA ELIZABETH ROUPELL
Specimens of the Flora of South Africa By a Lady.
London: printed by W. Nicol, 1849 [but March 1850]. Broadsheet (22 1/2 x 18 inches). Hand-coloured lithographic title, 8 mounted hand coloured plates, lithographed by P. Gauci after Arabella Roupell. Large hand coloured botanical tail-piece. 1p. list of subscribers (103 names subscribing for 111 copies). Publisher's full purple morocco, covers with decorative border tooled in gilt and blind, the upper cover with central gilt vignette with the title surrounded by flowers and foliage, gilt edges gilt. Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (bookplate).
A beautiful copy of this rare work, beautifully illustrated with large scale images of the exuberant flora of the Cape of Good Hope.
(#37443) $ 9,500. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
The New-York Scientific American: The Advocate of Industry and Enterprise and Journal of Mechanical and other Improvements. Published Weekly at the Sun Building, corner Fulton & Nassau Sts By Munn & Company. Rufus Porter, Editor. Each Number of this paper is furnished with from Three to Six Original Engravings ...
New York: [1846]. Broadside, approximately 24 x 19 inches. Seven woodcut illustrations. Old folds with repaired separations. Matted.
Unrecorded illustrated broadside prospectus for Scientific American: the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. and the influential source for scientific discovery and technical innovation.
(#35055) $ 8,500. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
PHILIPP JOHANN VON STRAHLENBERG
An Histori-Geographical Description of the north and eastern part of Europe and Asia; but more particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary; both in their ancient and modern state: together with an entire new ...
London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, 1736 [map dated 1737]. Quarto. 1 large folding engraved map "Nova descriptio geographica Tattariae Magnae...", 1 folding woodcut map, 1 folding letterpress chart, 10 engraved plates (3 folding), and numerous illustrations in the text. Expertly bound to style in contemporary marbled sheep, covers bordered with a gilt double filet, spine with raised bands in six compartments, red morocco lettering piece in the second compartment, the others with an overall repeat decoration in gilt.
First edition in English of a key work on Siberia, with the rare and important large folding map of the region.
(#34963) $ 12,000. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
CHARLES TOMKINS
The British Volunteer: or, A General History of the Formation and Establishment of the Volunteer and Associated Corps, enrolled for the Protection and Defence of Great Britain.
London: T. Egerton [et al.]; printed by C. Whittingham,, 1799. Quarto. 12 engraved plates (6 coloured aquatint full-length portraits, 5 hand-coloured plates of military maneuvers [2 folding], and 1 hand-coloured folding map of the United Provinces), engraved by and after Tomkins. Repaired tear to the map. Contemporary mottled sheep, expertly rebacked, period marbled endpapers and edges. Provenance: Colonel Paul Le Mesurier (flyleaf inscription, see plate 1 and p.5).
A beautifully illustrated and rare work on British military costume.
(#38117) DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
JOHN TYLER
Partly-printed vellum document signed, as President, approving the sale of 281 acres of land in Alabama from Creek Indian "Yar-har- tus-tee-nug-gee" to John Fontaine.
Washington: August 3, 1841. 1p. Approximately 17 1/2 x 12 inches. Countersigned by J. Williamson, recorder of the General Land Office. Paper seal intact.
The Trail of Tears.
(#36854) $ 2,000. DDoonnaalldd AA.. HHeeaalldd || RRaarree BBooookkss
WAR OF 1812, TREATY OF GHENT
Treaty of Peace Signed and Arrived ... Great and Happy News ... A Treaty of Peace Between this Country and Great-Britain.
Portland, Maine: Argus Office, "Feb. 14 [1815] -- 2 o'clock in the morning". Letterpress broadside, approximately 15 1/2 x 10 inches. Wide margins with deckle edges.
Rare Maine broadside announcing the signing of the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812.
(#36137) $ 3,750.