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SOURCE OF THE GAMBIA AND SENEGAL

1. (AFRICA). Mollien, Gaspard Théodore, comte de. Resa i det inre Afrika, till Floderna Sene •als och Gambias K űllor... . Stockholm: Ecksteinska, 1825. [8], xi, [1], 178 p. Neat modern calf-backed boards. A fine copy, with the final blank leaf. $300

Swedish edition of Mollien's travels in West Africa in 1818 and the account of his discovery of the source of both the Senegal and Gambia Rivers.

THOMAS GOSDEN, BOOKBINDER: A FINE, FRESH COPY

2. ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING. An English XIX Century Sportsman Bibliopole and Binder of Angling Books . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1906. xvii, [1], 59, [11] p. Engraved title page and en- graved plates. Japan vellum over boards. A fine, fresh copy in a fine just jacket. $500

One of 125 copies of a total edition of 157 copies. The only major account of the nineteenth- century English sporting binder Thomas Gosden. A beautifully produced book, and very difficult to find in the gold-stamped dust jacket, particularly in the fine condition of this one.

THE POLARIS EXPEDITION

3. (ARCTIC EXPLORATION). Davis, Charles H., ed. Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U. S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding . Washington, 1876. 4to. [2], 696 p. Dbl. frontis, 46 plates. Cloth. Extremities lightly worn, spine ends chipped, but a clean and tight copy of a heavy book. $300

First edition. The official account of the Polaris's expedition to the North Pole during the years 1871 to 1873, under the command of Charles Francis Hall. This was Hall's third and last Arctic expedition. Arctic Bibliography 18382. WITH ENGRAVED PLATES OF ARMOR

4. (ARMOR). Grose, Francis. A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons . London: For S. Hooper, 1786. 4to. 118, xviii, [2] p. + inserted "Explanation/errata" leaf. Frontis., engraved title, 1 text engraving, and 48 engraved plates by John Hamilton. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt (hinges cracked but held by cords, extremities worn). Light scattered foxing, but a very good copy. $600

First edition. A profusely illustrated treatise on early English arms and armor. Colas 1337; Lipperheide 2401.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF BRUCE'S AFRICAN TRAVELS

5. BRUCE, JAMES. An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile. Abridged . . . by Samuel Shaw . New York: For Berry and Rogers, 1790. 12mo. 380, 4 p. Engraved folding map, "Africa," by T. Jefferys. Contemporary sheep, neatly rebacked with original label laid down. Nineteenth-century signature of Benj. H. Smith, probably the Philadelphia cartographer. Usual moderate foxing common to American books of this period, else a very good copy. $550

First American edition of Samuel Shaw's popular abridged edition of Bruce's travels into Africa, first published in London earlier in the year. Evans 23228.

NAVAL HISTORY

6. CAMPBELL, JOHN. Naval History of Great Britain, including the History and Lives of the British Admirals . London: For John Stockdale, 1813. 8 vols. 8 ports., 11 maps and charts. Modern cloth over contemporary boards, modern calf spines. Rather heavy offsetting from the plates, most noticeable on each titlepage, else a good tight and clean set. Armorial bookplate of Buckle. $650

The Stockdale edition of this classic naval history, first published between 1742 and 1744 as Lives of the British Admirals and revised and enlarged to continue through the and the Napoleonic Wars to the close of 1812. Howes C94.

SAMMELBAND OF 14 PAMPHLETS ON POPERY, 1686-1689

7. (CATHOLIC CHURCH). Sammelband of 14 pamphlets on the popery controversy, 1686-1689. Lon- don, 1686-1689. 4to. With a manuscript list of contents in an unidentified contemporary hand on a blank leaf at the front. All very good except as noted. Rebound in mid-nineteenth-century half morocco, front cover detached. $4500

Many of the pamphlets are answers, rebuttals, &c., to other pamphlets within the collection. The contents and Wing numbers: (1) [William Wake], A Discourse Concerning the Nature of Idolatry (1688), W-239; (2) [William Wake], The Missionarie's Arts Discovered (1688), W-246A; (3) [William Wake], A Defence of the Missionaries Arts (1689), W-238; (4) Vigne, Sure and Honest Means for the Conversion of all Hereticks (1688), V-379; (5) Wholsome Advices from the Blessed Virgin, to her Indiscreet Worshippers (1687), W-2090A (old repair in margin of E2 costing two letters); (6) [James Taylor], A Letter to the Misrepresenter of Papists (1687), T-285; (7) [Jacques Bénigne Bossuet], A Pastoral Letter from the Lord Bishop of Meaux, to the New Catholics of his Diocess (1686), B-3787 (lacks prelim. advt. leaf); (8) The Answer of the New Converts of France, to a Pastoral Letter (1686), A-3297; (9) [John Gother], The Pope's Supremacy Asserted (1688), G- 1344; (10) [Thomas Watts?], Dialogues between Philerene and Philalethe . . . Concerning the Pope's Supremacy (1688), W-1156 (tiny burn hole in F3-4 costing a letter or two); (11) [Edward Gee], A Letter to the Superiours, (whether Bishops or Priests) which Approve or License the Popish Books in England (1688), G-457; (12) [Luke Beaulieu], A Discourse Shewing that Protestants are on the Safer Side (1687), B-1572; (13) Pierre Jurieu, The Reflections of the Reverend and Learned Monsieur Jurieu, upon the Strange and Miraculous Exstasies of Isabel Vincent (1689), J-1212; (14) [Thomas Tenison and William Clagett], The Present State of the Controversie between the Church of England and the Church of Rome (1687), C-4390 (lacks F1-2 at end).

8. (CHESS). Lewis, William. Elements of the Game of Chess, or A New Method of Instruction in that Celebrated Game... . New York: G. & C. Carvill, 1827. 275 p. Illus. Original boards, uncut; ama- teurishly, but neatly, rebacked in buckram with new endsheets and a typewritten label. First and last few leaves noticeably foxed. $225

First American edition, "revised and corrected by an American amateur." First printed in London in 1822. Shoemaker 29494.

FIRST BOOK APPEARANCE OF FRANKLIN'S "MORALS OF CHESS"

9. (CHESS). [Twiss, Richard]. Chess . London: For G.G.J. & J. Robinson and T. & J. Egerton, 1787 [-1789]. 2 vols. ii, 194, [1] p.; xv, [1], 272 p. Engraved title and one engraved plate in each volume. Contemporary tree calf, skillfully rebacked in period style. Boards crazed around the edges, scattered foxing in vol. 1. Very good copies. Armorial bookplate of George Barrington. $1200

First edition of a delightful eighteenth-century anthology and bibliography of the game of chess. The book has always been sought after by Franklin collectors as it contains the first book appearance of 's "The Morals of Chess," published here shortly after its first appearance in print in the Columbian Magazine of December 1786.

COKE ON MANORS AND MANORIAL LAW

10. COKE, EDWARD. The Compleate Copy-Holder wherein is contained a Learned Discourse of the Antiquity and Nature of Manors and Copy-holds.... London: For Matthew Walbanck, and Richard Best, 1644. [4], 16, 13-203 p. Neat modern full calf, in period style. Worm trail toward end of text but confined largely to margin, margins close on title page but ample, else very good. $750

Second edition, following the first edition of 1641. The great English legal mind on copyholds and manorial law. This work effectively marked the triumph of the king's courts over the feudal courts. Wing C-4913. DODSON'S TABLE'S FOR COMPUTATION

11. DODSON, JAMES. The Calculator: being, Correct and Necessary Tables for Computation, Adapted to Science, Business, and Pleasure . London: For John Wilcox, and James Dodson, 1747. 4to. [8], 174, [2] p. Contemporary calf, worn and dry at extremities; neatly but a bit unsympathetically rebacked. Scattered foxing, heavier on title page. Early stamps of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Mathematical Society, Spitalfields. A good copy. $1200

First edition. All manner of tables and calculations for ready reference. Goldsmiths' Library 8268; Wellcome II p. 476.

IMPORTANT NINETEENTH-CENTURY EDITION OF FROISSART

12. FROISSART, JEAN. Les Chroniques de Sire Jean Froissart . Paris: Société du Panthéon Littéraire, 1953-52. 3 vols. Contemporary half morocco, spines gilt in compartments. Some dampstaining in gutter of vol. 3, some foxing, else a very good copy. $150

An important nineteenth-century edition of Froissart edited by J. A. C. Buchon.

THE INSECTS OF FRANCE

13. GEOFFROY, ETIENNE L. Histoire Abrégée des Insectes . Paris: Calixte-Volland and Rémont, an VII [i.e., 1799]. 4to. 2 vols. [4], xxviii, 556 p.; [4], 744 p. Fold. table. 22 hand colored plates. Mid- nineteenth-century French half morocco, spines gilt. A very good copy, clean and fresh. $1200

Later edition, revised and enlarged. Chiefly a study of the insects of the Paris area. Nissen, ZBI , 1522.

14. GLASSTONE, SAMUEL, and MILTON C. EDLUND. The Elements of Nuclear Reactor Theory . New York, [1952].vii, [1], 416 p. Illus. Bound in full brown morocco, for the publisher, with his bookplate. Trifling rubbing of the hinges, else near fine. Signed by both authors. $125

First edition of an early work in the field. The publisher's own copy, specially bound.

15. GLASSTONE, SAMUEL. Principles of Nuclear Reactor Engineering . New York, [1955].ix, [1], 861 p. Illus. Bound in full crimson morocco, for the publisher, with his bookplate. Trifling rubbing of the hinges, else near fine. $125

First edition of an early work in the field. The publisher's own copy, specially bound. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN A LOVELY CONTEMPORARY BINDING

16. GODWIN, WILLIAM. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on Morals and Happiness . Philadelphia: Bioren and Madan, 1796. 2 vols., 12mo. xvi, [1], 22-362 p.; viii, 400 p. Contemporary mottled sheep, spines with red title labels and dark green volume-number labels with gilt ovals. Quarter-sized piece torn from one front endpaper, one gathering slightly pulled, occasional very light scattered foxing, but a fine, clean copy in lovely period bindings. Quite unusual in this condition. $2600

First American edition of Godwin's most famous work. Originally published in 1793 and revised in 1796, the Enquiry "was one of the earliest, the clearest, and most absolute theoretical expressions of socialist and anarchist doctrines. Godwin believed that the motives of all human action were subject to reason, that reason taught benevolence, and that therefore all rational creatures could live in harmony without laws and institutions...." (PMM 243) Evans 30493.

17. HALKETT, SAMUEL, and JOHN LAING. Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature . Edinburgh and London, 1926-1934. 7 vols. Cloth. Spines uniformly faded, else fine. $300

New and enlarged edition by James Kennedy, with W. A. Smith and A. F. Johnson. The latest and best edition of this classic reference work. Two additional supplemental volumes were published in 1956 and 1962 and are not present in this set.

ST. HELENA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

18. HATFIELD, EDWIN F. St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope: or, Incidents in the Missionary Life of the Rev. James M'Gregor Bertram, of St. Helena . New York, 1852. [4], xiv, [3], 18-220, [12] p. Added engraved title, 3 ports. Blind-stamped cloth. Some wear at top of spine, light discoloration mark on front cover, else a bright, fresh copy. $275

First edition. Excellent descriptions of life in both St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope, with much on Cape Town.

THE POSTHUMOUS FIRST EDITION

19. HELVETIUS, CLAUDE ADRIEN. De L'Homme, de ses Facultés Intellectuelles et de son Education . A Londres [i.e., The Hague]: Société Typographique, 1773. 2 vols. 8vo. xxxii, 326 p.; [2], 412 p. Contemporary mottled calf, flat spines gilt in compartments. Random gatherings very lightly browned, extremities of bindings scuffed (most tips worm through, one corner gnawed), but a good, tight copy. $500

First edition, (edited by Alexander Gallitzin, according to Wellcome). A posthumously published work found among Helvetius's papers after his death in 1771. The work is often considered a kind of supplement to Helvetius's classic De L'Esprit . Tchemerzine VI, pp. 191-192; Wellcome III, p. 242.

20. (INDIA). Dubois, Jean Antoine. Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India; and of their Institutions, Religious and Civil . Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1818. 2 vols. 390, [2] p.; 368 p. Untrimmed in the original boards, very skillfully rebacked in period-style linen spines with printed paper labels. Occasional foxing, else a fine and attractive set. $300

First American edition. S&S 43890.

THE IRISH REBELLION

21. (IRELAND). Temple, John. The Irish Rebellion: or, An History of the Beginnings and First Progress of the General Rebellion, Raised within the Kingdom of Ireland . . . 1641. Together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres which ensued thereupon. . . . Dublin: By and for Aaron Rhames, 1724. 4to. xvi, 245 p. Engraved frontispiece depicting Irish atrocities. Title in red and black. Simple modern full calf, entirely undecorated. Edges of front flyleaf and frontispiece lightly chipped, very light overall toning, but a good solid copy. Signature of Bindon Blood, 1800, on verso of title. $900

Sixth edition of this classic anti-Catholic account of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, first published in 1646.

EARLY ACCOUNT OF JAPAN

22. (JAPAN). Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailavich. Narrative of my Captivity in Japan, During the Years 1811, 1812 & 1813 . London: For Henry Colburn, 1818. 2 vols. iv, 302 p.; [2], 348, [2] p. Contemporary or slightly later half calf, with the binder's ticket "Bound at Ford's late Barratt's Library ... Bath." Turn-in at the top of each spine chipped off, early stamp of a private school library on the front pastedowns and an early paper pocket on the rear pastedowns, otherwise unmarked and a very clean copy. With the bookseller's ticket of J. L. Thompson & Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan. $1600

First edition in English. Golovnin, in command of a Russian sloop-of-war, was ordered to undertake a survey of the Kuril Island. While on the island of Kunashiri he was captured by the Japanese and spent the next two years in captivity on the island of Hokkaido. He spent those years mastering the Japanese language and studying its culture and traditions. His release was eventually negotiated by Captain Rikord, whose account appears at the end of the second volume. Cordier, Japonica , 465.

JUVENAL'S SATIRES: 1685

23. JUVENALIS, DECIUS JUNIUS. Satyrae . Ed. C. H. Henninius. Utrecht: Rudolphi a Zyll, 1685. 4to. [30], 980, [68] p. incl. added engraved title. Contemporary calf, blind central panel and corner ornaments, very skillfully rebacked retaining original spine, new period-style spine label. Some dampstaining at the beginning and end of the text, strip along the blank fore-edge of the engraved title neatly replaced, else very good. $475

Juvenal satires, edited by Henninius.

24. KING, STEPHEN, and PETER STRAUB. Black House . Hampton Falls, N.H.: Donald M. Grant, 2002. 638, [2] p. Illus. Publisher's black boards. Bookplate. A fine copy in an almost-fine publisher's clamshell box. $250

One of 1520 numbered copies signed by King, Straub, and the illustrator, Rick Berry.

25. (LAW). Justinian. Institvtionvm Libri Qvatvor sev Legitimae Scientiae Prima Elementa. Ivstvs Henninggivs Boehmer ... atqve Theophili Paraphrasin ... . Halae Magdebvrgicae, 1728. 4to. [18], 760, [44] p. Frontis. Contemporary vellum (soiled). Dampstain along fore-edge of front and rear leaves, else nice. $300

A nice early 18th century annotated Latin edition of the Institutes, as compiled by Tribonian under the authority of the Emperor Justianian I. The work is the classic introduction to the Roman Law. "It is such an admirable compendium of the elements of the civil law, that it has in modern times passed through numerous editions, and received the most copious and laborious illustrations. It has been a model, by reason of its scientific and orderly arrangement, for every modern digest of municipal law."--Kent, Commentaries , I:538. PMM 4 (1st edn.).

26. LESLIE, JOHN, ROBERT JAMESON, and HUGH MURRAY. Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions ... and an Account of the Whale-Fishery . Edinburgh, 1830. vi, [2], 424 p. Illus. Engraved fore-title, folding map, and plates. Modern quarter calf, in period style. Some relevant early pencil notes in margins. A fine copy. $375

First edition of one of the most popular general accounts of polar exploration, reprinted many times and translated into several languages. Sabin 40201; Hill p. 178 (1833 edn.).

27. MORE, THOMAS. Idée d'une Republique Heureuse: ou L'Utopie ... Amsterdam: François L'Honoré, 1730. 12mo. [6], ciii, [1], 364 p. Engraved frontis. + 16 plates included in pagination. Modern quarter calf, antique. Unobtrusive early library marks, else a fine copy. $400

French translation of More's Utopia by Nicolas Gueudeville. Gibson 24.

DELIGHTFUL MUSICAL SATIRE

28. (MUSIC). [Bicknell, John]. Musical Travels through England. By the late Joel Collier, Licentiate in Music . London: For G. Kearsly, 1776. [2], vi, [2], 102, [2], 28 p. Wanting half-title. Contemporary calf, very skillfully rebacked retaining original spine label. Gutters of last two leaves strengthened, corners of boards worn, else a near fine copy. $400

Fourth edition of a very popular and delightful satire on Charles Burney's The Present State of Music in France and Italy and The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Provinces . Bicknell's satire was first printed in 1774 and went through several editions. It has been attributed to several other authors.

A TREATISE ON CYMBALS

29. (MUSIC). Lampe, Friedrich Adolph. ... De Cymbalis veterum Libri Tres... . Trajecti ad Rhenum: ex [officina] bibliopolae Guilielmi a Poolsum, 1703. 12mo. [30], 404, 43 p. Engraved fore-title and 10 plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Corners of covers very worn and rounded, later endpapers. A very sound copy, in a respectable but not handsome binding. $500

A detailed study of the use of cymbals throughout the years. The few copies we have been able to locate contain only nine plates.

30. (NUMISMATICS). Khevenhuller, Franciscus Antonius de. Regum Veterum Numismata Anecdota, aut Perrara Notis Illustrata . Viennae: Joannis Thomae Trattner, 1753. 4to. [8], 182, [4] p. 3 folding plates. Nineteenth-century boards, neatly rebacked in period-style calf. Inner gutters stained, extremities of boards worn, else very good. $250

Study of ancient coins, with short catalogues of coins of various periods.

GREENLAND AND THE ADJACENT SEAS

31. O'REILLY, BERNARD. Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, Illustrated in a Voyage to Davis's Strait, During the Summer of 1817 . London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818. 4to. vi, [2], 293, [1], 2 p. Frontis., 18 engraved and aquatint views, and 2 maps. Contemporary calf, spine gilt. Binding scuffed but solid, text generally clean and unfoxed. A good-plus copy. Nineteenth-century book label of Alexander Richard Pope. $1600

First edition. O'Reilly was a surgeon on board a whaling vessel, and his observations include descriptions of the Arctic, Greenland and its history and natives and customs, whaling, and the search for the Northwest Passage. Soon after the book's appearance, the author was accused of borrowing some of the information without crediting his sources. Abbey, Travel , 635; Arctic Bib. 12852; Lande S1719.

PITCAIRN'S ISLAND

32. SHILLIBEER, JOHN. A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage, to Pitcairn's Island . Taunton: For the author, by J. W. Marriott; published by Law and Whittaker, 1817. [4], iii, [3], 179, [2] p. 16 etchings on 12 plates (some folding). Contemporary calf, central blindstamped design on covers, gilt decoration (outer hinges cracked). Plates and facing pages foxed, just a hint of mustiness. Contemporary bookplate. $1500

First edition. The Briton visited Rio de Janeiro and sailed along the coast of Chile and Peru after being ordered to the Pacific Ocean. A large part of Shillibeer's narrative concerns Pitcairn's Island. Much interesting information is provided by , the last survivor oF the Bounty crew. In the context of visits to other places, Shillibeer discusses Captain David Porter and Commodore George Anson, among others. Hill 1563; Borba de Moraes p. 796.

A BEAUTIFUL COPY

33. SIR THOMAS MALORY. Le Morte Darthur. The History of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table . Boston: Medici Society, [ca. 1920]. 2 vols. Illus. by W. Russell Flint. Cloth. Fine in very good dust jackets with just the slightest spine discoloration. $450

First trade edition, with the lovely color plates by W. Russell Flint. As fresh a copy as one could hope for.

FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH

34. SPANGENBERG, AUGUST GOTTLEIB. Idea Fidei Fratrum oder kurzer Begrif der Christlichen Lehre in den evangelischen Brüdergemeinen . Barby: Christian Friedrich Laux, 1779. 592 p. Contemporary calf. Hinges worn and with short splits but still strong, front binder's blanks wanting, foxing, light dampstain in lower right corner through much of text. A good copy. Signature of John G. Steinbeck, 1801, on title. $375

First edition of the system of fundamental beliefs of the Moravian Church. Spangenberg (1704-1792) was the successor to Count Zinzendorf and bishop of the Moravian Brethren.

SPORTING DICTIONARY: 1792

35. THE SPORTSMAN'S DICTIONARY; or, The Gentleman's Companion for Town and Country. Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking, Hawking, &c. ... By Experienced Gentlemen . London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1792. 4to. 16 engraved plates. Late 19th-century sprinkled calf, in period style. Front hinge broken and held by cords, half-inch piece of leather torn from bottom of spine. Title, frontis., and two internal plates foxed, else very good internally. $350

Fourth edition of this classic gentleman's sporting dictionary.

INTRODUCTION TO ROMAN LAW

36. TAYLOR, JOHN. A Summary of the Roman Law, Taken from Dr. Taylor's Elements of the Civil Law. To which is prefixed A Dissertation on Obligation . London: For T. Payne, 1772. [8], lxx, 328, [31] p. Modern cloth (neat but undistinguished). A clean, very good copy. $600

Taylor's important introduction to Roman law, extracted from his earlier Elements of the Civil Law and published separately here for the first time. Sweet & Maxwell 5, p. 142.

37. VAN SICKLE, NEIL D., ed. Modern Airmanship . Princeton, [1957]. xiv, 862 p. Illus. Bound in full blue morocco, for the publisher, with his bookplate. Trifling rubbing of the hinges, else near fine. Signed by Van Sickle. $125

First edition. The publisher's own copy, specially bound.

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA, OR WALES

38. (WALES). Caradoc, of Llancarvan. The History of Wales. Comprehending the Lives and Succession of the Princes of Wales, from Cadwalader the Last King, to Lhewelyn the Last Prince, of British Blood... . London: By M. Clark, for the author, and R. Clavell, 1697. [40], xxiii, [1], 398, [18] p. Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, later endpapers. A very nice copy. $450

A classic history of Cambria, or Wales. The original work by Caradoc of Llancarvan is not known, but a version on which this edition is loosely based was published in 1584 as The Historie of Cambria . That work was in fact assembled and translated by Humphrey Llwyd from various Welch sources and expanded by David Powell. This 1697 edition has been extensively rewritten and augmented by William Wynne. Wing C488.

SCARCE EDITION OF WEBSTER'S PROMPTER

39. WEBSTER, NOAH. The Prompter: A Commentary on Common Sayings and Subjects, which are Full of Common Sense, the Best Sense in the World . [N.p.]: Printed in the year 1801. 24mo. 86 p. A complete but rough copy, lacking spine covering and rear board, original front board damaged, scattered dampstaining and occasional moderate browning, fore-edge of D4-5 closely cropped but without loss. Neat contemporary printed book label of Elizabeth Van Liew on front pastedown and gift inscription to John P. Van Liew. $350

A scarce early American printing of this great Webster favorite, unrecorded in S&S. Skeel, Noah Webster , 681, records copies at MWA (imperf), IU, and NNC.

WOOLMAN ON THE KEEPING OF NEGROES

40. WOOLMAN, JOHN. Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes . Northampton, Mass., 1970. 84, [11] p. Title page with a drawing by Leonard Baskin. Marbled paper-covered boards, goatskin spine. A fine copy. $150 One of 250 numbered copies printed on Fabriano paper at Leonard Baskin's Gehenna Press. Includes a biographical sketch of Woolman by Frederick B. Tolles. With a line-drawing portrait of Woolman by Baskin on the title page. Reprints of Woolman's two tracts on the keeping of Negroes, first printed in Philadelphia in 1754 and 1762. Brook 78.

ONE OF 50 ON LARGE PAPER, SIGNED

41. YOUNG, WILLIAM. Botanica Neglecta. William Young, Jr. (of Philadelphia) "Botaniste de Penslyvanie" and his Long-Forgotten Book. Being a Facsimile Reprint... . Philadelphia, 1916. 4to. xi, [4], 55 p. Unopened. Cloth-backed boards, printed paper label. Endpapers discolored from glue migration, extremities a bit rubbed, but a very good copy. $300

One of 50 copies on large paper, quarto, signed and numbered by the editor, Samuel N. Rhoads. A facsimile reprint of Young's Catalogue d'Arbres, Arbustes et Plantes Herbacées d'Amerique, par M. Yong, Botaniste de Pensylvanie , published in Paris in 1783, with a lengthy introduction by the American antiquarian Samuel Nicholson Rhoads. Rhoads considered the work the earliest published book by an American botanist devoted solely to American plants. There were also 200 copies on small paper, octavo.

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