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Donald Heald Rare Books a Selection of Fine Books and Manuscripts Donald Heald Rare Books A Selection of Fine Books and Manuscripts Donald Heald Rare Books A Selection of Fine Books and Manuscripts Donald Heald Rare Books 124 East 74 Street New York, New York 10021 T: 212 · 744 · 3505 F: 212 · 628 · 7847 [email protected] www.donaldheald.com Boston 2014 Americana & Canadiana: Items 1 - 26 Voyages & Travel: Items 27 - 53 Colour-plate, Illustrated & Photography: Items 54 - 69 Natural History, including Landscape Design: Items 70 - 89 Miscellany: Items 90 - 100 All purchases are subject to availability. All items are guaranteed as described. Any purchase may be returned for a full refund within ten working days as long as it is returned in the same condition and is packed and shipped correctly. The appropriate sales tax will be added for New York State residents. Payment via U.S. check drawn on a U.S. bank made payable to Donald A. Heald, wire transfer, bank draft, Paypal or by Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover cards. AMERICANA 1 [ALMANAC] - TRAVIS, Daniel. MDCCXI. An Almanack of Coeliestial Motions and Aspects for the Year ... 1711 ... Boston: N. Boone, 1711. 8vo (6 x 3 3/4 inches). 16pp., plus initial and terminal blanks. Man of signs woodcut on p. 2. Contemporary stitched marbled paper wrappers. Provenance: Dr. Timothy L. Jennison (19th century presentation inscription to); Samuel Webber; Isabel Otis (later inscription). Scarce early American almanac. Evans incorrectly ascribes the printing of this almanac to Bradford in New York. It is very unusual to find American almanacs from this early period in their original wrappers. Evans 1490; Drake 2940. (#26548) $ 1,500 Item 2 2 AMERICAN GAZETTEER - A. MILLAR and J.& R. TONSON (publishers). The American Gazetteer. Containing a distinct account of all the parts of the New World: their situation, climate, soil, produce, former and present condition; commodities, manufactures, and commerce. Together with an accurate account of the cities, towns, ports, bays rivers, lakes, mountains, passes, and fortifications. The whole intended to exhibit the present state of things in that part of the globe, and the views and interests of the several powers who have possession in America. Illustrated with proper Maps. London: Printed for A. Millar and J. & R. Tonson, 1762. 3 volumes, 12mo (6 13/16 x 4 inches). 6 folding engraved maps, engraved by J. Gibson. Expertly bound to style in eighteenth century russia over period marbled paper covered boards, spines with raised bands in six compartments, red morocco lettering piece in the second compartment. Provenance: William Tyler (Petworth, Sussex, early book labels). First edition of a rare work: the first American gazetteer, and an important description of the British Empire in America at the end of the French & Indian War. An important source of contemporary information about 18th-century Canada and America at the time of the French and Indian War, it contains much useful information on climate, soil, and produce as well as giving accounts of cities and waterways in all parts of the New World. Sabin calls it a “meritorious work.” The entries for Spanish America are especially useful, since earlier information concerning Spanish possessions had tended to be vague and inaccurate; the author used Spanish sources for these entries and corrected many previous misconceptions. This work was translated into Italian under the title Il Gazzettiere Americano (Livorno: 1763), though this first edition is considerably more scarce. The folding maps, engraved by John Gibson, are of: 1. America, North and South; 2. Carolina, Georgia and Florida; 3. New England, New York and Canada; 4. West Indies; 5. Newfoundland; 6. Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. The provenance of this set is of particular interest: William Tyler served as the Earl of Egremont’s land steward at the time of the Petworth Emigration Scheme to Ontario Canada. The scheme, sponsored by Egremont and promoted by Thomas Sockett, Rector of Petworth, sent around 1800 working-class people from the south of England to Upper Canada between 1832 and 1837. Clark I, p. 153; Cumming 329; ESTC 006222388; Howes A207; JCB, III, 1313; Lande 6; Leclerc 233; Sabin 1090. (#24678) $ 8,750 3 [AMERICAN REVOLUTION - Massachusetts Militia]. In the House of Representatives, September 17th, 1776. Whereas Doubts may arise in the Minds of some of the good People of this State, who are willing to go out at this important Juncture against our unnatural Enemies ... It is Resolved, That all those Persons who shall march out on this Exigence, shall be recalled within the Space of two Months from this Date ... Watertown: Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1776. Letterpress broadside, 11¾ x 8½ inches, untrimmed with deckle edges. (Old folds). A Revolutionary broadside posting the period of service fixed for Massachusetts militiamen. The broadside goes on to empower officers to collect fines for sending another person to fight in one’s stead, and allows officers to muster the militia “when and so often as they may respectively find it necessary, in order for the obtaining the Quota designed....” NAIP locates six copies. The copy at the American Antiquarian Society is printed on half a sheet, with a similar broadside (intended to be separated). Evans 14867; Bristol B4268; Shipton & Mooney 43087; Ford 1998; Cushing, Massachusetts Laws 950; NAIP w027212. (#28313) $ 4,500 Item 3 4 AZARA, Félix Manuel de (1746-1821). Voyages dans l’Amérique Méridionale, par Don Félix De Azara ... depuis 1781 jusqu’en 1801. Paris: Dentu, 1809. 5 volumes (text: 4 volumes, 8vo [7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches]; atlas: folio [14 x 10 1/4 inches]). Text: lx,389; [4],562pp. plus three folding tables; [4],ii,479; [4],380pp. Atlas: [4]pp. Twenty- five engraved maps and plates. Atlas uncut. Text: contemporary tree calf, covers bordered in gilt, flat spine in compartments with red and black morocco lettering pieces in the second and fourth, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers. Atlas: publisher’s blue paper boards, printed paper label on the upper cover. The preferred First French Edition, with additional notes by Cuvier and Sonnini: the atlas here uncut and in original boards. An important work by Spanish naturalist Felix de Azara (1746-1821). Azara, a military officer, was part of a delegation to settle the boundary dispute between Spain and Portugal in the Rio de la Plata region. He was in the region for twenty years, from 1781 to 1801, documenting the wildlife, natives, and geography of the area. This work is the culmination of his time there, published upon his return to Europe. The atlas includes folding maps of South America, Paraguay and the Province of Buenos Aires, the Government of Buenos Aires, the Government of Paraguay and part of Chaco, and the Province of Chiquitos and Government of Matagroso and of Cuyaba; eight city plans and views, including a double-page plan and view of Buenos Aires, seven plates depicting animals, and four plates depicting birds. First published in Spanish in Madrid between 1802 and 1805, the work provides an important contribution to natural history, describing over 400 species of birds, many for the first time (see vols. 3 and 4 of the text). Interestingly, Darwin would read Azara’s work following his return from the second voyage and refer to it within his Voyage of the Beagle. Palau 20975; Sabin 2541; Field 62; Wood, p. 214. (#28591) $ 12,000 5 BACKUS, Isaac (1724-1806). A Church History of New-England. Vol. II. Extending from 1690, to 1784. Including a concise View of the American War ... Providence: Printed by John Carter and sold by Philip Freeman, 1784. 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches). xvi, 432pp. (Front endpaper torn, some browning and staining). Contemporary sheep, spine with raised bands, black morocco lettering piece in the second compartment. Provenance: Taylor Chapman (signature on endpaper). Very rare first edition of this important history. Issued in three volumes, with the first volume titled A History of New England and the second and third volumes re-titled A Church History..., the set is rarely found complete as the volumes were published in 1777, 1784 [the present] and 1796 respectively, with the first and last volumes published in Boston, and the present second volume in Providence. The work covers the history of New England, with an emphasis on religion, between the years 1610-1796. The present second volume of the series is particularly desirable as it includes a history of the American Revolution. Backus (1724--1806) was born at Norwich, Conn., ordained a Baptist minister at Middleborough, Mass., and was pastor of the church at Titicut. An advocate of complete religious freedom, he was a delegate to the convention which adopted the Federal Constitution, and a trustee of Rhode Island College (now Brown University). His History is his most important work. Only George Washington’s copy of Volume 2 appears in auction records, selling in 1986 for $ 16,000. There are no recent records for a three volume set. Evans 18336; Alden 979; Howes B15; Sabin 2631. (#28717) $ 1,500 6 [BARBA, Alvaro Alonso (1569-1662)]. Grundlicher Unterricht Von Den Metallen. Ephrata, PA: J. Georg Zeisiger, 1763. 2 parts in one, 8vo (7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches). [4], 5-198, [4], 14pp. Full-page woodcut on p. 187 (Browning as usual). Modern calf, incorporating portions of the original covers, spine in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece in the second compartment. The first book on mining and geology published in North America and a rare Ephrata imprint. Barba originally published this work in Madrid in 1640 based on his personal observations while serving as a Catholic priest in the mining district of Potosi, Bolivia.
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