james cummins bookseller JAMES CUMMINs bookseller Catalogue 131 catalogue JAMES CUMMINS bookseller 699 Madison Ave, New York, 10065 | tel: (212) 688-6441 | fax: (212) 688-6192 | jamescumminsbookseller.com 131 JAMES CUMMINS bookseller Catalogue 131 To place your order, call, write, e-mail or fax: james cummins bookseller 699 Madison AvEnuE, New YorK City, 10065 TelEPhonE (212) 688-6441 Fax (212) 688-6192 [email protected] jamEscumminsbooKsEllEr.com 1] hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 – 6:00, Saturday 10:00 – 5:00 The Works … ADDISON, Joseph Members A.B.A.A., I.L.A.B. frst folio AESOP; frst edition of his AESOPICS, issued together Engraved portrait frontispiece by T. Miller after G. Kneller. 10 in 1668. Late nineteenth-century half brown morocco gilt, plates plus 6 text illustrations. 4 vols. 4to. Birmingham: John a.e.g. One plate in frst volume mounted, one plate in vol. II Baskerville, 1761. First Baskerville edition. Gaskell 17; Pardoe, torn in margin, slight spotting, but a very good copy. Eames, p. 169; Straus, p. 73. Contemporary red morocco, cover tooled “John Ogilby and His Aesop,” Bulletin of the New York in gilt with wide border roll, corner ornaments and central Public Library 65 (1961), pp. 73-78. ornament made up of small tools, contrasting morocco spine Aesop, translated by John Ogilby (1600-1676), geographer labels. Surface scratches to covers, light dampstain to top and publisher and Master of His Majesties Revells in the margin throughout, heavy dampstain to vol. II title-page. Kingdom of Ireland (as the title-page notes). “In 1649 Bookplate of Francis Adams and another small book ticket. Ogilby published his frst translation, of Virgil … This was “The most beautiful edition of Addison ever published” followed in 1651 by Aesop’s Fables and further translations (Gaskell) in a fne contemporary binding. of Virgil in 1654 and 1658. His translations, particularly the front covEr: item 8 $2,000 1654 folio, were magnifcent productions: his style was direct insidE front covEr: item 34 and he paid great attention to paper quality, clear type, insidE rear covEr: item 7 and the illustrations. Later translations—of Homer’s Iliad rear covEr: item 66 2] (1660) and Odyssey (1665), of Aesop’s Fables and Aesopics (in 1665 and 1668, respectively), and of Virgil in 1666 — are photography by nicolE neEnan The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse … the splendid examples of seventeenth-century printing and of Second edition. [With:] Aesopics: or a Second the patronage networks through which men like Ogilby terms of PaymEnt: All items, as usual, are guaranteed as described and are returnable within 10 days for any reason. Collection of Fables, Paraphras’d in Verse … promoted both themselves and polite learning” (ODNB). All books are shipped UPS (please provide a street address) unless otherwise requested. Overseas orders should specify A superior copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of a shipping preference. (AESOP) OGILBY, John Aesop. All postage is extra. Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved frontispiece New clients are requested to send remittance with orders. Libraries may apply for deferred billing. All New York and portraits and a total of 149 engraved plates by Hollar, Stoop, $8,000 New Jersey residents must add the appropriate sales tax. Barlow and others (frst work with 81 plates; second work with 68 plates). 2 vols. Folio. London: Printed by Thomas We accept American Express, Master Card, and Visa. Roycroft, for the Author, 1668. Second edition of Ogilby’s in America were provisioned from 1774 to 1777. The axiom Chamier’s commission records that he was Commissary (variously attributed to Napoleon and to Frederick the General for all British forces employed in North America, Great) that “an army travels on its stomach” is a truism though in fact forces in mainland Canada had their own borne out by centuries of military history. The accounts of Commissary General. Chamier’s responsibility was for the Daniel Chamier’s service as Commissary General for British provisioning of British forces from Nova Scotia to Florida, forces from Nova Scotia to Florida during the Revolutionary and he held the position for three crucial, early years of the 3] 4] War provide an invaluable guide for understanding how Revolution, from February 1774 to February 1777, during the British Army was provisioned in the early years of the which time many important battles were fought, and the The National Sports of Great Britain … Fifty Archive of original manuscript documents war, and for understanding how and why General William British were generally considered to have the upper hand in Engravings, with Descriptions recording the work and accounts of Daniel Howe’s forces did, or did not, “travel.” the confict. Chamier was responsible for receiving provisions ALKEN, Henry Chamier, Commissary General of the British Daniel Chamier lived for several years in Maryland, holding sent from Britain and then distributing them to British troops Army in North America during the years 1774 to public ofces in the colony and apparently accumulating in America, and for securing provisions in America as he 50 hand-colored aquatint plates by H. Alken. Printed title, a sizeable personal fortune. Before the actual outbreak of could. From March 1777 on, Chamier held the position of preface; each plate with letterpress text leaf; leaf with printed 1777, detailing the funds expended for provisioning fghting during the Revolution he ofered his services to the Auditor-General (or Comptroller of Accounts) to the British list of engravings at end. Folio (14 x 10 in.). London: Thomas the British Army during three critical years of the British Army, and became Commissary General of the Army forces in America, and at the time of his death, on November M’Lean, 1825. First edition, large paper issue of the royal American Revolution in North America. He served in that position from 1774 to 27, 1778, he was still recorded on staf records as Comptroller. octavo edition. Bound in near contemporary full crimson 1777, and then as Auditor-General from 1777 until his death a Of primary importance with regard to Chamier’s career, pebble-grained morocco, gilt foral ornamental border within (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) Chamier, Daniel year later. and to the present archive, is the issue of funding and the triple gilt fllets, spines in compartments decoratively tooled One manuscript document on a long vellum roll made expenditure of funds. Chamier and his assistants were in gilt, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g., by E. Riley & Son. Slightly rubbed up of fourteen skins, totaling 516 x 11-½ inches (i.e. 43 The work of the Commissary General was of supreme paid a small salary, but little more. Most often, Chamier at extremities; a few surface marks to covers. Armorial feet in length). Plus an additional twenty-one manuscript importance in the functioning of the British Army in North was required to use his own considerable fortune to bookplate of John C. Deverell on front pastedown; traces of documents on folio and quarto sheets. [London, New York, America, and Chamier’s eforts often had direct impact on secure necessities such as four, rice, beef, and other removal of smaller Maclay book label. Cloth slipcase. Tooley Baltimore, and Newport, R.I.]: 1778-1798. Light wear, some British decision-making at the highest levels. When and provisions, as well as for rents, postage, travel charges, 43; Siltzer p. 72; Schwerdt IV, p. 5; Fitz Eugene Dixon sale 79 occasional foxing or soiling. Overall, in very good condition. where to attack, when to retreat, where to camp — these books and stationery, and a variety of other expenses for (1937); Five Centuries of Sport, Maclay sale, 1945, lot 29 ($300, Housed in two half morocco and cloth clamshell cases, one decisions were often based on a consideration of supplies. the army throughout the American colonies. Records cited this copy); Mellon/Podeschi 121. quarto and the other folio in size, gilt leather spine labels. Cf. Chamier’s accounts provide incredibly detailed information by historian Edward Curtis show that the value of the Edward E. Curtis, The Organization of the British Army in on how the British Army was provisioned in the early years provisions Chamier received from abroad between 1775 VERY RARE LARGE PAPER ISSUE the American Revolution (New Haven. 1926), especially pp. of the Revolution, and include expenses for forces under the through 1777 amounted to some £65,000. The manuscript Very rare issue of the royal octavo edition, with diferent 81-119. command of generals Howe, Cornwallis, Clinton, Gage, and records in this collection detailing his total disbursements, plates than the edition published in 1820-21. Published at 6 many more. The documents in this collection were created A remarkable collection of manuscript documents, however, record that Chamier’s Commissary General ofce guineas. and assembled by Chamier’s heirs and family members detailing the accounts of Daniel Chamier, the Commissary after his death in an efort to gain reimbursement for the made payments in the amount of more than £300,000. General of the British Army in North America during the $11,000 thousands of pounds sterling from his personal fortune that The manuscript records in this collection record the names Revolutionary War, and showing how the British forces Chamier expended during his service. of hundreds of provisioners who were paid hundreds of 2 | James Cummins bookseller Catalogue 131 | 3 thousands of pounds for their services to the British Army in America, as it grew from a relatively small force to an army that controlled large parts of the American colonies by the end of 1777. In 1775 the British Army had some 8,000 soldiers stationed in North America, about one-sixth of their total force.