viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1838

Dickens, Charles (Ed.)
        Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "BOZ." With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes.
      - London; Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, first printing. 8:o. [xix] + (1), 288 + 7 plates & [ix] + 263, (1) pp. + 6 plates. With 36 pp. advertisements at end of vol. II. Original pink embossed cloth with gilt title on spine. Yellow endpapers. The cloth darkened, soiled and worn at extremities. Minor tears along the rear joints. Bindings are perfectly tight. A small hole in pp. 183/184 of the first volume, affecting a punctuation, and one in top margin of pp. 273/274. Contemporary owner's signature on front paste-down of the second volume. Contents strikingly clean, with occasional light stains and a few minimal tears in margins. First printing without the border on the last plate. "In the second issue a very crude attempt was made to 'improve' Cruikshank's drawing by surrounding it with a grotesque border." (Eckel p. 141). Contains twelve plates with imprints by Cruikshank; the frontispiece was engraved after a painting by Samuel Raven. Dickens edited this biography of the famous clown Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), and he probably wrote the introduction and the concluding chapter himself. Eckel pp. 140-142. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Knowles (G.B.) and F.Westcott.
        The Floral Cabinet. Part of Volume 2 and Volume 3 (of 3). Magazine of Exotic Beauty.
      1838-40 1838 - 4to (9 x 10ins, 220 x 260mm), contemporary half morocco, raised bands, tooled and gilt, rubbed, lower joint split. A collection of 54 plates, lithographed by Day and Hague and hand-coloured. A little occasional spotting, but overall the plates in good condition.A noteable periodical, with plenty of sound gardening advice as well as the sumptuous plates. Includes 12 fine orchids (2 double-page and so 15 x 10ins, 400 x 260mm) and other colourful and striking exotics recently introduced to Europe - dendrobium, semperverium, petrea etc. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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MCKENNEY, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James HALL (1793-1868)
        Tai-O-Mah, A Musquakee Brave
      Philadelphia: F.W. Greenough, 1838. Hand-coloured lithograph by J. T. Bowen. In excellent condition. A fine image from McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America': `One of the most important [works] ever published on the American Indians' (Field),` a landmark in American culture' (Horan) and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way of life. Also occasionally referred to as the "medicine man", Tai-O-Mah or Taimah, "Thunder" or "He Who Shakes the Rocks" (c. 1790 - 1830) was an esteemed Fox warrior and chief who maintained an amicable relationship with the United States throughout his life. In 1824, he traveled to Washington as a member of the Sac and Fox delegation, led by General William Clark, which signed a treaty ceding their lands in northern Missouri and the southeastern part of Iowa to the federal government. It was during this visit to the capital that Charles Bird King painted the chief's picture after which McKenney's print was made. Taimah was also a leader of the influential Midewiwin or Great Medicine Society, a secret shamanistic society with religious affiliations that McKenney likened to the Freemasons. It is interesting to note given the calm composure which pervades his features that Taimah was suffering from tuberculosis at the time the portrait was being done. He is buried in Des Moines County, Iowa. McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America' has long been renowned for its faithful portraits of Native Americans. The portraits are largely based on paintings by the artist Charles Bird King, who was employed by the War Department to paint the Indian delegates visiting Washington D.C., forming the basis of the War Department's Indian Gallery. Most of King's original paintings were subsequently destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian, and their appearance in McKenney and Hall's magnificent work is thus our only record of the likenesses of many of the most prominent Indian leaders of the nineteenth century. Numbered among King's sitters were Sequoyah, Red Jacket, Major Ridge, Keokuk and Black Hawk. After six years as Superintendent of Indian Trade, Thomas McKenney had become concerned for the survival of the Western tribes. He had observed unscrupulous individuals taking advantage of the Native Americans for profit, and his vocal warnings about their future prompted his appointment by President Monroe to the Office of Indian Affairs. As first director, McKenney was to improve the administration of Indian programs in various government offices. His first trip was during the summer of 1826 to the Lake Superior area for a treaty with the Chippewa, opening mineral rights on their land. In 1827, he journeyed west again for a treaty with the Chippewa, Menominee , and Winebago in the present state of Michigan. His journeys provided an unparalleled opportunity to become acquainted with Native American tribes. When President Jackson dismissed him from his government post in 1830, McKenney was able to turn more of his attention to his publishing project. Within a few years, he was joined by James Hall, a lawyer who had written extensively about the west. McKenney and Hall saw their work as a way of preserving an accurate visual record of a rapidly disappearing culture. (Gilreath). Cf. BAL 6934; cf. Bennett p.79; cf. Field 992; cf. Howes M129; cf. Lipperhiede Mc4; cf. Reese, American Color Plate Books p. 24; Sabin 43410a; Horan 182.

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Paley, William (1743-1805)
        The works of William Paley : D. D. in five volumes / with notes and illustrations by James Paxton [ complete in 5 volumes ]
      Oxford : Printed by J. Vincent, for Thomas Tegg and Son, London, 1838. New Edition. Physical desc. : 5 v : (xxiv, 428p. Xix, 531p. Vi, 442p. Xvi, 441p. Iv, 407p. ) : plates (vol.4) ; 23 cm. Subjects: William Paley, (1743-1805) - Church of England - Collected works. Theology - 18th century. Natural theology - Science - 18th century. Contents: Vol. 1 is entitled 'Evidences of Christianity', and contains a biographical sketch of William Paley. Vol. 2 covers moral and political philosophy. Vol. 3 includes a study of St. Paul's Epistles, and a section entitled 'The clergyman's companion in visiting the sick'. Vol. 4 covers natural theology (science) and includes 31 plates. Vol. 5 features a selection of William Paley's sermons on a range of subjects. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked, dark blue embossed cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some staining to front boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. From the library of Agnes Wilde with her bookplate attached to the front pastedown of each volume. Some pages unopened throughout, particularly in volume 1.

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Antonio de Bergnes
        MUSEO DE LAS FAMILIAS
      Imprenta A. Bergnes Barcelona. Imprenta A. Bergnes. 1838-1841. 24X17. Primera ediciÃ³n. 5VOL. 1vol, 384PÃ¡g, 2vol, 511PÃ¡g, 3vol, 382PÃ¡g+2h. 4vol, 384PÃ¡g. 5vol, 383PÃ¡g+2h, (error de paginaciÃ³n existente de imprenta sin importancia). Profusamente ilustrada. Completa Obra de el Museo de las Familias considerada revista pionera en publicaciÃ³n infantil y juvenil en EspaÃ±a, creada y dirigida en Barcelona por Antonio Bergnes de las Casas, se editÃ³ entre 1838 y 1841, y sus principales temas fueron literatura, ciencias, economÃa, educaciÃ³n, historia, religiÃ³n y viajes. Quisiera resaltar varios apartados donde tratan el "Daguerrotipo" primer procedimiento fotogrÃ¡fico de la historia y Ãºnico tambiÃ©n que se compone solo de metales, cobre, plata, mercurio y oro. (1939), curiosÃsimo. Se editaron 32 nÃºmeros en cuarto mayor con periodicidad mensual, 64 pÃ¡ginas y dos columnas. MagnÃfico y muy raro. Ref 16 Biblioteca A.. 1Âª EdiciÃ³n. EncuadernaciÃ³n de tapa dura. Excelente.

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Weidmann, F. C.:
        Neuestes Panorama von Wien oder malerische Ansichten der vornehmsten Plätze, Straßen, Paläste, Kirchen, Klöster, Gärten und anderen vorzüglicheren Gebäuden der k. k. Haupt- und Residenzstadt Wien, ihrer Vorstädte und Umgegend. Mit Beschreibung ihrer Merkwürdigkeiten und einem Überblicke ihrer Geschichte. Mit 53 in Kupfer gestochenen Ansichten und einem großen Prospekt der Stadt Wien.
      Rudolf Sammer,, Wien, 1838 - 2. Umgearbeitete und bedeutend vermehrte Auflage. Wien, Rudolf Sammer, o. D. (1838). 8°. 27 Tafeln + 26 S. Illustr. OPappe der Zeit. Nebehay-Wagner III 817, Eckl I 651, Mayer I 795, Gugitz III 12084. - Das Faltpanorama zeigt die Ansicht der Stadt Wien vom Belvedere aus. - Bei der 2. umgearbeiteten Auflage handelt es sich um eine Neuauflage des 1796 erschienenen Albums "48 Wiener Prospekten" von Rudolf Sammer. - Originalpappe leicht fleckig, sonst schönes Exemplar. Je zwei Ansichten von Wien teilen sich eine Tafeln [Bildgröße ca. 7 x 9,4 cm]. Deutsch

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Paley, William (1743-1805)
        The works of William Paley : D. D. in five volumes / with notes and illustrations by James Paxton [ complete in 5 volumes ]
      Oxford : Printed by J. Vincent, for Thomas Tegg and Son, London 1838 - Physical desc. : 5 v : (xxiv, 428p. Xix, 531p. Vi, 442p. Xvi, 441p. Iv, 407p. ) : plates (vol.4) ; 23 cm. Subjects: William Paley, (1743-1805) - Church of England - Collected works. Theology - 18th century. Natural theology - Science - 18th century. Contents: Vol. 1 is entitled 'Evidences of Christianity', and contains a biographical sketch of William Paley. Vol. 2 covers moral and political philosophy. Vol. 3 includes a study of St. Paul's Epistles, and a section entitled 'The clergyman's companion in visiting the sick'. Vol. 4 covers natural theology (science) and includes 31 plates. Vol. 5 features a selection of William Paley's sermons on a range of subjects. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked, dark blue embossed cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some staining to front boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. From the library of Agnes Wilde with her bookplate attached to the front pastedown of each volume. Some pages unopened throughout, particularly in volume 1. 5 Kg. 0 pp. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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AINSWORTH, William Francis
        Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldæa; forming part of the labours of the Euphrates Expedition.
      Parker London 1838 - First edition. 8vo., 343pp., 16 pages ads dated September 1838 at end, lithograph frontispiece (foxed), title-page vignette, folding map, 3 large folding hand-coloured geological sections, 2 vignettes in text, foxing to title, coriginal blindstamped blue cloth gilt, small chip to head of spine, a very good copy. Ainsworth was the surgeon and geologist on the Euphrates expedition. This account of the geological work of the expedition is dedicated to the leader, Francis Chesney. Atabey 10. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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SILLIMAN, Benjamin, et al
        The American Journal of Science and Arts, 7 volumes from 1838-1842
      New Haven: A.H. Maltby and Herrick & Noyes; B.&W. Noyes. (1838-1842). First. Periodical magazine. Seven loose volumes: Volume 33 (January, 1838); 35 (January, 1839); 37 (October, 1839); 38 (April, 1840); 40 (April 1841); 41 (October 1841); 42 (April 1842). Bound in contemporary half-leather and marbled paper-covered boards. Illustrated with engraved and plates, some folding. An ex-library set with bookplates. Volumes 41-42 with binder's ticket: "J.Gillanders, Oberlin O." on the front pastedown. The leather spines are dry, scattered foxing, good. "Silliman's Journal" was devoted to the publication of original papers, notices, and reviews in the natural and physical sciences. Owned and edited by Benjamin Silliman, professor of chemistry and natural history at Yale College, it was the world's leading scientific journal in the first half of the 19th Century. This set features Silliman's printed correspondence with distinguished scientists throughout the world, and numerous papers on American geology, topography, botany, and zoology. .

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PARRY, Sir William Edward R.N. [1790 - 1855]
        Letter addressed to a friend, Sarah signed by William Edward Parry
      Sir William Edward PARRY [1838], London - Autograph Letter signed, dated Admiralty, 1st June [n.d.] (likely between 1836 when Parry was employed at the Admiralty, and 1839, when his wife, Bella, died) addressed to a friend, Sarah. 32 lines on two 8vo pages, approx. 5x7 inches, hinged on the left with linen onto a larger album page, very good condition.A friendly letter:"Dear Sarah, I am charged with Bella's letter to get franked, and I will not let it go without one line from myself to assure you how much we long to see you, and that we have this morning at breakfast, made a regular arrangement for your coming to see us, and we do hope that you will give us that pleasure. We are delightfully situated, close to the Zoological Gardens, and you shall sit up all night, if you like it, to hear the beasts roar & howl! But seriously, we shall depend upon your coming to see us, and I think we can make it agreeable to you for a week, thoí we are not gay people, and cannot promise you public amusements. Believe me, dear Sarah, your affecte. Friend, W. Parry., Sir William Edward Parry [1790 - 1855] was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer, who in 1827 attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole. He reached 82?45 North latitude, setting the record for human exploration farthest North that stood for nearly five decades before being surpassed at 83?20 26 by Albert Hastings Markham in 1875-1876.

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BROADSIDE, Catnach printer.:
        The PERPETUAL ALMANACK; or, Gentleman Soldier's Prayer Book: Showing how one Richard Middleton was taken before the Mayor of the City he was in, for using Cards in Church during Divine Service:
      (London), Catnach, Printer, 2, & 3, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials, nd, circa 1838.. being a droll, merry, and humurous Account of an odd affair that happened to a Private Soldier, in the 60th Regiment of Foot. The printer James Catnach was active in London from 1814 to 1838 but as there is a mention of Queen Victoria the broadside must date after 1837. Single sheet of thin white paper, 370 x 250 mm, 14Â¾ x 10 inches, 2 woodcuts beneath the title 55 x 80 mm, 2Â¼ x 3 inches, 1 showing Richard taken before the Mayor, the other showing Richard playing cards in church, the border to the text consists of 48 playing cards, a different suit for each side and including a total of 8 royal cards. The sheet has been folding twice, it is faintly browned in parts, with a small stain on the reverse near to lower edge which shows through slightly, otherwise clean, a touch of wear to edges, slight small creases to corners. A very good copy. The soldier caught playing at cards during the church service craftily shows the mayor how he reads the bible by identifying each card with a biblical story. This fictional story concludes with the mayor giving the soldier some money and beer, after telling him he is the cleverest man he has ever met. According to the British Museum a record of the incident can be found in Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections (Add.MS.1474). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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Canada]:
        JOURNALS OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL OF THE PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA.
      Montreal. -40. 1838 - Five volumes (of six). 100,[30]; 6,[21]; 105,[10]; 161,[78]; [20],222,[130]pp. Quarto. Later cloth, red and black gilt morocco labels. Moderate soiling on covers, library labels at toe of spines. Uniform light toning. Perforated library stamps on titlepages, occasional additional library markings. First twenty pages of last volume in typescript facsimile. Overall very good. Lacks the sixth volume. An important collection of Canadian laws as passed by the Special Council of Lower Canada from 1838 to 1840. When the Patriot Uprising of 1838 caused Canadian officials to suspend the 1791 constitution (which had divided Canada into the Upper and Lower Provinces, each with their own legislature) and establish martial law, the provincial judiciary assumed administrative control in the form of the Special Council. The Special Council continued in an administrative capacity until the Union Act of 1840, which reunited the provinces with a single legislature. A fundamental cause of the Patriot Uprising was the ambiguous extent of judiciary power; based on the reign of the Special Council (recorded in detail here), judicial powers were more clearly defined via the Union Act. TPL calls for six volumes bound in three. The present set features each volume bound separately, lacking the sixth volume. The large portions of unnumbered pages at the end of each contain sessional papers, appendices, and indices. Key insight into a tumultuous period of Canadian legal history. The journals were also issued in French. OCLC locates only five copies, none of which appear to be complete. TPL 2173. GAGNON I:1830. OCLC 12010933, 63013527.

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DESPINE Père (Docteur Charles-Humbert-Antoine).
        OBSERVATIONS DE MEDECINE PRATIQUE FAITES AUX BAINS D'AIX-EN-SAVOIE, Recueillies et publiées par le docteur Despine Père (Charles-Humbert-Antoine).
      1838 - Anneci, Imprimerie d'Aimé Burdet, 1838. In-8 (131 X 205) demi-veau framboise, dos lisse orné de rocailles dans un large encadrement doré, titre doré, tranches jaspées (reliure de l'époque) ; (2), faux-titre, titre, 1 feuillet non paginé (table des matières), LX-299 pages, 2 feuillets non paginés (appendice et bulletin), 12 pages (Bulletin des eaux d'Aix-en-Savoie par le docteur Constant Despine, Anneci, Burdet, 1838), 1 feuillet non paginé (note), 8 pages (" Etablissemens de charité pour les baigneurs malheureux "), (3). EDITION ORIGINALE de ce texte considéré par CAILLET comme "l'un des plus intéressants ouvrages qui aient été publiés sur le magnétisme. Ce livre renferme les détails d'une des cures les plus remarquables dues à ce traitement spécial." (CAILLET, Manuel bibliographique des sciences psychiques ou occultes, 2082). Despine y analyse l'utilisation du magnétisme animal en association avec les eaux minérales comme traitement contre les désordres nerveux. Il présente le cas particulier de l'histoire d'une patiente nommée "Estelle". EXEMPLAIRE du baron Claude-Joseph-Constant DESPINE (1807-1873), fils de l'auteur de l'ouvrage. Il suivit la même carrière que son père et fut nommé médecin inspecteur de l'établissement thermal d'Aix. Il était membre de l'Académie des Sciences de Turin et de diverses sociétés savantes. Il a apposé son ex-libris manuscrit dans l'angle inférieur droit de la page de titre : "Bron C. Despine", et recopié sur le deuxième feuillet blanc six vers manuscrits extraits du " Macbeth " de Shakespeare, qu'il a titrés "Somnambulisme de Lady Macbeth". A la fin de l'ouvrage, sur un feuillet blanc, dix observations manuscrites numérotées sur une page et demie, rédigées d'une écriture fine et serrée, et titrées : " Observations et aphorismes du Dr. Bron Antoine Despine relatives aux somnambules ". Enfin, collé sur une double page, à la fin de l'ouvrage, un article de journal " Extrait du patriote savoisien N° du 31 mai 1853 " (mention manuscrite). Il s'agit de l' " Histoire de Me Schmidt - racontée par M. Joseph Donjean, pharmacien à Chambéry, membre de plusieurs académies " (note manuscrite), récit " d'un des phénomènes les plus extraordinaires que puisse présenter le magnétisme médical ". A la fin de l'article de journal, Constant Despine a ajouté à la main : " Je déclare avoir été témoin de l'expérience ci-dessus, à laquelle assistait aussi M. Bocquier (l'oncle) pharmacien à Aix-les-Bains. Dr. Baron Constant Despine, inspecteur hon. des Eaux d'Aix ". TRES INTERESSANT EXEMPLAIRE. Ex-libris gravé collé sur le premier contre-plat. Petite tache brune dans la marge gauche de la page de titre, sinon BEL EXEMPLAIRE, bien relié et exempt de rousseurs. NICE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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[Native American]; McKenney Thomas L. and James Hall
        [Plate] MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAH or Black Hawk A Saukie Brave. [From HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA]
      [Philadelphia: F.W. Greenough, 1838]. Printed and coloured at J.T. Bowens Lithographic Establishment. A beautifully lithographed colour plate reproduced from the original painting by Charles Bird King. Folio, image size roughly 13.5 by 8.5 inches, with captions beneath, printed on a folio sheet of rag paper measuring 18.5 by 13.5 inches. An original handcoloured PLATE FROM 'One of the most costly and important works ever published on the American Indians' -Field. The lithographs from McKenney and Halls HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA are not only amongst the greatest hand-coloured American illustrated plates of the 19th century, but are also an American cultural treasure providing an historical record of the portraits of the chiefs, warriors and women of the various tribes. The lithographs are faithfully produced from original oil paintings either by Charles Bird King painted from life in his studio in Washington or reproduced by King from the watercolours of the famous frontier artist James Otto Lewis as well as a few other artists.

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J Moyes [Publisher]
        Institutes of the Numismatic Society of London [PUBLISHED 1838]
      J Moyes, U.K, 1838. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 439 pages, size 8.75 inches tall by 5.75 inches. Well Illustrated and with Tables. Contents : Institutes of the Numismatic Society pages 1-20; Proceedings of the Numismatic Society pages 1-28; Proceedings Of The Numismatic Society 1836-37 General Meeting pages 1-52; Proceedings Of The Numismatic Society 1837-38 Ordinary Meetings pages 95 -216; Proceedings Of The Numismatic Society 1837-38 The Presidents Address pages 217-256; Proceedings Of The Numismatic Society 1838-39 Ordinary Meetings pages 256-414; Catalogue Of The Library Of The Numismatic Society Of London July 1840 pages 415-427; List Of The Numismatic Society Of London pages 429-439. Book - in Good half leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration to the spine - some wearing to the leather, some loss and surface rubbing to the marble paper and fading to the gilt decoration, library reference number to the bottom of the spine but no other signs of being an ex library book. Contents, some surface loss to the marble faced front paste down, light browning to the endpapers, faint pencil annotation to the free front end paper, small amount of marginal loss to pages 191/192 not affecting text otherwise clean, bright and tightly bound. Appears to have belonged to Charles Roach Smith, his signature to the title page, a noted Antiquary, expert on Roman London & with a long association with the Institutes of the Numismatic Society of London. A RARE Title. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Inventory No: 000463.. THIS BOOK IS HEAVIER THAN THE AVERAGE UPON WHICH CHARGES ARE BASED AND SO WILL INCUR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR SHIPPING TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE THE U.K..

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Australia] Canadian Patriots.
        Albany Argus, November 23, 1838 newspaper article on the Canada War, the Battle at Wind Mill Point and the Canadians exiled to Australia.
      Albany: 1838 - With a long article entitled 'The Canada War' (the Canadian Rebellion of 1837-1838), on the outcome of the Battle of Wind Mill Point which was fought by the Hunter Patriots to liberate the colony of Upper Canada from British rule. Many of the Patriots, led by "a Pole, Von Shulz" were captured and sentenced to be transported to Van Diemen's Land (apparently 60 in all were convicted and transported to a penal colony). The names of the captured mentioned are William Johnson (Johnston), Gen. Birge and Capt. Sprague. Thos. J. Sutherland's capture is mentioned at the first page of the article. The article begins at page 2 declaring the "utter failure of the revolutionary expedition against Prescott", and measures 17.5 column inches. It continues on to page 3, in 2 columns for another 29 column inches. Also with an article on the Mormon War, with action in Missouri described ". the instructions to Gen. Clark are to extirpate the whole fraternity of Mormons and drive them beyond the states". Slt. toned and ruffled at right edges; folded horizontally at center and vertically, with slt. rubbing at folds; sml damp stain at lower left corner, o/w very good.

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WELLSTED, James Raymond
        Travels in Arabia;
      London: John Murray,, 1838. in Two Volumes. Vol. I. Oman and Nakab El Hajar: Vol. II. Sinai; Survey of the Gulf of Akabah; Coasts of Arabia and Nubia, &c. &c. &c.] 2 volumes, octavo (207 Ã— 127 mm). Modern dark green half morocco, title gilt direct to spines, black cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Lithographic frontispieces and 5 similar plates, most lithographed by Louis Haghe from Wellsted's own drawings, 5 maps, of which 2 are folding, tables to the text. Spines a little sunned, a few pencil marks to the title page of volume I, text and plates variably, but largely lightly, browned, one plate - Inscriptions at Hasan Ghorab - just a touch cropped, recent collector's plate to the front pastedowns, but overall a very good set. First edition. James Raymond Wellsted (18051842) was an East India Company naval officer who made detailed surveys of the Gulf of 'Aqabah and the northern part of the Red Sea, and the southern coast of Arabia in the early 1830s on board the Palinurus. He later travelled in Oman, reaching areas which no European had previously seen and which were not visited again by Europeans for another hundred years. His preliminary papers read before the RGS led to his election a fellow of the Royal Society on 6 April 1837. "Wellsted was an acute observer and not blinded by prejudice or ignorance in his description of the local people. His accounts of the geography of Oman, particularly the irrigation systems and the way of life in remote mountain tracts, continue to be important as a unique description of the country at an early date" (ODNB). His health was severely damaged by disease, and by the wounds suffered in a fever-induced suicide attempt at Muscat in 1837. "He retired from the service in 1839, 'and dragged on a few years in shattered health and with impaired mental powers, chiefly residing in France'. He died on 25 October 1842 at his father's house in Molineux Street, London, aged thirty-seven." A sound, and decently-presented set of a desirable title.

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AVVENTI F.
        IL SERVITORE DI PIAZZA. Guida per Ferrara del Co.
      (Pomatelli,, S.l.n.d., 1838 - in-8, pp. 310, (2), leg. coeva m. perg. con tela con fregi impressi ai piatti, con tass. in pelle al d. e filetti e fregi oro al d., tagli spruzzati. Con 1 tav. xilogr. rip. (mm. 151x215) raff. la pianta della città di Ferrara con indicate le vie e gli edifici pubblici. Con 13 tavv. in legno f.t. raff. particolari della città, come il Duomo, il palazzo della Ragione, il castello, interni della biblioteca comunale e della prigione, il palazzo di Schifanoia, la piazza Ariostea. Con descrizone minuziosa dei palazzi, delle chiese, e degli edifici pubblici e con al fine un appendice sulle distanze della città, ville e terre della provincia dalla piazza centrale di Ferrara. Con epilogo sulla popolazione delle intera provincia e dettagliato elenco delle misure e pesi di Ferrara confrontate con le altre città del nord Italia. Inoltre le tariffe sopra il corso delle monete d'oro e d'argento dello Stato Pontificio ed Estense. Splendido esempl. [159]

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THOUIN, Gabriel [1747-1829]
        Plans RaisonnÃ©s De Toutes Les EspÃ¨ces De Jardins
      Paris: Madame Huzard (NÃ©e Vallat La Chapelle), 1838., 1838. folio. pp.1 p.l., 58. 59 partly hand-coloured lithographed plates by C.Motte after drawings by Thouin. 19th century half calf, rebacked (corners worn, dealer's small rubberstamp on title). Third Edition, the first to be issued with hand-coloured plates. The French landscape designer, Gabriel Thouin, was a member of a distingished botanical family, his father and two brothers in turn holding the position of chief gardener at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Thouin's purpose in the present work is not to discuss the theory of the art of garden composition but to provide working plans of all types of gardens, ranging from gardens suitable for simple labourers to those of more ample means. The fruit of multiple observations and fifty years of practical experience, they include designs for parks, symmetrical gardens, orchards, botanical, and pleasure gardens, many of which were actually executed by Thouin. There are plans for two pharmaceutical gardens, a scheme for the enlargement of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, the public garden in the Champs Ã‰lisÃ©es, a romantic Chinese garden, a fanciful English garden, the Jardin du Roi, a proposal for an experimental farm in a torrid zone, and numerous country and pleasure gardens. Various garden ornaments and structures are shown in the margins of many of the plans and also on four separate plates. The hand-colouring allows for easy discernment of pathways and areas occupied by water. Berlin Kat. 3483. Brunet V 842-43..

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DICKENS, CHARLES
        The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
      London: Chapman and Hall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST BOOK EDITION of one of Dickens's most successful works, in extraordinary binding by Hayday, with his stamp. LIKELY A PRESENTATION BINDING: Hayday was the preferred binder used by Dickens and Chapman and Hall for special presentation copies of the period. "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby had begun its monthly part-issue in March 1838 and was completed in twenty numbers in October 1839. This story, which for thirteen months Dickens wrote alongside Oliver Twist, originated in his determination to expose the scandal of unwanted children consigned to remote and brutal Yorkshire schools; accompanied by Browne, he conducted an on-the-spot midwinter investigation just before beginning to write Nickleby. In this rambling, episodic, often wildly funny book, written very much in the mode of the Smollett novels Dickens had devoured as a child, the Yorkshire school setting is soon left behind, and the gallant young hero and his pathetic protÃ©gÃ©, Smike, wander forth to undergo various adventures, both farcical and melodramatic; they are persecuted by Nicholas's wicked uncle and other villains, who also threaten the virtue of Nicholas's pure young sister Kate, but all is eventually set right by the benevolent Cheeryble brothers, though they cannot save Smike. The story is rich in unforgettable comic characters like the endlessly garrulous Mrs Nickleby and the strolling player Vincent Crummles and his troupe, and in places it resembles Sketches by Boz in its vivid evocation of particular London neighbourhoods" (Dictionary of National Biography). ON HAYDAY BINDINGS: James Hayday was one of the most respected binders of the nineteenth century and some of the most famous Dickens presentation copies from the 1830s and 1840s are in Hayday bindings. (For example, the Oliver Twist inscribed to Ainsworth; the Barnaby Rudge inscribed to Talfourd; the Old Curiosity Shop inscribed to Macready; and the dedication copy of Martin Chuzzlewit. ) John Forster, in The Life of Charles Dickens, gives evidence of Hayday's stature for Dickens's works, noting, "a copy of [Pickwick] I received from [Dickens] on the 11th of December [1837] in the most luxurious of Hayday's bindings, with a note [by Dickens:] 'Chapman and Hall have just sent me... three 'extra-super' bound copies of Pickwick, as per specimen inclosed. The first I forward to you, the second I have presented to our good friend Ainsworth, and the third Kate has retained for herself. Accept your copy with one sincere and most comprehensive expression of my warmest friendship'" (Forster, 1911, vol.1, p.86).Â "Works bound by Hayday became famous and increased in monetary value.... A number of his bindings are in the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London" (Oxford DNB). Complete with 39 plates by Phiz and frontispiece engraving by Finden. Issue points: Nickleby is a notoriously complex book bibliographically. This copy with the most important first issue points, "latter" for "letter" (p. 160) and "visiter" for "sister" (p.123); overall with 32 of 41 textual points as noted in Smith. First four plates with Chapman and Hall imprint (first state); frontispiece without imprint. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Octavo, contemporary burgundy polished calf by Hayday, with his stamp on the rear free endpaper; gilt- and blind-tooled boards, gilt-decorated spine in six compartments, gilt dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers. Small closed tears to edges of two plates (p.175, p.188). Browning to some plates (as usual), mostly at edges; text exceptionally clean. Binding with neat repairs to joints and spine ends. A beautiful copy in an important (and likely presentation) binding of one of Dickens's most enduring works.

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UNIDENTIFIED
        1838 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING THE POOR STATE OF HOME AND POLITICS DURING AND AFTER THE REBELLIONS OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA
      BATH KINGSTON ONTARIO ON CANADA 1838 - On offer is a super Upper Canada - Lower Canada Rebellions era twelve [12] page handwritten manuscript addressed 'Monsieur l' Editeur' in French by a woman who appears to be living in a village near Kingston [Ontario]. The anonymous author writes to a newspaper in Lower Canada [Quebec] and denunciates, after the revolts, the necessity of a new church that she says does not betray the courage and the will of the [Canadian] heroes. She begins with the title 'Conduit d'un homme sans principe' and with ardor and passion our writer expresses her desires for the political and religious renewal taking place. There is, near the end, an interesting citation regarding the state of Maine in comparison to the Canadas. We are not certain if the letter was originally signed and then the autograph was trimmed or it was always anonymous on a shortened page. This is a very interesting item of Canadian ephemera at the critical juncture in Canada's history that requires a detailed translation and further research. 19cm x 30cm double folded with a nice legible script the soft paper is a bit frail and as such with expected chips and rubs and a couple of faults but otherwise G. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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Vandewater, R. J.
        THE TOURIST OR POCKET MANUAL FOR TRAVELLERS ON THE HUDSON RIVER, THE WEST CANAL AND STAGE ROAD TO THE NIAGRA FALLS DOWN LAKE ONTARIO AND THE ST. LAWRENCE TO MONTREAL AND QUEBEC. COMPRISING ALSO THE ROUTES TO LEBANON, BALLSTON AND SARATOGA SPRINGS
      Harper & Brothers, New York 1838 - Some rubbing to extremities. Light, occasional foxing. Endpapers a bit browned ; Large beautiful fold-out map at front of the Hudson from Saratoga county to the Rariton bay: "An Improved Map of the Hudson River, with the Post Roads between N. York & Albany. Published by Harper & Br. Drawn & Engraved Expressly for the Tourist" (same map as edition of 1836) ; 12mo; 108 pages [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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SAINT-PIERRE, Bernardin de.
        Paul et Virginie suivi de La Chaumiere indienne. Precede d'une notice historique sur Saint Pierre par C[harles] A[ugustin] SAINTE-BEUVE.
      Paris, Curmer 1838.. Lex.8°. LVI S., 6 Bl. Abbildungsverz., 458(2) S. auf starkem Papier. Mit Holzschn.-Vign. auf Rücks. d. Vortit., Titelvign. gest. Portr. nach Louis FRANCAIS als Frontisp., gest. Tit., , kolor. gest. Karte d. Ile de France [Mauritius], 28 Holzschnitt-Taf. . nach Tony Johannot, Paul Huet, Louis Francais u. Ernest Meissonier sowie 468 Vign. u. Init. (dav.7 in Stahlst.) im Text. Schöner hellbrauner, geglätteter Lederband d. Zt. auf 4 falschen Bünden, m. Zentralmedaillon u. Bordüren in Blindpr., goldgepr. Fileten u. reicher Rückenvergoldung., dreis. Goldschn., OU. eingebunden. Kanten geringf. berieben, Rücken etw. geblichen, frisch u. fast fleckenfrei. Ein Meisterwerk der franz. Buchillustration..

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Newell, Chester, Rev.:
        HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION IN TEXAS, PARTICULARLY OF THE WAR OF 1835 & '36
      New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838.. x,215pp. plus folding map in facsimile. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Lightly foxed; faint dampstaining at edges of text block. Map in excellent condition. Very good. "This is one of the earliest books published about Texas after it became a republic...the quotations from participants are of considerable historical value. The descriptive portions add much to our knowledge of the early republic...The work begins with an excellent summary of Mexican history from 1821 to 1835, followed by a sketch of Texas history from 1832 to 1835, ending with Cos' retreat from San Antonio. The events of 1836 are described, including quotations from participating Texans and from...Mexican accounts, such as Almonte's diary...Of particular value are the account of Santa Anna's capture [and his] confrontation with Houston shortly afterwards. Newell was one of the first to seduce Sam Houston into giving particulars of the campaign" - Jenkins. "One of the rare and reliable books on Texas" - Raines. The appendix prints some important historical documents regarding the revolution. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 151. HOWES N115, "aa." CLARK III:215. GRAFF 3010. RADER 2479. RAINES, p.154. SABIN 54948. STREETER TEXAS 1318.

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Paxton, Joseph
        Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants: Volume the Fifth,
      W. S. Orr & Co., London 1838 - 8vo. xii, 280pp. Contemporary half leather; spine gilt with titles and floral ornaments; marbles paper boards. With 49 engraved plates. 4 plates are or garden designs or ornaments; three of them are colored and all are moderately foxed. The remaininng plates are all of flowers, all are hand colored and two are folding plates. Many orchid species are represented. Most of the plates are in fine, unfoxed condition; in the few where there is foxing present, it is only a light spot or two and marginal. The tissue guard of one plate has partially stuck to the plate and the guard has torn; it can probably be removed without damage. THe binding is moderately worn but still presentable. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Thorn Books, ABAA]

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CAPEFIGUE J.B.
        Philippe D'Orleans, Régente de France 1715-1723.
      Dufey,, Paris, 1838 - Due volumi di pp. xxviii (1) 412; (4) 428. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. L'Europe pendant la Révolution francaise Paris, Belin-Leprieur, 1843. Quattro volumi di pp. 1800 ca. complessive. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. Louis XVI. Son administration et ses relations diplomatiques avec l'Europe. Paris, Belin-Leprieur, 1844. Quattro volumi di pp. 1500 ca. complessive. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. Louis XIV. Son administration et ses relations diplomatiques avec l'Europe. Paris, Dufey, 1837-38. Sei volumi di pp. 2100 ca. complessive. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. Richelieu, Mazarin, la Fronde et le Règne de Louis XIV. Paris, Dufey, 1835-36. Otto volumi di pp. 3.000 ca. complessive. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. Louis XV et la société du XVIII siécle. Paris, Langlois et Leclercq, 1842. Quattro volumi di pp. 1800 ca. complessive. Insieme a: ANCILLON P.F. Tableau des révolutions du système politique de l'Europe depuis la fin du quinzième siècle. Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1823. Quattro volumi di pp. 1700 ca. complessive. Bell'insieme di 32 volumi di opere storiche uniformemente legate in piena pergamena coeva, dorsi lisci con ricchi fregi in oro e titoli su tasselli bicolore. Ottimo stato di conservazione.

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[Williams, Thomas. 1779 - 1876]. Wilson, William R. - Prior Owner
        The BATTLE Of The GREAT DAY. Revelation, XVI, 12 - 21
      [n. p.]:. [n. d.].. 8-5/8" x 4-5/8". 1st printing (presumed). Ca 1838. Single sheet broadside, printed recto only. Seven quatrains, in rhyming couplets.. Period prior owner signature of one "W. R. Wilson", with an. inscription to verso: "A present from Rev / Thomas Williams /. Plainfield / Pn / February 20 [25 underneath] 1838 / William Wilson. [flourish underneath]". Paper foxed & browned, as to be expected. A. Very Good copy.. An extremely rare, and early, 'Millerite'-themed broadside by this prolific, early 19th New England preacher. While other works of Williams are recorded in UMI's "Millerites and Early Adventists", this ephemeral publication is not. Not in the NUC, though OCLC shows one institutional holding, at Brown, recording the publication date as 1849, presumably based on the date that WilliamsÃ• work Discourse on the Battle of the Great Day was published, and wherein this poem is also found. From the inscription of the verso of this broadside copy, we know a more accurate publication date of [ca] 1838.

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Sismondi, J. C. L. Simonde de (Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de), (1773-1842)
        Histoire des Republiques Italiennes du Moyen Age / par M. Simonde de Sismondi [complete 8 volumes bound in 4]
      Bruxelles : Societe typographique Belge, 1838-1839 - Physical description: 8v. in 4 ; 26 cm. Subject: Italy -- History -- Italian Republics -- Middle ages. Language: French. Very good copies bound in contemporary full leather. Gilt-blocked leather labels to spines, with spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Slight dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. All edges marble; marbled endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 1 Kg. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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LAFAYETTE
        MEMOIRES, CORRESPONDANCE ET MANUSCRIT DU GENERAL LAFAYETTE - 4 TOMES
      H. FOURNIER AINE 1838 - RO30065116: 495 + 504 + 520 + 448 pages. Couverture muette. Tome 1 : à relier, dos cassé, cahiers se détachent, manques sur le dos. Traces d'humidité. Tome 2 : manques sur le dos. Tome 4 : quelques pages tâchées. Tome 1 : Révolution d'amérique, second voyage en amérique et campagnes de 1780. Tome 2 : Révolution d'amérique, Assamblée des notaires de 1787, Révolution Française. Tome 3 : Révolution Française . sur l'insurrection de la Belgique . Révision de la constitution . In-8 Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos abîmé. Intérieur acceptable Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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MERIMEE Prosper
        NOTES D'UN VOYAGE EN AUVERGNE
      Librairie de H. Fournier, Paris 1838 - RO40202770: 414 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc sur planche dépliable en frontispice. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons et annotation de bibliothèque sur le 1er plat et en page de titre. Dos fendu avec manques, et cahiers se détachant. (Très rare) Extrait d'un Rapport adressé à M. le Ministre de l'Intérieur. Bourges, Maison de Jacques Coeur. Mehun, La Celle Bruyères. Limoges, Collections particulières. Tulle, Dolmen de Clairfage. Rodez, Cathédrale. Conques, Sainte-Foy. Le Puy, Cathédrale. In-8 Broché. A relier. Plats abîmés. Dos abîmé. Quelques rousseurs Classification Dewey : 908.4459-Régionalisme : Auvergne [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Britton, John
        Dictionary of Architecture
      Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London 1838 - London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838. First Edition. Illustrations [engravings]by J. Le Keux. A bit of association status by virtue of prior ownership of the Belton House. 10" x 6.5", 498 numbered pp. + table and numerous engravings at the end. Original half green morocco and cloth. Hinges strong but for a crack starting prior to title page only. Mild spine scuffing, some cloth bubbling front cover. Very Very Good; a strong, crisp, bright copy in original binding. True first edition copy of Britton's major architectural reference work, this copy was formerly among the possessions of the Belton House, the coat-of-arms bookplate which graces the front pastedown. The Belton House [now of the Cust family, peerage Brownlow] is regarded as the finest example of pure Restoration architecture in England. John Britton's extensive work covers terms, building types, arhcitectural biographies and places. Le Keux' engravings provide crystalline comparative understanding of many the various subject terms. L3 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Singularity Rare & Fine]

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