ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE.
Washington: 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
FRANCE
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE, TOUCHING THE INTERPRETATION OF THE EIGHTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY FOR THE CESSION OF LOUISIANA. FEBRUARY 17, 1825.
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1825. Modern cloth [bookplate on front pastedown] with title stamped in gilt on spine.85, [3 blanks] pp. Document 91, of the 18th Congress, 2d Session. Light rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3. Scattered light to moderate foxing, Good+. Adams, President Monroe's Secretary of State, reports..... More
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. JUNE 18TH, 1798.
[Philadelphia? 1798]. 72pp. Disbound, Very Good. President Adams transmits to Congress the report of American Ministers Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry. They enclose the Messages of Talleyrand who, while claiming a desire for friendship with America, complains that the United States is entirely at fault for the imperfect..... More
THE SPEECH OF MR. AMES, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1796, IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING MOTION: RESOLVED, THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT TO PASS THE LAWS NECESSARY TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE TREATY LATELY CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE KING OF GREAT-BRITAIN.
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1796. [4], 59, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [torn at top blank portion]. Stitched, untrimmed, light to moderate foxing. Good+. Congress's most eloquent Federalist and Anglophile advocates adoption of the Jay Treaty with England. His support assured its passage. He warns the opposition "that..... More
ESSAYS, CIVIL, MORAL, LITERARY & POLITICAL: WRITTEN AFTER THE MANNER OF M. DE MONTAGNE: INTERSPERSED WITH CHARACTERS, PORTRAITS & ANECDOTES. BY THE CELEBRATED MARQUIS D'ARGENSON, MANY YEARS PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE;- AND WHO WAS HONOURED WITH THE PARTICULAR INTIMACY OF THE LATE KING OF PRUSSIA TRANSLATED FROM HIS VALUABLE MANUSCRIPTS FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
Worcester: Thomas, Son & Thomas Sold by Them at the Worcester Bookstore March, March, 1797. 12mo. 228pp. Light age-toning and minor wear. Bound in full leather [rebacked]. Very Good FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 31748. NAIP w032044. More
PEKIN, YEDDO, SAN FRANCISCO. VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE PAR LE COMTE DE BEAUVOIR...OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE QUATRE CARTES ET DE QUINZE GRAVURES-PHOTOGRAPHIES PAR DESCHAMPS. CINQUIEME EDITION.
Paris: Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur Rue Garanciere, 1872. 10. 1872. 359, [1] pp. Frontisplate illustration of the Great Wall of China '28 mars 1867'. Four color maps, fifteen engravings. Original printed paper wrappers [light dustsoiling, edgeworn, spine split at pp. 182-183]. Untrimmed. Light wear, one hanging chip [loss of a few..... More
MANUSCRIPT LETTER ADDRESSED TO JAMES HOLFORD, ESQ., NEW YORK, DATED JAN. 29TH, 1847, STEAMER FEB. 4TH, FROM N. BERRY OF PARIS: YOUR FAVOR OF THE 5TH ULTO. REACHED ME EARLY THIS MONTH. I SHOULD HAVE REPLIED TO IT SOONER BUT THERE WAS LITTLE CHANCE OF ANY SAILING PACKET ARRIVING OUT AS SOON AS THIS STEAMER. I AM EXCEEDINGLY SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT THE INFERENCE YOU DREW FROM MY HAVING TWO ESTABLISHMENTS & C. "THAT I MUST HAVE CONSIDERABLE FUNDS" IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT CORRECT. WAS IT SO YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM ME LONG SINCE. IT IS A VERY NATURAL INFERENCE FOR YOU TO MAKE ACCUSTOMED TO DO BUSINESS WITH LARGE MEANS. AFTER MY TOTAL RUIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF 1837 AND 1839, I ENDEAVORED TO MAKE SOME BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS IN N. YORK BUT IT REQUIRED CAPITAL TO GIVE THE NECESSARY SECURITY TO PARTIES IN EUROPE WHO MIGHT GIVE ME THEIR BUSINESS & AS I COULD NOT OBTAIN THAT, I WAS FORCED TO RELINQUISH IT. CONSEQUENTLY THERE REMAINED NOTHING ELSE FOR ME TO UNDERTAKE BUT TO RETURN TO PARIS & ENDEAVOR TO RE-ESTABLISH A COMY. BUSINESS WHICH I DID WITHOUT A PENNY, IN FACT BORROWED MONEY TO PAY MY EXPENSES. I HAD BUT LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT BUT IT WAS MY ONLY RESOURCE TO GET A LIVING.| I AM HAPPY TO SAY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PAY MY EXPENSES DURING THE EIGHTEEN MONTHS I HAVE BEEN HERE... YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT, N. BERRY.
Paris: 1847. 8" x 10.5", manuscript. [4] pp, [2 leaves glued together at left margin apparently by author]. Second leaf is short letter addressed to Messrs. Holford C. of London, dated Paris, Jan. 30, 1847, which appears to ask that the attached letter be forwarded to James Holford. Some age..... More
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES: OR, THE OVERTHROW OF THE PAPAL TYRANNY IN FRANCE, THE PRELUDE OF DESTRUCTION TO POPERY AND DESPOTISM; BUT OF PEACE TO MANKIND...THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FROM THE SECOND EUROPEAN, TO WHICH LARGE ADDITIONS WERE MADE.
America: Printed at Providence (R. Island) by Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their Book and Stationary Store, 1794. [4], iii, [1 blank], 83, [1 blank] pp + A Synoptical Table of Prophetic Numbers [folded, as issued]. Stitched, lightly worn, contemporary plain wrappers separated from text block. Very Good. Contemporary..... More
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT AGREEMENT TO LEASE GALLOPS ISLAND IN BOSTON HARBOR TO THE FRENCH FLEET DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
[Boston: 1778]. Unsigned manuscript document, folded to 9-1/2" x 7-1/4". [2]pp plus integral blank. 25 lines. Old folds, light foxing, Very Good. "The Subscriber being informed that the Squadron of his most Christian Majesty now in the harbour of Boston require the use of an island in that harbour, which..... More
AN ORATION, SPOKEN AT HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, JULY 4TH, A.D. 1799.
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Scattered foxing and spotting. Early ownership signature at head of title. Good+. A Connecticut Federalist attacks the French Revolution and the "utter depravity" of its leaders, who would foment a slave revolt in the United States in..... More
REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, AND ON THE PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES IN LONDON, RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT. IN A LETTER INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMAN IN PARIS.
Philadelphia: D. Humphreys, for Young, Dobson, Carey, and Rice, 1792. 256pp. Lacking boards. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. "One of the most brilliant of polemics." PMM. Though a staunch supporter of the American Revolution, the slaughter and excesses of the French Revolution were more than Burke could stomach. This is..... More
A DIGEST OF THE NEW MILITIA LAW, WHICH RECEIVED THE ROYAL ASSENT, APR. 8. 1762.
London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan... 1762. 12mo. [2], 82pp. Two rubberstamps of the Inner Temple Library on blank portions of the title page, and one on the blank verso. Title leaf dusted, else a clean text bound into modern marbled boards. Good+. A scarce Digest, issued during..... More
SOUND AN ALARM: ABRIDGED. ADDRESSED TO THE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST; BY WAY OF APPENDIX TO "REFORM OR RUIN."
London: J. Wright: 1798. 16mo, contemporary plain wraps [moderately worn], stitched. 24pp, Good+. The French have "commenced the mad career in which they are engaged, with the settled design of destroying all Religion and all Governments in the world." NUC records two other issues, neither of them 'abridged.' Not in..... More
A TRUE AND MINUTE ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILLE.
Medford, (Massachusetts.): For William Hunt, 1800. 34, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers, untrimmed. Foxed, Good+. With the ownership signature, 'S. Treadwell,' at top of title page. Calet explains that he is "a French Protestant, Who had been a Prisoner, there upwards of Twenty Years, and in..... More
THE ANTI-GALLICAN SENTINEL. DEDICATED TO ALL NATIONS. TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH, BY A GENTLEMAN OF THIS CITY.
New York: Ezra Sergeant, 1809. 71, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, Near Fine. [offered with] THE ANTI-GALLICAN SENTINEL, SECOND PART. Philadelphia: Fry and Kammerer. 1810. 48pp, disbound, minor scattered foxing. Very Good. These are the first American editions of Capmany's widely circulated attack on Napoleon, written "to awaken the..... More
LES PETITS VOYAGEURS EN CALIFORNIE.
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, 1853. [1-half title], [1], [1 blank], [frontis], 188 pp. Chromolithographic frontispiece and 7 chromolithographic plates with tissue guards. Original pictorial paper covered boards in color and gilt [minor wear], all edges gilt. Front board illustration of a large sailing boat at sea, with a smaller..... More
REMARKS ON THE ASSERTIONS OF THE AUTHOR OF THE MEMOIRS OF JACOBINISM RESPECTING THE CHARACTER OF EMANUEL SWEDENBORG AND THE TENDENCY OF HIS WRITINGS.
Philadelphia: Printed for John Ormrod, No. 41, Chestnut Street, 1800. 37, [3 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly toned and worn. Good+. Clowes defends Swedenborg against the "attack" of the Abbe Barruel, whose Memoirs of Jacobinism subjected "an innocent and useful character" to "misrepresentation and unjust reproach." The British Museum Catalogue identifies..... More
PORCUPINE'S POLITICAL CENSOR, FOR NOVEMBER 1796. CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE INSOLENT AND SEDITIOUS NOTES, COMMUNICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE LATE FRENCH MINISTER ADET.
Philadelphia: Printed for, and sold by, William Cobbett. Nov. 1796. 78 pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Cobbett's blistering attack on the "Gallic usurpers" and especially Minister Adet, with a strong defense of President Washington and his stewardship of foreign policy. Adet, egged on by the Francophiles in Washington's administration..... More
OBSERVATIONS ON THE EMIGRATION OF DR. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, AND ON THE SEVERAL ADDRESSES DELIVERED TO HIM, ON HIS ARRIVAL AT NEW-YORK.
Philadelphia: Bradford, 1796. 64pp, disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. Cobbett pillories the Francophile Priestley in this piece, first printed in 1794, a "bitter attack on Priestley because he was representing himself as a victim of English persecution. Priestley's home, manuscripts, and apparatus had been burnt by a mob in Birmingham..... More
PORCUPINE'S POLITICAL CENSOR, FOR SEPT. 1796. CONTAINING, THE LIFE OF TOM PAINE, INTERSPERSED WITH REMARKS AND REFLECTIONS...
Philadelphia: Published by William Cobbett, [1796]. [2], [251]-327, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, light foxing. Very Good. "It is not clear whether this edition was ever issued separately." NAIP. It was, like several other of Porcupine's Censors, also issued as part of Cobbett's 'Porcupine's Works.' This printing is a variant..... More
NOS HOMMES ET NOTRE HISTOIRE. NOTICES BIOGRAPHIQUES ACCOMPAGNEES DE REFLEXIONS ET DE SOUVENIRS PERSONNELS. HOMMAGE A LA POPULATION CREOLE, EN SOUVENIR DES GRANDS HOMMES QU'ELLE A PRODUITS ET DES BONNES CHOSES QU'ELLE A ACCOMPLIES PAR R. - L. DESDUNES.
Montreal: Arbour & Dupont, 1911. 196pp plus eight portraits [including frontis portrait]. Original printed wrappers [darkened at the spine, lightly spotted at the corners]. Very Good. This rare, landmark book is a history of and tribute to New Orleans Free Negroes, "the first such book written in French by a...... More
MANUSCRIPT LETTER PURPORTING TO BE WRITTEN AND SIGNED, BY S. DILLINGHAM, CAPE FRANCOIS, HAITI, JULY 12, 1797, TO MESSRS. IMLAY & TUTHILL, MERCHANTS, PHILADELPHIA: "GENTLEMEN| THE 5TH INST. I WAS TAKEN BY A FRENCH PRIVATEER AND CONDUCTED TO JEAN REBEL [sic]. MYSELF AND PAPERS SENT TO THIS PLACE. I HAVE THIS DAY BY THE ASSISTANCE OF MR. DODGE GOT MY CLEARANCE, WITH PERMISSION TO PROCEED TO GONAIVES. I HAVE WRITEN [sic] MORE FULL BY ANOTHER CONVEYANCE. FOR YOUR FURTHER INFORMATION I ENCLOSE MR. STILES LETTER. AMERICAN PRODUCE HERE IS LOW AND THAT OF THE ISLAND HIGH. AT GONAIVES QUITE THE REVERSE. THERE ARE MANY OF OUR COUNTRYMEN IN MY SITUATION AND SOME WORSE UPWARD OF THIRTY AMERICAN VESSELS NOW IN THE MOLE [sic] UNDER ADJUDICATION."
6.5" x 8.5". [4] pp, folded, untrimmed. Letter is written on rectos only; page [4] with address, wax seal remnant, and docketing information. Folded for mailing. Light browning, Very Good. We are unfamiliar with S. Dillingham's handwriting and thus do not warrant that the letter bears his actual signature or..... More
LETTRES EDIFIANTES ET CURIEUSES ECRITES DES MISSIONS ETRANGERES PAR QUELQUES MISSIONARIES DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JESUS, XX. RECUEILL.
A Paris: Chez Nicolas le Clerc, 1731. xlviii, 449, [17] pp. Original sheep [rubbed, front joint cracked but holding], spine decorated with gilt and raised spine bands, gilt lettered red spine label. Marbled endpapers and edges. Minor age toning, minimal foxing. Very Good. Volume XX of this set. The 1730..... More
A SERMON PREACHED OCTOBER 25TH. 1759. BEING A DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING APPOINTED BY AUTHORITY, FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE BRITISH ARMS THIS YEAR; ESPECIALLY IN THE REDUCTION OF QUEBEC, THE CAPITAL OF CANADA.
Boston: Printed by Daniel and John Kneeland, for J. Winter, 1759. 43, [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title and disbound. Else a clean text. Good+. Eliot traces the aggressions of "the papal yoke" from at least 1588, with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. "This open attempt being unsuccessful..... More
JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, BEGINNING ANNO TRICESIMO GEORGII SECUNDI, 1756. VOL. XXIX.
[London: 1777]. Large folio, unbound and untrimmed. 708, [1 errata], [1 blank] pp, as issued. Occasional light toning, else Near Fine. ESTC explains that the Journal, whose entries end on 18 September 1760, was not printed until 1777. Entries appear on a variety of topics, some concerning the French and..... More