New York, 1959. Manuscript Patent Drawing. Oblong 4to. 260 x 385 mm. (10 x 15 inches). Text in brown ink and four drawing in black ink. On coated paper. Small tear to lower margin, some minor discoloration to the paper, otherwise very good.Patent number 24.375, signed by Clough and Burrell and witnessed by A. Sidney Drane and I. Townsend Cannon. Received by Arthur L. McIntire of Director of the Patent Office. The patent record located online dates the application and drawing to June 14, 1859. It reads in part that Isaac Clough and Samuel Burrell, "have invented a new and Improved Fly and Mosquito Trap and hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. . ." The record goes on to describe all the components of the drawings, how the 'trap' is constructed and operated, and some information about a competing trap patented by T. Gilbert and T. M. Scott.Attractive drawing showing how the flies or mosquitoes enter the cylinder trap and not allowed to escape. Wonderful exhibition item reinforcing the idea of 'Yankee Ingenuity". A copy of the patent application is supplied. (338).

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Bookseller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 338
Title: Fly and Musquito [sic] Trap
Author: Isaac S. Clough & Samuel R. Burrell
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1959
Keywords: bib-week-vbf, BIB-WEEK-VBF

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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.

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