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New York: Published by Samuel Whiting & Co., 1811. 12mo.  165 x 105 mm., [6 ½ x 4 inches].  46 pp.  Disbound.  Tidemarks on preliminary leaves, otherwise a good copy. Dissenter's sermon on the depravity of mankind and the way to salvation through contrition and the subjugation of the self. Shaw & Shoemaker, American Bibliography, 22777.

Boston: F. Minot, 1834. 12mo. 140 x 100 mm. (5 3/4 x 4 inches). [6], 31 pp. Contemporary binding of marbled paper over boards with red leather spine. Corners rubbed. Front hinge completely separated and back hinge very loose. Spine cracked. Instructions for a memory game to help children learn the names of people in the Bible. Correct answers garner "counters" or points and those points transfer into sugar plums. This small volume is dedicated to Mrs. Eliza Farrar with "sentiments of affection and respect." Farrar (1791-1870) spent most of her adult life in Boston and wrote books for children, her most popular work being a book of advice The Young Lady's Friend published in 1836. It's possible this anonymously published scripture game was written by Farrar's friend Eliza Follen. Follen, a noted abolitionist, came from a prominent Boston family and also wrote for children, taking a particular interest in religious instruction. Among her other work, she edited a Sunday School publication titled the… Read More

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1973. 8vo.  200 x 130 mm., [7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches].  638 pp.  Original brown publisher's cloth, head and tail of spine frayed, cloth boards a bit faded and marked. First edition.  Dedicated "To all who are opposed to the aristocratic privilege of the Old Feudal Dynasties, and who are in favor of equal rights for all."  History of Italy in 33 chapters beginning with the founding of Rome and ending with the unification of the country in 1860.  Chapters 27 - 33 bring the history to modern age and provide a very detailed account of impact of the French Revolution on the cities of Italy and the gradual emancipation from French, Spanish and Austrian control as the 19th century progressed. John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805-1877), was historian and pedagogical writer who studied at Bowdoin College during the time of Longfellow, and received a degree from Andover Theological Seminary in 1830.  "He was a voluminous writer of books on Christian ethics, and of histories,… Read More

New York: Andersen Auction Company, 1904. Together two pamphlets.  8vo. 230 x 155 mm., [9 x 6 inches].  33 pp.; 37 pp.  Original toned printed wrappers; some light soiling to wrappers, corners chipped, otherwise good copies.  These copy with a presentation bookplate inside the back wrapper pasted-in by the New England Historic Genealogical Society citing the catalogue as a gift from Anderson Auction Galleries; with numerous ownership stamps in blind of the NEHGS. With a printed Bid Sheets and envelope.  Together 750 lots devoted to President Lincoln, early life, political campaigns, presidency and administration, and the Confederacy. A special section is devoted to Lincoln and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.  Many lots of printed ephemera and pamphlets.   (833).

(Philadelphia), 1847. Folio boardside. 520 x 370 mm. (20 1/2 xs 14 1/2 inches). Printed in three columns. Image of the American eagle at the top margin, a woodcut portrait of George Washington as part of the title, text within a thick decorative typographical border. Matted. Attractive Carrier's Address, printed to commemorate the end of the Mexican American War and proclaim the preservation of American values of freedom, liberty, and might. "And sing the praise of Fredom long/This Western World, on California's Coast,/Has heard our Eagle scream, and seen his host;/On Monteray our banners freely wav,/While Palo Alto numbers many a grave,/Of thos ho follwed Taylor to the fight,/Determined to uphold our country's right./ Glance o'er that bolody strif -- brave me and true,/ Have fallen in the conflict, from our view;/ Yet, there we see the Stars and Stripes remain,/ In beuaty floating, o'er the battle-slain. .

New York: T. Noakes, 1920. 4to.  265 x 340 mm., [10 ½ x 13 ¼ inches].  Color lithograph highlighted with red watercolor.  Printed on card stock; tear to center repaired with tape, without loss; edges bumped, with piece missing from lower edge.  Striking image of an Eagle and Shield.

Philadelphia: T. M. Scroggy, Publisher No. 443 Vine Street, 1853. Broadside.  8vo.  210 x 155 mm., [8 x 6 inches].  Lyrics only printed in five stanzas with chorus, enclosed within a decorative printed border.  Small stain to upper right corner, corners with slight folds, otherwise an excellent copy. Rare song sheet written in Negro dialect, telling the story a young man and his true love Nell and his all the girls he met on his way to Charleston.  Lyrics by S. W. Auner who was the author of the song "My Country 'Tis of Thee" first printed in 1861. I'm off to Charleston was published in a number of editions in the 1850's, apparently the first was in 1853, printed in Philadelphia by Eckel and Johnson.  This issue published by T. M. Scroggy appeared between 1853 and 1858.  A number of editions also appeared in New York.  All editions are rare. OCLC cites copies of the 1853 edition at New York Historical Society and our copy printed by T. M. Scroggy only at AAS.  No copy was located at… Read More

Paris: chez Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1775. 8vo.  195 x 120 mm., [7 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches].  iv, 500 pp.  Illustrated with 6 folding plates with numerous diagrams.  Bound in contemporary mottled calf, lightly rubbed at the edges.  A sound and attractive copy. First in French, originally published in Milan in 1748 in two quarto volumes under the title Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana,.  It is considered the first book on differential and integral calculus written by either a man or a woman and its publication brought Agnesi international recognition.  Although the title suggests that the book was written for the "use of Italian youth" it was a highly sophisticated and detailed presentation including algebraic equations, and thermos of finite and infinitesimal quantities.  The six plates illustrate her ideas.  This French edition was translated by P. T. d'Antelmy, with additions by Charles Bossut.  It was followed in England in 1801, translated by John Colson, the Lucansian… Read More

Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Edmund Y. Schelly, 1838. 12mo., 180 x 105 mm., [7 x 4 ¼ inches]. 103 pp. One woodcut illustration of a "silk reel" in the text. Publisher's leather spine over printed boards, cut of the silk reel printed on rear cover. Paper stock toned with age, showing some tide marks otherwise a very good copy. First German language edition of this standard work on growing silk and mulberries originally published in Boston in 1835. The business of growing mulberries was one of the boom crops in American agriculture during the 1830s and Pennsylvania was one of the centers for its cultivation. "In the mid-1830s a new species of mulberry tree was introduced into America that purportedly grew much faster and could feed significantly more silkworms than the native species. This gave rise to a brief silk craze, with increased, widespread attempts at domestic silk cultivation and much financial speculation in the industry." For an interesting insight… Read More

(Philadelphia), 1828. Oblong folio. 258 x 380 mm. (10 x 15 inches). Etching decorated with blue, green, brown and red watercolor, and a yellow border. Small tear to upper right corner minor discoloration, otherwise in very good condition. Born in South Carolina, James Akin (1773-1846) migrated north to Philadelphia in the mid-1790'S and immediately began producing images and cartoons in a satirical style. He moved to Newburyport, MA for a couple of years but returned to Philadelphia where he spent the remainder of his career. He was skilled in the arts of fine line engraving, relief cutting, and lithography and when business was slow, he acted as an apothecary, print seller, and restauranteur. He was straight out of the school of James Gillray but his wit and his skills as a printmaker distinguished him from many of his contemporaries who were satisfied to simply copy the work of the English master. "Whether in his fine line engraving or in his etched or lithographic cartoons and caricatures,… Read More

Venizia: Marchio Sessa, 1534. Small 8vo.  155 x 95 mm., [6 x 3 ¾ inches].  27 ff.  Illustrated with a playful woodcut border enclosing the title, an engraved initial letter, and Marchio Sessa's printer's mark.  Bound in full green levant morocco signed Lortic, decorated with blind fillets on each board and gilt floral tools at the corners, enclosing a gilt decorative floral pattern in the center of the boards; internal dentelle, gilt edges, spine with bands with title engraved in gold with microscopic characters An elegant edition of the Manuale d'Amore (Love Handbook) written by Leon Battista Alberti, which discusses how Renaissance women are loved and feared by the men in their lives and households.  Originally published as two works in Padua in 1471 under the common titles of Hecatomphia and Deiphira, Alberti first proposes a dialogue of an experienced woman speaking to young female listeners and teaching them how to gain and preserve a lover's affection.  In Deiphira Alberti reverses… Read More

Small 8vo. 155 x 95 mm., [6 x 3 ¾ inches]. 27 ff. Illustrated with a playful woodcut border enclosing the title, an engraved initial letter, and Marchio Sessa's printer's mark. Bound in full green levant morocco signed Lortic, decorated with blind fillets on each board and gilt floral tools at the corners, enclosing a gilt decorative floral pattern in the center of the boards; internal dentelle, gilt edges, spine with bands with title engraved in gold with microscopic characters
An Elegant edition of the Manuale d'Amore (Love Handbook) written by Leon Battista Alberti, which discusses how Renaissance women are loved and feared by the men in their lives and households. Originally published as two works in Padua in 1471 under the common titles of Hecatomphia and Deiphira, Alberti first proposes a dialogue of an experienced woman speaking to young female listeners and teaching them how to gain and preserve a lover's affection. In Deiphira Alberti reverses course and creates a dialogue between a… Read More

Boston: C. F. Libbie & Co., 1905. 8vo.  240 x 155 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches].  123 pp.  Original printed wrappers; some soiling and discoloration of the wrappers, spine a bit chipped, yet sound.  This copy with a presentation bookplate inside the back wrapper pasted-in by the New England Historic Genealogical Society citing the catalogue as a gift from Libbie & Co.; with numerous ownership stamps in blind of the NEHGS. With a printed 'Notice' about the rules of the sale and an envelope for bids.  Fine collection of first editions 1,320 lots of American authors including presentation copies of Emerson, Holmes, Parsons, Leland, and 249 lots of autograph letters, manuscripts and ephemera by notable English and American authors, including Dickens, Hawthorne, Thoreau and Whitman.  Wiliam Rouseville Alger (1822-1905) was a was a Unitarian minister and author whose writings were important to the development of comparative religious studies. His major works included The Poetry of the East (1856)… Read More

London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. 8vo. 185 x 135 mm. (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). 58, [1] pp., plus 5 pp. ads. Illustrated with nine plates include four aquatints. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, gilt title on upper board, title in blind on lower board; binding faded, some wear to the spine. Gift presentation dated 1849. First edition. Manual of etching by one of England's most important 19th century engravers, whose contribution to sporting illustration and recreational images made an important contribution to early Victorian publishing. Alken's manual includes a glossary of various methods of etching, tools used in the process and a step by step guide to the practice of art form. He illustrated his work with nine examples that show different processes and their outcomes. Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 4. Hind, A Short History of Engraving and Etching, pp. 237, 397.

New York: Charles Scrimber's Son, 1892. 8vo.  245 x 180 mm., [9 ½ inches x 7 inches].  xvii, 435 pp.  Illustrated with 18 plates.  Original publisher's cloth, medallion on upper cover, and title and author gilt on spine.  Binding a bit soiled and lightly faded, but sound and attractive.  Bookplate of Sturgis Library on front pastedown and library stamp in margins of the title-page and plates. First edition.  Standard work on the life and paintings of Washington Allston, one of America's first important artists to study on the Continent and apply the taste and techniques to the American landscape and portraiture. "He accompanied [John] Vanderlyn to France, reveling there in the art treasures Napoleon had accumulated from all Europe, and developed the richness of color that came to characterize many of his paintings." Jared Bradley Flagg was the nephew of Allston who studied under the master along with his brother George W.  He was a noted portrait painter and was elected into the National… Read More

Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1844. 8vo.  213 x 140 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. 8pp.  Original printed wrappers, removed from a pamphlet volume, wanting the rear wrapper.  Rare exhibition pamphlet that opens with the 29 verses from Chapter V of the Book of Daniel which begins, "Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand."  This is followed by detailed description of Allston's painting, with emphasis on the composition structure and color of the work.  The painting is presently in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Art. OCLC cites one copy of the pamphlet in the microfilm collections of the New York Public Library. (668).

Paris: Hachette, 1956. Thick 12mo.  155 x 100 mm., [6 1/4 x 4 inches].  civ, 723 pp.  Illustrated with 8 large folding maps in the text and 95 city maps and a map of country bound at the end of the volume.  Original blue cloth in very good condition, dust jacket, with chips a the corners and head and tail of spine, back wrapper scrapped.  This copy with the signature of "Kenneth Love/Florence/April 1959" on the front free endpaper. With faults a good to very good copy. First edition of the Hachette guide to Italy.  Includes historical and practical information for the contemporary traveler, including information on rail travel, banking, the economic condition of Italy post-War, and a geographical guide to the country.   Each city and town is described, highlighting the cultural points of interest as well as information on hotels, restaurants and transportation. Very well illustrated with maps of over one hundred towns and cities in Italy. .

Hartford: Printed by E. Gleason; (and) Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1856. 8vo.  235 x 155 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches].  4 pp. each pamphlet.  Folded as issued. Together two separate issues of one of the earliest American painting catalogues published in America.  The catalogue lists 139 paintings by such Old Master luminaries at Rubens, Titan, Veronese, and Vernet, and American Masters Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole, and. S. F. B. Morse.  Also included are sculptures by Canova and C. B Ives.  The collection is a mixture of European masters and American artists, including many portraits, mostly of the Wadsworth family, views of Ancient Rome, historical paintings representing American independence and American and European landscapes.  The Wadsworth Museum is one of Americas most important cultural institutions.  It was founded in 1842 and was one of the first institutions to purchase and import European art into the United States.  In addition to paintings, the Gallery hosted the Hartford… Read More

New York: Printed by R. & G.S. Wood, 1830. 8vo.  210 x 125 mm. [8 x 5 ¼ inches]. 54 pp.  Removed from pamphlet volume; paper stock lightly toned at margins; newspaper article from the Evening Star dated 1834 is pasted to final blank.  With faults a good copy. First edition.  Well documented exhibition catalogue containing paintings, mostly by 17th and 18th painters, with some examples from contemporary painters working in the classical style.  The descriptions are detailed in a manner that distinguishes this publication from others of the period, as it contains both biographical information on the artist was well as a critique of the style, composition and color of the work of art. This is an early example of America's entry into the international art market and the beginnings of the establishment of an "American taste" for paintings and objects of art. (670).

New York: Printed for the Association, 1844. 8vo.  218 x 130 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches]. 38 pp. Wood engraved frontispiece, (detached, with piece missing from caption). Pamphlet removed from binding; text foxed.  Issued annually from 1839 to 1943, this being the final issue of the association.  The wood engraved image is of etching by F. W. Edmonds and depicts a setting of a happy couple before a fire.  The text of the pamphlet includes an annual report, the results of a lottery of 51 works of including artwork by Thomas Cole, John Audubon, J. G. Chapman and A. B. Durand.   Not in Imprints and only the copy at AAS is cited in OCLC.  (678).