Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
1 October - 15 October 2020 • New York
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1 Abolition. Four documents from the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
2 Adams, John. A letter in which Adams discusses strengthening the Army for the Quasi-War with France
3 Akin, James. Rare American political caricature from the famous 1828 race
4 [Album Amicorum]. A collection of original drawings and watercolors, including one by Margaret Meen
5 [American Revolution]. Continental Army enlistment broadside
6 American Sammelband. Including a scarce pamphlet on the Alexander Hamilton-John Adams controversy
7 American Sermon Sammelband. Two volumes, 19th century
8 [Aviculture] — Greene, William Thomas. Exotic parrots in superb condition
9 Andrade, Antonio de. A rare printing of the first authoritative account of a European traveler’s visit to Tibet
10 Arnold, Benedict. A scarce artillery muster roll, signed by the infamous traitor
11 Arrowsmith, Aaron. Arrowsmith's first map and a major cartographic rarity
12 Arrowsmith, Aaron. The first edition of Arrowsmith's sweeping survey of the Caribbean
13 Barton, William Paul Crillon. A rare uncolored issue of an important American flora, richly illustrated
14 Benson, Frank W., and Adam E. M. Paff. One of 275 numbered copies, with the signed frontispiece etching by Benson
15 Bentham, George, and Henry Fletcher Hance. The first comprehensive flora on China and Hong Kong
16 Berquen, Robert de. First edition a rare work on precious stones and pearls found in the East and West Indies, including a section on pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf
17 Bible in English. First edition of the richly illustrated "Vinegar Bible"
18 Bill Of Rights. An early printing, executed by the printer of the Declaration of Independence
19 Blaeu, Willem, and Jan Blaeu. An early edition of the "greatest and finest atlas ever published"
20 Blaeu, Willem, and Jan Blaeu. An unrecorded variant edition of Blaeu's atlas of England and Wales
21 Bode, Wilhelm. One of 200 numbered copies—an important illustrated monograph on Italian majolica
22 Bodmer, Karl, and Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied. Travels in the Interior of North America... A very fine set of the greatest illustrated American travel narrative and the most important depiction of American Indians in the frontier era: the rare English edition, with all 81 plates issued “superbly colored” and on large paper
23 Boydell, John and Josiah. Early issue of Boydell's work on the rivers of Great Britain
24 [Brazil] — Joseph Léon Righini. Lithographs from Righini's Panorama do Pará em Doze Vistas, depicting scenes in Belém and around the large north Brazilian state
25 Brehm, Christian Ludwig. First edition of a "classic treatise on mid-European avifauna"
26 [Buenos Aires Imprints]. An extraordinary archive of Buenos Aires imprints, 1807-1809
27 Burch, John. Manuscript indenture, granting Noddle's Island to John Burch of Barbados, 1656
28 Burr, David H. An important work from one of the great early American cartographers
29 Burr, David H. City of New York. Burr's map with compelling contemporary annotations
30 Caddy, Lieut. John Herbert. Among the most desirable 19th century views of the West Indian landscape
31 [Canada]. Sammelband of American sermons with Canadian themes, 18th c.
32 Carey, Mathew. An apparently unrecorded variant of Carey's General Atlas
33 [Catesby, Mark] — Johann Michael Seligmann. The only continental edition of one of the most important maps of the region
34 Champlain, Samuel de. A primary work encouraging the colonization of New France, with the rare map of New York
35 Chastellux, Francois Jean, Marquis de. First English edition, first issue of Travels in North-America
36 [Cheloniidae Press]—Alan James Robinson. A Fowl Alphabet. One of five copies—artist's proof numbered "A/2"—accompanied by a small archive of related material
37 Churchill, Winston. Silver gelatin print, signed by Churchill on the mount
38 Cieza De León, Pedro de. The primary account of the history of Peru before the conquest
39 Claude Gellée, dit le Lorrain, and Richard Earlom (engraver). Liber Veritatis... The first complete edition
40 Clinton, James. An entreaty to Native American tribes in advance of the Sullivan Expedition
41 Colt, Samuel. First edition of a privately printed biography of Samuel Colt
42 Colton, J. H. Map of Illinois, with an inset of the Vicinity of Chicago
43 Continental Congress. A complete set of the foundational documents of the American Republic
44 Cozzens, F. S. A magnificent pictorial record of the golden age of yacht racing in America
45 Cradock, Marmaduke. A set of ornithological prints, depicting at least 16 different species of birds
46 De Witt, Simeon. Unique copy of De Witt's important 1804 map of New York, with county divisions updated to 1812
47 Des Barres, J.F.W. The very rare Des Barres chart of Yorktown
48 Dickens, Charles. A handsomely bound set of the Christmas Books