145 Confederate States Almanac for the Year of Our Lord, 1864. 12mo, paper. Mobile, Ala., 1864 146 Congress. Acts passed at the First Session of the Second Congress, 1791, and Acts passed at Third Congress of the United States, 1793. 147 148 149 150 151 152 2 vols. 8vo (1 vol. boards, uncut and 1 vol. sheep.) Phila., 1794-95 Connecticut Claim. An Examination of the Connecticut Claim to Lands in Pennsylvania, with an Appendix, containing Extracts, and Copies of Original Papers. With the folding Мар. 8vo, half morocco, rubbed. Philadelphia, 1774 Very rare. One of the earliest pamphlets on this remarkable Claim of Connecticut. Connecticut Claim. Part I, Jurisdiction and State's Rights of Soil. Folio Broadside. Printed by Wm. Hamilton, n. p., n. d. This Broadside, which is the rarest printed on Connecticut's Claim to Land in Pennsylvania, was published about 1790. It is the second copy I have ever seen. Continental Congress. Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774, containing The Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an Address to the People of Great-Britain, and a Memorial to the Inhabitants of the British American Colonies. Published by order of the Congress. 8vo, half morocco, gilt, top edges gilt, uncut. Fine copy. Scarce. Wm. and Thos. Bradford, Philadelphia, 1774 Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of North America. A collection of the. Reprinted from the Philadelphia Edition, with a rare poem on "The Constitution." 12mo, calf. Glasgow, 1783 Cope, Sir Wm. H. The History of the Rifle Brigade. (The Prince Consort's Own.) Formerly the 95th. With Maps and Plans. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1877 Cox, Rev. Thos. Magna Britannia, or Topographical, Historical, Ecclesiastical, and National History of Herefordshire. 4to, half roan. Savoy, 1720 153 Coxe, Tench. A View of the United States of America, in a series of papers written at various times between the Years 1787 and 1794. 155 156 157 158 159 Cullen, Wm. A Treatise of the Materia Medicæ. Colored plates. Vol. 1, 4to, calf. Edinburgh, 1789 Cushman, Rev. David Q. The History of Ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle, including Early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and. other contiguous places, from the Earliest Discovery to the Present Time. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. Bath, 1882 Cussans, Jno. E. The Handbook of Heraldry, with Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient MSS.; also, Rules for The Appointment of Liveries, etc. Illustrated. 12mo, half morocco, gilt, top edges gilt. London, 1869 Dartmoor Prison. Scenery of the River Dart, 35 Views drawn and engraved by E. C. Lewis (including an etching of the famous prison and four extra plates) nearly all printed in Sepia. Folio, half morocco. London, 1821 Davis, Wm. T. The New England States, Their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional and Industrial History. Illustrated. 4 vols. 4to, buckram, uncut. One of a few uncut copies. Boston, 1897 160 Day, Sherman. Historical Recollections of the State of Pennsylvania, containing a copious selection of the most interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc., relating to History and Antiquities With 165 Engravings. 161 162 8vo, half morocco, gilt, top edges gilt. Philadelphia, 1843 Decorating Pottery. Designs and Instructions for. 12mo, paper. Boston, n. d. Dickeson, Montroville W. The American Numismatic Manual of the Currency or Money of the Aborigines, and Colonial States, and United States Coins. With Historical and Descriptive Notices of each Coin or Series. With 20 plates of fac-similes in gold and silver. 4to, cloth, broken. Philadelphia, 1860 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 (Dickinson, Jno.) An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great Britain over the Colonies in America. With the Resolves of the Committee for the Province of Pennsylvania, and their Instructions to their Representatives in Assembly. 8vo, half morocco, gilt, top edges gilt. Wm. and Thos. Bradford, Philadelphia, 1774 Dorr, Rev. Benj. A Historical Account of Christ Church, Philadelphia, from its Foundation, A. D. 1695, to A. D. 1841, and St. Peter's and St. James's until the Separation. Illustrated. 12mo, half morocco, gilt, top edges gilt. New York, 1841 Dorr, Benj. A Memoir of John Fanning Watson, The Annalist of Philadelphia and New York. Portrait. 8vo, half morocco, gilt. Philadelphia, 1861 Drinker, Elizabeth. Extracts from the Journal of, from 1759 to 1807. Edited by Henry D. Biddle. 8vo, cloth, top edges gilt, uncut. Philadelphia, 1889 This gives much interesting information relating to the Revolution, including data relative to the Capture of Philadelphia by the British. (Duche, Rev. Jacob.) Observations on a Variety of Sub jects, Literary, Morals and Religious. Written by a Gentleman of Foreign Extraction, who resided some time in Philadelphia. 12mo, sheep. Philadelphia, 1774 (Doughty.) Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. Portraits and 48 finely colored lithographs of birds, animals, etc., by early American lithographers. 2 vols. 4to, half calf. Philadelphia, 1830 FROM JAMES WILSON, THE SIGNERS' LIBRARY. Early Printing. Callimachi Cyrenaei hymni,cum scholijs nunc primum aeditis, Sententiae exdiuersis poetis oratoribusqz ae philosophis collectae, non ante excusae. Small 4to, vellum. Froben Baseleae, 1532 From the Library of James Wilson, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence, with his signature on fly-leaf, date 1766, and Manuscript notes on the reverse of fly-leaf. The Book is a scarce and fine specimen of Froben's printing. 170 East and West-Jersey. A | Concise View | of the | Controversy between the | Proprietors of | East and West-Jersey; | Being | An Explanation of the Bill presented by the Western Proprietors to the Legislature of New- | Jersey; published with a Design to remove the Misre- | presentations contained as well in a Pamphlet, entitled "The Petitions and Memorials of the Proprietors of | East and West-Jersey to the Legislature of New Jersey," as in certain Petitions, which were unfairly dispersed among the Inhabitants, a short Time before the Hearing appointed by the Assembly in November | 1784 | Philadelphia: Printed by Hall & Sellers, 1785. | 12mo, uncut. One of the rarest tracts on the Controversy between East and West Jersey in reference to their Boundary Lines. 171 Eaton, Cyrus. History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston, Maine. From their First Exploration, A. D. 1605, with Family Genealogies. 172 173 174 2 vols. 12mo, half roan. Scarce. Of much value to the Genealogist. Hallowell, 1865 Edda, Saemundar Hinns Froda. The Edda of Saemund, the Learned, from the Old Norse or Icelandic, with a Mythological Index. Both parts. 12mo, half morocco, broken. London, 1866 Ephrata Martyr Book. Van Braght, T. J. V. Der Blutige Folio, contemporary calf, oak boards, brass ornamentation and clasps. This is the most important literary production of Colonial America. It is a work of the Mennonites, and gives a history of Christians from the time of Christ, and extended to the time of the death of the author, T. J. V. Van Braght, a Mennonite Theologian who died in 1664. It is printed on 1550 folio pages, a stupendous undertaking for a little interior Pennsylvania colonial community. Fine copy. Ephrata Imprint, 1754. Scripture-Instruction, | Digested into several Sections. | By Way of Question and Answer, In order to promote | Piety and Virtue and discourage Vice and Immorality. | With a preface relating to | Education By John Freame. (Three lines quotation from Scripture.) 175 176 177 178 179 180 London: Printed, 1713. Reprinted at Ephrata in Pennsylvania 1754. Price 1 Shilling. 16mo, half calf, gilt. Very rare, one of the scarcest of Ephrata publications. in the Pennypacker Collection. Not On the title is inscribed "Mary Coates, her Book Given her by Isaac Zane, the 9 mo., 5th, 1754." Ephrata Imprint, 1763. Eine | kurtze vorstellung des theils von Africa, Welches bewohnt wird von Negroes, etc. Ephrata, Drucks der Societat auf kosten et- licher freunden Anno Domini M.DCC.LXIII. | 8vo, half calf. Ephrata Imprint, 1764. Von der | Historia | Des | Appostolischen Kampffs, | Zehen Bücher | Wie sie der Abdias anfanglich in Hebräischer | Sprache beschrieben, Eutropius aber ins Griechische, und Julius Africanus ins Lateinische übersetzt haben Vormals in Amsterdam; nun aber in Ephrata ge- | druckt durch die Brüderschafft, auf Kosten der Brüder in Canegotshiken, im Jahr 1764. | 8vo, half calf, broken. Ephrata Imprint, 1792. Christliche Bibliothek, | Enthält dasjenige was allen Pilgern auf der Reise | nach der verlornen Herrlichkeit zu | wissen nöthig ist, | Herausgegeben, durch deinen | Getreuen Aufrichtigen Mitbruder. | Ephrata, | Gedruckt im Jahr M.DCC.XCII. 8vo, half morocco. Evans, Oliver. The Young Mill-Wright and Millers' Guide. Illustrated with 25 plates. 8vo, sheep. Scarce. Philadelphia, 1795 Facetiae. Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia. Written by a Celebrated Author of that Country. Now Translated into English. The Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, calf, broken. London, 1716 Written by a Mr. Manley. It is a rather free satire on English Society. Scarce. Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, Compiled from the best Authorities by James Fairbairn and Revised by Lawrence Butters. 2 vols. 8vo, half morocco, gilt, top edges gilt. Edinburgh, n. d. |