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NATIVE
AMERICANA
Did LONGFELLOW Wish to
Write Lyrically in Micmac? 
(An
Evocative Set apart from Its Provenance). Catholic Church.
Liturgy & ritual. Micmac. Buch das gut, enthaltend
den Gesang.... Wien, Oesterreich: Kaiserliche wie auch königliche Buchdruckerei,
1866. 12mo (17.5 cm; 7"). Frontis., 209, [1] pp., 1 plt. [with] Catholic
Church. Catechism. Buch das gut, enthaltend den Katechismus,
Betrachtung.... Wien, Oesterreich: Kaiserliche wie auch königliche Buchdruckerei,
1866. 12mo (17.5 cm; 7"). Frontis., 146 pp., plt., [1] f., pp. [5]–109,
[3] pp. 
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Offered here is the complete set of three works. The trio was issued in two versions: 1) with all three works bound together and the Betrachtung full-paginated to p. 111, and 2) as here, in two volumes, the Gesangbuch separately and the Katechismus and Betrachtung together with the latter work having the final three leaves unpaginated. (See Pilling, Algonquian, on this matter of the multiple methods of issue).
This is the first edition of the issue/state of the texts in two volumes.
The highly developed system of characters used in these books was invented by Fr. Chrestien Le Clercq (b. 1641) and was used beginning in the late 17th century by the Micmac for both religious and nonreligious texts, written on birch bark. In this production, the Micmac characters are printed on blue-green paper.
Provenance: Owned by H.W. Longfellow with “Micmac Language” in his hand on the recto of the frontispiece of the Gesangbuch and “Micmac Language New Brunswick” in his hand on the recto of the frontispiece of the other volume.
• Pilling, Algonquian, 275; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 2058 & 2059. The set not Evans, Masinahikan; not in Banks (rev. ed.), Books in Native Languages; not in Newberry Library, Ayer Indians. Each volume bound in black oilcloth wallet-style with a natural cloth tie; some adhesion of old paper to the exteriors of the bindings. Internally very attractive clean, and with a
wonderful provenance. (29261)
This entry is repeated in the
First Quechua Dictionary Printed inthe New Worldthe Press of Antonio Ricardo [Barcena, Alfonso?; Domingo de Santo Tomás?]. Arte, y vocabulario en la lengua general del Peru, el mas copioso y elegante que hasta agora se ha impresso. Los Reyes [i.e., Lima]: Por Antonio Ricardo, 1586. Small 8vo. [153 of 184], [24 of] 40 ff. (4 leaves of a later [1614] edition supplied in the dictionary).
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• Medina, Lima, 4; Medina, Lenguas quechua y aymará, 6; Vargas Ugarte, Impresos peruanos, 5; Viñaza 82; Leclerc 2993; Sabin 67160. Later limp vellum with remnants of button and loop ties; text block partially loose in binding. Lacking title-page and preliminaries ([paragraph sign]1–8); leaves A1–3, B2, B7, and G3–6 in the Quechua to Spanish vocabulary; leaves H3–6 & H8 in the Spanish to Quechua vocabulary; and Cc8, Dd1, and Dd3–Ee8 of the grammar. (H3–6 text supplied by inserting T2–5 from the 1614 edition.) Some tears, some leaves mounted or tipped in, some repairs; captions often shaved but not taken. Stains. Withal, a very substantial surviving portion of an important work and rare book; a significant discovery. (28628)
The Andrade Set inQuarter Red Morocco Barcía, Andrés González de. Ensayo cronologico, para la historia general de la Florida. Madrid: Imprenta de los Hijos de Doña Catalina Piñuela, 1829. 12mo. 2 vols. I: [2] ff., 508 pp., fold. table. II: [2] ff., 512 pp.
Click the page-images for enlargements. The present edition forms volumes 8 and 9 of the series Historia de la conquista del Nuevo Mundo.
Provenance: Bookplate of the great 19th-century Mexican collector J. M. Andrade on the front pastedown of each volume.
• This edition not in Sabin. 19th-century quarter red morocco with red textured cloth sides. Spine with raised bands and very good gilt tooling including center devices in spine compartments. Interiors clean. A very good set. (25271)
The
Infinite Variety of Ways
to
Convey
Persons & Goods
The
book of carriages; or, a short account of modes of
conveyance, from the earliest periods to the present time. London: Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge (pr. by R. Clay), 1853. 12mo. iv, 217, [5 (adv.)]
pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. This is the genuine first edition, not a modern reprint. WorldCat locates only four U.S. institutional holdings.
Binding: Publisher's blue-green pebbled cloth, covers blind-stamped with foliate corner decorations around central medallion, spine with decorative gilt-stamped title.
• NSTC 2B40909. Binding as above, carefully rebacked and repaired; corners bumped, joints mildly rubbed. Front free endpaper with small pencilled gift inscription dated '42. Pages age-toned and upper outer corners bumped/creased (not breaking); quite clean. A nice copy of an interesting work. (29615)
Urging the Male Jewish Franchise, at LengthBrackenridge, Henry Marie; Col. W.G.D. Worthington; and others.
Speeches on the Jew bill, in the House of delegates of Maryland, by H.M. Brackenridge, Col. W.G.D. Worthington, and John S. Tyson, esquire. Together with an argument on the chancery powers, and an eulogy on Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams, &c., by H.M. Brackenridge. Philadelphia: J. Dobson (agent), 1829. 8vo (24 cm; 9.5"). [2] ff., 236 pp.
Curiously there are appended here writings unrelated to the Bill: “Western antiquities, communicated in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, by H.M. Brackenridge”; “Letter on the culture of live oak, to the secretary of the navy, by H.M. Brackenridge”; and “Report [prepared by H.M. Brackenridge] adopted by the City council of Baltimore, on the subject of the defence, &c.”
Provenance: In ink on the front fly-leaf: “For the Library of the German Society with the complements of the Author.” Deaccessioned in 2010.
• Rosenbach, Jewish, 312; Sabin 7183; Shoemaker 37923. On “The Jew Bill,” see: Jewish Encyclopedia online (search “Jew Bill” and “Maryland”). Uncut copy. Publisher's quarter tan cloth with original paper spine label, small hole in cloth near top of spine; paste boards covered with brown paper, chipped. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplate, call number on endpaper, no other markings. Inscription to this library a bit showing through from fly-leaf to title-page; top portion of rear free endpaper torn away. 
Of the copies we have seen in the last 20 years, this is by far the best. (29818)
“Genuine Specimens of Native Literature”Maya & English Presentations — With Notes Brinton, Daniel Garrison, ed. The Maya chronicles. Philadelphia: D.G. Brinton, 1882. 8vo (24 cm, 9.4"). [2], 279, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. First printing in the U.S. of any pre-Columbian text in the original Maya. This is no. I in the “Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature” series, opening with a description of the Maya and including selections from the books of Chilam Balam of Mani, Tizimin, and Chumayel, along with the chronicle of Chac Xulub Chen. Each Mayan text is accompanied by an English translation and the editor's notes.
• Not in Pilling, Proof-sheets; not in Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection. Publisher's brown textured cloth framed in blind, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding slightly cocked, corners and spine extremities a little rubbed, spine a bit sunned. Ex–social club library: call number on front fly-leaf, half-title and title-page rubber-stamped. No other markings. (26511)
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