AMERICANA TO 1820
AMERICANA TO 1820
An Edition with
Barton’s Additions
Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de. Studies of nature...translated by Henry Hunter. Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1808. 3 vols. I: Frontis., [4], xliii, [1 (blank)], 417, [3] pp.; 1 fold. map. II: [2], vii, [1 (blank)], 504 pp.; 3 fold. plts. III: [4], 493, [3 (2 blank)] pp.
four plates including a map of the Atlantic hemisphere and illustrations of various flora.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 16129. Contemporary mottled sheep, rubbed, joints on vols. I and II open; spines with heads and gilt-stamped leather title labels chipped, and remnants of paper shelving labels. Front pastedowns with bookplates of a now-defunct institution; front pastedowns and free endpapers with pencilled gift inscriptions. Pages foxed throughout, with some leaves notably browned.
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Thomases of WorcesterSaint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de. A vindication of divine Providence; derived from a philosophic and moral survey, of nature and of man... first American edition. Worcester: J. Nancrede (pr. by Thomas, Son & Thomas), 1797. 8vo in 4s (20.2 cm, 7.9"). Frontis., 331, [1 (blank)] pp., lacking the folding map.
This is the separate issue of vol. I, which was issued without the map and has “The End” at the bottom of p. 331—the two-volume issue has “End of first volume” instead.
This copy includes a pencilled marginal comment, commanding, “Read this if thou canst be an atheist — or
a fool.”
• ESTC W36508; Bristol B10094; not in Evans. Contemporary treed sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and double gilt rules; binding with small scrapes and rubbed patches, upper board edge darkened, and leather starting to crack over the spine and joints. Without the folding map. First and last few leaves foxed.
Establishing
St.
Paul's — Agreements
Rules
Rents
St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Articles
of agreement, &c. for raising a sum of money, to purchase a lot of ground,
and erecting thereon a church, (since known by the name of St. Paul's church.)
in the city of Philadelphia...to which is added, the Act for incorporating St.
Paul's church in the city of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Pr. by John Ormrod,
1798. 8vo (21 cm, 8.375"). 16 pp. 
Also printed here the church's act of incorporation and its rules and regulations, as established in 1783. This last section contains an important manuscript addition concerning pew rental that was left out of the first printing of 1794 and was also omitted in this edition because the 1794 printing was too closely followed by Ormrod, the printer of this second edition.
• Evans 34359. Modern boards covered with marbled paper and with a paper label on front cover. Faint, old stamps of defunct library. A very good copy of a scarce pamphlet detailing economic aspects of American religious life in the 18th century.
For
more PHILADELPHIANA,
PLEASE Subdivide Us, & Create
Marlborough TownshipSalford Township (Penna.), Citizens of. Document, on paper. Philadelphia, 1 March 1741; certified copy dated12 May 1779. Folio (12.75" x 8"), 1 p., and integral blank leaf.
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for an enlargement. In the same year there was a further division, dividing what remained of Salford into Upper and Lower Salford townships.
This copy, with the paper and wax seal of the Court of Quarter Sessions, bears the autograph certification of authenticity of Hilary Baker, Jr., of that Court, and was made specifically for Andrew Ohl, as per the note on verso of the integral blank leaf.
• Written in a very clear legal hand. Fold tears as typical. Old paper repairs on verso and one spot of brown discoloration from one of those repairs. Old price and dealer’s code (Sessler’s) in pencil in lower margin.
“A Voyage to Abyssinia” — Good Lively & Readable AccountSalt, Henry. A voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years
1809 and 1810; in which are included, an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa .... Philadelphia: M. Carey; Boston: Wells & Lilly (pr. by Lydia R. Bailey), 1816. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). 24, 454 pp.; fold. map.,
illus. 
This is an untrimmed copy in original boards, with 24 pages of advertising for Carey publications bound in at the front of the volume. The preliminary map, engraved by John Bower, has hand-colored border lines; this American edition does not call for the plates found in the English first, but does include in-text depictions of several “Ethiopic inscriptions.”
• Shaw & Shoemaker 33864; NSTC 2S3118. Publisher’s quarter tan paper over light blue paper–covered sides; front cover detached and back joint cracked, binding spotted, paper cracked and split along spine, spine label now absent and replaced with hand-inked title, spine with later paper shelving label. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1829. Half-title with portion of outer margin torn away (not touching text) and laid in. Map lightly foxed, with two short tears along folds. Pages age-toned, with occasional spots of foxing.
Quaker
Preacher, at Home &
Abroad
[Scott, Job]. Journal
of the life, travels and gospel labours of that faithful servant and minister
of Christ, Job Scott. New York: Isaac Collins, 1797. 12mo (18.3 cm, 7.25").
xii, [2], 360 pp.
• First edition of Scott's combined travelogue and account of American
Quaker practice. Scott traveled from his home in Rhode Island to congregations
of Friends throughout the United States as they then existed, before making
an expedition to Europe to attend meetings in England, Wales, and Ireland; evocative
place names are abundant, though travel-detail is limited, his diary being mostly
divided between his own soul-searching and specific accounts of his experiences
at various meetings. Although Scott often records feeling compelled to remain
silent in these meetings, he was a notable speaker, and his writings, although
they became controversial after his death, were highly influential.
Provenance: Front free endpaper with early inked ownership inscription by Mary and Rebecca Bude.
• ESTC W19882; Evans 32810; Sabin 78287; Howes S228. Contemporary mottled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title label; worn and abraded especially over joints and edges, spine leather cracking. Some leaves dog-eared; spots of foxing to first and last few leaves, with other pages mostly clean.
“Blue Lights” & “Bob Short” — Early American PoetryScott, Jonathan M. Blue lights, or the convention. A poem in four cantos. New York: Charles N. Baldwin, 1817. 12mo (13.5 cm, 5.25"). [2], 150, [2 (blank)] pp. [bound with] Scott, Walter. Vision of Don Roderick. Boston: T.B. Wait & Co., 1811. 12mo. 74, [2 (blank)] pp. [and] Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin. Patriotic effusions; by Bob Short. New York: L. & F. Lockwood (J. & J. Harper, prs.), 1819. 12mo. 46, [2] pp. [and] Scott, Walter. Field of Waterloo. New York: Van Winkle & Wiley, 1815. 12mo. 48 pp. [and] Pitt, William. Letters written by the late Earl of Chatham to his nephew Thomas Pitt, Esq. Boston: C. Williams (T.B. Wait & Co., prs.), 1811. 12mo. 64 pp. (pp. 49–56 bound in at end).
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• Blue Lights: Wegelin 1132; Shaw & Shoemaker 42070. Vision: Shaw & Shoemaker 23893. Patriotic Effusions: Wegelin 1045; Shaw & Shoemaker 48509. Waterloo: Shaw & Shoemaker 35871. Letters: Shaw & Shoemaker 23699. Contemporary sheep, covers framed in single gilt roll, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped decorative bands; binding a little rubbed at joints and extremities. Front pastedown with early inked ownership inscription; free endpapers excised. Trimmed closely, in occasional instances just touching outermost letters. Some age-toning and spotting; one leaf with ink stain not obscuring text, two leaves with tears from outer margins extending into text. Intermittent pencilled underlining and small marks. Pp. 49–56 of Letters bound in at end.
English
Politics — American
Issues — Religious
“Merits”Shebbeare, John. An answer to the queries, contained in a letter to Dr. Shebbeare, printed in the Public Ledger, August 10th. Together with animadversions on two speeches in defence of the printers of a paper, subscribed a South Briton. London: Pr. for S. Hooper & T. Davies, [1774]. 8vo (21 cm; 8.5"). 179, [1 (blank)] pp.
First edition, with two others appearing shortly thereafter.
• Adams, American Controversy, 74-73a. Sabin 80040. Recent boards with marbled paper covering. Paper spine label. Title-page with small 19th-century library stamp and call number in neat ink; page backed. A very nice copy.
Hooker's
Successor as“Pastor
of the Church inShepard, Thomas.
Theses sabbaticae. Or, The doctrine of the Sabbath: wherein the Sabbaths
I. Morality. II. Change. III. Beginning. IV. Sanctification. are clearly discussed.
Which were first handled more largely in sundry sermons in Cambridge in New-England
in opening of the fourth commandment. In unfolding whereof many Scriptures are
cleared, divers cases of conscience resolved, and the morall law as a rule of
life to be a believer, occasionally and distinctly handled. London: Pr. by T[homas].
R[atcliffe]. and E[dward]. M[ottershed]. for John Rothwell at sun and fountaine
in Pauls church-yard, 1649. 4to. [20], 151, [1], [1]–32; [4], 50 (i.e.,
58) pp. 
Click the interior images for enlargements. First edition, with subsequent ones in 1650 and 1655. The work is divided into four parts, and parts 2, 3, and 4 have sectional title-pages.
• Wing (rev.) S3144; Sabin 80255; Church 495; ESTC R232939. Not in Alden & Landis. 20th-century half blue morocco with blue cloth sides. One spine panel abraded and refurbished. Library stamp on front pastedown. An age-toned copy, some lower margins closely cropped occasionally touching a catchword. (20052)
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