In an effort to assist in the recovery of materials missing as a result of the Carnegie Library theft, the ABAA would like to bring to the public’s attention the list of items believed stolen. Click this link to view the list. Update 8/20/18: The following list includes more details.
Should any member of the public identify having purchased or otherwise having knowledge of the disposition or current location of any items from the Carnegie Library—whether on this list or not—please contact one of the following detectives from Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office:
· Det. Fran Laquatra
(412) 388-5305
flaquatra@alleghenycountyda.us
· Det. Perann Tansmore
(412) 388-5307
ptansmore@alleghenycountyda.us `
· Det. Lyle Graber
(412) 388-5316
lgraber@alleghenycountyda.us
Please note, the detectives do not have reason to believe that anyone who may have purchased any of these items was necessarily aware that the material had been reported stolen.
The ABAA appreciates your attention and assistance with respect to this grave matter. Please check our post from March for further details, including additional information on collection markings.
Sincerely,
Vic Zoschak
President, ABAA
Brad Johnson
Chair, ABAA Security Committee
Susan Benne
Executive Director, ABAA
NOTE: the table below recreates the information on the downloadable files listed above. The downloadable files will be easier to use, the information below is provided primarily for the search function on our Security Blog.
| Author | ItemTitle | Date | Call # | Signature | Edition | Size | ItemDescription | Note | Provenance | LiteraryReferences | Condition | ExhibitionHistory |
| Marianna Dionigi | "Viaggi in Alcune Citta del Lazio che Diconsi Fondante Dal re Saturno" | Rome, 1809 | qb722.7 D62 | Oblong folio, contemp leather & bds; shaken, spine defective. With 25 (of 30) engraved views. Plates unmarked. Perforated stamp to title page. Lacking 5 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Contemporary leather & boards, rubbed. Plates unmarked. 30 engraved views." | |||||||
| Matthew Dubourg | "Views of the Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome, and its Vicinity, with a Descriptive and Historical Account of Each Subject" | London: J. Moyes, 1820 | qb722.7 D86 | Folio, 3/4 morocco; text block pulled from spine, some plates loose. 20 of 26 hand-colored aquatints, unmarked. Lacking 6 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $700 From 1991 appraisal: "3/4 morocco. Text bock pulled from spine. 26 hand-colored aquatints, unmarked." | |||||||
| John Edwards Holbrook | "North American Herpetology, or, a Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States" | Philadelphia: J Dobson, 1838 | qr598.1 H69 | Vol. II only (of 4), folio, library buckram. With 30 hand-colored plates (not affected by library markings). Title page with perforated and ink stamp. Lacking 3 of 4 vols. | From the Oliver Room Catalogue: "4 v. : ill., col. plates 30 cm." | |||||||
| Jean Frederic Bernard | "Recueil de Voiages au Nord" | Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, 1715 | King r910 B45 | 2 vols in 1 (vols. III and IV) 12mo, contemp full vellum over bds. Penciled markings on title-page. With 2 (of 5) plates (including 1 frontis) and 4 fldg maps. Lacking 3 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $650 From 1991 appraisal: "Volumes III and IV bound as one. With five plates (including one frontis) and four fldg maps. Contemporary full vellum over boards. Penciled markings on title-page." | |||||||
| Michel-Guillaume Crevecoeur | "Voyage Dans La Haute Pennsylvanie" | Paris, 1801 | King r917.3 C88v | First Edition | 3 vols, 8vo. With 10 maps and plates. Pencil markings on title-pages. Later 3/4 leather; previous labels crudely removed from spines. Vol I front cover detached; Vol III cover starting. Lacking 1 fldg plate (in vol 2) present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $475 From the 1991 appraisal "First ed. Three vols. With 11 maps and plates. Pencilled markings in title pages. Later 3/4 leather; previous labels crudely removed from spines. Vol I front cover detached; Vol III cover starting." | ||||||
| Jacques Le Roy | "Topographia Historica Gallo-Brabantiae" | Amsterdam: H. Allardi, 1692 | qb720.949 L63 | Folio, full speckled calf; rubbed, and warped. Old water stains. With 18 full-page engravings. Lacking map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $900 From 1991 appraisal: "272pp plus index. Full speckled calf, rubbed and warped. Old waterstains. 18 full-page engravings. Map." | |||||||
| Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952) | "The North American Indian..." | New York, 1907 | qr970.1 C93 | Unnumbered; one of 272 sets | 40 vols, 4to and large folio, library buckram. 20 text vols and 20 portfolios of plates, loose as issued. Plate vols with 720 (of 723) large folio photogravure plates, numbered 1 - 722 (includes two plates both numbered 400); lacking plates 1, 3 and 16 that were present in the 1991 appraisal. The text volumes are lacking nearly all, except a few scattered throughout of unremarkable subjects, of 1,505 photogravure plates that were present in the 1991 appraisal. "The North American Indian: Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska" | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $85,000 From 1991 appraisal: "40 Volumes (20 quarto text volumes and 20 portfolios of plates). Text volumes bound in sturdy brown library buckram, with gilt-stamped spine lettering and numbering. The portfolios are bound in identical cloth, with cloth ties. All text volumes have perforated CLP stamp on title-page, as well as other ink stamps; there are no markings on any of the photos in the text volumes. Each portfolio volume includes a one-page printed list of the enclosed photos; the list in each volume has the CLP perforated stamp. A small "Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh'', blue ink stamp is on the rear of each folio print (no markings on front). The text volumes include over 1500 photos. The portfolios include a total of 723 mounted prints, numbered Plate 1 through 722 (includes two plates both numbered 400). Plates 111-118 and plate 119 are out of sequence with portfolios 3 and 4, respectively (as issued). Plate 150 is correctly numbered. The plates in folios 5-13, 15-16, and 18 are loosely placed within individual mats (apparently as issued), and each is protected by a plain wrapper. Although 500 sets of this work were projected, the actual number of sets that were printed and sold is now assumed to have been 272 sets. Apparently each set was numbered. The Carnegie copy, however, set is signed and dated by Curtis (at the end of his General Introduction in Text Volume I), the CLP set is unsigned. The set was originally published at $3850. The text and portfolio volumes were originally issued in gilt-decorated half leather bindings; the CLP set was either rebound before or after the Library's purchase. The Library purchased this set in 1947-- apparently for $525-- with funds from the Annie M. Mellor Fund. This acquisition represents one of the few times that the Library deliberately purchased a rare book. A monumental work, Curtis's North American Indian Portfolio is considered the finest and most valuable ever done on the American and Alaskan Indian and Eskimo. As one bookseller stated, "It is, without question, the most comprehensive work on the American Indian and a landmark in the history of photography." | Purchased by the library in 1947 for $525 | Howes C-965; Truthful Lens, 40; Roosens & Salu 2702 | Text volumes: perforated library stamps to title pages as well as other ink stamps throughout. Photograph folios: Printed list with perforated stamp, photos with ink stamps to versos. | |||
| Otis B. Gunn | "New Map and Hand-Book of Kansas and the Gold Mines" | Pittsburgh: Haven, 1859 | r917.81 G97 | Orig cloth. Lacking colored fldg engraved map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Original cloth. With colored fldg engraved map, separate from book, rebacked on linen, portions flaking [in need of conservation work]. Rare, especially with map." | Wagner Camp 327.1 | ||||||
| Ferdinand V. Hayden | "The Yellowstone National Park, and the Mountain Regions of Portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Utah" | Boston, 1876 | Worthington qr917.87 H37 | Folio, orig 3/4 leather portfolio, gilt lettering; worn. With 3 maps and 8 (of 15) tipped-in chromolithograph plates from paintings by T. Moran. Loose as issued. (6), 48pp. Library ink stamp to title page, foxing to text. Plates unmarked. Lacking 6 chromolithographic views present in the 1991 appraisal. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $6,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Folio. (6), 48pp. With three maps and 14 (of 15) tipped-in chromolithograph plates from paintings by T. Moran. Loose, as issued, in original 3/4 leather portfolio; spine very worn. Some foxing of text, soil on edges. No markings whatsoever on plates." | Howes H338; Graff 1830; Eberstadt 127:310; Bennett, p. 80; Prang p. 159 "The prints have ever been surpassed as examples of the best American chromolithography, unexcelled among illustrations of the Far West." (Prang p.159) | ||||||
| James Boswell | "An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli." | London: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1768 | r945.9 B64 | Second Edition | Library buckram. Lacking fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "Clean fldg map. Library buckram." | ||||||
| Andrew Burnaby | "Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America, in the Years 1759 and 1760, with Observations upon the State of the Colonies" | London, 1798 | qr917.4 B82 | Third Edition | 4to, library buckram. With 2 plates & 2 fldg tables. Perforated library stamp to title page. Bound with: "Journal of a Tour of Corsica", London, 1804. Lacking a map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $250 From 1991 appraisal: "Reprint of 3rd ed. With torn map, two tinted plates, two tables. Bound with: Burnaby's "Journal of a Tour to Corsica," London, 1804." | Howes B995 | |||||
| William Darby | "Tour from the City of New-York, to Detroit, in the Michigan Territory, Made Between the 2nd of May and the 22nd of September, 1818" | New York: Kirk & Mercein, 1819 | Worthington r917.7 D24 [copy 2] | Uncut copy in worn orig cloth and bds. Title-page clipped at top. In folding chemise within leather and cloth slipcase. Lacking fldg maps (2 hand-colored) present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "Three fldg maps (two hand- colored). Uncut copy in worn original cloth and boards. Title-page clipped at slipcase." | |||||||
| John Hawkesworth | [The Three Voyages] "An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by...Captain Cook" | London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784 | r910.4 C774 | Second Edition; Third Edition | 8 vols, 8vo, contemp calf; ink stamp to title-page. Lacking the majority of maps and plates. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "655 p. maps, plates, ports. 39 cm." | ||||||
| Jedidiah Morse | "The American Universal Geography..." | Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1793. | r917.3 M92 | 2 vols, later 3/4 leather. Lacking maps 10 present in the 1991 appraisal. "The American Universal Geography, or, A View of the Present State of All the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics in the Known World, and of the United States of America in Particular." | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "Two vols. With 10 (of 11) maps, lacking Pennsylvania map. Later 3/4 leather." | |||||||
| John Rae | "Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea, in 1846 and 1847" | London: T. & W. Boone, 1850 | r919.8 R13 | 8vo, publisher's green cloth; loss to spine, worn. Title page with toning and perforated stamp. Lacking 2 fldg maps. | ||||||||
| John Palmer | "Journal of Travels in the United States of North America, and in Lower Canada, Performed in the Year 1817..." | London, 1818 | King r917.3 P19 [copy 2] | First Edition | 8vo, contemp 3/4 calf and marbled bds; worn. Lacking fldg color map present in the 1991 appraisal (not all eds were colored). "Journal of Travels in the United States of North America, and in Lower Canada, Performed in the year 1817; Containing Particulars Relating to the Prices of Land and Provisions, Remarks on the Country and People, Interesting Anecdotes, and an Account of the Commerce, Trade, and Present State of Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Albany, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Lexington, Quebec, Montreal, &c. To Which are Added, A Description of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, and a Variety of other useful Information" | 1991 appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. Fldg colored map (not all maps were colored). Penciled markings on title-page. Contemporary 3/4 leather; previous labels crudely removed from spine." | ||||||
| William Wilson | "Missionary Voyage to Southern Pacific in 1796, 1797, and 1798." | London, 1799 | qr 919.6 W77 | 4to, library buckram. With 4 plates (of 6), 2 of them fldg. Lacking 7 maps? | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 "With 13 plates." | |||||||
| Ferdinand Ruggieri | "Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne Della Citta di Firenze" | Florence, 1755 | qb720.945 R84 | Second Edition | 4 vols, folio, library buckram. With engraved titles, 260 engraved plates (some double-page) and 4 portraits. Plates unmarked, very clean. Vol I now lacking fldg map of Florence present in the 1991 appraisal, but does not significantly affect its value. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $5,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Plates very clean. Vol 1 Folding map, 80 engravings. Vol 2 80 engravings. Vol 3 78 engravings. Vol 4 Portrait, 22 plates, one double-page. Second edition." | ||||||
| William Russell | "The History of America" | London: Fielding and Parker, 1778 | qr970 R91 | First Edition | 2 vols, library buckram, frontis, advertisement, with 1 (of 17) fldg maps. Perforated library stamp to title pages, offsetting to titles. Lacking 16 of the 17 fldg maps. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "2 v. : ill., maps 27 cm." | ||||||
| Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator | "Atlas, sive Cosmographicae Meditationes" | Amsterdam: Hondius, 1619 | qr912. M63 | Folio, remnants of vellum over bds; extremely worn. Lacking all maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $6,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Remnants of vellum over boards. Backstrip loose. Extremely worn. Lacks title-page. Incomplete-- some pages supplied in photocopy. In poor condition: Lower margins badly damaged in first 100 pp. Stains. Browning and crumpling. Not collated. Text in French. Does not include the new map of Gallia by Hondius." From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Printed Books & Manuscripts, 1935: "N.p., n.d. 688 p. plus indices, maps. Title-page wanting. The preface is dated Amsterdam, 1609. Includes Mercator's cosmography (in French) followed by descriptions and maps of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. Contains 131 double and 3 single maps, all colored. Source unknown." | Koeman Me26a | ||||||
| Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, Prince; Karl Bodmer | "Reise in das Innere Nord-America...." | Paris, 1840-1843 | Worthington qr917.3 M521 | Folio, contemp 3/4 leather & cloth; rubbed, rear hinge split. Lacking 81 hand-colored aquatint plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value - estimated $175,000 - $250,000 From the 1991 appraisal: "The plates are bound together in a contemporary 3/4 leather and cloth boards binding; the rear hinge is completely split. While the quality of the plates themselves is excellent and the paper exhibits no foxing whatsoever, the stock is somewhat brittle and some pages have been damaged and have become detached. Principally, vignette plates Nos. 1-4 and no. 7 are presently detached; the edges of vignette plate no. 1 are chipped, and vignette plate no. 7 has some tears into the image. Of 48 large plates, plates numbers 46-8 are presently detached. They have split along the outer edge of the plate impression, with some loss of the blank impression portion of the sheet, but with no loss of image. Carnegie card file notes this volume to be the 'Atlas of the French Translation”. The complete work was first published in Coblenz (1839-41, two volumes quarto text with 31 plates plus atlas folio of 48 plates). The first English translation appeared in 1839 as 'Travels in the Interior of North America' (London). Contains 81 hand-colored aquatint plates after Karl Bodmer, many heightened with gum arabic and all plates with the blindstamp 'C Bodmer / Direct'. With 33 vignette illustrations (numbered 1-33) and 48 larger illustrations (numbered 1-48), all printed on the same size sheets, vignette plates bound in sequence before the large plates. Tissue guards are present with all plates. This volume lacks a separate title-page as well as the folding map which was later added to some copies. All of the original Atlas volumes to Maximilian's Travels were, as Howes notes, 'issued in Paris... It came with all plates uncolored, with some uncolored and with all colored.' As noted, all plates in the Worthington copy are colored. The 33 vignette illustrations were designed to accompany the 33 text chapters of the Coblenz edition and were first printed on small sheets and the 48 larger plates were issued in a separate atlas. Howes notes, that atlas volume of the French edition and the English 1843 edition both contained all 81 total plates 'on folio sheets and with titles in German, French, and English', as found in the Worthington copy. Although the Worthington copy is probably not from the first issue of the atlas, it is undoubtedly an early issue. The coloring of each plate remains brilliant, and the images are all crisp. It may be argued that this folio issue of all the plates is more desirable, and has a higher market value, than an issue with the vignette illustrations printed on smaller sheets. The plates are based upon the original art of the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer. Bodmer was engaged by Prince Maximilian to record his travels among the Plains Indians from1832 to 1834. When Maximilian and Bodmer returned to Europe in 1834, they spent the next few years preparing for publication the text and plates of this work. The plates made from Bodmer’s sketches were the first truly accurate depictions of the Plains Indians to reach the public. Howes described Bodmer’s work as 'the most beautiful, faithful and vivid ever produced depicting western plains and Indians.'" | Abbey 615; Howes M443a. "dd"; Pilling, Proof-Sheets 2521; Rader 3652; Sabin 47014; Wagner-Camp 76:1; Goetzmann [et al], Karl Bodmer's America (1984); Ruud, Brandon, Editor, Karl Bodmer's North American Prints, Omaha, 2004, passim. | ||||||
| 35 Japanese Prints Bound in an Accordian-style Book | qr761 C69 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,000 From 1991 appraisal: "The prints mostly depict geisha, some diptych and triptych. Probably 19th century. Not within my area of qualifications as an appraiser but probably worth at least." | |||||||||
| William Alexander | "Costume of China" | London, 1805 | qr391 A37c | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,200 From 1991 appraisal: "Full gilt morocco, boards detached. Plates very clean. Half-title, aquatint frontis, subscriber's list. 48 hand-colored plates. Plates dated 1797, 1800. Watermark dates not visible." | |||||||
| William Alexander | "Costumes of the Austrians" | London: Murray, 1814 | qr391 P55 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Full black morocco. 50 color plates-no marks. Plates dated 1813. The second copy in the collection is incomplete." | |||||||
| Jean Jacques Bourasse | "Verrieres du Choeur de l'eglise Metropolitaine de Tours, Desslnees et Publiees par J. Marchand" | Paris, 1849 | qb748 B65 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "Rubbed 3/4 morocco. Plates stamped on verso." | |||||||
| Charles Cameron | "Baths of the Romans...with the Restorations of Palladio" | London, 1775 | qb725.7 CI5 | Second Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Rubbed 3/4 morocco, spine shaken. Plates perf stamped, some foxing. Second edition, first published in 1772." | ||||||
| John Carter | "Builders Magazine" | London, 1774 | qb720 B86 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Librarybuckram. 185 plates, unmarked. Plates dated 1778." | |||||||
| Octavien Dalvimart | "Costume of Turkey" | London, 1802 | qr391 D17 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Full gold morocco, gilt. Boards detached, binding pulled away from text block, text block split. Text in English. 60 color plates, unmarked, watermark date 1817." | Abbey Travel 370; Colas 782 | ||||||
| Bernard Scale | "An Hibernian Atlas: or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland: Divided into Provinces" | London: Published as the Act directs 12th May, 1798. by Robert Laurie & Jas. Whittle..., [1798] | r912.415 S28 | Folio, library buckram. With engraved title page. Perforated stamp to top. Lacking 37 hand-colored maps present in the 1991 appraisal | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,250 From 1991 appraisal: "With 37 hand-colored'engraved maps (with facing engraved text). Library buckram." | |||||||
| William Maitland | "The History and Survey of London: From Its Foundation to the Present Time" | London: T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756 | qr942.1 M27 | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "2 v. (viii, 1410 p.) : ill. (some folded), maps (some fold.) 42 cm." | |||||||
| Joseph Priestley | "Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air" | London: Birmingham, 1776-1786 | r540.4 P94 | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "6 v. 22 cm." | |||||||
| Constantin-Francois Volney | "View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America : To Which are Annexed Some Accounts of Florida, the French Colony on the Scioto, Certain Canadian Colonies, and the Savages or Natives / tr. from the French of C.F. Volney ..." | London: J. Johnson, 1804 | King r551.56 V37 | First English Edition | 8vo, library buckram. Perforated stamp to title page. Lacking 2 maps and 2 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "Two fldg plates and two fldg maps. Later 3/4 leather, previous label scraped from spine. Pencilled markings on title-page." | ||||||
| Paul Wein | "A Concise Historical Account of the British Colonies of North-America" | Dublin: Caleb Jenkin, 1776 | r973.2 C74 | 12mo, contemp calf; worn. Pencil markings to title page. Lacking table and fldg map. | ||||||||
| Michel-Guillame St. Jean de Crevecoeur | "Letters From an American Farmer" | London: Thomas Davies, 1782 | r917.3 C88 | First Edition | 8vo, contemp leather; bds detached, very worn. Lacking maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Two fldg maps, both with perforated stamp. Library buckram." | ||||||
| Morris Birkbeck | "Notes on a Journey in America" | Philadelphia, 1818 | r917.3 B44a2 | 8vo, original bds; bds worn; spine reinforced with tape. Library ink stamp to title page. Lacking fldg map. | ||||||||
| Francois Michaux | "Voyage a L'Ouest des Monts Alleghanys..." | Paris: Levrault, [1804] | King r917.3 M66v | First Edition | 8vo., contemp full leather; worn, some worming on spine. Lacking fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From the 1991 appraisal: "First edition. Fldg map. Pencilled markings on title-page. Contemporary full leather, some worming on spine." | ||||||
| "The Polite Traveller:..." | London: John Fielding, [1783] | r917.3 P76 [copy 1] | 8vo, original calf; bds detached and worn. Offsetting to title page. Lacking fldg map. "The Polite Traveller: Being a Modern View of the Thirteen United States of America, Comprehending, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Containing a concise Account of these First Settlements, principal Cities and Towns, Air, Soil, Produce, Manufactures and Commerce, With a short View of the Independent State of Vermont; and of East and West Florida. Also a general Survey of the Remains of British North America, and of the British American and West Indian Islands. To which is perfixed[?], An Account of the Persons, singular Customs and Manners, of the original Inhabitants of America. Embellished with An elegant map of the Thirteen United States of America, and Medalliens of Gen. Washington and Dr. Franklin." | |||||||||
| Lorado Zadoc Taft (American, 1860 - 1936) | "Medal Struck in Celebration of the Sixty-Sixth Anniversary of the Birth of James Whitcomb Riley" | 1916 | Bronze | #219 of 500 | Diameter: 2 3/4 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "Done in bronze by Lorado Taft. In slipcase." | |||||
| Charlotte Yonge | "Pictorial History of the World's Great Nations" | New York: Selmar Hess | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "50 parts, in original wraps, some detached. Stored in file binders." | ||||||||
| George Wolff Fahnestock | "Mineralogical Memoranda" | 1844 | qr549.04 F14 | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "121 p. 33 cm." | |||||||
| Pennsylvania Inspectors of Mines | "Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year ..." | Harrisburg: Benjamin Singerly, 1873-1888 | r622.33 P39m | Only located 8 of 16 vols. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "16 v. : ill., maps 25 cm." | |||||||
| John Barrow | "A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions" | London: John Murray, 1818 | r919.8 B26 | 8vo, library buckram. Perforated stamp to title page. Illus. Lacking map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "With folding map. Library buckram." | |||||||
| George Sale, translated by | "The Koran" | London, 1739 | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "4to., later full leather; corners bumped, hinges cracked. In slipcase. With engraved map (perforated stamp on map), engraved plan and two genealogical tables." | Presented by Edward D. Frohman in 1936 | BM; ESTC T146975 | |||||
| "The American Review of History and Politics. Jan.1811-April 1812" ; "Vol. I. Jan-April 1811." ; "Vol. IV. July-Oct 1812 | London, 1811-12 ; Philadelphia, 1812 | King r051 A513, London vols. only | Three volumes. ; Total five volumes. All library buckram, ink stamp on title-pages. Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "Total 5 vols. All library buckram, ink stamp on title-pages." | ||||||||
| Thomas Anburey | "Travels Through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters" | London: W. Lane, 1789 | King r917.3 A53a2 [copy 2] | First Edition | 4 fold, 1 stamp else unmarked 1 plain 2 facs N2 & N3 heavily soiled Two volumes (bound as one). Lacks half-titles. With fldg map, facsimiles, and 6 (of 7) plates. Library buckram. Lacking 2 plates & map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "Two vols. London, 1789. First ed. With one fldg map and 10 plates (including facsimiles). Later 3/4 leather." | ||||||
| "Holy Bible" | London, 1551 | King qr220.5 B45bu | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "Coverdale translation (also known as the "Treacle" or "Bugge" Bible). Thick small 4to. Lacks title-page for the Old Testament. Some paper repairs to text. Later specked calf, rubbed; hinges cracked." | Herbert 94? | |||||||
| "Holy Bible" | [London, 1574] | King qr220.5 B47ht | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $250 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Engraved title-page. Lacks some preliminary leaves. Paper repairs throughout. Coverdale Translation (also known as the "Treacle" or "Bugge" Bible). Possibly Herbert 137. Incorrectly catalogued as "[1557]." Contemporary leather boards, later rebacked with suede." | ||||||||
| Edmund Burke et al. | Collection of Four Pamphlets | London, 1779-80 | King r973.3 A14a | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "4th ed. Oxford [1780]. 68pp. Burke, Edmund. SPEECH...Upon Certain Points Relative to his Parliamentary Conduct. London, 1780. 68pp. [Tooke, J.H. and Price, R.] FACTS ADDRESSED TO THE LANDHOLDERS... 2nd ed. London, [1780]. 117pp. Pitt, William. GENUINE EXTRACTS FROM TWO SPEECHES... London, 1779. 58pp. Bound together in original marbled boards, red cloth tape backstrip. Penciled markings on first title-page only." | |||||||
| Henry Charles Carey and L. Lea. | "The Geography, History, and Statistics of America." | London: Sherwood, Jones & Co., [1824] | King r917 C19 | 8vo, original bds; spine badly chipped. Uncut copy. Lacking maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 appraisal value - $250 From 1991 appraisal: "With two fldg maps, five plates, and one fldg table. Uncut copy in original boards, spine badly chipped. Embossed and ink stamps on title-page." | |||||||
| Thomas Anburey | "Travels Through the Interior Parts of America" | London, 1787 | Worthington 917.3 A53 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "8vo., 3/4 leather" | |||||||
| Richard Blome | "A Description of the Island of Jamaica" | London, 1672 | King r917.292 B55 | 12mo, library buckram. Ink stamp on title-page. Lacking 3 maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $250 From 1991 appraisal: "With two (of three) maps, most of Carolina map missing. Ink stamp on title page. Library buckram." | ESTC R7437; Wing B3208B; Sabin 5966; Cox II, 206; Cumming 69; Baer, Maryland 71 | ESTC lists fewer than 10 copies. | |||||
| Nicholas More | "Letter from Doctor More" | 1687 | r917.3 A53 | First Edition | 24 cm | Item not located. "Letter from Doctor More, with passages out of several letters from persons of good credit, relating to the state and improvement of the province of Pennsylvania, published to prevent false reports [by William Penn]" | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "1 v. (unpaged) 24 cm." | |||||
| "Venezuela Cum Parte..." [Map of Venezuela] | Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, n.d. [ca. 1640] | 13 x 19 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "English text on verso. Some offsetting from folding." | ||||||||
| William Zimmerman | "Waterfowl of North America" | Louisville, KY: Frame House Gallery, 1974 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "1/4 green morocco. Few marking. In packing box. Limited to 1000 copies." | ||||||||
| Ambrose Calepini | "Dictionarium Linguarum Septem" | Basil: Henric Petrina, 1579 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Last signature detached. Original full vellum, very soiled; joints slightly cracked but binding solid." | ||||||||
| William Goeree | "Voor-Bereidselen tot de Bybelshe Wysheid" | Amsterdam: Goerre, 1690 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "Two volumes. Illustrated with many plates. Contemporary full leather with decorative spines; worn at the edges, some scraping on covers." | ||||||||
| "The Bible" | London: Christopher Barker, 1599 | Item not located | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Includes Old and New Testaments (seperately paginated; see Herbert 255) as well as an engraved collection of pictures of the Apostles, heraldic shields of the 12 tribes of Israel, and the prophets. Rebound in full blind-stamped leather by B. Hunt & Sons of Birmingham; head of spine repaired." | |||||||||
| Giovanni Boccaccio | "The Decameron" | London: Issac Jaggard, 1620 | First Edition in English | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,500 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Volume II (of II). Imperfect copy, lacking title-page; lacking last five pages of text (manuscript copy of pages added). Worn contemporary leather, rubbed and worn; front joint splitting; rear hinge cracked. Imperfect copy of the first edition in English." | Pforzheimer 71; STC 3172; ESTC S106639 | ||||||
| Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin | "Piratas de la America" | Cologne: Lorenzo Struickman, 1681 | First Spanish Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Text complete, but with only four of nine plates; also lacks folding map of Panama. Contemporary full leather, worn and warped; lacks backstrip (cords exposed)." | |||||||
| Horace | "Carmina Sapphica" | Chelsea: Ashenden Press, [1903] | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "Orig. full vellum. In double slipcase." | ||||||||
| Ptolemy; English translation by E.L. Stevenson | "Geography" | New York: New York Public Library, 1932 | One of 250 copies | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 Perhaps the most significant project that Archer supervised. From 1991 appraisal: "Folio, 3/4 leather in folding case." | |||||||
| Stanley Morison | "Fra Luca de Pacioli" | New York: Grolier, 1933 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "In battered slipcase. Ltd. 397 copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers." | ||||||||
| Antonio de Ulloa and Jorge Juan Y Santacilla | "Historische Reisbeschryving van Gehell Zuid-America" | Te Goes: Jacobus Huysman, 1771-72 | r918 J48 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,250 From 1991 appraisal: "Two volumes. 4to. Complete, with 26 plates and map. Later 3/4 red leather with marbled boards, uncut. Fine set." | |||||||
| James K. Moorhead | "Autograph Album" | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Collection 233 signatures of Congressmen from the 2nd Session, 39th Congress. Gathered by Moorhead, a Congressman from Pittsburgh and a member of this Session. All but five signatures are readable. Includes the signatures of Andrew Johnson, as well as members of his cabinet: Ulysses S. Grant, William Seward, Gideon Welles, Hugh McCulloch, Harry Stanbery, Alexander W. Randall, Orville H. Browning, and Francis S. Spinner [U.S. Treasurer]. Also with the signatures of 49 Senators (e.g., Charles Sumner, Alexander Ramsey, William F. Stewart) and 133 members of the House of Representatives (e.g., John Bidwell, Schuyler Colfax, James K. Blaine, Thaddeus Stevens, Rutherford B. Hayes, and James A. Garfield). In typical autograph album of the period, bound in full decorative leather, worn; front hinge split, backstrip loose. Apparently given to the Carnegie Library by Moorhead's granddaughter, the Pittsburgh author Elizabeth Moorhead Vermorcken, in 1937. A unique item, with the signatures of four men who became presidents." | |||||||||
| Grover Cleveland | Typed Letter Signed | Princeton, NJ, April 9, 1907 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "1p TLs, with some manuscript corrections by Cleveland, to Barr, from Princeton, NJ. Thanking Barr for a mounted trout, and discussing trout fishing. With envelope. Contained in "Three Autograph Letters". Envelope containing three letters given to CLP from the window of the original recipient." | ||||||||
| Collection of Seven Incunable Leaves | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $650 From 1991 appraisal: "Collection of Seven Incunable Leaves. Various Sizes, original sources of most leaves identified in pencil on the margins. Several are from editions of Schedel's LIBER CHRONICARUM. No accession markings on any of the leaves." | ||||||||||
| R.W. Johnston | "Country Club" | Pittsburg, PA, circa 1904 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Oblong folio. Title-page plus 19 leaves of photos (recto only) with tissue guards. Full leather. TLs from President of Pittsburg Country Club to Andrew Carnegie (10/10/1905) laid in. Photo study of the Pittsburgh Club. Sticker on rear inside cover identifies the work by R.W. Johnston of Pittsburg, "Artist in Scenic & Architectural Photography, Original Designer of Photographic Books"." | ||||||||
| George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; et al. | "Some Men of Fame: Their Portraits and Autographed Letters" | Documents not located, only located custom made box. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $37,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Collection of eight letters and/or documents, signed by famous men. Small folio. Binding in Pittsburgh book-binder Thomas W. Patterson (in 1959): full green grained morocco with gilt-tooled designs on covers and spine; elaborate pastedowns with marbled-paper doublure and gilt-tooled dentelles. Leather title-page. Eight leather pages; each side a double mat faced with clear acetate. Portraits on recto and mounted letter on recto. Housed in a custom-made felt-lined box, with leather spine that matches the book's spine. No signs of any ownership whatsoever. Mint condition. Includes the following letters: 1) Washington, George. 1p Als, from West Point, NY, Sept. 19, 1778. On military matters. 2) Lincoln, Abraham. Pardon document, signed. Washington, June 24, 1864. Name signed in full. 3) Grant, Ulysses S. 1p Als, from Headquarters of U.S. Army, City Point, Virginia, to Major Gen. John. G. Parke, Jan. 31, 1865. On military matters. 4) Longfellow, Henry W. Four lines of poem, signed, 1858. 5) Dickens, Charles. 1p ALs, from Gad's Hill Place, Oct. 7, 1857, to contributor of magazine. 6) Napolean Bonaparte. 1p ALs, as General in Chief of French Republic's Italian Army, on Bonaparte's professional, engraved stationary, to a fellow general. 7) Nelson, Horatio. 1p ALs, Jan 9, 1801. Letter to a friend on the naval commission of a mutual acquaintance. 8)Wesley, Rev. John. 1p ALs, London, October 26, 1782." | |||||||||
| Christian Wurstisen (a.k.a. Urstisio) | "Quaestiones in Theoricas Planetarum Georgii Purbachii" | Basel, 1596 | r521.5 W97 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "(22), 423, 230pp. Contemporary vellum, soiled but sturdy. 12 folding woodcuts. Some textual notations and a number of contemporary notes on e.p.s and front and rear blanks by Johannes Remig, Basel. Misdated in pencil on t.p." From the Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1912-1915: "Peurbach, Georg. Theoricae novae planetarum. Bound with Wurstisen's Qaestiones in theoricas planetarum Georgii Purbachii. ... r521.5 W97 Wurstisen, Christian. Quaestiones in theoricas planetarum Georgii Purbachii. [1596]. ... r521.5 W97" | |||||||
| Karl Bernard | "Reise... Durch Nord-Amerika" | Weimar: Wilhelm Hoffman, 1828 | King r917.3 B45r | First Edition | 2 vols in 1, 8vo, original cloth; worn. Uncut copy. Ink stamps to title pages. Lacking majority of maps, plans and plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "Two volumes (bound as one). First ed. With four plates, nine maps & plans (most of large rear map is missing). Uncut copy in worn original cloth. Ink stamp on title-page." | ||||||
| "Holy Bible" | London: Robert Barker, 1615 | King r200.5 B47b | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "Small 4to. Commonly referred to as the "Breeches Bible"; see Herbert 343. Later full speckled calf, rubbed." | ||||||||
| Richard Blome | "The Present State of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America..." | London: H. Clark for Dolman Newman, 1687 | King r917 P92 | First Edition | 8vo, later full leather. Library ink stamp to half title. Lacking title page and 6 fldg maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market value appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "With six (of eight) folding maps; also lacks frontis portrait. Defective copy, also lacking title-page. Many circle CL stamps throughout text. Later full leather." | ||||||
| "Das Britische Reich in America" | Sourau, 1756 | King r973.2 B75 | 4to, later 3/4 leather and marbled bds. Penciled markings on title-page. Lacking hand-colored fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $600 From 1991 appraisal: "Very good hand-colored fldg map. Later 3/4 leather. Penciled markings on title-page." | ||||||||
| Edmund Burke | "Collection of Five Pamphlets" | King r336.2 B91 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $600 From 1991 appraisal: "Bound together in contemporary marbled boars, red cloth tape backstrip. Penciled marking only on first title-page. Including: Burke's "Speech on American Taxation", Dublin, 1775. Pitt's "Speech in the House of Lords", Dublin, 1775. Paine's "Common Sense", Philadelphia: Bradford, 1776 (early printing). Chalmer's "Plain Truth" by Candidus (pseud.), Dublin 1776." | ||||||||
| Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix | "Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres" | London: R. Goadby, 1763 | King r917.1 C37L [copy 1] | 8vo, contemp full leather; worn, front cover almost detached. Embossed and ink stamps on title-page. Lacking fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $750 From 1991 appraisal: "With fldg map (not found in all copies). Different translation of author's "Journal of a Voyage to North America". Contemporary full leather, front cover almost detached. Embossed and ink stamps on title-page." | |||||||
| Francois Jean Chastellux | "Travels in North America..." | London, 1787 | King r917.3 C39t [copy 3] | First English Edition | 2 vols, later 3/4 leather and marbled bds; previous spine labels crudely removed. Penciled markings on title-pages. With 3 plates. Lacking 2 fldg maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $550 From 1991 appraisal: "Two vols. With two fldg maps and three plates. Later 3/4 leather, previous spine labels crudely removed. Pencilled markings on title-pages." | ||||||
| Jonathan Dickinson | "God's Protecting Providence" | London, 1790 | King r975.9 D55 | Seventh Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 Copy of Walton book in PA collection. From 1991 appraisal: "Bound with" Walton, William, "A Narrative of the Captivity and Suffering of Benjamin Gilbert and His Family". London, 1790. Embossed and ink stamps on first title, no marks on Walton piece. Contemporary tree calf, taped hinge (holding cover in place); book splitting down center of spine." | Howes D317 | ETSC lists 25 copies worldwide. | ||||
| Funeral Orations and Sermons on the Death of Washington | [Various Places, 1800] | King r92 W272fun | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $700 From 1991 appraisal: "Collection of 12 sermons in pamphlet form. Ink and perforated stamps only on first pamphlet. Contemporary full leather, front joint split." | ||||||||
| Hugo de Sancto Victore | "Allegoriarum... Libri Decem" | Paris: Henricus Stephanus [Etienne], 1517 | King Uncatalogued | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "(12), ff100. Discreet internal stamps, no external markings. Later full leather, front cover detached." | |||||||
| Sir William Keith | "The History of the British Plantations in America" | London: S. Richardson, 1738 | King r975.5 K16 | First Edition | Part 1 (all pub.), 4to, library buckram. Uncut copy. Ink stamps on title-page. Lacking 2 fldg maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Two fldg maps (including very good large US map). Ink stamps on title-page. Uncut copy in library buckram." | Sabin 37240 | |||||
| Anton E. Klausing | "Geschichte Der Englischen Kolonien in Nord-Amerika" | Leipzig: Caspar Fritsch, 1775 | King r973.2 G33 | First Edition | 2 vols in 1, orig bds; back bd loose. Pencil markings on title. Lacking hand-colored fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Two volumes. Very good fldg hand-colored map. Original boards. Pencilled markings on title-page." | Sabin 27209; Howes K-197 | |||||
| Capt. John Knox | "An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America..." | London: For the Author, 1769 | King r973.2 K35a | First Edition | 2 vols, vol I in original bds with red cloth tape backstrip; Vol II in library buckram. 2 portraits. Ink stamps on title-pages. Lacking fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $750 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. Two vols. Two portraits and one fldg map. Ink stamps on title-pages. Vol I on original boards with red cloth tape backstrip; Vol II in library buckram." | ||||||
| John Long | "Westindischen Dollmetschers Und Kaufmanns See-Und Land-Reisen" | Hamburg: Benjamin Gottlob Hoffman, 1791 | King r970.1 L82jw | First German Edition | 8vo, orig bds with leather spine label. Embossed and ink stamps on title-pages. Lacking hand-colored fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "First German ed. Hand-colored fldg map. Embossed and ink stamps on title-pages. Original boards with leather spine label." | ||||||
| Robert Morden | "Geography Rectified" | London, 1693 | King r910 M88 | Third Edition, Enlarged | 4to, full leather; worn, bds detached. Embossed and ink stamps on title-page. Diary annotations (for 1738) on front fly leaves and rear end-papers. Some leaves loose. Lacking 78 maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Full of uncolored maps. Embossed and ink stamps on title-page. Later full leather, very worn. Diary annotations (for 1738) on front flyleaves and rear end-papers." | ||||||
| John Ogilby | "America... The Latest and Most Accurate Description of the New World" | London, 1671 | King qr970 017 | First Edition, Presumed First Issue | Folio, library buckram. Ink stamps & some creasing on title. Lacking all maps and plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $8,500 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. With 51 (of 54) maps and plates. Ink stamps on title-pages. Library buckram." | Sabin 50089; Wing O-165; Howes O41 | |||||
| Thomas Paine, editor | "The Pennsylvania Magazine; or, American Monthly Museum" | Philadelphia: Aitken, 1775-1776 | King r051 P399 | Second Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Vol. I [all] and Vol. II, No. 1. Philadelphia: Aitken, 1775-76. Second edition of Jan. 1775 issue. With tipped-in slip, nine plates (including portrait of Oliver Goldsmith), and six maps. [With] Smith, William. "An Oration in Memory of General Montgomery". Philadelphia, 1776. 44pp. Penciled markings on first title-page of magazine only. Contemporary full leather, scuffed; some chipping of spine." | ||||||
| "The Political Register and Impartial Review of New Books" | London: Almon 1767-68 | King r052 P76 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Vol. I (May-Dec. 1767) and Vol. III (July-Dec. 1768). London: Almon, (1767-68). Two vols. Numerous plates, including the rare "The Colonies Reduced, with Its Companion" plate, designed and engraved by Benjamin Franklin, in the Dec. 1768 issue (p.321). Penciled markings only on first title-page of each volume. Vol I in original boards with taped spine; Vol III in original leather and boards, spine split in half. Extra map laid into Vol I: "An Accurate Map of the English Colonies in North America bordering on the River Ohio," 1754 (9x7.5")." | ||||||||
| Ptolemy | "Geografia..." | Venice: Battista & Galignani, 1597-98 | King qr910 P97 | 2 vols in 1, 4to, contemp full vellum; stained and worn. Small ink stamp on title-page only. Lacking all maps present in the 1991 appraisal. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $4,500 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Two parts in one vol. With two fldg maps and 62 engraved maps in text. Small ink stamp on title-page only. Contemporary full vellum, stained and worn." | |||||||
| Ptolemy | "La Geografia..." | Venice: Pedrezano, 1548 | King r910 P97g | First Italian Edition | Contemp full vellum; front hinge cracked. Ink stamp on title-page. Lacking 60 maps on 120 leaves present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $9,500 From 1991 appraisal: "First Italian edition. With 60 maps on 120 leaves. Contemporary full vellum, front hinge cracked. Ink stamp on title-page." | ||||||
| Lewes Roberts | "The Merchants Mappe of Commerce" | London: Mabb, 1638 | King qr380 R53a | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,500 From 1991 appraisal: "With added engraved title-page and four maps. 4to. Embossed stamp on title-page. Contemporary full leather with spine label; joints starting." | abpc 72; STC 21094; BM 21: 772 (104) | |||||
| Johann Friedrich Schroeter | "Algemeine Geschichte Der Lander Und Volker Von America" | Halle, 1752-53 | King r973.1 A39 | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,250 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. Two vols. With 68 maps and plates. Penciled markings on title-page. Contemporary 3/4 leather, two previous labels removed from each spine, joints starting." | Sabin 77989 | |||||
| Edmund Spenser | "The Fairie Qveene Disposed into XII Bookes" | London: Lownes, 1609 | King r821 S74f2 | First Folio Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Engraved title-pages and engravings at beginning of each canto. Some foxing and staining in text. Title-page worn. Worn contemporary full leather, front cover almost detached." | ||||||
| Henry S. Tanner | "[Map] United States of America" | Philadelphia, 1832 | King r912.73 M23 | Third Edition | 48 1/2 x 63 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,650 From 1991 appraisal: "Fine copy of large (48.5x63") fldg colored map, backed on linen and laid into contemporary 3/4 leather folder." | |||||
| Joseph Tucker | Collection of Six Pamphlets | London, 1775 | King r973.3 T657 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $700 From 1991 appraisal: "Penciled markings only on first title-page. Bound together in contemporary boards, red cloth tape backstrip. Titles include: Tucker's "A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson". London, 1775; Johnson's "Taxation No Tyranny", Third Edition. London, 1775; [Anon] "Taxation, Tyranny", addressed to Samuel Johnson. London, 1775; [Anon] "An Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled Taxation No Tyranny". London, 1775; And two pamphlets by Arthur Lee, both 1775." | |||||||
| George Washington | "The Journal of..." | London, 1754 | King r973.2 W27j3 | First English Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $22,000 From 1991 appraisal: "First English ed. With fldg map (a few tears along folds). Penciled markings on title-page. Later 3/4 leather, front cover detached. "Washington's first published work and of great historical significance as being the narrative of England's first move in attempting to wrest the Ohio country from France" [Howes W-134]. First published in Williamsburgh, 1754 [only a few copies exist of that edition]." | Howes W-134 First published in Williamsburg, 1754 [only a few copies exist of that edition.] | |||||
| John Wilkes | "Spartan Lessons" | Glasgow: Foulis, 1759 | King r881 T98 | Presentation copy | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $850 From 1991 appraisal: "Or, The Praise of Valour in the Verses of Tyrtaeus. Signed presentation copy from Wilkes to Sir Francis Dashwood (chancellor of the exchequer), with long inscription by Wilkes on the free front end-paper. Title-page browned. Pencilled markings on title-page. Contemporary full leather with lovely end-papers, front cover detached." | ||||||
| William Winterbotham | "An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West Indies." | London, 1795 | King r917.3 W79 [copy 1] | First Edition | 4 vols, mixed binding, contemp 3/4 leather; Vol I rebacked, Vols II-IV with heavy taped over spines. Penciled markings on title-page. Lacking all but 2 maps, most plates, and 7 tables (on 4 leaves) present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. Four vols. With 11 maps, 23 plates, and seven tables (on four leaves). Pencilled markings on title-page. Contemporary 3/4 leather; Vol I rebacked, Vols II-IV with heavy tape over spines." | ||||||
| Herman Moll | "Atlas Manuale" | London, 1723 | King r912 M79 | 8vo., contemp leather and bds; worn, front cover almost detached. With 9 of 44 fldg colored maps. Embossed and ink stamps on title-page; small library stamp in upper corner of some maps. Lacking 35 of 44 fldg colored maps originally present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,650 From 1991 appraisal: "With 44 fldg colored maps. Embossed and ink stamps on title-page; small library stamp in upper corner of some maps. Contemporary leather and boards, worn, front cover almost detached." | |||||||
| "America Noviter Delineata" [Map of the Americas] | Amsterdam: Henrico Hondius, 1631 | 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $600 From 1991 appraisal: "English text on verso. Partly torn along center fold." | ||||||||
| "Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio" [Map of the Americas] | Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius, 1578 | 20 x 15 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,750 From 1991 appraisal: "Early issue with bulging of South America. Good copy but map is tipped onto bad (and soiled) paper (can easily be removed)." | ||||||||
| "Mappa Aestivorum Insularum Alias Barmudas" [Map of Bermuda] | Amsterdam: Henrocum Hondium, circa 1630 | 15 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "English text on verso." | ||||||||
| Bermuda | "Mappa Aestivorum Insularum Alias Barmudas" [Map of Bermuda] | Amsterdam: Henrocum Hondium, circa 1630 | 15 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $800 From 1991 appraisal: "Colored, French text on verso." | |||||||
| "A Mapp of the Sommer Islands Once Called The Bermudas" [Map of Bermuda] | Ill: Abraham Goos, London: Speede, 1626 | 21 x 16 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $600 From 1991 appraisal: "Closely trimmed." | ||||||||
| Brazil | "[Map] Accuratissima Brasiliae Tabula" | Amsterdam: Henrico Hondius, circa 1636 | 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "Soiled and a little worn." | |||||||
| Francis Lamb | "(Carolinas) A New Description of Carolina" | London: Bassett & Chiswell, circa 1676 | 14 3/4 x 20 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Engraved by Francis Lamb." | |||||||
| "Chile" | Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, circa 1640 | 18 x 14 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "Hand-colored. French text on verso. very good copy." | ||||||||
| Thomas Bowles | "(Colonies) Bowles's New One Sheet Map of the Independent States of Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, etc." | London: Bowles and Carver, circa 1797 | 27 x 21 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Engraved by Lewis Evans. Beautiful hand-colored map, 27 x 21". Slightly torn along blank edge, map image is very good." | |||||||
| "(Colonies) Map of the Western Parts of the Colony of Virginia as far as the Mississippi" | [London: T. Jeffreys, 1754] | 9 1/4 x 14 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,500 From 1991 appraisal: "No imprint, engraver or date [but 1754]. 9.25 x 14". Same map as the one issued in the London, 1754 edition of George Washington's "Journal." This copy, however, is a fine impression, without any fold marks; separate impression (not disbound from a copy of the "Journal")." | ||||||||
| "(Guiana) Guiana Sive Amazonum Regio" | Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, circa 1633 | 13 3/4 x 19 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "Nicely hand-colored. Some offsetting. French text on verso." | ||||||||
| "(Mexico) Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia" | Jansson, circa 1640 | 14 3/4 x 19 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Hand-colored. French text on verso." | ||||||||
| "(New England) A Map of New England and New York" | London: Basset & Chiswell, circa 1676 | 15 x 19 1/2 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Engraved by Francis Lamb. 15 x 19.5". A few tears." | ||||||||
| Samuel Dunn | [Map] (North America) "North America, As Divided Amongst The European Powers" | London: Sayer, 1774 | 22 x 18 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $650 From 1991 appraisal: "Hand-colored. 22 x 18". Torn along top blank margin, not into map." | |||||||
| "(South America) Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan" | Amsterdam: Jansson, circa 1660 | 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "Hand-colored. French text on verso." | ||||||||
| [map] (Virginia) "Nova Virginiae" | Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, circa 1633 | 18 x 14 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Wrinkled and soiled." | ||||||||
| "(Virginiae Item et Floridae America Provinciarum Nova Descriptio" | [Mercator & Hondius? ca. 1640?] | 13 1/2 x 19 in. | Item not located. | 1991 appraisal value - $650 From 1991 appraisal: "French text on verso." | ||||||||
| [Map] (World) "A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne according to ye truest Descriptions lastest Discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or Strangers" | No imprint, [Speed?] 1651 | 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. | Item not located. | 1991 appraisal value - $650 From 1991 appraisal: "Torn along center fold, poor repair along fold." | ||||||||
| Jan & Willem Blaeu | "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" | Amsterdam: Johann Blaeu, 1644-45 | qr912 B51 | 3 vols; gilt-stamped vellum over bds, leather spines; all edges gilt; vellum cracked and stained, especially on vols 1 & 3. Vol 1, engraved title-page soiled and silverfished on edges. Large brown stains around colored charts in introduction. 2 hand-colored title pages. All volumes with plates removed since the 1991 appraisal. Originally only lacked 2 maps. Most plates are quite clean and with attractive contemporary coloration. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $35,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Three volumes; gilt-stamped vellum over boards, leather spines, a.e.g. Vellum cracked and stained, especially on vols. 1 & 3. Vol. 1, engraved t.p. soiled and silverfished on edges. Large brown stains around colored charts in introduction. Two hand-colored title pages. Faint old waterstains in upper gutter and lower margin. Some brown tape repairs to paper. Most plates are quite clean and with attractive contemporary coloration. Vol 1. Koeman Bl 23A (maps# 17, 18, and 19 collate to Bl 21a) 118 of 120 maps (lacks #41 and #67). #16 split on folds, poorly repaired. #17 poorly repaired on fold. #62 repaired tear. #83 chipped on edges. #96 some soil. Vol. 2 Koeman Bl 24A, final 3 maps collate to Bl 22. 48 maps. Vol. 3. Bl 37A but collates to Bl 36A & B. 66 maps. #43 browning." | |||||||
| Jodocus Hondius & Gerard Mercator | "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae" | Amsterdam: Hondius, 1613 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $20,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Full stamped vellum, remnant of gilt. Yapped foredge. Split on front lower joint, brown stain on front. First signature detached. Some paper repairs in margins. Some maps creased, some torn on creases. 150 attractively hand-colored engraved maps." | Gift of Wilson King | Koeman MR 23A | ||||||
| Nicolaus Visscher | "Atlas Minor" | Amsterdam: Abraham Allard, 1706 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $14,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Full calf, boards detached, spine lacking portions of leather. Ornamental title, title-page and index remounted. Map #89 split on lower fold, lacking portion of image. Maps 1 and 88 split on folds. Map 35 chipped on folds. Map #78 torn. Final 5 maps creased. Text in Latin. 179 maps. Orbis Terrarum--see Shirley 406---variant with California as an island but not showing area as California rather than Novus Albion. Lacks map #167 (Novum Belgium), but contains 4 maps not in t.o.c. With printed index. As the atlas includes maps printed by DeWit, it was issued after 1706 by Elizabeth Versyl, the widow of Nicolaes Vissher II." | Possibly Koeman Vis 25 | |||||||
| Giovanni Boccaccio | "Genealogiae Deorum" | Reggio Emilia: Bartholomaeus & Laurentius di Bruschis, 1481 | qr292 B57 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,500 From the 1991 appraisal: "Later calf; quite worn, front board detached. ff356. Wide margins. Two leaves remounted. Some stains and wormholes." | Goff B-751; GKW 4476; Hain-Cop 3319; Klebs 190.1; Pellechet 2469; Proctor 7250; BMC VII 2085 | ISTC locates 15 other copies held in the United States and 77 copies held worldwide. | |||||
| Diogenes Laertius | "Vitae et Sententiae Philosophorum" | [Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus, 1490] | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1000 From 1991 appraisal: "Leather spine and corners, decorated paper-covered boards. No library markings (but noted in Goff). Contemporary notes throughout." | Gift of Mrs. Herbert DuPuy in 1937 | Goff D-222 | ISTC locates 29 other copies held in the United States and 140 copies held worldwide. | |||||
| Johannes Herolt | "Sermones Discipuli" | [Strassburg: Printer of the 1483 Vitas Patrum, 1484] | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,250 From 1991 appraisal: "Paper-covered wraps; poor condition, virtually disbound. ff172." | Gift of Mrs. Herbert Dupuy in 1937 | Goff H-111 | ISTC locates 2 other copies held in the United States and 47 copies held worldwide. | |||||
| Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo (Bergmensis) | "Supplementum Chronicarum" | [Venice: Berarduc Benalius, 1486] | Third Edition, First Illustrated Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,100 From 1991 appraisal: "Remnants only of spine. Boards detached. Worming. Final leaves torn with some loss of text. Some owner's inscriptions on recto of first leaf. Woodcut initials. This world chronicle was the first to integrate the new classical learning of the Renaissance. It was immensely popular, and, in fact, served as a model for the Schedel's LIBER CHRONICARUM." From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1935: "Tablula plus 295 leaves, ill., tabs. Title page wanting part of back cover wanting. Printed by Bernardinus de Benaliis. Gothic letter. Folio." | Gifted by Mrs. Herbert Dupuy in 1937 | Goff J-210 | ISTC locates 18 other copies held in the United States and 153 copies held worldwide. | ||||
| Leonardus de Utino | "Sermones de Sanctis" | [Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1473] | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,600 From 1991 appraisal: "ff314, last blank. No signatures or catchwords. Worn leather spine, decorated paper-covered boards, worn and detached. Light foxing. Notations throughout in several hands, long manuscript note on both sides of last leaf in a contemporary hand. Illuminated initial, some rubrication and pen-flourishing." | Goff L-152 | ISTC locates 9 other copies held in the United States and 86 copies held worldwide. | ||||||
| Nicolaus de Ausmo | "Supplementum Summae Pisanellae" | [Venice: Leonardus Wild, 1479] | r093 L62 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,850 From 1991 appraisal: "Oak boards and blind- stamped tawed pigskin spine. 3" split at head of spine, smaller closed split at foot. Portion of front board lacking on foredge. Waterstains throughout. Lacking f.g1. Pen-flourished initials in red and blue. The revision of a work by Bartolomaeus de S. Concordia of Pisa: the alphabetical entries deal with a number of sacred as well as secular topics." From Oliver Room Catalogue: "1 v. (unpaged) 23 cm." From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts: "Unp. Author unknown. Double columns, Rubricated capitals. Bound in boards. Gothic letter. A manual of ecclesiastical terms and requirements in medieval Latin, arranged alphabetically, with "tabula" at end. Presented by Luigi von Kunits March 6, 1897. Note: This book is catalogued by the library under the name of the printer." Sierra: Catalogued under Leonard Wild, Ecclesiastical Handbook, [1516?] | Goff N-71 | ISTC locates 21 other copies held in the United States and 172 copies held worldwide. | |||||
| Francesco Petrarca | "De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae" | [Cremona: Barnardinus de Misintis, 1492] | qr170 P46 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,600 From 1991 appraisal: "In library buckram. Waterstains on early leaves. Worming throughout. Lacks one leaf (t6). Wide margins. ff166." | Gift of J. L. Lewis, 1917 | Goff P-409 | ISTC locates 40 other copies held in the United States and 141 copies held worldwide. | ||||
| Antonius Rampigollis [but Bindus de Senis] | "Aurea Biblia" | [Strassburg: Johann Grueninger, 1496] | r248 R17 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,000 From 1991 appraisal: "ff122. Full vellum, blind-stamped on cover. Rear joint split. Double-column, rubricated. Letter on Palmer House stationery about the book dated 1906, on Palmer House stationery, from Paul Gottschalk." Victor Scholderer in Fifty Essays, 1966, pp. 141-42, showed that the true author of this is Bindus or Bydo de Senis (Bindo Guerri). Rampegollis, who was definitely the author of the Figurae Bibliae, or Compendium morale, of which the prologue is here printed on a2r, with Rampegollis's name quite clearly given. (Sotheby's) | Goff R-20 | ISTC locates 6 other copies held in the United States and 89 copies held worldwide. | |||||
| Thomas Aquinas | "Summa Theologicae, Pars Secunda: Secunda Pars" | [Venice: Leonardus Wild, 1479] | qr230 T375 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,000 From 1991 appraisal: "ff340. Card boards, detached. Lacks spine. Lacks first leaf, n2 lacking upper right corner, with some loss of text. Some marginal dampstains to later leaves. Some worming. Manuscript notations throughout. Large copy." | Goff T-215 | ISTC locates 8 other copies held in the United States and 87 copies held worldwide. | |||||
| "Vesperale Antiphonarium" | Circa 1600 | qr091 R65 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Manuscript in Latin on vellum, Antiphonal in Spanish. 97 leaves. Painted vellum over boards, with bosses and clasps. Rubricated. This antiphoner, as is the case with most, is difficult to place and date. It is certainly before 1786, and probably after 1500. This volume is catalogued in both Music and Art section and the Oversize section of Humanities and Social Science." | Gifted by Sebastian Mueller, 1915 | Showers 134 | ||||||
| "Carta Executoria de Hidalguia a Pedimento de Anton Corvera Villalta Vezino de la Villa de Moron" | Granada, 1795 | qr091 C23 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,800 From 1991 appraisal: " Manuscript in Spanish on vellum. ff94. Patent of nobility. This document along with the others in the collection, represents the official statement of nobility in Spain. Each is elaborately bound and is illuminated. These documents were produced well after the introduction of printing, and represent the creation of a unique formal state document produced in a traditional manner." From the Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1912-1915: "Manuscript in Spanish written on vellum in Gothic characters within lines ruled in purple, executed at Granada, May 5, 1795; 12 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches, 94 leaves; embellished with two full page miniatures in gold and colors with ornamental borders and 15 initials in red, blue and gold, the last containing a miniature portrait; bound in calf with elaborate gilt tooling." | Showers 130 | |||||||
| "Carta Executoria de Hidalguia en Possession General a Pedimento de Pedro Goncalez Gil Vezino de la Villa de Vejar" | Valladolid | qr 091 C235 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,800 From 1991 appraisal: "ff94. Black morocco elaborately stamped in gilt, remnants only of backstrip. Patent of nobility." From the Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1912-1915: "Manuscript in Spanish on vellum, executed at Valladolid, June 28, 1610; 12 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 56 leaves; embellished with one full page miniature in gold and colors, the headings of 10 paragraphs illuminated in red and gold, of which the last has a large initial in red, blue and gold; bound in calf with blind tooled and gilt ornaments. Four leaves of paper inserted between fol. 54 and 55." | Showers 131 | |||||||
| Georgius Rumphius (Georg Eberhand Rumphf) | "D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer" | Amsterdam: F. Halma, 1705 | qr595.3 R87 | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "Full calf, spine worn, split at joints. Light old waterstains. First edition. 60 engravings." | Gift of John A. Beck | Landwehr 591; Nissen 3518; Wood, p. 545 | ||||
| Antonio Neri | "Art of Glass" | London: A.W. for Octavian Pullyn, 1662 | r666.1 N236ar | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $900 From 1991 appraisal: "Full leather, boards loose." | |||||||
| Antonio Neri | "Arte Vetraria" | Florence, 1661 | r666.1 N236a | Book not located, only located custom made box. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "Limp vellum, worn on corners." | |||||||
| Athanasius Kircher | "Mundus Subterraneus" | Amsterdam: Janson & Weyerstraten, 1665 | qr508 K28 | First Edition | 2 vols in 1, folio, full leather; extremely worn, endpapers worn, late leaves wearing on margins. Engraved title page. Illustrations within text. Some typed translations and notes on the text have been tipped or laid in at various points in the text. Lacking all plates and maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Extremely worn, disintegrating full leather. Endpapers worn, late leaves wearing on margins. First edition. Plates for the three vovelles are tipped in, rather than having the volvelles attached to the page. Includes the first world map to show fairly accurate ocean currents. Some typed translations and notes on the text have been tipped or laid in at various points in the text. Should be rebound--the text is in fine condition but the binding is quite poor." | Sabin 37967; Hoover 483 | |||||
| Daniel Giraud Elliot | "Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise" | [n.p.]: For the Subscribers, by the Author, 1873 | qr598.8 E52 | Folio, 3/4 leather; binding broken. All but 1 of 36 hand-colored and 1 uncolored plates are missing that were present in the 1991 appraisal. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $36,000 From 1991 appraisal: "For the Subscribers, by the Author. 3/4 leather, soiled, backstrip mostly gone, front board detached. Title-page creased. Some finger-prints in text. Child's bird scribble on verso of first plate. Plates chipping. Some plates splitting off from binding due to brittle paper. 36 hand-colored plates and one uncolored plate after J. Wolf by Joseph Smit. Includes list of subscribers, list of plates. A scarce, spectacular, and valuable book in urgent need of conservation. This book should not be handled until restored." | Nissen IVB 296; Fine Bird Books, p. 95; Wood, p. 331; Zimmer, p. 207. | ||||||
| George Edwards | "Natural History of Uncommon Birds...." | London: College of Physicians, 1743-51; 1758-64 | qr598.2 E31 & Worthington qr570 E31 | First Edition | 2 works in 7 vols, 3/4 red morocco; 3 works in 3 vols of "Natural History of Uncommon Birds," very worn, most bds detached; 4 works in 4 vols of "Gleanings of Natural History," rubbed spines, joints cracked, some bds detached. French text at the end of each vol. With 3 of 362 hand-colored plates; detached, soiled, chipped with loss of paper. Lacking 208 of 210 plates present in "Uncommon Birds", that was part of the 1991 appraisal. Also lacking 151 of 152 plates from "Gleanings." | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,150 ("Uncommon Birds" only) From 1991 appraisal: "4 vol. 3/4 morocco. Spines worn, most boards detached. Plate 2 with color smeared. Plate 186 lightly soiled, facing text page soiled and chipped. Otherwise internally fresh. Plates are unmarked. One of the most popular eighteenth-century works on ornithology. 210 hand-colored engravings. Vol 1 does not contain the subscriber's list. French text at the end of each volume. Three additional parts were issued." Note: Only 4 volumes of "Natural History of Uncommon Birds" were appraised in 1991, with mention of three additional parts that were issued, but not indicating "Gleanings of Natural History" as being part of the collection. | Nissen 286-88; SBF, p. 73; Wood, p. 329 | |||||
| Robert Boyle | "Some Considerations Touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy..." | Oxford: Henry Hall for Ric. Davis, 1663 | r530 B67 | First Edition, in two parts | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,800 From 1991 appraisal: "Decayed leather." | Madan 2634; Wing B4029 | |||||
| Georgius Agricola | "De Re Metallica Libri XII" | Basel: Ludovicus Rex, 1621 | qr669 A27 | Third Latin Edition | Item not located. Georgii Agricolae - De re metallica libri XII : quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissimae describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, Germanicisque appellationibus ita ob oculos ponuntur, ut clarius tradi non possint eiusdem De animantibus subterraneis liber / ab autore recognitus cum indicibus diuersis, quicquid in opere tractatum est, pulchrae demonstrantibus. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,200 From 1991 appraisal: "Library buckram. (8), (538), (58)pp. Old water-stains. The first edition of this significant work is shelved in the Humanities and Social Science section." | ||||||
| Aaron Williams | "The Harmony Society" | Pittsburgh, 1866 | r335.9 W74 [copy 6] | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. Original cloth." | ||||||
| Robert B. McAfee | "History of the Late War in the Western Country" | Lexington, KY, 1816 | r973.5 M11 | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. Very clean copy. Later leather, both covers detached." | ||||||
| Giorgio Targione-Tozzetti | "Relazione d'Alcuni Viaggi Fatti in Diverse Parti Della Toscana" | Florence: Stamperia Granducale, 1768 | r914.55 T21 | Second Edition | 12 vols, 8vo., contemp full leather with gilt decorated spines and leather spine labels; spine ends chipped, many joints cracked or starting, but all covers attached. With 1 fldg plate (of 34 maps and plates). Perforated stamps to title pages. Lacking 15 fldg maps and 18 fldg plates that were present in 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Second edition. 12 volumes. WIth 15 fldg maps and 19 fldg plates. Contemporary full leather with gilt decorated spines and leather spine labels; spine ends chipped, many joints cracked or starting, but all covers attached." | ||||||
| Samuel Bates | "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers; 1861-65" | Harrisburg, 1869-71 | rqE527.B32 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Five vols. Library buckram." | |||||||
| Gaetano Vascellini | "Statue e Gruppi, che sono in Firenze" | 1777-79 | qr735 V22 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $800 From 1991 appraisal: "Two volumes. 3/4 brown morocco, rubbed; Pasted paper-covered boards. Plates clean, light foxing only. Tear in t.p. volume 2. Copper-plate engravings." | |||||||
| Jean Baptiste van Moor | "Recueil de Cent Estampes Representant Differentes Nations du Levant... 1707 et 1708" | Paris: Le Hay et Duchange, 1714 | qr391 M875 | Folio, contemp calf, gilt lettered spine; joints weak. Ink stamp to lower margin of title page. Lacking 102 copperplates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,200 From the 1991 appraisal: "Full contemporary binding, gilt spine. Joints weak. Plates clean. 27pp text. 102 copperplates, 3 double page." | |||||||
| Garcilaso de la Vega | "Histoire de la Conquete de La Floride" | Leide: Vander, 1731 | Worthington r973.1 V24 | 8vo, contemp full leather; light wear. Perforated and ink library stamps to title page. With 2 (of 9) fldg plates. Lacking map and 7 views present in the 1991 appraisal. Also lacking leather and cloth slipcase. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $600 From 1991 appraisal: "Small fldg map and nine fldg views. Contemporary full leather, very good condition. In folding chemise within leather & cloth slipcase." | |||||||
| Bernardo Sansone Sgrilli | "Descrizione e Studi dell'insigne Fabbrica di S. Maria del Fiore" | Florence: Bernardo Paperini, 1733 | qb726 S52 | Folio, full contemp vellum; binding broken. Plates unmarked and clean. Lacking all but 2 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Full contemporary vellum. Plates clean." | |||||||
| Sebastiano Serlio | "Book of Architecture" | London: Robert Peake, 1611 | qb721 S48 | First English Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,750 From 1991 Appraisal: "Five parts in one vol. Full contemp. leather; joints weak. Five folding plates. Text in black letter. The woodcuts used were from the same blocks as the 1553 Antwerp and the 1608 Basel editions.(3), 13ff; (10, 26ff; (1), 73ff; 69, (3)ff, 16ff." | Fowler 331; STC 22235 | |||||
| Torellus Sarayna | "De Origine et Amplitudine Civitatis Veronae" | Verona: Antonio Putelleti, 1540 | qb720.945 S24 | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,250 From 1991 appraisal: "Lacks title page. Folding plates. ff70. Lacks f19, 27. Old vellum-binding detached from text block. Very clean. 29 woodcuts and one map. See Mortimer for a detailed description as well as information on the confusing collation of this volume." | Fowler 289; Mortimer Italian 462 | |||||
| J. Esprit Bonnet | "Réponse aux Principales Questions qui Peuvent être Faites sur les États-Unis de l'Amérique" | 1795 | r917.3 B62 | Second Edition | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "2v. 21 cm." | Sabin 6324 | |||||
| Giovanni Piranesi | [Opere] | N.p., 1748-1807 | qb722.7 P64o | 18 vols, folio, full calf; decaying, bds detached or bindings broken. Lacking all plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $125,000 From 1991 appraisal: "18 vol. Paris, 1748-1807. Full calf, decaying. Many boards detached. A.e.g. Plates, double and single page, very clean--unmarked and unfoxed, and good impressions. We have found no records of this set being offered for sale in the past 20 years: our appraisal of its value is therefore approximate." From Bernd Collection Catalogue: "[Opere.] 18v. N.p., 1748-1807." | Hind pp 31-33; 74-87 | ||||||
| Bartolomeo Pinelli | "Opera de Costumi Italiani" | Rome: L. Fabbri, 1828 | qr391 P62 | Folio, vellum and boards. Lacking 51 hand-colored plates present in the 1991 appraisal. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $850 From 1991 appraisal: "Vellum and boards. 51 hand-colored plates, clean." | |||||||
| Thomas Jefferys | "A Description of the Maritime Parts of France" | London, 1761 | r914.4 J23 | First Edition | 2 vols, oblong 4to, library buckram. With 9 plates and maps (of 85). Title page tipped in, occasional repairs. Lacking the vast majority of maps and plates. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "v. : 87 plates (1 double). 29 x 41 cm." | ||||||
| George Henry Mason | "Costume of China" | London: W.Miller, 1800 | qb391 M44 | Folio, library buckram; soiled. With 7 of 81 hand-colored engraved plates and contemporary watercolors. Extra-Illustrated. Lacking 74 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Library buckram, soiled. 60 hand-colored engraved plates by Dadly after Pu-Qua dated 1798. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, with 21 apparently contemporary water color depictions of the same character in different poses. The illustrations have been cut out and mounted to tipped-in leaves or to blank pages of the text. The artist for these illustrations cannot be identified." | Abby Travel 533; Colas 2009 | ||||||
| Philibert de L'Orme Lyonnaise | "Nouvelles Inventions pour Bien Bastir et a Petits Fraiz" | Paris, 1576 | qb721 L88 | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,500 From 1991 appraisal: "(10), 94, (4)pp. Library buckram. Some paper repairs. Some corners replaced. With portrait engraving." | ||||||
| Roland Freart de Chambray | "Parallele de L'Architecture Antique" | Paris, 1650 | qb729.3 F89 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,250 From 1991 appraisal: "t.p., 4 p.l., 109pp. Contemporary dark brown leather, worn and with bumped corners. Front hinge splitting at head. 40 plates." | Fowler 127 | ||||||
| Georgius Agricola; Illus. by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch | "De Re Metallica Libri XII" | Basil: Froben, 1556 | qr094 A27 | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $10,000 From 1991 appraisal: "First edition. With one fldg plate and woodcut illustrations throughout text. Slight marginal staining with some contemporary text notations. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over oak boards. One clasp. Paper spine label. Spine cocked. Several contemporary ownership notations on title-page scratched out. [Note: another copy is in the Museum's Library.]" | Gift from Norman Sprang, 1904 | Grolier-Horblitt 2b; Norman 20; PMM 79 | ||||
| Adam Smith | "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" | London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776 | qr330 S64 | First Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $18,000 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. Two vols. 4to. With front blank, advt on verso of title-page, half-title in Vol II. Errata on verso of Vol II title-page, and advt on verso of p.587. Internally, a clean and wide-margined copy. Later 3/4 leather, covers of Vol II detached. Albeit the binding condition, a good copy of the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought. We would assume that the Library has many other editions of this famous work." | Kress 7621; PMM 221; Goldsmith 11392; Grolier, English 57; Rothschild 1897; ESTC T96668 | |||||
| Rhodigino Giglio Artemio Giancarli | "La Cingana" | Vinegia: Augustina Bindoni, 1550 | Third Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "Library buckram. ff92. First published in 1545." | |||||||
| Johann Ludwig Gottfried | "Newe Welt Und Americanische Historien" | Frankfurt: Merian, 1655 | King qr973.1 G723 | Second Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $7,000 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Second ed. With added illustrated title-page, five maps and plans, and 172 illustrations throughout text. Penciled markings on title-page. In contemporary (or possibly 18th century) 3/4 leather and marbled boards." | ||||||
| Thomas Anburey | "Travels Through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters" | London: William Lane, 1789 | King r917.3 A53 [copy 1] | First Edition | With 3 plates, 2 of them fldg. Else lacking. 2 vols. Fldg map, facsimile plates, and 6 (of 7) plates, lacking "View of Boston". Embossed stamp on title-pages. Full contemporary leather. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 | ||||||
| Verein für die Bergbaulichen Intere | "Entwickelung des Niederrheinisch-Westfalischen Steinkohlenbergbaues" | 1902-05 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "12 vols." | ||||||||
| "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" | Amsterdam: Nico Israel, [1960s?] | qr912 T34 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $550 From 1991 appraisal: "Vol. l-lV. Fascimile atlas. Original cloth." | ||||||||
| Jonathan Carver | "Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America" | London, 1778 | r917.3 C24t [copy 2] | First Edition | 8v., orig bds, uncut; backstop very worn, front hinge cracked. With 4 copper-plates. Perforated library stamp to title page. Lacking fldg maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $600 From 1991 appraisal: "Complete with two fldg maps and four copper-plates. First edition. Original boards, uncut; backstrip very worn, front hinge cracked." | ||||||
| George Catlin | "Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio" | London: George Catlin, Egyptian Hall, Picadilly, 1844 | Worthington qr970.1 C28ca | First Edition | Folio; rubbed & worn. Lacking 25 colored plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $75,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Folio. 20, (1)pp. First Edition, with 25 large colored plates, numbered 1-25, plus an additional 6 unnumbered colored plates (commonly found in the second edition), total of 31 plates. [see Wagner-Camp-Becker 105a:2]. Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather and cloth boards, with leather title label on front cover, all edges gilt. Perforated stamp on title-page, but no marking whatsoever on any of the plates. A very good copy of a scarce and valuable book." | Sabin 11532; Field 258; Howes C-243; Wagner-Camp-Becker 105a:2 | |||||
| George H.V. Collot | "Voyage Dans L'Amerique Septentrionale" | Paris: Arthus Bertand, 1826 | qr917 C71 | 3 vols, (2 8vo vols of text and folio atlas vol), 3/4 leather and marbled bds; worn, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. With 19 (of 36) maps and plates (mostly plates remaining); perforated stamp on every map/plate, but approx. 50% on edge only, not in image. Maps 3, 6, 17, 22, 23, 25-36 lacking - originally this atlas vol was complete in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $7,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Three volumes: two volumes of text, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Vol III, Atlas volume [folio]. Complete with 36 large fldg maps and plates; perforated stamp on every map/plate, but approx. 50% on edge only, not in image. All maps/plates rebacked on linen. All volumes in matching later 3/4. Rare work." | |||||||
| William Coxe | "Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America." | London: J. Nichols, 1780 | r910.9 C85 | Second Edition, Revised & Corrected. | 4to, library buckram. Perforated stamp and repairs to title page. With 1 fldg view (with repair). Scattered foxing. Lacking 4 fldg maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $900 From 1991 appraisal: "Second edition, revised & corrected. London, 1780. Four fldg maps (two with repairs), one fldg view (with repair). Scattered foxing. Library buckram." | ||||||
| Michel-Guillame St. Jean de Crevecoeur | "Letters from an American Farmer..." | London: Thomas Davies, 1782 | r917.3 C88 | First Edition | 8vo, library buckram. Library markings. Lacking 2 fldg maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. Lacks 8pp advts. With two fldg maps. Contemporary full leather, spine taped over; tape over hinges. Ink stamps on title-page." | ||||||
| Capt. William Dampier, et. al. | "A Collection of Voyages" | London: Printed for J. and J. Knapton, 1729 | r910.4 D18 | Collected Edition | 4 vols, vol I in library buckram, vols II-IV in contemp leather; very worn, covers detached. Lacking 63 maps and plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Four volumes. Complete with 63 maps and plates (some fldg), most without any library stamps. Vol I in library buckram, Vols II-IV in very worn contemporary leather, covers detached and spines in very poor condition-- in need of rebinding." | Sabin 18373; Hill 422 | |||||
| Olfert Dapper (trans. by) | "Die Unbekante Neue Welt....Amerika" | Amsterdam: Jacob von Meurs, 1673 | Worthington qr917.3 M85 | First Edition | Small folio, later 3/4 leather; rubbed. With engraved title page and 38 of 54 engraved plates and maps (some fldg). Library ink stamp to title page, other plates clean. Scattered soiling. Lacking 16 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $3,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Small folio. Complete with 54 maps and plates. First edition. Later 3/4 leather, rubbed." | Sabin 50087 | |||||
| Jean D'Anville | Four Folding Maps in Library Buckram Binder | 1752-1755 | qr912.5 A63 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Includes maps of North America, Louisiana- Florida- Carolinas, St. Laurent, and Louisiana. Perforated stamps on all maps." | |||||||
| David B. Edward | "The History of Texas" | Cincinnati, 1836 | Worthington r976.4 E31 | First Edition | 8vo, contemp 3/4 leather and marbled bds; worn. Perforated and ink stamps to title page. Lacking hand-colored fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $800 From 1991 appraisal: "With fldg hand-colored map. Contemporary 3/4 leather." | ||||||
| George Heriot | "Travels Through the Canadas" | London: T. Gillet, 1807 | qr917.1 H47 | 4to, original 3/4 leather; bds detached. With 27 tinted plates (some fldg). Frontis plate with perforated stamp, no other markings on other plates. Lacking large fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,250 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. With 27 tinted plates (some fldg). Very good hand-colored fldg map. Frontis plate with perforated stamp (no other markings on other plates). Original 3/4 leather, worn; both covers detached." | |||||||
| Gilbert Imlay | "A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America..." | London, 1797 | Worthington r917.69 I23 | Third Edition | Later 3/4 leather. Lacking 4 fldg maps and plans present in the 1991 appraisal. "A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America: Containing A succinct Account of its Soil, Climate, Natural History, Population, Agriculture, Manners, and Customs. With an ample Description of the several Divisions into which that Country is partitioned." | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Third (and best) edition. With four fldg maps and plans. Later 3/4 leather." | ||||||
| Thomas Jefferys | "The American Atlas" | London: Sayer & Bennett, 1778 | qr912.7 J23 | Third Edition | Folio, later cloth and bds; worn, rubbed. Title page loose. Lacking all 30 maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $18,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Folio. With 30 maps on 49 sheets (some maps very large). Generally clean copy. Later cloth and boards." | ||||||
| Robert Baird | "View of the Valley of the Mississippi..." | Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1832 | r917.7 B16 | First Edition | Library buckram. Lacking all maps and views present in the 1991 appraisal. "View of the Valley of the Mississippi: or the Emigrant's and Traveller's Guide to the West. Containing a General Description of that Entire Country; and also, Notices of the Soil, Productions, Rivers, And other Channels of Intercourse and Trade: And Likewise of the Cities and Towns, Progress of Education, &c. of Each State and Territory." | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $225 From 1991 appraisal: " First ed. Complete with 15 maps & views. Library buckram." | ||||||
| George Bate | "Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia" | London: Abel Swal, 1685 | Church r942.064942 B31 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "Frontis, library buckram." | |||||||
| Holy Bible [Breeches Bible] | London: Robert Barker, 1611 | r220.5 B47bl | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "Geneva version, so-called "Breeches" Bible. Text closely trimmed. Occasional old mold in gutter. Occasional minor worming. Family records from 18th century on some leaves. Later (circa 19th Century) 3/4 leather. Gift of Park Painter." | ||||||||
| Johannis Bustorf (Johannes Buxtorf) | "Thesaurus Grammaticus Linguae Sanctae Hebraeae" | Basel, 1663 | 492.4 C13 | Sixth Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "Title-page almost detached. Scattered foxing. Contemporary vellum, soiled." | ||||||
| Peter Heylin | "Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World: and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof." | London, 1682 | King qr910 H51 [copy 1] | Sixth Edition | Folio, later 3/4 leather and bds; worn. Engraved title-page remounted and repaired; lacks portion of one leaf. Lacking 4 maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Engraved title-page remounted; lacks portion of one leaf. With four maps. Later 3/4 leather, rubbed." | ||||||
| Gilbert Imlay | "A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America..." | London, 1793 | r917.69 I23 | Second Edition | Library buckram. Lacking the maps present in the 1991 appraisal. "A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America: Containing A succinct Account of its Soil, Climate, Natural History, Population, Agriculture, Manners, and Customs. With an ample Description of the several Divisions into which that Country is partitioned. To Which are Added, the Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky. And An Essay towards the Topography, and Natural History of that important Country. by John Filson, to which is added I. The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the First Settlers, comprehending every important Occurrence in the Political History of that Province, II. The Minutes of the Piankashaw Council, held at Post St. Vincent's, April 15, 1784, III. An Account of the Indian Nations inhabiting within the Limits of the Thirteen United States; their Manners and Customs; and Reflections on their Origin." | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "With two (of three) fldg maps, lacking frotis map. Library buckram." | ||||||
| Peter Kalm | "Travels into North America..." | London, 1772 | r917.3 K12 [copy 1] | Second English Edition | Two vols, mixed binding. Lacking map and plates that were present in the 1991 appraisal. "Travels into North America; containing Its Natural History, and A circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in general; with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country, The Manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and Important Remarks on various subjects". | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Second English ed. Two vols. Six plates and one large fldg map. Vol I in 3/4 leather; Vol II in library buckram." | ||||||
| Peter Kalm | "Travels into North America..." | London, 1772 | r917.3 K12 [copy 2] | Second English Edition | Two vols. Contemp full leather, backstrips very worn. Vol. II front cover detached. Lacking maps and plates present in the 1991 appraisal. "Travels into North America; containing Its Natural History, and A circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in general; with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country, The Manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and Important Remarks on various subjects" | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "Two vols. Six plates and one large fldg map. Contemporary full leather, backstrips very worn; Vol II front cover detached." | ||||||
| Albert Krantz | "Wandalia" | Cologne: Soter, 1519 | qr943 K41 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,500 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Complete. Contemporary vellum over boards; warped and soiled, horizontal split on back. Initial letters rubricated. Some contemporary marginalia." | |||||||
| Baron Lahontan | "Nouveaux Voyages" | Hauge: Les Freres Honores, 1704 | Worthington r917.1 L15n | First Edition | 2 vols, 8vo, contemp full leather; front joint of vol. I partially cracked otherwise nice binding, in folding chemise with leather and cloth slipcase. Perforated and ink stamps to title pages. Engraved plates. Lacking maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Two vols. With three maps and 23 plates. Contemporary full leather, front joint of Vol I partially cracked, otherwise nice binding in folding chemise within leather and cloth slipcase." | ||||||
| John Lambert | "Travels Through Canada and the United States of North America..." | London, 1814 | Worthington 917 L18a | Second Edition | Two vols. 15 plates and charts (either tinted or colored). Contemp full tree calf; head of Vol II spine slightly chipped. Lacking fldg map and 2 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. "Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808. To which are added, Biographical Notices and Anecdotes of Some of the Leading Characters in the United States" | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $700 From 1991 appraisal: "Two vols. With hand-colored fldg map, 17 plates and charts (either tinted or colored). Contemporary full tree calf; head of Vol II spine slightly chipped." | ||||||
| Jacques Le Lieur; Edited by Victor Sanson | "Le Livre Enchaine, Ou Livre des Fontaines de Rouen" | 1911 | qr944.2 L57 | #164 of 250 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 Appraisal: "Two vols, folio. #164 of 250 sets. Elaborate facsimile edition with tipped-on plates." | ||||||
| James Lewis | "The Aboriginal Port-Folio" | Philadelphia, 1835 | Worthington qr970.1 L67 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $8,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Folio. Complete with 72 colored plates. Tears along edges of some plates, with some old paper repairs; only one plate with tear into image. Original front wrap and Advertisement page to part No. 2 bound in. Later 3/4 leather, front cover detached." | Bennett, p.68; Eberstadt 131:418; Field 936; Howes L315; Sabin 40812; Reese Stamped with a National Character 23 | ||||||
| John Long | "Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader" | London, 1791 | Worthington qr790.1 L82 [copy 2] | First Edition | 4to, contemp 3/4 leather and marbled bds; both covers detached, spine worn. Ink and perforated stamps to title page. Lacking fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,200 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. 4to. With fldg map. Contemporary 3/4 leather, both covers detached, spine worn." | ||||||
| Ludolphus de Saxonia | "Vita Cristi Cartuxano" | Alcala: Santislaus Polonus, 1502-03 | qr094 L97 | First Spanish Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $850 From 1991 appraisal: "Four vols. 4to. First Spanish ed. Incomplete copy. Many paper repairs, some text supplied facsimile. Stains in text, some leaves closely trimmed. Contemporary vellum." | OCLC locates 5 copies worldwide, only 2 of those within the United States. | |||||
| Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall | "History of The Indian Tribes of North America" | Philadelphia: Biddle, 1837; Rice & Clark 1842-44 | Worthington qr970.1 M17a2 | First Edition, Second Issue | 3 vols, folio, later 3/4 leather; covers detached or detaching. Scattered foxing. Lacking 120 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $27,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Folio. Three volumes. Complete with 120 colored plates. Later 3/4 leather. Vol I with 48 plates, scattered foxing, some off- setting of text onto plates, otherwise VG. Front cover detached. Vol II with 48 colored plates, tissue guards fairly foxed but plates fine. Front joint splitting, cover almost detached. Vol II with 24 colored plates, one plate of maps, and with the 17pp of facsimile signatures of subscribers. Small repair made to tears on edge of frontis plate, otherwise plates in fine condition. Front joint of cover split. Overall an exceptionally fine set of a valuable and important work. Second issue of first edition." | BAL 6934; Howes M-129; Reese, National Character 24; Sabin 43410a | |||||
| Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall | "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" | Philadelphia: Bowen, 1848-1850 | qr970.1 M17 | First Octavo Edition | 3 vols, 8vo, vols I and II in library buckram; vol II in original cloth; very rubbed. Lacking 120 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Three volumes. Complete with 120 colored plates (one plate very soiled, tipped in). Volumes I and III in library buckram; Vol II in original cloth, very rubbed. A few leaves of Vol I text detached." | Howes M-129 | |||||
| Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall | "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" | Philadelphia: Rice & Hart, 1858 | Worthington qr970.1 M17 | Fourth Octavo Edition | 3 vols, 8vo, orig decorative full leather; spines rubbed. Lacking 120 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $4,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Three volumes. Complete with 120 colored plates. Original decorative full leather, spines rubbed. Nice set." | Howes M-129 | |||||
| Francesco Maturanzio | "De Compendis Carminibus Opusculum" | Venice, 1512 | r094 M48 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $600 From 1991 appraisal: "Unpaginated. Attractive pen-flourished title-page. Contemporary notes in text. In 19th century 3/4 leather, worn." | |||||||
| John Melish | "A Geographical Description of the Unites States" | Philadelphia, 1816 | r917 M58 | Second Edition | 8vo, library buckram. Small embossed (not perforated) stamp on the title-page; signature of E[benezer] Denny on title page. Lacking 4 of 5 maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $650 From 1991 appraisal: "With five maps (one fldg hand- colored). Includes Melish's "Prospectus" with the specimen fldg hand- colored map. Small embossed (not perforated) stamp on title- page; signature of E[benezer] Denny on title-page. Library buckram." | ||||||
| Henry Ker | "Travels Through the Western Interior of the United States" | Elizabethtown, NJ, 1816 | Worthington r917.8 K19 | First Edition, First Issue | Item not located | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "First edition, first issue (372pp). Uncut copy rebound in later boards, sunned and chipped." | ||||||
| Jacques G. Milbert | "Itinéraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson" | Paris, 1829 | Worthington qr917.47 M68 | 2 vols, 4to, 3/4 leather & cloth. Text vols only. Lacking atlas vol present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $8,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Two 4to volumes with folio atlas volume. Atlas with hand-colored map and 53 plates (perforated stamp on Plate 1 only). Contemporary 3/4 leather; covers worn, spines rubbed. Front hinge split of Atlas split. Rare set." | Howes M-592; Sabin 48916 | ||||||
| [Newspaper] | "Federalist; New Jersey Gazette" | 1798-99 | qr051 F89 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $475 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Some articles removed. Brittle paper, some paper repairs. Library buckram." | |||||||
| [Newspaper] Robert Dale Owen et al. | "New Harmony Gazette" | New Harmony, Indiana, 1825-1829 | qr051 F89 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,750 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Vol I, Nos. 1-52 (Oct. 1825 - Sept. 1826), Second series, Nos 1-52 (Oct. 1828 - Oct. 1829; includes duplicate of No. 9). Some foxing; five pages missing. Library buckram." | |||||||
| Baron Lahontan | "New Voyages to North America" | London, 1703 | r917.1 L15 | First English Edition | Vol. 1 (of 2) only, 8vo, contemp full leather; worn, bds detached. Contemporary inscriptions to front paste-down. Lacking 2 fldg maps and 10 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "Volume One (of Two). With two fldg maps (one fldg with old repairs) and 12 plates. Contemporary full leather, both covers detached, backstrip very worn. John Heckewelder's copy, with a note in his hand on front paste-down." | ||||||
| [William Petty] | "Hiberniae Delineatio" | London, [1685] | qr912.415 P46 | First Edition | Oblong folio, contemp bds; hinges split, worn. Engraved title-page. Library ink stamps to title page. Lacking all maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $6,500 From 1991 appraisal: "Oblong folio. Engraved title-page and 35 maps, some fldg. Worn contemporary boards, lacks backstrip." | Wing S1928 | |||||
| Thomas Pownall | "A Topographical Description of Such Parts of North America" | London, 1776 | qr917.3 P877 | First Edition, large paper copy | Folio, library buckram and bds; worn. Lacking fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $6,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Folio. Large-paper issue, first ed. Fldg map (with colored borders) laid in. Library buckram and boards. Given to CLP to Mary Darlington." | ||||||
| Francois L Rochefoucauld-Liancourt | "Travels Through the United States of North America" | London, 1800 | Worthington r917 L32 [copy 2] | Second Edition | 4 vols, contemp 3/4 leather; worn, bds detached, spines split on some. Library perforated and ink stamps to title pages. Lacking all fldg maps and 7 of 9 fldg tables present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $250 From 1991 appraisal: "Four vols. With three fldg maps and nine fldg tables. Contemporary 3/4 leather in very poor condition (many covers detached or loose), sewing coming apart-- in need of resewing and rebacking if kept intact. Value for maps only." | ||||||
| Walter Raleigh | "The Historie of the World in Five Bookes" | London: R. Best, 1652 | qr909 R16a | Seventh Edition | 4to, later calf; very worn and rubbed, spine cracked, rear bd detached. With 3 plates (2 fldg) and 2 fldg maps (of 8). Scattered soiling. Lacking 6 maps present in the 1991 appraisal, which made this volume complete. "The Historie of the World in Five Bookes. 1. Intreating of the Beginning and first Ages of the same, from the Creation unto Abraham. 2. Of the Times from the Birth of Abraham to the destruction of the Temple of Salomon. 3. From the destruction of Jerusalem, to the time of Philip of Macedon. 4. From the Raigne of Philip of Macedon, to the establishing of that Kingdome in the Race of Antigonus. 5. From the settled rule of Alexanders Successors in the East, until the Romans (prevailing over all) made Conquest of Asia and Macedon." | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $550 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Later edition. With eight colored maps. Worn contemporary leather, rear cover detached." | Would benefit from rebinding | |||||
| Martin Luther | "Etliche Schoene Trost" (Etliche schöne trostschrifften) | Erffurdt: Wolff, 1547 | r094 L98 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "12mo. No perforated stamp on title-page. Boards, most of spine missing." | USTC locates 14 copies worldwide; none within the US. | ||||||
| John Melish | "Travels Through the United States of America..." | Philadelphia, 1815 | Worthington r917.3 M58t2 [copy 1] | Second printing | 2 vols, later 3/4 leather, all covers detached. Lacking 3 hand-colored fldg maps present in the 1991 appraisal. "Travels through the United States of America, in the years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811; Including an Account of Passages Between America and Britain and Travels through Various Parts of Britain, Ireland, & Canada" | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "Two vols. Second printing. With three very clean hand- colored fldg maps. Later 3/4 leather, all covers detached." | ||||||
| Petruccio Ubaldini | "Le Vite Delle Donne Illustri" | London: Volsio, 1591 | r920.7 U12 | First Edition, Second Issue | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "First edition, second issue (with cancel title and dedication to Queen Elizabeth). Heavy old dampstain on title-page and some text (but text still readable). Later full green morocco." | ||||||
| Isaac Newton | "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" | Amsterdam, 1714 | r531 N26p2 | First Amsterdam Reprint of the Second Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $7,500 From 1991 appraisal: "484, (4)pp. Vellum. Stain on front, corners bumped. Text block pulling, 2 e.p.s. detached. Some foxing. Folding chart p.465. Reprint of the second edition. The text was reset, with corrections, and the woodcuts and plates were re-engraved." | PMM 61; Babson 204 "This first Amsterdam reprint of the second edition of the Principia is a fine example of bookmaking" (Babson Supplement p 4). | |||||
| John Melish | "Travels Through the United States of America, in the Years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811" | London, 1818 | r917.3 M58t3 [copy 1] | 8vo, library buckram. Library ink stamp to title page. Lacking all maps and plates. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "2 v. : ill., maps (4 folded, incl. frontispiece) 22 cm." | |||||||
| Francis North | "A Philosophical Essay of Musick Directed to a Friend" | 1677 | qr506 r81p | Item not located. | ||||||||
| John Wallis | "A Discourse on the Trembling of Consonant Strings" | London: John Martyn, 1677 | qr506 r81p | Item not located. | ||||||||
| William Smith | "Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania" | London, 1755 | 917.3 | Item not located. ***Think this a duplicate, only one item matches this title and it is listed in main insurance report: http://onepmaa.pallmallartadvisors.com/Job/ItemDetail/179761?jobid=5689¤tPage=16 | ||||||||
| William Smith | "Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania for the Year 1755" | London, 1756 | Item not located. | |||||||||
| William Martin | "The Laborer's Time Book" | Pittsburgh, 1828 | r331.2 m42 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "orig. printed wrappers, sewn into cloth and bd folder" From Carnegie's catalog: Laborer's time book, arranged in tables showing the amount of wages for any given time, in days and half days, within a month, embracing all the most common rates and extending to any amount. | |||||||
| Thomas Ashe | "Travels in America" | London, 1808 | Worthington r917.3 A82a | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $250 2 additional King copies From 1991 appraisal: "Three volumes. Contemporary full leather. Vol I front joint split, others starting. Signature pulled in Vol I." | |||||||
| Abbe Delaville | "Etat Present de la Pensilvanie" | Paris, 1756 | King r974.8 D39 | 8vo, contemp wrappers. Old dampstain on some pages. Pencilled marks on title-page. Later 3/4 leather, front cover almost detached. Original wallpaper wraps bound in. Lacking fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $800 From 1991 appraisal: "With fldg map. Old dampstain on some pages. Penciled markings on title-page. Later 3/4 leather, front cover almost detached. Original wallpaper wraps bound in." | |||||||
| William Winterbotham | "An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States" | London: J. Ridgeway, 1795 | King r917.3 W79 [copy 3] | First Edition | 4 vols, original calf; worn. With frontispieces, other plates and fold plans. Lacking 8 fldg maps. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "4 v. fronts. (ports.) plates (part col.) maps, fold. tables. 22 cm." | ||||||
| William Jennings Bryan | Autograph Letter Signed | 1908 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "2pp, TLs to Albert J. Barr of the Pittsburgh Post. Thanking Barr for the paper's support in the upcoming election. With orig envelope." | ||||||||
| [Confederate Imprint] "The Confederate Reader: Containing Selections in Prose and Poetry as Reading Exercises for Children in the Schools and Families of the Confederate States" | Richmond: Bidgood, 1864 | r808.8 C74 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "12mo. 120pp. Embossed (not perforated) stamp on title- page. Later plain blue cloth." | ||||||||
| William Darby | "Emigrant's Guide to the Western and Southern States and Territories" | New York: Kirk & Merein, 1818 | r917.3 D24 [copy 1] | First Edition | 8vo, bds with later leather reback; worn. Embossed (not perforated) stamp on title page. Lacking large fldg hand-colored map and 2 other maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $800 From 1991 appraisal: "With large fldg hand-colored map and two other maps (one fldg). First ed. Very worn boards with later leather reback. Embossed (not perforated) stamp on title page." | ||||||
| Francesco Lana Terzi | "Prodromo / Ouero, Saggio di Alcune Inuentioni Nuoue Premesso al'Arte Maestra, Opera che Prepara" | Brescia: Per li Rizzardi, 1670 | qr621 L243 | First Edition | 4to, contemp 1/2 leather and marbled bds; light wear. Lacking frontis leaves. Title page with ink stamps to upper left. Lacking 20 plates. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "[6], 252 p. 33 cm." | ||||||
| Charles Henry Hart | "Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington" | New York: Grolier Club, 1904 | qr92 W272har | Of 425 copies | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $225 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. One of 425 copies. With 20 plates. Original vellum and boards." | ||||||
| New-Jersey Gazette (Burlington, N.J.); "The New-Jersey Gazette." | Burlington [N.J.]: Issac Collins, 1777-1786. | qr071 N2612 | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "9 v. 41-46 cm." | ||||||||
| George W. Kendall | "Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition" | New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844 | Worthington r917.64 K17 [copy 2] | First Edition, First Issue | 2 vols, 12mo, orig. cloth, with "1844" in spines. Perforated library stamps to title pages. Lacking fldg map and 5 plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "First edition, first issue (with "1844" on spines). Two vols. Map and five plates. Perforated stamp on frontis plate. Original cloth, chipped." | ||||||
| John Knox | "A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels..." | London, 1767 | r910.8 K35 | 7 vols. Vol V in library buckram; other vols in original full leather, bindings in extremely poor and worthless condition [e.g., all covers detached, backstrips gone, etc.]. Lacking 15 fldg maps, 8 fldg views, and 21 full-page plates present in the 1991 appraisal. "A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels: Containing Whatever is worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: in respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c. with The Manners and Customs of the several Inhabitants; their Government, Religion, Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Commerce. The whole consisting of such English and Foreign Authors as are in most Esteem; including the Descriptions and Remarks of some late celebrated Travellers, not to be found in any other Collection." | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "Seven volumes. With 15 fldg maps, 8 fldg views, and 21 full-page plates. Vol V in library buckram; other volumes in original full leather, bindings in extremely poor and worthless condition [e.g. all covers detached, backstrips gone, etc]. Value for maps/ plates only." | |||||||
| William Molyneux | "Dioptrica Nova" | London: Printed for Benj. Tooke, 1709 | r535.81 M81 | Item not located. "Dioptrica nova : a treatise of dioptricks in two parts : wherein the various effects and appearances of spherick glasses, both convex and concave, single and combined, in telescopes and microscopes, together with their usefulness in many concerns of humane life, are explained / by William Molyneux ..." | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "[16], 301, [3] p., 43 folded leaves of plates : ill. 23 cm." | |||||||
| Alexander Gordon Laing | "Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima Countries, in Western Africa" | London: J. Murray, 1825 | r916.6 L16t | 8vo, library buckram. Plates. Lacking map. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "x, 465 p. front. (fold. map) illus., 7 pl. 22 cm." | |||||||
| Sir John Richardson | "Arctic Searching Expedition" | London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 | r919.8 R41 | Two vols, contemp cloth; lacking spine covers; bds detached. Perforated and ink stamps to title page. With color frontis and other color plates, lacking fldg map. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "2 v. col. fronts., plates, fold. map. 23 cm." | |||||||
| Richard Lander | "Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger..." | New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846 | rAC1.H4 no. 171-172 | Vol 2 of 2 only, 8vo, contemp full calf; very worn, text block separating. Lacking vol 1 with fldg map. "Journal of An Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger. With a Narrative of a Voyage down that River to its Termination" | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "2 v. : ill., maps (1 folded)" | |||||||
| Elisha Kent Kane | "The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: a Personal Narrative" | New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853 | r919.8 K12u | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "552 p. : ill., maps (1 folded) 24 cm." | |||||||
| Christian Schultz | "Travels on an Inland Voyage..." | New York: Isaac Riley, 1810. | Worthington r917.3 S38a [copy 1] | First Edition | 2 vols., later 3/4 leather and cloth. With port, 2 plates, 1 map. Lacking 2 of 3 maps present in the 1991 appraisal. "Travels on an Inland Voyage through the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New-Orleans, performed in the Years 1807 and 1808; Including a Tour of Nearly Six Thousand Miles." | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200 From 1991 appraisal: "Two vols. First ed. With portrait, two plates, and three (of four, some copies have five) maps. Maps heavily foxed. Later 3/4 leather." | ||||||
| Phillip John Schuyler | "Proceedings of a General Court Martial" | Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1778 | qr344 S39 | Item not located. "Proceedings of a general court martial : held at Major-General Lincoln's quarters, near Quaker-Hill, in the state of New-York, by order of His Excellency General Washington, Commander in Chief of the army of the United States of America, for the trial of Major General Schuyler, October 1, 1778 / Major General Lincoln, president." | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "62 p. 35 cm. (fol.)" | |||||||
| Henri Estienne | "Thesaurus Graecae Linguae" | Paris: printed by the author, [1585] | qr483.7 E85 | Second Edition | Item not located. | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "5 v. Bound in vellum. The first edition was dated 1572. This second edition was printed without substantial revision. It excels the first in technical execution. The 'glossaria' in v. 4 were printed but once." | Purchased from J. H. Smith January 24, 1907 | Adams S1790 & S1791 "There has been to this day no substitute to the Thesaurus Graecus" (PMM 62). | ||||
| "Biblia Sacra Vulgatae" | 1592 | r220.4 B47b | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "[xxii], 936, [46] p. illus. 19 cm. i43946720" | ||||||||
| Homer | "Opera Graeco-latina, Quae Quidem Nunc, Extant Omnia; hoc est, Ilias, Odyssea, Batrachomyomachia et Hymni, Praeterea Homeri vita ex Plutarcho" | Basel, [1561] | qr883 H75 | Item not located. | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "Indices plus 292 plus 317 p. Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Bound in parchment (?)." | Presented by Luigi von Kunits March 6, 1897 | ||||||
| Baron Lahontan | "Nouveaux Voyages de Mr. le Baron de Lahontan, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale." | The Hague, 1715 | r917.1 L15n | Lacking maps. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "2 v. front., 20 pl. (part fold.) 3 maps (2 fold.) 17 cm." | |||||||
| Peter Heylin | "Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World: and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof." | London: P.C.T. Passenger, 1682 | King qr910 H51a | Six Edition | 4to, contemp full leather, chipped at head of spine; front joint slightly cracked. Lacking 4 maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $600 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. Four parts in one vols. With four double-page maps. Contemporary full leather, chipped at head of spine; front joint slightly cracked." | ||||||
| Domingo Soto | "Super Octo Libros Physicorum Aristotelis Commentaria" | Salamanca, 1572 | qr888 A71zs | Item not located. | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "104 leaves. Stephanus, Henricus. See Estienne, Henri, No. 22." | Presented by J. L. Lewis March 20, 1917 | ||||||
| Georgius Agricola | "De Ortu & Causes Subterraneorum lib. V; De Natura Eoru, Quae Effluunt ex Terra lib. IV; De Natura Fossilium lib. X; De Veberibus & Novis Metallis lib. II; Bermanns; sive, De re Metallica Dialogus" | Wittenberg, [1612] | r551 A27 | Item not located. | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "1014 p. plus index. Italics. Bound in parchment." | Presented by Dr. M. E. Wadsworth September 15, 1916. | ||||||
| Martin Geier | "Proverbia Regum Sapientissimi Salomonis, Cum Cura Enucleata..." | Lipsiae (Leipzig), 1653 | r223.7 G27 | Item not located. | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "1724 p. plus indices. Bound in vellum." | Presented by I.E. Isaacs May 7, 1915 | ||||||
| M. Antonius Itter (Anton Itter) | "Synopsis Philosophiae Moralis; seu, Praecepta Ethica Compendiose Tradita & Explicate..." | Francofurti (Frankfort-am-Main), 1670 | r171 131 | Item not located. | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Printed Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "292 p. plus indices. Blank leaves between the pages. Music on covers of parchment (part of an old Latin hymm)." | Purchased August 27, 1912 for 6 marks. | ||||||
| Clement Marot | "Les Pseaumes de David, mis en rime Francoise..." | 1608 | r783.9 M39p | Item not located. | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "Unp. music. Published by Jacob Stoer. Includes also the German tr. by Ambrosius Lobwasser. Bound in vellum. Formerly in the Karl Merz musical library." | Purchased by group of subscribers and presented to the library in 1895. | ||||||
| George Masterson | The Spiritual House in its Foundation, Materials, Officers and Discipline Describ'd..." | London, 1661 | r252 M46 | Item not located. "The Spiritual House in its Foundation, Materials, Officers and Discipline Describ'd; The Nomothetical & Coercive Power of the Kind in Ecclesiastical Affaires Asserted; the Episcopal Office and Dignity Together with the Liturgy of the Church of England" | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "Plus 159 p." | Presented by J.L. Lewis March 20, 1917 | ||||||
| Thomas Sternhold and other, comp. | "The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter, Conferred with the Hebrew, with apt Notes to Sing Them with All..." | London, 1632 | r783.9 S83 | Item not located. | From Carnegie Catalogue of Early Books & Manuscripts, 1939: "330 plus p., music". | Presented by J. E. Schwartz August 29, 1895 | ||||||
| Emanuel Bowen | "A Complete System of Geography" | London, 1747 | qr910 D66 | 2 vols, folio, library buckram. Perforated library stamp to title page. With 2 plates. Lacking all maps. | ||||||||
| John Hill | "A General Natural History" | London, 1748 | Vol. 1 only, fossils. Lacking all 12 plates. This asset was examined and catalogued by the onsite appraiser. Photographs are not available at this time. | |||||||||
| John James Audubon | "The Quadrupeds of North America" | New York: V.G. Audubon, 1852-1851-1854 | qr599 A91 | Early Mixed Octavo Edition | 3 vols, 4to, original gilt decorated cloth; spines rebacked. With 48 of 155 plates in total. Vol 1 with 33 color plates; vol 2 with 11 color plates; vol 3 with 4 color plates. Lacking 108 plates. | Reese, American Color Plate Books 38; Sabin 2368 | ||||||
| Samuel Curtis | "A Monograph on the Genus Camellia" | London: J. & A. Arch, Cornhill, 1819. | qr583.166 C93 | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Collection: "A monograph on the genus Camellia / by Saml. Curtis, F.L.S. the whole from original drawings by Clara Maria Pope. 4 unnumbered pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations 70 cm." | |||||||
| Franz Niklaus Koenig | "Nouvelle Collection de Costumes Suisses D'apres les Dessins" | Zuric, 1813 | r391 K36 | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "187 p., plates (col.), 14 cm." | |||||||
| Edward Hitchcock | "Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts" | Amherst: J.S. & C. Adams, 1833 | qr557.44 M45r | 8vo, library buckram. Text vol only. Embossed library stamp. Front leaves loose. Lacking atlas vol. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "xii, 700 p. illus. 24 cm. and atlas of 19 pl. (incl. fold. map, fold. tab.) 24 x 30 cm." | |||||||
| Patrick Gass | "A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery..." | Philadelphia, 1812 | r917.8 G21a | Fourth Edition | 8vo, contemp calf; worn, bds detached, disbound. Perforated stamp to title page. Scattered discoloration and foxing. Some plates, lacking map. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "x, [11]-262 p. 6 pl. (incl. front.) fold. map. 17 cm." | ||||||
| Isaac Watts | "A Short View of the Whole Scripture History" | Philadelphia: Rufus Littel, 1796 | r220.9 W33 | Item not located. "A short view of the whole scripture history : with a continuation of the Jewish affairs from the Old Testament, till the time of Christ and an account of the chief prophecies that relate to him: represented in a way of question and answer. Illustrated with various remarks on the history and the religion of the patriarchs, Jews, and Christians and on the laws, government, sects, customs and writings of the Jews / by I. Watts." | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "xv, 405 p. 18 cm." | |||||||
| John Pinkerton | "Modern Geography. A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles in all Parts of the World: Including the Most Recent Discoveries, and Political Alterations." | Philadelphia: J. Conrad & co. [etc., etc.] 1804 | r910 P63m | 2 vols, old calf backed bds; decaying, very worn. Text vols only. Lacking atlas vol. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "2 v. diagrs. 24 cm. and atlas of 65 pl. 28 cm." | |||||||
| Alexander Wilson | "American Ornithology: or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States" | Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1808-14 | qr5982 W76 | 7 vols, folio, library buckram. With 33 (of 76) plates. Occasional perforated library and ink stamps to title pages and plates. Plates with significant spotting and foxing. Lacking 2 vols with 43 plates. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "9 v. illus. 36 cm." | Nissen 992 | ||||||
| Aulus Gellius | "Noctium Atticarum" | Leyden: Boutesteyn & du Vivie, 1706 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $250 From 1991 appraisal: "Contemporary blind-stamped full leather, repair made to spine; corners bumped and worn; hinges repaired with black tape. Signature of Pittsburgh book collector, Nicholas Veeder, on front flyleaf." | ||||||||
| Two Broadsides | Vienne, 1555, 1556 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $200, valued as part of the George E. Black Gypsy Collection. From 1991 appraisal: "Two proclamations against gypsies." | |||||||||
| Samuel Dunn | "American, North and South with the Pacific Oceans" | London: Robert Sayer, 1774 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $150 From 1991 appraisal: "Hand-colored;' 22.5 x 18.5". Partially torn along center fold, some small holes, worn along margins. Fair only." | ||||||||
| Joseph Tucker, et al. | Collection of Six Pamphlets | 1775 | King r973.3 T81 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "Collection of six pamphlets, including Tucker's An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal. 2nd ed. Gloucester, 1775. [Anon] The Conduct of Administration with Regard to the Colonies. London, (1775). Pencilled markings only on first title-page. Contemporary leather and marbled boards, rubbed." | |||||||
| John Smyth | "A Tour in the United States" | Dublin, 1784 | King r917.3 S66 | Second Edition | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "Second ed. Two vols. Embossed and ink stamps on title-pages. Tall uncut copy in original boards." | ||||||
| Charles Smith | "Smith's New English Atlas" | London: Printed for C. Smith, 1804 | rqG1816.P2 S65 1804x | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "1 atlas (unpaged) : col. maps. 54 x 37 cm." | |||||||
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | "Eighty Years or More (1815-97)" | New York: European Publishing Company, 1898 | rJK1899.S7 A3 1898 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $275 From 1991 appraisal: "With inscription on ffep "May Line Dickenson/New York March 12, 1898/'Progress is the victory of/ a new thought over an/old superstition" Elizabeth Cady Staton". With dedication by the author" | |||||||
| Reichsdruckerei | "Druckschriften des Funfzehnten bis Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts" | 1884-1887 | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $350 From 1991 appraisal: "Three leaves identified as incunabular tipped in." | ||||||||
| "Raccolta Di Statue Antiche e Moderne" | 1704 | Item not located. | ||||||||||
| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | "Narrative Journal of Travels Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States" | Albany: E. & E. Hosford, 1821 | r917.7 S37n [copy 1] | 8vo, contemp leather and marbled bds. Lacking fldg map. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "419, [4] p., [22] p. of plates (some fold.) : ill., fold. map, 22 cm." | |||||||
| James Cook | "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean..." | Dublin, 1784 | r910.4 C77v | 2 (of 3) vols, 8vo., library buckram. With fldg maps and plates [many lacking]. Lacking vol III. "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To Determine The Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cooke, Clerke, and Gore, In his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780." | ||||||||
| Isaac Candler | "A Summary View of America" | London: T. Cadell, 1824 | r917.3 C17 | Item not located. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "viii, 503 p. 22 cm." | Howes C110; Sabin 10672 | ||||||
| Jean Palairet | "Atlas Methodique" | London: J. Nourse & P. Vaillant, 1755 | Folio, contemp marbled bds; boards split. Leaves toned and loose. Lacking 52 of 53 hand-colored maps. | |||||||||
| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | "Travels in the Central Portions of the Mississippi Valley" | New York: Collins and Hannay, 1825 | r917.7 S37 [copy 2] | 8vo, contemp bds; bds detached worn. Perforated and ink stamps to title pages. Lacking map and plates. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "iv, 459 p. plates, maps (1 fold.) 22 cm." | |||||||
| William Darby | "Emigrant's Guide to the Western and Southern States and Territories" | New York: Kirk & Merein, 1818 | r917.3 D24 [copy 2] | First Edition | 8vo, library buckram. Perforated stamp to title page. Lacking map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $850 From 1991 appraisal: "First edition, with 18pp list of subscribers. One map in text. Uncut· copy in original wraps, bound in later 3/4 leather." | ||||||
| George W. Kendall | "Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition" | New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844 | Worthington r917.64 K17 [copy 1] | First Edition, First Issue | 2 vols, original cloth, with "1844" in spines. Lacking fldg map present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $450 From 1991 appraisal: "First edition, first issue (with "1844" on spines). Two vols. With fldg map and five plates. Original cloth." | ||||||
| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | "Travels in the Central Portions of the Mississippi Valley..." | New York: Collins and Hannay, 1825 | r917.7 S37 [copy 2] | Later cloth, spine reinforced with green tape. Lacking map and plates. "Travels in the Central Portions of the Mississippi Valley: Comprising Generally on its Mineral Geography, Internal Resources, and Aboriginal Population" | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "iv, 459 p. plates, maps (1 fold.) 22 cm." | |||||||
| Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix | "Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres" | London, 1763 | King r917.1 C37L [copy 2] | 8vo, 3/4 leather and cloth; worn, front bd detached. Library markings. Lacking map. | ||||||||
| Morris Birkbeck | "Notes on a Journey in America..." | Philadelphia, 1818 | r917.3 B49a2 | 8vo, later 3/4 leather and bds; worn. Lacking fldg map. "Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois, with Proposals for the Establishment of a Colony of English." | ||||||||
| "The Pennsylvania Magazine" | April, 1795-June 1796 | r051 m444 | Item not located. | |||||||||
| Francois Jean Chastellux | "Travels in North America" | London, 1787 | r917.3 C39t [copy 4] | First English Edition | 2 vols, 8vo, contemp mottled calf; rubbed. With 1 fldg map and 3 plates. Lacking 1 fldg map since the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $400 From 1991 appraisal: "With two small fldg maps and three plates. Contemporary tree calf, backstrip rubbed and flaking. Vol I rear joint split." | ||||||
| Robert Kerr | "A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged in Systematic Order..." | Edinburgh: George Ramsay, 1811 | r910.8 K21 | 18 vols, library buckram. Lacking all maps and charts. "A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time" | ||||||||
| [Antoine] Le Page du Pratz | "The History of Louisiana" | London, 1774 | King r976.3 L62 | New Edition | 8vo, library buckram. Ink stamp to title page. Lacking fldg maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market value appraisal value: $300 From 1991 appraisal: "Two fldg maps. Ink stamps on title-page. Library buckram" | ||||||
| Jedidiah Morse | "The American Geography" | London, 1794 | King qr917.3 M92am | New Edition, Revised | 4to, library buckram. Ink stamps to title page. Lacking 3 folding maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $250 From 1991 appraisal: "4to. With three very good hand-colored fldg maps. Ink stamps on title-page. Library buckram." | ||||||
| John Melish | "Travels Through The United States Of America, In The Years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811" | London: George Cowie & Co., 1818 | King r917.3 M58t3 [copy 2] | First American Edition | 8vo, library buckram. With Map of Kentucky only and frontis. Ink stamps to title pages. Lacking map of Ohio and other plates present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $250 From 1991 appraisal: "With eight plates maps. Ink stamps on title-page. Library buckram." | ||||||
| Bryan Edwards | "An Historical Survey of the French Colony in the Island of St. Domingo" | London, 1797 | qr972.94 E31 | First Edition | 4to, library buckram. Ink stamp to title page. Lacking fldg map. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "xxiii, 247 p. fold. map. 29 x 22 cm." | ||||||
| James Murray | "An Impartial History of the War in America, Between Great Britain and Her Colonies..." | London: R. Faulder, 1780 | r973.3 I23 | First Edition | 8vo, 3/4 leather and bds; lacking rear board. With fldg map (separated at folds). Ink stamp to title page. With 1 (of 13 plates). Lacking 12 plates, including Franklin plate. "An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and Her Colonies, from Its Commencement to the end of the Year 1779. Exhibiting a circumstantial, connected, and complete Account of the real Causes, Rise, and Progress of the War, interspersed with Anecdotes and Ch[apters?] of the different Commanders, and Accounts of such Personages in Congress as have distinguished themselves during the Contest. With an Appendix, containing A Collection of Interesting and Authentic Papers tensing to elucidate the History." | |||||||
| M. Cassini | "Tables Astronomiques du Soleil, de la Lune" | Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1740 | qr524 L15 | 4to, contemp calf, gilt; worn, hinges beginning to split. Perforated stamp on title page. Lacking fldg plates. | ||||||||
| Joseph Scott | "The United States Gazetteer" | Philadelphia: F. and R. Bailey, 1795 | r917.3 S42 | First Edition | 8vo, contemp full leather binding; very worn, bds detached, original sewing disintegrated. With 1 (of 19 maps). Lacking 17 maps present in the 1991 appraisal. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $500 From 1991 appraisal: "First ed. With 18 (of 19) small fldg maps. Contemporary full leather binding in worthless condition; binding shot, original sewing disintegrated. Value, as is, for maps only." | ||||||
| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | "Narrative Journal of Travels Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States" | Albany: E. & E. Hosford, 1821 | r 917.7 S37nb | First Edition | 8vo, contemp calf; bds detached, very worn, binding split. Library ink stamps to title page. Lacking fldg map. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "[2], xiv, [2], [17]-419, [5] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., fold. map 23 cm." | ||||||
| Abraham Gottlob Werner | "A Treatise on the External Characters of Fossils" | Dublin, 1805 | r560 W53 | 8vo, library buckram. Perf stamps on title & half-title, collector's ink stamp on p41. Some minor spotting. Lacking 2 fldg plates. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "xx, 312 pages 22 cm." | |||||||
| Isaac Weld | "Travels Through the States of North America" | London: John Stockdale, 1800 | r917.3 W47 | Fourth Edition | 8vo, library buckram. With 3 plates only, some offsetting from plates. Perforated stamp to title page. Lacking other plates and maps. | From Oliver Room Catalogue: "viii, 552 p. front., plates, fold. maps. 22 cm." | ||||||
| Collection of Sixteen Maps | 8 x 12 in. | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $1,200 From 1991 appraisal: "Collection of 16 maps from an 18th century French atlas, No imprint or date. 8 x 12". Includes maps of Brazil, New England, the Caribbean, Carolinas, Central America, Chile, Cuba, Florida, Jamaica, Mexico, North America, Peru, South America, and Canada. Uncolored. Each loose. Average, $75." | |||||||||
| American Philosophical Society | "Transactions of... Volume I. From January 1st, 1769, to January 1st, 1771 ... Volume VI" | Philadelphia, 1771-1809 | Periodicals | Item not located. | 1991 fair market appraisal value: $2,000 From 1991 appraisal: "Philadelphia, 1769-1809. Later cloth. Vol 1 lacks plates 3 and 7. Volume One is the the scare first printing, issued by William and Thomas Bradford at the London Coffee House. The later edition was printed by Aitken and appeared in 1789. This is a significant (and fascinating) periodical showing the breadth of scientific interest and research in the early days of the country. It includes articles by Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Priestly, David Rittenhouse, and Benjamin Rush. Includes the important map bound at the end of vol 6 part 1. | Howes M-161; Evans 11959; Sabin 1181; OCLC 249082681 |
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