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Improved Air-Tight Stoves, Manufactured and for Sale by H. & F. Simpson, Agents for Dr. Orr.  Corner of Congress and Water Streets . . . Boston

Improved Air-Tight Stoves, Manufactured and for Sale by H. & F. Simpson, Agents for Dr. Orr. Corner of Congress and Water Streets . . . Boston

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Improved Air-Tight Stoves, Manufactured and for Sale by H. & F. Simpson, Agents for Dr. Orr. Corner of Congress and Water Streets . . . Boston

by H. & F. Simpson

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Boston: J. G. Torrey, printer, 1838. Broadside. Folio. 400 x 275 mm. (15 3/4 x 11 inches). Text printed within an ornamental "greek key" border. Folded, with a printed strip of text with a change of address pasted beneath the title. Attractive and apparently rare broadside which advertises the manufacture and sale by H. & F. Simpson of a new line of air-tight stoves invented by Dr. Isaac Orr. The business of supplying safe and efficient home heating and cooking products was one of the most competitive markets in the growing urban centers of the northeast. Dr. Orr's invention, was considered one of the most reliable and safe stoves produced in the 1830's and 1840's. His design and Simpson's manufacture of the air-tight stove for burning coal was considered "a good article" and won a Diploma of Merit by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association in 1844. The same year Simpson's Improved Cooking Range won a Silver Medal and called a "superior article." H & F. Simpson Air-Tight Stove was in general use through New England and New York State throughout the 19th century. Not in Romaine. Not cited in OCLC. Fourth Exhibition and Fairs of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston, 1844, p. 47, No 905. For details about Dr. Orr and H. & F. Simpson see Howell Harris's blog post "The American Kitchen Rare from its Origin through the Civil War" at https://stovehistory.blogspot.com/search?q=american+kitchen+range (365).

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Title
Improved Air-Tight Stoves, Manufactured and for Sale by H. & F. Simpson, Agents for Dr. Orr. Corner of Congress and Water Streets . . . Boston
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H. & F. Simpson
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J. G. Torrey, printer
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1838

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De Simone Company Booksellers specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The owner, Daniel De Simone, has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, and ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy. The business also deals in 19th-century Americana and fine books in all fields and languages.

De Simone Company Booksellers enjoyed its second opening as a book company in 2018 after a seventeen-year hiatus. Originally established in 1978, De Simone Company bought, sold, and evaluated rare books, manuscripts, and prints for twenty-two years before closing, when De Simone accepted the position as Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress.

De Simone held this position for fourteen years before moving to the Folger Shakespeare Library as the Eric Weinmann Librarian. In this position, he managed seven departments, including acquisitions, exhibitions, conservation, research services, and the Library's book, manuscript, and art collections. He held this position for three years before retiring in 2017 and reopening De Simone Company Booksellers.

Because of his experience in both the book trade and rare book librarianship, De Simone consults with institutions about the development and evaluation of their library collections. He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles on the history of book illustration and early bibliography.

He is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the Print Council of America, the Grolier Club, the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, the American Printing History Association, the Bibliographical Society of America. He is also the Treasurer of the Antiquarian Book Seminar Foundation, a 501c3, which support the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS). Recently he has been appointed Secretary of Breslauer Prize for Bibliography by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.

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