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The Muster Roll lists names and signatures of over 100 men in the regiment as they reach their destination of Atlanta, Georgia, signed on back by Wildreck, dated October 31, 1868, Artillery Camp Post of Atlanta, GA. Also signed by each man. The document states where and when the men were enlisted, and by whom; when paid and amount paid; general remarks, etc. The men enlisted at Portland ME, New York City, Raleigh, NC, Ft. Wayne, IN, Cleveland, OH, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, Davenport, IA, etc. The document is ~ 20 by 26 inches, plus an additional sheet of ~10 by 26 inches, folded horizontally and vertically. Abram Calvin Wildrick (August 5, 1836 - November 16, 1894) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from April 2, 1865.Wildrick was appointed a brevet second lieutenant on July 1, 1857, a second lieutenant on October 5, 1857 and a… Read More

Illustrated. 8vo. Original black cloth in pictorial dust wrapper. Harper & Brothers, New York (1959). First Edition. One of a limited number of advance presentation copies for friends of the author and publisher, signed by Stevenson. Dust wrapper slightly soiled and chipped, o/w Very Nice.

ILLUSTRATED WITH 66 POCHOIR WOODCUTSThe Fables of Aesop. Printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and Italian Version by Accio Zucco, with the Woodcuts Newly Engraved and Coloured After a Copy in The British Museum. (With) The First Three Books of Caxton's Aesop containing the Fables Illustrated in the Verona Aesopus of MCCCCLXXIX.Epilogue by Giovanni Mardersteig. Illustrated with 66 full-page woodcuts by Anna Bramanti. Woodcuts are pochoir colored by Daniel Jacomet to recreate the illuminated miniature effect of the British Library copy of the Veronese Aesop of 1479 (upon which the present edition is based). The fleurons, first adopted in 1479, were engraved by Charles Malin. 8vo. Publisher's ¼-green morocco; decorated boards; top edges gilt; acetate dust wrappers; enclosed in morocco-tipped slipcase.Officina Bodoni, Verona, 1973. Limited to 160 numbered copies set in Centaur types, printed on Magnani mould made paper with goose watermark. 2 volumes. Volume I contains the… Read More

TREATISE ON AGRICULTUREIllustrated with 19 full-page wood engraved plates of agricultural tools and equipment.Agostino Gallo was a famous agronomist who introduced the cultivation of rice and wheat in Italy. This treatise on agriculture describes in detail various farming practices; the quality of the soils; the cultivation of alfalfa, vine plants, gardens, etc.; and the cows, oxen, sheep, goats, horses, and donkeys who were an integral part of the process.8vo. Limp remounted vellum. Venice, Camillo Borgominerio (Borgominieri), al segno di San Giorgio, 1578. Later Edition.Endpapers renewed (with 18th century paper); 2 old marginal inscriptions; slight water stain on one page; o/w a fine copy of this fascinating treatise on 16th century agricultural practices.

Hardcover. Fine. George Lokert (Editor). Text in Latin. Title-page printed within an architectural historiated border with columns, flowerpots, dolphins, grotesques etc., and with Badius woodcut device depicting a printing press. Illustrated with woodcut diagrams in text; numerous woodcut and metalcut white-on-black decorative and historiated initials of various sizes (some as large as 14-line). Folio. 19th-century full vellum over thick boards, flat spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label. All edges rouged; silk bookmark attached. Paris, printed by Badius Ascensius for Conrard Resch, 1516. First Edition of this important compilation of commentaries on Aristotles writings on the natural sciences by 3 leading medieval scholars working at the University of Paris. Jean Buridans commentary on De anima, Themo Judaeis commentary on Meteorologica and George Lokerts Tractatus proportionum are printed here for the first time (Editio Princeps). Jean Buridan was an eminent French Aristotelian philosopher,… Read More

(POPE, ALEXANDER). Homer. The Iliad of Homer.
Translated by Alexander Pope. London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates, 1715-20. First Edition. Together with The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1725-26. First Edition. Illustrated. Folios. Eleven volumes. Bound in early 18th-century calf, gilt spines; with all eleven black morocco volume labels present; title labels absent. Illustrations include the full-page engraved frontispiece portrait of Homer by George Vertue; 2 leaves of engraved antiquities; double-page map of Homeric Greece and Phrygia; full-page engraving of the Shield of Achilles; and the very rare second frontispiece of Homer which begins The Odyssey. The second volume of The Iliad lacks the plan of the plain of Troy.
A very rare example of the folio Odyssey
with thefrontispiece portrait. It is undoubtedly the folio issue, with gatherings of two leaves only and with the illustrations as called for in the… Read More

WOOLLCOTT, ALEXANDER. While Rome Burns. 8vo. Original tan cloth with vertical purple line and embossed copper-colored circle on front cover; enclosed in edge-worn, faded slipcase, Viking Press. New York 1934. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies signed by the author. This is copy #482. Slipcase has "482" written on the spine in white ink; head and heel of book spine darkened; o/w a bright, clean copy.

Allan Melville's Signature on a work of scrivener's art.Allan Melville was Herman Melville's brother, literary agent, and when this document was signed, adult roommate. Allan resided in New York with a law office at 10 Wall Street. In 1856, Herman still had several adventures to go before he too would be pulled into the world of documents and scriveners at the Custom House.. An interesting piece of Melvilliana. Fine.

John Almon was an English journalist and writer on political subjects, notable for his efforts to secure the right to publish reports on the debates in Parliament. He was a reporter for the Gazetteer, and published "A Review of Mr. Pitt's Administration," which was popular with the opposition. From May of 1767 to December of 1769, he edited numerous pieces of political satire into The Political Register and Impartial Book Review. Offered here is the third volume, from July to December of 1768, with numerous pieces on political controversy and the American colonies. The 1768 issue is also important as it re-prints in England one of the key essays of the revolution "Parliamentary Power, American Considerations on the Nature and Extent of It" which had just been published in Philadelphia. During the American Revolution, he published a monthly series of papers entitled "The Remembrancer on Events in America." Frontispiece. Illustrated with 5 plates, 1 folding. 8vo. ¼-leather-backed marbled boards; spine… Read More

The Lantern Press, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Cloth-backed blue paper boards, with pictorial label on front cover; enclosed in publisher's paper-covered slipcase. San Francisco: The Lantern Press, 1925. First Edition. Deluxe Issue. Limited to 50 numbered copies printed on Japan vellum and signed by the author. This copy #33. Spine slightly faded; with vintage bookstore label on rear pastedown; signatures uncut. Slipcase lightly rubbed, with occasional board exposure and a few starting splits to joints. Very Nice.

No Binding. Fine. 1 TLS, 5 pages, with many typos corrected by Anderson; 1 ALS, 1 page; to Wesley Hartley (educator and former member of the American Council on Education), dated July 21, 1995 and August 15, 1995; with 1 original envelope. An earnest, amusing letter by Robert Anderson, author of Tea and Sympathy, discussing his youth, his years at Exeter and Harvard, his thoughts on writing, etc. The letter reads in part: A year after Tea and Sympathy was produced on Broadway, Exeter asked me to come up and give a talk . . . This master and his wife had a small party . . . in the same house where I had been a proctor. Before I went in, I put my arm around Mrs. Thomas shoulders, and said, I hope this play hasnt caused you any embarrassment. She said . . . Nobody has been so kind as to suggest that I was the woman. . . .

André Verdet. Au Parvis de l'Avril. Poèmes. Illustrated with an original etching and 2 prints by Jean Lurçat. 8vo. Loose signatures laid into white printed wrappers; enclosed in burgundy folding sleeve and slipcase. Aux Dépens des Amateurs. (Nice 1966). First Edition. Limited to 150 numbered copies on BFK paper. This is copy #2. Fine.

1733. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Illustrated with 7 tipped-in folded engraved plates; woodcut initials. 8vo. Modern beige wrappers. (Messina li 13 Settembre 1773). First Edition. 20 pages. A rare work on the ancient Theater in Taormina, Sicily. A fine copy with clean, engraved folding plates. Scarce

8vo. London: Excudebat Robertus Barkerus. 1609. Second Printing. This copy exhibits the reading 'agi-' at the end of line 11 on B2r indicative of the form with some of the errata corrected, and 3E2 blank, rather than bearing errata. Lancelot Andrewes was an English clergyman and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. He was in turn Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester, and oversaw the translation of the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible. His Tortura Torti - a learned work which grew out of the Gunpowder Plot controversy - was written in answer to Roberto Bellarmino's Matthaeus Tortus which had criticized James I's oath of allegiance. Tortura Torti is one of the Bishop's most substantial controversial works, in which he "refuted papal supremacy and the pope's power to dispense Catholics from moral and civil laws, and defended the king's supremacy over the Church of England. One of the views intruded into the… Read More

Illustrated with a full-page woodcut portrait of Vespucci, and a large folding woodcut genealogical chart. 4to. Bound in original publisher's temporary boards, ink letters on spine. Florence 1745. First Edition of the first monograph on Amerigo Vespucci. The first 76 pages give an account of his life and voyages, followed by his own account of his 4 voyages to America, and 3 letters to Lorenzo de Medici describing his voyages. This volume prints for the first time the third letter to de Medici. The letters are considered by many historians to me more important than the actual voyages. Vespucci states for the first time in these letters that the Americas are a new continent, not islands near China. Although the authorship of the letters is disputed – whether they were written by Vespucci himself, or by one of his companions on the voyages – the fact remains that these are critically important to the understanding of the New World. Contemporary inked quote in Italian from Cicero on the title which… Read More

Translated by Wilhelm Xylander; Edited by Thomas Munckerus. Illustrated with additional engraved title page by C. Decker; woodcut initials. 12mo. Greek and Latin texts on facing pages. Contemporary semi-limp vellum; gilt borders with acorn corner tools and Upsilon centerpiece to each board; title inked on spine. Amstelodami (Amsterdam): apud Janssonio-Waesbergios 1676. (Willems 1894; Hoffmann I 193; Spoelder 527 (Delft I)). Known as The Metamorphoses, Liberalis' only surviving work is a collection of 41 brief tales of mythical transformation. Written in conversational prose rather than the usual verse, its modern translator Francis Celoria notes that its koine Greek is entirely acceptable while also being "grimly simple." Wilhelm Xylander first printed the text in 1568; since then some leaves of the single surviving manuscript (late 9th century) have disappeared, making the editio princeps a necessary textual authority. The Upsilon character in the center of each board could depict a Y, U, or V… Read More

Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated with 108 copper engraved plates, historiated initials and figurative tail pieces. 4to. Contemporary half-vellum-backed marbled paper-covered boards, gilt letters on spine; title in red and black with engraved vignette, Florence, Typ. Bernardi Paperini 1729. First Edition of this major work by the father of modern mycology. Micheli was one of the most prominent botanists of his age. Linnaeus named the genus Michelia, a Southeast Asian relative of the magnolia, in his honour. He was appointed botanist to Cosimo III de Medici in 1706, and served as professor of botany in Pisa and curator of the Orto Botanico di Firenze. He discovered the spores of mushrooms, was a leading authority on cryptogams and named several important genera of microfungi. The present work marked a major advance in our knowledge of fungi. Micheli gives descriptions of 1900 plants, of which about 1400 were described for the first time. Among these were 900 fungi and lichens, accompanied by 73 plates. He… Read More

Antonius de Vercelli. Sermones quadragesimales de XII mirabilibus Christianae fidei. Illustrated with 2 multi-colored initials. The beginning of the text nicely printed in red, text in gothic type, in two columns, 51 lines to a page. 8vo. Contemporary hard vellum binding, remounted. Venetiis, Johannes et Gregorius de Gregorii de Forlivio, February 16, 1492. First Incunabula Edition. Antonius de Vercelli was, for approximately thirty years, one of the leading and most influential political counsellors of the pre-eminent families in Italy's early Renaissance: the Medici family in Florence and the Sforza family in Milan. This collection of his Sermones (Discourses) has significant importance and the added weight of someone deeply involved in the political turmoil of the late 15th century. The context and political value of these discourses helped Machiavelli define "The Art of the State." Vercelli is also a significant religious figure, having had much influence in Italian theologies. 18th century… Read More

Sonate a Vilolino e Violone o Cimbalo. Dedicate all Altezza Serenissima Electorale di Sofia Charlotta Electrice di Brandenburgo. Parte Prima [Parte Seconde Preludii Allemande Correnti Gighe Sarabande Gavotte e Follia]. Opera Quinta.Hardcover. Fine. Engraved frontispiece by P. P. Bouche after Antonio Meloni tipped-in. (The frontispiece was issued with the second impression, but was given gratis to buyers of the first impression.) Oblong Folio. Original contemporary full brown reverse calf leather binding, spine with 4 raised bands and red gilt lettered morocco label on front cover. London: Sold by John Walsh (1700). First English Edition. First edition printed outside Italy, probably very shortly after the first Rome edition. First Impression. (Bibliography of Musical Works by John Walsh. #427, page 97). In two parts, with title page of the second part present. Pages engraved throughout. One of the most famous publications of violin music. Corelli was the iconic point of reference for all the… Read More

Illustrated with 16 colored lithograph plates and 40 black-and-white illustrations of volcanoes, some full page, by Eugene Ciceri.Original publisher's ¼-red crushed morocco, gilt decorated spine, over matching red cloth boards; spine with 4 raised bands and gilt lettering; aeg. Paris: Paul Ducrocq, Libraire Editeur, N. D. ca.1865. First Illustrated French Edition. A comprehensive and well-illustrated study of technical and spectacular aspects of volcanoes. Some light foxing, o/w Very Nice.