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By: 'W.B.'
Price: $8,855.99
Publisher: England, 1751
Seller ID: 0002563
Condition: Good+
On offer is a superb, original ancient manuscript book of English origins, titled "Some Memorandums Relating to Geography and Astronomy... Of the Figure and Extent of the Earth." Dated 1751, even casual reading finds the book filled with what was then cutting edge information being a mere 23 years after Newton's Principia appeared in English. The Age of Sail, Britain's dominance of the waves spurred science in the areas of navigation, astronomy and the mathematics of Geometry all related and discussed herein. Historians and researchers of the era will undoubtedly recall this was writte... View more info
Price: $1,255.99
Publisher: St. Pierre L'Ebeaques [St. Pierre les Beckets] Que, 1771
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 000962
Condition: Fair
On offer is an original November 7th 1771 handwritten manuscript document from St. Pierre L'Ebeaques [St. Pierre les Beckets] Quebec [Lower Canada] "Inventaire de la Commonauté des biens qui etat entre pour Genevieve Brisson and Joseph Mailliot" being an early Bas Quebec marital communion of assets where we can find many great descriptions of furniture and house objects plus commentary. Research suggests that the author was most certainly a Jesuit priest acting as justice of the peace. Some old damp-staining in two spots and some separation at the folds but otherwise in fair condition... View more info
Price: $329.99
Publisher: Paris, 1753
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 0TP111
Condition: Very Good
ALS dated March 9th 1753, Abbe Ducarme writes a reassuring letter to Antoine Le Camus (1722 - 1772 physician, poet also noted for warning the women of his day against the use of cosmetics having mercury). A Monsieur Fueron has loudly criticized Camus' latest work entitled "La Medecine de l'Espirit" (The Spirit's Medicine). The Abbot insists on telling Camus his ideas are excellent explaining that he has noticed people inflicted with ailments and symptoms as desrcibed in Camus' work further attesting to the truths as printed by Camus. In very good shape save for slight fault to the at t... View more info
Price: $4,055.99
Publisher: MANSFIELD, WINDHAM COUNTY, CONNECTICUT COLONY, 1759
Seller ID: 0009049
Condition: Good
On offer is an extraordinary historical document of pre-Independence America and the French and Indian War which pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries and American Indian allies. The document in question is two and a half pages, dated 1759, concerning the legal case of a man named Jesse Dimmick, of Mansfield, Windham County, Connecticut, a member of the 10th Company, Connecticut Militia, who refused to accompany the combined Expedition of British Regular and American Militia for the purpose of... View more info
By: ADAM PHILLIPPE, COMTE DE CUSTINE
Price: $425.99
Publisher: CHARTRES RHEIMS FRANCE, 1772
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 00JT061
Condition: Good
On offer is a pre French Revolution handwritten manuscript letter dated 1772 written by Adam Phillippe, the Vicomte de Custine, noted Colonel of the French Army to Monsier de Boynes requesting a position for Lieut. Constant, son of a noble Major, perhaps in the Colonies. Shortened at right for small loss but otherwise G. View more info
Price: $545.99
Publisher: France, 1798
Seller ID: 00JT42b
Condition: Good+
On offer is an original handwritten on Revolutionary letterhead manuscript note, dated Year 7 of the Revolution, written by Adjudant General Nivet, a very important General in Napoleon's Army who was mentioned a number of times by the Emperor Napoleon in his correspondence. This document boasts a super 'Republic Francaise' vignette and a superb, even broken, red wax seal of the General. View more info
By: Attorney of the Real Audiencia for the Viceroy of New Spain
Price: $11,595.99
Publisher: New Spain, Mexico, 1794
Seller ID: 000035b
Condition: Fine with no dust jacket
Handsome Folio Manuscript in early calf with gilt written by the Attorney of the Real Audiencia (see Bibliografia Mexicana, 220) and prepared for the Viceroy. Lengthy stipulations of taxes for the freed mestizos, mulattoes, and negroes as well as exemptions for Indians of the repartimientos even when married to Spanish women. These taxes were the root of the perceived injustice that explains why freed men formed the core of the Revolution when it came. EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST HAND TEXT OF MEXICAN HISTORY. (see Archivo General de la Nation, "Los Precursores Ideologicos della G... View more info
By: AUBIN, JOURDAIRE
Price: $2,145.99
Publisher: Paris FRANCE, 1795
Seller ID: 00MV1008
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a superb, unique circa 1795, Year 4 of the Revolution, manuscript document relating to the liberation from prison of a 68 year old man. [Almost an extraordinary age for a man in prison conditions of the era.] The prison was the famous Bicetre and this is a detailed account of the affair. The man had a fake passport and had been arrested by soldiers. This is all the more an exceptional document given the 150+ year history of the Bicetre which in its ay was an orphanage, military hospital and lunatic asylum. The Bicêtre is most famous as the Asylum de Bicêtre where in 1793 Superint... View more info
By: AXEL FREDERIC CRONSTEDT [translated by GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM]
Price: $3,585.99
Publisher: THE POULTRY, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, CHARLES DILLY: 1788
Seller ID: 0009117
Condition: Good
On offer is an original, hardcover handprinted book from 1788, regarding the Natural Science of Mineralogy (the scientific study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts). The book comes at the end of the Scientific Revolution in the Western World, roughly from 1600-1800 and is a translation of a book written by Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, the famous Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered nickel in 1751 and is regarded as one of the founders of modern mineralogy. The title page reads like many in the 17th and 18th century, long a... View more info
Price: $3,355.99
Publisher: London England Britain UK, 1750
Seller ID: 0009001
Condition: Good
On offer is an exemplary and rare Latin copy of the “Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion,” the defining statements of doctrines and practices of the Church of England and one of the most important religious documents of history. While the Articles themselves were formulated in the mid-1500s, this particular book dates back to c.1700. The Articles were issued in both Latin and English. The entirety of this book is written in Latin. There is a vellum cover still fully intact though there are small tears at the ends and discoloration due to age. Written on the front cover, and continued on the b... View more info
By: CITIZEN GAUTHIER
Price: $445.99
Publisher: ROCHEFORT FRANCE, 1793
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 00JT44
Condition: Very Good+
n offer is an intriguing French letter written by Citizen Gauthier to Citizen Monge, Minister of the French Navy, thanking him for his recent letter and Gauthier's upgrade to Captain. Gauthier also write of the French Embassy, poor treatment by colleagues but he has had some congratulations on this affair. Two pages of script on a folded sheet. VG. View more info
By: CLERK OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PARIS
Price: $179.99
Publisher: France, None: 1790
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 0JT108
Condition: Good
As determined by the decree of October 6 1789, Monsieur A.M. Outrebon has made his 'Patriotic Contribution' of 25% of his salary is revealed in this Department of Finance for the revolutionary coffers in 1790 France. Revolutionary vignette. Super period piece less than a year after La Bastille.Overall in good+ shape, better without some chipping to the top edge and general ageing. View more info
By: Comte Jacques De Glatigny and Others
Price: $349.99
Publisher: France, 1749
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 00JT38
Condition: Good+
On thick parchment with a superb Caen Revenue stamp, this contract revises the deals between Comte Jacques De Glatigny and Georges Lepetit and Guillaume Le Senecal. There is a separate, second, small paper document attached by contemporary pin. Very nicely written. Interestingly there is a Bed and Breakfast - Ferme-de-Glatigny - on the very spot the two lesser partner toiled over 250 years ago! View more info
By: COUSIN PLUMERY
Price: $1,495.99
Publisher: PARIS FRANCE to SARRAGOSSE ESPAYNE, 1796
Seller ID: 0002236
Condition: Good
On offer is a absolutely super, original 18th Century French language stampless letter dated 1796 with postmarks for Lyon et al, being a manuscript relic of one of the most active and extraordinary of times for French watchmakers, horologists and timekeepers who were in the spotlight during these early days of the French Revolution and onset of the Napoleonic era as the Decimal Calendar and time system was conceived and implemented. The three [3] page letter is signed from cousin 'Plumery' who send his regards to Margaret and her beau Pierre (Odet?) responding a past letter. Postmarked French ... View more info
By: David ben Aryeh Leib, of Lida
Price: $3,855.99
Publisher: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, Professor Shelomoh ben Yosef Props:
Seller ID: 000026
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
A rare book by the chief rabbi of Amsterdam, David ben Aryeh Leib, of Lida. Text entirely in Hebrew. SEFER SOD H, asher hiber David de-Lida Amsterdam: Shelomoh ben Yosef Props, 469 [1708 or 1709]. 6" tall [15.2 cm.] 32 numbered leaves [64 pages, the last one is blank], plus 58 later blank pages, plus endpapers, plus a large manuscript letter of recommendation bound in. Superbly bound in later full light brown sheep leather, with raised bands, blindstamped floral decorated compartments, covers with blindstamped floral decorated corners and borders, all edges gilt In a speckled leather sola... View more info
By: DE MENCK
Price: $2,459.99
Publisher: GHENT BELGIUM HOLLAND, 1782
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 000898
Condition: Very Good+
On offer is a remarkable historical archive of twenty folded folio sheets bearing 23 entries on ten of the pages as presented before the court at Ghent, Belgium between April 1782 - February 1783 and pertaining to Flemish trade in the latter part of the 18th century much of it relating to trade and shipments for the new Republic. The timing of the manuscripts is particularly notable as the documents shed light on-cross Atlantic maritime trade during a very volatile period of Europe and America for two primary reasons: 1) The manuscripts are written during the last phase of the War of American... View more info
By: DECREE OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
Price: $289.99
Publisher: France, 1792
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 0JT111
Condition: Good
Dated November, 27, 1792 'DECRET DE LA CONVENTION NATIONALE' dealing with the employees and their lodgings in both the Louvre and the Tuileries of the deposed King Louis XVI. Signed inprint by M. Monge and countersigned by Garat. Includes a bold unidentifiable signature. Some yellowing but otherwise in good+ condition. View more info
By: DELABIQUE AND AN UNIDENTIFIED CHIEF SURGEON TO THE KING
Price: $449.99
Publisher: VERSAILLES, FRANCE, 1792
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 00TP75
Condition: Very Good
Archive of two (2) handwritten letters, both dated January 14th, 1792, both physically attached at the bottom left corner with sealing wax. Very interesting: The first letter, beautifully penned, whose author's signature is indecipherable yet whose status as a 'ancient surgeon to the King' is foremost in presentation, tells of the story of a young boy named Colinot. The boy has been severely injured to the point of blood building up under his eye lids and that he required many sutures to the head and around the nose. The second letter, (in a much rougher handwriting style than the refined Chie... View more info
By: DEUCHAR, DAVID
Price: $12,855.99
Publisher: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, WILLIAM F. CLAY:
Seller ID: 000024N
Condition: Good+
HERALDIC CREST MANUSCRIPT. Large, thick Folio, late 18th century marbled boards and 1/2 sheep, crack to spine and partial unhinging of front board, age worn but otherwise well-preserved. A handsome and imposing manuscript of 1000s of engraved crests, including numerous crests drawn by hand, arranged by the famed engraver David Deuchar (1743-1808) interestingly organized according to device type (i.e. hands, lions etc.) Carefully compiled and researched manuscript, seemingly intended for publication, with numerous markings accorded to known and unknown heraldic crests and their corresponding... View more info
Price: $3,155.99
Publisher: NAPLES ITALY, 1744
Seller ID: 0001412
Condition: Good+
On offer is a super manuscript relic of 18th Century religious devotion being a vellum covered notebook titled 'Memoria' handwritten by Carlo Antonio Di Cesare, a Jesuit in Naples between 1744 and 1764. Superbly intimate look into the life of this Catholic man using the book as a 'vade mecum' or catchall thusly a diary of notes detailing the life of this Jesuit scholar: it begins with his graduation into the Congregazione de' studenti sotto la protezzione dell'Annunciata of the Jesuit College Gesù Vecchio in Naples to study 'Logic' under Professore Giuseppe Guidone. On 24 November 1744, he pa... View more info
