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By: JOHN McDUFFEE
Price: $2,485.99
Publisher: ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE NH, 1784
Seller ID: 0001768
Condition: Fair+
On offer is an original 1784 manuscript cypher and mathematics book handwritten by John McDuffee of Rochester Vermont. There are 52 pages of arithmetic and mathematical tables, equations and principles: compound multiplication, compound division, reduction for farthings, shillings, etc., calculation the minutes since the birth of the Savior to 1784, tons of wine, hogsheads of wine, The Golden Rule, provisions, measurements, interest, Rules of Practice, gallons of rum, table of money weights and measures, some business principles +++. Measuring 7.25 x 11.75", it is bound in together without... View more info
By: JOSEPH ANGELS
Price: $2,255.99
Publisher: BALTIMORE MARYLAND MD, 1788
Seller ID: 0002554
Condition: Very Good
Offered is a super, longish 4 page, 12 x 7 and a half inches, folded letter handwritten by Joseph Angels to Mrs Whitman, his sister, dated July 24th 1788 Baltimore [Maryland]. Mr Angels proves to be a bit of a prosaic writer and by being so paints a rather interesting picture of social inclinations and mores of the time in Baltimore: 'I cannot let go so good an opportunity pass without writing by Capt Wheaton fearful lest you might suppose that as soon as I was with one sister I would forget the other. You express a desire in your letter to be particularly acquainted with the situation of our ... View more info
By: JOSEPH D'ALINEY, COMTE D'ELVA
Price: $389.99
Publisher: Pierre, France, 1764
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 0TP116
Condition: Very Fine
A mere seven months after the Seven Years War has ended the Comte D'Elva [whose family can be traced back over 800 years] writes in beautiful script a detailed health report on the army of France. Folio sized and written on 3 of the 4 pages, in fine condition, signed "D'Elva", dated January 10th, 1764. Superb French militaria. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS (1792-1872). Born in 1792, Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper, including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the enti... View more info
Price: $2,285.99
Publisher: HINTERWALDT - BRAUBACH GERMANY, 1749
Seller ID: 0001067
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a printed for the most part German language manumission document with manuscript entries and signed dated May 30th, 1749. This document is addressed to the honourable Deputy at Braubach regarding "Our dear and trusted Georg Wilhelm Schenk" and his release from the servitude of Johann Heinrich Broder at Hinterwaldt. Signed by K.V.S. Schwartzenaw. Research suggests that Mr. Schenk went on to a position writing reports of some import as they are still listed. Save for some light soiling and some chips to the left side this super document is overall VG. View more info
By: LIEUTENANT H. HOP, Envoy Extraordinary To England
Price: $1,155.99
Publisher: London, England, 1738
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 000643
Condition: Very Good
ON OFFER AN AUTOGRAPHED MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED, DATED LONDON, MARCH 30, 1738 BY LIEUTENANT H. HOP, ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY TO ENGLAND FROM THE STATES-GENERAL. IT READS AS FOLLOWS.MY LORD, I DO MYSELF THE HONOUR TO LAY BEFORE YOUR EXCELLENCY THE COPY OF A LETTER WHICH I RECEIVED LAST NIGHT MENTIONING GREAT VIOLENCE COMMITTED TOWARD A DUTCH VESSEL THAT HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO BE CASTAWAY ON THESE COASTS. THESE ARE MY LORD CRUELTIES AND INHUMANITY UNHEARD EVEN AMONGST THE MOST BARBAROUS NATIONS; I TAKE THEREFORE THE LIBERTY TO DECLINE YOUR EXCELLENCY TO BE PLEASED TO EMPLOY HIS GOOD O... View more info
By: Monsieur de Sequeville, Secretary to Louis XV
Price: $2,245.99
Publisher: France, 1765
Seller ID: 00JT83
Condition: Good+
On offer is a super manuscript relic of Louis XV era French Catholic procedure being a handwritten folio 20 pages, unsigned, in the hand of Monsieur de Sequeville, Secretary to Louis XV. The rules instruct proper etiquette in addressing the religious hierarchy that is not of Royal blood. These include the Pope, Bishops, Fathers, Abbotts etc. Beautiful ceremonial calligraphy make for a lovely ancient French manuscript slightly soiled but otherwise G+. View more info
By: MOSES WOODS
Price: $1,455.99
Publisher: MARLBOROUGH MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA, 1736
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 0001326
Condition: Good
On offer is a charming relic of Marlborough Massachusetts ephemera being a manuscript dated 1736 detailing the specifics of a new road in the town. "A way laid out beginning near the dwelling house of Jeremiah Barstow & so running along between the land of Col Thomas How & the land of Simon Gates & is bounded by said Gates land by boundry mark't trees & it is Eight rods wide until it comes to that which is called the Indian land & then running across the County road along by the house of Zachariah Maynard four rods wide & still extends four rod wide along between land of Daniel Rice & lan... View more info
Price: $1,495.99
Publisher: England, 1727
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 000650
Condition: Very Good
On offer is an exceptional rare ancient document with an original handwritten signature of Queen Caroline of Ansbach, consort to King George II; partial document with a very nice, large, 5 inch signature of the Queen across the top. Document cut is 8 x 8 inches, repairs lower left, else a scarce signature. Caroline of Ansbach (later Queen Caroline; Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 - 20 November 1737) was the Queen Consort of George II. Caroline's mind far outstripped George's. As a young woman, she corresponded with Gottfried Leibniz, the intellectual colossus who was courtier and f... View more info
Price: $1,385.99
Publisher: LIEPZIG, 1718
Seller ID: 0001278
Condition: Good+
On offer is a super relic of Christian Doctrine being a 1718 original 4 page manuscript letter handwritten by author and theologian Romanus Teller [1703-1750] pastor at Leipzig, and afterwards became professor of theology in the University. He was father of the very famous theologian Wilhelm Abraham Teller. This 8 x 6.5 inch Latin letter, signed by Teller, is written to another well known Lutheran Theologian, Johann Christian Biel and the title suggest Teller is offering a formal clarification on points of Doctrine. General light soiling from age but overall G+. View more info
Price: $845.99
Publisher: FRANCE, 1800
Seller ID: 00JT49b
Condition: Good
On offer is a super early 1800s inventory of battles as participant by one of Napoleon's soldiers whose name we make out as Septiems Beruiere ? [the last name is not quite discernible]. Thirteen battles are listed within a total of over 30 separate military engagements including the Battle of the Pyramids against the Mamluks and with a final stand alone note as having participated in the 22 day siege of Cairo. Some chipping and rubbing on some edges, crease and fault from old folds but otherwise G. Sensational relic of Napoleon's reign. View more info
Price: $8,250.99
Publisher: CALCUTTA INDIA ASIAN SUBCONTINENT MADRAS, 1781
Seller ID: 0001907
Condition: Good+
On offer is an original, significant manuscript relic of British colonial history, 18th Century global trade and commerce and one English man's climb up the corporate ladder within one of the most powerful corporate entities in British history being a 1781 through 1786 letters copy book [titled "COPY BOOK - EUROPE LETTERS"] of the East India Company handwritten by Thomas Henry Davies [1751-1792]. Approximately 350 pages of letters written by Davies and a secretary, no doubt, the copy book allows for a remarkable historic opportunity to witness the record of correspondence in these lett... View more info
By: UNIDENTIFIED
Price: $955.99
Publisher: France, 1788
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: N00TP133
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a super 20 page manuscript treatise, dated 1788, on tetanus and its treatment. This essay is a commentary on the works written by Jean Barthélemy Dazille, (1732-1812), famed doctor of tropical medicine whose 'Observations générales sur les maladies des climats chauds', being his distinguished work while doctor of the King in Saint-Domingue, Port-au-Prince, Haïti. He is also the author of a treatise on the 'Observations of Negroes diseases'. Dazille 'was a pioneer in the study of the health conditions and diseases of black slaves in the Americas, perhaps the first of its kind', ... View more info
By: UNIDENTIFIED
Price: $1,245.99
Publisher: FRANCE,
Seller ID: 00MV631
Condition: Very Good+
On offer is an interesting handwritten manuscript document beginning "Discussions sur les exemptions Reguliers" and other chapters " Accusations Contre L'Assemble 1650" et al. Circa early 1700s report is a history of the various assemblies over the 17th century appearing to start in 1605 at the end of Clement VIII's reign or soon after his death through to the late 1600s. Of particular note to collector's and students of Catholic history will be the detailed lists of scholars and clerics and the various questions, exemptions discussed by the attendees. This 58 page document is ... View more info
By: UNIDENTIFIED
Price: $245.99
Publisher: DIJON FRANCE, 1793
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 00JT58B
Condition: Very Good+
On offer is a small French Revolutionary document calling a citizen up for active duty in the National Guard. This 4 x 5 inch printed document is mounted on board with a small fault to the bottom right corner not affecting the document. Manuscript entries include the name of the citizen, the dates to show up for service and it is signed but illegible. Some stains, perhaps old thumbprints to the front of the document, otherwise G+. View more info
By: UNIDENTIFIED
Price: $759.99
Publisher: PARIS LYON FRANCE, 1786
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 000944
Condition: Good
On offer is an interesting enigmatic 1786 handwritten manuscript economic portrait titled "Naissance de George & Mort de Benjamin Reverdun" being what appears to be a financial breakdown and accounting table of expenses of a late 18th Century noble French family divided for Monsieur, his [business, travel to and from Paris, Lyon] and for Madame, her "domestiques, blanchissage, pain, vin, viande, boisson" etc. etc. and also "menus plaisirs: journal, comedie, musique…" etc., etc. This is written on heavy paper with some losses of a few letters on the upper corners. A ve... View more info
By: UNIDENTIFIED
Price: $1,255.99
Publisher: France, 1783
Seller ID: 00JT91
Condition: Very Good
On offer is an intriguing, original manuscript transcript dated 1783 during the reign of Louis XVI of what appears to be a prosecutorial interrogation taking place over a number of days involving the theft of money. Nine [9] tightly written pages and sometimes written in excitement make for an mysterious pre Revolution document. Overall VG. View more info
By: UNIDENTIFIED CLERK FOR DUBLIN TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA
Price: $325.99
Publisher: Pennsylvania, 1795
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 0MV1531
Condition: Good+
Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, term 1795. Bedford County, although not mentioned. Approx. 7 x 5-1/4 in. Reads: Bastard Children born none / Deer kild out of season none / Negro or molatto slaves none / retailers of liquor....etc. View more info
By: UNKNOWN
Price: $545.99
Publisher: BURGUNDY FRANCE, 1790
Seller ID: 00JT23
Condition: Good+
On offer is an original manuscript, in one beautiful hand, on watermarked, folio, being the details of Charles Francois Masson, the Baron of Longery's heraldic titles from 1686 - 1787. Save for some chipping and an old dampstain to a small portion of the upper edge this would be VG. View more info
Price: $995.99
Publisher: 1799
Seller ID: 0001425
Condition: Poor
On offer is a super manuscript recipe [receipt] to cure "The Kings Evil" more properly known as 'Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis' or 'Scrofula' handwritten by an unidentified doctor or chemist. It is a lengthy recipe, prepared for Nelson Jackson of Hanover. The 8 x 8 inch paper is very fragile with a separation at the top horizontal fold line, other fold lines are weak, torn and fragile and requires careful handling. From one online source: The disease: Scrofula of the neck is the term used for tuberculosis of the neck, or, more precisely, a cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Scr... View more info
By: UNKNOWN.
Price: $659.99
Publisher: 1785
Seller ID: 0001801
Condition: Fine
On offer is a fascinating group of 15 pages of notes on eight [8] leaves regarding a variety of astronomy subjects. Handwritten on watermarked laid paper by an unknown scrivener, the papers suggest a date of circa 1780s mentioning the expected return of a comet in 1789 on one of the pages. [Other dated material in the original archive confirm this.] The beautifully written 8" X 10" double-sided astronomy topics include: Comets, such as the Comet of 1105, 1680 and Halley's Comet; Perihelion; Alhelion; The Planets Mercury (mentions the heat the inhabitants must feel), Venus, Jupiter, and... View more info
