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Original leaf from the 1554 Lansperqius' Conciones Paraeneticae, printed at Cologne by Johannes Novesianus in 1554. Latin Language discussion of the feast days of the Church year with the appropriate Scriptural references. Double column Roman bold text, w, 1554. Soft. Fine. Original leaf from the 1554 Lansperqius' Conciones Paraeneticae, printed at Cologne by Johannes Novesianus in 1554.
Latin Language discussion of the feast days of the Church year with the appropriate Scriptural references. Double column Roman bold text, with sidenotes, after the fashion of earlier handwritten books. Fine example of early Germanic printing. John Justus of Landsberg (Lanspergius is the latinization of Landsberg)

Original Manuscript of a Knight beheading a prisoner 1568 Leaf from Sebastian Münster 'De La Cosmographie Universelle' (Cosmographia ) Printed at Basel in 1568 in the French Language. Written by Sebastian Münster.
8.5 X 11.25 Tall pages numbered 1093 & 1094
Woodcut depicts a Knight beheading a Prisoner. Could be Ladislaus Hunyadi beheaded by Ladislaus V of Hungary Public Execution.
Reverse on 1094 has woodcut of Matthias Corvinus on coinageMarriage & death of King Ladislaus King Matthias of Hungary outside the line of genealogy Vladislaus King of Hungary Condition: Very Good to Fine, edges darker, corner chiped. Reverse on 1094 has woodcut of Matthias Corvinus on coinage with inscription 'Mathias Rex Hvngaria Bohemie Dalmatiae' Cosmographia is the earliest German description of the world. The Cosmographia was one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. It passed through 24 editions in 100 years.This success was due to the fascinating woodcuts (some by Hans Holbein the Younger,… Read More

Original 1733 Jac. Augusti Thuani Historiarum Tomus Tertius - Volume IIIPublished by Samuel Buckley in London 1733 from the writings of historian Jacques Auguste de Thou ((Thuanus) (died in 1617) with Pierre Dupuy and Nicolas Rigault.
De Thou was treated as a classic, an honour which he deserved. His history is a model of exact research, drawn from the best sources, and presented in an elegant and animated style; unfortunately, even for the men of the Renaissance, Latin was a dead language; it was impossible for de Thou to find exact equivalents for technical terms of geography or of administration.Condition: Good to Very Good, Boards are loose but connected by original strings binding, text block in fine condition, gilt lettering and decorations, stampings on leather bindings, 11" X 16" Tall, 860 pages, Large Heavy Book text in fine black and red ink. Princeton University library label on inside of front board with signature (stamp) Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk.Jacques Auguste de Thou ((Thuanus)… Read More

Journal De Medecine, 1758. leather. Very Good. Original Edition Journal of Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy Volume 8 January to June 1758Printing Location: Chez Vincent, Printer, Bookseller of Bishop the Count of Provence, S. Severin Street PARIS, France. Date and Numbering: VIII From January-June 1758 Size and Page Count: 4.25 X 7 Tall, app. 576 pages Condition: Very good , Beautiful Full Marbled Mottled Calf Leather binding, pages clean , front board with crack near spine, marbled end papers, embossed gild lettering and decorative spine, label on spine cover, pages clean, light foxing, ink stamp on title page of School of Pharmacy Paris, red page edges
Illustrations Information: Includes graphs and charts and a few engravings of medical equipment.
-------An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher, or historian------ Contains: Written completely in French, the Journal of Medicine includes reviews of various books, as well as medical observations and descriptions.

Original 1811 Columbian Centinel Newspaper Saturday August 10, 1811Condition: Good to Very Good, lettering faded, bottom edge torn, rag paper, 4 pages 14" X 21" Tall

Reward for return of $3283 in Bills of Bristol Bank in Rhode Island
Mercantile Advertisements - King & Palmer, Freeman & Patten, Munroe & Grosvenor, Whitman & Russell, Benjamin Andrews, etc
Lord Wellington Dispatch June 13, 1811- Battle of Fort St. Christopher near Badajoz
Extracts of a Letter July 27 1811 Washington -About US/Britain and US/France relationships. "Since the departure of the President (James Madison) to his country residence in Virginia..."
From the Baltimore(democratic) Whig: Mr. Pinkney verses General Armstrong
Federal Proof of the revocation of the French Decrees
Extract from Dispatch from Lord Wellington to Don M. Porjaz (Porjas) About the battle of Fort St. Christopher Marshal Soult retired to LLerema etc
News from Portugal
News from Ireland
Obituary
Ship Arrivals, Vessels Left, Shipping MemorandaNotices and Ads… Read More

Original 1827 Psalms Hymns & Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts Gilt owners name on front cover 'Elizabeth R. Noble'
published by Samuel T. Armstrong Boston
Condition: Very Good + to Fine, Full Red Leather bound pocket size with leather clasp tuck, gilt page edges, 2.7" x 4.4" tall with 654 pages plus index.

New York Daily Tribune, 1861. soft. Original 1861 Edition New York Tribune Publisher-Printing Location: New York Tribune Association, Date and Numbering: Friday May 24, 1861 Size and Page Count: 16.5 X 21 Tall, 8 Pages Condition: Good, pages delicate and yellowed from age, possibly disbound, -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Contains Articles on:
The War for the Union
The Voting in Virginia
Troops Coming North
The Rebels on Arlington Heights
Distress for Provisions in Tennessee
Large Arrivals of Arms
At the South
Strong Union Feeling in Wheeling Alexandria
To Be Occupied
Treason Crushed Out in Missouri
Important Seizure of Southern Bank-Notes etc,
etc.

Harpers Monthly, 1863. soft. 6.5"" X 10"". Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location:Harper & Brothers, New York Date and Numbering: Harper's New Monthly Magazine October, 1863 Volume XXVII, Number CLXI Size and Page Count:6.5"" X 10"" Tall, 150 pages
Condition: Good-, binding good, spine cover flaking and darkened, cover has staining and a few tears, rear cover is present but unattached, some foxing
Illustrations Information: 36 woodcut illustrations -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Articles and Information:

The First Cruise of the Monitor Passaic -By Edgar Holden with 21 Illustrations
Poem: Abide in faith -By Ellen A. Hastings
Scenes in the War of 1812. IV. "The Niagara frontier -By Benson John Lossing with 9 Illustrations
The fiery colliery of Fiennes -By Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
The Army correspondent -By Lorenzo Crounse
The Small House at Allington (chaps. XXXIV-XXXVI) -By Anthony Trollope
Romola (chaps. LXVIII-LXXII; epilogue)… Read More

1872. soft. Very Good. Original 1872 Georgia Election Violence 11 X 16 Tall page 757 of the September 28, 1872 Harper's Weekly. 2 Wood Cut Engravings 3 X 2 Wide 4.5 X 4.5 Wide - First - US printing (Was printed also in series a few weeks earlier in England) Condition: Very Good, torn off edge piece not effecting engravings or text. Article Mr. Greeley's Supporters in Georgia by Eugene Lawrence Wood Cut Engraving of post Reconstruction 1872 elected Republican Charles Stearns "They Then Seized Me, and Dragged Me to the Top of the Stairs."Wood Cut Engraving of Georgia Election Violence 1872 "They All Jumped Into the Water."Rear side of page with Advertisements

1875. soft. Fine. Original 1875 Harper's Weekly Supplement February 13, page 145/146 with 3 Large Engravings 11 X 16 Tall, 2 Wood Cut Engravings are 7 X 9 Wide, Reverse Wood Cut Engraving 10 X 11.5 Wide Condition: Very Good, corner tears, some yellowing from age. Wood Cut Engraving - Execution at Yokohama with short articleWood Cut Engraving - A Cold Morning in a Country School House by F.S. ChurchWood Cut Engraving - Inside a school in Senegal "Education in Senegal - A School for Boys. by Verdeil

New York Tribune, 1889. soft. Very Good. Original 1889 Edition New York Tribune Publisher-Printing Location: New York Tribune Association, Date and Numbering: Wednesday August 21, 1889 Size and Page Count: 13 X 18.5 Tall, 20 Pages Condition: Very Good , pages frayed and slightly torn on edges, pages delicate and yellowed from age. -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Contains Articles on: Topics of the Week David S. Terry Killed by U.S. Marshall Sheriff and Deputy Shot The News in London The Norfolk Convention Fay's German History The New States: Eastern Washington Fighting Flames at Sea Republican league Work Agricultural Carnot And Boulager The Professor's Problem Many Seats Contested: An Unusually Large Number of Election Cases to Come Before Congress Veterans of the Union And many more articles as well as many advertisements

Illustrated American, 1891. soft. 9.25"" X 12"" . Original Edition Location: New York Date and Numbering: May 9, 1891, Vol. VI, No. 64 Size and Page Count: 9.25"" X 12"" Tall App 32 Pages
Condition: Good - Disbound, yellowing from age, some soiling marks, one page torn
Illustrations Information: Front picture of General Field-Marshal Helmuth Von Moltke, Presidential Possibilities: IV. William McKinley Jr., ""The Capitulation of Sedan"", ""Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles, January 18, 1871"", ""The Makers of the German Empire"", ""From the Play of 'Alabama': Act IV"", and many others -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Contains:

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Von Moltke - with many pictures
Cigarette
Base-Ball Season
Alabama The Play-with many pictures
James H. Stoddart A New Nation: Commonwealth of Australia Presidential Possibilities: William McKinley, Jr.
The Base-Ball Season Opened- with many Illustrations
Yachts and Yachtsmen -With many pictures… Read More

Illustrated American, 1894. soft. 9.25"" X 12"" . Original Edition Location: New York Date and Numbering:January 20, 1894 vol XV no 205 Size and Page Count: 9.25"" X 12"" Tall App. 24 Pages Condition: Fair - Dis-bound, some soiling marks, some cracks
Lots of Photos and Illustrations

Conqueror of Kabba Rega - Samuel Baker - with 3 half page illustrations
Merry Drinkers by Jules Garnier
Troubled Sicily - Riots 3 small photos
James A. Herne full page portrait
Scenes from "" sowing the Wind"" at Enpire theatre, New York
Country Lanes and City Pavements Chapter XIII to - First Printing! with illustration
Late General Margallo - story of the Melilla fight between the Moors and Spaniards
Thermidor
The Fate of Canada
Story of Seven Days -News -
Current Events
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Illustrated American, 1894. soft. 9.25"" X 12"" . Original Edition Location: New York Date and Numbering: April 14, 1894 Vol XV No 217 Size and Page Count: 9.25 X 12 Tall App 32 Pages
Condition: Fair + to Good - Dis-bound, some soiling marks, small tear on front edge taped Illustrations Information: Front Le'Meeting' by Marie Bashkirtseff -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian ---------
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Home of Hamlet Elsinoren 6 photos Kronborg Castle Friedrichsborg Castle etc
Prominent Women of our Cities 6 small photos
William Dean Howells in his Library Photo
Lexington KY Duncan - Talbert - Hubbell - Allen - Payne - Winston - Robinson William Bean Howells Celebrities at Home
Marie Bashkirtseff's Tomb Entering Port by Edward Moran
Coxey's Army on the March to Washington - Carl Browne 3 large Photos - economic depression Mounet-Sully as Hamlet, Segond-Weber as Hermione, Segond-Weber as Chimene Mounet-Sully as Edipe Frank J. Keenan Plays and Players Woman… Read More

Illustrated American, 1894 Original Edition Location: New York Date and Numbering: June 16,1894 Vol.XV No. 226 Size and Page Count: 9.25"" X 12"" Tall
Condition: Good - Dis-bound, some soiling marks Many photos and Illustrations

Front: Sailing on the Vigilant
The Maney-Hedberg Court Martial
Henry of Navare (horse)
Irvington-Milburn Road Track, New Jersey
The Old Guard on Madison Square, New York
The Columbian Liberty Bell on Madison Square, Decoration Day New York
Prominent Women of San Francisco
Mr. F. S. Church, artist in his studio
Maxine Elliott
Articles
The Maney-Hedberg Court Martial Art and Artists Shall Women be granted full Suffrage? The Language of Emblems Plays and Players Sailing of the Vigilant Can Animals Talk? A Great Cycling Event What the Stars Say

Illustrated American, 1894. soft. 9.25"" X 12"" . Original Edition Location: New York Date and Numbering: March 17, 1894 vol XV no 213 Size and Page Count: 9.25"" X 12"" Tall App 32 Pages Condition: Fair - Dis-bound, some soiling marks, small tears along bottom edge taped
Many Photos and Illustrations - Front: Lord Rosebery -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian ---------

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Gladstone's Resignation William Ewart Gladstone full page B&W illustration/painting
Guillotine in Paris
Steam and Sea by Ranger
Settlers Attacked by Indians by Darley
The Dispute
Roundabout Napolean Play with 5 Photos
Monmouth County Hunt with 2 photos
Feorge Frederick Watts Paintings
Plays Scenes ""Walker London"" 5 Photos
Edith Evelyn - Full page Portriot
Spare me, spare her painting
Country Lanes and City Pavements by Maurice M. Minton Chapters IX - First Printing!-
Womans Place
Secrets of Symbols
roundabout Napoleon Monmouth County Hunt fox
Opinions on Books bulwer-Lytton,… Read More

Illustrated American, 1894. soft. 9.25"" X 12"" . Original Edition Location: New York Date and Numbering: April 7, 1894 vol XV no 216 Size and Page Count: 9.25"" X 12"" Tall App 32 Pages
Condition: Good - Dis-bound, some soiling marks Many Photos and Illustrations Front: Princess Maud of Wales -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian ---------

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Pests imported from Europe Italian Migrants
- Shooting Crap
- Riots in Little Italy New York - 5 photos and 1 full page illustration
Prominent Women of our Cities New York - Forrest, Stevens, Porter, Burke-Roche, Ladenburg, Yznaga Edwin Howland Blashfield
Education of a Prince
Christmas Bells
David Belasco
Municipal Reform and Rapid Transit
Marcus Pollasky
Bessie Tyree
Country Lane and City Pavements by Maurice M. Minton Chapters XV to -First Printing!
Pyramid Prophecies Monographs
Political in Europe Louis Kossuth
Chess Plays and Players Patriotism on the Decline? Lewis Carroll

1894 Property Assessment Tax Ledger for the city of Milton New Hampshire by George H. Plumer11 X 8.5 Tall Hardback, leather spine, marbled boards. 55 heavy sheet end papers. Condition: Very Good, binding intact, pages worn some from daily entries from 1894 Listed persons with columns for:NamesPolls No.No. AcresDescription, ValueHorses No & ValueAsses and MulesOxenCowsOther Neat StockSheepHogsFowlsCarriagesValue of Stock in Public FundsValue of Stock in Banks and other Corporations in this StateValue of Stock in Banks and other Corporations out of this StateSurplus Capital of Banking InstitutionsMoney on HandValue of Stock in TradeValue of Aqueducts, Locks and Canals, Tool Bridges, Ferries, Wharves, Mill and Carding Machines and Factories and their MachinesValue of Buildings not designatedTotal ValuationsRedeced ValueState, County, Town, School TaxesSchoolhouse TaxesHighway TaxesDog TaxTotal Amount of Taxes

Illustrated American , 1894 Original Edition
Location: New York Date and Numbering: May 12, 1894 Size and Page Count: 9.25"" X 12"" Tall
Condition: Fair - Dis-bound, edge tears, some soiling marks
Many Photos & illustrations: Gerhart Hauptmann, German Poet and Dramatist New York-Philidelphia Coach United States Ship ""Cincinnati"" from a drawing by S.C. Crane Horse - Sir Walter Prominent Women of St. Paul, Minn. Maarten Maartens James D. Smilee in His Studio Principal Players from ""Cinderella"" as produced at Abbey's Theatre, New York Lillian Nordica -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Articles:
New York- Philidelphia Coach Maarten Maartens - Author of the Greater Glory Arts and Artists Shall Women be Granted full suffarage?

Original 1900 Weekly The Outlook Magazine August 4th with Ads Volume 65 # 14 Thirteen Annual Educational Number with many Advertisements for Schools and Colleges 6.5 X 9.5 Tall with 86 pages and about 60 pages of Advertisements Condition: Very Good, NO MISSING pages, Complete with Ads that the bound volumes do not include.Shipping label on front cover, some yellowing of covers, spine cover edge tornThe Situation in China 755The Boer War 757Mr. Chamberlain on South Africa 758Cuban Affairs 759The Philippines 759Colombia 760The New Orleans Mob '. 760Direct Primaries 761The Gold Democrats 761Wellesley College 762The Presbyterian Church 762The Christian Endeavor Convention 763Baptist Young People's Union 764English Methodists 765Protestantism in France 765EDITORIALS: Issues of the Campaign 764 King Humbert 768 Educational Progress 769 Who Are They? 771The Cuban Teachers at Harvard University 773 By Sylvester Baxter The Rev. W. A. P.… Read More