Search Results: Authors starting with B from Donald Heald Rare Books

New York: Printed by Endicott & Co, Published by J. B. Bachelder, 1855. Tinted lithograph by Endicott & Co. The finest and largest of all the early views of Manchester, New Hampshire. Few nineteenth century American topographical artists produced town views of the quality of those of Bachelder. He published this example shortly after taking up residence in Manchester in 1854. The fore and middleground are occupied by a rolling New England landscape, with a winding road leading to the town in the distance. The town's contemporary prominence as a manufacturing center is aptly illustrated by the numerous mills that line the Merrimac River. Reps, Urban Views and Viewmakers, 2243 (locates four examples: New Hampshire Historical; Manchester Public Library; Library of Congress; Essex Institute Salem.).

New York: Printed by Endicott & Co, Published by J. B. Bachelder, 1855. Tinted lithograph by Endicott & Co. The finest and largest of all the early views of Manchester, New Hampshire. Few nineteenth century American topographical artists produced town views of the quality of those of Bachelder. He published this example shortly after taking up residence in Manchester in 1854. The fore and middleground are occupied by a rolling New England landscape, with a winding road leading to the town in the distance. The town's contemporary prominence as a manufacturing center is aptly illustrated by the numerous mills that line the Merrimac River. Reps, Urban Views and Viewmakers, 2243 (locates four examples: New Hampshire Historical; Manchester Public Library; Library of Congress; Essex Institute ?Salem.).

New York: Endicott & Co, 1857. Hand-colored lithograph. Sheet size: 14 x 18 1/2 inches. Image size with text: 12 1/2 x 16 inches. Haverhill later annexed the village of Bradford. They are on opposite sides of the Merrimack River in Essex County, Massachusetts. Haverhill was one of the largest producers of shoes and hats in 19th century America.

New York: J. B. Bachelder, 1856. Hand-colored lithograph by Endicott & Co. Image: 9 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches. Sheet : 14 x 18 1/8 inches. Toned. Two repaired tears, one into the image, one in the bottom margin. Panoramic view of Somersworth, New Hampshire. The town was briefly known as Great Falls after two brothers established the Great Falls Manufacturing Company to produce textiles in 1822. Several mills were built using the power of the Salmon Falls River. These can be seen in the middle distance of this view. John Bachelder was one of the leading viewmakers of 19th century America. Lithographic views of American cities and towns were very popular in the latter half of the century and were a testament of American pride in its settlement of the continent.

New York, 1849. Tinted lithograph with additional hand-coloring, 13 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches. Matted and framed. New York City Hall. An attractive view of Broadway, New York City by famed artist John Bachmann, who was, at the time, only at the beginning of a brilliant printmaking career. According to Reps, Bachmann executed two views of New York City in 1849, though Reps does not record this one. Here, Bachmann portrays Broadway in a clean and very inviting manner. "Along the broad thoroughfare moves a smart array of carriages, coaches, and fashionably-dressed pedestrians. The fountain playing in the imperfect triangle of City Hall Park had now permanently replaced the temporary one erected there during the Croton Water Celebration that took place there in 1842. Beyond the fountain is City Hall itself, admired by residents and visitors alike for its architectural splendor: a successful adaptation of French Renaissance and American colonial influences" - Deak. Bachmann's reputation as a fine artist,… Read More

London: Printed for William Lee, 1658. Folio. [16], 218, [26], 36, [8], 64 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait and engraved additional title. Sectional title pages with separate pagination and register. Early calf, covers ruled in blind, spine with raised bands, morocco lettering piece. Provenance: Gloddaeth Library (booklabel); The Garden Library (booklabel) The Garden Library copy. Bacon's posthumously published anthology of extracts from many books, mostly from antiquity, and with Bacon's own experiments and observations on natural philosophy. At the end of the volume, Rawley has included his "New Atlantis. A Work unfinished," a description of a utopian island and its scientific community. ESTC R27204; Wing B328; Gibson 177b.

Paris: Jean-Luc Nion and François Didot, 1722. 4 volumes, 12mo. (6 3/8 x 3 5/16 inches). Titles in red and black. [12], 1-10, 15-370, [4]; [2], 356, [8]; [12], 310, [6]; [2], 271, [5]pp., with errors in pagination as issued. Engraved frontispiece additional title by I.B. Scotin, 28 engraved plates and maps (12 folding), including a double-sided plate of music. Contemporary calf, spines gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers Provenance: Comte François Potocki (armorial bookplate) Rare first edition of an important illustrated contemporary history of the Indigenous nations in Canada and their relations with the French, including among the earliest printed views in Canada. Claude-Charles Le Roy de la Potherie, also called Bacqueville de la Potherie, arrived in New France in 1698 as comptroller of the Marine and of the fortifications in Canada. His work, published some twenty years before Charlevoix's great history, provides an eyewitness account and historical record of the region. "Bacquevilles… Read More

London: Published by William Scott, Brighton & Colnaghi & Co, 1819. Colour-printed aquatint on fine wove paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, mild mat burn, and a small brown spot in the bottom margin. A picturesque view of the stately family seat of the Duke of Norfolk. Situated on the River Arun in West Sussex and surrounded by lush parkland, Arundel Castle has been the ancestral home of the Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Arundel for centuries. It was built by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel, in the eleventh century and was later appropriated in 1102 by King Henry I, who gave the castle and its surrounding lands to his second wife, Alice de Louvain. Arundel passed matrilineally through the d'Albini and Fitzlan families in the thirteenth century to the powerful Howard family in the 15th century, in whose possession it has remained virtually uninterrupted to the current day. After weathering besiegement by Cromwell's troop during the Civil War (1642-51), the castle… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1860. 1 volume, quarto. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). TEXT VOLUME ONLY. Publisher's purple cloth, covers decoratively stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, some fading and wear An important American work of ornithology by two of the foremost American ornithologists of the 19th century. The chief virtue of this spectacular contribution to the literature of American ornithology is that it completes the work started by the first octavo edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America (1840-1844) and continued by John Cassin's IIlustrations of the Birds of California, Texas [etc.] (([1853]-56). As Baird notes in the preface: "the first series [of Cassin's work], containing fifty species not given by Audubon, was completed in 1855, and has not been extended, having been superceded by the present work" (Preface, p.I, Atlas vol.). "The present work is part of the General Report on North American birds ... published in October, 1858, as one of the series of "Reports of… Read More

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1884. Two works in five volumes. (10 3/4 x 8 inches). [Land Birds:] Vol. I - xxviii, 596, vi; Vol. II - vi, 590, vi; Vol. III - vi, 560, xxviii. 64 hand-finished, colour-printed lithographs and 593 woodcut illustrations. The Deluxe Edition with 36 added hand-coloured lithographic plates after Ridgway. [Water Birds:] Vol. I - xii, 537; Vol. II - vi, 552. 493 illustrations (including 332 finely hand-coloured). Publisher's uniform green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt Provenance: H.O. Havemeyer, Jr. Rare deluxe editions, coloured and with additional illustrations, of Baird, Brewer and Ridgway's classics of American ornithology. "This work contains a description of the birds of North America north of Mexico, including Greenland and Alaska. The focus of this work is an account of the life history of the species, to which is added information about the geographical distribution of the birds and a brief description of the eggs and the individual species.… Read More

Havana: Santiago Martín, 1856. 8 lithographs, printed in colour and finished by hand, within ruled borders. Sheet size: 20 5/8 x 31 7/8 inches. Very rare series of large coloured lithographs of colonial Cuban towns and harbours. The sought-after collection of Cuban prints, the majority drawn by Barañano, and lithographed by Laplante, comprises the following topographical views, with titles printed in Spanish and English: 1) [General View of Mantanzas] Vista de la Ciudad de Matanzas, Tomada desde el Monte de Cafetal de D. Vicente Guerrero. Includes inset depictions of Palacio de Gobierno, Iglesia Parroquial, Puente de Bailen, and the Hospital Militar. 2) [General View of Havana] La Habana, Vista General Tomada desde la Entrada del Puerto (after L. Barañano) 3) [General View of Trinidad] Trinidad, Vista General Tomada desde la Loma de la Vija (after E. Laplante) 4) [General View of Cardenas] Cardenas, Vista General Tomada desde la Bahia (after L. Barañano) 5) [General View of Cienfuegos]… Read More

London: Richard Hall, 1764. Folio. (12 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches). xi, [1], iv, 526, [2], 84pp. Half title. Modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt leather label. A few older repairs to half title and title page verso, ownership signature to half title and title page, dampstain to bottom corner of first quarter of the textblock. A rare collection of the laws for the island of Barbados, signed by the Editor. A noticeably expanded edition of the laws of Barbados from the earlier printings in 1721 and the 1730s. The verso of the half title is signed by the editor, Richard Hall "to authenticate this Impression; and to prevent spurious Editions." Includes a four-page list of subscribers. "The 'late Richard Hall Esq.' was one of the Representatives in the General Assembly for the Parish of St. Michael [Barbados] according to the title-page" - Higgs. Although printed in 1764, the present work compiles the Barbados legal code from the mid-17th century onward, making it a valuable source for the… Read More

Amsterdam: Jacob Claus, 1676. Small quarto. (7 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches). [4], [20], 374, [26] pp. Expertly bound to style in 17th-century calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, spine ruled in gilt. Very rare first edition of a Quaker masterwork: the primary explanation of their principles. Publication of this work had an immediate affect on the development of Quakerism and the treatment of its followers. The Apology , writes Dean Inge, "became for a whole century a second Bible for the Society [of Friends]." Written when Barclay was still in his twenties during a period of voluntary exile from Great Britain, the work "is remarkable as the standard exposition of the principles of his sect, and is not only the first defence of those principles by a man of trained intelligence, but in many respects one of the most impressive theological writings of the [17th] century" (Sir Leslie Stephens). Following the publication in 1676 of the present first edition, Barclay would produce his own English… Read More

New York: David Denniston, 1801. 8vo. (7 7/8 x 4 11/16 inches). 40pp. Disbound. Ink notation above title. Rare pamphlet by poet and diplomat Joel Barlow, proposing actions for the United States at the close of the French Revolution. Though born in Connecticut, Barlow spent many years in France, earning citizenship for his efforts in the Revolution, and his negative feelings for the English government shine through in this detailed address. Regardless of his personal feelings toward the English, Barlow's suggestions follow the example laid down by Washington's Federalist-leaning Proclamation of Neutrality with articles for a proposed Public Maritime Law and constitution, which would allow for peaceful trade between the United States and both England and France. Rare, with only five copies located in OCLC. Sabin 3423; Shaw & Shoemaker 134.

1806. 12mo. (6 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches). 119pp. Contemporary gray wrappers. Ownership inscription dated 1808 on front blank. Light foxing. A later Connecticut edition after the first Philadelphia edition of 1799 and other interim editions. Barlow, notable poet, "Hartford Wit" and outspoken political savant of the early years of the Republic, is described as one of the most liberal thinkers of his time (DAB). The letter to Washington urges the President to prevent war with France. The preface of this edition declares, "If in all the heavy volumes that load your shelves, on the 'defence of the American constitutions,' you find enough of solid matter to balance a dozen pages of this pamphlet, return the pamphlet to the bookseller, and he will return your money." Howes B144, "aa." Sabin 3433.

1866. Mounted albumen photograph, approximately 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches, on contemporary card mount. Manuscript caption below the image. Large albumen photograph by George Barnard. Barnard had worked as a photographer documenting the Civil War from about 1861, initially working for Mathew Brady and Edward Anthony, and then, from December 1863, for the Topographical Branch of the Department of Engineers, Army of the Cumberland, based in Nashville. Under the direction of Captain of Engineers Orlando M. Poe, Barnard ran the army's photographic operations. Bernard continued to work for the Union army until June 1865, recording a number of well-known locations, and taking part in Sherman's campaign, behind the front lines, taking photographs in his capacity as an official army photographer. In 1866, Barnard would publish his monumental Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign. "[It] is a remarkable work of great symbolic, historic, and artistic power. It is a result of a complex interweaving of Barnard's… Read More

[New York, 1866. Albumen photograph from a negative taken in 1866, (10 x 13 inches), on original two-tone gilt-edged card mount, (16 1/8 x 20 inches), with plate title and photographer's credit. A fine copy of a stunning image from Barnard's 'Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign', an album which is one of the two greatest photographic monuments to the Civil War and 'a landmark in the history of photography' (Keith F. Davis). A contemporary reviewer wrote of this image and its companions: 'These photographs... surpass any other photographic views which have been produced in this country - whether relating to the war or otherwise' ('Harper's Weekly', 8 December, 1866, p.771) Barnard had worked as a photographer documenting the Civil War from about 1861, initially working for Mathew Brady and Edward Anthony, and then, from December 1863, for the Topographical Branch of the Department of Engineers, Army of the Cumberland, based in Nashville. Under the direction of Captain of Engineers Orlando M.… Read More

London: Published by Thos. McLean, 1845. Folio. (21 3/16 x 14 1/4 inches). 4 leaves letterpress text. Lithographic title printed in two colours, uncoloured lithographic dedication to Apolph, Duke of Nassau, tinted lithographic list of plates with decorative surround and illustrative vignettes, 28 tinted lithographic plates (including 4 section titles), all by and after George Barnard. Contemporary blue/green moiré cloth-covered boards, expertly re-backed to style with red morocco, titled in gilt on spine, yellow glazed endpapers A fine copy of this charming work. A fine series of views of Nassau and the Lahn valley: an area renowned in the 19th century for the curative properties of its bubbling spa waters, and a fashionable destination for the wealthy of Europe. "In this work the Author has endeavoured , as far as was in his power, to combine graphically the characteristic incidents and manners of the country of certain German Spas [Weisbaden, Ems, Langen Schwalbach, Schlangenbad, the Lahn,… Read More

[New York, 1866. Albumen photograph from a negative taken in 1866, (10 x 13 inches), on original two-tone gilt-edged thin card mount, 16 1/8 x 20 inches, with plate title and photographer's credit. A fine copy of a stunning image from Barnard's 'Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign', an album which is one of the two greatest photographic monuments to the Civil War and 'a landmark in the history of photography' (Keith F. Davis). A contemporary reviewer wrote of this image and its companions: 'These photographs... surpass any other photographic views which have been produced in this country - whether relating to the war or otherwise' (Harper's Weekly) Barnard had worked as a photographer documenting the Civil War from about 1861, initially working for Mathew Brady and Edward Anthony, and then, from December 1863, for the Topographical Branch of the Department of Engineers, Army of the Cumberland, based in Nashville. Under the direction of Captain of Engineers Orlando M. Poe, Barnard ran the army's… Read More

1866. Albumen photograph on contemporary card mount. Manuscript caption below the image. Small marginal stain and paper loss upper left, a small abrasion in image. Large albumen photograph by George Barnard. Barnard had worked as a photographer documenting the Civil War from about 1861, initially working for Mathew Brady and Edward Anthony, and then, from December 1863, for the Topographical Branch of the Department of Engineers, Army of the Cumberland, based in Nashville. Under the direction of Captain of Engineers Orlando M. Poe, Barnard ran the army's photographic operations. Bernard continued to work for the Union army until June 1865, recording a number of well-known locations, and taking part in Sherman's campaign, behind the front lines, taking photographs in his capacity as an official army photographer. In 1866, Barnard would publish his monumental Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign. "[It] is a remarkable work of great symbolic, historic, and artistic power. It is a result of a… Read More