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A COMPREHENSIVE BOULOGNE BROADSIDE ANNOUNCING AN AUCTION IN ÉTAPLES (PAS-DE-CALAIS REGION) OF THE CARGO OF A BRITISH BRIG TAKEN BY BOULOGNE CORSAIRE JEAN AUGUSTIN "PAQUETTE" HURET
[AUCTION, BRITISH BRIG CARGO]. [HURET, Jean Augustin, corsaire]. Vente de prise Anglaise a Étaples. Chanvre & Lin de Russie, Fer en Barres, &c. Le onze Frimaire an huit. agissant pour les Citoyens DELPORTE FRERES, Armateurs du Corsaire L'ESPIEGLE, Capitaine J. HURET, à la Vente de la Cargaison d'un Navire-Brick Anglias, Prise faite par ledit Corsaire. Savoir:... Folio broadside, 18 1/2 x 14", untrimmed. Boulogne, de l'Imprimerie de [François] Dolet, An VIII [1799].
Apparently unrecorded. Announces the December 2, 1799 auction at the French port of Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, of the cargo and other contents of a 193-ton British brig taken by the corsaire Jean Augustin Huret (1767-1814), captain of the ship L'Espiegle (Mischievous)sailing for… Read More

VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF A DAY ON THE THAMES
[SWASEY, Ambrose, mechanical engineer & Charles Churchill, manufacturer of mechanical of machine tools]. Photograph album with 12, original photographs, consisting of a group photo, and 11 with manuscript captions by Charles Churchill, each measuring 2 ¾ x 3 ¾". Oblong 8vo, original maroon ½ calf over wavy cloth, "Trenagraphs" lettered in gold on front cover. England, 1897. Inscribed on binder's leaf by Charles Churchill, "A recollection of Saturday August 21st 1897," and at the top of the same leaf in pencil by the recipient, the great American mechanical engineer Ambrose Swasey (see DAB): "Presented by Chas. Churchill London. Rec'd at Liverpool Eng. Sept. 14, 1897. Our picnic on the Thames, with Mr. Churchill his family and Employees." American-born Charles Churchill (1837-1916) founded Charles Churchill & Co., Ltd., which became… Read More

THE FIRST AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED EDITION
GOLDSMITH, [Oliver]. [ANDERSON, Alexander, illustrator]. The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. By Dr. Goldsmith. Two volumes in one. 12mo, contemporary tree calf (rebacked, corners rubbed), old leather label, pp. 252 + 4 wood engraved plates by Anderson (including frontispiece). New-York: Printed by James Oram for Christian Brown, 1803. First American illustrated edition; first New York edition in any form. Excellent copy. Hamilton, on page xxxiii in his preface to vol. 1, states that these cuts were some of the better known of Anderson's work. Reprinted twice more by Oram in 1807. Oval hand decorated early bookplate of one "Elen Thompson", and bookseller's label on free half of front endpaper advertising "Lottery Tickets Sold at the Book Store of Thomas & Whipple, Market Square, Newburyport." OCLC locates 7 copies (NYPL; UCLA; Yale; AAS; Harvard; Princeton; Rutgers). Very… Read More