Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1874-1877. 332 pp.; viii, 350 pp.; xiv, 294 pp.; xi, 351 pp., plates (6). Illustrated with 32 copper-plate and 1212 wood engravings, some colored. Folio (36 cm). Quarterbound red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, raised bans with gilt rules, gilt titles,top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. First..... More

Francofurti [Frankfurt am Main]: Apud Claudium Marnium, & Haeredes Iohannis Aubrii, 1604. [68], lxxiiii, [6], 1464, [42] pp. Illus. with 3 engravings, head and tail pieces, and initials. Folio (38 cm). Quarterbound later morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Second edition. Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Numerous typographical errors in..... More

Santiago de Chile: Sociedad de Bibliófilos Chilenos, 1946. 263 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Not bound. Loose in quires. First edition. Alfronso Bulnes, intro. No 43 of 100 copies. The first work issued by the Sociedad de Bibliófilos Chilenos, founded in 1945 with the purpose of “editing..... More

Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1923. 195 pp. + plates [61]. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Library cloth. First edition. Field Museum of Natural History Publication 216, Anthropological Series, Volume XVI. Signed by the author on the title page, who was assistant curator as well as the daughter of..... More

[Lisboa]: Na officina de Antonio Rodrigues Galhardo, [1789]. 4 pp. 8" x 11 1/2" Removed. First edition. Law for the secularization of the religious military orders in Portugal including the Military Order of Christ, of Avis, and of Santiago (Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, Ordem Real Militar..... More

Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1925-1943. Part I: title page, plates list, 25 plates; Part II: note, plates list, 25 plates; Part III: preface, plates list, 16 plates. 66 illustrations. Folio. Paper portfolio in later card portfolio with ties. First edition. Comprised of specimens of pottery from Guatemala, Honduras, British Honduras..... More

Lawrence, MA: George S. Merrill, printer, 1882. [2] preliminaries, 30 pp., [1] blank. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving & 1 map. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. Bound in: [Prospectus]. "Special Announcement. Summary of the advantages presented in the Miners and Trust Company of Pachuca." Signed in print by Executive Committee..... More

[New York]: 1809-1811. [71] pp. on 47 documents. Folio. m n. 47 manuscript documents (including four duplicates] listing the results of elections in New York State and City held between 1809- 1811 for various elective positions including Senators, Governors, State Assemblymen, Alderman, etc.) as reported and signed by various Election..... More

Newburyport, MA: [circa 1803]. 1 sheet docketed on verso. 12 x 8 inches. Early 19th century map docketed as "Newburyport Turnpike Plan." The Turnpike would later become part of Route 1. Most details are for the sections closest to Boston, with points located such as : Market in Boston, Charles..... More

Paris: Mainsonneuve et cie, 1869. xviii, [19]-240 pp., + plates; [2], 81]- 142 pp. Illus. 146 plates (15 folding, 4 color) and numerous in text figures. Plates numbered 1-103, [1 unnumbered],109-132, & 141-156, [2 unnumbered]. 8vo. Quarter navy calf over marbled boards, 4 raised bands, gilt titles, all edges speckled..... More

New York; Brooklyn: 1803-1825. [approx. 100] pp. Folio. Quarter calf over marbled boards. Cortlandt Van Beuren (1759-1820) was a successful New York City business and property owner. He had served as Sachem of the Tammany Society, and was affiliated with a number of social and business organizations. In addition to..... More

n.p. (ca. 1880s-1890s). 12 sheets. Size varies from 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches to 13 x 10 inches. Not bound. 42 albumen and silver prints, mounted on large card stock, some tipped in, some remounted. Images of San Francisco, Yosemite, Pikes Peak, Grand Canyon as well as the Chicago..... More