Commemoration of the Conquest of New Netherland, on Its Two Hundreth Anniversary... Oration on the Conquest of New Netherland, Delivered Before the New York Historical Society, on Wednesday, the Twelfth of October, 1864.
New York: New York Historical Society, 1864. 87 pp. Illus. with map frontis (2 page) and three engraved portraits with tissue guards. Sm. 4to. (28 cm.). Paper wrappers. First edition. A good+ copy, lacking the rear wrapper and most of the spine, front wrapper and first signature detached, thin dampstain along bottom edge of chipped front wrapper, an unopened (uncut) clean interior. Sabin 53606. Item #42965
Includes both the "Oration on the Conquest of New Netherland" and "Proceedings of the ... Society in relation to the commemoration ..." both with separate titles pages. This is the large paper copy at 28 cm (rather than 24 cm). Sabin notes only two plates.
Price: $60.00
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