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Catalogue
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America
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36.
[DOUGLAS, JOHN, Bishop of Salisbury]. A Letter Addressed
to Two Great Men, on the Prospect of Peace; ... London, A. Millar,
1760. First edition, second issue.
[bound with]:
[TOWNSEND, CHARLES]. Remarks on the Letter Address'd to Two
Great Men. London, R. & J. Dodsley, [1760]. First edition. $350
8vo; 2 ff, pp. 56; pp. 64. Later paper-covered boards; leather label.
Fine copy. The only difference between the 1st and 2nd issues of
the Douglas is the placing of an erratum line below the word "Finis"
on the final page.
TPL 314 (1st issue) and 335; Casey 297 and 298; Lande 190 and 845;
Howes L276 and T321; Gagnon I:2102; Vlach 217. The second work is
not in Gagnon nor in Vlach. Douglas, under the pressure of his patron,
Lord Bath, wrote this letter to William Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle
as the Seven Years' War was nearing its end, to press for England's
acquisition of all of French Canada, which he considered to be much
more important than Guadeloupe, Senegal or Goree. In the second
work, Townsend takes issue with this position and, among other arguments,
points out that Canada is a supplier solely of furs, whereas Guadeloupe
supplies sugar, coffee, cotton, indigo, ginger and slaves.
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37. DOUGLASS, WILLIAM, M.D. A Summary, Historical and Political,
of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State
of the British Settlements in North-America. Containing I. Some
general Account of ancient and modern Colonies, the granting and
settling of the British Continent and West-India Island Colonies,
with some transient Remarks concerning the adjoining French and
Spanish Settlements, and other Remarks of various Natures. II. The
Hudson's Bay Company's Lodges, Fur and Skin Trade. III. Newfoundland
Harbours and Cod-Fishery. IV. The Province of l'Acadie or Nova Scotia;
with the Vicissitudes of the Property and Jurisdiction thereof,
and its present State. V. The several Grants of Sagadahock, Province
of Main [sic], Massachusetts-Bay, and New-Plymouth, united by a
new Charter in the present Province of Massachusetts-Bay, commonly
called New-England. [vol. II: ....Containing I. The History of the
Provinces and Colonies of New-Hampshire, Rhode-Island, Connecticut,
New-York, New-Jerseys, Pensylvania, Maryland, and Virginia; their
several original Settlements and gradual Improvements; their Boundaries,
Produce and Manufactures, Trade and Navigation, Laws and Government.
II. Their Natural History, Religious Sectaries, Paper Currencies,
and other Miscellanies. III. Several Medical Digressions, with a
Curious Dissertation on the Treatment of the Smallpox, and Inoculation.
London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. Two volumes. First London edition.
$7,500
Thick 8vo; pp. viii, 568; f, pp. iv, 416; full contemporary calf,
gilt ruled; joints lightly cracked; some wear to binding; unidentified
armorial bookplates; clean tear in margin of map repaired; some
sporadic foxing and browning; small hole in one leaf, just touching
a letter; withal, a very good set, complete with the scarce folding
map which is outlined in original colour, and dated May 1755.
Howes D436; Sabin 20727; TPL 4710; Clark I:226; Stevens & Tree
51a; McCorkle 755.2. The author, a Scottish physician, was born
in East Lothian, Scotland circa 1690 and died in Boston of smallpox
in 1752. He arrived in the colonies in 1716 and settled in Boston
in 1718 where he was considered a skilful doctor, but one who strongly
opposed inoculation against smallpox. Besides this work, he wrote
several medical treatises; this work, whilst full of inconsistencies
and errors, was nevertheless appreciated by several of his contemporaries
such as John Huske, who wrote in his "Present State of North
America" (London, 1755) "... Douglass's Summary...is only
valuable for being the best Collection of facts in general ... that
was ever made or published." The work was left incomplete and
published posthumously, as Douglass died before its completion.
The map is the first issue of Jefferys' "North America from
the French of Mr. d'Anville, Improved with the Back Settlements
of Virginia and Course of Ohio, Illustrated with Geographical and
Historical Remarks". The territories described herein were
much disputed between the French and the British, and this dispute
eventually contributed to the outbreak of the French and Indian
War in 1756.
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38.
DU BOCCAGE, Madame [MARIE-ANNE FIQUET]. La Colombiade, ou
la foi portée au nouveau monde. Poëme par Madame Duboccage.
Paris: Desaint & Saillant...Durand..., 1756. First edition.
$1,400
8vo; pp. viii, 184, [2]; engraved portrait by Tardieu, and 10 engraved
plates by Chedel; engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout; contemporary
full mottled calf; rebacked, with original gilt spine, laid down.
A very good, very clean copy.
Not in TPL; Sabin 21007; JCB 1112. Du Boccage ran a distinguished
salon in Paris, frequented by Voltaire, Fontenelle, etc. This work,
"an epic poem on the discovery of America" -(Sabin), contains
plates depicting Columbus' landing in the New World, aborigines,
his introduction to the aboriginal king, a shipwreck, etc. A second
edition, with eight plates only, appeared two years later.
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First Edition of a Very Scarce Work
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39. DUMMER, JER[EMIAH]. A Defence of the New-England Charters.
London, W. Wilkins, 1721. First edition. $5,750
8vo; 4 ff, pp. 80. Contemporary marbled wrappers, crudely rebacked
with paper, and chipped at edges; final blank and back wrapper waterstained;
text is clean and untrimmed. Contemporary signature of Samuel Holyoke,
dated 1721, on front endpaper. In a protective drop-down box.
Sabin 21197; European-Americana 721/63; Howes D554: "Notable
contribution to colonial political thought, voicing the theory that,
by reason of their contractual nature, these charters could not
now, after the colonists had fulfilled their obligation by redeeming
the wilderness, be abrogated and government be restored to the Crown."
Born in Boston and educated at Harvard, Dummer decided to enter
business; unable to find employment in Boston, he went to England
where he remained for the rest of his life. He went into law, made
prominent friends, and became colonial agent for Connecticut. It
was he who was instrumental in helping to form Yale University by
encouraging a former British governor in India, Mr. Yale, to bestow
some of his estate, including many books, upon the new college,
which now bears his name. Dummer wrote this "Defence"
in 1715, when an attack was being made in Parliament on the colonial
charters. This is the first edition; it was subsequently reprinted
in 1745 and 1765.
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40.
[DUNDEE COURIER]. British Artisan Expedition to America.
Equipped and sent out by and at the Expense of the Proprietors of
the Dundee Courier and Dundee Weekly News Newspapers.... Also, the
Dundee Courier's Special Agricultural Commissioner's Visit to Canada,
and Trip to the Pacific. Dundee, Thomson, 1893. First edition in
book form. $200
4to; f, pp. viii, [1], 168, [2], 70, 12; with numerous illustrations
in the text. Original cloth, lightly worn; a very good copy of a
scarce work.
The purpose of the visit was to learn how Americans lived--their
habits, livelihood, leisure hours, etc. The first portion of the
work concerns itself with the description of these matters, and
with impressions of Chicago; the final portions are descriptions
of life in the West.
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