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Catalogue
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America
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106.
PAINE, THOMAS. Dissertation on First-Principles of Government.
London, Printed and Sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, 1795. $425
8vo; pp. 47, [1]; removed; paper little age-browned, title slightly
chipped around edges; text clean.
ESTC T5826; not in Sabin; vide Howes P19 (different edition). When
this political pamphlet was published in the Spring of 1795, Thomas
Paine (1737-1809) had just been released from French prison. He
returned to his political career as member of the Convention, but
Paine had lost faith in the future of the French Revolution. For
one thing, France was considering the adoption of a new constitution
that held the potential of opening the door to re-establishment
of the monarchy. Paine wrote this pamphlet in order to sway public
opinion against this proposal. This pamphlet follows the tradition
of his earlier works, written during the American Revolution, in
setting forth his "belief in a constitutional, republican form
of government [which] was almost mystical. In none of his earlier
political pamphlets had Paine been more cogent and lucid."
(Samuel Edwards, "Rebel!," pp. 232-234). Unfortunately,
the pamphlet was virtually ignored in France. This edition was the
first published by Eaton. It includes at the end of the pamphlet
the famous "Speech of Thomas Paine, July 7, 1795, in the Convention",
in continuous pagination.
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107.
[PLUMARD DE DANGEUL, LOUIS JOSEPH]. Remarques sur les Avantages
et les Desavantages de la France et de la Gr. Bretagne, Par Rapport
au Commerce, & aux autres Sources de la Puissance des Etats.
Traduction de l'Anglois du Chevalier John Nickolls. Leyden, 1754.
Second edition. $650
12mo; pp. vi, (8); 408; title in red and black. Later antiqued calf;
spine ornately gilt; text is very tight and clean, with a faint
blind-emboss on one leaf. A fine copy.
Sabin 63439; Kress 5383; Goldsmiths' 8918; vide TPL 6407 (3rd ed.):
"A pretended translation, first published in Leyden in 1754."
The author was greatly influenced by the free trade theories of
Josiah Tucker (1711-1799;) he discusses the economic and political
situations of the day, the condition of the workers, agriculture,
government, taxation, the fishing industry including the effects
of the Treaty of Utrecht upon that industry in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland,
and the various trading monopolies such as the Hudson's Bay, South
Sea and East India Companies.
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108.
[PULTENEY, WILLIAM, (later) Earl of BATH]. The Politicks
On Both Sides, With Regard to Foreign Affairs, Stated from their
own Writings, and examined by the Course of Events. With some Observations
on the Present State of Affairs in Great Britain, And the Effects
of our Negotiations for several Years past. London, H. Haines, 1734.
$115
8vo; pp. 75, (1); removed; text age-browned throughout, with occasional
foxing.
Written at the time of the War of the Polish Succession, the author
takes issue with the promises, arguments, and reasonings of both
Whigs and Tories, and shows the falsity of their cases by tracing
the history of several actions taken. The BLC gives the author as
Pulteney.
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109.
[QUEBEC]. Questions Submitted by a Special Committee of the
House of Assembly of Lower Canada, to the Curates of the Diocese
of Quebec, relative to the Affairs of the Fabriques; with the Curates
Answers./ Questions soumises par un Comite' Special [sic] de la
Chambre d'Assemblée du Bas-Canada...Quebec, Printed by Neilson
& Cowan, 1832. $300
8vo; pp. 393, [1], iv (Index); text in English and French on facing
pages; later half hard-grained morocco with marbled paper over boards;
title stamped in gilt on spine; shelf-mark at tail of spine; old
accession stamp on title; cellulose tape repair on two final leaves
(Index); otherwise clean and tight. A very good copy of a scarce
work.
TPL 1659 "An investigation of the customs, duties and personnel
of [the] fabriques, the parochial governing bodies in the Roman
Catholic Church, 1832". John Neilson (1776-1848), of Neilson
and Cowan printers, was a nephew to William Brown, one of the first
printers in Quebec. He kept up the family inheritance by publishing
government documents from the legislative assembly, The Quebec Gazette
and The Quebec Almanac as well as publishing enduring printed works
such as Hawkin's Pictures of Quebec. Neilson's governmental publications
were often printed in both English and French on opposite pages,
as is the case with this work.
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110. RAGUENEAU, PAUL. La Vie de la Mère Catherine
de Saint Augustin, Religieuse Hospitalière de la Miséricorde
de Québec en la Nouvelle-France. Paris, Florentin Lambert,
1671. First edition. $2,375
8vo; 14 ff, f (cancel), pp. 384; contemporary full calf, spine gilt;
wanting frontis. port.; lightly age-browned throughout; old ownership
inscription at head of title and faint blind emboss at lower corner.
The book retains the cancelland (pp. 95-96) and includes, at the
beginning of the work, the cancel as well. There are numerous changes,
and the type has been reset. On p. 95, line 11, nôtre-Dame
becomes Nôtre-Dame; line 17, ayant becomes ayans; line 23,
que les démons becomes que tous les démons; line 26,
again, nôtre-Dame becomes Nôtre-Dame; line 32, la becomes
sa. On p. 96, line 1 of text, meme becomes Mere; line 6, défunte,
(with comma) is défunte (without comma); line 12, tentarions
becomes tentations. A fascinating bibliographical conundrum, as
one would have expected a simple list of "errata" at the
beginning or end of the book, rather than a cancel. We find no record
of another copy such as this one.
Harrisse NNF 133: Church III:614; Sabin [67499]; JCB III, p. 229.
One of the most intelligent Jesuits that New France ever had, Paul
Ragueneau (1608-1680) came to Canada in 1636 as a priest and missionary;
he was superior of the Huron mission from 1645-1650, superior of
the Jesuits in Canada from 1650-1653, and later procurator of the
Canadian mission in Paris. He was deeply involved in the problems
of the Hurons and the Iroquois, described in his justly famous "Relations
des Hurons" for the years 1646-1650; in the Relations he also
describes the destruction of the Huron mission and the deaths of
the martyrs Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant, and the emigration
and resettlement of the Hurons under the protection of the fort
at Québec. This present work was written after his return
to Paris, at the suggestion of Bishop François de Laval,
first bishop of New France. Marie-Catherine Simon de Longpré,
dite de St-Augustin (1632-1668) was a sister of the Hôtel-Dieu
de Québec order and a rather controversial personality. This
biography speaks of behaviour that could be interpreted as great
mental instability or as deep religious fervour. Mother Catherine's
stay in New France was during a very turbulent period, and this
work gives a picture of the nun's participation in this historic
time.
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