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Catalogue
74
America
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126.
SWEDBERG, JOHAN DANIELSSON. Dissertatio Gradualis De Svionum
in America Colonia, quam Ex consensu Ampl. Senatus Philosoph. in
Inclita Academia Upsaliensi, ... Upsala, Werner, 1709. First edition,
first issue. $675
8vo; 3 ff, pp. 32. Recent marbled boards and new endpapers; old
repair to tail of title (no affect to imprint); old repair to gutter
of 1st leaf of dedication, with loss of 1 letter; text generally
dusty throughout; uncut.
Alden 709/149; Howes S1171; Sabin 94037; not in JCB. This scarce
work is an important source on New Sweden, Delaware; it also contains
an interesting discussion regarding Leif Ericsson.
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127.
TARDUCCI, FRANCESCO. John and Sebastian Cabot. Biographical
notice with documents. Translated from Italian by Henry F. Brownson.
Detroit: H.F. Brownson, 1893. $100
8vo; pp. viii, i-ii, 409, [1], viii (Publ's Ads.); frontis. port.,
one facsimile map; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on cover
and spine, decoratively stamped in blind, slight rubbing around
edges and joints; decorative endpapers (little chipped); hinges
cracked; text very tight and clean; overall a very good copy.
The author has fixed the date of the discovery of the American continent
by John Cabot and his sons as early as June 24, 1494. He also establishes
the Venetian nationality of both John and Sebastian. The translator
and publisher, Henry F. Brownson (1835-1913), ventures to say that
Cabot's discovery to the north of continent, made just two years
after Columbus' discovery further south, was equally important if
not more so, on a global scale. This is a well-respected work among
the wealth of titles which exist on the discoveries of America.
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128.
[THOMSON, WILLIAM]. Memoirs of the Life and Gallant Exploits
of the Old Highlander, Serjeant Donald MacLeod, who, having returned,
wounded, with the Corpse of General Wolfe, from Quebec, was admitted
an out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, in 1759; and is now in the
CIII.d Year of his Age. London, Forbes, Debrett & Sewell, 1791.
First edition. $350
8vo; f, pp. 90. Later cloth. A fine copy of this scarce first edition.
JCB 3469; Sabin 95606; vide TPL 302 (2nd ed.); vide Gagnon I: 2205
(2nd ed.) Thomson was a prolific writer on almost every subject,
"producing pamphlets, memoirs, elaborate biographies, voyages,
travels, commentaries on Scripture, and treatises on military tactics..."
- (DNB). This is one of his scarcer works, written "to succour
an old soldier." - (TPL).
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129.
THORIUS, RAPHAEL (d. 1625). Hymnus tabaci, autore Raphael
Thorio. Editio nova, multò emedatior. Londini, Excudebat
T[homas] N[ewcomb], pro Hum. Moseley,... 1651. $700
Small 8vo; pp. [6], 42, [4], 6 (Ejusdem Hyems); later marbled paper
over boards; text little dusty; a very good, untrimmed copy. The
second part is signed continuously but paginated separately.
Wing T1041; Alden 651/159; Arents 157c; ESTC R4002; Sabin 95621;
Osler 5516. This panegyric to the benefits of tobacco was first
published in 1651, in Leiden, where the author obtained his MD.
It was very popular and went through several editions in the sixteenth
century; this is the second London Latin edition. "During the
period when tobacco was being castigated by James I and his disciples,
there was circulating in cultured English society an 'elegant Latin
poem' in manuscript, Hymnus Tabaci, praising the plant. This was
the production of a popular physician, Raphal Thoriu (or Thor),
of French origin and Dutch and English training." -(Arents).
This edition contains as well the short poem by the physician, Castor
Durant, praising the beneficial effects of tobacco on the stomach,
kidneys, spleen, uterus, thorax, and lungs! In addition to classical
references, there is also mention, in Thorius' work, of the plant's
growth in Virginia and Bermuda.
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130.
TREATY. LOWER CANADA. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. JAY'S TREATY. Order
of the Governor in Council, of the 7th July 1796. for the Regulation
of commerce, between this Province and the United States of America.
Ordre du Gouverneur en Conseil, Du 7me Juillet, 1796, pour Le Reglement
du Commerce entre cette Province et les Etats unis de l'Amérique.
Quebec, William Vondenvelden, 1796. $1,875
4to; 2ff, p.[1], 16, [1]; with titles in English and French, English
and French text on facing pages; bound in recent half-calf with
marbled paper over boards, gilt ruled spine, morocco label; paper
slightly browned around edges; otherwise very clean.
TPL 692; Tremaine 994. Whereas the clauses of Jay's Treaty stipulate
the general terms of the new commercial agreement between the United
States and British North America, these orders define the specific
rules concerning the Treaty. Among them one finds the clause stipulating
the establishment of the Town of Saint John, Lower Canada, as the
sole "Port of entry and clearance for all goods and merchandise
to be imported from the said United States...", also the exemption
of furs from duties, the exemption of the effects belonging to the
Indians from duties and taxes, and the exemption of the Indians
from using Saint John as the unique point of entry for their trading
activities. The other articles deal with the responsibilities of
the Chief Officer of Customs, the procedures for the seizure of
goods and the applicable fines if any of the rules are not observed.
This is a fine, early example of printed Canadiana in the field
of commercial law.
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