Rochefoucault Liancourt, Travels. edition, three large and important maps, and folding Tables. 1800 through. 4 vols, 8°, calf, 6.00; marbled calf, gilt, 7.25 [1692 "A journey for philosophical and commercial observation throughout a great part of North America." The Duke was a friend of ARTHUR YOUNG, and follows to a great extent his manner of reporting the AGRICULTURAL state of the country travelled The Reports on the Present State of the UNITED PROVINCES OF SOUTH AMERICA, drawn up by Rodney and Graham, Commissioners sent to BUENOS AYRES by the Gov. of N. America, with their accompanying Documents, and Notes by the Editor, map. 1819 80, half calf, 1.75 [1693 With an Introductory Discourse, presenting a view of the State of the Country, and of the Progress of the Independents. Die Kreidebildungen von Texas und ihre organischen Einschlüsse von Dr. F. Roemer. Many figures of fossils beautifully drawn on 11 plates. Bonn, 1852 Impl. 4°, boards, 2.00 [1694 Journals of Major Robert Rogers, containing an Account of the several Excursions he made under the Generals who commanded upon the Continent of North America during the late War, giving the most material Circumstances of every Campaign during the War. 1765 8°, contemporary calf, 9.00 [1695 included in Rogers's command, and it was during PUTNAM, the future. Hero of Bunker's Hill,' was these expeditions that those wonderful adventures are supposed to have occurred which still delight American boyhood. As early as page 7 of the Journals "Captain Putnam" takes charge of Rogers's land party. A Concise Account of NORTH AMERICA, containing a Description of the several British Colonies on that Continent, including the Islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, etc., by Major Robert Rogers. 1765 8°, contemporary calf, 6.00 [1696 With an Account (60 pages) of the several Nations and Tribes of INDIANS residing in those parts. Containing many Useful and Entertaining Facts, never before treated of. A Descriptive and Statistical Account of CANADA, shewing its great adaptation for British Emigration, with Account of a Tour through the W.I. and the U.S., by Thomas Rolph, of Ancaster, Canada. 1841 8°, boards, 2.00 [1697 The Speech of Sir Samuel Romilly in the H. of C. on June 28, 1814, on that Article in the Treaty of Peace which relates to the SLAVE TRADE. 1814 Thin 8°, half roan, .50 [1698 The Great Country, or Impressions of America, by George Rose. 1868 8°, new half calf, 1.75 [1699 The author is better known as Arthur Sketchley,' the originator of the famous 'Mrs. Brown.' Adventures of the First Settlers on the OREGON or COLOMBIA RIVER, being a Narrative of the Expedition fitted out by J. J. Astor to establish the "Pacific Fur Company," with some Account of the INDIAN TRIBES on the Coast of the Pacific, by Alexander Ross, one of the Adventurers, map. 1849 Sm. 8°, cloth, 2.25 [1700 The RED RIVER SETTLEMENT, its Rise, Progress, and Present State, with some Account of the NATIVE Races and its General History, by Alexander Ross, view of Upper Fort Garry. 1856 Thick sm. 8°, cloth, 2.75 [1701 Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and Residence in the Arctic Regions in 1829-33, by Sir John Ross, with the APPENDIX, maps, charts, fine steel and many coloured plates. 1835 *2 vols, royal 4o, cloth, 5.00 [1702 LARGE PAPER. The Appendix is a valuable authority on the Esquimaux and includes many coloured portraits, vocabulary and dialogues, etc. Ross, Second Voyage. Maps, charts, steel and litho. plates. 1835 *4°, cloth, 2.00 * [1703 Ross, Second Voyage, LARGE PAPER. 1835 *Royal 4°, cloth (some plates foxed), 2.50 [1704 The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross to the ARCTIC REGIONS for the Discovery of a N.W. Passage, in 1829-33, with an Abridgement of the former Voyages of Ross, Parry, and other celebrated Navigators to the Northern Latitudes, compiled from Authentic Information and Original Documents by Robert Huish, portrait, chart, and 6 plates. 1836 Thick 8° (750 pages), half calf, 1.50 [1705 The JAMAICA Planter's Guide, or a System for Planting and Managing a Sugar Estate or other Plantations in that Island, and throughout the dotes, by T. Roughly, nearly 20 years a Sugar British W.I. in general, with interesting AnecPlanter in Jamaica. 1823 8°, boards, uncut, 1.00 [1706 18°, calf, 1.00 [1708 Includes lists of the British Officials in N.A. and the Royal Kalendar for 1787 (Rider's Sheet Almanac inserted) 18°, calf, .75 [1709 The Royal Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Companion, maps, portraits, and plates; vols. I to XIII (except vol. IV). 1759-65 12 vols, 8°, contemporary calf, nice fresh state, 28.00 [1710 Remarkable for the copiousness of its AMERICAN INFORMATION AND ILLUSTRATIONS in the earlier volumes; the following list of the most interesting ' embellishments' will give a fair idea of some of the subjects treated of in the text, as all the plates have illustrative letter-press; (the greater part are FOLDING plates). Vol. I:-View of NIAGARA FORT, drawn on the spot in 1758; view of FORT JOHNSON, on the Mobock River; a New Map of the Seat of War in North America; a Perspective view of QUEBEC; an Authentic Plan of the RIVER ST. LAURENCE, with the Operations of the Siege of Quebec, portrait of WOLFE; 4 coloured Natural History plates; 8 other plates. Vol. II:-View of Fort Frederic, or CROWN POINT, New York Colony; portraits of Admiral Hawke, and of Admiral Keppel; Earl Ferrers in bis Coffin; an Island in the SOUTH SEA discovered in 1597 (illustrating a long series of " Mr. Northey's Voyage in the South Sea;) Prospects of Bombay and of Madras; 6 coloured Natural History plates; 8 other plates. This volume has also thirteen EXTRA PLATES, including a large map of the Gold Coast. Vol. III:-Perspective View of the Town and Fortifications of MONTREAL; view of Mr. Pope's House at Twickenham; coloured plate of the American Goldfinch; 12 other plates. In the other volumes may be mentioned many maps, chiefly WEST INDIAN; portrait of Austenaco, the CHEROKEE Warrior; prospect of the Havannah; plan of the Siege of do.; a New Map of North America, shewing the Advantages obtain'd to England by the Peace; several American Natural History plates; Monument to Col. Townsend, killed at Ticonderago; Storming of Moro Castle in the Havannah, and Landing of the English Forces in the Isle of Cuba (2 very quaint folding plates,; Prospect of Moro Castle; many good views of English Seats and celebrated Buildings; several interesting East Indian subjects; etc., etc. Careful collation shows that THE WHOLE OF THE PLATES ARE PRESENT. In most of these old magazines absolute perfection, as regards the plates, is almost unobtainable. Royal Magazine, vols. I, II, and parts of III, IV, and V, not perfect, but containing ALL THE AMERICAN MAPS AND PLATES ENUMERATED ABOVE as being in the first three volumes. 1759-61 2 very thick vols, 8°, half calf, 11.50 [1711 Royal Magazine, various early numbers, containing the folding views of Niagara Fort, the Fort at Crown Point, and the Town of Montreal, with other plates Thick 8°, calf, 4.50 [1712 Royal Magazine, vol. II, view of Crown Point Fort, and other plates (badly folded). 1760 8°, poor copy, 1.00 [1713 ESSAYS, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, by Benjamin Count of Rumford, plates of his famous economical contrivances. 1798-1802 3 vols, 8°, half calf, 2.50; marbled calf, 3.25 [1714 Benjamin Thompson, an American with a title (from Rumford, now Concord, Mass.)-the leader in inventions for domestic economy. Medical Enquiries and Observations by Benj. Rush, M.D., 3 vols. Account of the Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793 (by the same). Phila., 1794-'7-'4-'6 Together 4 vols, 8°, original shp., 2.25 [1715 Including his "Natural History of Medicine among the INDIANS of North America." Lettered as "Rush's Works." Charges, and Extracts of Charges, delivered at sundry times by the Hon. Jacob Rush, Pres. of the Third District of the Court of Common Pleas for Penna. Phila., rep. N.Y., 1804 Sm. 8°, boards, uncut, .75 [1716 A Residence at the COURT OF LONDON, comprising Incidents, Official and Personal, from 1819 to 1825, Negotiations on the OREGON TERRITORY, and other Unsettled Questions between the U.S. and G.B., by Richard Rush, Envoy Extraordinary from the U.S. during the above years; Second Series. Bentley, 1843 2 vols, 8°, cloth, 3.00 [1717 North America, its Agriculture and Climate (Canada, U.S. and Cuba), by Rob. Russell, of Kilwhiss, coloured Agricultural map of U.S. and meteorological diagrams. Edin., 1857 Thick 8°, cloth (faded), 1.50 [1718 HISTORY OF AMERICA to the Conclusion of the Late War, with an Appendix containing an Account [220 pages] of the Rise and Progress of the PRESENT UNHAPPY CONTEST between Great Britain and her Colonies, by Wm. Russell, of Gray's Inn, fifty-one excellent copperplates, including maps, portraits of the aborigines and of the conquistadors, views of ancient buildings, heads of eminent leaders, drawings of Quebec and NEW YORK. 1778 *2 vols, 4°, original calf, gilt, with bookplate, 14.00 [1719 The History of the War brought down to Feb., 1778 (Treaty of the Colonies with Louis XVI). The large majority of copies are imperfect, the most persistent defection being "South-West View of Fort George with the City of New York." My Diary NORTH AND SOUTH, by William Howard Russell, very large map. 1863 2 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 2.50; another, no map, 1.25 [1720 The record of the famous "Times" Correspondent's journey in the States, from March to December, 1861. Мар. "Discoveries made by the Russians on the North-West Coast of America." Bowles, 1771 Copperplate, 24 X 19 in.; coloured, .75 [1721 1.25 Behring's and Tschirikow's voyages, from the St. A Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist, opening the secrets of Familisme and Antinomianisme, Sm. 4° (640 pages), half calf, (wants last leaf), etc., by Samuel Rutherfurd. 1648 [1722 The opening "Free Epistle to the friends of pretended Liberty of Conscience" claims in support of the author's contentions" so saith that learned and godly M. Cotton, and all the Churches of N. England.” Three chapters are devoted to "The Familists and Antinomians of NEW ENGLAND," giving a very bad account of the errors of "one Mistris Hutchison." An Essay on Inoculation for the Small Pox, wherein the various Methods of Preparation that have been practised in America are critically examined, by Thomas Ruston, M.D. 1767 With 3 other medical treatises; 8°, half calf, .75 [1723 Adventures in MEXICO and the Rocky Mountains, by G. F. Ruxton. 1847 P. 8°, cloth, .75 [1724 "I have met with such genuine kindness and unbounded hospitality from all classes of the American people, that I have not the heart to say one harsh word of them or theirs, even if I could or would." Preface. The Fortunes of a Colonist, by Philip Ruysdale. 1854 Sm. 8°, cloth, .75 1825 Probably a romance; sporting and Indian adventures in North America in 1811-12. Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower CALIFORNIA in 1848-9, with the Author's Experience at the MINES, by William Redmond Ryan, illustrated by 23 drawings taken on the spot. 1850 2 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 3.50 [1726 The adventures of a Volunteer who reached Monteney soon after its capture by the Americans, with humours of the Campaign, and of later experiences amongst the Miners. GREENLAND: being Extracts from a Journal kept in that Country in 1770-1778, by Hans Egede Saabye, Grandson of the celebrated Hans Egede, (now first published), map of W. Greenland. 1818 8°, boards, uncut, 1.50 [1727 With an Introduction containing some Account of the Manners of the Greenlanders, and of the Mission in Greenland: the whole translated from the German. A Residence in the WEST INDIES and America, with a Narrative of the Expedition to Walcheren, by Lieut.-Col. St. Clair, 2 plates, and cuts. Bentley, 1834 2 vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 2.00 [1728 Relates chiefly to_adventures and anecdotes of military life in DEMERARA in 1806-7, Journey to Berbice, and to the Falls of the Essequibo, two chapters on the ARRAWAKA INDIANS, etc. An Inquiry into the Causes of the Insurrection of the Negroes in the Island of St. Domingo, with Observations of M. Garran-Coulon on the Same Subject. 1792 Thin 8°, new half sheep, 1.00 [1729 History of the Island of St. Domingo,from its First Discovery by Columbus to the present period. 1818 Thick 8°, boards, uncut, 1.50 [1730 The record of the barbarous extinction of its original inhabitants, of the importation of the Africans, of the oppressions and cruelties endured by them, and of the singular vengeance which they inflicted on their tyrants. Santo Domingo Past and Present, with a Glance at Hayti, maps and woodcuts (some full page). 1873 Thick 8°, cloth, gilt edges, 2.25 [1731 With Bibliography of the island. Many of the illus trations are from the old historians. Letters from an AMERICAN FARMER, by Hector St. John, a Farmer in Pennsylvania, folding maps of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. 1782 8°,boards, uncut,2.75; another, poor copy, 1.00[1732 Describing certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs not generally known, and conveying some Idea of the late and present interior Circumstances of the British Colonies in North America; written for the information of a friend in England. Relates chiefly to Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Charles-Town. Map. La Fleuve Saint-Laurent [par d'Anville] [Paris, ca. 1750] Copperplate, 19 x 22 in., fine margins, 1.50 [1733 Large scale map, from Ontario to the gulf. Issued just before the conquest of Canada. Chart. "An Exact Chart of the River St. Lawrence from Fort Frontenac [L. Ontario] to Anticosti;" several insets; "by Thomas JEFFERYS." 1771-1775. Copperplate, 37 X 24 in.; coloured;" margin, 2.50 [1734 The insets include charts of "The Seven Islands, Drawing. "A Plan of the Grand Cul de Sac in the Island of St. Lucia." 1778 Ink and colour, 14 X 9 in., 1.25 [1735 Illustrates the capture of St. Lucia by the English fleet which sailed from Sandy Hook in Decr. 1778, and the attack of the French fleet-with references, names of all vessels, guns, and men. Very neat piece of draughtsmanship. The Book of Saint Nicholas, translated from the original Dutch of Dominie Nicholas Ægidius Oudenarde. N.Y., 1836 P. 8°, cloth, .75 [1736 The Legend of Saint Nicholas; the Little_Dutch Sentinel of the Manhadoes; a Strange Bird in Nieuw-Amsterdam; the Ghost; and other amusing tales connected with "the illustrious and obscure tutelary genius of the jolly New-year.' My Diary in AMERICA in the Midst of War, by George Augustus Sala; LIBRARY EDITION. 1865 2 vols, 8°, cloth, 4.50 [1737 "A people of whose many great and noble and generous qualities there cannot be a sincerer admirer than I am." Salmon-Fishing in Canada, by a Resident, edited by Col. Sir J. E. Alexander, map, 2 plates, and facetious cuts. 1860 Thick sm. 8°, cloth, 1.75 [1738 Modern History or the Present State of All Nations, being the most complete and correct extant in any Language, by Mr. Salmon, with plates, views, etc., and maps accurately drawn by HERMAN MOLL. 1739 *3 thick vols, 4°, calf, 7.50 [1739 The Account and History of America occupy nearly the whole of Vol. 3, being 520 pages in length; the illustrations are 10 maps by Herman Moll and 2 plates. The Section "Present State of the British Plantations" consists of 10 chapters; "Present State of Maryland" 5 chapters; "Present State of New England" 10 chapters; "The Islands" 5 chapters. In vol. i is a very detailed account of the Eastern Archipelago, with copies of documents relating to the Dutch and English Companies there, maps of all the Islands as far as New Guinea, Borneo plates, etc. Modern History or Present State of All Nations, by Mr. Salmon, maps by MOLL, views and portraits. 1744-6 *3 vols, tall fo, half calf, 6.00 [1740 Nearly all the 3rd volume (or about 500 pages) is a History and most elaborate Description of the New World. Each Country has a Treatise to itself, and there are eight of Moll's maps (Carolina is missing). The mass of American information contained in this volume would be much more highly prized if in any other form. A New Geographical and Historical Grammar, with an Account of the Air, Soil, Produce, Traffic, Curiosities, Customs, etc., in use in the several with a Set of 23 New Maps engraved by Mr. Kingdoms and States described, by Mr. Salmon, Jefferys. 175Thick 8°, calf, 1.25 and 1741 Includes SPANISH AMERICA, 40 pages and map; BRAZIL, pages; BRITISH AMERICA, 38 pages map; BRITISH AMERICAN ISLANDS, 10 pages and map; French, Dutch, and Danish America, and Parts of America still possessed by the Indians, 6 pages. Salmon, Grammar. Eleventh edition, 23 maps. 1763 Thick 8°, calf, 1.50 [1742 The British America' enlarged with The Proclamation for regulating the Cessions made to us by the last Treaty of Peace.' Is a Whale a Fish? An Accurate Report of the Case of Maurice against Judd, tried in the Mayor's Court of N.Y., wherein the above Problem is discussed Theologically, Scholastically, and Historically, by W. Sampson. N. Y., 1819 8°, new half sheep, 1.75 [1743 A very amusing case, hingeing on the question "Does the term fish oil include oil drawn from whales?" The Annals of San Francisco, containing a Summary of the History of CALIFORNIA, and a Complete History of its Great City, with Biographical Memoirs of some prominent Citizens, by Soulé, Gihon, and Nisbet, large map, good steel portraits and plates, and 140 cuts. N.Y., 1855 Thick 8°, roan, 4.50 3.00 [1744 The History of the UNITED STATES BEFORE THE REVOLUTION, with some Account of the ABORIGINES, by Ezekiel Sanford. Phila., 1819 Thick 8°, boards, uncut (some pages water-stained), [1745 The 200 pages on the INDIANS includes a history of the several tribes, as well as account of their "Fabulous and Uucertain History." Cosmography and Geography in Two Parts, the First a Translation from that Eminent Geographer VARENIUS, the Second a Description of the World from the Famous Monsieur Sanson, "with about a hundred Tables drawn from the maps of the said SANSON, to which is added the County-Maps of England drawn from SPEED" by Richard BLOME). For R. Blome, 1693 *Thick fo, calf, 4.50 [1746 DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA, 70 pages, with two large maps. The set of county-maps of England, re-engraved by Blome after Speed, is alone worth about 4.00. History of an Expedition against Fort Du QUESNE in 1755 under Maj.-Genl. Ed. BRADDOCK, edited from the MSS. by Winthrop Sargent, beautiful plate of the battle-field and maps and plans. Phila., 1856 Royal 8°, cloth, 4.50 [1747 With an admirable memoir of the unfortunate General. An indispensable book on this famous march and successful ambush, and also one of the most thorough books on American history. MEXICO; Landscapes and Popular Sketches' by C. Sartorius, edited by Dr. Gaspey, 18 fine steel plates by German artists. 1859 4°, cloth, gilt edges, 3.00 [1748 Reports on the Geology of Jamaica by J. G. Sawkins (and others), folding map and sections. British Govt., 1869 Royal 8°, cloth, 1.75 The plates are coloured and include the splendid [1749 geological map on a scale of 4 miles to an inch. AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGY, or Descriptions of the Insects of North America, by Thomas Say, illustrated by COLOURED FIGURES from original drawings executed from nature. Phila. Museum, 1824-8 3 vols, royal 8°, boards, uncut, 26.00 [1750 Engraved title and fifty-four magnificently-coloured plates. DR. ALLIBONE describes this, book as "3vols, 8vo, with 18 col'd plates." "For beauty and elegance of execution this! work surpasses any other that has been printed in this country." North American Review, 1824. SOUTH AMERICA and the PACIFIC : comprising a Journey across the Pampas and the Andes, from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso, Lima, and Panama, by the Hon. P. Campbell Scarlett, with Plans and Statements for Establishing Steam Navigation in the Pacific, 4 maps, and five interesting plates. 1838 2 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 1.75 Steam Navigation Company-Steamers to go from Travels into CHILE over the Andes in 1820-21, with Sketches of Productions, Agriculture, Mining, Inhabitants, History, etc., of America, particularly of Chile and Arauco, by Peter Schmidtmeyer, 30 plates, some drawn by G. Scharf and highly coloured. 1824 4°, boards, uncut, 5.00; another, wanting plate xix, 3.50 [1752 The author's route was from Buenos Ayres, up the Tercero, across the Pampas to Mendoza, and over the Andes to Santiago. A Description of BRITISH GUIANA, Geographical and Statistical, exhibiting its Resources and Capabilities, together with the Present and Future Condition and Prospects of the Colony, by Robert H. Schomburgk, large map. 1840 80, cloth, 1.75; new half roan, extra, 2.50 [1753 "Guiana bids fair ere long to become a focus of colonization; and with her fertility, her facilities of water communication, she may yet become, as Sir Walter Raleigh predicted, the EL DORADO of Great Britain's possessions in the West." Conclusion. History of Barbados, comprising Geographical and Statistical Description, Historical Events, Geology and Natural Productions, by Sir R. H. Schomburgk, early map, tinted views, plates of Polycystina and woodcuts. 1848 Thick impl. 8°, cloth, 8.00 L1754 JOHANN Schoner, Professor of Mathematics at Nuremberg. A Reproduction of his Globe of 1523 Long Lost, with New Translations and Notes by Henry STEVENS, Intro. and Bibliography by C. H. Coote, portrait of Schoner, facsimiles of woodcuts, and (in a large pocket) the facsimiles of the gores of the Globe and of earlier maps and globes shewing America. Chiswick Press, 1888 Thick sm. 8°, choicely bound in white, 4.50 [1755 AMERICA first appears as a cONTINENT on this globe: Magellan's route in the first circumnavigation is depicted. The volume is a gem of printing and binding. Detroit through the Great Chain of American Narrative Journal of Travels extending from Lakes to the SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI, in 1820, by Henry R. Schoolcraft, folding map 80, half calf, 4.50 and 8 copperplates. Albany, 1821 [1756 This famous writer's earliest work, much of it devoted to the Indians. The expedition was that of Governor Cass. Onéota, or Characteristics of the RED RACE of AMERICA, from Original Notes and MSS., by Henry R. Schoolcraft. N. Y., 184(4)-5 Thick 8°, half morocco, 4.50 [1757 Being a complete set of eight parts bound in one N. America, by H. R. Schoolcraft (with other [1758 Contains A part of the "Antiquaires du Nord." also "Account of Discoveries at Fall River, Mass., by Dr. T. H. Webb," and several pages "Histoire Antécolombienne de l'Amérique." Ten fine plates. Notes on the IROQUOIS, or Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New York, by H. R. Schoolcraft, cuts of Indian Remains. N. Y., 1846 Royal 8°, shp., 3.75 [1759 "The first attempt to trace the track of the Spanish cavaliers West of the Mississippi." THE FIRST GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES. BRAZIL, its Provinces and Chief Cities, the Travels on an Inland Voyage through the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Orleans, in 1807-'8, a Tour of nearly 6000 Miles, by Chr. Schultz, Jun., Esq., portrait and Manners and Customs of the People, Agricultural five folding maps (one is of the "Ancient Forti- and other Statistics, taken from Official Docufications at confluence of the Ohio and Muskin-ments, with a Variety of Useful and Entertaining gum). N.Y., 1810 Knowledge for the Merchant and Emigrant, by W. Scully, map. 1866 P. 8°, cloth, .75 2 vols, tall 8°, half bound, uncut, 8.00 [1762 ABSOLUTELY uncut, edges quite natural: remarkable state for a New York book of any period. An ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS, with a History and Description of the Northern WHALE-FISHERY, by W. Scoresby, large map of the Polar Regions, folding charts, views and surveys of Spitzbergen and Jan Mayen, folding plates, figures of Whales, Dolphin, Shark, Medusa, etc., plates of snow crystals, whaling apparatus, ice gear, etc. (24 plates in all). Edb., 1820 2 thick vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 8.50; half calf, Journal of a Voyage to the Northern WHALEFISHERY, including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of WEST GREENLAND in 1822, by W. Scoresby, folding map and chart, coast views, plates of optical phenomena (8 plates in all). 1823 8°, boards, uncut, 2.50; half calf, 2.00 [1764 In the Introduction is an account of the ancient Norse Colonies, the legends concerning them and the expeditions to find them; Scoresby reached the coast and corrected the maps between 70° and 75° N.; he found a deserted hamlet, which he figures. Scientific appendixes. The Franklin Expedition, or Considerations on Measures for the Discovery and Relief of our Absent Adventurers in the Arctic Regions, by the Rev. W. Scoresby, two large maps. 1850 Thin 8°, cloth, .75 [1765 Journal of the Life, Travels, and Gospel Labours of that Faithful Servant of CHRIST, Job Scott. Warrington, 1798 12°, calf, .75 [1766 Quaker: born in Providence in 1751; travelled exten. sively in New England, etc. Partisan Life with MOSBY, by John Scott of Fauquier, map, portrait, and many cuts. 1867 Royal 8°, cloth, 3.00 [1767 [1769 [1770 Chart. The Vast Atlantic Ocean exhibiting the Seat of War both in Europe and AMERICA. London Mag., 1755 Copperplate, 17 × 12 in.; margin; 1.00 [1771 Interesting note on the surveys of the Atlantic shores of America, 1731-'39. Also the regular courses kept to make the various American ports, and the reasons for them. A Narrative of Occurrences in the INDIAN COUNTRIES of North America, since the Connexion of the Earl of Selkirk with the HUDSON'S BAY Company, and his Attempt to Establish a Colony on the RED RIVER, with a detailed account of his Lordship's Military Expedition to, and subsequent Proceedings at Fort William in Upper Canada. 1817 80 (250 pages), boards, uncut, 5.00 [1772 This is the Case of the North-West Fur Company, as regards the Murder of Governor SEMPLE by halfbreeds in their employ, and includes a general review of the transactions of the Earl of Selkirk with the Company. In the Appendix is the text of Lord Selkirk's Prospectus of the New Colony-"A Tract of land, consisting of some millions of acres, is now to be disposed of, and will be sold extremely cheap." Report of Trials in the Courts of Canada, relative to the Destruction of the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement on the RED RIVER, with Observations by A. Amos, Barrister, large plan of the Settlement. 1820 8° (424 pages), boards, uncut, 6.00 [1773 In 1811 the Earl of Selkirk purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company a large tract of land round Lakes Winepeg and Winipegoos: the North-West Fur Company considered that this was done to ruin their trade, as the colony he founded at Red River would monopolize all the fur trade of the Far West, and vowed deadly enmity to the scheme. Lord Selkirk was 'a man of a great mind and a good heart,' and probably his object was a laudable and charitable one-the pious and philanthropic desire of introducing civilization into this wilderness." The colony was attacked by Indians and halfbreeds in the employ of the N.W. Co. in 1815, and Governor Semple killed. |