REPRESENTATION DU FEU TERRIBLE A NOUVELLE YORCK
Imaginative European peep show engraving of a major event within British occupied territory: the Great Fire of New York.
Imaginative European peep show engraving of a major event within British occupied territory: the Great Fire of New York.
First edition of this classic biography of the first president of the United States, including the scarce atlas volume.
18th-century collection of two important hymnals printed by Samuel Saur in German: the rare 1792 first edition of DIE KLEINE HARFE, with the 1797 second edition of DAS KLEINE DAVIDSCHE PSALTERSPIEL (lacking two leaves) – including four leaves of manuscript material by an early owner.
First US edition of "one of the most popular books of the eighteenth century" (Harper), and a title that was a formative read for a young George Washington.
Presentation copy extract from the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol. III, featuring the first US publication on the education of deaf people.