Leavitt & Co.: Catalogue of the American library of the late Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn. Part I, 1879yr,

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Auction Date: March 10, 1879 - March 10, 1879

Page Size: 2714 items in 28 pages

Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
KINGDOM (Wm. <i>jr.</i>)	America and the British Colonies; an Abstract of Useful Information relative to the United States and the British Colonies.	London	1820	USD -	1.00
LAHONTAN (<i>Baron</i> de)	Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale	Amsterdam	1728	USD -	2.50
LAHONTAN (<i>Baron</i> de)	New Voyages to North-America ... A Geographical Description of Canada, etc. .. To which is added, A Dictionary of the Algonkine Language	London	1703	USD -	10.00
LAHONTAN (<i>Baron</i> de)	New Voyages to North America, [with] a Dictionary of the Algonkine Language.	London	1735	USD -	12.50
LECLERCQ (Chrestien)	Nouvelle Relation de la Gaspesie, qui contient les Moeurs & la Religion des Sauvages Gaspesiens Porte-Croix, adorateurs du soleil, & d'autres Peuples de .. Canada	Paris	1691	USD -	21.00
LESCARBOT (Marc)	Histoire de la Novvelle France, ... Seconde Edition, reveue, corrigee, & augmentee par l'Autheur	Paris	1612	USD -	100.00
LESCARBOT (Marc)LESCARBOT (Marc)	Histoire de la Nouvelle-France; Suivie des Muses de la Nouvelle-France. Nouvelle Edition, publiee par E. Tross Histoire de la Nouvelle-France; Suivie des Muses de la Nouvelle-France. Nouvelle Edition, publiee par E. Tross	Paris	1866	USD -	30.00
[LESCARBOT.] Nova Francia	Grundliche History von Erfundung der grossen Landschaft Noua Francia, oder New Franckreich genannt, auch von Sitten vnd Beschaffenheit derselben wilden Volcker. Aus einem zu Paris gedruckten Franzosischen Buch summarischer weisz ins Teutsch gebracht.	Augsburg	1613	USD -	2.00
[LESCARBOT]	Nova Francia: or the Description of that part of New France which is one continent with Virginia, ... Translated out of French into English by P. E[rondelle]	Londini	1609	USD -	50.00
[LESCARBOT] Nova Francia, &c.	Translated by P. E[rondelle].	Londini	1609	USD -	75.00
MACKENZIE (ALEX.)	Voyages from Montreal through, the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in 1789 and 1793; with an Account of the Fur Trade	London	1801	USD -	4.00
MACTAGGART (John)	Three Years in Canada, 1826--28	London	1829	USD -	1.00
	MAP of the Province of Lower Canada, from Surveys by Sam'l Holland and Wm. Vondenvalden	London	1803	USD -	2.00
MARQUETTE and DREUILLETTE	Recit des Voyages et des Decouvertes du R. Pere Jacques Marquette de la Compagnie de Jesus, en l'annee 1673 et aux suivantes; La Continuation de ses Voyages, par le R. P. Claude Allouez, et le Journal Autographe du P. Marquette en 1674 & 1675, Avec la Car	[Albany]	[1855]	USD -	Not Sold
	MONTREAL DIRECTORY (Doige's).	Montreal	1820	USD -	0.50
MORGAN (H. J.)	Bibliotheca Canadensis; a Manual of Canadian Literature	Ottawa	1867	USD -	4.00
MOORSOM (W.)	Letters from Nova Scotia	London	1830	USD -	0.60
NEWFOUNDLAND:---Anspach (L. A.)	History of Newfoundland	London	1827	USD -	1.50
NEWFOUNDLAND:---BONNYCASTLE (<i>Sir</i> R. H.)	Newfoundland in 1842	London	1842	USD -	1.00
NEWFOUNDLAND:---HAYMAN (ROBERT)	Qvodlibets, lately come over from New Britaniola, OldNewfovnd-land. Epigrams and other small parcels, both Morall and Diuine. The first foure Bookes being the Authors owne: the rest translated out of that Excellent Epigrammatist, Mr. Iohn Owen, and	London	1628	USD -	45.00
NEWFOUNDLAND:---JUKES (J. B.)	Excursions in and about Newfoundland, 1839--1840	London	1842	USD -	1.50
NEWFOUNDLAND:---[VAUGHAN (WILLIAM)]	The Golden Fleece, Divided into three Parts, Vnder which are discouered the Errours of Religion, the Vices and Decayes of the Kingdome, and lastly the wayes to get wealth, etc. Transported from Cambrioll Colchos; out of the Southermost Part of the	London	1626	USD -	20.00
NEWFOUNDLAND:---[VAUGHAN (<i>Sir</i> WM.)]	Directions for Health, Naturall and Artificall: Derived from the best Physicians, as well Modern as Ancient. Seventh edition reviewed by the Author. Whereunto is annexed Two Treatises on Diseases of the Eyes	London	1633	USD -	4.00
NEWFOUNDLAND:---WHITBOURNE (RICHARD)	A Discovrse and Discovery of Nevv-fovnd-land, With many reasons to prooue how worthy and beneficiall a Plantation may there be made, etc.;	London	1620	USD -	17.00
NEWFOUNDLAND:---WHITBOURNE (RICHARD)	A Discovrse and Discovery of Nevvfovnd-land, with many Reasons to prooue how worthy and beneficiall a Plantation may there be made, etc.	London	1623	USD -	10.50
NOVA SCOTIA. SECCOMBE (John) <i>of Chester.</i>	A Sermon Preached at Halifax, July 3d, 1770, At the Ordination of the Rev. Bruin Romcas Comingoe, To the Dutch Calvinistic Congregation at Lunenburg. Being the First preached in the Province of Nova Scotia, on such an Occasion.	Halifax	1770	USD -	7.50
NOVA SCOTIA. DOYLE (Wm.)	The Universal Prayer, To which is added, The Form of Anointing the Sick, as prescribed in K. Edward the VIth's, and Q. Elizabeth's First Common Prayer Books; [with] a Critical Discourse on that Rite	Halifax	n. d.	USD -	0.50
O'Callaghan (E. B.)	Jesuit Relations of Discoveries and other Occurrences in Canada and the Northern and Western States of the Union, 1632--1672. From the Proceedings of N. Y. Historical Society, Nov. 1847.	New York	1847	USD -	1.50
[OGDEN (<i>Rev.</i> John Cosens)]	Tour through Upper and Lower Canada, by a Citizen of the U. S.	Litchfield [Conn.]	1799	USD -	3.75
PICKERING (Jos.)	Inquiries of an [intending] Emigrant in the United States and Canada.	London	1832	USD -	1.00
QUEBEC	Ordinances made for the Province of Quebec, by the Governor and Council, since the establishment of the Civil Government	Quebec	1767	USD -	17.00
QUEBEC	Abstract of those Parts of the Custom of the Viscounty and Provostship of Paris, which were practised in the Province of Quebec, in the time of the French Government.	London	1772	USD -	2.50
QUEBEC	Plan of a Code of Laws for the Province of Quebec, reported by the Advocate-General [James Marriott]	London	1774	USD -	2.00
QUEBEC. MASERES (<i>Baron</i> F.)	Account of the Proceedings of British and other Protestant Inhabitants of the Province of Quebeck, in order to obtain an House of Assembly in that Province, with the Additional Papers concerning the Province of Quebeck.	London	1775, 1776	USD -	4.00
QUEBEC. MASERES (F.)	A collection of Commissions, ... and other Papers relating to the Province of Quebec, since the conquest of it by the British arms in 1760	London	1772	USD -	3.00
QUEBEC. Hawkins (Alfred)	Picture of Quebec, with Historical Recollections	Quebec	1834	USD -	2.00
QUEBEC	Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.	Quebec	1829	USD -	2.50
RED RIVER	Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan, its Destruction and the Massacre of Gov. Semple and his Party	London	1817	USD -	1.75
RED RIVER	Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of North America since the connexion of the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company	London	1817	USD -	3.50
RED RIVER SETTLEMENT	Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement and its Destruction in 1815 and 1816, with Observations on "A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries,"	Lond.	1817	USD -	2.50
RED RIVER. M'Donell (Alex.)	Narrative of Transactions in the Red River Country	London	1819	USD -	4.00
RED RIVER. West (Rev. John)	Journal during a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America; and Excursions among the N. W. Indians, 1820--23	London	1824, 1827	USD -	3.00
RED RIVER. West (John)	Substance of a Journal during a Residence at the Red River Colony, 1820--23.	London	1827	USD -	1.75
	RELATION de ce qvi s'est passe en la mission des Peres de la Compagnie de Iesvs, aux Hurons, & aux pais plus bas de la Nouuelle France, depuis l'Este de l'annee 1649, jusques a l'Este de l'Annee 1650, ... Par le R. P. Pavl Ragveneav	Paris	1651	USD -	55.00
[RELATIONS de la Nouvelle France, 1656, 1660, 1676--77]	Copie de Devx Lettres envoiees de la Novvelle France [par le R. P. F. Le Mercier]. Paris, Seb. et Gabr. Cramoisy, 1656. [Reprinted from a copy in the possession of Mr. James Lenox, which is perhaps unique.]	[Albany]	[1854--1866]	USD -	Not Sold
RICHARDSON (<i>Maj.</i> J.)	Eight Years in Canada	Montreal	1847	USD -	2.00
ROBERTSON (J.)	History of the Mission of the Secession Church to Nova Scotia and P. E. Island.	Edinburgh	1847	USD -	0.50
SAGARD THEODAT (<i>F.</i> Gabriel)	Le Grand Voyage dv Pays des Hvrons, situe en l'Amerique vers la mer douce, es derniers confins de la Nouvelle France, dite Canada ... Avec vn Dictionaire de la langue Huronne, etc.	a Paris	1632	USD -	57.50
SAGARD THEODAT (G.)	Le Grand Voyage du Pays des Hurons Situee en l'Amerique vers la Mer douce, es derniers confins de la Nouvelle France dite Canada: Avec un Dictionnaire de la Langue Huronne. Nouv. ed. publiee par E. Chevalier.	Paris	1864, 1865	USD -	33.00
SANSOM (J.)	Sketches of Lower Canada.	New York	1817	USD -	0.50
SHEA (J. G.) <i>editor.</i>	CRAMOISY SERIES of Jesuit Memoirs, Relations, etc., relating to the French Colonies in America.	New York	1858--1865	USD -	49.88
Smith (M.)	Geographical Description of Upper Canada	New York	1813	USD -	1.00
SMITH (W. H.)	Canada; Past, Present and Future.	Toronto	n. d.	USD -	0.50
THELLER (E. A.)	Canada in 1837--38	Philadelphia	1841	USD -	1.00
THEVET (<i>F.</i> Andre)	Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctiqve, avtrement nommee Amerique, & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps:	Anvers	1558	USD -	23.00
[TRAILL (<i>Mrs.</i> C. P.)]	Backwoods of Canada, being letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer	London	1836	USD -	0.50
VONDENVELDEN (Wm.) and CHARLAND (L.)	Extraits des Titres des anciennes concessions de terre en fief et Seineurie, dans le Bas-Canada	Quebec	1803	USD -	3.50
WILLIAMS (<i>Mrs.</i>)	The Neutral French; or, the Exiles of Nova Scotia.	Providence	[1841]	USD -	1.00
	Relation dv Groenland [par Isaac La Peyrere]	Paris	1647	USD -	10.00
	ACCOUNT (Concise Historical) of all the British Colonies in North-America, comprehending their rise, progress, and modern state; particularly of Massachusetts-Bay, the Seat of the Present Civil War.	London	1775	USD -	2.75
	ACCOUNT of the Society for the Encouragement of the British Troops in Germany and North America, with the Motives to the making a Present to those Troops, etc., edited by Jonas Hanway	London	1760	USD -	3.25
	ANSWER of the Company of ROYAL ADVENTURERS of England trading into Africa, to the Petition and Paper ... exhibited to the Honorable House of Commons by Sir Paul Painter, Ferdinando Gorges [et al.], concerned in His Majesties Plantations in America	[London]	1667	USD -	14.00
[BLOME (R.)]	L'Amerique Angloise, ou Description des Isles et Terres du Roi d'Angleterre dans l'Amerique: traduit de l'Anglois	Amsterdam	1688	USD -	1.00
[BOLLAN (Wm.)]	Coloniae Angliae Illustratae; or, the Acquest of Dominion, and the Plantation of Colonies made by the English in America, etc.	London	1762	USD -	7.00
[BOLLAN (Wm.)]	Continued Corruption, Standing Armies, and Popular Discontents considered; and the Establishment of the English Colonies in America ... examined	London	1768	USD -	5.00
BRAY (Thos.)	A Discourse preached at St. Paul's, Dec. 19, 1697, at the Ordination of some Protestant Missionaries to be sent into the Plantations; to which is Prefixt, A General View of the English Colonies in America	London	1700	USD -	5.00
B[URTON] (R.)	The English Empire in America; or, a Prospect of their Majesties Dominions in the West-Indies, Namely New-foundland, New England, New York, etc.	London	1698	USD -	2.50
CHALMERS (GEORGE)	Political Annals of the United Colonies, from their settlement to the peace of 1763, Book I.	London	1780	USD -	18.50
[DICKINSON (JOHN)]	Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies	New York	1768	USD -	1.50
DOUGLASS (W.)	Summary, historical and political, of the Planting, Progressive Improvements and Present State of the British Settlements in North America.	Boston	1749--1753	USD -	12.00
DOUGLASS (W.)	The same.	London, repr.	1755	USD -	6.50
FORCE'S TRACTS	Tracts and other Papers relating to the Origin, etc., of the Colonies in North America, to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force	Washington	1836--1846	USD -	22.00
	FOUR DISSERTATIONS on the reciprocal advantages of a Perpetual Union between Great Britain and her American Colonies, written for Mr. Sargent's Prize Medal. [1. By John Morgan. 2. By Stephen Watts. 3. Anonymous. 4. By Francis Hopkinson.] With the Eulogium	Philadelphia	1766	USD -	6.00
GODWYN (MORGAN)	Trade preferr'd before Religion, and Christ made to give place to Mammon: represented in a Sermon relating to the PLANTATIONS, first preached in Westminster-Abbey	London	1685	USD -	0.63
GRAHAME (J.)	The History of the United States, from the Plantation of the British Colonies till their Revolt and Declaration of Independence.	London	1836	USD -	10.00
HAZARD (EBEN.)	Historical Collections; State Papers and other authentic Documents; intended as materials for an History of the United States.	Philadelphia	1792, 1794	USD -	40.00
HAZARD (EBEN.)	The same	Phila.	1792, 1794	USD -	43.00
[LITTLE (Otis)]	The State of Trade in the Northern Colonies considered; with a description of Nova Scotia	Lond., repr. Boston	1749	USD -	2.00
[OLDMIXON (J.)]	British Empire in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, etc., of the British Colonies in America	London	1741	USD -	5.00
[OLDMIXON (J.)]	Het Britannische Ryk in Amerika; uit het Engelsche.	Amsterdam	1721	USD -	1.75
PHILLIPS (H.) Jr.	Historical Sketches of the Paper Currency of the American Colonies	Roxbury	1865	USD -	7.50
	PRESENT STATE (The) of the Nation: particularly with respect to its Trade, Finances, &c. &c.	London	1768	USD -	3.50
ROCQUE (MARY ANN)	A Set of Plans and Forts in America, Reduced from Actual Surveys, 1765	[London]	[1765]	USD -	12.00
SANFORD (EZEKIEL)	A History of the United States before the Revolution: with some account of the Aborigines	Philadelphia	1819	USD -	3.50
	SHORT VIEW of the Lord High Admiral's Jurisdiction, and of several Acts for regulating and restraining the Trade of the British plantations	London	1775	USD -	3.50
STAMP-ACT (The)	An Act for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties, &c.	London; repr. New London	1765	USD -	7.50
STAMP ACT. ---	Authentic Account of the Proceedings of the Congress held at N. York, 1765. on the subject of the American Stamp Act	n. p.	1767	USD -	3.88
STAMP ACT.	Application of some general Political Rules to the present state of Great-Britain, Ireland and America; in a letter to Earl Temple	London	1766	USD -	1.87
STAMP ACT.	Account of a late Conference on the Occurrence in America	London	1766	USD -	1.50
STAMP ACT.	CHARTERS of the following Provinces of North America; viz. Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Massachusett's Bay and Georgia; [with] a Faithful Narrative of the Proceedings of the North American Colonies in consequence of the STA	London	1766	USD -	6.00
	Conduct of the late Administration examined; with an Appendix, containing original and authentic documents	London	1767	USD -	3.00
STAMP ACT.	CONSIDERATIONS on Behalf of the Colonists in a Letter to a noble Lord	London	1765	USD -	1.50
STAMP ACT. [Dulaney (Daniel)]	Considerations on the Propriety of imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the purpose of raising a Revenue, by Act of Parliament	North America	1765	USD -	4.50
STAMP ACT. [DULANEY (Daniel)]	Considerations on the Propriety of imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the purpose of raising a Revenue, by Act of Parliament	North America; repr. N. York	1765	USD -	4.25
STAMP ACT.	Late Occurrences in North America, and Policy of Great Britain, considered	London	1766	USD -	1.63
STAMP ACT. [HOPKINS (STEPHEN)]	The Rights of Colonies Examined. Published by Authority.	Providence	1765	USD -	15.00
STAMP ACT. [HOPKINS (STEPHEN)]	The Grievances of the American Colonies candidly examined. Printed by Authority at Providence, in R. Island	London	1766	USD -	6.50
STAMP ACT.	PROTEST against the Bill to repeal the American Stamp Act of last Session	Paris [London?]	1766	USD -	1.00
STAMP ACT. RAY (NICHOLAS)	The Importance of the Colonies, and the Interest of Great Britain with regard to them, considered; with Remarks on the Stamp-Duty	London, repr. N. York	1766	USD -	3.75
STAMP ACT.	The Regulations lately made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes imposed upon them, considered	London	1765	USD -	2.00

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
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Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

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Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.