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
STAMP ACT.	Rights of Parliament vindicated, on occasion of the late Stamp Act	London	1766	USD -	2.00
STAMP ACT.	THANKSGIVING SERMONS on the Repeal of the Stamp Act: by Ch. Chauncy, Boston; H. Cumings, Billerica, Mass.; Wm. Patten, Halifax, Mass.; D. S. Rowland, Providence, R. I.; S. Stillman, Boston. (5)		1766, 1767	USD -	3.00
STAMP ACT. THROOP (BENJ.) of Southold, L. I.	A Thanksgiving Sermon, Upon the Occasion, of the glorious News of the repeal of the Stamp Act; Preached in New-Concord, in Norwich [Conn.], June 26, 1766	New London	1766	USD -	10.00
STAMP ACT. TRACTS. [FRANKLIN (B.)]	Interest of Great Britain, considered with regard to her Colonies.	Boston, repr.	1760	USD -	16.50
STAMP ACT. TRACTS. [Thatcher (O.)]	Sentiments of a British American	Boston	1764	USD -	10.50
STAMP ACT.	True Interest of Great Britain with respect to her American Colonies, stated and considered	London	1766	USD -	2.25
STAMP ACT. [TUCKER (JOS.)]	Letter from a Merchant in London to his Nephew in North America on the present Posture of Affairs in the Colonies	London	1766	USD -	3.00
STOKES (A.) <i>Ch. Justice of Georgia.</i>	View of the Constitution of the British Colonies in North-America and the West Indies, at the Time the Civil War broke out	London	1783	USD -	3.00
SUGAR ACT.	Reasons against (its) renewal, as it will be prejudicial to the trade, not only of the Northern Colonies but to that of Great Britain also	Boston	1764	USD -	2.25
TRACTS.---Massie (J.)	State of the British Sugar-Colony Trade.	London	1759	USD -	16.00
TROTT (N.) <i>Ch. Justice of So. Carolina.</i>	Laws of the British Plantations in America, relating to the Church and the Clergy, Religion and Learning	London	1721	USD -	33.00
TRUMBULL (<i>Rev. Dr.</i> Benj.)	General History of the United States.	New York	1810	USD -	3.00
WYNNE (J. H.)	General History of the British Empire in America	London	1770	USD -	5.00
	Accurate Journal of the Siege of Quebec; by a Gentleman in an eminent Station on the Spot	Dublin	1759	USD -	3.50
	Beginning, Progress, and Conclusion of the Late War; with a MAP of the lands, islands, gulphs, seas, and fishing-banks, comprising the Cod-fishery in America, annexed, etc.	London	1770	USD -	3.75
BLODGET (SAMUEL)	A Prospective-Plan of the BATTLE near LAKE GEORGE, on the Eighth Day of September, 1755, with an Explanation thereof; Containing A full, tho' short, History of that important Affair	Boston	1755	USD -	62.50
BRADSTREET'S EXPEDITION	An Impartial Account of Lieut. Col. Bradstreet's Expedition to Fort Frontenac. To which are added, A few Reflections on the Conduct of that Enterprize, and the Advantages resulting from its Success; by a Volunteer on the Expedition	London	1759	USD -	13.00
BYNG (<i>Admiral</i>)	The Trial of, at a Court-Martial, as taken by Mr. Charles Ferne, Judge Advocate ... with an Account of (his) Behaviour in his last moments, etc.	New York	1757	USD -	3.00
BYNG (<i>Admiral</i> John)	Proceedings of the Court-Martial on (his) Trial.---To which is added, The Admiral's Defence as presented by Him, and read in the Court, Jan. 18, 1757, etc.	Reprinted, Boston	1757	USD -	4.50
[CHAUNCY (CHARLES)]	Letter to a Friend; giving a concise. but just, Account ... of the Ohio-Defeat .... To which is added, Some general Account of the New-England Forces, with what they have already done, counter-ballancing the above Loss	Boston	1755	USD -	19.00
[CHAUNCY (CHARLES)]	Two Letters to a Friend, on the Present Critical Conjuncture of Affairs in North America; Particularly on the Vast Importance of the Victory gained by the New England Militia .. at Lake-George	Boston, Printed; London, reprinted	1755	USD -	11.00
[CLARKE (WM.)]	Observations on the Late and Present Conduct of the French with regard to Encroachments on the British Colonies in North America ... Added, by another Hand: Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c.	Boston	1755	USD -	5.00
COCKINGS (GEORGE)	War: an Heroic Poem, From the Taking of Minorca by the French, to the Reduction of the Havannah, The second edition; To the raising the Siege of Quebec	Boston, repr.	1762	USD -	4.25
COCKINGS (G.)	War: an Heroic Poem .... The second edition; To the raising the Siege of Quebec.	Boston	1762	USD -	3.00
DAVIES (Samuel)	Religion and Patriotism The Constituents of a Good Soldier. A Sermon preached to Capt. Overton's Independent Company of Volunteers, in Hanover County, Virginia, Aug. 17, 1755	Phila. repr. London	1756	USD -	2.75
DAVIES (Samuel)	Virginia's Danger and Remedy. Two Discourses occasioned by the severe Drought in sundry Parts of the Country; and the Defeat of Gen. Braddock	Williamsburg	1756	USD -	13.00
DAVIES (Samuel)	The Curse of Cowardice: a Sermon preached to the Militia of Hanover County, Virginia, at a General Muster, May 8, 1758, with a View to raise a Company for Capt. S. Meredith	London	1758	USD -	1.25
DAVIES (Samuel)	The same	Repr., Woodbridge	1759	USD -	6.00
DILWORTH (W. H.)	History of the present War, between France and Great Britain, to the conclusion of the year 1759	London	1760	USD -	4.00
DOBSON [John]	Chronological Annals of the War .... In Two Parts [1755--63]	Oxford	1763	USD -	5.25
DRAKE (Samuel G.)	History of the Five Years French and Indian War in New England and Parts Adjacent ... With a memoir of Major General Shirley	Boston	1870	USD -	2.25
ENTICK (J.)	The General History of the Late War	London	1765--1766	USD -	5.00
	Etat present de la PENSILVANIE, ou l'on trouve le detail de ce qui s'y est passe depuis la defaite du General Braddock jusqu' a la prise d'Oswego	n. p. [Paris]	1756	USD -	1.50
FINLEY (SAMUEL)	The Curse of Meroz; or, the Danger of Neutrality in the Cause of God, and our Country. Sermon, 2d of October, 1757	Phila.	1757	USD -	4.00
	FRENCH POLICY DEFEATED: being an Account of all the hostile Proceedings of the French against the Inhabitants of the British Colonies in North America for the last Seven Years	London	1755	USD -	5.25
GARDINER (<i>Capt.</i> Richard)	Memoirs of the Siege of Quebec, capital of all Canada, etc. ... from the Journal of a French Officer, on board the Chezine frigate.	London	1761	USD -	8.00
	GENUINE ACCOUNT (A) of the late Grand Expedition to the Coast of France, under Admirals Hawke, Knowles and Broderick, General Mordaunt, &c. [1757]. Added, Several humorous Songs, Epigrams, &c. 6th Edition, By a Volunteer in the said Expedition	London, repr. Boston	n. d.	USD -	1.00
GIBSON (JAS.)	Journal of the late Siege by the troops from North America, against the French at Cape Breton, Louisbourg, etc.	London	1745	USD -	7.25
	History of the Late War from 1749 to 1763	Glasgow	1765	USD -	0.50
	History of the Origin and Progress of the Late War	London	1764	USD -	0.63
HOBBY (W<i>m.</i>)	Sermon at Reading, April 30, 1758, on Occasion of an Expedition against Canada; in the Audience of Col. Nichols and a Part of his Regiment	Boston	1758	USD -	0.50
KNOX (<i>Capt.</i> JOHN)	An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America for the years 1757--60	London	1769	USD -	16.00
	LETTER (A) to a Member of Parliament, on the Importance of the American Colonies, and the best means of making them Useful to their Mother Country	London	1757	USD -	3.50
[LIVINGSTON (WM.)]	A Review of the Military Operations in North America; from the Commencement of The French Hostilities, ... in 1753, to the Surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756 ...	London	1757	USD -	7.00
[LIVINGSTON (W.)]	A Review of the Military Operations in North America, etc.	London; repr. [Boston]	1758	USD -	6.00
[LIVINGSTON (W.)]	A Review of the Military Operations in North America, etc. ... To which are added, Colonel WASHINGTON'S JOURNAL of his Expedition to the Ohio, in 1754, and several Letters and other Papers of Consequence, found in the Cabinet of Major General Bradd	Dublin	1757	USD -	9.50
LOUISBURG. ---	A Journal of the Landing of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Cape-Breton, and of the Siege and Surrender of Louisbourg: Extracted from Major General Amherst's and Admiral Boscawen's Letters.	Boston	[1758]	USD -	6.25
MACKELLAR (P.)	Correct Journal of the Landing of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Cuba, and the Siege and Surrender of the Havannah, Aug. 13, 1762	Boston	1762	USD -	12.00
MANTE (THOS.)	History of the Late War in North-America and the Island of the West-Indies	London	1772	USD -	38.00
	MEMORIAL (A) Containing a Summary View of Facts, with their Authorities. In Answer to The Observations sent by the English Ministry to The Courts of Europe.	New York	1757	USD -	20.00
	MEMORIAL (A) Containing a Summary View of Facts, etc. ...	Philadelphia	1757	USD -	17.00
	MEMORIAL (A) Containing a Summary View of Facts, etc. ...	New York	1757	USD -	1.00
[MITCHELL (<i>Dr.</i> JOHN)]	The Contest in America between Great Britain and France, with its Consequences and Importance, etc. By an Impartial Hand	London	1757	USD -	1.00
NILES (<i>Rev.</i> SAMUEL) <i>of Braintree, Mass.</i>	A Brief and Plain Essay on God's Wonder-working Providence for New-England, in the Reduction of LOUISBURG and Fortresses ... on Cape-Breton, ... with the Names of the Leading Officers in the Army, etc. [in Verse]	New London	1747	USD -	22.00
	Political Analysis of the War: Principles of the present Political Parties examined, and a Coalition proposed between Two Great Men	London	1762	USD -	3.25
OGLETHORPE'S EXPEDITION. ---	An Impartial Account of the late Expedition against St. Augustine, under Gen. Oglethorpe. Occasioned by the Suppression of the Report made by a Committee of the General Assembly in South Carolina	London	1742	USD -	3.00
OGLETHORPE'S EXPEDITION. Cadogan (<i>Lieut.</i> G.)	The Spanish Hireling Detected: being A Refutation of the Calumnies and Falshoods, in a Pamphlet entitled "An Impartial Account of the Late Expedition," etc.	London	1743	USD -	3.00
OGLETHORPE'S EXPEDITION	A Full Reply to Lieut. Cadogan's Spanish Hireling, &c., and Lieut. Mackay's Letter. By the Author of the Impartial Account	London	1743	USD -	3.25
OGLETHORPE'S EXPEDITION. Cadogan (Geo.)	The Spanish Hireling detected: being A Refutation of the Calumnies and Falshoods in a late Pamphlet entitul'd An Impartial Account of the Late Expedition against St. Augustine under General Oglethorpe	London	1743	USD -	5.00
OGLETHORPE'S EXPEDITION	Hireling Artifice Detected: or, the Profit and Loss of Great Britain in the present War with Spain	London	1742	USD -	3.50
POLITIQUE DANOIS (Le)	2de Edition, refondue, corrigee & augmentee par l'Auteur	Copenhague	1759	USD -	3.50
POUCHOT	Memoir upon the Late War in North America between the French and English, 1755--60 ...	Roxbury	1866	USD -	10.50
	PRESENT STATE (The) of North America, [by JOHN HUSKE.] Part I.	London	1755	USD -	4.50
ROGERS (<i>Maj.</i> ROBERT)	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	London	1765	USD -	9.25
ROGERS and STARK	Reminiscences of the French War: containing Rogers' Expeditions with the New England Rangers under his Command, as published in London in 1765; with notes and illustrations. To which is added, an Account of the Life and Military Services of Maj. Gen. J. S	Concord, N. H.	1831	USD -	2.50
	Scheme (A) to Drive the French out of all the Continent of America, Humbly offered to the Consideration of ----- -----, Esq;	[London] repr. Boston	1755	USD -	2.00
	SERMONS on the War, to Military Companies, etc.			USD -	15.13
	SERMONS on the War, etc. ---			USD -	15.12
SHIRLEY (<i>Gov.</i> WM.)	Letter to the Duke of Newcastle: with a Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg, and other Operations of the Forces, during the Expedition against Cape Breton; Published by Authority	Boston, repr.	1746	USD -	3.25
SHIRLEY	The Conduct of Major Gen. Shirley, late General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America briefly stated	London	1758	USD -	4.00
	STATE of the British and French Colonies in North America, with respect to number of people, forces, forts, Indians, trade, and other advantages ...	London	1755	USD -	4.50
TENNENT (GILBERT)	A Sermon occasion'd by the Success of the late Expedition (under Gen. Pepperel and Com. Warren,) in reducing the City and Fortress of Louisburgh to the Obedience of His Majesty King George the Second, preach'd at Philadelphia, July 7, 1745	Phila.	[1745]	USD -	12.00
TRACTS	13 Scarce Tracts on the "Old French War," (as under,)			USD -	27.00
WALKER (<i>Sir</i> HOVENDEN)	A Journal: or full Account of the late Expedition to Canada.	London	1720	USD -	4.50
WILSON'S (Commissary)	Orderly Book. Expedition of the British and Provincial Army, under Major-General Amherst, against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 1759	Albany	1857	USD -	8.50
WOLFE'S (Gen.)	Instructions to Young Officers:...with a Placart to the Canadians. ... Prefixed, the Resolution of the House of Commons for his Monument, and his Character, etc.	London	1768	USD -	2.00
WRIGHT (J.)	History of the Late War; or, Annual Register of its Rise, Progress and Events	London	1765	USD -	4.50
	An Art For the promoting and propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ in New England. [Seal of the Commonwealth on title-page,] black letter	London	1649	USD -	15.00
ADAMS (AMOS)	A concise historical view of the perils, hardships, etc., which have attended the planting and progressive improvements of New-England; with a particular account of its long and destructive wars, expensive expeditions, &c. In Two Discourses, at Rox	Boston	1769	USD -	5.00
ADAMS (AMOS)	A Concise Historical View of the Difficulties, Hardships, and Perils, which attended the Planting, &c., of New England	Boston; repr. London	1770	USD -	3.00
ADAMS (HANNAH)	A Summary History of New England, from the First Settlement at Plymouth, ...comprehending a General Sketch of the American War	Dedham	1799	USD -	3.25
ADAMS (HANNAH)	Abridgment of the History of New-England.	Boston	1807	USD -	0.50
ANDROS TRACTS (The)	A Collection of Pamphlets and Official Papers issued during the period between the Overthrow of the Andros Government and the Establishment of the Second Charter of Massachusetts. With Notes and Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros, by W. H. Whitmore.	Boston	1868, 1869	USD -	8.00
BACKUS (ISAAC)	A History of New-England, with particular reference to the Denomination of Christians called Baptists.	Boston, and Providence	1777,--1784,--1796	USD -	68.00
BACKUS (I.)	Church History of New England from 1620 to 1804; with a Memoir of the Author	Philadelphia	1839	USD -	1.50
BARBER (J. W.)	The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and New Jersey; illustrated by numerous Engravings	Worcester	1841	USD -	2.75
BRADFORD (ALDEN)	New England Chronology, from 1497 to 1800	Boston	1843	USD -	0.50
BRERETON (JOHN)	A Briefe and true Relation of the Discouerie of the North part of Virginia; being a most pleasant, fruitfull and commodious soile. Made this present yeere 1602, by Captaine Bartholomew Gosnold, Cap- taine Bartholowmew Gilbert, and diuers other gentlemen t	London	1602	USD -	1,600.00
BYFIELD (NATHANIEL)	An Account of the Late Revolution in New England. Together with the Declaration of the Gentlemen, Merchants, and Inhabitants of Boston, and the Country adjacent. April 18 1689. Licensed, June 27, 1689. J. Fraser.	London	1689	USD -	30.00
BYFIELD (NATH.)	An Account of the Late Revolution in New-England. Together with the Declaration of the Gentlemen, Merchants, and Inhabitants of Boston and the Country adjacent. April 18, 1689. Licensed, June 27, 1689. J. Fraser.	Edinburgh	1689	USD -	19.00
CLAP (THOMAS) <i>President of Yale College.</i>	A Brief History and Vindication of the Doctrines received and established in the Churches of New-England. The Second Edition.	New Haven	1755	USD -	10.00
	CROMWELL'S Reported Embarkation for New England. (Reprinted from the N. E. Hist. and Geneal. Register.)	Boston	1866	USD -	0.50
	DEPLORABLE STATE (The) of New-England, By Reason of a Covetous and Treacherous Governour, and Pusillanimous Counsellors. With a Vindication of the Hon. Mr. Higginson, Mr. Mason, and several other Gentlemen from the Scandalous and Wicked Accusation of the	London	[?] 1708	USD -	12.00
DEXTER (H. M.)	A Glance at the Ecclesiastical Councils of New England	Boston	1867	USD -	0.50
DRAKE (SAMUEL G.)	Result of Researches among the British Archives for Information relative to Founders of N. England	Boston	1860	USD -	3.00
DRAKE (SAMUEL G.)	The same	Boston	1860	USD -	2.25
DRAKE (S. G.)	Address at the Annual Meeting of the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Society, Jan. 25, 1858	Boston	1858	USD -	0.50
DUMMER (Jer.)	Defence of the New-England Charters	Boston	1745	USD -	3.00
DUMMER (Jer.)	Defence of the New-England Charters	Boston	1745	USD -	3.25
	EARTHQUAKES, in New England		1727 and 1755:---	USD -	13.50

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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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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.

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

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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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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.