containing one of the earliest American printings of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain ending the Revolutionary War.
It isn’t until lot 73 that we arrive in the 19th century and with it the yet unresolved issues of states rights versus federal rights that would simmer under President Jefferson and remain unresolved into the 20th century. The book that brings us there is “Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly,...” Lot 90 moves us along to 1816 with the Statutes of the Mississippi Territory..., a Natchez imprint. The AED finds only four Natchez imprints for that year, one an Almanac that the Eberstadts offered for $150 in 1964, an eon ago in the world of book pricing. This is a great catalogue and very good material. Visit their web site at www.reeseco.com.
Maggs Bros. Ltd. has released their Catalogue 1332 for the Travel and Voyages field. The storied firm issues excellent catalogues. In this installment there are exactly 100 items spanning both the globe and five centuries. In the Americana field we find a dozen lots. Those who have been waiting for a 1533 Zumarraga have their prayers answered. This book won’t be seen often. Juan de Zumarraga “was the first Bishop of Mexico and the second part of this book contains one of the first letters from the New World by a churchman.” For those wishing to stay north of the Rio Grande there is John Smith’s “The General Historie of Virginia, New=England, and the Summer Isles...” with the first state of the title page (1624). Lot 49 is the first edition of William Kennedy’s Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas (1841). This volume contains 4 maps, one of which is the “highly important and rare” Arrowsmith map of Texas, coloured in outline.
These pieces are simply symptoms of an approach to book selling that Maggs Bros. has maintained since its founding in 1853. Enjoy this catalogue. Visit them online at www.maggs.com. Visit their shop when you get to London.
Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - February - 2003 Issue
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The Arrowsmith Map of Texas, Maggs Bros., No. 49, Texas: The Rise, Progress and Prospects...1841
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.