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[Court of New Hempstead, Long Island]

[39 LASHES: THE SENTENCE FOR A CONVICTED SLAVE IN LONG ISLAND IN 1811]. "The People vs. Gabe, a Slave of Nicholas Ledham: On Trial for Larceny" (in: Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas the 4th of June 1811 -- "At Account of General Sessions of the Peace held at the Court House in North Hempstead in and for the County of Queens")

New Hempstead, Long Island, NY: 1811. Large folio (337 x 200 mm), stitched, folded once vertically and twice horizontally, presumably extracted from a larger volume (two leaves excised, both likely blank). 10 pp. on paper clearly watermarked "1808" / Britannia (not in Gravell-Miller), modern pagination in pencil. Altogether handwritten 9..... More

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Henrietta Hartsell (compiler)

[ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK / WINE / LIQUEURS / MEDICINE, 1810-1846]

Laleham (near London): 1810-1846. 4to. Manuscript compendium of recipes, written on Britannia paperstock dated "1804," altogether 182 handwritten pages, numbered 7-54, 56-88 (p. 55 skipped) followed by 99 unnumbered pages, the first 6 pages excised, the remainder blank save the final leaf which on the recto gives an index for..... More

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Howe, Julia (Ward)

[AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED]. ALS from Julia Ward Howe to "Mr. Duncan" (i.e. William Addison Duncan) dated June 29, 1884 (4 half-pages), referencing her recently departed brother Samuel ("Uncle Sam") stating: "I cannot half believe that he is gone"

Newport, RI: 1884. Four half-pages with mourning borders, each page filled with. A.L.S. from Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), American abolitionist and social reformer whose "Battle Hymn of the Republic" continues to be sung to the present day. The present letter contains excellent content relating to the death of her brother..... More

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[Anonymous]

[MANUSCRIPT]. [JAPANESE FOLKTALE]. "Momotaro" (Cover title). "Nippon Mukashi-banashi" (caption title)

S.l. (Britain?): 1920s (ca.). Slim 8vo. 43 unnumbered pages + one full-page drawing. Handmade notebook tied with string, covers of gilt sprinkled card-stock (some surface scratching and wear to extremities; some unobjectionable foxing and staining). Curious homemade manuscript of what appears to be an unpublished English translation of the beloved..... More

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WALKER, F. Deaville

[METHODIST MISSIONARY'S VOYAGE TO INDIA, TYPESCRIPTS 1920-1921]. "Travel Letters August 1920 - January 1921. My own personal Private Copy"

1921. Quarto (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches). 46 leaves, including 4-page "Circular Letter" to friends (detached) and 1-page text "What Drought Means in India" (detached, text incomplete). With a few handwritten corrections and additions. WITH: Autograph letter signed: Deaville Walker to his son, written from Ceylon, dated Sept. 20..... More

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Bouvard de Fourqueux

[MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY CATALOGUE 1831]. Bibliotheque de Fourqueux / Catalogue des livres de la bibliotheque de [Chateau de] Fourqueux

Chateau de Fourqueux (Yvelines, France): 1831. Large folio (418 x 263 mm). Manuscript on paper. 1 f. (calligraphic title-page) + 1 f. (Avis) + 64 pp. catalogue entries written on ruled paper (the majority of the pages are completely full) + 8 blank pages (numbered 65-72) + 1 fol. ("Table..... More

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Francisco de Cordona (scribe)

[1592 GUATEMALA MANUSCRIPT - AUCTION OF QUICHE MAYA LANDS]. Testimonio del titulo venta... ["Witness of the Title of Sale, granted by the inhabitants of Coatepeque of several portions of land in the place called Tianguistengo, to Lic. Luis Osoria for the price of 1155"]

Coatepeque (i.e. Guatemala): 1592. Folio (320 x 200 mm). 6 fols. + near contemporary wrappers, stitched, front wrapper with all pertinent information in cursive. Formerly folded four times, creating 16 small panels, two of the leaves have clean tears along horizontal folds from fore-edge to gutter margin, others with shorter..... More

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Francisco de Velasco

[1691 CADIZ MANUSCRIPT]. Letter Dr. Francisco de Velasco to the Duke of Sessa, presenting Dr. Abel Nesi

Cadiz: 1691. Single sheet, folded once. Pencil inscription at top with small black stamp, folded along vertical and horizontal crease, another later fold along spinal edge, small dirt stains along spine and foreedge. Visible watermark on 2f. Letter address on verso of 2f. This is a letter of recommendation /..... More

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Aesop (author). Zimmerman, Lawrence (calligrapher)

[CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT]: The Harper and Other Fables. By Aesop

New York: Transcribed and Illustrated at Cooper Union, 1952. Small folio (261 x 167 mm). Calligraphic manuscript on paper. [2], 8 pp. Loosely inserted ink and watercolor drawing. Original hand-sewn blue wrappers; stitched to upper wrapper is a paper label lettered in manuscript: "The Harper and Other Fables." Old scribbles..... More

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Kristeller, Paul Oskar

[COMPLETE SET]. Iter Italicum A Finding List of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Humanistic Manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries [ALL 6 vols. + INDEX VOLUME]

London / Leiden: Warburg Institute / Brill, 1963-1997. First Edition. Together 7 vols., large 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth bindings (vols. 1-2 with signs of gentle bibliographical consultation, bound in slightly lighter blue cloth as issued by the publisher; all other volumes preserved in fine condition). NOT ex-library! "Iter Italicum"..... More

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