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JOURNA EL

Van de derthien-jarighe Reyfe, te Water en te Lande,

Gedaen door

Fan Huygen van Linfchooten,

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OOST-INDIEN,

Inhoudende de Beschryvinge der felver Landen en Zee-kusten/met aenwijfinge ban alle de booznaemste Havens / Hebieren/ Hoecken ende ooghten: Mitsgaders

t Lebenen Bleedinghe der Inwoonders en Portugefen/manieren van hare gebouwen van Tempelen/ Afgoden/Hupfingen/ Gods-dienst/Policie /en Koophandel/ hoe/en waer die gedzeven wozt / Ec. Als oock van de Beesten/Dogelen/ Dzuchten/ Specerpen/Materialen en eenige Geschiedenissen van die Landen.

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Bp GILLIS JOOSTEN SAEGHMAN, in de nieuwe-ftraet/
Ordinaris Bucker van de Journalen ter Zee/ en de Landt-Kepfen,

CHOICE COPY OF BOTH PARTS OF THIS RARE WORK
[NUMBER 184]

181. LAUDONNIERE (R. G.). (R. G.). L'Histoire Notable de la Floride situee es Indes Occidentales, contenant les trois Voyages faits en icelle par certains Capitaines et Pilotes francois, descrits par le Capitaine Laudonnière. Mise en lumiere par M. Basanier. Small 8vo, crushed red levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Capé. A Paris: Chez P. Jannet, 1853

Choice copy.

182. [LEACOCK (JOHN).] The Fall of British Tyranny; or, American Liberty Triumphant. The First Campaign. A TragiComedy of Five Acts, as lately planned at the Royal Theatrum Pandemonium, at St. James's. The Principal Place of Action in America. 8vo, crushed brown levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, a few lower edges uncut, by David (one leaf damaged).

Philadelphia: Printed by Styner and Cist, 1776

THE EXCESSIVELY RARE FIRST EDITION.

183. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln in Union Square, New York, April 25, 1865. Portrait. Royal 8vo, half straight-grain morocco, original wrappers bound in.

New York, 1865

LARGE PAPER COPY. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 13 portraits of Lincoln (contemporary), and Funeral Badges. Presentation copy from Gen. Prosper M. Wetmore.

184. LINSCHOTEN (JAN HUYGEN VAN). Journael Van de derthien-jarighe Reyse, te Water en te Lande, Gedaen door Jan Huygen van Linschooten, na Oost-Indien, etc. Vignette of ships on title, Portrait of Vanschoten, and text cuts. Small 4to, crushed dark brown levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Matthews. Amsterdam: By Gillis Joosten Saeghman, [1663]

A CHOICE COPY OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE WORK, OF WHICH WE ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE A SINGLE COPY OFFERED FOR SALE IN MANY YEARS, EITHER HERE OR ABROAD.

Muller's Catalogue of 1872, item 2197, wanted this first part as titled above, and contained only the second part "Beschryvingh van de Schipvaerten en Zee-Courssen Soo van Portugael na Indien als van Indien na Portugael,' etc., which begins at page 137, and concludes the work. THIS SECOND PART IS PRESENT IN THIS COPY.

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Sabin merely cites the work, without locating a single copy, and not in Church, Murphy, Huth, or other large collections.

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185. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Vassar College and its Founder. Illustrated. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt edges.

New York, 1867

Autograph presentation copy from the author to Mr. Andrews.

186. LOYALISTS. Laws of the Legislature of the State of New York, in Force against the Loyalists, and affecting the Trade of Great Britain and British Merchants, and others having property in that State. 8vo, full green crushed levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt top, uncut, by Matthews. London, 1786

A SUPERB UNCUT COPY OF THESE VERY RARE LAWS AGAINST THE LOYALISTS, WITH THE HALF-TITLE.

A

TOUR

THROUGH PART OF THE

NORTH PROVINCES

O F

AMERICA

BEING,

A Series of LETTERS wrote on the Spot in the Years 1774, & 1775.

TO WHICH ARE ANNEX'D,

TABLES, fhewing the Roads, the Value of Coins, Rates of Stages, &c. &c.

BY PATRICK M ROBERT

EDINBURGH: Printed for the Author. 1776.

VERY EARLY PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOK ON AMERICA,
OF WHICH WE CAN FIND TRACE OF

ONLY ONE OTHER COPY

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