SALE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11TH AT TWO-THIRTY O'CLOCK THIRD SESSION LOTS 512-767 512. NELSON (LORD). A. L. s., 32 pp. Monday night, 9 o'clock [Feb. 17, 1801]. To Lady Hamilton, with address and seal. "Ah! my dear friend, I did remember well the 12th February, and also the two months afterwards. I shall never forget them, and never be sorry for the consequences. I admire what you say of my god child. If it is like its mother it will be very handsome, for I think her one, aye, the most beautiful, woman of the age. Now do not be angry at my praising this dear child's mother, for I have heard people say she is very like you,'' etc. A REMARKABLE LETTER OF ACCUSATION AND LOVE 513. NELSON (LORD). A. L. s., 3 pp., 4to. Wednesday night, [Feb. 18, 1801]. To Lady Emma Hamilton. Signed "Nelson & Bronte.' IN ALL PROBABILITY THE MOST NOTEWORTHY LETTER WHICH PASSED BETWEEN THESE TWO, IN WHICH NELSON ACCUSES LADY HAMILTON OF ENTERTAINING THE PRINCE OF WALES EN FAMILLE. 66 "My dearest Emma 'tis not that I believe that you will do any thing which can injure me, I cannot help saying a few words on that fellows dining with you for you do not believe it is out of love for Sir William. No you know the contrary, that his design is upon you What shall we say if a poor foolish woman had been so cajoled, I knew that he would visit you, and you could not help coming down stairs when the P was there and notwithstanding all your declarations never to meet him, to receive him, AND BY HIS OWN INVITATION EN FAMILLE I would have believed that you would have sent him a proper message by Sir William and sent him to hell don't forget that you had once a Nelson, a friend, a dear friend, but alas he has his misfortunes, he has lost the best, his only friend, his only love, don't forget him . I am to my last breath yours, and if not yours no ones in this world,” etc. 514. Two A. L's. s. (one imperfect), 52 pp., 4to, June 1803. To Lady Hamilton. Signed Nelson and Bronte. "My cabbin smells of paint, but I do not think I have suffered from it. I did not sleep much though I was dreadfully tired, and all I hope for now is a fair wind. Believe me, my dear Emma, although the call of honour separates us, yet my heart is so entirely yours and with you, that I cannot be faint-hearted, carrying none with me,'' etc. 515. Original Draft of a portion of an Autograph Letter, 2 pp., 4to, with corrections. In reference to accusations made by Admiral La Fouche. 516. NEW YORK Book of Poetry (The). 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1837 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 27 portraits and 24 views, etc., including portraits of Willis Gaylord Clark and Clement C. Moore, from private plates. FIRST EDITION. 517. NEW YORK CHURCHES. A collection of over 100 views of Churches. Engravings, lithographs and woodcuts. Suitable for extra-illustrating purposes. 518. Trinity Church and City Hotel; Church of the Holy Communion; Grace Church; Interior of Grace Church; St. Ann's Church for Deaf-Mutes; St. Thomas' Church. 6 pieces, mainly scarce. 519. Floating Church for Seamen, Exterior and Interior Views; Grace Church; St. Bernard's Church, some duplicates. 8 pieces. 520. NEW YORK CITY. The Broadway Underground Railway. Route and Plan of Construction. Pictorial view frontispiece map, and 8 sectional plans, tinted. Folio, cloth. New York, 1872 SCARCE. 521. Greatorex (Eliza). Old New York from the Battery to Bloomingdale. Title and 60 plates. 4to, loose. [New York, 1875] Pictures of New York Life and Character. 19 fullpage lithographed plates, each with several illustrations. 4to, cloth. New York: Averell, [1877] 522. 523. Memorial of St. Mark's Church in the Bowery. Illustrations. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1899 A VERY FINE COPY, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 30 portraits and 27 other illustrations, program, etc. 524. Old Buildings of New York City, with some notes regarding their origin and occupants. Numerous illustrations. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1907 525. FIRST EDITION. The Society of Iconophiles of New York. First Series. The Halls of Justice, "The Tombs"; The Bowling Green. Two engravings by E. D. French. 4to, in wrappers. 526. One of 101 copies on Japanese vellum. Second Series. Consisting of 12 lithographs by Charles F. W. Mielatz. 4to, in original covers. The One of 103 impressions and the stone cancelled. Comprises: Battery and Castle Garden; Morningside Park and St. Luke's Hospital; The Aaron Burr House; Clinton Hall; High Bridge; On the Harlem River at High Bridge; South Street from Coenties Slip; Oyster Market, near Christopher St.; Dutch Reformed Church, Kingsbridge Road; "Five Points;" Poe's Cottage; Old Mill, Van Cortlandt Park. 527. Third Series. Consisting of 6 Portraits in ornamental borders engraved on copper by F. S. King, of Early American Printers and Engravers. One of 132 impressions on India paper, laid down. Comprises: Hugh Gaine; Isaiah Thomas; Paul Revere; Alexander Anderson; James Rivington; and Amos Doolittle. 528. Fourth Series. Men and Events connected with the City of New York. 6 portraits and Views, in decorative borders, engraved on copper by Francis S. King. 8vo, in original wrappers. 120 impressions of Imperial Japan paper, and the plate destroyed. Comprises: General Lafayette; George Washington; De Witt Clinton; Admiral Dewey; Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. 529. Fifth Series. Facsimiles of Early Engraved Views of New York. 10 prints re-engraved by Sidney L. Smith. 8vo, in original wrappers. One of 103 impressions on Imperial Japan paper, and the plate destroyed. Comprises: Federal Hall; View of the New Dutch Church; Columbia College; Trinity Church; Richmond Hill House; St. Paul's Chapel; Government House; City Hall, Wall Street; Belvedere House; The Battery and Harbour. 530. Sixth Series. Early New York Authors. 2 portraits engraved on copper by Francis S. King. Royal 8vo, original wrap pers. One of 103 impressions and the plate destroyed. Comprises: Joseph Rodman Drake and Fitz-Greene Halleck. 531. Washington's Reception by the Ladies of Trenton together with the Chorus Sung as he passed under the Triumphal Arch raised on the Bridge over the Assunpink. Two plates, facsimile of Washington's letter, and Music. Royal 8vo, wrappers, New York: Society of Iconophiles, 1903 uncut. One of 104 copies, and the plates destroyed. 532. -Sketches of Old New York. A Collection of Magazine Excerpts relating to the History, People and Institutions of New York City. Profusely illustrated. Bound in 10 vols., royal 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut. V. d. A MOST UNUSUAL COLLECTION OF NEW YORK MATERIAL, which has been further enhanced by the insertion of numerous portraits, views, etc., inlaid to size where needed. 533. In Old New York. Hollyer's Series of Etchings. 12 plates. 4to, in original wrappers. 534. One of 85 copies on India paper, signed. Photographs, Etchings, etc., of New York Buildings. 11 pieces. Mainly large 4to and folio. 535. Certificate of Membership in the American Seamen's Friend Society, with engraved Water-front View, by Pollock. 4to. 1850 536. Original pen-and-ink drawing of "The Great Petroleum Fire at Hunter's Point from foot of East 57th Street." By C. J. Taylor. Folio. (Slight tear on blank margin.) 537. Folding tinted lithograph Views of New York City Buildings, from Valentine's Manuals. 25 pieces. 538. Maps and tinted views from Valentine's Manuals. Several hundred pieces. 539. Photographs of Buildings, many of which are now demolished or razed. About 100 pieces. 4to and smaller. 540. Brown's Coffee House and Dining Saloon (71 Pearl Street). Lithograph; Ruins of the Merchant's Exchange, N. Y.; Hurlgate Ferry Hotel (86th Street and East River), Facsimile, and others. 8 pieces. SCARCE. 541. SCARCE. A large Collection of Engravings, woodcuts, lithographs, etc., suitable for extra-illustrating purposes. Probably 1000 pieces. 542. Etchings: Burns' Coffee House; King's Arms; Hamilton's "The Grange;" Washington Hall; Rutgers' Mansion; Residence of Bishop Moore; Murray Street and Dr. Mason's Church; Bayard House. 8 pieces, 4to. India paper copies. 543. NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT. Certificate of Appointment. Pictorial. With a Colored Fire Scene. Engraved by Peter Maverick, March 1807. Large 4to. Shows framing creases, and margins torn. RARE. 544. Certificate of Membership in the Volunteer Fire Department of New York. Phoenix Co., No. 22. Engraved heading by Geo. W. Hatch. New York, 1837 545. NEW YORK MAPS. A Collection of about 75 Maps of New York City, including many from various issues of Valentine's Manuals, among which are 2 facsimiles of "The Bradford Map," besides others from various publications. About 75 pieces. 8vo to folio. 546. NEW YORK MIRROR. Engraved Views of New York, etc., extracted from the N. Y. Mirror. 49 pieces, 4to. A few duplicates. 547. NILES (GRACE G.). Bog-Trotting for Orchids. Namerous illustrations, a number in color. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1904 FIRST EDITION. 548. NORDAU (MAX). Degeneration. 8vo, cloth. 549. OHNET (GEORGES). Serge Panine. woodcut illustrations. 8vo, half morocco. New York, 1895 With numerous 550. PARDOE (JULIA). A Collected Set of her Historical Works. Engraved portraits. 8 vols., 8vo, polished calf, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, by Rivière. London, 1847-52 A DESIRABLE SET. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. Comprising: Louis XIV and the Court of France, 3 vols., 1847; Court and Reign of Francis I., 2 vols., 1849; Life of Marie de Medicis, 3 vols., 1852. 551. PARIS BRILLIANT (Mars). Colored illustrations. Paris, n. d.; London Types (Nicholson), N. Y. 1898; Windsor. By W. J. Loftie. Illustrated. London, 1886, and others. 17 vols., mainly 4to and folio. 552. PARRISH ILLUSTRATIONS. Grahame (Kenneth). Dream Days. Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Square 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London and New York, n. d. 553. PARSONS (S. B.). The Rose: Its History, Poetry, Culture and Classification. Illustrated with numerous beautiful colored plates of roses. Royal 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1847 FIRST EDITION. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 17 portraits and 61 other pieces, many of which are in color. 554. PARTON (JAMES). Life and Times of Aaron Burr, 2 vols. Boston, 1893; Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes (Morse), FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Boston, 1896. Together 4 vols., 8vo, cloth. 555. PASKO (W. W.). Old New York. A Journal relating to the History and Antiquities of New York City. 2 vols., extended to four, royal 8vo, half dark green morocco, gilt tops, uncut, original wrappers bound in. New York, 1890 AN INTERESTING WORK, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with over 400 portraits, views, etc., comprising a portrait of Pasko from a private plate, 154 portraits, 177 miscellaneous views, etc., 82 prints from Valentine's Manuals, magazine excerpts, etc. 556. Another copy. Portrait. 2 vols., royal 8vo, half green morocco, gilt tops, uncut (some original wrappers bound in). New York, 1890 557. PASTON LETTERS (The). 1422-1509 A. D. A reprint of the Edition of 1872-5, which contained upwards of five hundred Letters, etc., till then unpublished, to which are now added others in a supplement after the Introduction. Edited by Jas. Gairdner. Frontispieces. 4 vols., 12mo, boards, cloth back, gilt top, uncut. Edinburgh, 1910 558. PAULDING (JAMES K.). The Dutchman's Fireside. 12mo, three-quarter green morocco, gilt top, uncut. Library stamp on reverse of title. New York, 1868 Fine copy, with portrait and view inserted. 559. PELLETREAU (WILLIAM S.). Early New York Houses, with Historical and Genealogical Notes. With original illustrations by C. G. Moller, Jr., and from photographs. Imp. 8vo, half maroon morocco, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1900 One of 300 copies on deckle-edge paper, bound up from the original parts. 560. PERCY (THOMAS). Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Edited by Henry B. Wheatley. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1886 |
