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Harlow, Neil. THE MAPS
OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY. FROM THE SPANISH DISCOVERY IN 1769 TO THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION
(1769-1847). $110.
4vo.
153 pp. San Francisco, 1950. ISBN 1-888262-95-8.
The
Maps of San Francisco Bay by Neal Harlow is an important contribution to the history of the cartography
of San Francisco and the Bay Area which was called by its original publisher,
the Grabhorn Press, “a definitive work.” In 1950 Harlow listed twenty-nine maps.
Since then, two additional 18th century plans have been discovered.
These will be included in our edition. A new introduction has been provided
by Alfred W. Newman. The new Preamble to Addenda and Addenda is the work of
Neal Harlow.
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Harris, Eileen
& Savage, Nicholas. BRITISH
ARCHITECTURAL BOOKS & WRITERS 1556-1785. $110.
Cloth.
Oversized Octavo. 571 pages. Illustrations. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1990. Reprinted by Arrangement
The emergence around 1960 of a new interest in collecting
early architectural books and the publication in 1961 of The Fowler Architectural
Collection made it apparent that some attempt at providing collations and
editions would be welcomed for English architectural books as well. Harris & Savage have proceeded to do just that. They include all
books pertaining to architecture and the building trades: books on the five orders, pattern-books, books of designs, builders’
manuals and textbooks, price books, books on building materials, architectural
criticism and polemical publications generated by public building projects such
as the Mansion House and new bridges at Bristol, Dublin and London. The organization
of the book is by author. A very useful
biography is provided for each other. Then
follows a bibliographical record of the authors published books, including all
known editions. A full collation is
provided, as well as information about the number of illustrations contained
in each book. In all over 1000 books
are meticulously described. This title is notoriously difficult to find. Copies trade very infrequently. Published by arrangement with Cambridge University
Press.
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Harris, John. Lexicon Technicum, Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences: Explaining Not Only The Terms Of Art But The Arts Themselves. $240.00
Octavo. Two volumes. 1820 pages. ill., 1 port. ; London : Printed for Dan. Brown…. 1704-1710
The lexicon technicum by John Harris holds the distinction of being the first general encyclopedia to emphasize science. Although Harris considered his work a dictionary, it is more than that. As he notes in the subtitle, it is a universal dictionary ‘Explaining not only the Terms of Art, but the Arts themselves'. Influential, it served as a model for Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia and was named by Denis Diderot in his Prospectus of 1750 as a source for the Encyclopédie.
Harris lived during one of the important periods of scientific advancement. An unoriginal thinker himself, he was able to recognize originality in others and to use their works as sources for his Lexicon. Because he relied mostly on the researches of his able contemporaries in the scientific areas and because he consciously sought to describe the ‘modern' advances, Harris succeeded in compiling the first encyclopedia that was, in general, up to date, comprehensive, and detailed on the subject of science.'
Cited in L.E. Bradshaw, in: Frank Kafker, Notable Encyclopedias, Oxford 1981.
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Harrisse,
Henry. BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA VETUSTISSIMA. A DESCRIPTION
OF WORKS RELATING TO AMERICA PUBLISHED BETWEEN THE YEARS 1492-1551. [WITH] ADDITIONS.. $80.
Cloth,
Two Vols bound in one. 8vo. pp.[vii]. liv.519 + [iii].xl.199. New York: Philes, 1866 and Paris: Tross, 1872.ISBN
1-57898-072-0.
Still
the standard work of early works on America published anywhere from 1492-1551.
In all there are 304 books described in exhaustive detail in the first work,
and an additional 186 works in the Addition to the main work published in 1872.
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Harrisse, Henry. The Discovery Of North America :
A Critical, Documentary, And Historic Investigation, With An Essay On The Early Cartography Of The New World, Including Descriptions Of Two Hundred And Fifty Maps Or Globes, Existing Or Lost, Constructed Before The Year 1536 : To Which Are Added, A Chronology Of One Hundred Voyages Westward, Projected, Attempted, Or Accomplished Between 1431 And 1504, Biographical Accounts Of The Three Hundred Pilots Who First Crossed The Atlantic, And A Copious List Of The Original Names Of American Regions, Caciqueships, Mountains, Islands, Capes, Gulfs, Rivers, Towns, And Harbours. $125.00
Octavo. xii, 802 p., 23 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps. London : Henry Stevens and Son ; Paris : H. Welter, 1892
A standard work on the early discovery of North America. “The book is a monument of industry and research, and every scholar must feel a kind of personal obligation to its author… Part First deals with the voyages, from that of John Cabot in 1497 to that of Estevan Gomez in 1524-1525. In part two Mr. Harrisse describes the early cartography, the maps of Seville and St. Die, the Portuguese Charts and the Lusitano-Germanic maps, of which he distinguishes five types. Part three presents a catalogue of the oldest maps of America; Part four, a chronology of voyages from 1431 to 1504; and part five, biographies of pilots and cartographers for the period 1492-1550.”—Hurlbut, Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York. Vol. 24 (1892), pp. 565-578.
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Harshberger,
John W. THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA & THEIR
WORK. $85.
Cloth. Octavo. xxi, 457 pp. Philadelphia: Privately Printed
for the Author by T. C. Davis & Sons, 1899.
This
work is an important and rare contribution to the history of botany in the United
Sates. It is a comprehensive history of botany for the region comprised
within a radius of sixty miles of the City of Philadelphia. It includes
Lancaster and Easton. It is also provides an important list of the botanists
who lived near Philadelphia, and biographies for each of the individuals included.
The names are arranged according to the dates of birth. Harshberger’s work was
privately printed, and is quite difficult to obtain. Fine copies would bring
even more. To our knowledge this title has not been reprinted previously.
The work is heavily illustration. All the illustrations have been redone
to insure a faithful reproduction of the originals.
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Hart, W.H. Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus, Or, A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Principal Books Printed Or Published In England, Which Have Been Suppressed, Or Burnt By The Common Hangman, Or Censured..., $55.00
Hardbound. Octavo. 5 pts. 290 p. London : J.R. Smith, 1872-1878.
A standard work banned books in England. Hart provides 294 annotated listings ending in 1691. All are books published or printed in England, and most are very rare, no doubt because of the fact that their authors were persecuted and in instances the actual works destroyed. Very scarce in the original, though once reprinted in 1969. Besterman 1460. Bookseller Inventory # 1258
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Harting, James Edmund. BIBLIOTHECA
ACCIPITRARIA A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ANCIENT & MODERN RELATING TO FALCONRY. $75.
Cloth. Oversized
Octavo. pp.xxviii.289. London: Quaritch,
1891.
This important bibliography is a primary reference on
Falconry. In all 378 early books in
nineteen languages are described in detail. It was the first substantial bibliography on the subject and remains
to this day one of the few references ever published. Harting spent twenty years
collecting books, an experience he put to good use in compiling this bibliography. Most books he had either procured, seen or examined. The arrangement of the book is by language, then by author. The descriptions are very thorough, providing full author, title, and
very useful and detailed annotations about each book. Harting also lists all the editions of the various titles. The
bibliography is also illustrated with black and white illustrations. Though
once reprinted, no edition is currently available. Besterman 2100.
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Haskell, Daniel C. THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION,
1838-1842 AND ITS PUBLICATIONS
1844-1874. $55.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.xii.188. New York: New York Public Library,
1942
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-42 is a milestone in American
science. Often referred to as the Wilkes Expedition, this expedition brought
back to the United States a wealth of geological, botanical, zoological, anthropological
and other materials which created a foundation upon which much of American science
was formed. At least three of the scientists involved with the expedition gained
international acclaim from their efforts. The expedition was authorized by Congress
in response to popular demand. Investigations were carried on in widely separated
areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans including Brazil, Tierra del Fuego,
Antarctica, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, the West Coast of North America,
the Philippines and the East Indies. The two penetrations into Antarctic waters
were in February and March 1839, and January and February of 1840. Even though
the Antarctic portion of the expedition was part of a larger plan in the Pacific,
major accomplishments were gained. Wilkes sighted land on several occasions
as he sailed along the edge of the ice pack south of Australia for some 1500
miles. Thus, Wilkes was the first to provide proof of the existence of an Antarctic
continent.
In all 533 printed items on the expedition and its publications are described.
The annotations are extensive, often occupying a page or more. Full collations
are provided. A standard work. Besterman 6351-52.
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Hasluck, Frederick William & Margaret Masson Hardie Hasluck. Christianity and Islam Under The Sultans. $110.00
Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. 2 v. fronts., 1 illus., fold. map. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1929.
Hasluck's work remains one of the few books on the subject. The work deals principally with the relations between churches and mosques under the sultans.
Chapters include: Transference of Urban Sanctuaries; Arrested Urban Transferences; Secularized Urban Churches; Transference of Rural Sancturaries; Christian Sanctuaries by Moslems; Mohammedan Sanctuaries Frequented; Transference of Natural Sanctuaries; Studies in Turkish Popular History and Religion; Shia Movements and Propaganda in Asia Minor; Natural Cults; Inviolability of Sanctuary; Cult of the Dead; Saints and their Miracles; Plato in the Folk-Lore of the Konia Plain; Christianity and Islam under the Sultans of Konia; The Inscriptions of S. Chariton's and much more.
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Hatton,
Thomas and Arthur H. Cleaver. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
THE PERIODICAL WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS. $75.
8vo. xix, 384 pp. Cloth. Illustrated.
London 1933. Reprint 1992. SBN 1- 888262-45-1.
Still
the definitive reference for Dickens in the original parts. Besterman 1630.
Howard Hill 1, 3081.
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Hawkins, Rush C. TITLES OF THE FIRST BOOKS FROM THE EARLIEST PRESSES. $75.
This scarce bibliography contains a list of all the cities,
towns, monasteries and other places in which printing presses are known to have
been established before 1500. It also
describes the title of the first book issued from each of the places stated
and, when known, the name of the printer and date. Hawkins was a prolific collector
of rare books. His goal was to obtain
a copy of the first book printed in each of the 238 places where printing existed
before 1500. Each title is described in detail, including valuable annotations
by the author. The work is illustrated with reproductions of early type and
engravings from these early editions. Included are specimens from the 18 countries
known to have printing before 1500. Besterman
5033.
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Heartman, Charles F. THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER ISSUED PRIOR TO 1830; A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST FOR THE MORE EASY ATTAINING THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BOOK. $65.00
Oversized Octavo. 3 p. l., ix-xxii, 23-190, [2] p. frontispiece, facsimiles. [New York]; 1922
Heartman based his work on Ford's earlier bibliography on the same subject. Ford's bibliography covered Primers only through 1800. Heartman takes the subject through 1830. This new editions cites one hundred and seventy seven primers, locating more than two hundred and ten copies.
Heartman provides a brief historical introduction to the subject. Despite some controversy, Heartman settles on the 1727 New England Primer printed in Boston as the earliest example of its kind. He is certain, however, that many New England primers were printed before this time, but this is the only one of whose existence we can be certain. It was, after all, next to the bible, the basic reading in colonial society, and could be found in the bookshops of most towns and general stores. It was also one of the most extensively advertised books and shows up very frequently in inventory lists.
Profusely illustrated. This is the enlarged second edition, citing 362 primers. Besterman 4224.
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