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Legrand, Emile. BIBLIOGRAPHIE HELLENIQUE. $250.

Cloth, 8vo. Four volumes. [vi], ccxxxi, 320; lxxix, 456; xi, 520; xliii, 395 pp. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1885-1906. ISBN 1-57898-049-6

The French Hellenist E. Legrand (1841-1903) published a number of works on Modern Greek grammar but it is for his classical series of volumes on Greek bibliography that he is chiefly remembered.

Legrand, Emile. BIBLIOGRAPHIE   IONIENNE. $95.

  Cloth, Two Volumes in One. Octavo. ix. 431+vi.431-861pp. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1910.

The Ionian Islands are an island group off the west coast of Greece, stretching from the Albanian coast to the southern tip of the Peloponnesus. The islands are Corfu, Chephalonia, Ithaca, Pahos, and several other smaller islands. The work covers all books from the 15th century through 1900. It is based primarily on Legrand’s manuscripts found after his death. The work also discusses rarity and cross-references with other reference works. In all 4043 printed items are described. Besteman 3168. Sheehy (1986) AA845.

Le Strange, G. Baghdad During The Abbasid Caliphate From Contemporary Arabic And Persian Sources. $65.00 . Oversized octavo. Second Edition Revised. xxxi, 381 p. fold. map, plans (part fold.) London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 . 1578985374

Second and expanded edition of this classic treatise. Chapters include:
A topography of mediaeval Baghdad; complete history and plan of the great metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphs. Contents: The Foundation of Baghdad; The City of Mansur; The Canals of Western Baghdad; The Kufah Highroad and the Karkh Suburb; The Canals of Karkh; The Quarters of the Lower Harbour; The Quarter of the Basrah Gate; The Swari Quarter and the Trench of Tahir; The Harbiyah Quarter; The Quarters of the Muhawwal Gate; Baratha, Muhawwal, and the Kazimayn; Eastern Baghdad in General; Rusafah; The Shammasiyah Quarter; The Mukharrim Quarter; The Buyid Palaces; The Palaces of the Caliphs; The Palace Gates and Adjoining Quarters; The Quarters North of the Palaces; The Quarters East and South of the Palaces; Recapitulation and Authorities: Early Period; Recapitulation and Authorities: Middle Period; and Recapitulation and Authorities: Final Period.

Levi, Enrico Giorgio & Gelli, Jacopo. BIBLIOGRAFIA DEL DUELLO. $90.

Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.iii-lii.571. Milano: Hoepli, 1903

Swordfighting as sport has existed since ancient Egypt, and has been practiced in many forms in various cultures since then. Although jousting and tournament combat was a popular sport in the European middle ages, modern FIE fencing owes more to unarmoured dueling forms that evolved from 16th century rapier combat.
By the mid-19th century, dueling was in decline as a means of settling disputes, partially because victory could lead to a jail term for assault or manslaughter. Emphasis shifted to defeating the opponent without necessarily killing him, and less fatal dueling forms evolved using the dueling sword, or epee de terrain, an unedged variant of the small sword. Later duels often ended with crippling thrusts to the arm or leg, and fewer legal difficulties for the participants. This is the basis of modern epee fencing.
Italian fencing is one of the principle schools in the discipline, the other being Spanish and French.
Bibliografia del Duello is the most comprehensive bibliography of dueling and fencing listed in Besterman, containing 5000 citations to printed sources. The title is very hard to find. To our knowledge it has not been reprinted. Besterman 1723.

Levis, C. Howard. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE   MOST IMPORTANT   BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RELATING TO THE   ART & HISTORY OF ENGRAVING AND THE COLLECTING OF PRINTS. $80.

Cloth, Octavo. London: Ellis, 1912 - 1913. pp. xix.572 + 142.

It is Levis’s intention to describe the most important, interesting or rare books in the English language on the subject of engraving, and to show their development and the relation between them. This bibliography remains one of the most comprehensive books about Print Collecting and the Art and History of Engraving. In all 3000 books are exhaustively described. Our edition also provides the important supplement and index completed in 1913. Besterman 2028. Arntzen & Rainwater N6.

Lewin, Evans. Subject Catalogue of The Library Of The Royal Empire Society, Formerly Royal Colonial Institute. Volume One. The British Empire Generally, And Africa. $110.00

Oversized octavo. Book x, 582, cxxiii. London: Published by the Royal Empire Soceity, 1930

As of 1930 the Royal Empire Society Library contained 200,000 books am pamphlets. The first catalogue of its holdings was published in 1881 and in only 29 pages.
The catalogue is compiled on a geographical basis, each country being divided under definite subject headings which are subdivided wherever necessary into cognate subjects. In addition there is an author-index giving, wherever is possible, the full names of the authors, with the dates of birth and earth, and such further particulars as may illustrate the more important positions they have held or their qualifications for writing a particular book. By use of the author-index all the works of a particular writing can be traced.
The entries under subjects are arranged in chronological order. Where date is enclosed within brackets and follows or precedes the date of publication, it signifies the date of the first edition. This first volume covers Africa.

Lewine, J. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF XVIII CENTURY ART AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.   $70.

Cloth, Octavo. pp. xvii. 615. London : Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1898. ISBN 1-57898-103-4.

In all, 5,000 books are fully described. All illustrated books from the 18th century are covered. Author and full title information is provided, as is valuable information about limited editions, special paper copies, and other like information.

Lewis, George Cornewall. AN HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ANCIENTS. $75.

Cloth. Small Octavo. viii, 527, [1] p. London: Parker, son, and Bourn, 1862

Sir George Cornewall Lewis 1806-63, English statesman and man of letters. Entering Parliament as a Liberal in 1847, he served as chancellor of exchequer (1855-58), home secretary (1859-61), and secretary of war (1861-63). While editor (1852-55) of the Edinburgh Review, he contributed many articles to the publication. He was the author of An Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages (1835), Enquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History (1855), and An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients (1862).
This thoroughly annotated early history of the astronomy of the ancients is an important effort at a comprehensive treatment on the subject. Chapters include:
-Primitive astronomy of the Greeks and Romans.
-Philosophical Astronomy of the Greeks from the time of Thales to that of Democritus.
-Scientific Astronomy of the Greeks from Plato to Eratosthenes.
-Scientific Astronomy of the Greeks from Hipparchus to Ptolemy.

Library of Congress. A CATALOG OF THE ALFRED WHITAL STERN COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. $85.

Cloth. Octavo. xi.498. Washington: 1960.

The general purpose of this catalog is to acquaint scholars, collectors and the public with the content of the notable collection of Lincolniana amassed over a period of 35 years by Mr. Stern of Chicago, and presented by him to the Library of Congress. The collection, numbering some 7,000 pieces, is outstanding, not only as to size and the rarity of certain items, but also as to scope. It includes not only writings by and about Lincoln, but also a a large body of collateral literature concerned with slavery and the civil war. The major categories in the collection include [1] Works by Lincoln; [2] writings about Lincoln; [3] broadsides; [4] sheet music; [5] prints, cartoons, maps and drawings; [6] newspapers; [7] autograph letters; [8] medals, plaques; [9] stamps and coins, and several others. There are very useful indexes at the end. This catalog is quite scarce. To our knowledge it has not been reprinted.

Linde, Antonius van der. Geschichte und Litteratur des Schachspiels. $145.00

Octavo. German: Two Volumes in one. Pp.xiii.422.155 + xvi.524. Berlin : J. Springer. 1874.

Antonius van der Linde(1833- 1897) was a Dutch chess historian, librarian, and theologian. He is considered the first chess historian. In 1874 he published his most important work on Chess: The History and Literature of Chess. Even today it is considered a standard work on chess history and a standard bibliography on the subject. Cites 2500 works. Besterman 1283

Lipperheide, Franz von. KATALOG DER FREIHERRLICH VON   LIPPERHEIDE’SCHEN KOSTUMBIBLIOTHEK. $125.

8vo. two vols. in one. xvi 645 + [12], 840 pp. Berlin, 1896-1905. ISBN 1-888262-28-1.

The Lipperheide catalogue is among the most important costume bibliographies. This work lists over 5,000 titles in subject order. There is a subject index as well as an author index. Complete collations of the text, as well as the illustrations, are provided. Besides costume books of various countries and periods, the Lipperhiede catalogue includes works on hygiene, aesthetics, laws relating to clothing, criticism of various periods, and caricature. Besterman 1504. Colas 1880. Hiler, p. 547.

Lipsius, J. G. & Leitzmann, J. J. BIBLIOTHECA NUMARIA NUMISMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY.   $85.

Cloth. Octavo. Two volumes in one. [ii].xx.278 + [ii]. 279-558 + iv.190. Leipzig 1801 & Weissensee 1867.

The numismatic bibliographies of Lipsius and Leitzmann have never been entirely superseded. Later bibliographies have been selective. The work of Lipsius and his successor Leitzmann was the last attempt to succeed even partially at providing comprehensive and universal numismatic bibliography. In all Lipsius included about 5000 works on the subject. Leitzmann added another 3000 titles in 1867. Both the 1801 edition by Lipsius and the 1867 edition by Leitzmann are reproduced in their entirety in one volume for our reprint edition. Though once reprinted in the 1970’s there are currently no copies available on either in print or on the Internet. Besterman 4281.

Longyear, John Munro. Copan Ceramics; A Study Of Southeastern Maya Pottery . $75.00

Hardcover. Quarto.. Xii, 114 p. plates, maps (1 fold) Washington; Carnegie Institute, 1952

Discusses the environment of Copan, Location of the Ruins, recent history of the site, ceramic studies and problems in the Southeastern Maya area, test pits, Copan pottery sequence, Early classic period, archaic period, classic period, post-classic period, graves, tombs and caches, wares and forms, the aboriginal history of copan, and much more.

Lonchamp, Frederic Charles. BIBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE DES OUVRAGES PUBLIES OU ILLUSTRES EN SUISSE ET A L’ETRANGER DE 1475 A 1914.    $125.

8vo. 500 pp. Cloth. Paris, 1922. Reprint 1995. ISBN 1-888262-52-6.

The most important bibliography of Swiss antiquarian books. Provides a catalogue of 3,376 items giving author, title, date, printer or publisher, size, pagination, and notes of illustrations and artist for each work. Also provides indexes for Swiss illustrated books, especially costume and topographical books. Originally published in a limited edition of 500 copies, Longchamp’s bibliography has become increasingly difficult to find.

Lonchamp, F.C. L’ ESTAMPE ET LE LIVRE A GRAVURES: UN SIECLE D’ART SUISSE 1730-1830. $85.

Cloth, 8vo. 100,ciii., lxvii, xxvii. Lausanne [ Suisse]: Librarie des Bibliophile, 1920. ISBN 1-57898-073-9.

This important reference work is by far the most comprehensive bibliography of Swiss engravings and illustrated books printed from 1730 to 1830.

Lones, Thomas East. ARISTOTLE'S RESEARCHES IN NATURAL SCIENCE. $60.00

Oversized octavo. Book viii, 274 p. illus., diagrs. London, West, Newman & Co., 1912

The basis of Aristotle's method, as set out in his writings, was to ascertain facts by actual observation of natural phenomena. He preferred to rely on the evidences of the sense rather than attempt to obtain knowledge of phenomena by a process of abstract reasoning. He knew that the senses of sight and hearing, in particular, were less keen or reliable in some persons than in others, that sometimes the senses of touch and smell, and more rarely, those of sight, hearing and taste are not trustworthy, and he believed that Man was surpassed by many animals in keenness of his senses, excepting those of touch and taste. Without the aid of the senses, however, he did not think that anything could be learned or understood, and he held that errors were due to incorrect interpretations of the evidences of the senses which, as far as they were giving indication of their own proper objects of sensation, were reliable, e.g., the tongue would be reliable if used only as a organ of taste, and not as an organ of touch. His method, therefore, was very different from that of Plato, who denied that true knowledge could be based on observations by the senses. Lones' work is one of the few on this subject. Chapters include:

Aristotles Method; Celestial, Atmospheric and Terrestrial Phenomena; Phenomena of Light and Colour, Heat and Sound; Distinction between Animals, Plants and Inanimate Matter; On plants; and others..

Lugt, Frits. LES MARQUES DE COLLECTIONS DE DESSINS & D'ESTAMPES; Marques Estampillées Et Écrites De Collections Particulières Et Publiques. Marques De Marchands, De Monteurs Et D'imprimeurs. Cachets De Vente D'artistes Décédés. Marques De Graveurs Apposées Après Le Tirage Des Planches. Timbres D'édition. Etc. Avec Des Notices Historiques Sur Les Collectionneurs, Les Collections, Les Ventes, Les Marchands Et Éditeurs, Etc. $80.

Cloth. Oversized Octavo. 598pp. Illustrated. Amsterdam: Vereenidge Drukkerijen, 1921. 598pp.
The standard reference work written in 1921 by Frits Lugt is a basic book for all collectors of drawings and engravings. One finds there the inventory of the marks of collectors and information on those and the history of their collections.
This is an indispensable reference that includes a wealth of information on dealers, collectors and sales, with more than 3000 illustrations illustrating marks.
This standard work identifies collector's marks and gives facts concerning, or description of, the collections. "Collector's" also includes museums and collecting institutions.
Arntzen & Rainwater, Guide to the Literature of Art History C27. This is the only work listed in Arntzen and Rainwater for Collector's Marks.

Lumpkin, Wilson. The Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia. $115.00

Octavo. Hardcover. Two volumes bound into one. 700 pages. Wormsloe [Ga.] Priv. print.; New York, Dodd, Mead & company, 1907

Wilson Lumpkin was one of Georgia's most prominent political leaders of the antebellum period. After early service in local government and the state legislature, he was elected to Congress four times, serving 1815-17 and 1827-31; he resigned before serving his fourth term to run for the governorship of Georgia.
            All of the public offices were important. In Lumpkin's eyes, however, his major accomplishment was his cardinal role in the removal of the Cherokee Indians from north Georgia.    Lumpkin's advocacy of removal was based on clear but harsh views of Indian-white relationships. First, based on his childhood and adult observations, he was convinced that Indians and whites could not peacefully coexist, for the whites would take advantage of the Indians. He was, however, no believer in innate white superiority, for he argued that the Cherokee, if removed to western territory and given time to develop, would acquire a cultural equality with whites and become a state, admitted to the Union on a par with other states. Thus, he advocated removal and, consistently with his states' rights views, the application of Georgia laws to the Cherokees in north Georgia. This application of Georgia laws included criminal laws, the distribution of Cherokee lands to white settlers by a lottery, and the imprisonment of northern missionaries who argued against removal. On two occasions, Lumpkin defied the U.S. Supreme Court on these matters.
Lumpkin's views on removal were opposed by a majority of the Cherokee (led by chief John Ross), by prominent federal legislators, and by various Christian missionary societies, but he had more powerful allies in U.S. presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, Georgia public opinion, and majority U.S. congressional sentiment. Thus, removal triumphed, leading to the Cherokee removals west, the best-known of which was the tragic Trail of Tears (1838-39).

Lumsden, Harry Burnett. The Mission to Kandahar. $95.00

Octavo. Hardcover. v, 282 p. illus., 2 col. fold. Maps in rear pocket. fold. Plan.

Calcutta, C.B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press,1860Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Burnett "Joe" Lumsden (November 12, 1821 - August 12, 1896) was a British military officer active in India. In January 1857, after Persia had seized Herat, Major Harry Burnett Lumsden was sent on a delicate mission to Kandahar to make sure that the British subsidy to the amir was duly applied to the payment of troops for the defence of Afghanistan against Persia and, if possible, to advise and assist the amir so far as it could without exciting Afghan jealousy." Cited from Boston Book Company, ILAB listing". This is an account of that mission. Extremely rare.

Luther, Compiled by Paul. THE PRINTED CATALOGUES OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL Astronomical SOCIETY: Books, Pamphlets, Journals & Manuscripts from 1450 to 1940. $225.00

2 QUARTO VOLUMES Volume 1 - A-K : (iv), viii, pp.1-511; Volume 2 - L-Z : (iv), pp.513-1048.

Published for Paul Luther by Martino Publishing. Luther's compilation is an exhaustive new bibliography on the literature of astronomy.It records over 4000 authors and 15,000 titles, with an additional 3,000 new cross-references. Most authors are recorded with full names, dates of birth and death and the authorities for that information. Most titles are recorded with the approximate size of the book, place of publication and date of publication. Special care has been taken to record titles by obscure minor figures, meteorological titles and unconventional titles. The inclusion of serial off-prints gives a breadth to thelistings of each other which has yet to be approached by the offerings of on-line catalogues. The work has been compiled with the attention to detail and has taken several years to complete. For the first time the holdings of the Royal Astrological Society have been brought up to date and augmented for the student of the historical literature of astronomy.

	MARTINO PUBLISHING Legrand-Lonchamp
	Legrand, Emile. BIBLIOGRAPHIE HELLENIQUE. $250. Cloth, 8vo. Four volumes. [vi], ccxxxi, 320; lxxix, 456; xi, 520; xliii, 395 pp. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1885-1906. ISBN 1-57898-049-6 The French Hellenist E. Legrand (1841-1903) published a number of works on Modern Greek grammar but it is for his classical series of volumes on Greek bibliography that he is chiefly remembered.
	Legrand, Emile. BIBLIOGRAPHIE IONIENNE. $95. Cloth, Two Volumes in One. Octavo. ix. 431+vi.431-861pp. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1910. The Ionian Islands are an island group off the west coast of Greece, stretching from the Albanian coast to the southern tip of the Peloponnesus. The islands are Corfu, Chephalonia, Ithaca, Pahos, and several other smaller islands. The work covers all books from the 15th century through 1900. It is based primarily on Legrand’s manuscripts found after his death. The work also discusses rarity and cross-references with other reference works. In all 4043 printed items are described. Besteman 3168. Sheehy (1986) AA845.
	Le Strange, G. Baghdad During The Abbasid Caliphate From Contemporary Arabic And Persian Sources. $65.00 . Oversized octavo. Second Edition Revised. xxxi, 381 p. fold. map, plans (part fold.) London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 . 1578985374 Second and expanded edition of this classic treatise. Chapters include: A topography of mediaeval Baghdad; complete history and plan of the great metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphs. Contents: The Foundation of Baghdad; The City of Mansur; The Canals of Western Baghdad; The Kufah Highroad and the Karkh Suburb; The Canals of Karkh; The Quarters of the Lower Harbour; The Quarter of the Basrah Gate; The Swari Quarter and the Trench of Tahir; The Harbiyah Quarter; The Quarters of the Muhawwal Gate; Baratha, Muhawwal, and the Kazimayn; Eastern Baghdad in General; Rusafah; The Shammasiyah Quarter; The Mukharrim Quarter; The Buyid Palaces; The Palaces of the Caliphs; The Palace Gates and Adjoining Quarters; The Quarters North of the Palaces; The Quarters East and South of the Palaces; Recapitulation and Authorities: Early Period; Recapitulation and Authorities: Middle Period; and Recapitulation and Authorities: Final Period.
	Levi, Enrico Giorgio & Gelli, Jacopo. BIBLIOGRAFIA DEL DUELLO. $90. Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.iii-lii.571. Milano: Hoepli, 1903 Swordfighting as sport has existed since ancient Egypt, and has been practiced in many forms in various cultures since then. Although jousting and tournament combat was a popular sport in the European middle ages, modern FIE fencing owes more to unarmoured dueling forms that evolved from 16th century rapier combat. By the mid-19th century, dueling was in decline as a means of settling disputes, partially because victory could lead to a jail term for assault or manslaughter. Emphasis shifted to defeating the opponent without necessarily killing him, and less fatal dueling forms evolved using the dueling sword, or epee de terrain, an unedged variant of the small sword. Later duels often ended with crippling thrusts to the arm or leg, and fewer legal difficulties for the participants. This is the basis of modern epee fencing. Italian fencing is one of the principle schools in the discipline, the other being Spanish and French. Bibliografia del Duello is the most comprehensive bibliography of dueling and fencing listed in Besterman, containing 5000 citations to printed sources. The title is very hard to find. To our knowledge it has not been reprinted. Besterman 1723.
	Levis, C. Howard. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RELATING TO THE ART & HISTORY OF ENGRAVING AND THE COLLECTING OF PRINTS. $80. Cloth, Octavo. London: Ellis, 1912 - 1913. pp. xix.572 + 142. It is Levis’s intention to describe the most important, interesting or rare books in the English language on the subject of engraving, and to show their development and the relation between them. This bibliography remains one of the most comprehensive books about Print Collecting and the Art and History of Engraving. In all 3000 books are exhaustively described. Our edition also provides the important supplement and index completed in 1913. Besterman 2028. Arntzen & Rainwater N6.
	Lewin, Evans. Subject Catalogue of The Library Of The Royal Empire Society, Formerly Royal Colonial Institute. Volume One. The British Empire Generally, And Africa. $110.00 Oversized octavo. Book x, 582, cxxiii. London: Published by the Royal Empire Soceity, 1930 As of 1930 the Royal Empire Society Library contained 200,000 books am pamphlets. The first catalogue of its holdings was published in 1881 and in only 29 pages. The catalogue is compiled on a geographical basis, each country being divided under definite subject headings which are subdivided wherever necessary into cognate subjects. In addition there is an author-index giving, wherever is possible, the full names of the authors, with the dates of birth and earth, and such further particulars as may illustrate the more important positions they have held or their qualifications for writing a particular book. By use of the author-index all the works of a particular writing can be traced. The entries under subjects are arranged in chronological order. Where date is enclosed within brackets and follows or precedes the date of publication, it signifies the date of the first edition. This first volume covers Africa.
	Lewine, J. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF XVIII CENTURY ART AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. $70. Cloth, Octavo. pp. xvii. 615. London : Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1898. ISBN 1-57898-103-4. In all, 5,000 books are fully described. All illustrated books from the 18th century are covered. Author and full title information is provided, as is valuable information about limited editions, special paper copies, and other like information.
	Lewis, George Cornewall. AN HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE ASTRONOMY OF THE ANCIENTS. $75. Cloth. Small Octavo. viii, 527, [1] p. London: Parker, son, and Bourn, 1862 Sir George Cornewall Lewis 1806-63, English statesman and man of letters. Entering Parliament as a Liberal in 1847, he served as chancellor of exchequer (1855-58), home secretary (1859-61), and secretary of war (1861-63). While editor (1852-55) of the Edinburgh Review, he contributed many articles to the publication. He was the author of An Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages (1835), Enquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History (1855), and An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients (1862). This thoroughly annotated early history of the astronomy of the ancients is an important effort at a comprehensive treatment on the subject. Chapters include: -Primitive astronomy of the Greeks and Romans. -Philosophical Astronomy of the Greeks from the time of Thales to that of Democritus. -Scientific Astronomy of the Greeks from Plato to Eratosthenes. -Scientific Astronomy of the Greeks from Hipparchus to Ptolemy.
	Library of Congress. A CATALOG OF THE ALFRED WHITAL STERN COLLECTION OF LINCOLNIANA IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. $85. Cloth. Octavo. xi.498. Washington: 1960. The general purpose of this catalog is to acquaint scholars, collectors and the public with the content of the notable collection of Lincolniana amassed over a period of 35 years by Mr. Stern of Chicago, and presented by him to the Library of Congress. The collection, numbering some 7,000 pieces, is outstanding, not only as to size and the rarity of certain items, but also as to scope. It includes not only writings by and about Lincoln, but also a a large body of collateral literature concerned with slavery and the civil war. The major categories in the collection include [1] Works by Lincoln; [2] writings about Lincoln; [3] broadsides; [4] sheet music; [5] prints, cartoons, maps and drawings; [6] newspapers; [7] autograph letters; [8] medals, plaques; [9] stamps and coins, and several others. There are very useful indexes at the end. This catalog is quite scarce. To our knowledge it has not been reprinted.
	Linde, Antonius van der. Geschichte und Litteratur des Schachspiels. $145.00 Octavo. German: Two Volumes in one. Pp.xiii.422.155 + xvi.524. Berlin : J. Springer. 1874. Antonius van der Linde(1833- 1897) was a Dutch chess historian, librarian, and theologian. He is considered the first chess historian. In 1874 he published his most important work on Chess: The History and Literature of Chess. Even today it is considered a standard work on chess history and a standard bibliography on the subject. Cites 2500 works. Besterman 1283
	Lipperheide, Franz von. KATALOG DER FREIHERRLICH VON LIPPERHEIDE’SCHEN KOSTUMBIBLIOTHEK. $125. 8vo. two vols. in one. xvi 645 + [12], 840 pp. Berlin, 1896-1905. ISBN 1-888262-28-1. The Lipperheide catalogue is among the most important costume bibliographies. This work lists over 5,000 titles in subject order. There is a subject index as well as an author index. Complete collations of the text, as well as the illustrations, are provided. Besides costume books of various countries and periods, the Lipperhiede catalogue includes works on hygiene, aesthetics, laws relating to clothing, criticism of various periods, and caricature. Besterman 1504. Colas 1880. Hiler, p. 547.
	Lipsius, J. G. & Leitzmann, J. J. BIBLIOTHECA NUMARIA NUMISMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. $85. Cloth. Octavo. Two volumes in one. [ii].xx.278 + [ii]. 279-558 + iv.190. Leipzig 1801 & Weissensee 1867. The numismatic bibliographies of Lipsius and Leitzmann have never been entirely superseded. Later bibliographies have been selective. The work of Lipsius and his successor Leitzmann was the last attempt to succeed even partially at providing comprehensive and universal numismatic bibliography. In all Lipsius included about 5000 works on the subject. Leitzmann added another 3000 titles in 1867. Both the 1801 edition by Lipsius and the 1867 edition by Leitzmann are reproduced in their entirety in one volume for our reprint edition. Though once reprinted in the 1970’s there are currently no copies available on either in print or on the Internet. Besterman 4281.
	Longyear, John Munro. Copan Ceramics; A Study Of Southeastern Maya Pottery . $75.00 Hardcover. Quarto.. Xii, 114 p. plates, maps (1 fold) Washington; Carnegie Institute, 1952 Discusses the environment of Copan, Location of the Ruins, recent history of the site, ceramic studies and problems in the Southeastern Maya area, test pits, Copan pottery sequence, Early classic period, archaic period, classic period, post-classic period, graves, tombs and caches, wares and forms, the aboriginal history of copan, and much more.
	Lonchamp, Frederic Charles. BIBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE DES OUVRAGES PUBLIES OU ILLUSTRES EN SUISSE ET A L’ETRANGER DE 1475 A 1914. $125. 8vo. 500 pp. Cloth. Paris, 1922. Reprint 1995. ISBN 1-888262-52-6. The most important bibliography of Swiss antiquarian books. Provides a catalogue of 3,376 items giving author, title, date, printer or publisher, size, pagination, and notes of illustrations and artist for each work. Also provides indexes for Swiss illustrated books, especially costume and topographical books. Originally published in a limited edition of 500 copies, Longchamp’s bibliography has become increasingly difficult to find.
	Lonchamp, F.C. L’ ESTAMPE ET LE LIVRE A GRAVURES: UN SIECLE D’ART SUISSE 1730-1830. $85. Cloth, 8vo. 100,ciii., lxvii, xxvii. Lausanne [ Suisse]: Librarie des Bibliophile, 1920. ISBN 1-57898-073-9. This important reference work is by far the most comprehensive bibliography of Swiss engravings and illustrated books printed from 1730 to 1830.
	Lones, Thomas East. ARISTOTLE'S RESEARCHES IN NATURAL SCIENCE. $60.00 Oversized octavo. Book viii, 274 p. illus., diagrs. London, West, Newman & Co., 1912 The basis of Aristotle's method, as set out in his writings, was to ascertain facts by actual observation of natural phenomena. He preferred to rely on the evidences of the sense rather than attempt to obtain knowledge of phenomena by a process of abstract reasoning. He knew that the senses of sight and hearing, in particular, were less keen or reliable in some persons than in others, that sometimes the senses of touch and smell, and more rarely, those of sight, hearing and taste are not trustworthy, and he believed that Man was surpassed by many animals in keenness of his senses, excepting those of touch and taste. Without the aid of the senses, however, he did not think that anything could be learned or understood, and he held that errors were due to incorrect interpretations of the evidences of the senses which, as far as they were giving indication of their own proper objects of sensation, were reliable, e.g., the tongue would be reliable if used only as a organ of taste, and not as an organ of touch. His method, therefore, was very different from that of Plato, who denied that true knowledge could be based on observations by the senses. Lones' work is one of the few on this subject. Chapters include: Aristotles Method; Celestial, Atmospheric and Terrestrial Phenomena; Phenomena of Light and Colour, Heat and Sound; Distinction between Animals, Plants and Inanimate Matter; On plants; and others..
	Lugt, Frits. LES MARQUES DE COLLECTIONS DE DESSINS & D'ESTAMPES; Marques Estampillées Et Écrites De Collections Particulières Et Publiques. Marques De Marchands, De Monteurs Et D'imprimeurs. Cachets De Vente D'artistes Décédés. Marques De Graveurs Apposées Après Le Tirage Des Planches. Timbres D'édition. Etc. Avec Des Notices Historiques Sur Les Collectionneurs, Les Collections, Les Ventes, Les Marchands Et Éditeurs, Etc. $80. Cloth. Oversized Octavo. 598pp. Illustrated. Amsterdam: Vereenidge Drukkerijen, 1921. 598pp. The standard reference work written in 1921 by Frits Lugt is a basic book for all collectors of drawings and engravings. One finds there the inventory of the marks of collectors and information on those and the history of their collections. This is an indispensable reference that includes a wealth of information on dealers, collectors and sales, with more than 3000 illustrations illustrating marks. This standard work identifies collector's marks and gives facts concerning, or description of, the collections. "Collector's" also includes museums and collecting institutions. Arntzen & Rainwater, Guide to the Literature of Art History C27. This is the only work listed in Arntzen and Rainwater for Collector's Marks.
	Lumpkin, Wilson. The Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia. $115.00 Octavo. Hardcover. Two volumes bound into one. 700 pages. Wormsloe [Ga.] Priv. print.; New York, Dodd, Mead & company, 1907 Wilson Lumpkin was one of Georgia's most prominent political leaders of the antebellum period. After early service in local government and the state legislature, he was elected to Congress four times, serving 1815-17 and 1827-31; he resigned before serving his fourth term to run for the governorship of Georgia. All of the public offices were important. In Lumpkin's eyes, however, his major accomplishment was his cardinal role in the removal of the Cherokee Indians from north Georgia. Lumpkin's advocacy of removal was based on clear but harsh views of Indian-white relationships. First, based on his childhood and adult observations, he was convinced that Indians and whites could not peacefully coexist, for the whites would take advantage of the Indians. He was, however, no believer in innate white superiority, for he argued that the Cherokee, if removed to western territory and given time to develop, would acquire a cultural equality with whites and become a state, admitted to the Union on a par with other states. Thus, he advocated removal and, consistently with his states' rights views, the application of Georgia laws to the Cherokees in north Georgia. This application of Georgia laws included criminal laws, the distribution of Cherokee lands to white settlers by a lottery, and the imprisonment of northern missionaries who argued against removal. On two occasions, Lumpkin defied the U.S. Supreme Court on these matters. Lumpkin's views on removal were opposed by a majority of the Cherokee (led by chief John Ross), by prominent federal legislators, and by various Christian missionary societies, but he had more powerful allies in U.S. presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, Georgia public opinion, and majority U.S. congressional sentiment. Thus, removal triumphed, leading to the Cherokee removals west, the best-known of which was the tragic Trail of Tears (1838-39).
	Lumsden, Harry Burnett. The Mission to Kandahar. $95.00 Octavo. Hardcover. v, 282 p. illus., 2 col. fold. Maps in rear pocket. fold. Plan. Calcutta, C.B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press,1860Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Burnett "Joe" Lumsden (November 12, 1821 - August 12, 1896) was a British military officer active in India. In January 1857, after Persia had seized Herat, Major Harry Burnett Lumsden was sent on a delicate mission to Kandahar to make sure that the British subsidy to the amir was duly applied to the payment of troops for the defence of Afghanistan against Persia and, if possible, to advise and assist the amir so far as it could without exciting Afghan jealousy." Cited from Boston Book Company, ILAB listing". This is an account of that mission. Extremely rare.
	Luther, Compiled by Paul. THE PRINTED CATALOGUES OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL Astronomical SOCIETY: Books, Pamphlets, Journals & Manuscripts from 1450 to 1940. $225.00 2 QUARTO VOLUMES Volume 1 - A-K : (iv), viii, pp.1-511; Volume 2 - L-Z : (iv), pp.513-1048. Published for Paul Luther by Martino Publishing. Luther's compilation is an exhaustive new bibliography on the literature of astronomy.It records over 4000 authors and 15,000 titles, with an additional 3,000 new cross-references. Most authors are recorded with full names, dates of birth and death and the authorities for that information. Most titles are recorded with the approximate size of the book, place of publication and date of publication. Special care has been taken to record titles by obscure minor figures, meteorological titles and unconventional titles. The inclusion of serial off-prints gives a breadth to thelistings of each other which has yet to be approached by the offerings of on-line catalogues. The work has been compiled with the attention to detail and has taken several years to complete. For the first time the holdings of the Royal Astrological Society have been brought up to date and augmented for the student of the historical literature of astronomy.