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Stevens-Sykes
Stevens, Wayne Edson. THE NORTHWEST FUR TRADE 1763-1800. $45.00
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. 204 p. 23 cm Urbana: University of Illinois, 1928
The fur trade in North America began almost as soon as Europeans began their
explorations of the North American mainland. The 250 years during which the
fur trade flourished can be roughly divided into three sections, the "French
Era" from 1600 to 1760, the "British Era" from 1760 to 1816,
and the "American Era" from 1816 to 1850.
By 1850, the fur trade had mostly come to an end, but not for the reasons you
might assume. The fur trade slowly collapsed. The trade had only worked when
the Indians had control of the land. The fur trade did not die entirely from
a lack of furs. Furs had become hard to find at a number of times during the
fur trade era. The lack of Indians available to assist with trapping and maintaining
the trading system was perhaps as important. The change in fashion to the silk
hat in Europe was the final blow. Stevens history of the Northwest Fur Trade
from 1763-1800 remains an important work on the subject. Never reprinted, this
hard to find history sells for upwards of $200 on the second hand market.
Stevenson,
Edward Luther Phd. TERRESTRIAL & CELESTIAL GLOBES: THEIR HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING
A CONSIDERATION OF THEIR VALUE AS AIDS IN THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY AND ASTRONOMY.
$95.
Cloth,
Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. xxvi, 218pp + xi, 291 pp.
This
work is nothing short of a history of terrestrial and celestial globes from
Antiquity through the eighteenth century. In all, Stevenson fully describes
eight hundred and fifty globes. It remains to this day one of the most comprehensive
works on the subject.
Stevenson, Edward Luther. PORTOLAN CHARTS: THEIR ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS WITH A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THOSE BELONGING TO THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA.$45.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.viii-76. New York [Knickerbocker Press], 1911
Portolan charts were made to get seafarers from home to another place and back
again safely. On portolan charts prior to 1500, distance, direction, and coastal
features were provided for navigators, with information to enable them to calculate
and measure the progress and direction of their vessels during a voyage; mariners
still had to rely on experience and common sense, however. Modern sea charts
have many of the characteristics that the early portolan charts have-scale,
compass, details of coastlines and harbors and little detail in the interior.
Genoa and Venice were the first known centers of their production; later on,
Catalan mapmakers, particularly in Majorca, were outstanding. The earliest surviving
portolan chart is from the late 13th century, about 1290. It is in the Bibliothèque
Nationale in Paris.
Stevenson's work is a history of the origin, character and general significance
of the Portolan Charts, the first modern. The historical portion is followed
by a descriptive list of portolan charts belonging to the Hispanic Society of
America.
This scarce catalogue, though once reprinted, is no longer in print in any edition.
The original is quite scarce. We found only one copy for sale on line. Besterman
1153.
Stokes,
Phelps I.N. THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTANISLAND.
$750.
Six Volumes over 6,000 pages ISBN 1-578-052-6.
Limited to 500 copies. Thousand of illustrations.
Martino
Fine Books & Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. are offering a joint reprint edition of Stokes magnificent
and comprehensive illustrated history of Manhattan. This sweeping survey, originally
published over the span 1915 to 1928, is interspersed throughout with maps,
documents, photographs, engraving, illustrations etc. that Stokes and his assistants
assembled from countless original sources. The quality and scope of visual representations
truly befits its vast subject, Manhattan.
Streeter,
Thomas W. AMERICANA-BEGINNINGSA SELECTION FROM THE LIBRARY OF THOMAS STREETER. $45.
Cloth, Octavo. xix. 97 pages. Morristown, New Jersey:
Privately Printed, 1952.
Streeter brought together in this bibliography the most
important books in his collection dealing with books about 1) The Discovery
of America, 2) Books about America East of the Mississippi, 3) and Books about
America West of the Mississippi. For each of these landmark books Streeter provides
exhaustive collation and full annotations. Each work is cross referenced with Church,
Cowan, Evans, Field, Harrisse, De Renne, John Carter Brown Library Catalogue,
Medina, Wagner-Camp, Wroth and Winsor. There is a useful index of the titles,
and a short introduction by Streeter. Besterman
313.
Streeter,
Thomas W. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS. 1795-1845.
$225.
8vo.
Five volumes. Cambridge, 1955-1960. ISBN 1-57898-020-8.
The
Streeter Bibliography of Texas is nothing more nor less than a descriptive
and critical bibliography of all the books, broadsides and maps relating to
Texas from 1795 to the year when it acceded by treaty to the United States.
The work includes nearly 2,000 entries arranged chronologically. “Over and above
the fidelity and fullness with which [Streeter] has described the raw material…he
has strung on to his descriptive entries a substantial and lively running commentary
on the most turbulent and significant years in the history of a great State.”
Times Literary Supplement. This definitive bibliography is indispensable
to librarians, historians, book collectors and book dealers. According to John
Jenkins, it is the “best bibliography of any section of the
United States; an absolutely unparalleled achievement.”
Streit,
Rob O.M.I. BIBLIOTHECA MISSIONUM AMERIKANISCHE MISSIONS LITERATUR 1493-1699. $110.
Octavo. Xii, 13-28,
939pp. Aachen: Internationales Institute
fur Missionswissenschaftliche Forschung, 1924.
This is the great Catholic bibliography on missions.
This volume includes all voyages, relations, official documents, etc, relating
to the Catholic Church’s work in America. The
period covered is from 1493-1699. In all nearly 2800 items are thoroughly described.
The description includes valuable annotations, full bibliographical details,
and cross references with other standard bibliographies. The overall work includes
over 30 volumes, covering all areas of the world where the Catholic Church was
active. This volume is comprehensive for all items relating to America before
1700. Other volumes were published on
Africa, Asia, Indonesia and Australia. Besterman 321. Sheehy [1986] 323.
Sudhoff,
Karl. DEUTSCHE MEDIZINISCHE INKUNABELN.
$60.
Cloth,
Octavo. Illustrated. pp.xxiv.278. Leipzig, 1908.
This
important bibliography of German Medical works is similar in scope to Osler’s
Incunabula Medica. Sudhoff provides an exhaustive description of all German
medical imprints printed before 1500. Valuable cross-references and annotations
are also provided. In all 464 books are fully described. Sudhoff is one of the
most important German historians/ bibliographers of medicine. Besterman 3773.
Sudhoff, Karl. BIBLIOGRAPHIA PARACELSICA. $95.
Hardbound. Oversized Octavo.
XIV. 722. Berlin: Verlag George Reimer,
1894
Paracelsus [1493-1541] was the German-Swiss physician
and alchemist who established the role of chemistry in medicine. He was born
the only son of an impoverished German doctor and chemist. His father taught
chemistry at a local school affiliated with mining operations in gold, tin,
mercury and other metals. He also attended school there, where he learned about
metallurgy and chemistry. This experience no doubt laid the foundation for his
later writings in the field of chemotherapy. His medical achievements were outstanding.
He wrote the best clinical description of syphilis available in 1530. He was
the first to declare that, if given in small doses, "what makes a man ill
also cures him." He was the first to connect goiter with minerals, especially
lead, in drinking water. Jung called him a pioneer in the domain of chemical
medicine. Sudhoff's bibliography is the most comprehensive one on the subject.
In all 518 works are described in exhaustive detail with very valuable notes.
Remains a standard work to this day. Besterman 4425.
Sykes, Ella Constance & Percy Molesworth Sykes. THROUGH DESERT AND OASES OF CENTRAL ASIA. $85.00
Hardbound. Octavo. xii, 340 p. illus., front., maps (1 folding in rear), plates. London, Macmillan: 1920.
This books falls into two parts: an account of an adventurous journey from Europe to Central Asia in wartime; and an ethnographical and historical description of Chinese Turkestan. The first part is the work of Ms. Sykes, an experienced traveler in the East, the second by her brother, whose wide knowledge of the problems of Western Asia is shown in his valuable History of Persia. The most important parts of the adventure are the record of the journey to Khotan and of the trip to the Pamir. The book is valuable as an account from personal investigation of the ethnographic groups that make up the population of Chinese Turkestan; the Sarikol and Pakhpo mountaineers, the Kirghiz, Dulanis and the Chinese Mongols. Never before reprinted. Bookseller Inventory # 1257