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Treaty with the Sublime Porte. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of the Correspondence Relating to the Negotiation of the Treaty with the Sublime Porte, &C. &C. &C. May 29, 1832. Read, and Laid Upon the Table

Jackson, Andrew · 1832

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

n.p. n.p. 1832. First edition. Disbound. 95 pp. 8vo. 22nd Congress, 1st session, Doc. no. 250. Copy of H[enry] D[ilworth] Gilpin (April 14, 1801 – January 29, 1860) U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and later the 14th Attorney General of the United States....

Letter from William Bussard, Surveyor, to the Hon. William Hendricks, Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals, Relative to the "Bill for Subscription to Stock in the Washington and Fredericktown Turnpike Road Company. " February 16, 1829. Laid on the Table, and Ordered to Be Printed

Bussard, William · 1829

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

[Washington D.C.], [Printed by Duff Green], 1829. First edition. Removed. 2 pp. 8vo. 20th Congress, 2d Session. [83]. OCLC shows a copy at AAS. Not in American Imprints. A very good copy.

Report of the Committee Appointed to Collect Information, Prepare and Report. A System of Common Schools. Friday, January 14, 1825

[Ohio. General Assembly] · 1825

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Columbus, Printed by P.H. Olmsted, 1825. First edition. Removed. 16 pp. 8vo. Bill to provide for the support and better regulation of common schools. Scarce. Not at American Antiquarian Society. OCLC shows only seven copies under two accession numbers: Lib. Co. Philadelphia (O...

Letter from the Treasury Department, Transmitting Information in Relation to a Robbery of the Land Office at Vandalia, in the State of Illinois. January 23, 1824. Read, and Referred to the Committee Upon the Public Lands

United States, Dept. of the Treasury · 1824

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Washington [D.C.], Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1824. First edition. Removed. 15 pp. + chart. Illus. with 1 b/w folding chart. 8vo. 18th Congress, 1st Session. American Imprints 18829. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy with a few wormholes in the margins of last...

Report of the Secretary of War, to Whom Was Referred the Memorial of William Tatham, and the Papers Accompanying the Same. July 14th, 1813. Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States

United States, War Dept.; Armstrong, John · 1813

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Washington [D.C.], Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1813. First edition. Removed. 4 pp. 8vo. Since 1806 William Tatham had been trying to sell the maps he had made to the government. In this memorial he is asking for "remuneration as may be deemed just," that the maps be evaluat...

Report of a Select Committe [Sic] on a Petition of the Berkshire Association for the Promotion [of] Agriculture and Manufactures. February 21, 1817. Read, and Ordered to Lie Upon the Table

[Agriculture] United States, Congress, House · 1817

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Washington [D.C.], [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. First edition. Removed. 2 pp. 8vo. Number 95 in brackets on top. The Committee recommends that there be an establishment of a national Agriculture board, noting that different parts of Europe and the U.S. have already ins...

Report of the Select Committee Appointed on the 12th Ult. To Inquire Into the Expediency of Altering the Flag of the United States. January 2, 1817. Read, and Ordered to Be Printed

[Flag] United States, Congress, House · 1817

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[Washington D.C.], [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. First edition. Removed. 3 pp. 8vo. Number 23 in brackets at the top. The committee proposed the current version of the American flag, recommending "to reduce the stripes to the original thirteen .. and to increase the sta...

Report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, on the Expediency of Making Cincinnati, on the River Ohio, a Port of Entry. February 13, 1817. Read and Ordered to Lie Upon the Table

United States, Congress, House, Committee of Commerce and Manufactures · 1817

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

[Washington D.C.], [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. First edition. Removed. 4 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 42693. A very good copy with War Department Library stamp on title, light foxing.

Message from the President of the United States, Upon the Subject of Discriminating Duties, Payable in the Ports of Great Britain and the United States, by Vessels of the Respective Nations. February 3, 1817. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means

Madison, James · 1817

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Washington [D.C.], Printed by William A. Davis, 1817. First edition. Removed. 3 pp. 8vo. This report refers to two separate orders issued in 1815, by both Great Britain (in August)and the United States, discontinuing discriminating duties. As there was a period of several mont...

Joint Resolution for Abolishing the Traffick in Slaves, and the Colinization [Sic] of the Free People of Colour of the United States. February 11, 1817. Read, and Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday Next

United States, Congress · 1817

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[Washington D.C.], [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. First edition. Removed. 2 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 42596. A very good clean copy.

Report of the Committee to Whom Was Referred the Petition of Lewis Bringier. Made 13th February, 1816, and Ordered to Be Printed

[Mining] · 1816

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

[Washington D.C.], [Printed by William A. Davis], 1816. First edition. Removed. 3 pp. 8vo. Committee report referring to a bill regarding the terms of leasing or granting out mines in the ceded territories and lands. American Imprints 39625. A very good copy with War Departmen...

Report of the Committee Under the Resolution of the 16th of February in Relation to the Remains of George Washington. March 14th, 1816. Read, and Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Saturday Next

[Washington, George]. United States, Congress, House · 1816

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[Washington D.C.], n.p. 1816. First edition. Removed. 2 pp. 8vo. Includes a resolution that a marble monument be erected in the Capitol to commemorate the military, political, and private virtues of George Washington. Shaw & Shoemaker 39628. Removed from a larger volume else a...

Joint Resolution of the United States. January 5th, 1816. Read Twice, and Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

United States, Congress · 1816

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[Washington D.C.], n.p. 1816. First edition. Removed. 2 pp. 8vo. Amendment to the Constitution regarding representation in choosing Congressional candidates by popuar vote as well as regulations on how election districts are determined. Shaw & Shoemaker 39483. A very good copy...

Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on So Much of the President's Message As Relates to the Finances of the United States. October 10, 1814. Read and Referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday Next

[War of 1812] · 1814

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Washington [D.C.], Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. Contains an estimate of the amount of the proposed 50 per cent tax increase and of the new duties in order to offset the cost of the war. Line items in addition to direct taxes, distille...

L'Histoire, Guidée Par Son Génie, Et à L’Aide Des Monumens Historiques Que Divers Petits Génies Arrachent Qu Tems Qui Les Devore, Rassemble En Un Corps Les Envénemens Les Plus Remarquables Que Regardent L’Angleterre la Ville de Londres, Capitale de Ce Roiaume, Paroit Dans L’Enfoncement; Et Au Haut, la Renommée Tient le Portrait Du Celebre Auteur de Cette Histoire

Picart, Bernard · 1713

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

[Rotterdam], [Chez Reinier Leers,], 1713. 225 x 365 mm. Hand-colored copper engraving signed: "Inventé et dessiné par B. Picart, 1713. Gravé par vander Gouwen." Bernard Picart (1673-1733) was a well regarded engraver, initially taught by his father and later by Le Brun and Jou...

Carte Des Costes de France Et D'Espagne. Kaart Van de Kusten Van Vrankryk En Van Spanje

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Schley, Jacob van der · 1749

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[La Haye], [Chez Pierre de Hondt], 1749. 230 x 272 mm. Copper engraving. Map with cartouche and compass. From Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre. - [Hrsg.: Antoine F. Prévost D'Exiles] Nouvelle édition ...

Forget-Me-Not

Clarke, Austin · 1962

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Dublin, Dolman Press, 1962. First edition. Decorated paper-covered boards, calf label with gilt title. 14 pp. Sm. 4to. Signed by the author; number 104 out of 200 copies. A fine copy with faint offsetting on the verso of half-title from the illustration on the title.

Imperium Assyriorum

Delisle, Guillaume (de L'Isle). Delahaye, Jean-Baptiste · 1728

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n.p. n.p. 1728. Image: 223 x 456 mm. Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726) was a French cartographer who added to the accuracy of mapmaking by incorporating the discoveries of French astronomers in his work. Imperium Assyriorum was engraved by Jean-Baptiste Delahaye and published post...

Documents Accompanying a Bill Authorizing the Accounting Officers of the Treasury Department to Give Credit to Certain Collectors of the Customs for Allowances Paid by Them to the Owners and Crews of Fishing Vessels. Presented May 31, 1809

Gallatin, Albert · 1809

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Washington [D.C.], Printed by A. & G. Way, Printers, 1809. First edition. Removed. 4 pp. + 1 fold-out chart. 8vo. With the enclosed 'Schedule of sums charged by collectors for allowances to vessels employed in the fisheries during the season of 1807, above the rate admitted at...

Lumen Historiarum Per Orientem Illustrandis Biblijs Sacris, Martijrologio & Alijs Multis a Fran. Hareio Concinnatum

Haraeus, Franciscus. (Frans van Haren) · 1741

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.12 | ¥43,919)

[Hague], Pieter de Hondt, 1741. 379 x 471 mm. Copperplate map with inset map "Iudaeae amplior descriptio" 23.5 x 12.0 cm, showing Palestine, divided among the tribes. Map, inset, borders, and cartouche hand-colored. This map was first published in Ortelius' Parergon 1624. Most...