Lot of 9, including: Southworth, Emma Dorothy Elizabeth Nevitt. The Deserted Wife. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1850. 8vo, half-leather over paper boards, [174]pp. Missing frontmatter, including tp. Possibly missing a few end pages, also. Bingham, Caleb. The American Preceptor Improved; Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking, Designed for the Use of Schools. Cincinnati (OH): Oliver Farnsworth & Co., 1825. 16mo, has had a sheet of leather hand-stitched over the boards, 228pp. Covers in rough condition. Goodrich, Charles Augustus. Family Encyclopedia. 1831. 8vo, full leather, 482 of 484pp. Missing last leaf, tp, preface. Most of textblock intact. Dymock, John. A New Abridgment of Ainsworth's Dictionary, English and Latin, for the Use of Grammar Schools. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son, 1848. Worchester, Joseph E. A Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language: to Which is Added Walker's Key to the Pronunciation of Classical and Scripture Proper Names.... Boston: Brewer and Tileston, 1863. 8vo, full leather, 956pp. Plus another partial Family Encyclopedia in poor condition, missing front and first 46pp. And a small volume that is very fragmentary, may possibly have been a salesman's sample? Stevens, Alex. A Lecture on Heads,... with Additions by Mr. Pilon; As Delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes. To Which is Added an Essay on Satire. Belfast: Samuel Archer, 1807. 16mo, rebound in modern green cloth, (xiii), 119pp plus 9pp ads. Humorous discourse on heads and their characteristics and uses. "A head, to speak in the gardener's style, is a mere bulbous excrescence, growing out from between the shoulders like a wen; it is supposed to be a mere expletive, just to wear a hat on, to fill up the hollow of a wig, to take snuff with, or have your hair dressed upon. Some of these heads are manufactured in wood, some in pasteboard; which is a hint to shew there may not only be blockheads, but also paper skulls." Scattered water stains and foxing. Edges of untrimmed pages toned a bit. Linnaeus, edited by James Edward Smith, President of the Linnaean Society. Lachesis Lapponica, or a Tour in Lapland, Now First Published from the Original Manuscript Journal of the Celebrated Linnaeus;... London: White and Cochrane, 1811, Vol. I only. 8vo, originally 3/4 leather over marbled paper, marbled page edges, 366pp. No plates. Linneaus begins: "Having been appointed by the Royal Academy of Sciences to travel through Lapland, for the purpose of investigating the three kingdoms of Nature in that country, ..." The journey to Lapland was funded by the Royal Academy (of his native Sweden) in 1732 not only to find new plants, animals and minerals (not a kingdom!), but also to learn about the native Sami (Lapp) people. It is said that during this journey he had a flash of insight into classification of quadrupeds, that would later become part of Systema Naturae (1735). Boards separated, missing leather corners. Scattered foxing, but very little toning. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Jane D. Diehl, Cincinnati, OH Condition: All with toning and foxing. Extensive insect damage on a few volumes (mostly affecting leather).
Lot of 9, including: Southworth, Emma Dorothy Elizabeth Nevitt. The Deserted Wife. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1850. 8vo, half-leather over paper boards, [174]pp. Missing frontmatter, including tp. Possibly missing a few end pages, also. Bingham, Caleb. The American Preceptor Improved; Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking, Designed for the Use of Schools. Cincinnati (OH): Oliver Farnsworth & Co., 1825. 16mo, has had a sheet of leather hand-stitched over the boards, 228pp. Covers in rough condition. Goodrich, Charles Augustus. Family Encyclopedia. 1831. 8vo, full leather, 482 of 484pp. Missing last leaf, tp, preface. Most of textblock intact. Dymock, John. A New Abridgment of Ainsworth's Dictionary, English and Latin, for the Use of Grammar Schools. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son, 1848. Worchester, Joseph E. A Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language: to Which is Added Walker's Key to the Pronunciation of Classical and Scripture Proper Names.... Boston: Brewer and Tileston, 1863. 8vo, full leather, 956pp. Plus another partial Family Encyclopedia in poor condition, missing front and first 46pp. And a small volume that is very fragmentary, may possibly have been a salesman's sample? Stevens, Alex. A Lecture on Heads,... with Additions by Mr. Pilon; As Delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes. To Which is Added an Essay on Satire. Belfast: Samuel Archer, 1807. 16mo, rebound in modern green cloth, (xiii), 119pp plus 9pp ads. Humorous discourse on heads and their characteristics and uses. "A head, to speak in the gardener's style, is a mere bulbous excrescence, growing out from between the shoulders like a wen; it is supposed to be a mere expletive, just to wear a hat on, to fill up the hollow of a wig, to take snuff with, or have your hair dressed upon. Some of these heads are manufactured in wood, some in pasteboard; which is a hint to shew there may not only be blockheads, but also paper skulls." Scattered water stains and foxing. Edges of untrimmed pages toned a bit. Linnaeus, edited by James Edward Smith, President of the Linnaean Society. Lachesis Lapponica, or a Tour in Lapland, Now First Published from the Original Manuscript Journal of the Celebrated Linnaeus;... London: White and Cochrane, 1811, Vol. I only. 8vo, originally 3/4 leather over marbled paper, marbled page edges, 366pp. No plates. Linneaus begins: "Having been appointed by the Royal Academy of Sciences to travel through Lapland, for the purpose of investigating the three kingdoms of Nature in that country, ..." The journey to Lapland was funded by the Royal Academy (of his native Sweden) in 1732 not only to find new plants, animals and minerals (not a kingdom!), but also to learn about the native Sami (Lapp) people. It is said that during this journey he had a flash of insight into classification of quadrupeds, that would later become part of Systema Naturae (1735). Boards separated, missing leather corners. Scattered foxing, but very little toning. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Jane D. Diehl, Cincinnati, OH Condition: All with toning and foxing. Extensive insect damage on a few volumes (mostly affecting leather).
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