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UNGER, Franz (1800-1870). Chloris protogaea. Beitrage zur Flora der Vorwelt. Leipzig: in Commission bei W. Engelmann, [1841]-1847.  Folio (350 x 257 mm). 50 tinted lithographed plates (3 double-page); Plate XXXIX number printed on an overstrip and pasted in. (Some spotting or soiling, a few tiny holes in the corner of Plate L.) Contemporary boards with modern rebacking and recornering (some light rubbing). ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED PALEONTOLOGICAL WORKS by a pioneer of paleobotany. Franz Unger was Professor of Botany and Zoology in Graz. The Chloris, his major publication, includes more than 120 new species of tertiary plants, illustrated and classified under known genera of the day. Copies of Unger's work are RARE ON THE MARKET: American Book Prices Current traces only one copy in the last 45 years. Nissen BBI 2024; Stafleu and Cowan 15,595.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[KENT, Rockwell, illustrator]. Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. New York: Random House, 1928.  2 volumes. Folio. Illustrated by Kent. Original gilt-lettered linen (some light soiling and staining to joints, text block splitting after first quire); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Edith Morton Scotter? (signature on front free endpaper, dated 1928); Barry Moser (bookplate).  LIMITED EDITION, number 885 of 924 copies SIGNED BY KENT.    [With:]  [KENT, Rockwell, illustrator]. VOLTAIRE, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de. Candide. New York: Random House, 1928. 4to. Illustrated by Kent. Original cloth gilt (spine and board edges a little darkened, some rubbing to gilt). LIMITED EDITION, number 364 of 1470 copies SIGNED BY KENT. Accompanied by 3 later trade editions of Kent 's Candide, New York, 1929, 1936 and 1975, respectively, 4to, original bindings, dust jackets or slipcases as issued (some chipping to dust jackets). [KENT, Rockwell, illustrator]. ROBINSON, Selma. City Child. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1931. 8vo. Illustrated by Kent. Original cloth; dust jacket. First Trade Edition.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

EVELYN, John (1620-1706).   Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, and  the  Propagation of Timber in his Magesties Dominions.  London: Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1670.  3 parts in one volume, folio (302 x 190 mm). Engraved device on title-page, one engraved plate, 4 in-text engraved vignettes.   (A few spots or stains, title slightly soiled with old tear repaired.) Contemporary blind-tooled calf (rebacked to style, endpapers renewed, hinges starting, some light wear). Second edition, with two appendices with separate title-pages: Pomona, or an Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees, In relation to Cider, dated 1670, and Kalendarium Hortense: or the Gardners Almanac, the third edition, dated 1659, each with separate pagination and register.   ESTC R586; Henrey 133; Wing E3517.  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Editions in association with Pioneer Publishing, 1984.    Folio. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original linen with paper spine and cover labels; in original linen slipcase.    LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies. WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL REMARQUE BY MOSER depicting the head of a rooster on the title-page, signed and dated 1989. According to Moser this was an unsuccessful venture into producing trade editions with Pioneer Publishing.    [With:]  [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The Scarlet Letter, A Romance. Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Editions in association with Pioneer Publishing, 1984.    Folio. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original linen with paper spine and cover labels; in original linen slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies. Signed by Moser on the title-page.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments. New York: Viking Studio, 1999.  Folio. Illustrated with over 230 woodcuts by Barry Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket; in original shrink-wrap.    FIRST TRADE EDITION of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. Accompanied by a video cassette trailer for the documentary film by Kessler Brothers, "A Thief Among the Angels," The Pennyroyal Caxton, new in shrink-wrap.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BASKIN, Leonard (1922-2000). Ars Anatomica. A Medical Fantasia. New York: Medicina Rara, 1972.Folio. 13 plates after Baskin. Loose as issued in original red cloth-backed portfolio gilt; board slipcase.    LIMITED EDITION, number 928 of 2,800 copies SIGNED BY BASKIN in pencil. Printed for the members of Editions Medicina Rara, Ltd. at The Curwen Press Ltd.  [With:]  MOSER, Barry. Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000. [N.p.]: Barbarian Press, 2000. 8vo, original printed wrappers. One of 150 copies with a signed wood-engraved frontispiece by Moser.  Barry Moser began to admire Baskin 's work as a college student. He was particularly struck by Baskin 's wood engravings, which inspired him to try the medium for himself. Although Moser never had specific lessons from Baskin on wood engraving, he called Baskin "a huge influence on me. A powerful influence that was difficult to get out from under."Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BRADFORD, Thomas Gamaliel (1802-1887). A Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical & Commercial. New York: Freeman Hunt & Co, 1835.Folio (323 x 262 mm). Engraved frontispiece, pictorial title-page, 10 engraved plates, and 66 engraved maps colored in wash and outline. (Some minor spotting or offsetting.) Original marbled boards (neatly rebacked).   THE FIRST AMERICAN ATLAS TO INCLUDE A SEPARATE MAP OF TEXAS Later (second?) edition of Bradford's folio atlas, preceded by an edition published in Boston in the same year. At least 4 versions of this atlas are dated 1835: the earliest, published in Boston, does not include a separate map of Texas, and later editions include only one page of descriptive text. The present copy includes the separate map of Texas paginated "64A," and two accompanying pages of text, paginated "64B" and "64C."The map of Texas, based on Stephen F. Austin's map, depicts land grants rather than counties.   The city of Austin does not appear, but Austin's Colony is named, and the map of shows Mustang Wild Horse Desert shown in the south, the Nueces River as the southwestern boundary.   Phillips Atlases 770; Sabin 7260; Taliaferro, Cartographic Sources in the Rosenberg Library 248 ("Evidently, not all copies of Bradford's atlas contained this map"); Wheat Transmississippi 408-410.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

CORTES, Hernando (1485-1547) and Francesco Antonio   LORENZANA (1722-1804). Historia del Nueva-Espana, escrita por su escalarecido conquistador Hernan Cortes. Mexico: Imprenta del Superior Gobierno, del Br. D. Joseph Antonio de Hogal, 1770.Small folio (269 x 192 mm). Title printed in red and black; engraved frontispiece, 32 engraved plates, one engraved folding plate of the great Temple of Mexico; 2 folding maps. (A few tears to folds of maps with old repairs verso, some minor spotting to a few leaves.) Contemporary vellum, hand-lettered on upper cover, lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (overall soiling, some light wear). Provenance: J. F. Arriaya (signature upper cover); 5 plates with manuscript notes verso, with some showthrough. FIRST EDITION of this "important and highly esteemed work, containing the celebrated letters of Cortes to the Emperor Charles V. This edition is illustrated with copious notes and documents, together with facsimiles of the Mexican mode of representing the tributes paid by the different towns in Mexico. These pictures, more complete and colored like the originals are included in Lord Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico" (Sabin). "Pages 322-328 contain an account of the voyage of Cortes to the peninsula of California and notices of later expeditions to 1769. The map of Castillo was inserted to illustrate this account, which Lorenzana states was copied from the original in the Archives of the Marquesado, that is, of the Cortes family. Since that time the original has never appeared, so we are still at a loss to know whether Castillo or Lorenzana put the name 'California' on the map" (Wagner, Spanish Southwest 152). Palau 63204; Sabin 16938.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

FUCHS, Leonhart (1501-1566).  Histoire des Plantes de M. Leonhart Fuschsius, avec les noms Grecs, Latins & Fracoys. Paris: Arnold Byrkman, 1549.8vo (165 x 98 mm). 519 woodblock prints with early hand-coloring. (B2 printed in facsimile on laid paper, a few short tears or holes occasionally just touching letters, a few shoulder notes just shaved.) Later limp vellum (soiling). Provenance: Marginalia in an early hand; Maison de Poesis Fondation Belmont (small stamp on title and a few other leaves). Presumed second edition in French. Nissen records two Paris editions of 1549: a folio edition published by Jacques Gazeau, and the present edition.   Fuchs' work, "perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published" (PMM), was first published in Latin as De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes in Basel in 1542. The popularity of Fuchs' work in France is evidenced by the numerous editions which appeared in quick succession from 1549 through 1558.   RARE: According to online records, only one copy of this scarce reduced edition of Fuchs, published in Paris by Arnold Byrkman, has sold at auction in the last 50 years. OCLC locates only 5 copies of this edition worldwide. Nissen BBI 665; not in Brunet, Hunt, NLM/Durling, or Wellcome.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[FACSIMILE"”GUTENBERG BIBLE]. Biblia Sacra. Paterson, New Jersey: Pageant Books, 1961    2 volumes. Folio. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; publisher's cloth folding cases.    LIMITED EDITION, one of 1,000 sets. "This is the first Gutenberg facsimile ever printed in the United States and only the second in the world. The reproduction derives from the Insel Verlag edition which was based on the copy in the Koniglichen Bibliothek in Berlin and the copy in the Standischen Landesbibliothek in Fulda, considered by authorities to be the most beautifully illuminated of the 47 copies known to exist. The text pages have been printed by lithography and the illuminated pages by sheet-fed gravure. The paper used is 100 per cent rag content made especially for this book.   A VERY FINE COPY.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB] -- HERSEY, John (1914-1993). Hiroshima. Jacob Lawrence, illustrator. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983.    Folio. 8 silkscreens by Lawrence, binder's note and Limited Editions Club prospectus laid in. Original black aniline full top grain with colorless soil repellent finish, smooth spine, front cover blind lettered,   black edges (a few minor scuffs); original publisher 's black cloth slipcase, lettered on spine (some chipping).  LIMITED EDITION, number 1,101 of 1,500 copies SIGNED BY HERSEY, WARREN, and LAWRENCE. Includes a new poem by Robert Penn WARREN (1905-1989).    For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[EUCLID]. SCARBURGH, Charles, Sir (1616-1694). The English Euclide, Being The First Six Elements of Geometry, Translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1705.  Folio (349 x 224 mm). Half-title; engraved vignette of the Sheldonian theater on the title-page; numerous woodcut and typographic diagrams throughout. (Some minor mostly marginal dampstaining or spotting.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, some light wear, hinges reinforced). Provenance: Benedict Library (bookplate).FIRST EDITION of Scarburgh's translation of Euclide, published from his manuscript by his son.   Physician and mathematician Sir Charles Scarburgh was an original fellow of the Royal Society. Wallis, British Euclids p.5.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[BINDING]. A large, calligraphic patent of nobility from Austria-Hungry, in an ornate binding. (Vienna, 1911).  Folio, (368x 279 mm). Single column, approximately 24 lines of text per page. Front cover presenting the imperial coat of arms for Austria-Hungary, blue-green morocco, gilt metalwork with inlaid precious stones and faience; with stand.Bestowing upon Brunn industrialist Adolf Noble von Kurschner and his descendants a Hungarian noble title.   With a large  a large Coat of Arms displaying a machine gear and 2 plow blades in a field of blue, above 2 fleur-di-lies and 4 stars in a red field, beneath a blue eagle and flanked by two lions.  Property from the Estate of Kenneth R. Treis, Milwaukee, WisconsinFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY] -- A group of 3 works in 4 volumes related to scientific discovery, comprising:  ZSAÌMBOKI, JaÌnos ( "Joannes SAMBUCUS"). Veterum aliquot ac recentium Medicorum Philosophorumque Icones. [Leiden]: Ex Officinâ Plantinianâ Raphelengii, 1603. Folio. Modern dark brown morocco gilt. -- WILLIAMS, J. Frederic Lake.  An Historical Account of Inventions and Discoveries in those Arts and Sciences. London: Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1820. 2 volumes, 8vo. Modern quarter morocco, marbled boards, maroon morocco lettering-piece gilt, spine gilt, by J. Twomey. -- DARWIN, George. [Photograph of Charles Darwin], N.d. Signature of Professor George Darwin, on a Newnham Grange, Cambridge card (64 x 114 mm). With glossy photograph (251 x 198   mm) of signer 's father, Charles Darwin. George was Charles ' oldest son (of 5) and was a well-known mathematician and astronomer. "“ Together, 3 works in 4 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS.  Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Third Session of the Senate of the United States. Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, December 6th, 1790. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791.Folio (315 x 191 mm). (Ee1 with portion of upper corner and foremargin torn away affecting a few letters, wormtrack to upper margin of several leaves, some minor browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (worn, covers detached or detaching). Provenance: Chris? F.? Ellery (signature on title-page); Western Reserve Historical Society (bookplate, withdrawn stamp).FIRST EDITION. The third session includes the formation of the Bank of the United States, the establishment of the Treasury department, and includes acts to admit Kentucky and Vermont into the Union as new states. Evans 23901.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[SPAIN - MINING LAWS].   GALVEZ, Josef de.  Real Ordenanzas para la Direccion, Regimen y Gobierno del Important Cuerpo de la Mineria de Nueva-Espana y de su Real Tribunal General de Orden de su Majestad. Madrid: [Royal Press], 1783.Folio (297 x 207 mm). Engraved frontispiece of the royal arms by Fabregat, paraph of Josef de Galves on p.214. (Some minor marginal worming to a few leaves not affecting letters, some minor spotting.) Contemporary blind-tooled Spanish calf (a few repairs, some light soiling).FIRST EDITION, A RARE BOOK OF MINING LAWS FOR NEW SPAINGalvez, appointed special commissioner charged with making reforms in Mexico's governance, was influential in leading the replacement of the Mexican provinces with 12 intendencias in 1786.   Mining was the most important economic activity in Mexico during the colonial period.   The Real Ordenanzas transcribes royal degrees relating to mining in New Spain, and provides information relating to the discovery of new mins, the operations of old mines, the training of workers, and the introduction of new technology and the role of the Tribunal de la Mineria. Only miners born in Spain were allowed to posses copies of the work.   Sabin calls it a "rare and valuable compendium of the old mining laws and mineral customs."   Palau 203088; Porrua (1949) 7552; Sabin 56260.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Second Session of the Senate of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New York, January 4th, 1790.... New York: John Fenno, 1790.  Folio (295 x 171 mm). (Some spotting.) Modern calf gilt. Provenance: Chris? F.? Ellery (signature, partially clipped).  FIRST EDITION, including information about the first census, the creation of the seat of government in Washington D. C., treaties with the Indians, and laws in the territory south of the Ohio River Evans 22982.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

CAUS, Salomon de (1576-1626?). La pratique et demonstration des horloges solaires. Paris: Jerome Drouart, 1624.  Folio (385 x 237 mm). Engraved diagrams on N2r and Q1r. Woodcut diagrams throughout, including several full-page, the diagrams on a1v, G1r, H1r, K1r, K2r, R1v and S2v with volvelles or attachments (several detached, lacking overslip on E2r), the diagram on R1v printed on an overslip and pasted in. Compass printed on vellum laid in at N1r.(A few leaves wrinkled and frayed, a few small holes or tears affecting text and images, dampstaining, marginal chipping, some soiling.)   Contemporary vellum (defective). Provenance: J. D. Labarre (early signature on title-page); a few early manuscript annotations.   FIRST EDITION OF CAUS' RARE WORK ON SUNDIALS, inspired by the work of Vitruvius, and including the dissertation on the 35th proposition of Euclid following the dedication. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only 4 copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 45 years, each with varying numbers of volvelles present, and most defective.   Berlin Kat. 1745; Brunet I:1691. Sold not subject to return for lack of any movable volvelles.Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

EUCLID (fl. ca 300 B. C.). Analyseis Geometricae Sex Librorum Euclidis.   [Strasbourg]: Josias Rihelius, 1566.    Small folio (301 x 173 mm). Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustrations throughout. (Title slightly browned with gutter margin repair.) Modern half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, 2 red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (a few tiny scuffs).    FIRST EDITION of Christian Herlin and Conrad Dasypodius 's analysis of the first six books of Euclid's Elements.   Herlin and Dasypodius taught mathematics in Strasbourg and designed the second astronomical clock in the Strasbourg Cathedral. The clock represented the synthesis of the most advanced scientific knowledge of the day in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and physics, and was only replaced in 1842.  [With:] EUCLID. Euclidis Elementorum Libri XV. Graece & Latine.   Paris: Hieronymum de Marnef & Gulielmum Cauellat, 1573. 8vo (158 x 103 mm). Woodcut device on title-page, numerous in-text woodcut diagrams. Modern half green morocco paste-paper-covered boards, smooth spine gilt, gilt-lettered (some wear, old shelf label at foot of spine). Provenance: contemporary inscriptions; Francis Brethren (inscription); unidentified stamp from a Jesuit Seminary. Second edition, a corrected reimpression of Cavellet 's 1533 Edition, widely used in the 16th Century.   Adams E-1001.  Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES].  Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the Second Session of the Second Congress. Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1793.Folio (310 x 191). (Minor spotting or soiling to a few leaves.) Contemporary marbled boards (modern rebacking and recornering).    Provenance: Western Reserve Historical Society (bookplate with withdrawn stamp, blind stamp).FIRST EDITION, with p.167 misnumbered 267. Including information about the Fugitive Slave Act (later superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment) and the Judiciary Act of 1793. Evans 26332.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

DORE, Gustave (1832-1883), illustrator -- FONTAINE, Jean de La (1621-1695). Fables de La Fontaine. Paris: L. Hachette et Cie, 1867.    2 volumes, folio (428 x 311 mm). Half-titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, borders and titles printed in red, 85 wood-engraved plates by Dore printed on chine paper and mounted, numerous engraved vignettes, and engraved head-and-tailpieces. (Some spotting, a few short tears not affecting plates or text.) Contemporary half morocco gilt, marbled boards, spines in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands gilt (some light wear). Provenance: Librarie Tulkens (ticket, Brussels, Belgium).  Second edition, first issue, the "Edition De Luxe" in two volumes, including the first appearance of the engraved portrait frontispiece. The first edition of this work was issued serially in 58 parts starting 1866. As an artist prodigy, by the age of 15, Dore was employed as a caricaturist for Le journal pour rire. By the time he created the wood-engravings for this present work, he had been working in the medium for over 2 decades. Lyons, Books: A Living History, 2011.Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

AGRICOLA, Georgius (1494-1555). De Re Metallica Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Minerology & Mining Law from the Earliest Times to the 16th Century. Herbert Clark HOOVER and Lou Henry HOOVER, translators. London: The Mining Magazine, 1912.Folio (346 x 211 mm). Numerous full-page and in-text illustrations reproducing the 1556 woodcuts. Publisher's original full vellum, smooth spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, black lettered in 3 compartments, 2 edges uncut (some very minor wear, some browning to edges); original brown dustjacket with manuscript lettering to front cover (soiled, chipped, rubbed). Provenance: Charles F. Rand (inscription, stamp on dustjacket).  FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HOOVER to Charles F. Rand: "To Charles F. Rand with Compliments of H.C. Hoover." This first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy was translated from the first Latin Edition of 1556. Duveen, p. 5; Hoover 28; Norman 21.  Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, IndianaFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ( "Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits. [West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press for]: University of California Press, 1983.  Folio. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Original stiff   plain wrappers; in original blind-embossed blue dust jacket.    LIMITED PENNYROYAL ISSUE, one of 100 copies, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page, accompanied by an additional suite of five wood-engravings for the work, EACH SIGNED BY MOSER. "The University of California Press commissioned the design and illustration of the Snark to be used as a companion piece for their deluxe edition of Through the Looking-Glass. By the terms of our agreement with the University of California Press, Pennyroyal Press issued its own edition with a suite of the original prints laid in""”Pennyroyal Checklist 28.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 22 books about books and book-collecting in the 19th- and 20th-century, including:  Book Collecting. Edited by Richard Booth. Florence, AL: House of Collectibles, 1976. 4to. Original publisher 's cloth, dust jacket. -- WOOLF, Leonard (1880-1969). Letters of Leonard Wolf. Edited by Frederic Spotts. San Diego, New York, and London: Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich, 1989. 8vo. Original publisher 's cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. First edition. -- BASBANES, Nicholas (b. 1943). A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. 8vo. Original publisher 's cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. First edition. -- BASBANES. Among the Gently Mad. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 8vo. Original publisher 's binding, dust jacket. First edition. -- SALISBURY, Laney and Aly Sujo. Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art. New York: The Penguin Press, 2009. 8vo. Publisher 's original binding, dust jacket. -- MAYS, Andrea E. The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger 's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare 's First Folio. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Original publisher 's cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. First edition. -- And 18 others. Together 22 works in 22 volumes, all in original publisher's bindings, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.From the Private Collection of Richard CadyFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry. illustrator]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ( "Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass"¦ & The Hunting of the Snark. New York: Schocken Books, 1978.  8vo. Illustrated. Original wrappers.  BARRY MOSER 'S HEAVILY ANNOTATED COPY, with his markings, underlinings and notes in pencil, ink and highlighter throughout indicating many of his references for the subjects of his illustrations for the Pennyroyal Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and Hunting of the Snark editions (1982-83).   Accompanied by a second trade edition of Moser 's illustrated edition of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, folio, original quarter cloth, dust jacket, SIGNED by Moser on the title-page.    [With:] A group of 4 pieces of promotional ephemera related to Moser 's illustrations for Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, 1982-83. Including a printed invitation from the Pennyroyal Press for a party on 11 September 1982 celebrating the completion of Alice and the commencement of Looking-Glass; a printed invitation to Moser 's discussion and slide-show given to The Society of Printers, 2 February 1983, signed by Moser and fifty of the attendees on verso; and 2 other related items.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

PARKINSON, John (1567-1650). Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers. London: Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young, 1629.Folio (334 x 204 mm). Woodcut title with a Garden of Eden scene signed "A Switzer" (remargined with minor losses); woodcut portrait; one full-page garden design woodcut; 109 full-page woodcuts, one small orchard plan woodcut; one small woodcut of tools and methods of grafting. (Index leaves laid in at end, a few leaves supplied, a few leaves remargined or repaired, some browning or soiling). Contemporary blind-tooled calf gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (rebacked, some light wear).  FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST IMPORTANT ENGLISH TREATISE ON HORTICULTURE, PRESUMABLY SIGNED BY JOHN PARKINSONParkinson was apothecary to James I, and later Royal Botanist to Charles I. He was a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617. One of the most eminent gardeners of the day, he kept a botanical garden at Long Acre in Covent Garden, close to present-day Trafalgar Square.   The presumed signatures of Parkinson occur on the verso of the engraved title (along with the note "Natury Secretarie"), and on the dedication leaf.   Parkinson commissioned specially cut woodblocks copied from drawings in other Latin herbals for his work, rather than rely on specialist printers who owned a set of illustrations to be used in multiple works.   "Since each block was the size of a full page and contained images of up to ten plants, the entire block had to be cut again if there were any mistakes...His books of plants would be the last to appear with wooden cuts, soon to be replaced by copperplate engravings...Yet the illustrations in the Paradisus are part of its charms" (A. Parkinson Nature's Alchemist, p.105). his work remains one of the best single sources of information on early 17th-century gardening practices and styles in England, "in such a delightful, homey style that gardeners cherish it to the present day" (Hunt).   Henrey 282; Hunt 215; Nissen BBI 1489; Pritzel 6933.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.  Plate portfolio only. Folio. 49 wood-engraved plates. Loose as issued in original cloth chemise.    LIMITED EDITION, from the run of 350 copies. EACH PLATE SIGNED BY MOSER. A complete suite of plates issued to accompany the limited centenary edition of Huckleberry Finn (1985). These are unnumbered. See note Pennyroyal Checklist 39.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.  2 volumes, folio. 49 wood-engraved plates by Barry Moser; extra suite of wood-engraved plates in separate portfolio. Original green morocco gilt by Gray Parrot; extra suite of plates loose as issued in cloth chemise; housed together in a cloth slipcase.  LIMITED EDITION, number 284 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MOSER AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES, each additionally signed by Moser. The text for this centenary edition is the restored version as supplied by the Mark Twain Papers at the University of California at Berkeley. Pennyroyal Checklist 39.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- HARRIS, John (1667?-1719). Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels.   London: Printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, et al., 1744-1748.  2 volumes, folio (403 x 250 mm). 38 engraved plates, 23 engraved maps (16 folding). (Some minor spotting to a few leaves, a few leaves in vol.I with minor dampstaining to upper corner outer margin.) Contemporary calf (rebacked to style, a few small losses or some minor rubbing to finish).  Second edition, edited by John Campbell.   First published in 1705, this edition contains many more plates and maps than the first. "Especially prized for its maps...[the second edition is] particularly valuable [for] the inclusion of a printing of Tasman's original map" of the "Southern Continent" (Hill). The work also includes what is likely the first account of Bering's second expedition, and contains THE FIRST ENGLISH MAP OF NEW HOLLAND, as well as maps of Australia and the Americas. Alden and Landis 744/116; Hill 775; Lada-Mocarski 3; Sabin 30483.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

HOOKER, William Jackson, Sir (1785-1865).   British Jungermanniae. Being a history and description, with coloured figures, of each species of the genus, and microscopical analyses of the parts. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [1812]-1816.Folio (470 x 294 mm). Half-title; 88 engraved plates with hand-coloring. (Spotting to half-title and preliminary leaves, very minor spotting throughout.) Contemporary russia gilt (rebacked, some minor wear). Provenance: Dawson Turner (1775-1858), English botanist (signature, presentation inscription). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE DEDICATEE DAWSON TURNER, ONE OF 10 OR FEWER LARGE-PAPER COPIES of Hooker's "most beautiful work" (DSB) INSCRIBED BY HOOKER: "Not above 10 copies printed in folio -- Dawson Turner from the Author." Dawson Turner was Hooker's father-in-law, and a noted botanist in the field of cryptogamic plants. He was the author of Natural History of Fuci, and formed a large collection of algae, which was later integrated with Hooker's herbarium at Kew. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY TURNER. Nissen BBI  916; Stafleu & Cowan 2987.  A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

CRANE, Walter (1845-1915).   The First of May, a Fairy Masque. London: Henry Sotheran, 1881.    Oblong folio (605 x 433 mm).   57 engraved plates [including half-title, title, dedication, frontispiece, and colophon] printed on India proof paper and mounted after illustrations and calligraphy by Crane (some minor spotting to a few mounts).   Loose as issued in original brown cloth portfolio gilt, printed pictorial label on upper cover (lacking ties, some minor soiling).  LIMITED EDITION, number 88 of 200 copies SIGNED BY CRANE.  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

BLACKWALL, John (1790-1881).   A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1861-1864.    Two parts bound in one, folio (357 x 256 mm). 29 engraved plates with hand-coloring. Modern green calf with overall spider web design in relief, central leather and stone onlay spider on upper cover, signed "John F. Newman Dublin 1976"; cloth folding case.  FIRST EDITION. "Since the publication of Dr. Lister's treatise [Tractatus de Araneis] in 1678, little attention has been bestowed upon the natural history of spiders in this country, till within the last thirty years...under these circumstances, it is hoped that the present imperfect endeavour...will be regarded with due consideration for the numerous and great difficulties by which the undertaking is surrounded" (Preface, p.[1]).  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759-1800).   Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Paris: Desray, An XIII [1799-1800].2 volumes, folio (489 x 321 mm). 61 engraved plates printed in colors and finished by hand, 2 uncolored anatomical plates. (Some very minor spotting or soiling, minor dampstain to outer margin of a few plates.) Contemporary boards with modern rebacking and recornering, edges stained red (some light wear to boards). FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MONOGRAPH DEVOTED TO THE DESCRIPTION OF PRIMATES. Audebert employed a new technique in the printing of the plates in which all of the colors were printed from one plate, substituting oil paint for gouache. The resulting plates depict the animals in their natural brilliance. Nissen ZBI 156; Wood p.206. A FRESH COPY.    Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[NEWSPAPER]. The Massachusetts Centinel. Volume 8, No. 24. Boston: Benjamin Russell, Saturday, December 8, 1787.4 pages, folio (367 x 238 mm). Disbound. (Some spotting, chipping to left margin.)An early contemporaneous printing of Federalist Paper XII, printed on p.94, in the first and second column. Written by Hamilton, the Federalist Paper XII concerns the establishment of currency and the collection of revenue. Hamilton argues that taxes should be levied on imports and exports, and recommends that the federal government administer tax collection to reduce the amount of resources needed to ensure taxes aren't being evaded. He asserts that funding the government is essential. It would be easier for the federal government to protect one border on the Atlantic Ocean, rather than ask each state to protect its borders, and ships stationed at America's ports would ensure the collection of duties. Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[FACSIMILE"”LORSCH GOSPELS]. The Lorsch Gospels. Introduction by Wolfgang Braunfels. New York: George Braziller, 1967.  Folio. 54 color plates containing ornamental pages, miniatures, Canon tables, and script pages. Original quarter vellum. With accompanying text booklet in wrappers; publisher 's board slipcase.    LIMITED EDITION, number 684 of 1,000 copies. This facsimile edition comprises the two parts of the Lorsch Gospels from the Biblioteca Documentara Batthyaneum in Alba Julia, Rumania, and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator.]   BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.  Folio. Illustrated with 62 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original beige boards by David Bourbeau at the Thistle Bindery, decorated in gilt and blind; in original linen clamshell box (minor dampstaining to box).    LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies signed by Moser, this copy unnumbered and designated "Artist 's copy" on colophon. With Pennyroyal Press booklet entitled Forty-Seven Days to Oz: A Chronicle of the Studies for the Illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, laid in. Pennyroyal Checklist 43.Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[UNITED STATES SENATE] -- [BILL OF RIGHTS]. Journal of the First Session of the Senate of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of New York, March 4, 1789 and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of said States. New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1789.Folio (295 x 175 mm). (Some minor soiling or spotting to a few leaves). Modern calf (original sewing holes visible in gutter margin). Provenance: Peter Van Gaasbeck (1754-1797), American merchant and politician (signature on title-page).FIRST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, containing a number of important enactments including the official tally of electoral votes in the first presidential election, President Washington's opening address to the newly-convened Senate, the Judiciary and Treasury Bills, and, on pp.163-164, following a blank page the 12 "proposed amendments" to the Constitution, 10 of which would become the Bill of Rights when ratified by the states. ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED VERSIONS OF THESE HISTORIC AMENDMENTS. Peter Van Gaasbeck's copy, with his signature.   Van Gaasbeck, a merchant from Kingston New York, served as a Major in the Ulster County militia during the Revolutionary War. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New York in the 3rd United States Congress, from March 4, 1793 through March 3, 1795. Evans 22207; Grolier American 20; Sabin 15551.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America Being the First Session of the Second Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, October 24, 1791. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791 [i.e. 1792].  Folio (316 x 192 mm). (A few tiny spots on a few leaves, some minor darkening to outer margin.) Contemporary sheep (worn, joints starting, minor losses to spine ends). Provenance: James Bourne Ayer (bookplate).  FIRST EDITION, with p. 228 misnumbered 224. The Journal for the session includes information about the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the Presidential Succession Act debate and passage, the establishment of the U. S. Mint and Coinage, the first militia act, and the foundation of the Northwest Territory Acts. Evans 24911.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

NICERON, Jean Francois (1613-1636).   La Perspective curieuse. Paris: widow of F. Langlois, 1652.  Folio (342 x 240 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 50 engraved folding plates (one double-page). (Neat early repair to lower corner of title-page, short marginal tear on one plate, some very minor soiling.) Contemporary brown sprinkled sheep, spine in 8 compartments with 7 raised bands gilt, tan and brown lettering-pieces gilt. Provenance: Frantz Carl Antoni von und zu Enzentriedt (armorial bookplate).Third edition, edited by Roberval, the first to contain Mersenne's important optical treatise L'Optique et las catoptrique. Niceron, a friar of the Minim order, studied perspective in Italy, where he taught mathematics.   In the first edition of this, his major work, he demonstrated a keen understanding of the science of perspective. The first edition of his work contained the first published reference to Descartes' derivation of the law of refraction.   Later editions of the work "simply provide more detail" (DSB).  Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[U.S. DEPT. OF STATE] "“ Letter from the Secretary of State, Transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the nineteenth ultimo, a Copy of the Maps and Report of the Commissioners under the Treaty of Ghent, for Ascertaining the Northern and Northwestern Boundary between the United States and Great Britain. Washington, D.C.: Gales & Seaton, 18 March 1828.  Oblong folio (409 x 508 mm). Letterpress title-page, one leaf of commissioner 's text, 8 lithographed maps with partial hand-coloring (one folding). (Chipping, staining and creasing with a few tears.) Disbound (stabholes in left margins).  Rare set of maps denoting the boundaries between the United States and Great Britain in the Great Lakes region after the War of 1812 according to the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent. Each map is "shaded on the British side with red, and on the American side with blue" with information about the commissioners and surveyors (Decision of the Commissioners). "Neither the series nor individual maps is recorded in Phillips or Karpinski. The only copy located by the Union Catalog is in the U. S. State Department Library. This folio edition is not to be confused with the octavo edition that consists only of text" (Streeter sale 1080).  For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

WORLIDGE, John (1640-1700). Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered... and Dictionarium Rusticum: or, The Interpretaion of Rustick Terms. London: for Tho. Dring, 1687.Folio (318 x 197 mm). Engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate; woodcut initials. (First and last few leaves frayed, "The Explanation of the Frontispiece" leaf bound in on a stub, some overall browning or staining.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, endpapers renewed, corners repaired). Provenance: Thomas Jones (signature, 1763, inscription on recto of first leaf); a few 19th-century annotations.  Fourth edition of Worlidge's  Systema, which was first published in 1668, outlining general improvements, enclosing meadows and pastures and watering and draining them, and with information about clovers, vetches, Wiltshire long-grass, hemp, and flax.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Serialized in: The National Era. Volume V, Nos. 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34 [typographical error], 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52. Washington, D.C.: June 5, 1851-December 25, 1851.  21 chapters in 26 parts only (of 40), folio, on a bifolium (each 685 x 486 mm). (Tears to folds affecting letters, some marginal chipping, some spotting or staining.) Provenance: E. McGregor (early signatures).   Prior to the publication of the first edition, Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin first appeared serially in The National Era, which was printed weekly. In this serial form, Stowe's work was printed one chapter at a time.   The present run of issues comprises chapters: 1, 4-7, 9-19, 22, 24-27 (with Chapter 9 in two parts, Chapter 10 mis-labeled, Chapter 18 in three parts).   A RUN OF THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL PARTS AS PUBLISHED SERIALLY of Stowe's work.   The present run includes two numbers with no installment of Uncle Tom's Cabin: No. 34, August 21 1851 (with a note that Chapter 12 arrived too late for publication), and No. 51, December 18, 1851. Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in 40 installments between 1851 and 1852, and based on the reception, Stowe was approached by a Boston publisher to publish her work.   The first edition sold three hundred thousand copies in the first year, and by 1857, nearly two million copies had been sold.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[TEXAS - GERMAN SETTLEMENT]. Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas. [Mainz and Weissbaden, February 7, 25, 1846].Folio (350 x 217 mm). 3pp., on a bifolium (p.4 blank). (Some very minor toning to margins, minor offsetting.)  The Adeslverein, also known as the Mainzer verein, the Texas-Verein, and the German Emigration Company, was officially named the Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas. In April 1842, twenty-one German noblemen at Biebrich on the Rhine, near Mainz, provisionally organized to establish a new Germany on Texas soil by means of an organized mass emigration. The present promotional pamphlet was printed to encourage German emigration to Texas. Between October 1845 and April 1846, a total of 5,257 German emigrants were brought to Texas, and in 1847, five settlements were established on the Fisher-Miller grant on the banks of the Llano River: Bettina, Castell, Leiningen, Meerholz, and Schoenburg.   RARE.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[HOUSTON, Sam]. Autograph document signed by 23 citizens, to Sam Houston. Refugio, 8 March 1843.  4 pages, folio, docketed, some dampstaining, old creases.  Petition to President Sam Houston requesting that Houston appoint John White Bower as Chief Justice of the county. The citizens of Refugio lost their former Chief Justice, Benj. F. Neal, who "left this country and the Republic...and returned to the United States and your petitioners believe that he has abandoned the Republic..." The petitioners cite the hazardous conditions in Refugio--Santa Anna's troops had captured the town in 1842 and carried captive all except two men--but "your petitioners continue to reside in their county under all the discouraging circumstances arising from the troubled state of the frontier, and shall continue to reside here until withdrawn by your excellency or driven off by the enemy - neither of which events they trust will take place." However, "the county is entirely without officers and no authority exists in any person to issue a writ of election for the various officers which are absolutely necessary to the county."Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825-1895). An Elementary Atlas of Comparative Osteology. London: Williams and Norgate, 1864.Folio (375 x 304 mm). 12 double-page lithographed plates by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. (Dampstaining to lower corner, some browning.) Original brown gilt-lettered cloth (rebacked, endpapers renewed, some light wear). Provenance: Clinton Hall Association, N.Y., Mercantile Library (stamps on plates).FIRST EDITION, "the figures in the present Atlas are intended simply to aid students in comprehending the general arrangement of the bony framework of the Vertebrata, and some of its most important modifications" (Introduction). Nissen ZBI 2064.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments. North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999.  2 volumes. Folio. Illustrated with over 235 relief engravings by Barry Moser.   (Front flyleaf creased in Vol. I.)   Vol. I partially bound, sewn onto original vellum strips with linen and spine backing paper present; Vol. II in full vellum over boards with title stamped in gilt on front board and spine (slight discoloration to vellum on front cover); each volume housed in original cloth folding case (both with spine labels for Vol. II).    LIMITED EDITION, one of 400 copies on Zerkall Bible paper, out of a total edition of 430 copies, this copy out-of-series and signed by Moser at end of Vol II. The text for the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible follows the classic King James, or "Authorized" version, first published in 1611. The type is Galliard-Moser, designed by Matthew Carter and modified specifically for this project, and the type pages are composed and printed by Bradley Hutchinson of Digital Letterpress in Austin, Texas, after Moser 's designs and specifications. Mr. Hutchinson has rendered the computer-generated type into polymer printing plates and printed them letterpress, combining tradition with modern technology. The paper is Zerkall Bible, manufactured especially for this project and bearing the unique watermark of the Pennyroyal Caxton Press. The bindings are executed by the combined studios of Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton, of Easthampton, Massachusetts. Moser brought the experience of thirty years of engraving to bear on his illustrations for the King James Bible, the first edition in this century in which both the Old and the New Testaments are illustrated by a single artist. Working with a new medium known as resingrave, Moser has cut over 235 stunning illustrations which rank among his finest, and overseen the integration of these engravings into a seamless whole, what he has termed the "struggle to engage not only a sacred text but the greatest monument of our language; to grapple with typography and images befitting such sanctity and monumentality; and to wrestle with the devils and angels that reside therein." This book undoubtedly ranks among the greatest achievements of twentieth century fine bookmaking. With the original prospectus laid in.    [With:] 3 original preliminary pencil drawings by Moser for illustrations in The Holy Bible. Each 403 x 284 mm, each titled and signed by Moser. The subjects comprise: "Sanballat" (Nehemiah 2:10), "The Child" (Galatians 4:1), and "The Annunciation" (Luke 1:28).  [And:]    A trial binding dummy for the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, folio, linen-backed boards, inscribed by Moser in pencil on the front free endpaper: "This binding dummy is from the workshops of Sarah Creighton & Claudia Cohen is a prototype for the binding of the Pennyroyal Press edition of the King James Bible. The cover papers were made by Tim Barrett at his paper mill at the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa. Barrett and I collected walnut husks around the mill building to dye the sheets. Unfortunately, the paper bruised and burnished, & the idea for a very humble biding was abandoned. / Barry Moser / 8.26.21."Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby Dick; or, The Whale.   Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1981.    Folio. Numerous woodcut illustrations by Barry Moser. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver (minor discoloration to spine); original publisher 's cloth slipcase.    LIMITED ISSUE, one of 750 unnumbered copies, SIGNED BY MOSER, of this facsimile reprint of the 1979 edition printed by the Arion Press.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

MOSER, Barry. Portraits"¦ Introduction by Ann Patchett. Afterword by Barry Moser. North Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 2006.  Folio. 161 engravings on wood and Resingrave by Barry Moser. Contents loose as issued in original cloth chemise and folding case.    LIMITED EDITION, one of 60 sets, signed by Ann Patchett, printer Vance and Barry Moser, this being COPY NUMBER 1, from the first twenty copies reserved for the artist. Contains 161 portraits of friends, family, artists, architects, writers, poets, and composers engraved on wood and Resingrave by Moser from 1970 to 2006 and collected here for the first time.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ( "Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1982, 1983.    2 volumes, folio. Numerous illustrations by Barry Moser. Original cloth-backed boards; original printed   dust jackets. FIRST TRADE EDITIONS, each signed by Moser on the title-page.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637-1680).   The Book of Nature; or, The History of Insects: Reduced to Distinct Classes, Confirmed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the Anatomical Analysis of Many Species.... London; for C. G. Seyffert, 1758.  Folio (402 x 250 mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved device, 2pp. list of subscribers; 53 engraved plates. (Some spotting or browning.)   Contemporary calf gilt (covers detaching, front endleaves disbound and one gathering becoming loose, some wear).  FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated by Thomas Flloyd and with a life of Swammerdam by Boerhaave.    Dibner  Heralds of Science 191; Nissen  ZBI 4057; Norman 2037.Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[NEWSPAPER - TEXAS NEWS - THE ALAMO]. Niles Weekly Register. Vol. 49 (September 5, 1835-February 27, 1836); [with] Vol. 51 (September 3, 1836-February 25, 1837); [and] Vol. 52 (March 4, 1837-August 26, 1837). Baltimore, 1835-1837.3 volumes, 8vo (Vol. 49) and folio (Vols. 51 & 52). Vol. 49: 456pp. (lacking pp.55-58); Vols. 51 & 52: 416pp.   (Some overall browning or light spotting.) Bound in red or brown contemporary half sheep, marbled boards (worn, some losses to spines). Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 442).   FIRST EDITIONS of this "widely circulated weekly, with an emphasis on politics and current events. An important source of Americana, unique in its scope and longevity" (Lomazow, American Periodicals a Collector's Manual and Reference Guide 97). Including information The Alamo as the events unfolded, including the Texas Revolution and the early forming of the Republic, Texan dissatisfaction with Mexican government, Austin and Archer appealing for U. S. support of the Texas Revolution, a call for volunteers, the establishment of Telegraph and Texas Register, Milam's capture of San Antonio, organization of the Texas Rangers, Sam Houston elected as President with his inaugural address, President Jackson's address to Congress on the Texas situation, the release of Santa-Anna, the official U. S. recognition of Texas, and the burial of Alamo heroes. [With:] Niles Weekly Register. Baltimore, 1813. Vol. IV, No. 98, Saturday, 17 July 1813. INCLUDES A PRINTING OF E HTEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN, "Republic of Mexico" (p.313). -- Niles Weekly Register. Baltimore, 1836. Vol. XIV, Nos. 1,278-1,301, 10 March 1836-27 August 1836. 24 numbers, with Texas news.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

HOWARD, John Eliot (1807-1883).   The Quinology of the East Indian Plantations. London: L. Reeve & Co.,, 1869-1876.    3 parts in one volume, folio (495 x 351 mm). Half-title; 15 lithographed plates (13 with hand-coloring), 2 mounted albumen photographs. (Some minor mostly marginal spotting to a few leaves.) Original publisher's green gilt-decorated cloth by Westley with their ticket (lower joint repaired, hinges starting, some very light wear to extremities, otherwise bright).  FRIST EDITION of Howard's rare work on growing quinine in South East Asia. As early as 1827, Howard showed interest in what would prove to be his life's work: the extraction of the anti-malaria drug quinine from the bark of the  Cinchona (Cinchonaceae) tree in South America. He published his first report on the subject in 1852. After the tree was introduced to India from the Andes, Howard examined the bark and produced this, his second major work, on his findings.   He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his important work. RARE: We trace only 4 copies of Howard's work at auction in the last 45 years. A BRIGHT COPY.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

PORTA, Giambattista della (1535?-1615). Natural Magick...in twenty books. London: Thomas Young and Samuel Speed, 1658.Folio (273 x 168 mm). Engraved title-page (repaired with portions provided in facsimile); letterpress title printed in red and black (marginal repairs affecting portion of rule border); numerous woodcut illustrations. (Lacking P2/3, provided in facsimile, several leaves frayed with occasional minor losses, some minor worming lower margin, some soiling or browning). Contemporary calf (rebacked, preserving original spine, overall wear).  FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Porta's treatise which "epitomizes the combination of credulity and empiricism typical of the late Renaissance: uncritical reports of the marvelous and miraculous and holdovers from medieval books of secrets are mixes with attempts to define natural magic and to apply mathematical and experimental techniques in science" (Norman). ESTC R33476; Norman 1726; Wing P-2982.Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. IllinoisFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

PORTA, Giambattista della (1535?-1615). Natural Magick...in twenty books. London: Thomas Young and Samuel Speed, 1658.Folio (277 x 174 mm). Engraved title-page; letterpress title printed in red and black; numerous woodcut illustrations. (A few short marginal tears or paper flaws, some minor browning, minor wrinkling to first and last few leaves). 20th-century sheep (some wear). Provenance: K.C. (blindstamps); a few 20th-century marginal notes in pencil and red underlinings. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Porta's Magiae naturalis libri viginti, first published in 1558.   This translation follows the expanded edition of 1589. Porta's compilation of science and pseudo-science includes sections on changing metals, counterfeiting precious stones, medical remedies, perfume, cookery, and "burning gasses," or optics. ESTC R33476; Norman 1726; Wing P-2982.For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. The Complete Set of Prints Both Published and Unpublished for the Deluxe Edition of The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. [North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999].  Folio (c.380 x 255 mm). 280 resingrave prints by Barry Moser. With letterpress bifolium comprising title page (with limitation) and plate list. Loose as issued (without tray box which accompanied the deluxe edition).    LIMITED EDITION,   number 49 of 50 proof sets, each signed and numbered by Moser. All the prints were printed by Harold McGrath on handmade Japanese Kitakata paper. The suite includes the 50 rejected prints by the artist.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[HERBAL] -- [Hortus sanitatis. De herbis et plantis...] [Strassburg: Johann Pruss, ca 1497?].  Folio (approximately 287 x 195 mm), disbound. 155 leaves only (of 360), most with hand-coloring. (Some minor soiling, spotting or browning to some leaves.) Leaves loose in a pigskin binding blind-stamped "PS" and dated 1613 on upper cover (lacking clasps and catches, minor wear). Provenance: H.M. Fletcher (purchased with another dealer, Sotheby's London, 15 April 1988); acquired by Harold Berliner (printer and typographer) and D. Steven Corey (librarian); later sold PBA Galleries 23 February 2006, sale 326, lot 107. Most of the woodcuts of plants in the Pruss editions were previously used in Johann Gruninger's edition of the Gart der Gesundheit.   Many of the other woodcuts are direct or reverse copies of those used in Meydenbach's first edition of the Hortus Sanitatis. The present partial copy was apparently acquired by Berliner and Corey with the goal to collaborate on a leaf book.   Corey made a study of the book and completed an introduction, but the project was never completed. See Goff H-487; see Hain-Copinger 8941; see Nissen BBI 2363.Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

HALE, Thomas (fl. 1750).   Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening.... London: for T. Osborne, T. Trye, S. Crowder, and H. Woodgate, [1756-]1757.  Folio (420 x 260 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 60 engraved plates. (Some minor soiling, spotting or offsetting, ca 50 leaves with minor marginal worming.) Contemporary English blind-panelled calf (neatly rebacked and repaired). Provenance: William McElwain Talbot (gift inscription, 1978). FIRST EDITION, intended as a companion to the Compleat Body of Husbandry (London, 1756). Issued in 60 weekly parts, each including "descriptions and cultural details concerning the various products of the garden under the time of year in which they flower or fruit, the phrase name used by Linnaeus for each plant is given, and each is referred to in its place in [Linnaeus's] sexual system, which is explained. Advice is offered on what to do each month in the kitchen, flower, and fruit gardens" (Henrey p.98).   Henrey III.776; Hunt 559; Nissen BBI 880.Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America Being the Second Congress Begun and Held...November 5th, 1792.... Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1792.  Folio (340 x 204 mm). (Some chipping or small losses to margin, some browning or soiling.) ORIGINAL MARBLE WRAPPERS (spine perished, some chipping); morocco-backed folding case. Provenance: Mary Burnham Kinsman (signature, 1926).  FIRST EDITION, including information about the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, and the Judiciary Act of 1793, and about proposed legislation regarding compensation of the president and vice president. Evans 26333.  Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant MittlerFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.   Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1984.    Folio. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket.  FIRST TRADE EDITION, First Printing.   SIGNED by Moser on the title-page.    [Accompanied by:] A dummy binding by the Harcourt bindery for the Pennyroyal Press limited edition of Moser 's Frankenstein, folio, quarter morocco. INSCRIBED BY MOSER: "This is a prototype of the Frankenstein binding from harcourt bindery that I gave to my daughter to use as a diary when she was in junior high school. Barry Moser." Followed by 3 pp of diary entries including mentioning traveling with her father "for Poqipsee [sic] New York avec father. went to the house Wilderstien [sic], the house dad will be using for beauty & the beast," and goes on to describe her own thoughts for a story.    [With:]    SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft. The Annotated Frankenstein. With Introduction and Notes by Leonard Wolf. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1977. 4to, original quarter cloth, with some sections highlighted by Moser indicating some references for the subjects of his illustrations for the Pennyroyal Press edition of Frankenstein (1983), also within the note at end on the illustrated editions of Frankenstein. Also with 9 other related works from Moser 's library on Frankenstein.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry MoserFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com

LEUPOLD, Jacob (1674-1727). Theatrum machinarum hydrotechnicarum. Schau-Platz der Wasser-Bau-Kunst. Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1724.  Folio (364 x 236 mm). Half-title; 51 engraved plates (A few repairs to title just touching letters, some browning.) Contemporary tree calf gilt, modern red morocco lettering-piece gilt on upper cover (rebacked preserving original spine, some light wear). FIRST EDITION of the Theatrum machinarium hydrotechnicarum, second of a ten-volume series entitled Theatrum machinarum, each volume of which is complete in itself. Leupold was one of the major transmitters of the machine designs and technological images of Francesco di Giorgio Martini, the Sienese painter, sculptor and architect whose writings and drawings provided the chief source of inspiration (albeit one not always recognized) for several generations foe engineers" (Norman). Norman 1339.  Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat BotanicumFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com