MAP OF TENNESSEE

An 18th c. "Map of the Tennassee Government from the Latest Surveys 1799". "Engraved for Payne's Geography". Original black and white print. Depicts location of Nashville, Knoxville, and "Clerksville", as well as smaller towns. Shows "Public Roads", "Indian Boundaries", "Indian Towns" and "Width of Rivers in Yards". Depicts topography and mountain ranges, as well as the courses of the Tennessee, Holston, Clinch, Cumberland, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers where they run through or border Tennessee. A wonderful and unique map of the 16th State only three years after its admission to the Union. Burl walnut frame, UV glass, acid-free backing by Fred Roberts of Wilton, CT, 8" x 16 5/8" (sight), 9 1/2" x 17 15/16" (framed).

TWO MAPS OF FRANCE

A 17th c. map of the Bordeau Region, "Bourdelois, Pays de Medoc, et la Prevoste de Born". Copper etching by Jodocus Hondius II (1563-1612), Amsterdam. A spectacular central adorned title cartouche. A very fine colored compass rose upper left of the cartouche. Age toning, some creases, 16" x 20 1/4" (sight); A 17th c. map of France, "La Partie Meridi onde du Languedoc", by J. Jansson/M. Tavernier, Amsterdam and Paris, 1650. A large decorated cartouche with golden crown, 15 1/2" x 20" (sight).

MAP OF FRANCE

19th c. map, "A New Map of France, comformable to the Treaty of Paris, 1815: With the Netherlands, Switzerland and part of Italy &c.", by J. Aspin, improved by F. Paguenaud. Published by M. Cary & Son, 1820. Engraved, hand-colored with text, includes four atlas pages "Genealogical, Historical, and Chronology Map", very good condition, 11 1/2" x 13". 

17TH C. MAP

"Harmonie ou Correspondance du Globe avecq la Sphere par les Points, Lignes, Cercles, &c. qui se descrivent en la Surface des Globes Terrestres at des Mappemondes, pour responder a ceux qui sont imagines dans la Sphere coeleste", by N. Sanson. Published 1659. Engraved, double hemisphere: insular California, original outline color, very good condition, 15 1/2" x 20 1/2". 

18TH C. MAP

"Hispania Antiqua in tres precipuas partes, seilicet Tarraconensem, Lusitniam, et Baeticam", by Robert de Vaugondy, 1750. Original outline color, good condition with overall age toning, 19" x 22". 

18TH C. MAP

"Partie Meridianale Du Royaume De Portugal", by Robert de Vaugondy, 1751 World Atlas. Original outline color, good condition with overall age toning, 19 1/2" x 20 1/2". 

LATE 17TH C. LA FLORIDE MAP

Sason, Nicolas, "La Floride", shows coastline from Secotan in Virginia to Planuco in Mexico; interior is shown to 40° of latitude north, and includes lakes and rivers in the region, good condition, 9" x 11". 

18TH C. MAPPE MONDE

De Vaugondy, Robert (1688-1766), "Mappe Monde", engraved double hemisphere map in outline color, dated 1760, small holes in outer margin, and small piece of left corner missing, overall good condition, 6" x 11 1/4".

WORLD MAP

World Map School Atlas to Ancient and Modern Geography. Boston: Published by Cummings and Hillard at the Boston Bookstore, No. 1. Cornhill, 1821. Minor tears and overly dark, but good condition overall, "Found in an old stagecoach trunk that was in the Allan Gay barn in 1958" (JPR). 

NAUTICAL BOOKS

Two vols., Bowditch, Nathaniel; The New American Practical Navigator..., 12th Edition, New York, 1841, leather bound, toned and some foxing, signed inside "Thomas Stodder, Hingham 1842"; "many of the Hingham Stodders were mariners involved in Hingham's Fishing Fleet" (JPR), included are fold out charts of the Atlantic; Blunt, Joseph; The Shipmasters Assistant..., 1857, New York, E. & G.W. Blunt, 819 pages, plus commercial regulations, Index, and other lists of nautical publications by E. & G.W. Blunt, laws and regulations of everything relating to shipping in mid 19th c., leather bound, some cracking along binding, gilded highlights and lettering on red, labeled inside cover, "Frederick W. Lincoln Jr. Mathematical Instrument Maker, 736 Commercial St. Boston.", (JPR collection).

NARRATIVE AND CRITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA

Winsor, Justin; Narrative and Critical History of America, 8 vols., leather bound, 1889, Hougton Mifflin and Co., Riverside Press, Cambridge. Contents of set are as follows: Volume 1: Aboriginal America (c. 1889). Volume II: Spanish Explorations and Settlements in America from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century (c. 1886). Volume III: English Explorations and Settlements in North America 1497-1689 (c. 1884); Volume IV: French Explorations and Settlements In North America and those of the Portuguese, Dutch and Swedes 1500-1700 (c. 1884). Volume V: The English and French in North America 1689-1763 (c. 1887). Volume VI: The United States of North America Part I (c. 1887). Volume VII: The United States of North America, Part II (c. 1888). Volume VIII: The Later History of British, Spanish, and Portuguese America (c. 1889). Each volume indexed separately, general index in Volume VIII; (JPR collection).

HISTORICAL BOOKS

Three leather bound vols. with maps: Barber, John Warner, Historical Collections..., Dorr, Howland & Co. 1839, 200 illustrations with map; Barber, John Warner, History and Antiquities of New England, New York & New Jersey, Dorr, Howland & Co. 1841, engravings and map; Nason, Elias, Gazeteer of Massachusetts, B.B. Russel. Boston, 1874, includes illustrations and map, some foxing and minor splitting at top of spine, a striking fold out map of Massachusetts (17" x 25") showing South Scituate (became Norwell), (JPR collection).

WHALING AND FISHING BY CHARLES NORDHOFF

Nordhoff, Charles; Whaling and Fishing, Cincinnati, Moore, Wilstock, Keys & Co., 1856, 1st Edition, hard bound, three plates, minor imperfections, slight foxing, overall good condition with fine clean binding, signed "Lincoln Fearing, from his Uncle David", Hingham, Mass., (JPR collection).

EIGHT VOLUME SET; TWO VOLUME SET

Massachusetts Soldiers Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, Norwood Press, Norwood, 1931. Published as an eight volume set, as well as index. Blue covered volumes with gilt spine lettering, overall condition very good, Vol. VIII with some stains on the back cover; Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-1865, Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896. Published as a two volume set. Hardcover bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, good condition, some splitting on inner front spine of Vol. I, (JPR collection).

AMBROTYPE OF LINCOLN

Rare cased photograph of Abraham Lincoln, c. 1860, believed to be the same photograph using the Brady Cooper Union image that was also produced by George Clark, Jr. of Boston for the 1860 Presidential election, red tinted color on the cheeks and lips, J.B. Thurston, Ambrotype Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, 2 1/2" x 2". 

TWO A. LINCOLN PIECES AND TWO CIVIL WAR LETTERS

Newspaper clipping of the Republican nomination for President "Abraham Lincoln of Illinois", and for Vice President, "Hannibal Hamlin of Maine", a drawing showing Lincoln splitting a log; a Carte-de-Visite of Lincoln; and a letter "Winchester Va, April 25th 1865, Esteemed Friend, Your letter of the 18th & 19th came to me yesterday. I find that the same sad ?? is in all my letters and in every paper that I take up. When the sad news of the President's death reached us I did not think this city of Winchester would be left as, the men seemed to feel like burning all of the property of Rebels...", "I have a splendid new Sharps Rifle and would like to know that it had slain a Rebel before I take it home with me..". Also including another letter previous "Camp Hancock, near Harpers Ferry, Va. March 18, 1865 with talk of Rebels, Gen. Grant's next campaign and the final struggle to the end of the War...Corpl James Burrows, 6C, 1st Regt USVV, Via Washington D.C.".

TWO CIVIL WAR DIARIES AND A CIVIL WAR BIBLE

Diary, 1864, of Corp. Daniel O. Gale, Co C, 32nd Regt, Mass Vols., Army of the Potomac, written legibly in pencil starting May 2, "In Camp", descriptions of Marching, Skirmishes... "Gen Grant and Mead passed here this morn June 1 1864" ..."Our Reg lost very heavy, my camp. lost 2 killed 3 wounded our 1st St. was killed...July 14 1864...", "There was a few Deserters came into our lines today & reported that a whole Brigade of Floridians were coming in after Dark, but they...Nov. 21", "Traveled all night, arrived in Boston 2 1/2 morn."; Another Diary, 1865, of Amos B. Holden, 1st Batt. Hvy Arty, Mass Vols., Fort Pickering, Salem, Mass., primarily describing the weather and trips to Boston starting on June 1 - Sat. April 15 - "The sad news of the death of the President came this morning by assassination, sad sad news", on to Dec. 30 "stormy".; and a pocket Soldiers Bible, George G. Center, Duxbury, Vermont, Co. D, 2nd Regt., Vermont Vol., Capt. C. Dillingham, red leather cover.

PHOTO ALBUM

Civil War photo album, 47 carte-de-visites (list available), of Army of the Potomac, Generals to Enlisted Men, primarily 58th Reg. Mass Vols., 6 1/4" h, 5 1/2" w.

EPHEMERA

Two framed printed pieces of ephemera: Newsprint (possibly Harper's Weekly) of the "Explosion of a shell in the cutter of the United States Steamer 'Niagara', Novermber 30, 1861", matted, 10" x 9 1/2" (sight); and an engraved invitation to the "National Inauguration Ball, March 4, 1865.", for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson; "The honor of Mrs. Hugh McCulloch's Company is requested, Designed and Drawn by Braff, Engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole", finely matted, 10" x 7" (sight), includes original envelope on verso; (JPR collection).

BOOKS CONCERNING THE CIVIL WAR

Kettell, Thomas P.; History of the Great Rebellion, 2 vols., 125 engravings, woodcuts, chromolithographs, steel cuts, maps, etc., 1st Edition, 1862, L. Stebbins, Worcester, Mass., foxing throughout; Massachusetts in the Rebellion, Headley, P.C., 1866, Boston, Walker, Fuller and Company, 1st Edition, steel cut engravings of Officers, some toning to pages, (JPR collection).

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE

The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion, 4 vols., 1867-1870, leather bound, "acquired from Wilmor and Katherine Brewer in 1970...", (JPR collection). 

FIVE VOLUME SET BY HULMES

Hulmes, F. Edward; Familiar Wild Flowers. Cassell & Company, London. Five volumes, hand-painted covers, some foxing, (JPR collection).

OIL ON CANVAS (I. SPRAGUE)

Sprague, Isaac, oil on canvas of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, signed "I. Sprague" in red on back stretcher, "Acquired from Priscilla Sprague in 1969, granddaughter of Audubon painter I. Sprague" (JPR),shows some damage. 14" x 28", (JPR collection). 

WATERCOLOR ON PAPER

19th c. watercolor on paper of a strawberry plant with fruit, flowers and leaves, pencil signed "Forest Sanctuary, Isaac Sprague, August, 1844", note on back "Acquired from Mrs. Mason A. Foley, Hingham, Mass. in 1975 by John P. Richardson. This is one of the small watercolors that Isaac Sprague (b. 1811 d. 1895), artist, quickly produced at Sunday School picnics. etc. for children. Some were half this size. This was done at a favorite picnic site called, The Forest Sanctuary, near the junction of Leavitt St. & James Lane, Hingham." (JPR), framed, 5" x 5" (sight).

ISAAC SPRAGUE WATERCOLOR

Sprague, Isaac, original watercolor of "Columbine", signed "I. Sprague, Aug 3rd 1866", framed and matted, some foxing otherwise good and bright, 11" x 7" (sight); includes four colored lithographic plates of flowers by I. Sprague, c. 1894, from Wildflowers of America, 12" x 9 1/2"; (Note: all of these pieces were sold in the 1970's to Cheryl White, formerly of Hingham, Mass., by John P. Richardson). 

BOOKS FROM ISAAC SPRAGUE LIBRARY

Two volumes from the library of Isaac Sprague: Homely Scenes from Great Painters, Turner, Godfrey Wordsworth, Cassess Petter and Galpin, London Paris & New York, 24 photographs of artworks, c. 1870's, signed on flyleaf in pencil "Isaac Sprague"; Poets and Etches, Illustrated, Boston, Ticknor and Company, 211 Tremont Street, 1881, James R. Osgood & Co., John Wilson and Son, University Press, Etchings by A.F. Bellows (4 including the Wayside Inn), Samuel Coleman (4); Henry Farrer (4); R. Swain Gifford (4 including Palestine); J.D. Smillie (4 including The Snow Storm and The Apology); signed on the flyleaf in pencil "I. Sprague, 1882", "acquired by JPR from Priscilla Sprague" (JPR). 

FLOWER DE LUCE BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

Longflower, Henry W.; Flower de Luce, illustrated by Isaac Sprague, Boston Estes & Lauriat, Publishers, (Reprinted by Permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co.), c. 1880, 8vo cut card stock covers embossed with gilt lettering and a purple iris, tied with blue silk ribbon, nine leaves with Longfellow poem dated 1866 and four chromolithographs, overall good condition, covers are lightly soiled, "acquired from Priscilla Sprague in 1969, belonged to Isaac Sprague, 1969, JPR, Hingham." in pencil on front page, 8 1/2" x 7".

PAINTING ON FROSTED GLASS

Late 19th c. painting on frosted glass of woodbine in fall foliate, attributed to Isaac Sprague, in a gilt decorated frame, "acquired from Priscilla Sprague, she said it had come from his home in Wellesley, Mass...", 5 1/2" x 12", (JPR collection).

ISAAC SPRAGUE'S BINDER

Please note the copy of 1843 diary has been removed from this lot under the dispute of ownership.

Leather bound loose-leaf binder filled with many pieces from Isaac Sprague: Audubon letters regarding Sprague exhibition; copied examples of Sprague's work; copy of 1843 diary covering Sprague's trip to the Missouri River with James Audubon; list of JPR's Sprague possessions; prints belonging to Sprague; letters corresponding between JPR and George Gifford; diary excerpts from George Lincoln, Jr. in regards to I. Sprague; collection of Sprague's possessions including: collection of seaweed, botany chart, stereopticon photograph of Mt. Cannon from Echo Lake (NH), 1873 bill of sale for 1200 engravings - $82.09, article from Ornithological Society Journal, The Hermit Thrush, business card with flower design, and much more, (JPR collection).

12 VOLUMES BY LUTHER BURBANK

Burbank, Luther; His Methods and Discoveries & Their Practical Applications, Luther Burbank Press, New York, 1914. Twelve volumes, Vol. I signed, leather bound, good condition, (JPR collection).

NATURE AND FORESTRY BOOKS

Blanchan, Neltje; The New Nature Library, Vol. I-Vol. VIII, Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, 1914, illustrated with colored plates; Sargent, Charles S.; Garden and Forest, A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art and Forestry, 4 vols., 1888-1891, New York, overall good; and two bound copies of "American Forests Magazine, 1937 and 1938, published monthly by the American Forestry Association, Washington, D.C.; (JPR collection). 

BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS...

Forbush, Edward Howe; Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England States, J.S. Cushing Co., Norwood, Vol. I 1925 through Vol. III 1929, color illustrations from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, (JPR collection).

OWL PRINTS

Four framed and matted prints of owls, and hawks by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, believed to be copies of originals, 11" x 6 3/4", (from the collection of the late Frederick Hagar).

INDIAN TRAVEL POSTER

"Gobinda Mandal, Agra", 1937. The Taj Mahal built as a mausoleum for the wife of Sheik Jehan. Constructed between 1631 and 1648 and it is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. "Calcutta Chromotype Ltd, 1 Gibson Lane Calcutta". Small tear repaired in upper central area from the top, approximately 1 1/2", minor foxing on left minaret, backed on poster board, 40" x 25", (from the collection of the late Frederick Hagar).