Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family Historical Documents

A letter written in an old style of French, with wax seal remnants, signed "Rober" (?), dated September 7, 1704. The sender, recipien...

Holographic note by Marie Josephine Louise (future wife of Louis XVIII), written when she was Comtesse de Provence. The note reads: "Je donne m...

A two-sheet ALS from the actor John P. Kemble, a member of the 19th century theatrical family along with his sister, Sarah Siddons. The letter is to A

Two-sided plate, c. 18th century. "Jacob wrestling with the Angell. Genesis 33"; printed by G. Freman and F. Van Hove. On reverse:
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1. Scenes of a colony, showing three plans/aspects, including the Temple of Hercules. 15 1/2in. x 18 3/4in. Condition: Overall good; toning; fold at c

A series of scenes of Venice. All in generally good condition; fold at center; toning (some darker, and/or darker toning at fold), light spotting; mos

Plan de Paris commence l'annee. Paris: A. Taride, 1724-1739. An incomplete set of the large engraved sectioned map of Paris, which in its entire...

Three plates: 1. ANDRESOHN, ERASMUS. Organ dissections. 9 1/4in. x 13in. Condition: At least three vertical and one horizontal folds; toned, including

Two engraved images of Neopolitan galley ships, c. 18th Century: 1. Vega, Pietro La; and Nic Fiorillo. Veduta esteriore di fianco di una Nave

A topographic battle map with fine detail: "Bataille decommandee par Cassel Gaignee par l'Armee du Roy Monsieur frere Unique de s...

A set of two large size fold-out engraved elevations of the Louvre Palace, from L'Architecture francoise (Paris: 1738). From Jean-Francois ...

The black needlework on pink fabric, in a marquetry frame. The back of the frame is sealed with pages from a French antiquarian work. Needlework: 6in.

Four large illuminated Tafsir al-Qur'an manuscript paper leaves, c. 18th-19th century. Each white/cream thin paper leaf has text on both sides a...

Frame: 12 ¾ inches high x 9.  Paper size: 6 ¼ inches high x 3 ¼.  Image: 5 ¼ i

Frame: 10 inches high x 7 ¾.  Paper size: 8 ¾ inches high x 6 ½.  Image: 4 ¼ i

"Ambassadeurs, Aristide Bruant." Date: original printed in 1892; reprint from c. 1945. Medium: Color lithograph. Dimensions: 35½ x 23...

Les Satyres et Autres Oeuvres du Sieur Regnier. Augmentez de diuerses Pieces cy-deuant non imprimees. Paris: Louys Chamhoudry, au Palais, deuant la Sa

The History of Great Britain, Being the Life and Reign of King James The First, Relating to what passed from his first Accesse to the Crown till his D

Vita di Don Pietro Giron, duca D'Assuna, Vicere di Napoli, E di Sicilia, fotto il Regno di Filippo Terzo. Parte Prima. Vol I only (of 3). Amster...

Lettres sur la Decouverte de L'Ancienne Ville, D'Herculane, Et de ses principales Antiquities. Yverdon, 1770. Vol. 1 and 2. 16mo (6 3/4in.)....

1. FLECHIER. Lettres Choisies de Mr. Flechier Eveque de Nismes: avec une Relation des Fanatiques du Vivarez; et des Reflexions sur les Differe

A manuscript volume of medical text concerning the role of hygiene and sanitation on health, written by a number of anonymous authors; possibl

Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire. Basle: De l'Imprimerie de Jean-Jaques Tourneisen, Avec des caracteres de G. Haas, 1784. 8vo. Full speckled calf, ...

A collection of 33 plays (one incomplete), published 1779-1781. Most are indicated As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane

SERMONS AGAINST POPERY, PREACHED AT SALTERS-HALL, IN THE YEAR 1735. By Several Ministers. In Two Volumes [of which this is Vol. I only]. London: Print

COOK, JAMES. The Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1809. Vols. I-VII. 16mo (6 1/4in.). Half calf and marb

PERRY, WILLIAM. Royal Standard English Dictionary: In Which The Words are not only rationally divided in Syllables, accurately accented, and their Par

The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Extensively Embellished with Engravings on Copper and Wood, From Original Paintings and Drawin

The Memoirs of Joseph Fouche, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France. In Two Volumes. London: Charles Knight, 1825. Second Edition.

[No Author.] The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus Laid Open and Explained, by those Renowned Masters Sena Sama, Hamed Ben-Ali, and all the Cel

Poems. London: T. Cadell, 1834. 8vo. Full green leather, gilt embossed, raised bands on spine, red leather label is detached (but present inside), and

GRADUALE ROMANUM. Continens Missas de Dominicis et Festis, Etiam Novissimis, Totius Anni. Editio Emendatius Recognita et Usui dioecesis Argent

WILLARD, EMMA. Compendio de la Historia de los Estados Unidos, o Republica de America. New York: S. Ba

FINDENS' GALLERY OF MODERN ART: BEING A SERIES OF HIGHLY-FINISHED STEEL ENGRAVINGS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CHARACTER, BEAUTY, AND COSTUME OF MANY L...

A General Introduction to the Domesday Book; Accompanied by Indexes of the Tenants in Chief, and Under Tentants... In Two Volumes. Printed by Command

CARLETON, WILL. New York: Harper & Brothers. Four illustrated titles: City Ballads, 1886 (clippings glued to front endpapers); City Festiva...

1. ADAMS, EMMA H. Savonarola, The Florentine Martyr. Oakland: Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1890. Fair; foxing, splitting between p. 80-81. 2.-3.

Most with gilt spines; includes two in French and German; all generally Good: 1. FIELD, EUGENE. A Little Book of Profitable Tales. New York: Scribne...

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID. Livingstone, der Missionar. I. Aeltere und neuere Erforschungsreisen im Innern Afrika's... Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1860. ...

WALFORD, EDWARD. Greater London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Vols. I and II only. London, Paris & New York: Cassell ...

Lot of four Folio/4to Fine Bindings: 1.-2. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Whole Historical Dramas of William Shakspeare.  Illustrated by an

ANONYMOUS. Peculiarities of the Shakers, Described in a Series of Letters from Lebanon Springs, in the Year 1832, Containing an Account of the Origin,

Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and The Means of making it a Benefit to the World. Boston: Powars and Willis, 1784 (first p

HINGSTON, E. P. ARTEMUS WARD (HIS TRAVELS) AMONG THE MORMONS. London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. 12mo (7 1/2in.). Burgundy cloth, gilt to spine. Fronti

BARRY, T. A.; and PATTEN, B. A. Men and memories of San Francisco, in the "Spring of '50." San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Volume I and II. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Printed by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. 8vo. Green mo

Six volumes of Hawthorne's Works (of a 13-vol. set). Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Riverside Edition, 1893-1895. 8vo. Half...

Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1888. 16mo (6 1/2in.). Volumes 1-6. Uniformly bound in brown cloth, blindstamped blocked cov...

Two editions of The Lark magazine, stapled 8vo booklets published by William Doxey, San Francisco: 1. Edition No. 18. October 1, 1896.

Pickwick Abroad; or, the Tour in France. London: Thomas Tegg; Glasgow: R. Griffin and Co.; Dublin: Tegg and Co.; Sidney and Hobart Town: J. and S. A.