Sales catalogue 625: Maggs Bros

Date:
1936
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/162
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 625: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [170] MILLER (Rev. John). A Description of the Province and City of New York; with Plans of the City and Several Forts as they existed in the Year 1695. Now first printed from the original manuscript. To which is added, a Catalogue of an extensive Collection of Books relating to America, on sale by the publisher. 8vo. Cloth. London, Thomas Rodd, 1848. &1 1s Rodd’s list of Americana is extremely interesting, and the prices enough to make one’s mouth water! {171] MINNESOTA. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Treaty between the United States of America and the Chippewas of the Mississippi and the Pillager and Lake Winibigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. Concluded May 7, 1864. ... Proclaimed March 20, 1865. Signed by Abraham Lincoln. Folio. Io pp. Washington, 1863. £3 10s ‘The reservations known as Gull Lake, Mille Lac, Sandy Lake, Rabbit Lake, Pokagomin Take, and Rice Lake . .. . are hereby ceded to the United States.” The Government fixes the bounds of new reservations, and arranges for annuities for a further ten years. [172] (MITCHELL, J.). The Contest in America between Great Britain and France, with its Consequences and Importance; Giving an Account of the Views and Designs of the French, with the Interests of Great Britain, and the Situation of the British and French Colonies, in all parts of America: In which a proper Barrier between the two Nations in North America is pointed out, with a Method to Prosecute the War, so as to obtain that necessary security for our Colonies. 8vo. Old half calf. London, 1757. £8 10s “John Mitchell, the distinguished botanist, is said to have emigrated to America about 1700. He resided some time in Virginia. The knowledge of the geography of America as well as of the affairs of the French on the Lakes and along the west slope of the Alleghanies displayed in this work makes it quite certain that he was its author.” Church Catalogue. [173] MITCHELL’S National Map of the American Republic or United States of North America. Together with Maps of the Vicinities of Thirty-two of the Principal Cities and Towns in the Union. Folded to small 8vo size. Philadelphia, 1843. 15s [174] MOLLHAUSEN (Baldwin). Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition. With map, 11 coloured or tinted plates and various woodcuts. First EnciisH Epirion. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth, uncut. London, 1858. &8 8s [175] MONROE (James). A View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States, connected with the Mission to the French Republic, during the Years 1794, 5, and 6. By James Monroe, late Minister Plenipotentiary to the said Republic. Illustrated by his Instructions and Correspondence and other Authentic Documents. 8vo. Original boards, uncut. Philadelphia, Benj. Franklin Bache, 1797. &2 5s [ 41]
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