The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online

lobed body with scroll handles, the cover with flower finial, marked underneath base

lobed body with scroll handles, the cover with flower finial, marked underneath base height: 19.8cm.; 7 ¾ in. 755gr.; 24 ¼ oz.

View 1 of Lot 456: An American silver sugar urn and cover, James Thomson, New York, circa 1840

an american silver sugar urn and cover, james thomson, new york, circa 1840

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

The Property of a Gentleman DOWSON, ERNEST; ARTHUR O’SHAUGHNESSY; ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON; AND JAMES THOMSON A Group of Late 19th Century Poetry Dowson, Ernest. Verses. London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. 8vo. Half-title, title printed in red and black. Cream paper covered boards, upper cover decoratively gilt in design by Aubrey Beardsley, spine gilt lettered; some rubbing to extremities, minor toning. In custom buff linen covered clamshell case. First edition, second second issue, one of 300 copies printed. Hayward 307. Judith Adams Nowell–Smith and Simon Nowell-Smith (book labels to front pastedown) — O’Shaughnessy, Arthur. Music and Moonlight. Poems and Songs. London: Chatto and Windus, 1874. 8vo. Half-title, advertisement for An Epic of Women at end; minor toning. Original dark blue-green cloth over bevelled boards, upper cover ruled in gilt, lower in blind, spine gilt lettered, black coated endpapers. First edition. W. Van R. Whitall (book label to front pastedown) - Stanley Sredzinski (Rockwell Kent bookplate to front free endpaper) — Stevenson, Robert Louis. Underwoods. London: Chatto and Windus, 1887. 8vo. Half-title, publisher's advertisements to end; minor toning. Original blue cloth, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers; spine just sunned, small stain to foot of spine. First edition, first issue, the Esher copy. McKay 445. Oliver Brett, Viscount Esher (bookplate to front pastedown) —Thomson, James. The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems. London: Reeves and Turner (Ballantyne Press), 1880. 8vo. Half-title, errata slip tipped in; minor toning. Full blue -green cloth over bevelled boards, covers ruled in blind, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers. In custom clamshell case. First edition of Thomson’s first book of poetry. Dobell & Wheeler 3; Hayward 290 Group lots not subject to return.

dowson, ernest; arthur o’shaughnessy; robert louis stevenson; and james thomson | a group of late 19th century poetry

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana 

(Callender, James Thomson) The Prospect Before Us. Volume I. Richmond: Printed for the Author, and Sold by M. Jones, S. Pleasants, Jun. And J. Lyon, 1800 8vo (205 x 120mm). Contemporary ink signature on title; lightly toned. Half-calf antique, marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. "The design of this book is to exhibit the multiplied corruption of the federal government, and more especially the misconduct of the president, Mr. Adams..." The passionate and rare anti-Federalist screed from the "scandalmonger" himself, James T. Callender, suppressed by the Federalists who convicted him for sedition for writing it. Callender was a notorious journalist and political pamphleteer during the Federal period, issuing savage attacks on George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and others. The present work was partially financed by Vice President Thomas Jefferson who was, along with James Madison, actively working against the president and his Federalist cohorts. Jefferson had been particularly impressed with Callender’s attack on Hamilton, and wanted a similar work scrutinizing the Adams administration, especially as he was running against the incumbent president at the time. This copy bears the ownership signature of Founding Father Theodorus Bailey, who represented New York in both the House and Senate between 1793 and 1804. Bailey also served in the New York Militia during the Revolution and attained the rank of brigadier general in the New York State Militia, where he served from 1786 until 1805. Intriguingly, Bailey was an anti-Federalist and member of Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party. As such, he would have had a particular interest in the subject matter of this book. The first part of The Prospect Before Us was popular and welcome in Virginia at the time of publication, but roundly criticized and suppressed in Philadelphia and elsewhere. As a result, the work is extremely rare, and hardly ever encountered outside institutions (Celebration of My Country). PROVENANCE Theodorus Bailey (signature) REFERENCE Celebration of My Country 143; Evans 37083; Federal Hundred 80; Howes C72; Shaw & Shoemaker 271

View 1 of Lot 85: (Callender, James Thomson) | "The design of this book is to exhibit the multiplied corruption of the federal government..."

(callender, james thomson) | "the design of this book is to exhibit the multiplied corruption of the federal government..."

The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill

(Fore-Edge Painting) — James Thomson The Seasons. London: Printed for John Sharpe, 1817 12mo (6 3/8 x 3 3/4 in; 160 x 95 mm). Engraved title vignette, four engraved vignette part titles and "Hymn" title; scattered foxing. Contemporary straight-grained green morocco, covers bordered in gilt and blind, spine with semi-raised bands in six compartments, second gilt-lettered, others elaborately gilt, all edges gilt, fore-edge with hunting scene, inner dentelles gilt, pink watered silk endleaves; light rubbing to extremities, joints weak.

View 1 of Lot 154: (Fore-Edge Painting) — James Thomson

(fore-edge painting) — james thomson

some relating to the family of William Roxburgh M.D., the majority Daguerreotypes, five Ambrotypes, one Stereoscopic Ambrotype, and an empty case, the majority in maroon leather cases, six with photographer's gilt stamped credit on the case, two (those by Popowitz) blindstamped on the gilt mounts, all contained within wooden box,

a group of twenty-four cased images, 1840s-1850s

The JAMES S. COPLEY LIBRARY: MAGNIFICENT AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS: FIRST SELECTION

Autograph letter signed ("Cha. Thomson"), 1 page (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.; 215 x 165 mm), [Philadelphia], 16 December 1778, to Charles Lee (in Philadelphia); formerly folded, silked on verso, clean lateral tear through the text with residue of cello tape repair.

thomson, charles

Autograph document signed ("Cha. Thomson"), 1 page (9 3/4 x 8 in.; 248 x 204 mm), an "extract from the Minutes" of the Continental Congress, [Philadelphia], 8 [December] 1775; formerly folded, fold tears and two small holes mended obscuring the month in the date. Half-morocco drop-box, gilt-stamped red leather title label on spine.

World -- Arrowsmith, Aaron Sr. Map of the World on a globular projection, exhibiting particularly the nautical researches of capn. James Cook, F.R.S., London, 1794, revised to 1799, wall-map on four sheets joined, the title and dedication printed from seperate sheets, in contemporary wash and outline colour, laid on the original cloth backing by James Thomson of Edinburgh, the linen bearing his trade advertisment (damaged), with the original green trimming and wooden rollers, varnished, two areas of loss affecting the right hand border and imprint, and some cracking to the paper along the lower roller in blank margin, but overall a good example of the type.

map of the world on a globular projection, exhibiting particularly the nautical researches of capn. james cook, f.r.s., london, 1794, revised to 1799, wall-map on four sheets joined, the title and dedication printed from separate sheets, 960 x 1855mm., in contemporary wash and outline colour, laid on the original cloth backing by james thomson of edinburgh, the linen bearing his trade advertisement (damaged), with the original green trimming and wooden rollers, varnished, two areas of loss affecting the right hand border and imprint, and some cracking to the paper along the lower roller in blank margin

EBKS S/O Semac Collection

The Seasons. London: T. Bensley & V. Figgins for P.W. Tomkins, 1797

The Seasons. London: T. Bensley & V. Figgins for P.W. Tomkins, 1797 Folio (18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.; 472 x 375 mm). Half-title, engraved calligraphic dedication by H. Ashby after T. Tomkins, color-printed stipple- and line-engraved frontispiece, 6 plates and 14 illustrations by F. Bartolozzi and P.W. Tomkins after W. Hamilton, extra-illustrated with a watercolor drawing based on the frontispiece, signed by W. Hamilton, inlaid before the half-title; some marginal spotting in plates, occasional marginal soiling in text leaves, offset from frontispiece on title. Contemporary green straight-grain morocco, wide border made up of inlaid red and black morocco gilt-tooled with alternating lilies and scrolls, inner gilt frame with roll-tooled border of ferns, spine richly gilt, edges gilt, Greek key gold-stamped dentelles with leafy border in blind, red watered-silk doublures and endleaves, by Staggmeier & Welcher, in a black morocco slipcase; upper joint cracking, lower joint and other extremities rubbed.

thomson, james

The Seasons. London: T. Bensley & V. Figgins for P.W. Tomkins, 1797 Folio (18 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.; 470 x 372 mm). Half-title, engraved calligraphic dedication by H. Ashby after T. Tomkins, stipple- and line-engraved frontispiece, 6 plates and 14 illustrations by F. Bartolozzi and P.W. Tomkins after W. Hamilton, all delicately hand-colored; the words "Engraver to Her Majesty" on the dedication page skilfully inserted, some marginal spotting in the full-page plates, some light browning. Modern mottled calf.

fac-similes of old book binding

james thomson (1790-1850), john kennedy, engraving, 1847, after c.a. duval,...

The Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt: Highly Important American Silver

one of crescent shape, engraved Port, by Cox, the other oval topped by wings, engraved Madeira, by Thompson.

two american silver bottle tickets, john and james cox / william thomson, new york, circa 1820

Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie  Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed ("J. Thomson"), 2 pages (8 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.; 219 x 275 mm) with integral address panel, Richmond, 5 August 1734, to publisher and bookseller Andrew Millar; soiled, creased with some paper loss, 2 leaves joined together and mounted on paper.  Quarter green morocco gilt slipcase and chemise.

Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Online

Folio (18 x 14 7/8 in.; 455 x 370 mm). Half-title, stipple engraved frontispiece by Tomkins, 5pp. subscribers' list, engraved calligraphic dedication by H. Ashby after T. Tomkins, stipple- and line-engraved frontispiece, 6 plates and 14 illustrations by F. Bartolozzi and P.W. Tomkins after W. Hamilton; minor foxing, occasional and minor offsetting, repaired closed marginal tear to 2A2. Contemporary full blue straight-grained morocco, covers with wide decorative neo-classical border, spine in seven compartments with double raised bands, bands highlighted by rules and roll tools, lettered in the second compartment, the seventh compartment with label tooled in gilt with two armorial crests (one of the Peters family, the other unidentified), the remaining compartments with repeat decoration in gilt, turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, edges with alternate bands of gilt and blue staining; extremities rubbed, corners bumped with some restoration, some repair to joints.

'the seasons.' london: t. bensley & v. figgins for p.w. tomkins, 1797  

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

WITHERS, ALEXANDER S. CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE, OR A HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT BY THE WHITES, OF NORTH-WESTERN VIRGINIA: AND OF THE INDIAN WARS AND MASSACRES, IN THAT SECTION OF THE STATE. CLARKSBURG, VIRGINIA: JOSEPH ISRAEL, 1831 12mo (7 x 4 1/4 in.; 178 x 108 mm). Advertisement at end; scattered foxing and browning. Contemporary calf, leather label on spine, edges stained yellow; wear and scuffing. First edition. Complete without the four-page list of contents, which was printed later and is found inserted in some copies. "One of the more circumstantial and gory compilations of Indian warfare" (Streeter). LITERATURE: Ayer 338; Field 1690; Howes W 601; SAbin 104928; Streeter 1107; Thomson 1257 PROVENANCE: James Elden (early signature) — Frank T. Siebert (acquired Wessen 1944; offered in his sale, but unsold, Sotheby's New York, 28 October 1999, lot 984)

withers, alexander s. chronicles of border warfare. clarksburg, virginia, 1831.

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

From the Library of the Earls of Haddington

From the Library of the Earls of Haddington Pamphlets and Tracts by or attributed to Defoe, Burke, Boswell, Paine and others. Collection of seven volumes with eighteenth-century tracts on the American War of Independence, the Colonies, Scotland, the East India Company, the Anglo-French War, Parliament and other subjects, with several Edinburgh imprints: [Volume I:] [Defoe, Daniel, sometimes attributed to] The best preservative against the plague. With a short account of the state of this nation, from the conclusion of the grand rebellion of Oliver Cromwel to the Revolution. For J. Leminge, 1721--[Hoadly, Benjamin.] An Enquiry into the Reasons of the Conduct of Great Britain, with relation to the present state of Affairs in Europe. James Roberts, 1727; the second edition,, 1730--The rise and fall of the late projected excise.. For J. Peele, 1733, [Goldsmiths-Kress 7157]--The sly subscription: on the Norfolk monarch... For T. Tibbitt, 1733--Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath. The politicks on both sides, with regard to foreign affairs...H. Haines, 1734, [Goldsmiths-Kress 7203; Sabin, 66642] [Volume II:] Douglas, John. A letter addressed to two great men, on the prospect of peace; and on the terms necessary to be insisted upon in the negotiation .. For A. Millar, 1760--MacPherson, James. The Rights of Great Britain Asserted against the claims of America...the third edition, with additions. For T. Cadell, 1776, with folding table--[Lind, John.] An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress...the fourth edition. T. Cadell, J. Walter, and T. Sewell, 1776, [Adams 76-87e]--M.,T. A letter to His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, of national defence, to which is now added, a postscript, relative to the regiments of fencible men raising in Scotland. Edinburgh, J. Dickson, 1778, also including remarks on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, [ESTC T179898, TWO COPIES ONLY]--Burke, William. Remarks on the letter addressed to two great men. In a letter to the author of that piece. Printed in the year 1760, pirated reprint (according to Todd, cited by ESTC) [Volume III:] [Paine, Thomas.] Common Sense; addressed to the Inhabitants of America... Philadelphia., printed, (London:) reprinted for J. Almon, 1776, [ESTC T141595; Adams 76-107, 76-108]--[Chalmers, James.] Plain Truth: addressed to the inhabitants of America...second edition. Philadelphia, printed (London:) reprinted for J. Almon, 1776--An oration delivered at the State-House, in Philadelphia, to a very numerous audience; on Thursday the 1st of August, 1776; by Samuel Adams. London: re-printed for J. Johnson, 1776, [not in fact by Adams, and with false Philadelphia imprint], [Adams, 76-106a]--Historical Anecdotes...from America...For J. Bew, 1779, [Adams, 79-55]--[Tickell, Richard.] Anticipation...the second edition. For T. Becket, 1778, [Adams, 79-55] [Volume IV:] Price, Richard. Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty...the third edition. For T. Cadell, 1776--[Carlyle, Alexander.] The Question relating to A Scots Militia considered...M. Cooper, 1760--[MacPherson, James.] A Short History of the Opposition during the last session of Parliament. The Third Edition. For T. Cadell, 1779; Burgoyne, John. A letter from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his constituents, upon his late resignation; with the correspondences between the Secretaries of War and him, relative to his return to America. For J. Almon, 1779, lacking title page, [Adams, 79-12a/b/c or f]--A letter to Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne on his letter to his consitutuents. T. Becket, 1779 [Sabin 9263]--Burke, Edmund. Speech...on presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th of February, 1780,) a plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament. For J. Dodsley, 1780--[Boswell, James, sometimes attributed to] A letter to Robert Macqueen Lord Braxfield, on his promotion to be one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary. Edinburgh, 1780 [Volume V:] [Rokeby, Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron] A Further Examination of our present American Measures... Bath: R. Cruttwell for (London:) R. Baldwin and E. and C. Dilly, 1776, [Sabin, 72154]--[Crosbie, Andrew.] Thoughts of a Layman concerning Patronage... Edinburgh: Sands, Murray and Cochran, 1779--Hawkins, Sir John.] Probationary Odes for the Laureateship... James Ridgway, 1785 [Volume VI:] De Lolme, Jean Louis. Observations upon the National Embarrassment...For J. Debrett, 1779, [Goldsmiths-Kress 14047]--Dutens, M.L. Histoire de se qui s'est passé pour L'etablissement d'une Régence en Angleterre en 1798 et 1789. J. Walter, 1791, third edition--Serious Enquiries into the Motives of Our Present Armament against Russia. For J. Debrett, 1791, [Goldsmiths-Kress 14705]--Considerations on the approach of war... For J. Debrett, 1791--A Short Seasonable Hint, addressed to the Landowers and Merchants of Great Britain, on the Alarm of a War with Russia. For J. Debrett, 1791--Boswell, James. A Letter to the People of Scotland, on the Present State of the Nation. Edinburgh, 1783, [Pottle 54; Rothschild 454], slightly spotted RARE; and one other work in this volume; these five uniformly bond in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red morocco labels on spines [one further volume, labelled "Tracts 1792 & 3" on spine:] Anderson, George. A General View of the Variations which have been made in the Affairs of the East-India Company... 1792, tables at the end--Six essays on natural rights, liberty and slavery, consent of the people, equality, religious establishments, the French Revolution, which were greatly approved, and have been in much request since their original appearance in the Public Advertiser. For H.S. Woodfall, 1792, [ESTC N62745, FOUR COPIES ONLY]--[Callender, James Thomson] The political progress of Britain; or, an impartial account of the principal abuses in the government of this country, from the revolution in 1688. Edinburgh, 1792--Carlyle, Alexander. A Sermon on the Death of Sir David Dalrymple...Edinburgh, 1792-- Mallet du Pan, M. Considérations sur la nature de la révolution de France. Brussels and (London:) Owen and Boffe, 1793; this last volume in quarter calf, marbled boards, some slight spotting, spine worn and partially cracked; 8vo (7) A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF TRACTS, SOME SCARCE. The Boswell pamphlet in volume 6, representing his first foray into politics, is rare at auction, with only one copy of the Edinburgh imprint recorded at auction in the last fifty years. Please see shipping calculator link: click here

pamphlets | collection of tracts by or attributed to defoe, burke, boswell, paine and others, 7 volumes, 18th century

[BURNS, ROBERT] — D.S. BUCHAN Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: biographical, critical, and political. With some pieces of Thomson's never before published. London: J. Debrett, 1792 8vo (9 x 5 1/2 in.; 228 x 140 mm). Half-title, mezzotint frontispiece portrait of Andrew Fletcher printed in bistre; minor spotting and offsetting. Original marbled boards, paper label to spine, some edges uncut, overall rubbed. Custom slipcase. First edition in original boards. A rare Burns item. This work contains a printed letter by Robert Burns, as well as his poem on James Thomson, consisting of five 4-line stanzas (pp. 244-8). PROVENANCE J.D. Brodie (ownership inscription to front pastedown) — Sotheby's New York, 13-14 November 1935, lot 40

[burns, robert] — d.s. buchan | essays on the lives and writings of fletcher of saltoun and the poet thomson: biographical, critical, and political. with some pieces of thomson's never before published. london: j. debrett, 1792

(Hamilton, Alexander) 4 works by or relating to Alexander Hamilton (James Thomson Callender). The American Annual Register, or, Historical Memoirs of the United States, for the Year 1796. Philadelphia: Bioren & Madan, 19 January 1797. 8vo. Some light soiling, a few signatures and pen trials. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; worn. Half green morocco slipcase. (ESTC W37185; Evans 31905; Federal Hundred 67; Sabin 10062). A political compilation by Hamilton's nemesis. — Eliphalet Nott. A Discourse Delivered in the North Dutch Church … occasioned by the ever to be Lamented Death of General Alexander Hamilton, July 29, 1804. Albany: Charles R. & George Webster, 1804. 8vo. Title-page foxed, some soiling, some leaves with marginal repair, with a few letters affected on the final leaf. Later half maroon sheep over marbled boards; very rubbed. — William Coleman, ed. A Collection of the Facts and Documents, relative to the Death of Major-General Alexander Hamilton. New York: Hopkins & Seymour, 1804. 8vo. Inserted portraits of Hamilton and Burr; browned and foxed. Nineteenth-century half maroon morocco; extremities rubbed. (Ford 94; Howes C572; Sabin 14311). — Alexander Hamilton. The Works. Ed. Henry Cabot Lodge. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. 12 vols., 8vo. Connoisseur's Federal Edition, no. 22 of 100 sets. Frontispieces and additional engraved title-pages on japon vellum. Modern half blue morocco over blue silk boards, red morocco spine labels. Together 4 works in 15 volumes. Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 233: (Hamilton, Alexander) | A quartet of works by or relating to Alexander Hamilton

(hamilton, alexander) | a quartet of works by or relating to alexander hamilton

The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing

i. Butterworth, Edmond (d.1814). Butterworth's young arithmeticians instructor containing specimens of writing. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1815, 4to, engraved throughout, contemporary boards with modern red morocco spine and corners, (bought from Schulz-Falster, 1998), [T&W B306], spotted, boards rubbedii. Fisher, George. The instructor; or, young man's best companion: containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic [&c.]... new edition. London: Dean & Munday and T. Tegg, [advert leaf dated 1822], woodcut frontispiece, one engraved plate, modern half calf, [T&W F74]iii. Lardner, Dionysius (1793-1859). The first principles of arithmetic and geometry. London: Longman, [&c.], 1835, original cloth, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Michael Phelps, 1976), [T&W L30], binding repairediv. Idem. The cabinet cyclopaedia... a treatise on arithmetic... new edition. London: Longman, [&c.], 1836, engraved additional title, contemporary red half calf, (Charles William Hamilton, bookplate; bought from Michael Phelps, 1993), [T&W L31]v. Nesbit, Anthony (1778-1859). A treatise on practical mensuration. York: Thomas Wilson for Longman [&c.], 1840, a few engraved plates, contemporary half roan, [T&W N22], spotting and soiling, binding wornvi. Thomson, James Bates (1808-1883). Key to Thomson's treatise on arithmetic. Belfast: Simms and McIntyre, 1844, contemporary calf, [not in T&W], binding markedvii. Wallace, J. A key containing solutions of all the questions in Gray's introduction to arithmetic... new edition. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1856, green advert slip tipped in, contemporary calf, [not in T&W]viii. Byrne, Oliver (1810-1880). The young dual arithmetician... second edition. London: Spon, 1871, last section printed in red, original cloth, [T&W B318], binding wornix. Whittaker,  Edmund Taylor (1873-1956) and Robinson, George. The calculus of observations. Glasgow: Blackie, 1924, folding tables, original cloth, [T&W W45]x. Norris, Earl Bertram (1882-1966) and Smith, Kenneth Gardner (1873-1940). Shop mathematics part I. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1924, original cloth, [T&W N45]xi. Haney, John D. The expert calculator. New York: Platt & Nourse Co., n.d., original cloth, [T&W H13]xii. Welchman, William Gordon (1906-1985). Introduction to algebraic geometry. Cambridge: University Press, 1950, original cloth, [T&W W23]

a collection of 12 volumes, various sizes, comprising:

Histoire de la Maison de Stuart. London, 1760. 3 volumes, 4to, contemporary red morocco gilt with arms of Léopold-Charles de Choiseul, later archbishop of Cambrai, gilt edges–Sophocles. The Tragedies… from the Greek; by Thomas Francklin. London, 1758–1759. 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispieces and title vignettes, contemporary morocco gilt, gilt edges–Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London, 1777–1781, 3 volumes only (of 6), 4to, contemporary red morocco gilt, gilt edges–Terentius Afer, Publius. The Comedies… Translated into Familiar Blank Verse by George Colman. London, 1765, 4to, contemporary morocco gilt, gilt edges–Thomson, James. The Seasons. London, 1703, large 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece and title, contemporary straight-grained green morocco gilt, gilt edges–Bible, English. London, 1795, 2 volumes, large 8vo, engraved plates by James Fittler, contemporary straight-grained dark blue morocco, elaborately tooled gilt, gilt edges, some foxing (12)

eighteenth-century english literature and history, bindings–hume, david.

[Gibson Craig, James Thomson]. The Gibson Craig Library. Catalogue of the library of J. T. Gibson Craig. Which will be sold by auction, by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. London: Dryden Press, 1887-88, large paper, number 21 of 100 copies, 32 coloured plates, prices and purchasers' names, half maroon morocco--[Abbey J.R.] Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books and Fine Bindings from the Celebrated Collection of Major J.R. Abbey. London: Sotheby & Co., 1965-70, 8vo, two volumes, brown morocco gilt by Margaret Suffolk, with other similar, including the Kenney sales (13)

a collection of sotheby's sale catalogues, consisting of:

Cornaro,  Lewis. Sure and Certain Methods of attaining a Long and Healthful Life... D. Midwinter, 1737, third edition--[Cohausen, Johann Heinrich.] Hermippus Redivus: or, the Sage's Triumph over Old Age and the Grave... J. Nourse, 1748--Pringle, John. Observations on the Nature and Cure of Hospital and Jayl-fevers... For A. Millar and D. Wilson, 1750--Doddridge, P. The case of receiving the Small-Pox by Inoculation...James Buckland and James Waugh, 1750--Thomson, Thomas. The Case of...Thomas Winnington, Esq... T. Gardner, 1745 [with replies and further tracts on this case]--Watson, William. Experiments and Observations tending to illustrate the nature and properties of Electricity... For C. Davis, 1746--Jurin, James. A Letter...containing, a comparison between the mortality of the Natural Small Pox, and that given by Inoculation. For W. and J. Innys, 1723; An Account of the Success of inoculating the Small-Pox...for J. Peele, 1726; with a revised edition, 1727, and another edition, 1743; and others, including works on agriculture; 12mo and 8vo, eighteenth-century quarter calf, marbled boards (spines numbered 61, 81, 298), bindings worn, bumped and scuffed, staining to some leaves (3)

collection of 17 works in three volumes:

The works of celebrated authors. 1750, 2 vol.--Thomson, James. The works. 1766, 4 vol., portrait--Shenstone, William. The works…second edition. 1765, 2 vol., portrait--Essays on song-writing: with a collection of…English songs…the second edition. Warrington, 1774, contemporary calf bindings, and 21 others, generally 8vo (30)

eighteenth-century poetry--roscommon, earl of, and others.

Important Canadian Art

thomson's rapids, magnetawan river

Thomson, H. As You Like It. Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], number 153 of 500 copies, signed by the artist, 40 coloured plates and other illustrations, slightly bowed, lacking ties--Linton, J.D. The Merchant of Venice. Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], number 0000 [sic] of 500 copies, signed by the artist, 36 coloured plates and other illustrations, slightly bowed, lacking silk ties--Thomson, H. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Heinemann, 1910, number 62 of 350 copies, signed by the artist, 40 coloured plates and other illustrations, light soiling to binding, spotting to endpapers, lacking ties--Simmonds, W.G. Hamlet. Hodder & Stoughton, [1910], number 29 of 250 copies, signed by the artist, 30 coloured plates and other illustrations, minor creases to 2 plates, binding slightly bowed, lacking silk ties--Robinson, W.H. Twelfth Night. Hodder & Stoughton, [1913], number 145 of 350 copies, signed by the artist, 40 coloured plates and other illustrations, silk ties--all 4to, pictorial vellum gilt, top edges gilt, occasional spotting and browning (5)

collection of five illustrated volumes of plays by shakespeare, [1909]-1913

Making Our Nation: Constitutions and Related Documents. Sold to Benefit the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation. Part 1

Thomson, Charles Autograph manuscript notebook, 1776-1783, including description of the Great Seal of the United States and the text of the preliminary Peace of Paris, "Preliminary Articles of Peace between His Britannic Majesty & his Most Christian Majesty 20 Jany. 1783." 4to (200 x 165 mm). 104 pages, the first four being a physical description in heraldic terms of the Great Seal of the United States and its armorial reverse along with William Barton's explanation of the symbolism therein. Contemporary marbled boards; sympathetically rebacked. Burgundy cloth chemise and slipcase, burgundy morocco spine lettered gilt. Together with: Mrs. Charles Thomson's three calling cards. “A New Order of the Ages.” On 4 July 1776 Congress appointed Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams—now relieved from their service on the committee charged with drafting the Declaration of Independence—to devise an iconic emblem that would assert the governance and authority of the newborn nation "among the powers of the earth" (quoted in Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions, p. 32). All the elements of their design, overwrought with biblical and mythological imagery, were rejected by Congress except the motto "E pluribus unum" ("out of many, one"). The project remained dormant until 1780, when James Lovell of Massachusetts and John Morin Scott and William Churchill Houston of Virginia developed a second design, which was also rejected by Congress. Some elements, however, such as the olive branch, the thirteen stars, and the shield with red and white stripes on a blue field, were used in the final design. In May 1782, William Barton, who had a reputation for his knowledge of heraldry, was consulted by the Third Great Seal Committee to contribute to the design of a national coat-of-arms for the United States. He drafted what he called Device for an Armorial Achievement for the United States of North America, blazoned agreeably to the Laws of Heraldry. He introduced an eagle with wings "displayed," an element that Secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson would greatly emphasize in the final proposal. Promptly on receiving Barton’s paper of 19 June, Thomson amended and expanded the report, and submitted it to Congress the following day. A unique symbol of our country and national identity. Thomson combined elements from Barton's report with the best design aspects culled from the previous proposals. The final distillation reads: "The Devise for an Armorial Achievement and reverse of a great Seal for the United States, in Congress assembled is as follows. Arms. Paleways of thirteen pieces Argent and Gules, a Chief Azure. The Escutcheon on the breast of the American blad [struck through] bald Eagle displayed, proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch & in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, all proper, and in his beak a scroll inscribed with this motto 'E pluribus unum.' For the Crest. Over the head of the Eagle, which appears above the Escutcheon, a Glory, Or, breaking through a cloud, proper, and surrounding thirteen Stars forming a Constellation, Argent, on an Azure field." Barton provided Thomson with a concise explanation of the symbolic meaning of each attribute in the Seal: "The Escutcheon is composed of the chief & pale, the two most honorable Ordinaries. The 13 pieces paly represent the several states in the Union adjoined in one solid compact entire, supporting a chief which unites the whole and represents Congress. The motto alludes to this Union. The pales are kept united by the Chief … The colours of the Pales are those used in the flag of the United States of America. White signifies purity and innocence; Red, hardiness and valour; and Blue, the colour of the Chief, signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice." "The olive branch & arrows denote the power of peace and war exclusively vested in Congress." The eagle, itself a symbol of strength and power—it should be noted— has its head turned toward the olive branch, thus favoring peace over belligerence and outright war. Thomson concludes: "The constellation denotes a new state taking it's [sic] place and rank among other sovereign powers. The Escutcheon is borne on the breast of an American Eagle without any other supporters to denote that the United States of America ought to rely on God and their own virtue and not on foreign support." The beginning of the New American Era. For the reverse of the Seal, a pyramid "of thirteen Strata" (or steps) was originally suggested by Barton, who was undoubtedly influenced by the pyramid on the $50 Continental Currency note designed in 1778 by Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence for New Jersey. Regarding the eye that surmounts the pyramid, Thomson placed it in a triangle (most likely representing the Holy Trinity) as suggested by the first committee. Thomson wrote: "A Pyramid unfinished. In the zenith with an Eye in a triangle surrounded with a Glory, proper, over the Eye these words 'Annuit Coeptis' ['He has blessed our undertakings']. On the base of the pyramid the numerical letters MDCCLXXVI and underneath the following motto: 'Novus Ordo Seclorum.' " The explanation reads: "The pyramid on the Reverse signifies strength and duration. The Eye over it and the motto allude to the many signal interpositions of providence in favour of the American cause. The date underneath is that of the declaration of Independence and the words under it signify the beginning of the New American Era which commences from that date." By resolution on 20 June 1782, Congress adopted Thomson’s report. Today the Secretary of State is the steward of the Great Seal of the United States. It is impressed upon documents such as treaties and commissions, and is also found on documents such as U.S. passports and the back of the $1 bill along with the motif of the unfinished pyramid and eye. REFERENCE Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions 4; Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, vol. xxii, pp. 338–340 PROVENANCE Sotheby Parke Bernet, 3 October 1978, lot 80

View 1 of Lot 53: Thomson, Charles | “A New Order of the Ages”

thomson, charles | “a new order of the ages”

Optica promota, seu abdita radiorum reflexorum & refractorum mysteria, geometrice enucleata; cui subnectitur Appendix... astronomiae problematon resolutionem exhibens. London: J. Hayes for S. Thomson, 1663

gregory, james (1638-1675).

The James S. Copley Library: Magnificent American, Historical Documents: Second Selection

Document signed ("John Hancock Presidt") and countersigned by the Secretary of the Congress Charles Thomson ("Chas. Thomson"), one page (9 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 257 x 210 mm), [Philadelphia], 30 December 1776, being a resolution to send commissioners to the Courts of Vienna and the Grand Duke of Tuscany to form treaties of commerce with those courts; margins expertly extended on three sides, blank verso silked. Blue cloth folding case, teal morocco spine lettered gilt.  

hancock, john, as president of the continental congress

Oblong folio (515 x 734mm.), 76 mostly double-page maps, including 2 duplicates from other editions (the map of the Prussian dominions and the map of Europe in 4 sheets joined as 2), contemporary hand colour, edge-bound, contemporary brown half calf over marbled boards, red morocco lettering-piece on upper cover, spine gilt in compartments, without title and preliminaries, some marginal soiling and fraying, binding repaired by James Brockman

[a new general atlas]. edinburgh: for the author, 1817

Folio (346 x 273mm.), engraved title, thematic tables and views in the text, 44 mostly full-page maps engraved by N.R. Hewitt and W.H. Lizars, hand-coloured in outline, recent half calf, spines gilt with Pease crests, some light offsetting and soiling, one or two small tears, binding rubbed

a general atlas, containing maps of the several periods in ancient history, and distinct maps of the several empires, kingdoms and states, in the world... engraved by n.r. hewitt. edinburgh: for j. thomson & co. [and others], [c.1822]

The James S. Copley Library: Magnificent American, Historical Documents: Third Selection

A collection of 16 publications on the subject of political theory and the nature of government provoked by and influencing the American Revolution, various sizes, generally very good condition although many lack half-titles. Various bindings, mostly recent wrappers or boards, some disbound. Comprising:

A collection of 16 publications on the subject of political theory and the nature of government provoked by and influencing the American Revolution, various sizes, generally very good condition although many lack half-titles. Various bindings, mostly recent wrappers or boards, some disbound. Comprising: Barron, William. History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity. London: T. Cadell, 1777 (Adams Controversy 77-18a) — [1 other, in French, Utrecht: J. Schoonhoven & Comp, 1778] (Adams 77-18b) — Symonds, John. Remarks upon an Essay...The History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity. London: J. Nichols et al., 1778 (Adams 78-100) — Remarks on Dr. Price's Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty. London: G. Kearsley, 1776 (Adams 76-129a) — Hey, Richard. Observations of the Nature of Civil Liberty and the Principles of Government. London: T.Cadell and T. and J. Merrill, 1776 (Adams 76-62) — Northcote, Thomas. Observations on the Natural and Civil Rights of Mankind. London: C. Dilly and J. Debrett, 1781 —Ramsay, Allen. Thoughts on the Origin and Nature of Government. London: T Beckett and P.A. de Hondt, 1769 — Wyvill, Rev. Christopher. A Defense of Dr. Price and the Reformers of England. 2nd ed.  London: W. Blanchard, 1792 — [James Chalmers] Candidus. Plain Truth: ... Remarks on a late Pamphlet Intitled Common Sense. London: J. Almon, 1776, 1st London ed. (Adams 76-19b) — [1 other, 2nd London ed., 1776] (Adams 76-19c) — [Galloway, Joseph]. Letters from Cicero to Catiline the Second. London: J. Bew, 1781 (Adams 81-26) — Thomson, John. An Enquiry Concerning Liberty and Licentiousness of the Press and the Uncontroulable Nature of the Human Mind. New York: Johnson & Stryker, 1801 — plus 4 others.

Results for "James Thomson"