256 257 258 259 260 THE NEW YORK Pocket Almanack for the Year 1759. New York: Printed and Sold by Hugh Gaine at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover Square. This almanac, aside of being very rare, has inserted in the front a small 4to Portrait of Frederick the Third, the Great King of Prussia. J. M. Æ. 14, sculp. 1758. Sold by J. Turner, in Arch Street, Philad. This is the earliest known Philadelphia Engraving. Who "J. M." 15 we do not know, as we have no data whatever in reference to either the Artist or Print, and it is not known to any collector. SEE FACSIMILE. A POCKET Almanack For the Year 1766. . . By R. Saunders. 16mo. Original covers. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall. Beautiful copy. A POCKET Almanack For the Year 1769. . By R Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by D. Hall and W. Sellers. Beautiful copy. POOR WILL'S Pocket Almanack for the Year 1776. 16mo. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by J. Cruikshank. THE VIRGINIA Almanack for the Year 1780. 16mo, uncut. Williamsburg: Printed and Sold by J. Dixon and T. Nicol son. Beautiful copy. Very rare. 261 FLEET's Pocket Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1791. 16mo. Original covers. 262 Boston: Printed and Sold by T. and J. Fleet. POOR RICHARD, 1733. An Almanack For the Year of 263 THE AMERICAN Almanack. For the Year of Christian Account, 1728. . By Titan Leeds. Small 8vo. Printed by S. Keimer on Second Street, Philadelphia, and sold by W. Heartin, Goldsmith in New York, David Humphreys, at Flushing, in Long Island. (Beware of the counterfeit one). Very rare. Lacks last leaf. For the Year of Christian By Titan Leeds. Small 8vo. 264 THE AMERICAN Almanack. 265 266 267 268 269 Printed by S. Keimer on Second Street, Philadelphia, and sold by W. Heartin, Goldsmith in New York, and David Humphreys, at Flushing, on Long Island. (Beware of the counterfeit one). Very rare. Lacks the Calendar for Nov. and Dec.• POOR RICHARD improved; being an Almanack . and By Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by D. Hall and W. Sellers. POOR RICHARD improved; being an Almanack . . for the Year of our Lord 1772. .. By Richard Saunders. Small 8vo. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by D. Hall and W. Sellers. POOR RICHARD improved; being an Almanack . . . for the Year of our Lord 1773. By Richard Saunders. Small 8vo. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by D. Hall and W. Sellers. FATHER ABRAHAM'S Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1770. . . Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. THE UNIVERSAL Almanack For the Year of our Lord 1773. Small 8vo. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys. 270 271 272 Americana. ABBATT WILLIAM. The Battle of Pell's Point (or Pelham) Only 500 numbered copies printed, of which this is No. 112. New ACTS PASSED at a Congress of the United States of America Begun and Held at the city of New York, the Fourth of March in the year 1789, Jan 4, 1790, & Dec 6, 1790, being the First, Second & Third Sessions of the First Congress, in one volume, folio, sheep. N. York 1789-90. The Acts of the First Congress. Very scarce. ADAMS JOHN. The Political History of the Italian Republics. 2 vols., 8vo. old calf. London, 1787. The Defence of the American Constitution. Name on Title. 274 The Celebrated Aitken Bible. First Bible in English Printed in America. THE HOLY BIBLE, Containing the Old and New | Testaments | Newly translated out of the | Original Tongues; And with the former Translations | Diligently compared and revised. | [Arms of the State of Pennsylvania] Philadelphia | Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, at Pope's : House, in Market | Head, Three Doors above the Coffee The collation corresponds with that given by Mr. Hildeburn in his admirable bibliography of the Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania," and contains the " Resolution of Congress," which will not be found in all copies. The first title page is a facsimile, as also the last leaf. It is a well-known historical fact, that in consequence of the embargo laid upon American commerce during the Revolutionary War, the Bible became an exceeding scarce book. Mr. Robert Aitken, a patriotic printer and bookseller of this city, undertook at his private expense 275 276 277 to supply the constant and urgent demand for the work by publishing the edition that is now popularly known as "The Aitken Bible." The circumstances attending the publication of this edition, and the discouraging obstacles encountered by Mr. Aitken in accomplishing his laborious task, are vigorously described by an anonymous author of the following interesting article published in the “Freeman's Journal,” for November 26, 1782: "I can hardly express the feelings I experienced when I found that a complete edition of the Holy Scriptures, in our vernacular tongue, has been printed amongst us. The circumstances attending this arduous task are so extraordinary that the faithful historian cannot fail to rank it, both in its design an execution, amonst the most remarkable civil events of the present Revolution, What may we not expect from the abilities of this country in respect to literary undertakings, when we consider that this design has been executed in the midst, as it were, of conflagration, murder, brutality, and a general destruction of the works of nature and art? "This Edition of the Holy Scriptures is the only one that was ever undertaken in America at the expense of an individual, unless we except the German Bible, printed some years ago by Mr. Sower, at a time when this country enjoyed a profound peace, As to Mr. Eliot's 'Indian Bible,' printed many years ago in New-England, it is well known that the whole expense was borne by the corporation for promoting the Gospel in New-England. How great then are the public indebted to Mr. Aitken, who, at the most imminent risque of his private fortune, with very little support and patronage, and actuated by a generous zeal for the moral interests of mankind, engaged solely in this very expensive and laborious task, What discouraging prospects for the completion of his work must the editor have had from time to time in the course of this cruel and desolating war?-More than twenty towns and villages of note have been made fuel for the flames which British inhumanity has kindled; the avarice of our enemies has plundered a much greater number; and no less than nine of the capital cities of these states have been in possession of the enemy; amongst them was Philadelphia, and yet, under all these disadvantages a complete, an accurate, and elegant edition of the Bible was published in this very city, in four years from the time of the evacuation by the British. "The very paper that has received the impression of these sacred books, was manufactured in Pennsylvania, the whole work therefore, is Purely American, and has risen, like the fabled Phoenix, from the ashes of that pile in which our enemies supposed they had consumed the liberties of America.” AITKEN'S GENERAL AMERICAN REGISTER, and The Gentleman's and Tradesman's complete annual Account Book and Calendar for 1773. 12to, sheep. Flaps. Philadelphia, 1773. Lacks several pages in the General American Register at the back. ALBACH, JAMES R. Annals of the West, embracing a concise account of Principal Events which have occurred in the Western States and Territories. 8vo, cloth. Pittsburgh, 1858. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. History of, with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Palatial Residences, Public Buildings, etc. Map, portraits & illustrations. 4to, half morocco. The History of YonkPresent. Portraits and 278 ALLISON, REV. CHARLES ELMER. ers from the Earliest Period to the illustrations, 4to., morocco, gilt edge. New York, N. D. 279 280 281 282 283 AMERICA. Il Gazzettiere Americano contente Un Distinto Ragguaglio de Tutte le Parte del Nuovo Mondo del la loro, Situazione, Clima, Terreno, Prodotti, Stato Antico a Moderno, Merci, Manifature e Comercio, etc. Maps and illustrations. 3 vols., 4to. Half vellum. Livorno 1763. Contains rare Map of the Port of New York and Perth Amboy, Map of Boston and Boston Harbor, Plan of Quebec, View of Quebec, View of Niagara Falls, Maps of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hudson Bay, the Great Lakes, Newfoundland, Florida, Plans of Pensacola, St. Augustine, Havana, and many other rare maps, plans and views. A fine, clean copy. ASHMEAD, HENRY GRAHAM. Historical Sketch of Chester on Delaware. Maps and illustrations. 8vo., half morocco. Chester, Pa., 1883. ASPLUND, JOHN. The Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America; to the First of November, 1790. Containing an account of the Churches and their Constitutions, Ministers, Members, Associations, their Plan and Sentiments, Rule and Order, Proceedings and Correspondence. 4to. An uncut copy of this rare pamphlet, in fine and perfect condition, in the original wrapper. Philadelphia: Dobson, 1792. The author of this valuable compilation was a "Sweed" and an itinerant Baptist minister, who, as he tells us in his Preface, traveled above seven thousand miles, chiefly on foot, in the space of some eighteen months, visiting and preaching to the various churches of his denomination in North America, and at the same time gathering the statistics here printed to assist the future historian. He printed the results of his labors for private distribution to his co-religionists in England and America, but copies are now exceedingly rare. ATLAS MINIMUS or a new set of Pocket Maps of various Empires, Kingdoms and States. Drawn and engraved by J. Gibson. 16 mo. Old calf. Philadelphia, 1798. By J. T. Scott and other early Philadelphia engravers. ATWATER CALEB. Description of the Antiquities Discovered in the State of Ohio and other Western States, also John Johnson's Account of the Present State of the Indian Tribes inhabiting Ohio. Maps and illustrations. 8vo, half Sheep. Worcester 1820. Volume 1 of the Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. |