America Settentrional - by Nicolas Sanson, the great seventeenth century French cartographer. 6" x 7" Italian edition of Sanson's famous prototype, showing California as an island, 1650/1656 map of North America, this published in Italy circa 1690. Small decorative title cartouche; upper left corner has "Tom. I". Rather than the.....
Two Beautiful 17th Century map of North America and South America. Each about 8 x 6", Dated 1690, two truly historic beautifully detailed very early maps. One is titled "L'AMERIQUE Septentrionale." in a cartoushe with a woman with sword and man. The other one "L'AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE." in a cartouche with.....
[Women’s Early Education.] Report of the Commission Charged to examine memoirs relative to the education of women. Third Subject. – Morality. By Mr. Philis – Reporter. 1827. Paper boards. Folio size, 13 in x 8.5 in. 68 pages of handwritten script in black ink. In this manuscript, one of the.....
Vintage Albumen photograph on heavy backing. C. 1890. A young female teacher stands outdoors with approximately 20 students of all ages. An American flag hangs on the schoolhouse wall. A rural scene, with a large load of firewood visible at the back of the school building and some fog on.....
American Scenery stereoview card. President's House, Washington, The White House. Circa 1900, Sepia toned, 3" x 7". In excellent condition.
CDV. The Dictator was one of the busiest post-war ships on the coastal run from Charleston to Florida from 1865 to 1878; W. Hammant, Jacksonville, is noted on verso as photographer of the Dictator. In excellent condition.
[Women Education] 19 Century Daily journal handwritten in ink by religious young female student in Massachusetts, 1848-1856. Writes about school, female teachers, and family. 8 1/4 x 7 in. Original boards. 148 pages. Inscribed on front end page: “October 12th 1848/ Myra A. Proctor, Townsend, Mass.” First entry begins October.....
[19 century Women Education] Album with handwritten poems and inscriptions from many contributors around 1827 New York. 90 pages. 8 x 5 in. Original boards. 12 poems and writings to a young woman named Eliza. Several are dated 1827, New York. Poetry of friendship addressed to the owner: “Eliza, thou.....
Autograph album given to female student in Walnut Hill, KY. The Forget Me Not Album. New York: Published by Leavitt & Allen, [1857]. Original red leather boards. 8 ½ x 7 in. Embossed front and back cover, gilt-edge pages, and gilt detail on front cover and spine. 48 pages. Includes.....
[Women’s Education] Lincoln Phelps, A.H. Chemistry for Beginners: With Engravings. Hartford: F.J. Huntington, 1834. Publisher’s original cloth boards. 4” x 6.75” inches, 269 pages. First edition. Numerous black and white engravings of objects and diagrams. Paragraphs on Matters, light, Laws of Motion, gases, electricity, acids, metals, organic chemistry, etc. Mrs.....
[Freedom of the Press] First Edition. Report of the Arguments of the Attorney of the Commonwealth at the Trials of Abner Kneeland. Boston: Beals, Homer, 1834. 8vo. Self-wrappers. 93 pages. Soft pamphlet, with title page, no covers. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Abner Kneeland was a Massachusetts state court case originating.....
[Freedom of the Press] First Edition. Report of the Arguments of the Attorney of the Commonwealth at the Trials of Abner Kneeland. Boston: Beals, Homer, 1834. 8vo. Original paper wrappers. 93 pages. Soft pamphlet, with title page, no covers. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Abner Kneeland was a Massachusetts state court.....
LINCOLN, Abraham. Stereograph photo published by Keystone View Company. The original 1865 image was long attributed Mathew Brady and a handwritten note in pencil on verso mentions that attribution, but the image was actually taken by Lewis Emory Walker, a government photographer, about February 1865 and published for him by.....
US President who guided the nation through Civil War and was famously assassinated. 2 page recto verso Manuscript Document Signed by Lincoln on June 19, 1862, the same date on which he signed the historic bill abolishing slavery in the U.S. territories. In this document, Lincoln extends mercy to an.....
Lincoln, Abraham. Alexander Gardner. [Photograph]: Abraham Lincoln at Antietam Battlefield, 1862. Mounted albumen. The albumen itself measures 9" x 6.5" and is affixed to the original mount, trimmed to an overall size of 9.375" x 6.75". Good clarity. Sunning resulting from prior matting and framing. Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln at.....
16th President of the United States. 5.5" by 8.5". Advertisement on paper with a profile portrait of Lincoln. Reads in part: "I beg leave to announce the recent discovery of an interesting item for collectors of Lincolnia. It is a six by eight inch oval photograph of the Lincoln homestead.....
Abraham Lincoln. "The Gettysburg Address” contained in “Report of the Select Committee Relative to the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Together with the Accompanying Documents, as reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864." Harrisburg: Singerly & Myers, State Printers, 1864. Lincoln’s famous speech was originally.....
16th President of the United States. Original oil painting of the famous image of Lincoln seated in a chair. Canvas size about 20" x 24". A beautiful hand painted oil painting on canvas, not a machine made reproduction. This painting is 100% hand painted, This is a 20th century with.....
16th President of the United States. Original Lincoln Union Presidential Ticket dated November 8, 1864. A Morgan County, Ohio, Union Presidential Ticket for the 1864 election listing Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President together with state electors and local candidates, 3 "x 7". Patriotic motif depicts.....
[Lincoln, Abraham] Montgomery County Presidential Ticket (Election November 8, 1864) for President, Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. For Vice President, Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. [At head:] "The Union:--It must and shall be Preserved." [Dayton, OH, 1864]. Small multi-colored broadside, 4.5" x 8.5" inches. Printed with blue and red inks on waxed.....
Lincoln, Abraham. The Republican Party Vindicated--The Demands of the South Explained. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, at the Cooper Institute New York City, February 27, 1860. 16 pages, caption title [as issued]. Lincoln's Historic Cooper Union discourse, which catapulted him to serious presidential consideration, and provided a cogent.....
Photograph, cabinet size albumen print, 4" x 6 3 /4 " laid down to larger board, of Lincoln's Springfield, IL home, dated 1889, with imprint of O.H. Oldroyd, state custodian, on verso. This is a photograph of the only house the Lincoln's ever owned. The house was built in 1839.....
Stereopticon slide of Ford Theater. Full color stereoview, 6 x 3", “Old Theater Where Lincoln Was Assassinated, Washington, D.C.” This is a later view of the Ford Theater, adapted from a photograph of the time period when the slide was made. Printed descriptive remarks on reverse. Minor wear on edges.....
Stereoview of the chair Lincoln was sitting in at the time of his assassination at the Ford Theatre. Lincoln was seated in the State Box, where he was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth. From the Ostendorf Collection, dated 1865. Titled on verso: "War Views - No. 3406 Copyright.....
16th President. Stereoview photograph of Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace in Hodgensville, Kentucky. The stereoview shows an image of the humble log cabin where Lincoln was born. Black and White photograph on a gray mount. Albumen and mount are in excellent condition.