Geneva. 1780. [2],[97]-144,[1]pp. plus a 4pp. Supplement laid in. Gathered signatures, stitched. Fine. Untrimmed. With original printed advertising band. The July 15, 1780 issue of the French political periodical, JOURNAL HISTORIQUE ET POLITIQUE.... This issue contains political news from Turkey, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, and France. The... More
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1772. [16],358,[1]pp. plus two engraved plates (on one sheet) and folding map. Small octavo. Modern half vellum and marbled boards, spine gilt. A bit of light age toning and an occasional light fox mark. Three small purple ink spots in lower portion of map. Near fine... More
Vienna: Im Selbstverlage des Verfassers, 1869. [8],202,[2]pp. plus seven woodcut plates and folding color map. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, paper library label. Slightly rubbed. Old institutional stamps on titlepage. Internally quite clean. Very good. Departing San Francisco in 1866, Bechtinger travelled to Hawaii and remained there for one... More
Leipzig. 1879. xx,647,[1]pp. plus numerous in-text illustrations, six plates, folding chart, and folding colored map. Publisher's original green cloth stamped in black and silver. Minor shelf wear. Unobtrusive institutional ink stamp on front free endpaper and verso of folding map. Very good. A scarce account of the experiences of the... More
[Hanover]. 1755. 16pp. Dbd. Some damage from spine affecting guttering, else very good. A treaty between Britain and the German Reichsfreie territory of Hesse-Cassell securing the support of the German forces when necessary in exchange for monetary compensation. This secured mercenary troops to fight in the Seven Years War. More
London. 1718. 45pp. Dbd. Printed in two columns. Very good. The text of a treaty between the Prince George and Prince Charles VI. The treaty obligates Britain and the Holy Roman to a mutual defense pact against the Ottoman Empire. "That the Design and End of the Defensive Alliance be... More
Germantown: Sower, 1759. [8],280pp. [bound with:] Hartley, Thomas: A DISCOURSE ON MISTAKES CONCERNING RELIGION, ENTHUSIASM, EXPERIENCES, &c. Germantown: Sower, 1759. 168pp. Contemporary calf. Calf worn, spine chipped at crown. Early ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Some modest foxing and occasional staining, but internally a good, sound copy. First American... More
Germantown: Sower, 1759. [8],280pp. Modern limp pleather wrapper. Contemporary ownership inscription on flyleaf. Light foxing and soiling. Good. First American printing. This copy lacks the Thomas Hartley title usually found with it (A DISCOURSE ON MISTAKES CONCERNING RELIGION, ENTHUSIASM, EXPERIENCES, &c. Germantown: Sower, 1759), but is complete unto itself. More
Paris: Pierre Rocolet, 1644. [6],1414pp. plus engraved titlepage. Large folio. Contemporary calf, gilt. Hinges partially cracked, head and foot of spine chipped, corners bumped. Minor scattered foxing and soiling. About very good, handsome withal. Extensive geographical and historical compendium written by Pierre D'Avity (1573-1635), first published in Paris in 1613... More
Weimar. 1816. xxiv,594pp. plus folding map. Contemporary three quarter calf and boards, ornate gilt spine, blue gilt morocco label. Contemporary private library label on front cover, bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. Very good. Later edition, after the first French edition of 1813. "The author sailed from France in 1791... More
Harrisburg, Pa. 1943. xviii,425pp. plus illus. Portrait. Original cloth. A few marginal pencil notes. Very good in somewhat chipped dust jacket. History of the society of religious German exiles and their colonization of Harmony, Pa., New Harmony, In., and Economy, Pa., beginning with the embarkation of George Rapp for America... More
![IN FOREIGN LANDS [caption title]. European Grand Tour.](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM52347.jpg?v=1488345414)
[Boston? ca. 1897]. [37] leaves. Typescript pages, mounted onto blue card backing with thumb tacks. Previously folded, Edges of card backing chipping somewhat. Sporadic manuscript corrections, small new clipping attached to final leaf. A few small spots of dust soiling, but mostly internally clean. Nearly very good. An engaging typescript... More
Boston: Allen and Ticknor, 1832. 178pp. 12mo. Dbd. Some pencil marginalia, an occasional fox mark, but generally quite clean internally. About very good. Untrimmed. This is apparently the first American printing of the story of Caspar (also spelled Kaspar) Hauser, published a year before his death. Hauser was a foundling... More
New Braunfels. 1846. Printed indenture, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, executed in ink. Some old folds, light soiling, and "55" written in red pencil in top blank margin. Very good. Printed indenture, executed in ink and signed in full by John O. Meusebach as Trustee of the German Emigration... More
Weisbaden. 1850. 4pp. Folding folio sheet, printed on 2 pages, 2 pages blank tables. An unissued bond for financing the German colonization effort in Texas, as part of a proposed float of 1,600,000 gulden. This bond was signed in manuscript by a representative of the Verein but is unnumbered and evidently was not issued. More
![[MID-19th CENTURY PRUSSIAN PASSPORT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, WITH NUMEROUS ANNOTATIONS]. German Emigration.](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM52530.jpg?v=1488345423)
Prussia. 1848-1850. [1]p. printed on a bifolium, with an additional page of manuscript annotations on verso. Folio. Previously folded, with separations along fold lies. Light dampstaining and tanning. Good. A Prussian passport for Carl Werderbrück, documenting his travels in central Europe from 1848 to 1850. The first page, completed in... More
![[MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF THIRTY-TWO GERMAN WATERCOLORS, CIRCA 1840, OF CAKES AND TORTES, EACH DESSERT PORTRAYED WITH ACCOMPANYING EXPLANATORY HAND-WRITTEN TEXT ON INDIVIDUAL SHEETS, BOUND ACCORDION-STYLE AND EXTENDING OVER ELEVEN FEET UNFOLDED]. German Pastries.](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM37362.jpg?v=1488345131)
[Germany. ca. 1840]. [32] watercolors with individual text, each on paper panels measuring 5 1/4 x 4 inches, totaling about 132 inches all told. Modern brown linen case with decorative ribbon ties. Panel of watercolors attached to front board only at beginning of sequence. Each panel mounted on linen,with creases... More
![[GROUP OF NINE POLITICAL BROADSIDES RELATING TO THE 1848 REVOLUTIONS IN GERMANY]. German Revolution of 1848.](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM52577.jpg?v=1489762623)
Berlin. 1848-1849. Nine broadsides, various sizes. Folded. Some wrinkling and chipping. One broadside split along central fold. Light tanning and foxing. About very good. Nine German political broadsides addressing aspects of the 1848 Revolution in Prussia. Along with citizens of several European countries, German citizens in a number of states... More
Leipzig: Wilhelm Jurany, 1849. 32pp. Original white illustrated front wrapper featuring a map of California. Rear wrapper lacking. Spine neatly and professionally repaired. Light toning, and a small contemporary inked letter "A" to front wrapper. Small loss to upper corner of last leaf, blank slip mounted to first page of... More
London: Printed for J. Owen, 1796. [4],88pp. Dbd. Very good. Discusses the probable outcomes of the war with revolutionary France, with special attention to central and northern Europe and to holdings in the East and West Indies. More
Weimar. 1857. Three volumes in one. [1],18; [1]12]; [1],14,[2]pp. plus twenty lithographed plates, of which three partially handcolored. Quarto. Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards, spine gilt lettered. Boards slightly rubbed, corners and edges lightly worn. Light tanning and dust soiling. Very good. A scarce three-part publication describing the characteristics... More
London. 1939-51. Fifteen original parts in wrappers, in two volumes. Original printed wrappers bound in stiff wrappers. Indexes on covers. Very good. Topics include: English and foreign bibles, John Bunyan, Lewis Carroll, continental books including incunabula, bibliographical reference books, English theology, English pamphlet literature of the 17th-19th centuries, voyages, travels... More
Cedar Rapids: Torch Press, 1909. Two volumes. xv,628; xii,768pp. plus plates. Original red publisher's cloth, spines gilt. Extremities rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedowns. Internally clean. Very good. Memoirs of German-born lawyer and politician Gustave Koerner. Koerner, who settled in Illinois, was an early member of the Republican party and... More
London. 1874. viii,590pp. plus thirty-five plates (including four chromolithographs) and two maps (one folding). Frontis. Illus. Contemporary three-quarter calf and cloth, spine gilt. Neatly rebacked, original spine laid down. Occasional minor offsetting. Very good. An account from the second German Arctic expedition from which it was concluded from geological, climatic... More
[Germany? n.d., ca. 1802]. Engraved oval portrait, 2 inches round, on a 5 1/2 x 3 inch sheet with an ornamental border. Light wear. Very good. An interesting image of Haitian leader Toussaint L'Ouverture. This small portrait shows him from the shoulders up. He is standing as if in profile... More
