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Auction archive: Lot number 421

UNITED STATES TRAVEL -- NEAL, Daniel The history of New-Engl...

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$2,750
Auction archive: Lot number 421

UNITED STATES TRAVEL -- NEAL, Daniel The history of New-Engl...

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$2,750
Beschreibung:

UNITED STATES TRAVEL. -- NEAL, Daniel. The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 . London: A. Ward and others, 1747. 2 volumes, 8°. Engraved folding map. Modern half calf. Provenance : Joannis Foyer (early signature on title). “Second and best edition” (Cox). – BELKNAP, Jeremy. The History of New Hampshire . Philadelphia: Robert Aitken for the author, 1784. 3 volumes, 8°. Folding engraved map. Contemporary sheep. Provenance : James Lowell (signature). FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive history, which includes information about physical geography and natural history in the third volume. – WELD, Isaac. Travels The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 . London: for John Stockdale, 1799. 4°. Engraved folding map, engraved plates. Modern calf. Provenance : William Johnson (inscription); Edward Thomas Hargraves (signature dated 1874). FIRST EDITION by Weld, “a loyal Englishman with enough aristocratic prejudices not to understand the American frontiersman…his attitude is indicated by his closing remark that he left the United States ‘without a sigh, and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it.’” (Clark). – Together, 3 works in 6 volumes, condition varies, but generally good.
UNITED STATES TRAVEL. -- NEAL, Daniel. The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 . London: A. Ward and others, 1747. 2 volumes, 8°. Engraved folding map. Modern half calf. Provenance : Joannis Foyer (early signature on title). “Second and best edition” (Cox). – BELKNAP, Jeremy. The History of New Hampshire . Philadelphia: Robert Aitken for the author, 1784. 3 volumes, 8°. Folding engraved map. Contemporary sheep. Provenance : James Lowell (signature). FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive history, which includes information about physical geography and natural history in the third volume. – WELD, Isaac. Travels The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 . London: for John Stockdale, 1799. 4°. Engraved folding map, engraved plates. Modern calf. Provenance : William Johnson (inscription); Edward Thomas Hargraves (signature dated 1874). FIRST EDITION by Weld, “a loyal Englishman with enough aristocratic prejudices not to understand the American frontiersman…his attitude is indicated by his closing remark that he left the United States ‘without a sigh, and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it.’” (Clark). – Together, 3 works in 6 volumes, condition varies, but generally good.

Auction archive: Lot number 421
Auction:
Datum:
5 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

UNITED STATES TRAVEL. -- NEAL, Daniel. The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 . London: A. Ward and others, 1747. 2 volumes, 8°. Engraved folding map. Modern half calf. Provenance : Joannis Foyer (early signature on title). “Second and best edition” (Cox). – BELKNAP, Jeremy. The History of New Hampshire . Philadelphia: Robert Aitken for the author, 1784. 3 volumes, 8°. Folding engraved map. Contemporary sheep. Provenance : James Lowell (signature). FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive history, which includes information about physical geography and natural history in the third volume. – WELD, Isaac. Travels The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 . London: for John Stockdale, 1799. 4°. Engraved folding map, engraved plates. Modern calf. Provenance : William Johnson (inscription); Edward Thomas Hargraves (signature dated 1874). FIRST EDITION by Weld, “a loyal Englishman with enough aristocratic prejudices not to understand the American frontiersman…his attitude is indicated by his closing remark that he left the United States ‘without a sigh, and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it.’” (Clark). – Together, 3 works in 6 volumes, condition varies, but generally good.
UNITED STATES TRAVEL. -- NEAL, Daniel. The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 . London: A. Ward and others, 1747. 2 volumes, 8°. Engraved folding map. Modern half calf. Provenance : Joannis Foyer (early signature on title). “Second and best edition” (Cox). – BELKNAP, Jeremy. The History of New Hampshire . Philadelphia: Robert Aitken for the author, 1784. 3 volumes, 8°. Folding engraved map. Contemporary sheep. Provenance : James Lowell (signature). FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive history, which includes information about physical geography and natural history in the third volume. – WELD, Isaac. Travels The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 . London: for John Stockdale, 1799. 4°. Engraved folding map, engraved plates. Modern calf. Provenance : William Johnson (inscription); Edward Thomas Hargraves (signature dated 1874). FIRST EDITION by Weld, “a loyal Englishman with enough aristocratic prejudices not to understand the American frontiersman…his attitude is indicated by his closing remark that he left the United States ‘without a sigh, and without entertaining the slightest wish to revisit it.’” (Clark). – Together, 3 works in 6 volumes, condition varies, but generally good.

Auction archive: Lot number 421
Auction:
Datum:
5 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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