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Collection du Bouquet *

Collection du Bouquet *

Collectif : Brochés 18 x 13, couvertures rempliées ornées d'un bouquet par Matisse. Tirage généralement numéroté ou mention de spécimen de presse. BAUDELAIRE Charles : Le spleen de Paris * 33.?CHESSEX Jacques : Une voix la nuit * 77.?CINGRIA Charles-Albert : Enveloppes * 38.50COLETTE : Belles saisons * 55.?Collectif : Genève, textes et prétextes * 22.?Collectif : Gravé sur un oranger * 22.?Collectif : Londres, peintres et écrivains * 55.?Collectif : Paris, peintres et écrivains * 27.50Collectif : Poésies et dessins, de Charles d'Orléans à Apollinaire, de Fouquet à Picasso * 110.?Collectif : La Provence, peintres et écrivains. De Théophile Gautier à Paul Valéry, de Corot à Dufy * 33.?Collectif : Rome, peintres et écrivains * 27.50Collectif : La terre promise, de Saint-Pierre à Péguy * 22.?GOETHE Johann Wolfgang von : Le serpent vert. Conte suivi d'une étude de Rudolf Steiner * 44.?HÖLDERLIN : Hypérion * 55.?HUYSMANS J.-K. : Croquis parisiens * 33.?JACCOTTET Philippe : La promenade sous les arbres * 110.?JAMES Henry : L' élève * 44.?JAMMES Francis : Clara d'Ellébeuse - Almaïde d'Etremont - Pomme d'Anis * 22.?LONGUS : Daphnis et Chloé * 55.?MANN Thomas : La mort à Venise * 38.50NERVAL Gérard de : Poésies * 33.?NOVALIS : Les disciples à Saïs ? Hymnes à la nuit ? JournalPOE Edgar : Poèmes * 55.?PONGE Francis : L' oeillet. La guêpe. Le mimosa * 77.?RAMUZ Charles Ferdinand : Adieu à beaucoup de personnages et autres morceaux * 22.?RAMUZ Charles Ferdinand : L' exemple de Cézanne, suivi de Pages sur Cézanne * 27.50RAMUZ Charles Ferdinand : Souvenirs sur Igor Strawinsky * 33.?RENARD Jules : Nos frères farouches, Ragotte * 38.50RILKE Rainer Maria : Lettres à un jeune poète * 38.50SALOMON : Proverbes * 22.?SHAKESPEARE William : Roméo et Juliette * 44.?TOLSTOÏ Léon : Maître et serviteur * 27.50TORTEL Jean : Élémentaires * 22.?TORTEL Jean : Explications ou bien regard * 38.50UNGARETTI Giuseppe : Vie d'un homme. La douleur. La terre promise * 44.?Ou l'ensemble des 35 titres à mi-prix soit le lot pour : > En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter par notre page d'accueil / If you have any problems with your order please contact us via our homepage
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[ COLLECTION DE 43 LETTRES MANUSCRITES ADRESSÉES À SON PÈRE JACQUES D'ESTAMPES ].

[ COLLECTION DE 43 LETTRES MANUSCRITES ADRESSÉES À SON PÈRE JACQUES D’ESTAMPES ].

HOCQUINCOURT (Eléonore d'Estampes de Valençay, Maréchale d'). Liasse d'environ 70 feuillets de formats divers, la plupart in-folio. Précieuses archives manuscrites réunissant la correspondance adressée à son père par la Maréchale d'Hocquincourt, figure de l'une des principales familles de la haute noblesse française du Nord de la France. Fille de Jacques d'Estampes (1579-1639), seigneur de Valençay et d'Happlaincourt, gouverneur de Calais, Éléonore d'Estampes (1607-1679) devint l'épouse de Charles de Monchy, marquis d'Hocquincourt, maréchal de France en 1651 et gouverneur général de Péronne, Montdidier et Roye, qu'elle avait épousé en 1628 à Calais. Elle mourut au château de Plainville (Oise) le 27 mai 1679, à l'âge de soixante-douze ans. Rédigées par Eléonore avant et après son mariage en 1628, à l'âge de vingt-et-un ans, ces lettres couvrent une période de près de vingt ans et reflètent les changements qui s'étaient produits dans sa vie. On les voit en effet évoluer au fur et à mesure du mûrissement de la jeune fille, passant du témoignage d'obéissance enfantine empreint d'une charmante naïveté, pendant sa résidence à Boran-sur-Oise, à des missives abordant des sujets beaucoup plus sérieux à l'âge adulte, écrites de sa résidence de Plainville ou de Paris et montrant souvent de touchantes marques d'affection filiale. Elle évoque ainsi les rumeurs politiques qui circulaient, les mouvements de troupes qu'elle observait, les visites qu'elle faisait ou qu'elle recevait, les conflits avec son mari d'Hocquincourt qu'elle accusait d'abuser de sa dot - ce pour quoi elle demandait la protection de son père, etc. Elle donne également des nouvelles à son père des divers membres de la famille, en particulier des femmes: sa sœur Charlotte (morte en 1695), religieuse à Faremoutiers puis abbesse d'Estival, sa mère Louise Blondel de Joigny (1580-1635), sa "mère de vie" (nourrice?), etc. On peut deviner au fil des lettres les difficultés de la vie d'Eléonore, difficultés qui ne pourront que s'accentuer après la mort de son père: pour plaire à des femmes qui étaient du parti de la Fronde, dit-on (Madame de Montbazon et Madame de Châtillon), en 1655 le Maréchal d'Hocquincourt abandonna la cour du Roi de France pour se joindre aux Espagnols qui avaient pris Dunkerque. Il fut tué en 1658 devant cette ville dont il assurait la défense. Mère de huit enfants, dont seulement une fille, Eléonore perdit également deux de ses fils en opérations militaires, respectivement en 1665 et 1675. Devenue veuve, elle entreprit une action en justice contre les maisons de Nesle et de Montcavrel au sujet d'une somme qui lui était due. Le Parlement rendit un arrêt en sa faveur le 26 mars 1667 mais la procédure semble avoir été relancée plus tard, après sa mort. La plupart de ces lettres portent des sceaux de cire avec leurs témoins de soie colorée. Elles font toujours preuve d'un grand formalisme, et d'une othographe largement défectueuse. Leur destinataire Jacques d'Estampes les a souvent datées de sa main, avec la mention "Ma fille d'Hocquincourt". Ces échanges d'une fille avec son père livrent un extraordinaire témoignage sur la sphère familiale et le rôle des femmes au sein de la haute noblesse d'épée française, pendant le règne de Louis XIII. Magnifique ensemble, accompagné de sa transcription.
  • $12,710
  • $12,710
Impressions d'une solitaire en Espagne.

Impressions d’une solitaire en Espagne.

[ AUXAIS D'HAUDIENVILLE (Ida d') ]. in-12. 2ff. (2ff.blancs). 162pp. 1f. Demi-maroquin bleu, dos à nerfs orné, tête marbrée (reliure de l'époque). Edition Originale imprimée à petit nombre à Poitiers, et publiée sous le pseudonyme d'Auxais Léziart de Lavillorée. Ida Marguerite d'Auxais d'Haudienville (1827-1895) était la fille d'un magistrat née à Mortain (Manche) qui fit imprimer le récit détaillé, au jour le jour, de son voyage en Espagne pour le distribuer à ses amis, et ne pas avoir à leur écrire individuellement le récit de son périple. Soigneusement imprimé sur beau papier vergé de hollande, l'ouvrage contient ses observations sur Madrid, Tolède, Cordoue, Grnade, Malaga, Séville, Jerez et Cadiz, ainsi que le récit de son retour passant par Séville, Madrid et Avila. Exemplaire truffé d'une carte de visite de l'auteur montée sur l'un des feuillets préliminaires, et portant la note autographe suivante: "Madame Léziart de Lavillorée offre ses compliments respectueux à Mme. Bertrand et lui adresse un petit opuscule écrit spécialement à son intention. Elle s'estimera heureuse si ces pages, toutes féminines et dépourvues d'érudition qu'elles soient, peuvent faire passer une heure agréable à la sœur de son vieil ami. Compliments empressés à Mr. et Mme. de Blainvilliers et à la mi-avril Mme. de Léziart ira les porter en personne à la cité Martignac". L'ouvrage est si rare que nous n'avons pu en localiser qu'un seul exemplaire dans les collections publiques à travers le monde (Bibliothèque Mazarine). Il manque notamment à la Bibliothèque Nationale ainsi qu'aux fonds patrimoniaux de la Bibliothèque de Poitiers. Bel exemplaire soigneusement établi en demi-maroquin bleu.
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  • $1,105
Dissertatio de sobria alterus sexus frequentatione per sacros et religiosos homines. In aedificata narratione deliriorum

Dissertatio de sobria alterus sexus frequentatione per sacros et religiosos homines. In aedificata narratione deliriorum, queis Puella Veneta, Guilielmum Postellum. seculo superiore infatuavit.

RAYNAUD (Théophile). in-8. 12ff. 600pp. (i.e. 584). 14ff. Plein vélin de l'époque, dos lisse orné, titre manuscrit au dos avec le nom de l'auteur en lettres dorées (probable remboîtage). Edition Originale. Cet ouvrage sur les dangers qu'entraîne, pour les prêtres et les religieux, la fréquentation des femmes, est "un des plus virulents qui aient été écrits sur les femmes" (Bibliographie Clérico-galante). Il est basé sur l'histoire, insérée en tête du volume, des relations entre le célèbre philosophe et mystique Guillaume Postel (1510-1581) et une Vénitienne visionnaire. En 1547 Postel se rendit à Venise et rencontra une illuminée qu'il rendit célèbre sous le nom de "Mère Jeanne" et dont il devint le directeur spirituel. Il l'appellait "l'Eve nouvelle" et il affirma plus tard qu'en mourant, elle lui avait communiqué sa substance et accordé tous les droits de premier-né de la génération. L'Eglise et l'Inquisition s'inquiétèrent de ses agissements et le poursuivirent, avant de le laisser pour fou. Postel a écrit deux ouvrages extrêmement rares sur cette femme ("Les très-merveilleuses victoires des femmes du nouveau monde, 1553" et "Le prime nove del altro mondo, cioé l'admirabile historia intitulata la Vergine venetiana, 1555"). Théophile Raynaud (1583-1663), écrivain français d'origine italienne a écrit de nombreux ouvrages, certains fort curieux. Des rousseurs, quelques cernes. Bon exemplaire. Bibliographie Clérico-Galante, p. 152. Peignot, 1880.
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Vida

Vida, Muerte, y Milagros de la V. Virgen Catharina Thomas Mallorquina, de la Villa de Valldemoça, Monja Profesa, Canoniga Reglar de San Agustin, Madre en el Monasterio de Sa. Maria Madalena, de la Ciudad de Palma del Reyno, de Mallorca.

[ VALPERGA Y SIMO (Bartolomé) ]. in-12. XVIII. 60pp. 60pp. 52pp. 75pp. (i.e. 76). 1 planche hors-texte. Plein vélin de l'époque, titre manuscrit au dos, traces de liens. Seconde édition de la première biographie de Sainte Catalina Tomàs (1533-1574), célèbre mystique mallorquine originaire de Valldemossa où sa mémoire est honorée chaque année au mois de juillet. Descendante de Ramón Llull, Catalina Tomàs était souvent prise de visions extatiques, réalisait des prophéties et prédit la date de sa propre mort. Cet ouvrage parut pour la première fois en 1617 mais la présente édition, entreprise peu après la béatification de la religieuse en 1779, resta inachevée et parut sans les livres V et VI du texte original. "Faltan los dos últimos libros, que son el V y VI, con que Valperga terminó su obra. El índice que va al principio no los comprende, pero en el final hay la llamada del libro V, lo que prueba que se suspendió la impresión y no se terminó" (Bover). La page de titre est ornée d'une gravure sur bois représentant la Trinité, Saint Augustin et Sainte Catalina. A la fin de l'ouvrage se trouve également une autre gravure sur bois à pleine page représentant le mausolée de la Sainte, et signée par le graveur mallorquin Melchor Guasp. Cette gravure semble manquer à la plupart des exemplaires que nous avons trouvés répertoriés. Très bon exemplaire de cet ouvrage rare (seulement 3 exemplaires, dont un défectueux, au catalogue collectif Espagnol, tous conservés à Mallorca). Palau, 349146.
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  • $1,326
Sacre Offerte della santissima passione di Gesu Cristo. Roma

Sacre Offerte della santissima passione di Gesu Cristo. Roma, per il Salvioni, 1716. RELIE AVEC (à la suite): PRATICHE Facili, e Fruttuose delle Azioni Ordinarie della Vita Cristiana tradotte del Franzese. In Roma, presso Gio. Maria Salvioni, 1716.

SEGALA (Alessio). 2 ouvrages en 1 volume in-16. 1). 204pp. 2). 95pp. Plein maroquin havane à grain long, dos à nerfs orné (reliure vers 1800, traces de frottements aux charnières et aux coins). 1). Jolie édition de ce livre de prières composé par le prédicateur italien Alexis Segala (1558-1628). Elle est illustrée de treize charmantes vignettes gravées sur cuivre à mi-page et de six gravures à pleine page, non signées. 2). Précieux exemplaire ayant appartenu à la célèbre cantatrice italienne Angelica Catalani (1779-1849) qui marqua durablement la scène lyrique dans toute l’Europe, dès ses premières apparitions à l’âge de 16 ans. "Son éblouissante beauté, son port de reine, joints à l’extrordinaire étendue de sa voix, soulevèrent un enthousiasme extrême ( ). La voix de Mme. Catalani, limpide comme un diamant de la plus belle eau, n’avait ni le cri de la passion ni le mordant comique. C’était un soprano miraculeux, d’une étendue de plus de trois octaves, allant du la au-dessous de la portée jusqu’au sol suraigu, d’une égalité parfaite, d’une flexibilité inouïe. Douée d’une facilité naturelle d’exécution pour certains traits, particulièrement pour les gammes chromatiques ascendantes et descendantes, que personne n’a faites avec autant de rapidité ni de netteté, Mme. Catalani excellait dans les effets de contraste ( ). Sa vocalisation était quelque chose de prodigieux" (Larousse). Le rententissement de l’artiste atteignit notamment des sommets en Angleterre, à tel point que le gouvernement britannique loua ses services pour fortifier le moral populaire, en entonnant des chants patriotiques quand les victoires de Napoléon répandaient l’inquiétude à Londres et dans ses provinces. Le présent volume date probablement (d’après l’époque de sa reliure) des débuts de la jeune cantatrice qui avait reçu sa première éducation au couvent, où son talent avait été découvert. Le plat supérieur est frappé de son nom en lettres dorées, avec les initiales C. B. R. Reliure frottée aux angles, charnières faibles.
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Amélie de Saint-Far

Amélie de Saint-Far, ou la Fatale Erreur; Par Madame de C***, Auteur de Julie, ou J’ai sauvé ma Rose.

[ CHOISEUL-MEUSE (Félicité de) ]. 2 volumes in-12. 2ff. 236pp. 6 dessins originaux et 2ff. 236pp. 6 dessins originaux. Plein maroquin bleu à grain long, dos à nerfs finement ornés, roulette dorée encadrant les plats, coupes et bordures intérieures décorées, gardes de moire saumon (reliure de la deuxième moitié du 19e siècle). Edition Originale du deuxième roman pornographique écrit et publié par une femme en français, seulement précédé par "Julie, ou j'ai sauvé ma Rose" de la même autrice, paru l'année précédente. Cet ouvrage dont on connaît deux tirages présentant la même pagination (l'un étant daté et l'autre non daté comme c'est ici le cas), fut mis à l'index par mesure de police en 1825. Il suscitait le scandale non seulement par son caractère pornographique mais aussi - et surtout - parce qu'il était l'œuvre d'une femme. Ainsi, le critique littéraire Girault de Saint-Fargeau le mentionnait en 1839, en évoquant "la pitié et le dégoût" que lui inspiraient "de tels tableaux écrits par une femme" "Around 1800, there tended in France to be a clear gender division in the production of stories about love and passion. Women novelists such as Adèle de Souza, Sophie Cottin, and Félicité de Genlis wrote sentimental stories in which young men and women died of unrequited love. On the other hand, male authors such as Mirabeau, Restif de la Bretonne, and Andréa de Nerciat were setting up the pattern of modern pornography, by writing forthright stories in which people took their sexual pleasure quickly and often. Choiseul-Meuse’s erotic work, while self-consciously feminine, does not fit this gendered pattern. She focusses on women’s pleasure and seductive tactics, attempting to make room for nuanced desires and gentle pleasures" (Cryle). Cette première édition est évidemment d'une grande rareté. Elle est uniquement répertoriée dans les collections de quatre institutions en France, souvent sous forme de fragments incomplets, et nous n'avons pu en localiser aucun exemplaire à l'étranger. Précieux exemplaire truffé de douze dessins originaux à l'encre spécialement composés pour l'ouvrage et attribués à Jules Adolphe Chauvet (1828-vers 1905). "Merveilleux pasticheur du XIXe siècle, Chauvet travaillait beaucoup à la demande. Gay fit de nombreuses fois appel à lui pour ses éditions bruxelloises avouées ou clandestines" (Bibliothèque érotique Gérard Nordmann). Très bel exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque du grand bibliophile suisse Gérard Nordmann (1930-1992), qui constitua au siècle dernier la plus grande collection de livres érotiques au monde dispersée aux enchères par Christie's en 2006. Bibliothèque érotique Gérard Nordmann I, 2006, n° 82. Pia, Les Livres de l'enfer, p. 33-35. Peter Cryle in: "Encyclopedia of Erotic literature" (Routledge, 2006), p.236. Girault de Saint-Fargeau, Revue des Romans, I, p.321: "Si un homme l'avait écrit on pourrait lui reprocher d'avoir trahi par ses écrits le dérèglement des mœurs; mais lorsque de tels tableaux ont été écrits par une femme, la pitié et le dégoût arrêtent la censure". Barbier I, 128. Quérard I, 607. Apollinaire, Fleuret et Perceau "L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale", n°45. Gay-Lemonnyer, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'amour I, col. 91 : "roman licencieux, cynique et peu commun".
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  • $15,915
La Fille Naturelle

La Fille Naturelle, ou l’Abus de l’Indépendance; drame historique, en trois actes et en vers. Reçu à plusieurs Théâtres de Société, à Paris. Par M. de B .

[ BARRUEL-BEAUVERT (Comte Antoine Joseph de) ]. in-8. 84pp. Plein maroquin rouge, dos lisse orné, roulette dorée autour des plats (reliure de l'époque). Edition Originale. Pièce de théâtre apparemment autobiographique, publiée sous le voile de l'anonymat par le Comte de Barruel-Beauvert (1759-1817) qui fut notamment le premier biographe de Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Il y relate la persécution d'un père orchestrée, pendant la Révolution, par sa fille naturelle qui l'avait dénoncé pour royalisme et qui est décrite dans la pièce sous les traits d'Albertine, "modèle extraordinaire de fausseté, de noirceur et de scélératesse, avec une apparence infinie de candeur et d'honnêteté. Âgée de 17 ans". Le père de la pièce, personnage que l'on suppose représenter l'auteur, se prénommait comme lui Joseph. "Les monstres sont de tous les sexes; mais, dans l'espèce humaine (et certes ce sont les monstres les plus dangereux) ils appartiennent principalement à la nature des êtres faibles: elle a droit de les réclamer; elle les a produits. Telle est l'héroïne de cette tragédie". La préface se termine par une sombre prophétie : "Vos enfants, sous leurs pieds, fouleront vos cadavres". En fin de volume, une "post-face de l'éditeur" évoque par ailleurs la situation de "Joseph" (l'auteur) après la Révolution et aux premières heures du Consulat, auquel il prête désormais allégeance. C'est un livre rare que nous n'avons trouvé répertorié dans les fonds publics qu'à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France et à Princeton. Signature ancienne "Jauzelle" au verso d'un feuillet de garde. Bel exemplaire relié à l'époque en maroquin rouge.
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Lettres écrites de Lausanne. A Toulouse (Genève

Lettres écrites de Lausanne. A Toulouse (Genève, Bonnant), 1785. RELIÉ AVEC (à la suite) : [ (de la même) ]. Caliste ou Suite des Lettres écrites de Lausanne. Seconde partie. A Genève, et se trouve à Paris, chez Prault, 1788.

[ CHARRIERE (Isabelle de) ]. 2 parties en un volume in-8. 116pp. + 1f. 148pp. 2ff. Demi-veau à coins, dos lisse (fraîche reliure de l'époque, infimes traces de vers au bas du dos). Edition Originale extraordinairement rare, parue à Genève sous la fausse adresse de Toulouse, des "Lettres écrites de Lausanne". Elle fut reliée à l'époque avec la suite publiée deux ans plus tard à Paris sous le titre de "Caliste" (également en première édition, même si quelques exemplaires de premier tirage portent la date de 1787). Isabelle de Charrière (1740-1805), connue dans sa jeunesse sous le nom de Belle de Zuylen, était une célèbre femme de lettres pré-romantique d'origine hollandaise qui s'était établie en Suisse où elle réunissait autour d'elles tout un cercle d'intellectuels et d'écrivains. Notamment liée à Benjamin Constant et à Madame de Staël, elle représente l'une des plus importantes voix féminines des lettres francophones de son temps. "Dans les Lettres neuchâteloises ou dans les Lettres écrites de Lausanne, déjà, Mmede Charrière prenait la défense d'une conception de l'amour libérée de tous les préjugés, qu'ils soient liés à la fortune, au rang ou à la réputation. Dans Caliste, elle reprend tous ces thèmes en leur donnant la force symbolique d'un personnage et d'une destinée exemplaires. (.) Caliste meurt du chagrin d'amour, et son destin transcende par cette mort la simple lutte contre les préjugés. Avant Corinne de Mmede Staël (1807) et Adolphe de Benjamin Constant (1816), qu'il annonce, Caliste est le tableau extraordinairement vivant et pathétique d'une grande passion contrariée dans la société de la fin du18e siècle" (Dictionnaire des Œuvres Littéraires Françaises). "Ces Lettres appartiennent au genre exquis, au groupe des petits chefs-d'œuvre; s'il n'existait pas, il manquerait une perle à l'écrin de la littérature française" (Godet). Très bel exemplaire, très pur dans sa première reliure. 1 seul exemplaire au NUC de la première partie seule (MH Harvard University). Escoffier, Le Mouvement Romantique, 20 (édition de 1788): "Ouvrage très rare". Clouzot, p.35 : "Première édition extrêmement rare". Quérard, II, 141 (qui ne cite que des éditions postérieures).
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  • $6,410
SANTALI LANGUAGE: Santali Rea‘. Dosar Outhi. Santali. Second Book.

SANTALI LANGUAGE: Santali Rea‘. Dosar Outhi. Santali. Second Book.

Bhowanipore (Calcutta): B. M. Bose, Saptahik Sambad Press 1885. A rare textbook in Santali language, written in Latin script. - This rare pamphlet, written in Santali language and published by one of the missions in Bhowanipore, now a part of Calcutta, contains various short moralistic stories for educational purposes. Today still various scripts are used for writing Santali, a language spoken in eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, but the most common script became Ol Chiki, invented by Raghunath Murmuto in 1925. The first publications in Santali were made by Jeremiah Phillips in 1850s, after the Baptist Missionary Society sent their missionaries in the area, where the language was spoken in 1830s. The greatest contribution to the language was made by a Norwegian missionary Lars Olsen Skrefsrud (1840 – 1910), who came to India in 1863 and ten years later published the first Santali-language grammar using the Roman script. In 1874, he was one of the founders the first Santali-language/Roman script printing press at the Benagaria Mission. We could not trace any institutional examples of the book. Worldcat lists two examples of a book with the same title and same number of pages, printed in 1876 in Calcutta, possibly including the same text, with two examples housed by the University of Oxford and Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (OCLC 640352434). References: Cf.: Nishaant Choksi, From Language to Script: Graphic practice and the politics of authority in Santali-language print media, eastern India, Modern Asian Studies, September 2017, Vol. 51, No. 5 , pp. 1519-1560.
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Future President Chester A. Arthur

Future President Chester A. Arthur, Quartermaster General of the New York Militia, Writes That Vouchers Approved by the Governor Were Needed to Secure Payment for Supplies for New York Soldiers in the Union Army (During the Civil War, future president Chester A. Arthur, was Quartermaster General of the New York Militia, and thus responsible for supplying New York?s troops during the conflict.)

Chester A. Arthur Col. Charles Van Wick was commander of the 56th New York Regiment, which fought in the Union Army throughout the Civil War.Autograph letter signed, on State of New York letterhead, two pages, New York, July 16, 1862, to Colonel S. W. Bart, Assistant Inspector General of New York, regarding the account of a Mr. Isaac Wood for supplies furnished to the 56th Regiment Volunteers.?Yours of the 15th instant enclosing account for supplies furnished to Col. Van Sykes regiment, is received. The account, before it should be taken up by you, should be made up upon U.S. vouchers like the one enclosed - with the Colonel?s certificate, as I have written it thereon, and also the quarter masters. When these are procured, I presume Mr. Wood?s affidavit added, will be sufficient. If the Governor will then approve it, Capt. Hodges will pay it?Col. Van Wick had authority to purchase supplies for his own regiment, subject to the approval of the Governor, and Capt. Hodges has been instructed to pay them upon such approval.?An interesting letter showing the mechanics of supplying troops during the Civil War.
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The Civil War Won

The Civil War Won, General Ulysses S. Grant Praises Union Troops for Saving the Union (“The achievements of our volunteers for the last four years entitles them to the lasting gratitude of all loyal people and I therefore rejoice at the enthusiastic reception which they are everywhere receiving.?)

Ulysses S. Grant He is confident that ?the men will do me the justice to believe that all my sympathies are with them.?Ulysses S. Grant, through his intelligence, determination, iron will, and patriotism, was the military man most responsible for leading the United States through the greatest time of crisis and chaos in the nation?s history. As general of the Army during the Civil War, he commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers, leading the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy. Moreover, all recognized that his strategy had compelled Lee and the Confederacy to fight the kind of war they could not win. Later, as president, he guided the nation through Reconstruction, helping to bind the wounds between North and South while empowering newly freed African Americans.After Lee?s surrender, as the troops began to come home, municipalities all over the North sought to give them all the kind of reception appropriate to victors. Grant was invited to some of these, so many that he could not attend them all.Autograph letter signed, two pages, on Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, Washington D.C., June 6,1865, to C.T. Jones, H.W. Gray, T.A. Barlow, A.M. Fox and S. G. King, a committee who had invited Grant to a celebratory reception for returning volunteer troops in Philadelphia. Grant had to decline the invitation because he was due to attend the Great Northwest Fair in Chicago on the same date. In his letter to the committee, Grant summed up his deep feelings for his men, and the debt the nation owed the Union troops who had saved the Union.?Your invitation for me to be in Philadelphia on Saturday night at the reception to be given by the citizens to the returning is received. Having already engaged to be present at the Great Northwest Fair now being held in Chicago, Ill., on the same day, it will be impossible for me to attend."The achievements of our volunteers for the last four years entitles them to the lasting gratitude of all loyal people and I therefore rejoice at the enthusiastic reception which they are everywhere receiving. It is not likely that I shall be present at any of these receptions but I know the men will do me the justice to believe that all my sympathies are with them."We don?t ever recall seeing another Grant letter articulating his feelings about the soldiers he commanded, nor about the debt of gratitude Americans owed them for the victory.
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In a Letter to Edward Livingston From New York on His Great Tour in June 1825

In a Letter to Edward Livingston From New York on His Great Tour in June 1825, Lafayette Makes Arrangements for His Reception Following the Laying of the Bunker Hill Monument Cornerstone (A rare letter written from the US planning this epic tour, one of only a handful we found having sold going back decades and the first we have carried)

Marquis de Lafayette He wonders whether he should bring a delegation of surviving military staff from the Revolutionary WarIn 1824, with the nation prosperous, exuberant and in the midst of the Era of Good Feelings, nostalgia was strong for the Revolutionary War generation that had made the U.S. independent and was now passing rapidly from the scene. President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, and accompanied by his son, George Washington Lafayette, the old soldier visited all 24 states of the Union. Everywhere he was received with great enthusiasm and excitement. On August 16, he disembarked in New York and was escorted from the Battery in a carriage drawn by four white horses to City Hall. Then, while in his carriage and placed on a barge with his horses, Lafayette was taken to Brooklyn and cheered by thousands. In the crowd was a 15-year-old boy named Walt Whitman who never forgot that exciting moment. When he arrived in Philadelphia on September 29, Lafayette was greeted by a long parade that included 160 Revolutionary War veterans drawn in large wagons. A few days later, the Marquis visited Brandywine battlefield where he had been shot in the leg. In October, he visited the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon, then left for Yorktown, where he was greeted by Chief Justice John Marshall. After that, he stayed with Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. At a banquet at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, the Marquis was seated between Jefferson and James Madison. On November 23, Lafayette dined in the White House with President and Mrs. Monroe. He would remain based in Washington until March 1825.At this point his tour took him to the deep south and up the Mississippi and Ohio to the North. In St. Louis, a newly established city in Missouri, where Lewis and Clark began their expedition, Lafayette learned about the American wilderness and frontier life. With Governor Clark as his escort, Lafayette witnessed many wild animals, including grizzly bears that roamed the Missouri plains. After heading North, Lafayette wound through the state of Pennsylvania and into New York.Edward Livingston was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. Livingston represented both New York and then Louisiana in Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1831 and Minister to France from 1833 to 1835 under President Andrew Jackson. He was also the 46th mayor of New York City.He was also the younger brother of Robert Livingston. Once Thomas Jefferson became president on March 4, 1801, he appointed Robert U.S. minister to France. Serving from 1801 to 1804, Livingston negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.The Life of Edward Livingston is a biography written by Charles Havens Hunt. In it, Hunt notes that for 60 years, Lafayette referred to Edward Livingston as "My dear Edward." It was a lifelong friendship made closer due to the latter's time in France, connections to the French, and mastery of the language. Edward was fluent in French.Joseph T. Buckingham was an acquaintance of both Lafayette and Livingston. He would in the 1830s serve as President of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, which finished the monument. At the time of Lafayette's tour he was a writer and editor in Massachusetts. He was also an event host for the Lafayette Tour.On June 12, Lafayette arrived in Albany and paid a visit to the notables there before continuing East.On June 17, he laid the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument during celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, accompanied by Daniel Webster, who gave a rousing speech.And on June 20, 1825, the Massachusetts Mechanics Association hosted a banquet at the Marlboro Hotel, where Lafayette stayed. Joseph T. Buckingham, the host of the event, invoked Paul Revere?s memory while honoring Lafayette: ?The Memory of Paul Revere ? a Boston Mechanic, who wrought zealously and cheerfully in the great work of Liberty.? The Marlboro Hotel was located on the corner of Tremont and Park Streets, and was later demolished to make room for the nation?s ?rst subway station, Park Street Station. That evening, Lafayette attended the production of ?Charles the Second,? a play by American playwright John Howard Payne.Lafayette's receptions often included delegations of surviving soldiers and officers from the general staff that had served with Lafayette and other dignitaries.Autograph letter signed, in French, no date ("Monday") or place but evidently New York State, approximately June 12, 1825, to Edward Livingston, whom he referred to in his correspondence as "My Dear Edward, Mr. [evidently Joseph T.] Buckingham has asked me to lead with me some officers of the general staff or others; but it seems to me better that they might be invited by the committee. You are familiar with its composition; you are connected with Mr. Buckingham. Arrange this as you would like with him."
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Woodrow Wilson Says ?General Prosperity Lies Always in the Direction of High Wages and Low Prices? (The Progressive Wilson also feels

Woodrow Wilson Says ?General Prosperity Lies Always in the Direction of High Wages and Low Prices? (The Progressive Wilson also feels, ?Wages, while apparently drawn from capital and dependent upon capital, are primarily the product of labor; hence it is practically true that labor produces its own wages)

Woodrow Wilson Likely a unique document, as we?ve never seen another anything like thisThe turn of the 20th century was a time in which there was much interest in political economy, and those working in that field were often polled to determine whether a consensus on questions of interest could be had. For example, in 1908 the American Economic Association Quarterly, based in Princeton, N.J., polled political economists, trying to elicit from them a consensus upon certain definitions and statements of principle, touching land, value, and land taxation. The result was published in an article entitled ?Agreements in Political Economy? A similar poll, likely from the same source in Princeton, was taken in 1901, with the political economists receiving a set of questions on which they might agree on a form headed ?Possible Agreements? One of the political economists included in the survey was Woodrow Wilson.In 1901 Woodrow Wilson was a professor at Princeton, holding that position from 1890-1902, after which he became President of Princeton University. He had written a number of books on politics and government, so was an obvious choice for inclusion in the poll. Among the positions taken by Wilson were that wages are primarily the product of labor; labor produces its own wages; the normal price of a labor product is fixed by cost of production of that portion of the supply whose total necessary cost is greatest; and general prosperity lies always in the direction of high wages and low prices.Document signed, headed ?Possible Agreements?, the questions relating to political economy drafted by the publisher, the responses written out by Wilson, Princeton, December 1901.1. ?Wages," while apparently drawn from capital and dependent upon capital, are primarily the product of labor; hence it is practically true that labor produces its own wages. Wilson says ?Yes.?2. ?Ground rent" is what land is worth for use. Wilson writes, ?Yes, though generally in practice less than the use is worth.?3. Public franchises" are exclusive free privileges granted to one or several persons incorporated, and from which the mass of citizens are excluded. These franchises usually pertain to land, including, as they do, (to use the language of the New York Legislative Ford Bill,) all & rights, authority or permission to construct, maintain or operate, in, under, above, upon or through, any streets, highways, or public places, any mains, pipes, tanks, conduits, or wires, with their appurtenances, Wilson responds, ?Yes, though I do not understand the use of the word ?free? by way of depiction in the first line.?4. A tax upon ground rent is a direct tax and cannot be shifted. Wilson says, ?Yes.?5. The selling value of land is, under present conditions in most of the American States, reduced by the capitalized tax that is laid upon it. Willson replies, ?Yes, so far as I understand the statement.?6. Hence the selling value of land is, to the same extent, an untaxed value, so far as any purchaser, subsequent to the imposition of the tax, is concerned. Wilson says, ?Yes.?7. The normal price of a labor product is fixed by cost of production of that portion of the supply whose total necessary cost is greatest. Wilson writes, ?Yes.?8. General prosperity lies always in the direction of high wages and low prices. Wilson answers with a strong ?Yes.?The document is signed ?Woodrow Wilson, Princeton, N.J.?A fascinating insight into Wilson?s opinions on matters of political economy, especially his belief that general prosperity lies in the direction of high wages and low prices. It is also likely unique, as we?ve never seen another document anything like this.
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Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant?s Original Battle and Casualty Report for Action Around Petersburg

Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant?s Original Battle and Casualty Report for Action Around Petersburg, Addressed to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (Amidst the Battle of Hatcher?s Run, during the latter stages of the Petersburg siege, he reports to Stanton, “The enemy attacked a port of the 2d Corps and were handsomely repulsed.?)

Ulysses S. Grant The Confederates, Grant updates Stanton, ?were leaving a part of their dead for us to bury, our losses were three officers & eighteen men killed, eleven Officers & ninety-two men wounded and twenty-two men missing.?Grant writes: ?In front of one Brigade of Mott?s Div. he buried thirty-one of the enemy and counted twenty two graves besides some of which were large enough for five or six bodies each. Gen. Smythe estimates the loss of the enemy in his front at two hundred. Our captures for the day were about one hundred men, half of them taken by the Cavalry and the rest by the 5th & 2d Corps. This afternoon the 5th Corps advanced and drove the enemy back on to this Artillery, probably into his entrenchments, beyond Dabney?s Mill. The casualties for to-day I will report as soon as learned.?Unique in our experience, this being the only battle and casualty report from Grant we have ever seen.By February 1865, the stalemate around Petersburg had entered its eighth month. Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant planned a Union offensive to deprive the Confederates of supplies, and also hasten the fall of Petersburg. The Union objective was to send Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg's cavalry out to the Boydton Plank Road to destroy all the Confederate supply wagons they could find, while the V Corps and II Corps provided support and kept the Confederates occupied to the north and east. Pursuant to plan, Union forces began to stretch their battle lines to the west in an attempt to get Gen. Robert E. Lee's under-strength army to do the same.On February 5th, Union Brig. Gen. David Gregg?s cavalry division rode out to the Boydton Plank Road via Reams Station and Dinwiddie Court House in an attempt to intercept Confederate supply trains. Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren with the Fifth Corps crossed Hatcher?s Run and took up a blocking position on the Vaughan Road to prevent interference with Gregg?s operations. Two divisions of the Second Corps under Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys shifted west to near Armstrong?s Mill to cover Warren?s right flank. Late in the day, Confederate Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon attempted to turn Humphreys' right flank near the mill but was repulsed. During the night, the Federals were reinforced by two divisions.On February 6th, Gregg returned to Gravelly Run on the Vaughan Road from his unsuccessful raid and was attacked by elements of Brig. Gen. John Pegram?s Confederate division. Warren pushed forward a reconnaissance in the vicinity of Dabney?s Mill and was attacked by Pegram?s and Maj. Gen. William Mahone?s divisions. Pegram was killed in the action. Although the Union advance was stopped, the Federals extended their siege works to the Vaughan Road crossing of Hatcher?s Run. On February 7, Warren launched an offensive and drove back the Confederates, recapturing most of the Union lines around Dabney's Mill that had been lost the day before. Thus, the Confederates kept the Boydton Plank Road open, but suffered attrition and were forced to further extend their thinning lines.Autograph letter signed ?U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,? two pages, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, City Point, Virginia, February 6, 1865, amidst the battle, to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, about the first day?s fighting and plans of the next day: ?In the affair of yesterday when the enemy attacked a port of the 2d Corps and were handsomely repulsed, leaving a part of their dead for us to bury, our losses were three officers & eighteen men killed, eleven Officers & ninety-two men wounded and twenty-two men missing. In front of one Brigade of Mott?s Div. he buried thirty-one of the enemy and counted twenty two graves besides some of which were large enough for five or six bodies each. Gen. Smythe estimates the loss of the enemy in his front at two hundred. Our captures for the day were about one hundred men, half of them taken by the Cavalry and the rest by the 5th & 2d Corps. This afternoon the 5th Corps advanced and drove the enemy [Grant strikes through ?inside this intrenchment?] back on to this Artillery, probably into this entrenchments, beyond Dabney?s Mill. Here the enemy was reinforced and drove Warren back. Our troops are still out and will not be returned to their old position unless driven to it by the difficulty of supplying them. The casualties for to-day I will report as soon as learned.?This is a true piece of history - the original report on the Battle of Hatcher?s Run, completely in the hand of Grant, as sent to Stanton. And considering the amount of time Lincoln spent at Stanton?s office, quite likely he would have seen or learned details of the report. It?s the only the battle and casualty report from Grant we have ever seen on the market.
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Henry Clay - the Moving Force Behind the Compromise of 1850 - Wants the Fugitive Slave Act to Be Maintained and Upheld (?The Fugitive Slave bill is every where taking strong ground against its repeal or eventual modification. I fear that your remedy of paying a portion of the value of un-reclaimed Slaves

Henry Clay – the Moving Force Behind the Compromise of 1850 – Wants the Fugitive Slave Act to Be Maintained and Upheld (?The Fugitive Slave bill is every where taking strong ground against its repeal or eventual modification. I fear that your remedy of paying a portion of the value of un-reclaimed Slaves, if practicable to be adopted, would be liable to serious objections, and lead in operation to fraudulent results. I hope that the law can be maintained??)

Henry Clay On the South?s fear of emancipation and the need to have the South?s cooperation in revising legislation: ?That feeling was wearing away, but it is aroused again by what has recently passed and is passing in regard to Slavery. It is only in a period of calm, when the passions are stilted, that an appeal can be favorably made to the South. Without its co-operation to some extent, it would be inexpedient to rely altogether on Northern support.??You ?can form no full conception of the violence of the passions boiling over in Congress? as a result of the Compromise?Clay will now turn his attention to the colonization idea - sending slaves back to AfricaThe Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures proposed by the ?great compromiser,? Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky, and passed by the Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. The crisis arose from the request of the territory of California (December 3, 1849) to be admitted to the Union with a constitution prohibiting slavery. The problem was complicated by the unresolved question of slavery?s extension into other areas ceded by Mexico the preceding year.Clay?s purpose was to maintain a balance between free and slave states and to satisfy both proslavery and antislavery forces. The plan adopted by Congress had several parts: California was admitted as a free state, upsetting the equilibrium that had long prevailed in the Senate; the boundary of Texas was fixed along its current lines; Texas, in return for giving up land it claimed in the Southwest, had $10 million of its onerous debt assumed by the federal government; areas ceded by Texas became the recognized territories of New Mexico and Utah, and in neither case was slavery mentioned, ostensibly leaving these territories to decide the slavery question on their own; the slave trade, but not slavery itself, was abolished in the District of Columbia; and finally, Congress passed a new and stronger Fugitive Slave Act, taking the matter of returning runaway slaves out of the control of states and making it a federal responsibility. This proved to be a momentous move.The compromise measures were enacted in September 1850. President Fillmore called it ?a final settlement,? and the South certainly had nothing to complain about. It had secured the type of fugitive slave law it had long demanded, and although California came in as a free state, it elected proslavery representatives. Moreover, New Mexico and Utah enacted slave codes, technically opening the territories to slavery.The compromise, however, contained the seeds of discord. The new Fugitive Slave Act required citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves, which triggered such a strong negative - even furious - reaction throughout the North that many moderate antislavery elements became determined opponents of any further extension of slavery into the territories. Thus, while the Compromise of 1850 served as a very temporary expedient, it also proved the failure of compromise as a permanent political solution when vital sectional interests were at stake.Autograph letter signed, one page both sides, Ashland, November 22, 1850, to Thomas R. Hazard, a social reformer in Newport, Rhode Island. In it, Clay notes that there were strong forces in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act who would oppose any modification or repeal, and Hazard?s proposal for paying slaveowners for escaped slaves would not work. Clay wanted the act maintained as it was.?I received your favor of the 14th instant which I have perused with much attention and pleasure. It is full of sentiments of humanity, benevolence and patriotism worthy of your heart. I am afraid with you that the Fugitive Slave bill is every where taking strong ground against its repeal or eventual modification. I fear that your remedy of paying a portion of the value of un-reclaimed Slaves would, if practicable to be adopted, would be liable to serious objections, and lead in operation to fraudulent results. I hope that the law can be maintained, unless it can be shown to have unconstitutional defects, which I do not believe.?You overrate, my dear Sir, my ability to allay the agitation; but whatever I have shall be freely devoted to the object, with the most perfect disinterestedness personally. I had intended to direct my exertions, at the coming session, to the great interests of Colonization, and especially to the object of establishing a line of Steamers on an economical plan; but I now apprehend that the agitation and excitement arising out of the Fugitive Law will render the moment inauspicious for any successful effort. The ultra South has seen, in the scheme of Colonization, through the distant vista, a project of general emancipation. That feeling was wearing away, but it is aroused again by what has recently passed and is passing in regard to Slavery. It is only in a period of calm, when the passions are stilted, that an appeal can be favorably made to the South. Without its co-operation to some extent, it would be inexpedient to rely altogether on Northern support. You, in your great delightful retreat at Vaucluse, can form no full conception of the violence of the passions boiling over in Congress.?I shall present your petition with great satisfaction, should I receive it during the next session. I thank you for the seeds which you sent me, and which I safely received. Do me the favor to present my respectful compliments to Mrs. Hazard.? Includes the original mailing envelope addressed in Clay's hand, and franked in the upper right, "Free, H. Clay."The compromise helped preserve the Union for a decade, but it played a role in hightening tensions and bringing on the Civil War. This historic letter offers exceptional insight into Clay's thoughts on the most significant political matter of his time, and one in which he played such a central role.
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NATO Head Dwight D. Eisenhower Announces That He is Going to Turkey for the Official Reception of Turkey into NATO (He also expresses gratitude for information on a new offshoot of the Atlantic Union

NATO Head Dwight D. Eisenhower Announces That He is Going to Turkey for the Official Reception of Turkey into NATO (He also expresses gratitude for information on a new offshoot of the Atlantic Union, designed to promote peace by federating member states)

Dwight D. Eisenhower Justice Owen J. Roberts resigned from the Supreme Court to advocate for a Federal Union of democracies, and to unite one group favoring world government and the other favoring Union of the DemocraciesFrom 1951-52, Eisenhower was the Allied Supreme Commander in Europe, which title included the post of head of NATO. In 1952, Turkey joined NATO, and Ike traveled to Ankara, Turkey, to seal with his presence the membership of Turkey in Europe.Justice Owen J. Roberts resigned from the Supreme Court in 1945, and was afterwards instrumental in forming the Atlantic Union, which would advocate for a Federal Union of Democracies, but with a gradual approach to final world union by way of regional unions. Two million people signed a petition that the U.S. and Great Britain unify, others wanted to start with the U.S. and Canada. Roberts said that although he approved of NATO, he thought it was a fine tradition but could not prevent war, and that permanent peace required a federation of likeminded peoples. Nor could the UN be relied upon, with the power the Soviets had in that body. In 1952, a new group was formed whose members agreed with Roberts? views, the Atlantic Citizens Congress, whose members were drawn partly from the Atlantic Union Committee, and partly from outside.Typed letter signed, on his letterhead, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, 1 March 1952, to Justice Owen J. Roberts, saying he is departing for Turkey and that he is grateful for receiving information on the new Atlantic Citizens organization. ?Dear Mr. Justice: Although my schedule is extremely rushed by last minute preparations before departing on a trip to the Mediterranean area, I want you to know of my appreciation of your furnishing me a copy of Atlantic Citizens Congress. I am having it placed aboard the airplane with the hope that the long journey to Ankara on Monday will permit me an opportunity to read the booklet thoroughly. Please convey my gratitude to your distinguished associates for the compliment implicit in their request for my views on this project.?Eight months later, Eisenhower is elected President of the United States.
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