Jan.29 | No. 1271—1917 ll sl au NES Sabon (ee Sarat Nivae ix SSSA [Gutenberg] Lossing | Manuscripts, and Drawings Rare Books To be sold Monday and Tuesday January 29 and 30, 1917 ~ A to To aE ge ae SE 7 Se = Sha "Sn THE ANDERSON GALLERIES] Sr Msn Uhl sai NEW YORK, U.S.A. & x * ‘ { . © 4 “ at vy wig : N F f t ‘ : ‘ n a ‘ - h { ri ' t aoe at uy > 4 ; 3 - l¢ bie 4 ! F ' i ‘ 3 + $ ; 7 - —— : 7 uy " ‘ 4 rs ie, @. coe Or? 1 Sa ee 5 ha : | aoe ISIN UTHdOLSTYHO AG PL ace sar ic | NDIVINV) 8S, WOOdav_ dO dV] LAIMOSANVI TVNTOTYO ae : ROAR HRN ER Zara moe satin obotaah eet een BE et No. 1271 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND DRAWINGS BENSON J’ LOSSING A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF GREAT HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AND FROM OTHER SOURCES BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDING MANY EXCESSIVELY RARE WORKS ON THE HISTORY OF AMERICA a c 7) A \ ) 4 ee Ro \ a KH | TO BE SOLD MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS JANUARY 29 AND 30, 1917 AT 2:30 o’cLock On Public Exhibition from Saturday, January 20th THE ANDERSON GALLERIES Mapison AVENUE AT FoRTIETH STREET NEW YORK CONDITIONS OF SALE. J. All bids to be per Lot as numbered in the Catalogue. 2. The highest bidder to be the buyer; in all cases of disputed bids the lot shall be resold, but the Auctioneer will use his judgment as to the good faith of all claims and his decision shall be final. 3. 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Unsettled ac- counts are subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. 6. All books are sold as catalogued, and are assumed to be in good second-hand condition. If material defects are found, not men- © tioned in the catalogue, the lot may be returned. Notice of such defects must be given promptly and the goods returned within ten days from the date of the sale. No exceptions will be made to this rule. Magazines and other periodicals, and all miscellaneous books arranged in parcels, are sold as they are without recourse. 7. Autograph Letters, Documents, Manuscripts and Bindings are sold as they are without recourse. The utmost care is taken to authen- ticate and correctly describe items of this character, but this Company will not be responsible for errors, omissions, or defects of any kind. 8. Bids. We make no charge for executing orders for our custom- ers and use all bids competitively, buying at the lowest price permitted by other bids. Books on Public Exhibition from January 20th. Priced Copy of this Catalogue may be secured for $1.00 THE ANDERSON GALLERIES INCORPORATED Tolephone, Murray Hill 7680. Catalogues on request. MADISON AVENUE AT FORTIETH STREET, NEw YORK. Sales Conducted by Mr. Frederick A. Chapman. INTRODUCTION. The late Benson J. Lossing, the distinguished American historian, whose valuable library, consisting of rare books and autographs, has been sold in the Anderson Galleries, was an accomplished artist as well as a scholarly writer. It was his custom to visit the scenes of important historical events and make careful drawings, which were used to illustrate his his- tories. This sale includes more than a thousand of these drawings, historically accurate and well executed, and admi- rably adapted for the extra-illustration of Mr. Lossing’s works and American histories generally. More than 100 drawings illustrate the Field Book of the Revolution, nearly 200 illus- trate the Field Book of the War of 1812, 164 relate to the Civil War, 165 are the originals used to illustrate Mr. Lossing’s admirable work on the Hudson River, and there are hundreds of miscellaneous portraits and views. No other collection of this character exists. Mr. Lossing wrote on the Revolution at a time when soldiers in that struggle were living, and could act as his guides on battlefields and give their personal recol- lections of great events, and his accuracy as a writer and an artist has never been questioned. In addition to the drawings about 20,000 pages of Mr. Lossing’s Original Manuscripts are also offered. Among these are his Field Book of the Revolution, Cyclopedia of United States History, History of New York City, Our Country, Mary and Martha Washington, History of the State of New York, Eminent Americans, and the American Centenary. These works, which have long been standard, will continue to have a permanent place in American historical literature, and the original manuscripts are worthy of the most careful preser- vation in public or private libraries. Among the material consigned by various owners are two original sepia drawines by F. O. C. Darley, highly finished and beautiful pictures illustrating Indian life on the plains; a book from Washington’s library; very important historical letters by Silas Deane regarding a canal in the north; interest- ing Lincoln material, including several autographs; valuable bibliographies; a collected set of the writings of Captain Mahan in beautiful bindings; the act to incorporate the City of Brooklyn, 1825; two Saur imprints; a complete set of the Thomas Bray Publications; rare books on the Indians, in- cluding Schooleraft’s monumental work and. two copies of McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes with the colored plates; the original Petition of American loyalists to George III; searce local histories, and a large number of books on the history of the Far West and the States of the Pacific Coast, including among the many California items Anderson’s Hand- book and Map of the Gold Regions. Among the excessively rare items of Americana which are of the highest interest to all collectors are the following: The First Edition of Horsmanden’s Negro Plot, New York: 1744; the first American Law Book—Abstract of the Lawes of New England, London: 1641; William Smith’s ‘‘Brief View’’ and other books and pamphlets relating to Pennsylvania and Ohio at the beginning of the old French War; five pamphlets and leaflets regarding the organization and proceedings of the Ohio Company which are practically unknown to bibliog- raphers; an edition of the New England Primer (Phila- delphia: 1778) which is also unrecorded; Van Der Donck’s Vertoogh Van Nieu-Neder-Land, 1650, a large and fine copy, and the OricgtinaL AutoeraPH Map of the Braddock Expedi- tion, drawn by Christopher Gist and signed by him, THE ONLY KNOWN CONTEMPORARY MAP, and an historical document of very great importance. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND DRAWINGS BY THE LATE BENSON J. LOSSING AND RARE AMERICANA “@ FIRST SESSION Monday Afternoon, January 29, 1917, at 2:30 o'clock LOTS 1-252 LOSSING MANUSCRIPTS AND DRAWINGS. 1. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Folio Manuscript volume, containing transcripts of official letters from Philip Schuyler to Generals Gates, Putnam, Washington, Heath, Gov. Trum- bull, to Congress, with numerous other transcripts of letters from George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Martha Washing- ton, etc., ete. About 200 letters in all. 2. CHILDS (GEORGE W.). A. L. §., 1 p. 8vo, Phila., Jan. 20, 1863, to Col. Forney, introducing Mr. Lossing; Ben- son J. Lossing, A. L. 8., 1 p. 8vo, Oct., 1886, to Edward Everett Hale, presenting a copy of the ‘‘Two Spies’’; W. T. Coggeshall, A. L. §., 1 p. 4to, Springfield, Ohio, April 16, 1862, referring to Mr. Lossing’ s literary and artistic work, and other letters. 9 pieces. 3. CONFEDERATE. Voucher for the services of one Godfrey, a slave, employed as a carpenter at Dreury’s Bluff, May, 1862. With A. S.’s of William M. Burwell and Capt. John J. Clarke (in two places). 4, GRANT (ULYSSES S.). The Life, Campaigns and Battles of General Ulysses 8. Grant. With an Introduction by Benson J. Lossing. Portrait frontispiece in color. 8vo, sheets, uncut and unopened. N. Y. 1868 5. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Origrnan Manuscript of ‘‘The American Centenary’’ written on 1,697 8vo sheets, with corrections in the author’s hand. This work was published by Porter & Coates in 1876, who paid $6 a page of printed matter. 6. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oriegmnan Manuscript of his article on ‘‘The British Prison Ships at New York,’’ 5 pp. folio; Oriagmnan Manuscript of his article on ‘‘ Historical Sketch of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and 1803,’’ 5 pp. 8vo; OrigINAL Manuscript of his article on ‘‘ Wood Engraving,’’ 7 pp. folio; OrigInaL Manuscript of his article on ‘‘ Washing- ton’s Birthdays,’’ 8 pp. 8vo. 4 Manuseripts. 7. LOSSING “(BENSON J.). Origtmnan MANuscRIPT on ‘*Captain Kidd, his Treasure and the Money Digger,’’ 12 pp. 8vo; OriainaL Manuscript of ‘‘Fourth of July Oration,’’ 33 pp. folio; Orn1gINAL MANuscript on ‘‘Deborah Sampson,’’ 25 pp. folio. 8 Manuscripts. 8. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Origmal Manuseript of Lossing’s ‘‘Cyclopedia of United States History,’’ not com- plete, but covering practically the entire alphabet, and written on several thousand sheets of 4to size. A monumental work written entirely by hand and containing | a great quantity of interesting and valuable historical material. 9. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Origtnan Manuscripts of biographical Sketches including Abraham Lincoln, ‘‘Stone- wall’? Jackson and Barbara Frietchie, James Buchanan, Robert Anderson, ete., with an A. L. 8. from C. C. Moreau requesting Mr. Lossing to prepare a sketch of his brother, John B. Moreau, to read before the N. Y. Hist. Society. 20 pieces. 10. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oriernan MANuscripts (2) of ‘‘The Great Seal of the United States.’’ One read before the N. Y. Historical Society, and the other apparently written for. children. Neither copy seems to be entirely complete, although apparently lacking only the final leaf. 11. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oricinan MAnusoript of ‘‘Eminent Americans’’ consisting of over 300 biographical sketches, written on over 400 quarto leaves, with manuscript index, and many facsimile signatures. These sketches appear to be in the main complete and in ad- dition. is an article on Andrew Jackson, consisting of 52 quarto leaves, which was written for ‘Harper’ 8 Mastin for January, 1855. . 12. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oriermnau Manuscript of. Volume I. of ‘‘ History of the Civil War in America.’’ Writ- ten on 1,139 octavo leaves. Slightly incomplete. 6 13. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Ortcinan Manuscrirt of ‘“‘A History of New York City: Outline History, 1609-1830.’’ Written on 1,226 octavo sheets. Not quite complete at end. 14, LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oriatnan Manuscriret of ‘“‘History of the Pierce Administration,’’ written for the Statesman’s Manual on 72 octavo leaves (a few missing) ; ORIGINAL Manuscrirt of ‘‘Monticello,’’ written for ‘‘ Harper’s Magazine,’’ 1853, 42 quarto leaves, complete ; Or1GINAL MANUv- scripT of **Outline History of New England’’ [the Massa- chusetts portion], written probably in 1847-50, 18 folio leaves. 3 Manuscripts. ; 15. LOSSING (BENSON J.). A Centennial Edition of the History of the United States. Jllustrated. Royal 8vo, sheets, uncut (one sig. wanting). Hartford [1876] 16. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oriarnan Manuscript of ‘‘History of the State of New York.’’ Written on 1,155 octavo leaves, with preliminary leaves, list of illustrations, corrected proof of same, ete. Apparently complete. 17. LOSSING (BENSON J.). OrteamnaL Manuscript of Introduction and Editor’s Notes to Francis Hopkinson’s political allegory, ‘‘A Pretty Story’’ written in 1774. At the heading of the first page of the Introduction, Mr. Lossing has drawn a pen-and-ink portrait of Mr. Hopkinson. 26 leaves, 8vo. | 18. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oricginau Manuscript of **Hours with Men and Women of the Revolution.’’ Written on 209 4to pages (with skipped pagination from 95 to 108). This work was published by Funk & Wagnalls in 1888. 19. LOSSING (BENSON J.). 165 orIGINAL PENCIL DRAW- ING@s to illustrate ‘‘The Hudson from the Wilderness to the Sea.’’ Many of the sheets have sketches on both sides. 6 proof sheets of the text are included with the illustrations. 20. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oricginan Manuscript of ‘“Israel Putnam’’ written for ‘‘Harper’s Magazine,’’ on 39 folio leaves, complete; OrtgInAL Manuscript, ‘‘ Albany Fifty Years Ago,’’ on 35 octavo leaves, written for ‘‘ Harper’s Maga- zine’’ for March, 1856, complete; OrigInaL MANuscrRiPT of ‘“Eivenings with the Octogenarians,’’ probably written about 1850, on 22 4to leaves, complete. 3 Manuscripts. 21. LOSSING (BENSON J.). 56 ORIGINAL PENCIL AND WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS to illustrate ‘‘Mt. Vernon and its Associations.’’ The finished drawings are very artistically done in Mr. Lossing’s best style. t 22. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Origmvan MANuscript of ‘‘Our Country.’’ Written on over 4,000 octavo leaves, with Index. Complete. | This manuscript represents the work as first issued, which was completed in the Spring of 1877. An enlargement of the work, forming the second edition, was sompleted in the autumn of the same year. 23. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Origmnan Manuscript of Book 6th of ‘‘Our Country.’’ Written on 981 octavo leaves, each of the 31 chapters neatly separated. This manuscript represents the enlargement of the work from that originally planned, extending it from 48 to 60 parts, em- bracing considerable matter on the Civil War and bringing the work down to the close of 1877. 24. LOSSING (BENSON J.). 105 origINaL PENCIL DRAW- INGS, including a few finished drawings in color, to illustrate the ‘‘Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution.’’ Many of the sheets have sketches on both sides, which are not included in . the above total. In this collection are a number of fine finished portraits in water-color, one of Beverly Garrison, with his autograph; an- other of Frances Slocum, an Indian captive, with autograph of her brother. There are two different sketches in color for the colored frontispiece to the first volume, one being in unfin- ished state and totally different from the one published; the other is practically as issued, having only some slight vari- ations in coloring. 25. LOSSING (BENSON J.). OriemnaL Manuscript of the First and half of the Second Chapters of the ‘‘ Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution,’’ with manuscript Notes for the Appendix. The Chapters are written on 15 large folio leaves, the notes on smaller paper. 26. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Manusoript of the ‘‘Pic- torial Field-Book of the War of 1812.’’ Apparently a revised copy prepared for the press, with some proof illustrations and woodcut initials, facsimile signatures, etc., laid down in their proper places. Written on several hundred 4to leaves. Pre- sumably complete, but sold as it is. 27. LOSSING (BENSON J.). 186 ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAW- INGS (some wash or colored) to illustrate the “‘ Pictorial Field- Book of the War of 1812.’’ Many of the sheets contain draw- ings on both sides which are not included in the above number. 28. LOSSING (BENSON J.). The Pictorial Field-Book of the Civil War in America. Numerous illustrations. Royal 8vo, Vols. 1 and 2 only (3 sets) in sheets. 6 vols. Hartford, 1874 29. LOSSING (BENSON J.). ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS to illustrate his ‘‘ Pictorial History of the Civil War.’’ On 164 octavo, quarto, and folio sheets, many having drawings on both sides. 8 30. LOSSING (BENSON J.). OriatnaLn Manuscript of **Primary History of the United States,’’ written on about 200 leaves, not quite complete; OricgINAL Manuscripr of “Outline History of the United States’’ with illustrations laid down in their proper places, not quite complete; ORIGINAL Manuscript of ‘‘Sketches of the States and Territories of the United States,’’ written on 701 octavo leaves, almost complete. 3 pieces. 31. LOSSING (BENSON J.). 23 oRIGINAL PENCIL AND WASH DRAWINGS to illustrate ‘‘The Saguenay and St. Lawrence.’’ Published in ‘‘ Harper’s Magazine.”’ 32. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oricinan Manuscript of ““The Shakers’’ published in ‘‘Harper’s Magazine’’ for July, 1857, written on 33 8vo pages, with 16 original water-color and pencil drawings illustrating the article. Some of the sheets have sketches on both sides. 33. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oricinan Manuscrirt of the “‘Story of the United States Navy’’ written on 537 octavo pages, with Index, list of Illustrations, and Appendix con- taining Naval and Patriotic Songs. 34. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Oricinan Manuscript of “A Sketch of the Life of Washington,’’ written on 176 octavo leaves, signed and dated, May, 1889, apparently com- plete; A fragment (43 pp.) of the OricinaL Manuscript of “*Sketches of the Earlier Presidents of the United States’’; ORIGINAL Manuscript of ‘‘First Draft of fuller historical definitions for Funk & Wagnalls’ Standard Dictionary,’’ written on about 100 octavo leaves, complete in themselves, although having several breaks in the pagination; ORIGINAL Manuscript of ‘‘Chivalry and its Relations to Civilization,’’ on 108 quarto pages, perfect. 4 pieces. 35. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Orietinau Manuscript of “ ) ¢ ' "7 * * To The Anderson Galleries, Inc. Madison bayenve at Fortieth Street, New York. 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