Memoir Prepared Request Committee Common by Colden Cadwallader (39 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book commemorates the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, exploring the history of its planning, construction, and impact. The author traces the idea of a canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean back to the 1600s, demonstrating that the Erie Canal was the culmination of centuries of planning and technological advancements. The author also situates the canal within the context of political and economic struggles over westward expansion and internal improvements. Ultimately, this book explores how the Erie Canal transformed the United States, becoming a key factor in the country's economic and political development, and contributing to the nation's westward expansion and growth. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Maps, portraits, Engravings (illustrator). First Edition. New York: W.A. Davis, Printed by Order of the Corporation of New York. 1825 [-1826] Colden, Cadwallader D. Memoir, Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and Presented to the Mayor of the City, at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals. Illustrated with hand-colored maps, portraits, engraved & lithographic plates, being 44 of 47 original plates [46 as listed in binder's directions; the 47th one, often not listed, being the Bakers Benefit Society engraving - scarce, but present here.] E-mail a request for the complete list of included "plates" (term includes maps), but here they do include the sought-after canal profile fold-out and the hand-colored New York State map (nearly identical to the Anthony Finley 1824 map, with three small modifications; here including, as well, a number of New York City Fire Company individual engravings and related text pages; Canal scenic engravings and Grand Celebration engravings, including the main 7-fold fold-out engraving; plus 9 facsimile manuscript letters bound at end from notables including Thomas Jefferson; includes at least 3 plates by George Catlin. Laid in are two circa-1960s auction results referring to the existence of 47 "plates". 10x7-3/4, original boards, contents loose within in the form of several integral signatures; rebacked. Peters, America., pp.228-232; Pearce, Early. 66; Howes C562 - One of the first recorded American books illustrated with lithographs, this one being produced from Anthony Imbert's company, following Grammar of Botany produced by Barnet & Doolittle in 1822 & a plate produced for the Analectic Magazine in 1819. A highly important book, commemorating the greatest feat in early American engineering history, the opening of the Erie Canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, among some 400 miles or more of canal-building. Also contains magnificent lithographic plates drawn by George Catlin, including the superbly illustrated Lockport plates. Additionally there is the hand-colored folding map, the one of the state of New York with a profile of the Grand Canal. Formerly (sea captain) H.P. Osborn's copy, with his engraved bookplate at front pastedown, also so stamped in ink to a front flyleaf and inscribed "To Osborn, Esq. Darling Master of his Brittanick Majestys Packer Swallow." Also, there is important manuscript material pasted within the book: An autograph letter signed from the Mayor of New York, Philip Hone, dated 4 October 1826, presenting this book and an award to Osborn to commemorate the canal celebration. Also, a second mounted ALS from Hone reports on the difficulty in finding a bound copy of the book for Mr. Osborn, and there is a mounted autograph presentation slip from the Mayor as well in a later part of the text. Mounted to the reverse of the "Fireworks" plate is a printed acknowledgement to the crew of the Swallow from the Mohawk Insurance Company for preventing fire destruction of the Schuylkill. Missing some plates, but with highly interesting provenance from a player in the canal project. Scuffed, spine defective; many quires and gatherings loose & sprung, expert repairs to versos of some plates, occasional foxing most notably at facsimile letters, else a good copy wanting restoration & rebinding, or perhaps individual re-sale or gifting of the plates and their associated text pages to interested parties. lg3. Two Signed ALS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. A Fine condition hardcover book, without dust jacket, as issued. A very nice copy of the University Microfilms reprint of the original 1825 production. Blue cloth covers show very slight hint of corner wear and slight rubbing to spine, corners and spine square and tight. Internally, nice and clean throughout. A very nice, solid copy. With all 6 folding plates, including maps, pristine. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile of 1825 edition; Black & white illustrations; Blue cloth, silver titles, & 5 fold-outs; A very good copy; 408 numbered pages + 6 additional printed leaves. Size: 7.75"x9.75".

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. [Early American Lithographs Celebrating New York's Erie Canal] Quarto. Bound in later cloth. Leather spine worn. v, [3], 408, [2] pages. Frontispiece portrait. Hand colored folding maps of the U.S. and state of New York. 56 engraved plates and maps, and facsimiles. Some offsetting, spotting. Refs: Howes C562 ("aa"); Sabin 14279, S&S 20118; Peters, "America on Stone," 228-232 p. This volume was issued to commemorate the opening of the Erie Canal. At the grand celebration, a bottle of water from Lake Erie was poured into the Atlantic. The illustrations include numerous lithographs of the excavation, views of the parade and insignia of the participant groups, and portraits of the speakers. Among the facsimile letters are responses to the committee from John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, just weeks before their deaths.

4to (9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.; 24.8 x 19.8 cm). 45 engraved and lithographed plates, including portraits (one after George Catlin), lithographed title to the appendix, 2 large folding hand-colored engraved maps, views (some folding), and an additional 8 facsimiles of testimonial letters; occasional offsetting, some spotting, closed tears to folding maps and views, some neatly repaired, occasional toning. Elaborate presentation binding ordered by the City of New York, bound by Wilson & Nichols, contemporary straight-grained bright crimson morocco, covers with broad elaborately gilt borders, upper cover gilt-lettered "Presented by the City of New York to Miss Rachel Ann Robertson, Jany. 1st 1827," spine with raised bands in six compartments, third and fifth gilt lettered, others with repeat overall decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt; slight rubbing to extremities, minor soiling. [With:] An original silk ribbon badge by Asher B. Durand representing the alliance of Neptune and Pan or the Union of Erie with the Atlantic, and two elaborate engraved tickets (Miss Robertson's) to the celebration and a letter acknowledging Robertson's contribution to the volume, neatly laid in. (64F20E) A SUMPTUOUS SOUVENIR FROM THE OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL IN A SPLENDID PRESENTATION BINDING. Though initially deemed "Clinton's Folly" when first proposed by Governor Dewitt Clinton, the Erie Canal "proved to be the key that unlocked an enormous series of social and economic changes in the young nation." The present work is one of the first books published in the U.S. to be extensively illustrated by lithography, and is the first book to contain an illustration by George Catlin. Rachel Ann Robertson, the 20-year-old daughter of artist Archibald Robertson, executed the plate facing page 380 from "The Students of Colombia College," "by a young Lady"; a letter laid into the text acknowledges her contribution to the celebratory volume. Other plates include views of the New York harbor crowded with shipping, maps of the waterways in the United States and New York State, badges and emblems of the societies of saddlers, house painters, chair-makers, rope-makers, and a series of fire engines. PROVENANCE: Rachel Ann Robertson (binding, and accompanying ribbon, tickets, and letter)- Jay T. Snider (bookplate on front pastedown and his sale, Christie's New York, 22 June 2005, lot 143) REFERENCES: Howes C-562; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 228-232; Shoemaker 20118; Voorsanger, Catherine and John K. Howat, Art and the Empire City, New York, 1825-1861 (2000) 117. Binding: Papantonio, Early American Bookbindings 47.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 408 pp., frontispiece of the author. Rebound in 1/4 clay cloth and brown paper. 45 engraved and lithographed plates including two color foldout maps (United States and New York State) and the long geological foldout of the Erie Canal. The foldout protrudes beyond the edges and its margin has closed tears and folds, but none affects the illustration itself. 8 facsimiles of testimonial letters. A paper presentation label from the City of New York is affixed to the front pastedown, as is a small previous owner's sticker. There is foxing throughout, most sigjnificantly on the frontispiece and title page. The plates are well preserved with an occasional closed tear, and pencil marginalia on a few. Cadwallader D. Colden was a former Mayor of New York City, and a United States Congressman from New York State. A proponent of a national canal system, he was commissioned by the Common Council of New York City to write his Memoir on the Erie Canal during the last days of its construction in 1825. A well bound copy. Size: 8 3/4" x 11". Book.

Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (7-3/4" x 9-3/4"), bound in full gilt-decorated calf leather with the city seal blindstamped on both covers, neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down; v, [3], 408, [2] pages. Illustrated with the 47 listed lithographs, many folding, including 2 large folding hand-colored maps, as well as 8 lithographed facsimiles of testimonial letters by John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, and a few lithographs not listed. All lithographs were executed by Anthony Imbert, whom Harry Peters called the pioneer lithographer of New York City, after drawings by Asher B. Durand and others, including at least 3 by George Catlin. One of the first recorded American books illustrated with lithographs. Howes C-562; American Imprints 20118; Peters, America on Stone, pp. 228-232. An important volume, commemorating the greatest feat of American engineering to that date, the opening of the Erie Canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. This copy with the name in gilt on the front cover of Samuel L. Mitchill. There is a portrait of Mitchill in the book engraved by Asher Durand. The front endpaper contains an inscription by Mitchill dated 1827 to his brother, Singleton, mentioning that he had received two copies of the book and was giving him this one. On the next blank page is an inscription dated 1849 by Singleton to his grandson. At the end of the book are bound a number of blank pages but for two which contain manuscript descriptions of Signals for the Grand Canal Celebration Fleet of Steam Gallies, with several small watercolors of flags. Samuel L. Mitchill was a founding editor of The Medical Repository, the first medical journal in the United States, as well as a member of both the United States Congress and Senate. Mitchill strongly endorsed the building of the Erie Canal, sponsored by his friend and political ally DeWitt Clinton, and gave a speech at its dedication. Mitchill suggested renaming the United States of America Fredonia, combining the English "freedom" with a Latinate ending. His suggestion was not taken seriously, though some towns took on the name. He was known for his widespread knowledge, Thomas Jefferson considering him the "Congressional Dictionary." Light to moderate foxing, but generally a Near Fine and special copy of this rare and attractive book.

4to., (9 6/8 x 7 6/8 inches). Lithographed title-page to the appendix, engraved frontispiece portrait of Colden and 43 engraved and lithographed plates, with an additional 8 facsimiles of testimonial letters, and including portraits (one after George Catlin) and views (some folding) (some occasionally heavy browning, spotting and offsetting), 2 large folding hand-colored engraved maps (page 155 torn crossing the text, one or two marginal tears). A FINE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ORNATE, SIGNED PRESENTATION BINDING ordered by the City of New York of straight-grained bright crimson morocco gilt, covers with broad gilt-tooled borders, upper cover gilt-lettered "Presented by the City of New York to William de Yongh Esq. Consul of H.M. the King of the Netherlands at the Port of Leghorn" spine richly gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered in two, signed by binder "Wilson & Nichols Bind. N.Y." at base of spine, edges gilt (extremities very lightly scuffed). Provenance: Presentation binding to William de Yongh; presentation inscription in Italian to Gavan Morill dated Firenze, 26 Ott. 1949" on the recto of the first blank; from the distinguished library of Jacques Levy, his sale, Sotheby's, 20th April 2012, lot 59. THE OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL A spectacular and elaborate souvenir of the extravagant celebrations surrounding the official completion of the Erie Canal. Derided as "Clinton's Folly" when first proposed by Governor Dewitt Clinton (1769-1828) and voted by the state legislature, the Erie Canal "proved to be the key that unlocked an enormous series of social and economic changes in the young nation.spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians and made New York the preeminent commercial city in the United States." The work is one of the first books published in the U.S. to be extensively illustrated by lithography; an appendix pays tribute to "the most useful potentialities of Mr [Alois] Senefelder's great discovery." A few plates unfold to considerable extent, with panoramic views of New York Harbor crowded with shipping, a cross-section of the canal, locks, scenic views andornate fire-company pumpers drawn by horses. It is also distinguished as being the first book with illustrations by George Catlin. Howes C-562. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

4to., (9 1/8 x 7 6/8 inches). Lithographed title-page to the appendix, engraved frontispiece portrait of Colden and 39 engraved and lithographed plates, with an additional 8 facsimiles of testimonial letters (folding view of the "Fleet" torn with loss of one half of the plates, other folding plates with repairs to verso, facsimile edges frayed) and including portraits (one after George Catlin) and views (some folding), 2 large folding hand-colored engraved maps (both with tears repaired to verso). Contemporary American ornate, signed presentation binding ordered by the City of New York of diced calf gilt, covers with broad gilt-tooled borders, upper cover gilt-lettered "Presented by the City of New York to Horatio Gates Esq, r.," (hinges strengthened with cloth tape, extremities worn with loss). Provenance: Presentation binding to Horatio Gates. THE OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL A spectacular and elaborate souvenir of the extravagant celebrations surrounding the official completion of the Erie Canal. Derided as "Clinton's Folly" when first proposed by Governor Dewitt Clinton (1769-1828) and voted by the state legislature, the Erie Canal "proved to be the key that unlocked an enormous series of social and economic changes in the young nation.spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians and made New York the preeminent commercial city in the United States." The work is one of the first books published in the U.S. to be extensively illustrated by lithography; an appendix pays tribute to "the most useful potentialities of Mr [Alois] Senefelder's great discovery." A few plates unfold to considerable extent, with panoramic views of New York Harbor crowded with shipping, a cross-section of the canal, locks, scenic views and ornate fire-company pumpers drawn by horses. It is also distinguished as being the first book with illustrations by George Catlin. Howes C-562. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/No Jacket as issued. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Small Quarto, 408pp., Gilt lettered and decorated leather spine. Marbled paper covered boards and marbled end papers. Some scuffs on leather Memoir, Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and Presented to the Mayor of the City at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals. Original binding. Many folding maps and facsimile documents. Some old newspaper clippings laid inside and pages darkened by them. A few old tape repairs to some of the folding documents. At the back of the book are eight facsimiles of letters (folded) from John Adams, Jefferson, James Monroe, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Gen. Lafayette and others. First edition. Howes C-562; American Imprints 20118. One of the first recorded American books illustrated with lithographs. An extremely important book documenting the greatest feat in early American engineering history. The Erie Canal which connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, among some 400 miles or more of canal-building, first proposed in 1699, was formally begun in 1819 and opened opened on October 26, 1825. This copy has a mounted presentation label and was given to Isaac Leggett Varian (New York, New York, June 25, 1793 - Peekskill, New York, August 10, 1864) was a New York state legislator and later on, a Mayor of New York. He also led Tammany Hall from 1835 until 1842. Includes an invitation for a steamboat ride in celebration of the opening. Most unusual association copy.