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MANUSCRIPTS
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UNCOMMON PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE 
Antonio Lobato de Santo Tomás. Manuscript in Ibanag on paper: “Quinque sermones in quinque precipuis festivitatibus B. Maria Virginis. Quibus accedunt sermo in feria quarta cinerumz et sermo in dominica 2o post octavam trinitatis. Per R. P. fray Antoniium Lobatao de Sto. Thomas. Tuguegarao, The Philippines: 1776–80. Small 4to. 196 pp.
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a large body of work set down in the Ibanag language, from the 18th century and as written/spoken by one of the seminal scholars of the language, should be obvious for anyone researching the language as understood by missionaries, as used by missionaries, as influenced by Spanish, and as held out by Spaniards of authority as the model of Ibanag speech to be emulated. Beyond this, of course, is the interest of the sermons themselves, letting us see what the Ibanaq speakers were hearing from their missionaries — or, at least, this missionary — in this place, in this period.
Provenance: A signature “Fr. Antonio Lobato de Sto. Thomas” appears at the bottom of the last page and is almost certainly that of the the friar himself, which would mean that this is his autograph manuscript of the sermons.
• Contemporary very stiff vellum. Binding gnawed by a rodent with loss. Written on a good quality European paper, with some soiling and an occasional stain. No faults are serious and overall this is a remarkably good survival for an 18th-century Philippines manuscript. Now housed in a blue cloth clamshell box. (23668)
“The Victoria Album”(Augusta's Album).
Luckenback, Augusta, collector. Manuscript on paper, in English. Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem, and elsewhere. ca. 1853. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). [84 ff. (12 inscribed)]; 8 plts.
The front cover vignette has been reproduced, in gilt, opposite the frontispiece portrait.
Provenance: The inscription on the front fly-leaf reads “Miss Augusta E. Luckenback [/] presented to her by her dear sister Em [/] Feb.y 11th/53.”
Binding: Publisher’s red morocco, spine gilt extra, front and back covers with gilt-stamped vignettes of Queen Victoria, front vignette surrounded by gilt-stamped floral border. All edges gilt.
• Binding as above, edges and spine rubbed, still bright and attractive. Mild foxing to some leaves and plates.
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AMERICAN TARS Ayllon, Cecilio. Autograph Letter Signed, to “The Commodore of the forces of the United States of America in these waters” (our translation), i.e., David Porter. In Spanish, on paper. Matanzas, Cuba: 3 May 1824. Folio (30.5 cm; 12.125"). 2.25 pp., with integral address leaf.
Click the image for an enlargement. The marquesa asks, and the governor demands, that something be done to stop this behavior.
The naval forces were under the command of Commodore David Porter and were in those waters to fight piracy.
• Very good condition. Written in a clear hand. (24648)
ENGLISH History EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED bya Factor of TenBayley, John. The history and antiquities of the Tower of London, with memoirs of royal and distinguished persons, deduced from records, state-papers, and manuscripts, and from other original and authentic sources. London: T. Cadell, 1825. 4to (31.7 cm, 12.5"). 2 vols. in 3. I: [2], xiv, [2], 272 pp.; 100 plts. (1 fold., 4 double-page, 1 aquatint). II: [2], vi, [2], [273]–344, 345a, 346–352a/b, 353–564 pp.; 104 plts. (1 double-page). III: [4], 565–671, [1] pp., [7 (ms.)] ff., cxxviii, [18 (index)] pp.; 97 plts. (1 aquatint, 1 hand-col.).
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original 27 engravings have been supplemented with another 274 steel-engraved, wood-engraved, mezzotint, aquatint, and monochrome plates from a wide variety of sources and hands, for a total of 301 plates. As an extra atop these extras, bound in between the close of the history and the beginning of the appendix areseven manuscript leaves — contracts from 1692 and 1693 for masonry and other work done on the Tower, an early 18th-century record of repairs to the ditch, and a 1743 missive from the Office of Ordnance recording the issue
of beds, bolsters, blankets, etc. to the barracks in the Tower garrison. 
signed by Tout. Top edge gilt. 
A spectacular set of a splendid work. (24412)
“Northern
Liberties” — Philadelphia
Broadside. Partially printed, completed in manuscript, beginning: To --------- Esq. Attorney of the Court of Common Pleas, at Philadelphia in the County of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania to any other Attorney of the said Court, or of any other Court elsewhere. Philadelphia: before 1790. Folio. 1 page (13.125" x 8").
Tyson and Walton signed the document on 24 August 1791.
An excellent display piece.
• Old folds with a few short tears. Residue of mounting tape at two points on the left margin. (14729)
What’s Going on Here?Burnside, Thomas. Document Signed. Clearfield, PA, 1811. Double folio (39.5
cm, 15.5"). [1] f.
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The Irish-born Burnside, then treasurer of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, was later a justice of the Pennsylvania state supreme court.
A notary’s seal is affixed to the document, which was signed by both Burnside and Patton.
• Creased and slightly age-toned, with the folios separated and some offsetting from seal; a few small holes, touching text without notable loss.
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