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Lot 418
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
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Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022
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[HARRISON, William Henry (1773-1841), his copy]. ULLOA, Antonio de (1716-1795) and Jorge Juan y SANTACILLA (1712-1773). A Voyage to South America. London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1760.
Volume I only (of 2, lacking volume II), 8vo (195 x 119 mm). Engraved map (torn along fold, defective). (Some browning and staining.) Contemporary mottled calf, red and black lettering-pieces gilt (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance: William Henry Harrison (faint signatures title-page and p.iii, presentation inscription); Morgan Neville (presentation inscription from William Henry Harrison, signature on verso of map); Fayette Neville (signature rear flyleaf); Meta A. Bigelow (signature on flyleaf dated 1874); Marshall B. Coyne (his collection, sold Sotheby's New York, 5 June 2001, lot 120).
Second edition. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON'S COPY, SIGNED BY HIM ON THE TITLE-PAGE AND INSCRIBED ON THE FLYLEAF: "Presented by W. H. Harrison to his Friend Morgan Neville." William Henry Harrison served only 31 days as President; books from his library are rare. Sabin 36813.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota