NATURAl HiSTORY, SciENcE AND ExPlORATiON

1 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Lilio Narcissus Hemerocallis disfacie II. Gnaphalium Montanum suave rubens III. Gnaphalium Montanum variegatum. Engraved plate extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, De Luxe issue of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued, later handcoloring. 20 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

2 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Flammula recta II. Clematis peregrina purpurea flore pleno III. Clematis peregrina incarnata plena. Together with I. Aquileia Variegata II. Aquileia Stellata Rubescens III. Aquileia flore rubro. Two engraved botanical prints extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, Latin text to verso, later hand-coloring. Size of largest 22 3/4 x 18 inches. $1,000-2,000

3 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Leucoium bulbosum Autumnale tenuifolium II. Colchicum vulgare Polyanthos III. Colchicum biflorum IIII. Colchicum vulgare album V. Colchicum vulgare purpura scente flore. Engraved plate extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, De Luxe issue of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued. 21 x 16 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

4 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Hyacinthus Anglicus II. Hyacinthus Serotinus facie orientali III. Hyacinthus Anglicus flore incarnato III. Hyacinthus Anglicus colore violaceo V. Hyacinthus Anglicus colore amethystino. Engraved botanical print extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, De Luxe issue of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued, later hand-coloring. 21 x 16 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

5 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Fritillaria pyrenaea obsoleto luteo colore II. Fritillaria minor obsoleto colore inodora III. Fritillaria polyanthos lutea. Together with I. Meleagris flos maximus Italicus II. Fritillaria flore pleno III. Fritillaria Alba. Two engraved botanical prints extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, Latin text to verso, later hand-coloring. Meleagris flos maximus with repaired vertical tear along left margin. Size of largest 20 1/3 x 17 1/4 inches. $600-800

6 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Narcissus orientalis maior polyanthos totus albus II. Narcissus Orientalis medius totus albus polyanthos III. Narcissus Orientalis polyanthos minor totus albus. Engraved botanical print extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, Latin text to verso, later hand-coloring. 21 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches. $600-800

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7 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Rosa Damascena flore pleno. II. Trifolium Acetosum flore albo. III. Trifolium Acetosum flore flavo. Engraved plate extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, De Luxe issue of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, title in Latin to verso, later hand-coloring. 21 x 16 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

8 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Caryophyllus Indicus flore multiplici luteo pleno maior II. Caryophyllus Inducus flore luteo simplici minor III. Caryophyllus Indicus floreauros simplici minor. Engraved botanical print extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, Latin title to verso, later handcoloring. With 2 small dark spots at upper edge. 20 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. $800-1,200

9 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Caryophyllus multiplex flore albo II. Caryophyllus multiplex laciniosus flore incarnato III. Caryophyllus multiplex flore purpureo rubescente. Together with I. Caryophyll, plenuslate rubescens instar florum Persici mali II. Marum peregrinum III. Abrotanum famina sive Chamacy parissus. Two engraved botanical prints extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First editions, De Luxe issues of the Bishop’s Edition, watermarked, no text to verso, as issued, later hand-coloring. Size of largest 20 7/12 x 16 1/4 inches. $1,500-2,500

10 BESLER, BASILIUS Linum sylvestre flore coeruleo, Scorsonera latifolia, Linaria aurea, and Iacea nigra flore albo. Four engraved botanical prints extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First editions, De Luxe issues of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued, later hand-coloring. Size of largest 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000

11 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Siciliana II. Androsaemum foeditum seu Tragodes III. Hypericon. Together with I. Hippoglossum II. Primula Veris Anglicana flore pleno III. Sanicula montana altera. Two engraved botanical prints extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First editions, De Luxe issues of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued, later hand-coloring. Size of largest 21 x 16 inches. $1,500-2,500

12 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Arbor Vitae II. Prunella Officinarum III. Chamaepitis Maior. Together with I. Cupressus arbor II. Spartium Hispanieum. Two engraved botanical prints extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First editions, De Luxe issues of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to versos as issued, later hand-coloring. Repair and rebacking to margins Arbor Vitae; 1-inch marginal tear to Cupressus arbor. Size of largest 20 2/3 x 16 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

13 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Piper Indicum maximum rotundum erectum II. Piper Indicum medium longum erectum. Engraved botanical print extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First edition, De Luxe issue of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued, later hand-coloring. 20 1/2 x 16 inches. $1,000-2,000

14 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Piper Indicum maximum rotundum erectum II. Piper Indicum medium longum erectum. Together with I. Piper Indicum minimum erectum II. Piper Indicum Bisfurcata Siliqua. Two engraved botanical prints extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First editions, Latin text to verso, later hand-coloring. Size of largest 21 2/3 x 17 inches. $1,500-2,500

15 BESLER, BASILIUS Hyacinthus Botryoides Maior, Nepetella, Cupressus arbor, and Aquileia Stellata Rubescens. Four engraved botanical prints extracted from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First editions, Latin text to versos, later hand-coloring. Size of largest 23 x 18 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

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16 BUCHOZ, PIERRE JOSEPH A group of eight engraved prints from Buchoz’s Histoire Universelle du Regne Vegetal, (Paris, 17741780). Uncolored. Size of largest 17 x 10 3/4 inches. $400-600

17 BUCHOZ, PIERRE JOSEPH A group of eight engraved prints from Buchoz’s Histoire Universelle du Regne Vegetal, (Paris, 17741780). Uncolored. Size of largest 17 x 10 1/2 inches. $400-600

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17A DENOYER-GEPPERT A group of four linen-backed color botanical poster charts, and one title page, from Charts for the Study of the Life Sciences. Printed in Germany, 1961. 45 x 32 1/2 inches each. $200-400

18 FERRARI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA Limon Citratus Amalphitanus, plate 281, and Limon Scabiosus, plate 261. Two hand-colored engravings by Cornelis Bloemart from Ferrari’s Hesperides sive de Malorum Aureorum cultura et usu, (Rome, 1646). 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches each. $200-400

19 FERRARI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA Malum citreum cucurbitinum vulgare, plate 67, and Lumia expers medullae, plate 329. Two hand-colored engravings by Cornelis Bloemart from Ferrari’s Hesperides sive de Malorum Aureorum cultura et usu, (Rome, 1646). Some darkening to page and chipping to edges. Size of largest 14 x 9 1/2 inches. $200-400

20 KREDEL, FRITZ AND RUDOLF KOCH Das Blumenbuch. Mainz: Mainzer Presse, 1929-1930.

3 vols. Folio, original boards, lacking slipcases. One of 1,000 copies. Lacking spine vol. 3; dampstaining to boards; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; hinges cracked; otherwise fine. $600-800

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22 MEREDITH, LOUISA ANNE Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania. London: Day & Son, 1860.

Folio, blue library cloth, gilt-stamped call number sticker to spine, marbled boards, bookplate City of Leeds Library of Commerce, Science and Technology to front pastedown, a.e.g. Illustrated with eight colored plates with tissue guards. Text block shifted; ex-library copy; some foxing; otherwise fine. Provenance: City of Leeds Library of Commerce, Science and Technology (bookplate) $100-200

23 MUNTING, ABRAHAM A group of two prints from Naauwkeurige beschryving der aardgewassen . . . (Leiden, 1696).

Cylcamen Aestivum Flore Carneo. Cyclamen Vernum Purpureum Indorum. Together with Cyclamen Vernum Minus Flore Albo. Cyclamen Hederaceum Angulosum flore Albo. Minor chipping to edges; otherwise fine. Size of largest 15 1/3 x 10 inches. $300-500

24 THORNTON, DR. ROBERT JOHN The White Lily with Variegated leaves, engraved by Stadler. Aquatint printed in color and finished by hand, August 1, 1800.

Framed in a cream and partial gilt frame and matted. Some light browning to margins; otherwise fine. Size of frame 29 x 23 1/2 inches. $600-800

25 THORNTON, DR. ROBERT JOHN Large Flowering Sensitive Plant, engraved by Stadeler, after Reinagle. (London, c. 1799). Aquatint printed in color and finished by hand, featuring hummingbirds and an elaborate background vista representing Jamaica and showing scale with a second plant flanked by a man in the background. Later (third) state.

Framed in an elaborate partial gilt frame and matted. Fine. 14 x 18 1/2 inches. $400-600

26 VOLCKAMER, JOHANN CRISTOPH Eusserlicher Prospect des observatory aus der Vesten, (Nuremberg, 1708). Hand-colored engraved plate from Volckamer’s Nurnbergische Hesperides. 14 x 9 inches. $100-200 27 WEINMANN, JOHANN WILHELM a. Costus Arabicus b. Cotinus, seu Coccigria Fustel, plate 432, and a. China de China seu Kinkina b. China radiae smilasc aspera Chinensis, Esquine, plate 367. (Regensburg, c. 1737) Two hand-colored engravings from Weinmann’s Phytanthoza iconographia. Size of largest 15 2/3 x 10 inches. $200-400

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29 (BOTANY) A collection of German botanical prints, comprising six mats of three prints apiece. $80-120

30 (BOTANY) A collection of German botanical prints, comprising seven mats of four prints apiece. $100-200

31 BEWICK, THOMAS A Natural History of British Quadrupeds; Foreign Quadrupeds; Foreign Birds; British Birds; Water Birds; and Reptiles, Serpents and Insects. Alnwick, [1808].

6 vols. 12mo, original printed wrappers. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Wear to wrappers with some chipping to edges; otherwise a fine set. $400-600 32 GOLDFUSS, GEORG AUGUST Two chromolithograph prints by H. V. Hirt from Georg August Goldfuss Ausfurliche Erlauterung des naturhistorischen Atlasses, (Dusseldorf, c. 1830).

Plate 283: Spalax capensis (mole rat) 2. Spalax Typhlus (blind mole rat) 3. Cricetus vulgaris (hamster). Plate 291: Gott. Dipus. Dipus decumanus (Jerboa/ Springer mous). $400-600

33* (JESSE, GEORGE R.) Researches into the History of the British Dog. London: Hardwicke, 1866.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers. First edition. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates and in-text illustrations. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; intermittent foxing; edgewear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Henry K. and Barbara C. Gardner, Lake Forest, Illinois. $100-200

34 JONSTON, JOHN A group of four hand-colored engraved prints of bulls and cattle from Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus libri, (Amsterdam, c. 1650). 15 x 9 inches each. $200-400

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35 BUFFON, (GEORGE LOUIS LE CLERC, COMTE DE) A group of two hand-colored engraved prints from Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle, Generelle et Particulaire, (Paris, c. 1780), comprising Le Cougar de Pensilvanie and Le Jaguar. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches each. $100-200

36 BUFFON, (GEORGE LOUIS LE CLERC, COMTE DE) A group of two hand-colored engraved prints from Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle, Generelle et Particulaire, (Paris, c. 1780), comprising L’Antillope Femelle and Le Bontebok. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches each. $100-200

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37 LILFORD, (THOMAS L. POWYS, 4TH BARON) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. London: R. H. Porter, 1885-1897.

7 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green morocco over green cloth-backed boards, giltlettered spine, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. First edition, photogravure portrait and 421 chromolithographed plates, mostly after A. Thorburn, John G. Keulemans, and others. Some light foxing and dampstaining to plates; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

38* LEWIN, (WILLIAM) The Birds of Great Britain. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1795-1800.

8 vols. bound in 4. 4to, 3/4 smooth blue-gray cloth over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments with red and blue spine labels. Second edition, preferred, with titles and text in English and French. Complete with 336 hand-colored etched plates, of which 278 are of birds and 58 of eggs by and after William Lewin and his sons. Occasional oxidation to some plates; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $4,000-6,000

39* EINSTEIN, ALBERT Card signed (“A. Einstein”), 1925. Framed and matted with a black and white portrait photograph. Size of frame 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Baroness Kimberly von der Trenck, Newtown, Pennsylvania $800-1,200

39A WATT, JAMES Autographed letter signed (“James Watts”), 1 page, on a bifolium (watermarked “J BUDGEN 1813”), undated, to Doctor [William] Herschel, with postscript to bottom, autograph address panel to verso of second leaf.

Watt writes Herschel requesting a meeting between him and a friend of Watt’s. Creased from former folding; two large tears to second leaf, not affecting manuscript; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

40* BULLOCK, (WILLIAM) Six Months Residence and Travels in Mexico; Containing Remarks on the Present State of New Spain. London: John Murray, 1824.

8vo, 3/4 orange calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spine label. First edition. With 11 aquatint plates, three hand-colored, with folding frontispiece panorama, two fold-out plans and fold-out table. Together with Anahuac: or, Mexico and The Mexicans, Ancient and Modern. By Edward B. Tylor. London: Longman, Greene, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. 8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, with six lithograph plates, four of which are hand-colored, fold-out map and numerous in-text illustrations. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

40A CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL Voyages of Samuel de Champlain. Translated by Charles Pomeroy. Boston: The Prince Society, 1880.

3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt with five raised bands. Fold-out map to vol. 1. Limited to 250 copies printed by the Prince Society. Minor rubbing to raised bands; otherwise fine. $300-500 41 COOK, JAMES A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage Written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S., and Captain James King, L.L.D. and F.R.S. London: John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, 1784.

4 vols. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt-tooled spines with gilt-lettered red spine labels, portrait frontispiece to vol. 1. Complete with 49 plates and two fold-out maps. Rear boards detached to vol. 1 with front hinges starting; light wear to boards on all vols.; intermittent foxing and toning; light off-setting from plates; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $1,000-2,000

42 MACKAY, ANDREW The Complete Navigator: or, An Easy and Familiar Guide to the Theory and Practice of Navigation. Philadelphia: B. B. Hopkins, 1807.

8vo, full contemporary calf, gilt-stamped red leather spine label. With seven engraved plates. Tears and rubbing to boards; edgewear; front hinge cracked; intermittent brownspotting and some creases; otherwise fine. $200-400

43 NARINSKY, S. Old Jerusalem. The Holy Land. 1910-1921. The Photogravures of Narinsky. Jerusalem: Jamal Brothers, 1920.

4to, loose as issued in publisher’s linen-backed clamshell box, leather label to front and spine of box. A set of 110 photogravures of holy sites, personalities, Jews, Bedouins, historical ruins and cityscapes. Each image is mounted to a larger sheet. With typed index. Fine. $300-500

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44* ROBERTS, DAVID The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. London: Day & Son, 1855.

6 vols. bound in 3. 4to, contemporary half morocco, giltlettered spines, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First Quarto edition. Illustrated with 250 plates, including six engraved titles, two frontispieces and one engraved frontispiece portrait. F.f.e.p. and portrait detached to vol. 1; minor foxing throughout, affecting some plates but mainly marginal; wear to edges of boards; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut $4,000-6,000

45 RADISSON, PETER ESPRIT Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson, Being an Account of His Travels and Experiences Among the North American Indians, from 1652-1684. Boston: The Prince Society, 1885.

8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, five raised bands. Limited to 250 copies printed by the Prince Society. Minor rubbing to raised bands; otherwise fine. $100-200

46* RYCAUT, (SIR PAUL, ed.) The Turkish History, from the original of that Nation, to the growth of the Ottoman Empire . . . with a continuation to this present year MDCLXXXVII. Whereunto is added the Present State of the Ottoman Empire by Sir Paul Rycaut . . . London: Tho. Basset [later Robert Clavell and Abel Roper], 1687-1700.

4 parts bound in 3 vols. Folio, contemporary calf expertly rebacked, gilt-lettered spines with title Rycaut’s History of the Turks. The first collected edition by Rycaut. Illustrated with 27 engraved plates.

Includes the sixth edition of Richard Knolles’ Turkish History, which extends halfway into vol. 2. This is followed with the additions to Knolles’ text by Rycaut, the entire text of Rycaut’s Present State of the Ottoman Empire, as well as his revised history of the Turkish Empire up to 1677, and with a continuation by Sir Roger Manley for the period 1678-1686. The second part of Rycaut’s History of the Turkish Empire was published as the third volume of this set. Some minor tears and minor soiling; binding restored and hinges reinforced; otherwise a fine set. Property from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut $2,000-4,000

47 (MAP) MUNSON, SAMUEL BISHOP A new and embellished map of the United States, compiled from the latest & most authentic documents. Cincinnati, OH: Doolittle & Munson, 1844.

Engraved wall map of the United States, printed on four sheets, linen-backed, lacking rolls, shellacked. First edition printed in 1843 (no record for this edition in any institutional collections or selling at auction). Extremely rare. Elaborately framed by portraits of 11 U.S. presidents (Washington through Polk), state seals and birds-eye view cityscapes of St. Louis, Louisville, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Nashville and Pittsburgh. Engraved title vignette (“Landing and Settlement in Jamestown, 1607”). Inset maps of the Oregon Territories and the Florida Panhandle. Population and location of Indian Tribes. Framed; minor shellac discoloration; few repaired tears; otherwise fine. 53 1/4 x 41 3/4 inches. $2,000-4,000

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48 (MAP) ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM Russiae, Moscoviae, et Tartariae Descriptio. (Antwerp: 1570-1612).

Hand-colored engraved map from an original of 1562 by Anthony Jenkinson. Latin text to verso. Framed. Size of frame 21 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches. $600-800

49* (MAP) ROBERT, SR. Partie de la Mer du Nord, or se trouvent les Grandes et Petites Isles Antilles, et les Isles Lucayes. S.l., 1750.

Hand-colored engraved map, with decorative cartouche. Reinforced to backstrip; otherwise fine. Framed. Size of frame 23 x 30 inches. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

50 (MAP) VAUGONDY, ROBERT DE Amerique Septentrionale, dressee sur les Relations plus modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs’ North America Didier Robert de Vaugondy. (Paris), 1750.

Hand-colored engraved map of North America. Framed. Size of frame 28 1/2 X 33 inches. $200-400 51 (NAUTICAL) GULF OIL TANKER CHRISTENING A box set containing mesh surrounding a broken bottle, a presentation album, photographs, a clipping and the original program from the launching and christening of the tanker, World Glory, built for Stavros S. Niarchos, and sponsored by Mrs. Asenath Mitchell Whiteford, wife of William K. Whiteford, president of the Gulf Oil Corporation. Quincy, Massachusetts, February 9, 1954.

According to a newspaper article (Boston Herald, Wednesday, February 10), the World Glory was the largest oil tanker up to that point built in the United States at 736 feet with a capacity for 16.5 million gallons. The archive consists of an album, presented to Mrs. Whiteford, by the officers and crew of World Glory, with 34 pp. of tipped-in black and white original photographs of the ship’s construction and launching. $400-600

52 (NAUTICAL) HEALY, M. A. Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the Year 1884 [and] 1885. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889.

2 vols. 4to, original gilt-stamped cloth. With two large folding maps and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Wear to cloth; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $200-400 53 (WHALING) A group of six documents illustrative of the business of whaling. Includes: (1) A printed Insurance Policy. November 19, 1867. $15,000 in Sperm Oil for vessels at Fayal (Atlantic). (2) 1 page. ALS from John C. Osgood. July 28-29, 1867. Endorsing Mr. Corowell for First Mate to Indian Ocean aboard the ship Para. Response: Crowell is aboard the ship Julian on a whaling voyage. (3) 2 page. ALS from Captain Lewis Tobey, Master of William Rotch. January 10, 1821. Request payment for main sail and line. (4) 2 page. ALS and sales account from John MacKay, Baltimore. October 4, 1823. 21 casks of whale oil received for sale by MacKay from Plummer. Also lists buyers and current prices for both whale and sperm oils. (5) 3 page. ALS, from G. S. Alden, New Bedford, to Isaac Hicks, NY. December 4, 1801. Arrival of ship Warren, purchase of ship, arrival of ship Commerce. (6) 1 page. Printed bill of sale of ship Lading. July 15, 1845. Casks of sperm oil by Abraham Bell and Son, New York. For the ship Fidelia. $200-400