Treasures revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of Americana / introduction by Robert F. Strohm
2001, First Edition. Charlottesville, Va. : Howell Press For The Virginia Historical Society. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 232 pages; Description: xiii, 232 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Virginia Historical Society, September 20, 2001-January 20, 2002. Includes index. Subjects: Mellon, Paul --Library --Americana --Virginia --History --Sources --Exhibitions. Summary: In his bequest to the Virginia Historical Society, collector Paul Mellon provided a stunningly rare collection of items from American and Virginia history. Among the treasures are a 1603 order from James I "Banishing Rogues to the New Found Lands; " a 1755 map of Virginia by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson; a 1772 petition from the Virginia House of Burgesses to King George III regarding abolition of the Atlantic slave trade; the only known copy of a broadside announcing the victory at Yorktown in 1781; William Birch's rare folio, "Country Seats of the United States" (1808) , one of the first books published in America, Winslow Homer's Civil War "Campaign Sketches" printed in 1865; and much, much more. Item #155245
ISBN: 1574271229
Price: €14.95