![3735819] For Dyspepsia [Early nineteenth-century medical receipt]. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735819.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771374732)
An early nineteenth-century domestic or apothecary recipe headed “For Dyspepsia,” prescribing a complex mixture of botanical gums and roots combined with West Indian rum. The..... Read More about For Dyspepsia [Early nineteenth-century medical receipt
![3732887] The Green Box of Monsieur de Sartine, found at Mademoiselle du The’s Lodgings —From...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732887.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1683833785)
With contemporary manuscript annotations on two pages. First English edition of this American Revolution era political satire and bibliographical hoax. Anonymously written by Richard Tickell..... Read More about The Green Box of Monsieur de Sartine, found at Mademoiselle du The’s Lodgings —From the...
![145237] 1818 Alsatian folk art Taufschein with Pennsylvania-German ties, chicken and egg motif. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/145237.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1595539249)
Curious and crudely executed folk art, this 1818 German-language taufschein (baptismal certificate) is decorated in ink and pencil. The text records the birth in “Diemringen”..... Read More about 1818 Alsatian folk art Taufschein with Pennsylvania-German ties, chicken and egg motif
![3730411] 1835 Subscription Circular for Western University of Pennsylvania, now the University of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730411.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1620780133)
Subscription circular announcing a gathering of Pittsburgh’s citizens and trustees appointing Gilbert Morgan the second chancellor of what is today the University of Pittsburgh. Interestingly..... Read More about 1835 Subscription Circular for Western University of Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittsburgh
![3733449] 1889–1892 Philadelphia Normal School for Girls —now Philadelphia High School for...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733449.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707932958)
Thirteen items kept by the Cope sisters while attending or affiliated with Philadelphia’s Normal School for Girls in the late 19th century, viz., 1. Seventy-First..... Read More about 1889–1892 Philadelphia Normal School for Girls —now Philadelphia High School for Girls—...
![3730789] 1925 Original Photograph of the Schlaraffia Stiftungsfest (Anniversary Gathering) in New...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730789.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1628535650)
Photograph of the 40th “Stiftungsfest” or anniversary celebration of a New York branch of Schlaraffia, a worldwide German-speaking fraternal group. The Schlaraffen, as members were..... Read More about 1925 Original Photograph of the Schlaraffia Stiftungsfest (Anniversary Gathering) in New York City
![3731167] An Account of the Late Dreadful Earthquake and Fire, Which destroyed the City of Lisbon,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731167.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721772431)
Partly-untrimmed. First American edition of this eyewitness account of this terrible disaster on All Saints Day, November 1, 1755 that shook perspective views in the..... Read More about An Account of the Late Dreadful Earthquake and Fire, Which destroyed the City of Lisbon, The...
![3735287] Ächtige Entwürfe zur Geogenphisch, Statistische Politischen Nachrichten die Verenigten...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735287.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758747608)
Original and extensive 1817 manuscript, anonymous and apparently unpublished, offering a candid outsider’s view of the early United States, written in Germany by an author..... Read More about Ächtige Entwürfe zur Geogenphisch, Statistische Politischen Nachrichten die Verenigten Staaten...
![3728502] American Astrology Manuscript Album 1837 — Horoscopes, Star Charts, Lottery Numbers,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728502.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706666290)
Unusual handwritten American astrological album dated 1837, containing detailed horoscope readings, hand-drawn star charts, predictive portrait drawings, dream interpretations, and lottery number advice. The manuscript..... Read More about American Astrology Manuscript Album 1837 — Horoscopes, Star Charts, Lottery Numbers, Portraits
![3733009] [Association Copy] West Point Life: An Anonymous Communication, Read Before a Public...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733009.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721264193)
Entirely in verse, West Point Life: An Anonymous Communication, Read Before a Public Meeting of the Dialectic Society… “details the intense social life at West..... Read More about Association Copy] West Point Life: An Anonymous Communication, Read Before a Public Meeting of...
![3734140] Carte-de-visite of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson with hand-embellished...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734140.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1724965979)
An expression of Confederate sympathetic folk art, this printed souvenir CDV portrait of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was turned into an object of mourning. This..... Read More about Carte-de-visite of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson with hand-embellished mourning border
![3733864] A Correct Account of the Trials Charles M’Manus, Patrick Donagan, John Hauer, Francis...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733864.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1726505163)
A rare account of the murder of Francis Shitz, the publishers proclaiming: “Among the many dreadful murders and assasinations, with the history and trial of..... Read More about A Correct Account of the Trials Charles M’Manus, Patrick Donagan, John Hauer, Francis Cox,...
![3731482] [Court of King Arthur] The History of Tarquin and Lancelot du Lake. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731482.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1684370211)
An unrecorded 18th century broadside commemorating Sir Lancelot du Lake and Sir Tarquin’s hand-to-hand combat battle. The sheet was sold to tourists at Tamworth Castle..... Read More about Court of King Arthur] The History of Tarquin and Lancelot du Lake
![146304] Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/146304.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1639530503)
Unrecorded eighteenth century polemical broadside in the tradition satirist Ned Ward or the mock poem Hudibras. While the present broadside includes only a few lines..... Read More about Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his Methodist...
![3730211] Dutch and Swedish Exploration and Settlement. Theme VII. The National Survey of Historic...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730211.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1613587677)
Subjects include: The Great North River; The West India Company; The Patroons; Peter Stuyvesant; Swedish Interlude; The Dutch Return to the South River; Last Years..... Read More about Dutch and Swedish Exploration and Settlement. Theme VII. The National Survey of Historic Sites...
![3730178] Field Investigation Report. Proposed Needles National Recreation Area, Utah. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730178.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612819478)
An in-depth survey of the proposed Needles National Recreation Area in Utah. Contents include: Present land owners and use; Geologic resume of the Needles Salt..... Read More about Field Investigation Report. Proposed Needles National Recreation Area, Utah
![3731940] French Baby Fund Festival Exhibition. Liberty Cottage. Boston Common. [opening lines]. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731940.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721772431)
“Our Fathers are Fighting in France.” A rare and unrecorded first World War photo-illustrated broadside documenting a little-known display of Franco-American friendship. Across America, various..... Read More about French Baby Fund Festival Exhibition. Liberty Cottage. Boston Common. [opening lines
![3731946] God is Love. [Mid-19th c. printed silk valentine]. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731946.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654297682)
The Lord’s Prayer is printed here within a heart placed within a decorative printed border. An embossed sheet of note paper describes the gifting of..... Read More about God is Love. [Mid-19th c. printed silk valentine
![3724701] Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3724701.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706579645)
Mid-19th-century watercolor portrait of a woman seated at a writing table, holding a letter, likely executed after a studio photograph based on the plain backdrop..... Read More about Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter
![3726619] [Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726619.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1548259927)
Ephemeral and unrecorded mid-19th century mark publication of the By-Laws and Constitution of a benevolent Pennsylvania fraternal organization. A most interesting section within is between..... Read More about Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent...
![3734355] Oeffentliche Ueberlieferung des geheimen und theuren Einmaischverfahrens der Herren...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734355.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1740592614)
Apparently unrecorded, this is the first and only edition of a rare 1835 work on mashing and distilling brandy. The text reveals the secret methods..... Read More about Oeffentliche Ueberlieferung des geheimen und theuren Einmaischverfahrens der Herren Schneefuss...
![3731978] Our Big Book. [Dick and Jane]. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731978.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1730759559)
Rare. Our Big Book is catalogued by Princeton as a Dick and Jane precursor; a series of wall charts issued ca. 1920. The stories are..... Read More about Our Big Book. [Dick and Jane
![3734344] Paying the Southern War Claims [caption title]. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734344.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736269819)
This rare, anonymous broadside from 1876 attacks Governor Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, by citing excerpts from Southern newspapers in Alabama, Georgia..... Read More about Paying the Southern War Claims [caption title
![3730699] Prominent and Progressive Men of New England. Anon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730699.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1632595561)
A lovely copy of this homage to these New Englanders and with biographical sketches for each individual: Charles Francis Adams; William Ames; Arthur Amory; D.M...... Read More about Prominent and Progressive Men of New England
![3734400] Quarantine Rules adopted by The Board of Health of Dover. [Delaware broadside, ca....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734400.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729783892)
Broadside blank form for the public quarantining of premises for scarlet fever or diphtheria and the announcing of its fumigation in two-week’s time. Those who..... Read More about Quarantine Rules adopted by The Board of Health of Dover. [Delaware broadside, ca. 1900–1910s
