COLDEN, Cadwallader (1688-1776). The History of the Five Indian Nations Depending on the Province of New-York In America . New York: William Bradford 1727. 8 o (156 x 92 mm). Printer's typographical flowers on title and as section dividers in text. (Slight spotting.) Red morocco gilt, gilt spine, gilt turn-ins, edges gilt, by F. Bedford (minor nick to upper joint). Provenance : Alexander Colden (bold inscription "Alexander Colden his book 1727" on verso of last leaf); P. Collinson (inscription dated June 11, 1747 on lower margin of title); Robert Hoe (bookplate, his sale Anderson, 24 April 1911, lot 772); Herman Leroy Edgar (bookplate, his sale Anderson, 22 November 1920, lot 135); James C. McCoy (bookplate); Frank T. Siebert (his sale Sotheby's New York, 21 May 1999, lot 139). FIRST EDITION, PETER COLLINSON'S COPY OF THE FIRST HISTORICAL WORK PUBLISHED IN THE COLONY OF NEW YORK. The multi-talented Dr. Colden studied medicine in Edinburgh and emigrated to America in 1710. He was Surveyor General of New York from 1720, a member of the Governors Council (1721-1776) and Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York (1761-1776). He corresponded with Franklin, Linnaeus, Samuel Johnson, John Bartram and others on a wide range of subjects from printing technology to botany. Colden offers a sympathetic view of the Iroquois confederacy, provides a list of tribal names used by the French, discusses the form of government among the Five Nations and relates the eventful history of contacts between them, the French and the English settlers, drawing to a considerable extent on French authorities. But Colden writes in his dedicatory letter of "what dangerous neighbors the Indians have been," and "how dreadful the consequences would be" should the French succeed in bringing the tribes into close alliance with them. A very fine copy with a distinguished provenance, having belonged to Alexander Colden (the author's father) and later to the noted English naturalist and antiquary Peter Collinson (1694-1768). Collinson was one of Benjamin Franklin's closest English friends in the scientific community; it was Collinson who first drew Franklin's attention to new European discoveries in the field of electricity. Franklin shared with him the results of many of his experiments in electricity and often solicited his advice. VERY RARE: this is the only copy offered at auction since the Goelet copy, in 1935. Church 905; ESTC W20461; Howes C-560; Sabin 14270; Vail 352.
COLDEN, Cadwallader (1688-1776). The History of the Five Indian Nations Depending on the Province of New-York In America . New York: William Bradford 1727. 8 o (156 x 92 mm). Printer's typographical flowers on title and as section dividers in text. (Slight spotting.) Red morocco gilt, gilt spine, gilt turn-ins, edges gilt, by F. Bedford (minor nick to upper joint). Provenance : Alexander Colden (bold inscription "Alexander Colden his book 1727" on verso of last leaf); P. Collinson (inscription dated June 11, 1747 on lower margin of title); Robert Hoe (bookplate, his sale Anderson, 24 April 1911, lot 772); Herman Leroy Edgar (bookplate, his sale Anderson, 22 November 1920, lot 135); James C. McCoy (bookplate); Frank T. Siebert (his sale Sotheby's New York, 21 May 1999, lot 139). FIRST EDITION, PETER COLLINSON'S COPY OF THE FIRST HISTORICAL WORK PUBLISHED IN THE COLONY OF NEW YORK. The multi-talented Dr. Colden studied medicine in Edinburgh and emigrated to America in 1710. He was Surveyor General of New York from 1720, a member of the Governors Council (1721-1776) and Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York (1761-1776). He corresponded with Franklin, Linnaeus, Samuel Johnson, John Bartram and others on a wide range of subjects from printing technology to botany. Colden offers a sympathetic view of the Iroquois confederacy, provides a list of tribal names used by the French, discusses the form of government among the Five Nations and relates the eventful history of contacts between them, the French and the English settlers, drawing to a considerable extent on French authorities. But Colden writes in his dedicatory letter of "what dangerous neighbors the Indians have been," and "how dreadful the consequences would be" should the French succeed in bringing the tribes into close alliance with them. A very fine copy with a distinguished provenance, having belonged to Alexander Colden (the author's father) and later to the noted English naturalist and antiquary Peter Collinson (1694-1768). Collinson was one of Benjamin Franklin's closest English friends in the scientific community; it was Collinson who first drew Franklin's attention to new European discoveries in the field of electricity. Franklin shared with him the results of many of his experiments in electricity and often solicited his advice. VERY RARE: this is the only copy offered at auction since the Goelet copy, in 1935. Church 905; ESTC W20461; Howes C-560; Sabin 14270; Vail 352.
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