Stock# 101455
Description
An interesting bound volume with four scarce offprints relating to John Cabot. This volume is from the library from noted Maine politician and collector James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921), for whom the Baxter Society is named. Baxter served as mayor of Portland between 1893 and 1905.
- Prowse, G. R. F. The Voyage of John Cabot in 1497 to North America. The Time Occupied in Coasting also the Island of St. John. Mr. G. R. F. Prowse's Further Reply to Mr. Henry Harrisse. Reprinted from Notes and Queries, September 11th, 1897. Bradford: Privately Printed for the Author, 1897. 7 pages.
- "The Cabot Roll." The Customs Roll of the Port of Bristol. A.D. 1496 to 1499. [4] pages prospectus for publication. Bristol, England: William George's Sons, Booksellers. N.d.
- Porter, Edward G. Report of the Cabot Proceedings at the Halifax Meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, June 21-25, 1897. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1897. 10 pages. Original printed wrappers bound in.
- Winship, George Parker. John Cabot and the Study of Sources. Separate offprint from the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. Washington. 1898. pp. [2], 37-41. Original printed wrappers bound in. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed on front wrapper from Winship to Baxter. Winship was a noted Americanist and private librarian of John Carter Brown.
Condition Description
Octavo. Late 19th-century half calf and marbled boards. Spine ends chipped. Internally clean. Very good. Pictorial bookplate of James Phinney Baxter, the namesake of Maine's prestigious bibliophilic club, the Baxter Society. Four items bound in one: 7 pages; [4] pages; 10 pages; pp. [2], 37-41.