Catalogue of the first portion of the extensive and varied collections of rare books and manuscripts relating chiefly to the history and literature of America [electronic resource] : comprising the great collections of voyages & travels of De Bry (in Latin and German), Hulsius, Thenevot, Purchas and Hakluyt, with early separate voyages of the Dutch, English and French navigators ; early American history and literature ; Burns's autograph poems ; black-letter and other early English and American ballads ; Chaucer's works, 1532 ; highly important collections of manuscripts relating to Sir Francis Drake, the colony of Georgia, New England & Virginia, including 18 of the earliest autograph letters of Washington, and Henry Stevens's Franklin collection : which will be sold by auction, by Messers. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auctioneers of literary property and works illustrative of the fine arts, at their house, No. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. London, on Monday, 11th of July, 1881, and four following days, at one o'clock precisely.

At head of title: Steven's historical collections. ; An account of the history of Benjamin Franklin's papers and Henry Stevens' s Franklin collection--p. 159-162. ; "Explanatory" signed: Henry Stevens of Vermont. ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 44