Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-13

maps VI TIC WEST IHC1eS are u De SccIi.
Here Is Peter Martyrs work containing
Cuba ct les Isles Nouucllamet trouuees
NEWLY found, en- la grands mer Oceane,
printed at Paris In 1892. with an outline map
of Cuba, Spagnola (San Domingo), Porto
Rico, etc. Under 1T is Porcacchi L'Isole piv
famose del Monde, printed at Venice in
1872. 1t contains an early map and descrip-
ton of Cuba. Also A. de Herrera, Nievwe
WereIt West Indien (West Indies), printed
at Amsterdam 1872, containing map of the
Philippine Islands in the seventeenth CEN
fury; also Bordone 1soiaro, tinegla,
printed in 1884, containing an early map
of the West Indies. In the same case Is
copy of Arnold Montanus' work, containing
fine large two-page engraving of Havana
as it appeared in the middle of the seven
teenth century, with Spanish galleons in
the offing There is also second edition OF
MOntanus, containing a fine old engraving
of Porto Rico. There Is a very early map
of the Philippine Islands in volume one OF
Juan de la Concepcion's Historic de Philip
mas, printed at Manila in ltSS 10 ifs.' IN
fourteen volumes Quarto. The map OF the
whole group of Philippines, however. bears
date OF 174i. In the next case there are dis
played thee volumes of the very rare col
lection of Hulsius Voyages, nearly com
pete in the library of Congress, printed at
Nuremberg, 1893 to 1916 and containing
early maps of Cuba, Porto Rico, etc. Also
two volumes of De Bry's Voyages 15vo TO
1919. one containing early map OF the
Philippine Islands, the other a queer old
copper-plate engra ing of the sports ana
dances of the Indian aborigines of Vir-
ginia, supposed to have been taken from
life. In the same case is very early map
of Canada, 1909, in a copy of Lescarbot
Historic de la NouveHe France.
John EIfot's Indian Bible.
Many of the rarest of the American mug
gets cease u are found in both editions Of
John Eiot's Indian Bible, printed at Cam
bridge, Mass, 1861 e3, and the second edi-
%;o, &c a1S finely
ed copy of what is perhaps still rarer book
in good preservation, viz, the first Bible In
English printed in America, by r. Aitken,
Philadelphia, 1852. This is the only book
which had the honor to receive from the
American Congl eSs special public recon-
menda ton, atteSted copy of which IS
printed in the first volume Of the Bible.
In the first and second cases are to be
found several handsome specimens of mis-
sails and illuminated manuscripts, adorned
with gold and coiors, all ihand-painted, and
inscribed on fine vellum or parchm ant
The famous George Washington Bible In
three great folio volumes, specially men
toned in his will. is there. These vol
umss were bequeathed to the KEY Lora
Fairfax now Bryan the Bible presented
to Washington by Right Rev. Thomas Will
son, bishop of Sodor and Man." The work,
though annotated by Bishop Wilson was
never printed until thirty years after MS De-
cease, and Is one of the copies presented 70
| high dignitaries under provisions OF the Will
of Rev. T. Wilson, son of the bishop. wash
iDgton's autograph is on each volume. They
were printed in 11S5.
There is also large collection of early
publications of Washington city, the oldest
being the Washington Gazatte, by Benz.
More, June II, 1896, to March II, 1913. The
set is complete There Is also the National
Inteligencer, founded October q, 1890.
Rare Old Newspapers.
The first American daily newspaper is
there, the Pennsylvania Packet, first pub
lished in Philadelphia October IA, 1854.
The first newspaper publication of the Dec
Iaratfon of Independence is there, being in
the Pennsylvania Evening Post Of Satur-
day July 6, 1776 There is the first issue
of the London Gazette of February l, 1865
The file of that paper in the library is COM
plete from 1865 to 1898 The American
Daily Advertiser of Philadelphia of Decem-
Der 20, 1899, contains the first newspaper
publication of the death Of Washington, the
paper being in mourning, with rules invert-
ed. The New York Herald containing an &C
count of the Hamilton-Burr duel and funer-
al of Alexander Hamilton, is there. The
Charleston Courier as early as January TO-
1903, Is included in the exhibit; also the
Virginia Gazette, containing the first publ
cation in Virginia of the Declaration of In
dependence. July 10, 1TT6 Horace Gree
ley's campaign paper, the Log Cabin, is on
exhibition also the first volume of the New
York Tribune, 1871.
There are a large number of books pub
lished in Virginia at early dates and vol
ume giving Capt John Smiths map of
Virginia. published in 1912 at oxford.
The first known engraving of Indian corn
appears in a volume in one of the cases, en-
titled Discovery of New Brittaine in Vir-
ginia,' published in London, 1861. The
engraving is entitled Indian Wheat"
The above are but few of the numerous
rare publications now on exhibition, and
the entire exhibit forms but q small portion
of the rare and curious treasures in the Ii
brary.