Catalogue of the choice collection of books, forming the library of Zelotes Hosmer, esq., of Cambridge, Mass., ... which will be sold by auction, on May 7, 1861, and three following days1861 |
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... Early English Literature and Standard Authors ; FINE EDITIONS , CHOICE COPIES AND RARE BOOKS IN BIBLIOGRAPHY , HISTORY , POETRY , THE DRAMA , ANTIQUITIES , ILLUSTRATED WORKS , ETC. TOGETHER WITH Rare Editions of the Greek and Latin ...
... Early English Literature and Standard Authors ; FINE EDITIONS , CHOICE COPIES AND RARE BOOKS IN BIBLIOGRAPHY , HISTORY , POETRY , THE DRAMA , ANTIQUITIES , ILLUSTRATED WORKS , ETC. TOGETHER WITH Rare Editions of the Greek and Latin ...
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... Early English Literature , and to them the announcement of his name , in connection with the sale , will be sufficient to insure a careful examination of the catalogue ; but to general purchasers , we wish to point out some of the works ...
... Early English Literature , and to them the announcement of his name , in connection with the sale , will be sufficient to insure a careful examination of the catalogue ; but to general purchasers , we wish to point out some of the works ...
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... EARLY AND RARE EDITIONS , of the Works of Chaucer , Spenser , Milton , Butler , Drummond , Drayton , Davenant , Donne , Herrick , Jonson , Sidney , Sterling , and others . IN THE COLLECTION may be noticed several rare editions and fine ...
... EARLY AND RARE EDITIONS , of the Works of Chaucer , Spenser , Milton , Butler , Drummond , Drayton , Davenant , Donne , Herrick , Jonson , Sidney , Sterling , and others . IN THE COLLECTION may be noticed several rare editions and fine ...
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... Early Typography , printed by Gutenburg . " With the exception of a copy of the Magazine Bible , and a fragment of the same , this little tract of Aquinas is believed to be the earliest specimen of printing in this country . " 27 ...
... Early Typography , printed by Gutenburg . " With the exception of a copy of the Magazine Bible , and a fragment of the same , this little tract of Aquinas is believed to be the earliest specimen of printing in this country . " 27 ...
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... Early impressions , with descriptive letter - press by Wm . Beattie . 2 vols . 4to . half mor . 86 Barry , J. S. History of Massachusetts . third periods , 3 vols . 8vo . cloth . London , 1836 First , second and Boston , 1855 87 Barton ...
... Early impressions , with descriptive letter - press by Wm . Beattie . 2 vols . 4to . half mor . 86 Barry , J. S. History of Massachusetts . third periods , 3 vols . 8vo . cloth . London , 1836 First , second and Boston , 1855 87 Barton ...
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Page 6 - ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF WRITING, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings taken from. Marbles, Manuscripts, and Charters, Ancient and Modern ; also Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing.
Page 109 - Works of, now first collected, with some account of the Author, and Notes by the Rev.
Page 69 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Page 24 - Vindida; or Clieveland's Genuine Poems, Orations, Epistles, &;c., purged from the many false and spurious ones which had usurped his name, and from innumerable Errours and Corruptions in the true Copies.
Page 21 - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, compared with the Former Editions and many valuable MSS. Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed ; By John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon, Deceased : Together •with a Glossary, By a Student of the same College.
Page 83 - The Arte of English Poesie. Contriued into three Bookes : The first of POETS and POESIE, the second of PROPORTION, the third of ORNAMENT.
Page 57 - London in Luster: projecting many bright Beams of Triumph : disposed into several Representations of Scenes and Pageants Performed with great Splendor on Wednesday, October ^.9. lti79, at the Initiation and Instalment of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Clayton, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Dignified with divers delightful Varieties of Presenters, with Speeches, Songs, and Actions, properly and punctually described.
Page 76 - The Oxford Sausage: Or, Select Poetical Pieces, Written by the most Celebrated Wits Of The University of Oxford.
Page 46 - Some account of a collection of several thousand bills, accounts, and inventories, illustrating the history of prices between the years 1650 and 1750. Presented to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, by James Orchard Halliwell, esq., FRS, Hon. MRIA, Hon. MRSL, FSA, etc., Brixton Hill; printed for private circulation only: 1852.