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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... late Messrs . William Pickering and Thomas Rodd , and after their decease , the present Mr. Thomas Boone , of London ; he has thus been able to obtain fine , clean , and perfect copies , carefully collated , often with extra leaves ...
... late Messrs . William Pickering and Thomas Rodd , and after their decease , the present Mr. Thomas Boone , of London ; he has thus been able to obtain fine , clean , and perfect copies , carefully collated , often with extra leaves ...
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... late Joseph Ames , considerably augmented by William Herbert , and now greatly enlarged , with copious notes , by the Rev. T. F. Dibdin , and illustrated with appropriate engravings , compre- hending the History of English Literature ...
... late Joseph Ames , considerably augmented by William Herbert , and now greatly enlarged , with copious notes , by the Rev. T. F. Dibdin , and illustrated with appropriate engravings , compre- hending the History of English Literature ...
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... was purchased by Thomas Rodd , for the present owner , at the sale of Mr. Upcott's books , and the plates are all most perfect . At a late sale a copy sold for £ 11 . 1. 6 . T 51 ASCHAM , ROGER . ENGLISH WORKS . 8vo . CATALOGUE . 5.
... was purchased by Thomas Rodd , for the present owner , at the sale of Mr. Upcott's books , and the plates are all most perfect . At a late sale a copy sold for £ 11 . 1. 6 . T 51 ASCHAM , ROGER . ENGLISH WORKS . 8vo . CATALOGUE . 5.
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... late Duke of Sussex , Priced . VI . parts , large paper . 8vo . cloth , London , 1844-5 Valuable for its collection of Bibles , Classics , etc. 106 Bindley , James . Catalogue of his Curious and Extensive Library , London , 1818 Priced ...
... late Duke of Sussex , Priced . VI . parts , large paper . 8vo . cloth , London , 1844-5 Valuable for its collection of Bibles , Classics , etc. 106 Bindley , James . Catalogue of his Curious and Extensive Library , London , 1818 Priced ...
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... late Dr. Penrose ; Library of Thomas Harnson ; MSS . and London , 1851 Books of the Poet Gray . 8vo . half calf . 112 Bohn , John . Catalogue of English Books . 114 Book of Vagabonds and Beggars , with a Vocabulary of their Language ...
... late Dr. Penrose ; Library of Thomas Harnson ; MSS . and London , 1851 Books of the Poet Gray . 8vo . half calf . 112 Bohn , John . Catalogue of English Books . 114 Book of Vagabonds and Beggars , with a Vocabulary of their Language ...
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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.
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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.