A catalogue of books, in various languages, contained in the library collected by Richard Shepherd, bequeathed by him to the mayor and aldermen of Preston, and, since his death, augmented

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Page 1 - The New Testament of Jesus Christ Translated Faithfully Into English, out of the authentical Latin, according to the best corrected copies of the same; diligently conferred with the Greeke and other Editions in divers languages; with Arguments of...
Page 118 - Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Reign of Edward I. 2 vols, 8vo, containing upwards of 1,000 pages, closely printed In double columns, cloth, a new and cheaper edition.
Page 141 - Athenian Letters, or the Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent of the King of Persia, residing at Athens during the Peloponnesian War.
Page 31 - Scotland: First collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others. Now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memory) to the yeare 1586 by John Hooker alias Vowell Gent. and others.
Page 33 - Journal de ce qui s'est passé à la tour du Temple, pendant la captivité de Louis XVI, roi de France, par M.
Page 155 - ... the eleventh report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state and condition of the woods, forests, and land revenues of the crown ; I have therefore been calculating tables, showing what the proportionably-advanced prices should be.
Page 8 - A Critical Inquiry into the Opinions and Practice of the Ancient Philosophers, concerning the Nature of the Soul and a Future State, and their Method of teaching by the Double Doctrine.
Page 158 - Steward upon proceeding to judgment against James, Earl of Derwentwater ; William, Lord Widdrington ; William, Earl of Nithisdale ; Robert, Earl of Carnwath ; William, Viscount Kenmure ; and William, Lord Nairn.
Page 39 - Sharon Turner's History of the AngloSaxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest.
Page 71 - ADAMS (John) Index Villaris, or an Alphabetical Table of all the Cities, Market Towns, Parishes, Villages, and private Seats in England and Wales, folio, London, 1680.

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