Historical nuggets. Bibliotheca Americana or A descriptive account of my collection of rare books relating to America, H. Stevens (and H.N. Stevens).1862 |
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Henry Newton Stevens. BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA OR A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MY COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA HENRY STEVENS GMB FSA I will buy with you , sell with you . Shakespeare . CA BODI LONDON PRINTED BY WHITTINGHAM AND ...
Henry Newton Stevens. BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA OR A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MY COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA HENRY STEVENS GMB FSA I will buy with you , sell with you . Shakespeare . CA BODI LONDON PRINTED BY WHITTINGHAM AND ...
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... books , you possess the love of reading them , you may some- where have met with the quaint old comparison , that , as geography and chronology are the eye and the ear , so Bibliography is both the hands of History ; and , as these two ...
... books , you possess the love of reading them , you may some- where have met with the quaint old comparison , that , as geography and chronology are the eye and the ear , so Bibliography is both the hands of History ; and , as these two ...
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... books relating to America , shows how highly such works are appre- ciated . More recently , however , the indefatigable researches of many collectors , both public and pri- vate , in Europe as well as in America , combined with the ...
... books relating to America , shows how highly such works are appre- ciated . More recently , however , the indefatigable researches of many collectors , both public and pri- vate , in Europe as well as in America , combined with the ...
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... book will be given ; that is , such a description as will indicate a perfect copy . 6. The market value of the books , with the prices at which they have been sold at public or private sales , wi I , whenever possible , be given . 7 ...
... book will be given ; that is , such a description as will indicate a perfect copy . 6. The market value of the books , with the prices at which they have been sold at public or private sales , wi I , whenever possible , be given . 7 ...
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Page 344 - ... America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals...
Page 162 - Considerations on the Measures carrying on with respect to the British Colonies in North America (1774).
Page 73 - Foot, and now brigadier general in America. Including his transactions with the Indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace. With an introductory account of the preceding campaign, and battle at Bushy-Run. To which are annexed military papers, containing reflections on the war with the savages: a method of forming frontier settlements', some account of the Indian country, with a list of nations, fighting men, towns, distances and different routs.
Page 271 - Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge; and again. Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others' Care is the Ruin of many; for, as the Almanack says.
Page 355 - TRUMBULL (Henry). History of the Discovery of. America, of the Landing of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of their most remarkable Engagements with the Indians in NewEngland, from their first landing in 1620, until the final subjugation of the Natives in 1679.
Page 147 - Memorials of Columbus : or a Collection of Authentic Documents of that Celebrated Navigator, now first published from the Original Manuscripts, by Order of the Decurions of Genoa; preceded by a Memoir of his Life and Discoveries. Translated from the Spanish and Italian.
Page 58 - II. The natural Productions and Conveniences of the Country, suited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws, and Customs, in War and Peace.
Page 380 - An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies...
Page 45 - An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council; and an Examination of the Conduct of Great Britain towards the Neutral Commerce of America.
Page 26 - Comprising the Declaration of Independence ; The Articles of Confederation; the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitutions of the several States composing the Union, viz.