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... curious works in which that department abounds , and would now remark , that there is scarcely an important work in English , claiming a place among the rare Americana , which may not be found in this fine library . Briefly , the ...
... curious works in which that department abounds , and would now remark , that there is scarcely an important work in English , claiming a place among the rare Americana , which may not be found in this fine library . Briefly , the ...
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... the earliest , yet he was one of the most curious and accurate observers of the customs and peculiarities of the Aborigines who have attempted to describe them . " - Field . 5 6 7 8 ACRELIUS ( I. ) A Sermon 1 Catalogue. ...
... the earliest , yet he was one of the most curious and accurate observers of the customs and peculiarities of the Aborigines who have attempted to describe them . " - Field . 5 6 7 8 ACRELIUS ( I. ) A Sermon 1 Catalogue. ...
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... Curious of all Nations . [ Motto . ] Price Ten Paper Dollars . Philadelphia , Printed and Sold by Robert Bell . In Third Street , M.DCC.LXXIX . 8vo , pp . 46. Brown morocco , gilt edges . A fine copy of the ORIGINAL EDITION . volume of ...
... Curious of all Nations . [ Motto . ] Price Ten Paper Dollars . Philadelphia , Printed and Sold by Robert Bell . In Third Street , M.DCC.LXXIX . 8vo , pp . 46. Brown morocco , gilt edges . A fine copy of the ORIGINAL EDITION . volume of ...
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... curious Account of the Cataracts at Niagara . By Mr. Peter Kalm , a Swedish Gentleman who travelled there . London : J. Whiston and B. White . 1751 . 8vo , pp . 94. Plan . Half crushed red levant morocco , gilt top , UNCUT , by W ...
... curious Account of the Cataracts at Niagara . By Mr. Peter Kalm , a Swedish Gentleman who travelled there . London : J. Whiston and B. White . 1751 . 8vo , pp . 94. Plan . Half crushed red levant morocco , gilt top , UNCUT , by W ...
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... curious old English books , in prose and verse . BELOE . The Sexagenarian , or Recollections of a Literary Life . By the Rev. William Beloe . London : Rivingtons . 1817 . 2 vols . , 8vo , pp . viii . , 436 ; 386. Half crimson levant ...
... curious old English books , in prose and verse . BELOE . The Sexagenarian , or Recollections of a Literary Life . By the Rev. William Beloe . London : Rivingtons . 1817 . 2 vols . , 8vo , pp . viii . , 436 ; 386. Half crimson levant ...
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Page 210 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 142 - EXTRACTS FROM THE VOTES and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing the Bill of Rights...
Page 143 - PASTON LETTERS. ORIGINAL LETTERS, written during the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III., by various Persons of Rank or Consequence.
Page 114 - Typographical Antiquities ; or the History of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland : containing Memoirs of our Ancient Printers, and a register of the books printed by them.
Page 209 - Honourable the Commissioners for the Provinces of Virginia and Maryland, with the Indians of the Six Nations, in June, 1744. Folio, pp. 39, half calf, uncut. Phila. Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the New Printing Office, near the Market, MDCCXLIV.
Page 102 - A | Discourse | about | Civil Government | in a | New Plantation | Whose Design is | Religion.
Page 220 - A GENERAL HISTORY of the Pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, &c.
Page 142 - The Narrative of Colonel David Fanning (A Tory in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain) : giving an Account of his Adventures in North Carolina From 1775 to 1783, as Written by Himself.
Page 200 - The Happiness of a People in the Wisdome of their Rulers Directing And in the Obedience of their Brethren Attending Unto what Israel ought to do...
Page 185 - ... country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals...