Catalogue of the Private Library of Thomas Dowse: Of Cambridge, Mass., Presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society, July 30, 1856 |
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... William the Third ; Queen Mary the Second ; Queen Anne and King George the First . Frontispiece . Large folio , 1 vol . maroon morocco . London , S. Bal- lard , 1733 . 89 BALGUY ( Thomas ) . Discourses ; with Charges 10 CATALOGUE .
... William the Third ; Queen Mary the Second ; Queen Anne and King George the First . Frontispiece . Large folio , 1 vol . maroon morocco . London , S. Bal- lard , 1733 . 89 BALGUY ( Thomas ) . Discourses ; with Charges 10 CATALOGUE .
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... folio , calf supr . , marble edges . London , printed by Humphray Lownes , 1621 . 100 BARTHELMY ( Abbe ) . Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece , in the fourth century before the Christian era . Translated from the French . 7 ...
... folio , calf supr . , marble edges . London , printed by Humphray Lownes , 1621 . 100 BARTHELMY ( Abbe ) . Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece , in the fourth century before the Christian era . Translated from the French . 7 ...
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... folio , dark morocco , supr .; London , J. J. and P. Knapton and With a Life of the trait by Jas . Smith . a splendid edition . others , 1734-37 . 112 BEATSON ( Alexander ) . Tracts relative to the Island of St. Helena , with Views by ...
... folio , dark morocco , supr .; London , J. J. and P. Knapton and With a Life of the trait by Jas . Smith . a splendid edition . others , 1734-37 . 112 BEATSON ( Alexander ) . Tracts relative to the Island of St. Helena , with Views by ...
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... folio , russia supr . , marble edges . London , printed by Charles Wood , 1813 . 170 BISHOPE ( George ) . New England Judged ; or , a Relation of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers . A re- print from 1661. Rare and valuable . 2 ...
... folio , russia supr . , marble edges . London , printed by Charles Wood , 1813 . 170 BISHOPE ( George ) . New England Judged ; or , a Relation of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers . A re- print from 1661. Rare and valuable . 2 ...
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... folio , purple morocco , supr . London , printed by John Daw- son , 1641 . 213 Barnabee Itinerarium ; or , Drunken Barnabee's Jour- nal ; with Life of the Author , and Catalogue of his Works . Portrait . 2 vols . square 12mo , calf supr ...
... folio , purple morocco , supr . London , printed by John Daw- son , 1641 . 213 Barnabee Itinerarium ; or , Drunken Barnabee's Jour- nal ; with Life of the Author , and Catalogue of his Works . Portrait . 2 vols . square 12mo , calf supr ...
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