Catalogue of the Private Library of Thomas Dowse: Of Cambridge, Mass., Presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society, July 30, 1856 |
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... 8vo , calf supr . , marble edge . Boston , Hews and Goss , 1819 . 8 ADAMS ( Amos ) . A Concise , Historical View of ... imperial 8vo , red morocco , richly gilt ; a splendid edition . Lon- don , J. Stockdale , June 4 , 1793 . 15 AIKIN ...
... 8vo , calf supr . , marble edge . Boston , Hews and Goss , 1819 . 8 ADAMS ( Amos ) . A Concise , Historical View of ... imperial 8vo , red morocco , richly gilt ; a splendid edition . Lon- don , J. Stockdale , June 4 , 1793 . 15 AIKIN ...
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... 8vo , calf supr . Notes by C. L. Coles . Portrait . Boston , W. Spear , 1814 . 160 BEVERLEY ( R. ) . History and ... imperial 8vo , calf supr . , gilt leaves . Oxford , at the Clarendon Press , 1815 . 164 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND ...
... 8vo , calf supr . Notes by C. L. Coles . Portrait . Boston , W. Spear , 1814 . 160 BEVERLEY ( R. ) . History and ... imperial 8vo , calf supr . , gilt leaves . Oxford , at the Clarendon Press , 1815 . 164 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND ...
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... 8vo , calf supr . Dublin , G. Faulkner , 1760 . 169 Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain , en- graved by Houbraken and Vertue ; with their Lives and Characters , by Thomas Birch . Large paper , 2 vols . in 1 , imperial folio ...
... 8vo , calf supr . Dublin , G. Faulkner , 1760 . 169 Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain , en- graved by Houbraken and Vertue ; with their Lives and Characters , by Thomas Birch . Large paper , 2 vols . in 1 , imperial folio ...
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... 8vo , calf supr . , marble edges . London , J. and R. Tonson , 1747 . 220 BRITISH CLASSICS . 221 The Tatler ; or ... imperial 8vo , calf supr . , marble edges . London , Knight , 1839 . Lives of Men of Letters and Science in the Time of ...
... 8vo , calf supr . , marble edges . London , J. and R. Tonson , 1747 . 220 BRITISH CLASSICS . 221 The Tatler ; or ... imperial 8vo , calf supr . , marble edges . London , Knight , 1839 . Lives of Men of Letters and Science in the Time of ...
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... 8vo , calf supr . , marble edges . Philadelphia , Desilver , 1819 . 307 CALLANDER ( John , of Craig forth ) . The Gaberlunzie Man , and Christ's Kirk on the Green , with Notes . 1 vol . 8vo ... imperial folio , russia supr . , marble edges ...
... 8vo , calf supr . , marble edges . Philadelphia , Desilver , 1819 . 307 CALLANDER ( John , of Craig forth ) . The Gaberlunzie Man , and Christ's Kirk on the Green , with Notes . 1 vol . 8vo ... imperial folio , russia supr . , marble edges ...
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