Bibliotheca Americana: Or, A Chronological Catalogue of the Most Curious and Interesting Books, Pamphlets, State Papers, &c., Upon the Subject of North and South America, from the Earliest Period to the Present, in Print and Manuscript : for which Research Has Been Made in the British Museum, and the Most Celebrated Public and Private Libraries, Reviews, Catalogues, &c. : with an Introductory Discourse on the Present State of Literature in Those Countries |
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... laws , pamphlets , and newspapers , which every ftate prints in abundance , and in the last article of li- terary utility , it must be admitted , they excel . The newspapers of Massachusetts , Connecticut , Rhode Island , Pennsylvania ...
... laws , pamphlets , and newspapers , which every ftate prints in abundance , and in the last article of li- terary utility , it must be admitted , they excel . The newspapers of Massachusetts , Connecticut , Rhode Island , Pennsylvania ...
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... Law books have the moft rapid fale , and that at an exceffive price . Newnham's Conveyancing fold , in Philadelphia , for eight and nine guineas per set , and were bought up immediately . Bacon's Abridgement ( a book , which , with ...
... Law books have the moft rapid fale , and that at an exceffive price . Newnham's Conveyancing fold , in Philadelphia , for eight and nine guineas per set , and were bought up immediately . Bacon's Abridgement ( a book , which , with ...
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... law books , not only on account of their price , but fize , are not much in demand ; the folio being inconvenient for the lawyers to take on their circuits . Irish books ( like Irishmen ) have , in every Irish ( 18 ) the Southern States ...
... law books , not only on account of their price , but fize , are not much in demand ; the folio being inconvenient for the lawyers to take on their circuits . Irish books ( like Irishmen ) have , in every Irish ( 18 ) the Southern States ...
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... law in particular , is extremely great . The demand for foreign literature is inconsiderable . It is very little for French books , and still lefs for Ita- lian , Spanish , and Portugese . German books are , in fome degree , an ...
... law in particular , is extremely great . The demand for foreign literature is inconsiderable . It is very little for French books , and still lefs for Ita- lian , Spanish , and Portugese . German books are , in fome degree , an ...
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... Improvement of New England , & c . A true Relation concerning New England , with an Abstract of the Laws . 2505 20 Relation concerning New England . 2375 New England Money , or Exchequer Notes , one 2375 ( 30 ) 1447 ...
... Improvement of New England , & c . A true Relation concerning New England , with an Abstract of the Laws . 2505 20 Relation concerning New England . 2375 New England Money , or Exchequer Notes , one 2375 ( 30 ) 1447 ...
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