Catalogue of the Large and Valuable Library of Mr. John E. Burton of Lake Geneva, Wis |
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Page 135 - The ORIGIN of CIVILISATION and the PRIMITIVE CONDITION of MAN ; Mental and Social Condition of Savages.
Page 107 - THE | WORKS | OF | BEN JONSON, | Which were formerly Printed in Two Volumes, | are now Reprinted in One. | To which is added | A COMEDY, | CALLED THE | NEW INN.
Page 86 - GILLRAY'S CARICATURES. Printed from the Original Plates, all engraved by Himself between 1779 and 1810; comprising the best Political and Humorous Satires of the Reign of GEORGE THE THIRD, in upwards of 600 highly spirited Engravings. Atlas folio, half-morocco extra, gilt edges, £,j ios.
Page 210 - Shakespeare.— MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. London, Printed by ISAAC IAGGARD and ED. BLOUNT. 1623...
Page 210 - London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard. 1632.
Page 140 - MACKENZIE. Studies in Roman Law. With Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England, and Scotland. By Lord MACKENZIE, one of the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland.
Page 141 - Maskelyne.— SHARPS AND FLATS : a Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill.
Page 241 - A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT DURING THE fIRST FOUR CENTURIES. Fourth Edition. With Preface on "Supernatural Religion.
Page 167 - FGS The Pedigree of the English People : an Argument, Historical and Scientific, on the Formation and Growth of the Nation, tracing Raceadmixture in Britain from the earliest times, with especial reference to the incorporation of the Celtic Aborigines.
Page 227 - THE GREAT EXEMPLAR OF SANCTITY AND HOLY LIFE, according to the Christian Institution, described in the History of the Life and Death of the ever Blessed Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the World, with Considerations and Discourses upon the several Parts of the Story, and Prayers fitted to the several Mysteries, in Three Parts, by JER.