Additions Made to the Library of Congress: Since the First Day of November, 1852. November 1, 1853

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L. Towers, 1853 - Library catalogs - 211 pages

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Page 19 - BLAIR'S CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL TABLES, From the Creation to the present time : with Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple. Under the revision of Sir HENRY ELLIS, KH, late Principal Librarian of the British Museum.
Page 98 - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Page 171 - The Westover manuscripts: containing the history of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A journey to the land of Eden, AD 1733; and A progress to the mines.
Page 147 - The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland ; comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of former Ages, accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and original Poetry.
Page 127 - History of Egyptian Mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals...
Page 149 - Select Fables ; with Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others, previous to the year 1784: Together with a Memoir; and a descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick.
Page 81 - Variolae Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Page 49 - Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769, to the South-East of New Guinea, with the subsequent Visits to the same Lands by English Navigators, who gave them new Names : to which is prefixed, an historical Abridgement of the Voyages and Discoveries of the Spaniards in the same Seas.
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Page 51 - With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Periods.

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