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Essai sur les causes de la perfection de la sculpture antique et sur les moyens d'y atteindre. Sujet proposé par L'Institut National de France, au mois de juillet 1797, pour le concours de l'année 1798. Par M. le chevalier Louis de Gillier, Capitaine DE Cavalerie.
Gillier, Louis de.Date: 1798- Books
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An accurate and impartial narrative of the war, by an officer of the Guards. In two volumes. Comprising the campaigns of 1793, 1794, and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia, in 1795. ...
Officer of the Guards.Date: 1796- Books
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The trial at large of Louis XVI. Containing a complete and authentic narrative of every interesting and important circumstance attending the accusation - trial, defence, sentence - execution, &c. of that unfortunate monarch. Communicated in a series of letters by a membe of the late National Assembly, to a member of the British Parliament. To which is subjoined an impartial character of His Majesty, and a copy of his will.
Member of the late National Assembly.Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]- Books
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Kearsley's gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1796. containing One Hundred and Four ruled Pages for Receipts and Payments; with Spaces for Memorandums for every Day in the Year. Term Table. Holidays in 1796. Bankers of London. Hours of Transfer of Stock and receiving Interest thereon. Tables of Wages, Rent, Annuities, Expences, Interest, Buying and Selling, &c. &c. Rules for finding the Moveable Feasts and Holidays. American States, Local Description of, &c. Table shewing the Latitude and Longitude of the principal Towns in the United States and their Vicinity. London Agents for the Purchase of American Lands. American Banks. Consumption and Supply of Provisions in England. A Table of the Proportions, the Value of the different Funds bear each other. A new Table for the Time of High Water at a mean Rate. Abstracts of the most important Acts of Parliament which have passed in the 35th Year of the reign of Goerge III. viz. Hair-Powder. - Sweets. - Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa Nuts. - Wine. - Receipts-Benefit Societies. - Franking. - --Insurance. --Soldiers' Quarters. - Weights. Directions for the Management of Sheep. Of the Nature, Use and Choice of Swine. List of the Sovereigns of France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, and Prussia. Hackney-Coach Fares. An Alphabetical List of the House of Peers. An Alphabetical List of the House of Commons. And many other Articles equally useful, for which the Reader is referred to the Table of Contents.
Kearsley, George, active 1791-1813.Date: [1796]- Books
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An accurate and impartial narrative of the war, by an officer of the Guards. In two volumes. Containing the second edition of A poetical sketch of the campaign of 1793, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged, ... also a similar sketch of the campaign of 1794; to which is added, a narrative of the retreat of 1795, ...
Officer of the Guards.Date: [1795?]- Pictures
Pierre Dionis lecturing on surgery at the Saint-Côme lecture theatre in Paris. Engraving after an original engraving by Jean-Baptiste Scotin the younger, 1707.
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The funeral oration of Lewis XV the well-beloved King of France and Navarre. Pronounced in the church of the Royal Abbey of Saint Denis, the 27 of July, 1774. By Messire de Beauvais Lord - Bishop of Senez.
Beauvais, Jean Baptiste Charles Marie de, 1731-1790.Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]- Books
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The melancholy narrative of the distressful voyage and miraculous deliverance of Captain David Harrison, of the sloop, Peggy, of New York, on his voyage from Fyal, one of the western islands, to New-York, who Having lost all his Sails in a long Series of hard Weather, and entirely exhausted his Provisions, lived two and forty Days without receiving the least Food, till he was happily relieved by the Humanity of Capt. Evers of the Susanna, in the Virginia Trade. - In this Narrative the Expedients which Capt. Harrison and his Men made Use of for their Subsistence are particularly set forth, who twice cast Lots for their Lives, and were to have killed the second Man on the very Morning they were providentially taken up. - The Whole being authenticated in the strongest Manner, by repeated Depositions, Before the Right Hon. George Nelson, Esq. Lord-Mayor of the City of London, and Mr. Robert Shank, Notary Public. Written by himself.
Harrison, David, Captain.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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Mist's closet broke open: or, several letters intercepted; in which are contain'd some old truths new told. The letters are as follow: Caleb D'Anvers to Mist. B-u-ke to Mist. From Oxford to Mist. Captain Johnson to Mist. From France to Mist. From Spain to Mist. From Rome to Mist. From Germany to Mist. From Roan to Mist. Mist to the B- of R-ch-r. Mist to Bingley. Mist to the D- of W-t-n. Mist to Miss - Mist to Captain Johnson. Mist to a Brother Printer.
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A statement submitted by Lieutenant Colonel Desbarres, for consideration. Respecting his services, from the year 1755, to the present Time-in the Capacity of an Officer and Engineer during the War of 1756. - The utility of his surveys and publications of the Coasts and Harbours of North America, intituled, The Atlantic Neptune. - and his proceedings and conduct as Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Colony of Cap Breton.
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824.Date: 1795?]- Books
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[A] catalogue of a very neat and valubale collection of books, in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, and English, many of them are bound in Turkey leather, and other elegant bindings. Amongst which are the following, folio. Dicticnnaire de Bayle, 5 tom. Paris diction de commerce, 3 tom. 1741 Viturve, par Perrault - - 1684 Sir T. Roe's Negotiations, in Turkey leather Tanner's notitia, in Turkey leather Sir H. Sloane's Jamaica, 2 vol in Turkey leather Petty's maps of Ireland plans of all the cities, forts, &c. of Canadia, finely drawn T. Livius ap. Aldun, corin Turcico Ju. Pollux, ch. max. corio Turcico Horseman's converyancing, 3 vol Hale's pleas of the crown, 2 vol. voffii opera omn. 6 10m. Milton, 2 vol. Lock, 3 v. &c. works Quarto. Don Quixote, in Spaish, 4 vo. with sine cuts - - Lond. ̂DAelian de natura animal. 2 tom, chria Turcio de moivie of chances, lst fait. Transactions abridg'd, 8 vol. Historie de France par Daniel, 10 tom. - - - - Paris Barman's Quintillian, 2 tom. Histoire des Finances, 3 tom. Dictionnaire de Richelert, 2 tom. 1732 Jugements de seavans, p ar bailler, s tom. grand pap.. Voyage de Tournesort, 2 tom. Par. Histure de Turneue, 2 tom. Par. With may more in Flio, Quarto, and Octavo, equally good, which will be sold (very cheap) the prices printed in the catalogue, on Monday the 6th of June, 1748, and continue daily till all are sold, By Thomas Payne, bookseller, in Old Round Court, in the Strand, against york-buildings. Catalogues to be liad cratis at the following booksellers, viz. Mr. Strahan's Cornhill; Mr. Osborne's, Pater noster-Row; Mr. Lewis's, in Russet street, Covint Garden; Mr. Brindly's in New-Bond-street; Mr. Jackson's, in St. James's street; Mr. Orven's, next the Devil Tavern, Fleet-street; and at the place of sale: where may be had the full value for any library or parcel of books.
Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799.Date: 1748]- Books
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Abstracts from the companion to the grave; or, every man his own undertaker; lately published by the Rev. Augustus Carrion, L. L. D. Of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin;-F. S. A. Chaplain to the Earl of Cavan;-A Governor of the Protestant Charter Schools;-Author of a much truly and justly admired Book, called A Geographical Account of the Magdalens, with historical Notes, representing the Manner of their Seduction;-Also, of an Historical and Chronological Account of all the Archbishops and Bishops that have been for the three last Centuries;-And likewise, of an Historical, Chronological, Philosophical, Philological, Philomedical, and Philantical Account of the late terrible Flood and Overflowings of the river Poddle;-Late Spiritual Comforter to the Magdalens, &c. &c. Comprised in 42 vols. folio. Illustrated with copper plates designed by the author, and engraved by the most eminent Artists in Italy, France, England, and Ireland. With Notes, Historical, Chronological, Explanatory, and Observatory, by the following most ingenious, facetious, and learned Gentlemen:-The Rev. Thomas Carr, D. D. - John Gilbourne, M. D. - The Right Worshipful John Christian, L. L. B. and Deputy Judge of the Admiralty Court;-John Chamberlaine, M. D. late punning Surgeon to the Yacht;-And the Author himself.
Carrion, Augustus.Date: 1778- Books
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Letters from the dead to the living, by Mr. Tho. Brown, Capt. Ayloff, Mr. Hen. Barker, &c. Viz. From Jo. Haines of Merry Memory, to his Friends at Wills. Perkin Warbeck to the pretended Prince of Wales, Abraham Cowley, to the Covent-Garden Society. Charon, to the Illustrious and High-Born Jack Ketch. James the 2d, to Lewis the 14th. Julian late Secretary to the Muses, to Will, Peirre of Lincolns-Inn Play-House Scarren to Lewis Le Grand. Hannibal to the Victorious Prince Eugene of Savoy. Pindar of Toebes, to Tom. D. - Catharine of Medicis, to the Dutchess of Orleans Queen Mary to the Pope. Harlequin, to Father Le Chaise. The Duke of Alva, to the Clergy of France. Philip of Austria, to the Danphia. Juvenal, to Boileau. Diana of Foictiers, to Madam Maintenon. Hugh Spencer the younger, to all the Favourites and Ministers whom it may concern - Julia, to the Princess of Conti. Christina Queen of Sweden, to the Women. Rabelais, to the Physicians. The Mitred Hog; a Dialogue between Furetiere and Scarron. Beau Norton, his Brothers at Hippollito's. Sir Bartholomew -, to Serjeant S -. And several others with their Answers.
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Memorial of Louis-René - Édouard de Rohan, cardinal of the holy Roman church, ... accused, against the attorney-general; ... and the Count de Cagliostro, likewise accused. Translated from the French edition, under the auspices of Monsieur Target, the author.
Target, avocat (Guy-Jean-Baptiste), 1733-1806.Date: [1787?]- Books
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A rhapsody on the present system of French politics; on the projected invasion, and the means to defeat it. Illustrated with plans, on three copper plates. By - , a Chelsea pensioner.
Lloyd, Henry, approximately 1720-1783.Date: M,DCC,LXX,IX. [1779]- Books
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The life and adventures of Roxana, the fortunate mistress, or, most unhappy wife. In three parts. Containing, I An Account of her Birth in France, and coming to England. - II. Her marriage in London with a Brewer, who run out of his Estate, and left her with five Children. - III. Hercohabiting with her Landlord; their Journey to Paris, where he was robbed and murdered. - IV. Her being fell in Love with by the Prince of-; and seeing her husband in the Gens d'arms Guard. The Prince leaves her, &c. - V. The Dealings she had with a Dutch Merchant and a Jew, the latter of whom wanted to defraud her of a great part of her jewels: her going to Rotterdam, where she sees the Dutch Merchant, to whom she soon after became a Bedfellow. - VI. Her Return to England, where she had the Name of Roxana. Her Marriage with the Dutch Merchant in London, who was naturalized and created a Baronet. The Miseries she and her Maid Amy afterwards fell into. Adorned with a curious Print of Roxana, in her Turkish Dress.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1765- Books
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A catalogue of above fifteen thousand volumes, In all Arts, Sciences, and every Branch of polite Literature, Many on Royal Paper, and in Morocco, and other elegant Bindings; being the Stock of the late Mr. John Hildyard, deceased, with other Libraries purchased since. Among which are Biblia Polyglotta, 8 vols. Biblia Polyglotta, 8 vols. Lincis rubris. Buxtorsii Concordant. Bib. Heb. ... Stephani Thesaurus, 4 vols. Martinii Lexicon, 2 vols. Plutarchi Opera, 2 vols. Aristophanes, Kusteri. Euripides, Barnes. Platonis Opera, Serrani, 3 vols. Herodotus, Gronovii. Galeni Opera, 7 vols. Diogenes Laertius, Meibonaii. Virgilii Opera, Baskerville. Homeri Opera, Barnes, 2 vols. Homeri Opera, Clarke, 2 vols. Hist. D'angleterre, par M. Rapin, 10 tom. Ruins of Palmyra, Ruins of Balbec, fine Plates. Postlethwayt's Dictionary, 2 vols. Chambers's and Supplement, 4 vols. Johnson's Dictionary, 2 vols. Calmet's Dictionary of the Bible, 3 vols. Ainsworth's Dictionary, 2 vols. Rushworth's Hist. Collections, 8 vols. Rapin's History of England, 2 vols. Guthrie's and Ralph's, 5 vols. Kennet's, 3 vols. Tyrrel's, 5 vols. Drake's Antiquities of York. Thoresby's Leeds. Somner's Canterbury. Stukeley's Stonehenge. Maitland's History of Edinburgh. - History of Scotland, 2 vols. Antient Universal History, 21 vols. Modern Universal Hist. 3 vols. and 8 vols. Bp. Gibson's Camden, 2 vols. Bp. Gibson's Codex, 2 vols. Bacon's Works, 4 vols. Churchill's Voyages, 8 vols. Duncan's Caesar, fine Plates. Dugdale's Summons to Parliament. - Origines Juridiciales. - Hist. of St. Paul's, Hollar's Cuts Sir William Temple's Works, 2 vols. Ben. Jonson's Works, best Edition. System of Geography, 2 vols. Maps. Ware's Architecture Compleat Body of Husbandry Compleat Body of Gardening Swammerdam's Natural History of Insects ... Humphreys on the O. and N. Test, 3 vols. Burkit on the New Testament. Patrick, Lowth, and Whitby, 6 vols. Tillotson's Works, 3 vols. Barrow's Works, 2 vols. Bp. Hooper's Works. Taylor's Hebrew Concordance, 2 vols. Lord Sommers's Tracts, 12 vols. Harleian Miscellany, 8 vols. Astley's Voyages, 4 vols. Addison's Works, 4 vols. Sully's Memoirs, 3 vols. Davila's Civil Wars of France, 2 vols. Hampton's Polybius. Smollet's History of England, 4 vols. Cay's Statutes at large, 6 vols. Strange's Reports, 2 vols. Peere Williams's Reports. Besides a large Collection of other Reports and Law Books. Which will begin to be sold (the lowest Price printed in the Catalogue) on Wednesday, February 14, 1759, and continue on Sale till the Summer Assizes. By John Hinxman, Bookseller in Stonegate, York. Catalogues may be had of Messrs. R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; Messrs. Rivington and Fletcher, in Pater-Noster-Row; Messrs. Whiston and White, in Fleet-Street; and Mr. Payne, at the Mews-Gate, London. - Also of Mr. Fletcher, in Oxford. - Mr. Merrill, in Cambridge. - Messrs. Hamilton and Balsour, in Edinburgh. - All the Booksellers in the North of England, and at the Place of Sale. Price One Shilling, which will be return'd to any Gentleman who lays out Twenty.
Hinxman, J., -1762.Date: 1759]- Books
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A catalogue of a select and valuable collection of ancient and modern books, in various languages. Containing, A considerable Number of very rare and curious Articles in the finest Condition. Also, An extensive Assortment of the best Modern Books in the most elegant Bindings. Including the Libraries of the late J. Mainwaring, M. D. an eminent Civilian, and a celebrated Collector, deceased. Among others equally curious are, Caxton's Game of Chesse. Caxton's Chaucer. Caxton's Cato. Caxton's Alain Chartier. Caxton's Catharine of Senes. Caxton's Bull of Pope Innocent for the Marriage of Henry Vii. and Elizabeth of York. several by Wynken de Worde, Pynson, Maclinia, and other early Printers. Books printed on Vellum. Books printed at Strawberry-Hill. Sir William Dugdain's Works. Most of the scarce English Topographical Histories. Early English Poetry. Chronicles, by Froissart, Higden, Hollinshed, Hall, Grafton, Fabian, &c. Romans de Chevalerie de la Table ronde Illuminated Missals and Mss. Mss. on English History and Antiquities. Buffon's Birds, coloured, 5 vol. Morocco. Hill's Vegetable System, coloured, 26 vol. Merian's Surinam Insects, coloured. Knorr's Shells, coloured. Martyn's Shells, painted. Lister's Shells, orig. edit. large paper. Hamilton's Sicilies, coloured, 3 vol. - Etruscan Vases, coloured, 4 vol. Antiquities of Herculaneum, 7 vol. Voyages Pittoresques de la Grece, de Naples, de France, de Sicile, de Suisse, &c. 18 vol. Houbraken's Heads, large paper. Perrault Hommes Illustres, lar. pap. Vandyke's Heads. Claude's Drawings, Proofe. Pilastres of the Vatican, coloured. Cielings of the Vatican, coloured. Oeuvres de Buffon, 33 vol. complets. - de Voltaire, 30 vol. - de Rousseau, 30 vol. Tasso, 3 vol: 4 to. par Didot. Which will begin to be sold, for Ready Money, at the Prices fixed in the Catalogue, and marked in the first Leaf of each Book, in May 1787, at Edwards's, No. 102, Pall-Mall. - The full Value given for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues to be had of Mr. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and at the Place of Sale; also at Edwards's, Halifax.
Edwards, James, 1756-1816.Date: 1787]- Books
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The new book of martyrs; or Complete Christian martyrology. Containing an authentic and genuine historical account of the many dreadful persecutions against the church of Christ, in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, Papists, and others. From the earliest ages of the church, to the present period. Including the life, sufferings, and martyrdom of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with the martyrdom of the Apostles, Evangelists, and other primitive Christians. The ten great persecutions under the Roman emperors. The persecutions in Persia, under Sapores; and the persecutions under the Arian vandals. - The horrid persecutions under the Papacy; particularly the martyrdoms of the Waldenses and Albigenses in France; the persecutions in Germany and Poland; the cruelties exercised in Bohemia and Lusatia; and the martyrdoms in Italy ... A full account of all the English martyrdoms, particularly those in the times of King Henry VIII. and Queen Mary, wherein are amply displayed all the butcheries, barbarities, tortures, and cruelties, exercised by the Papists against the Protestants, in the reigns of that tyrannical King, and bloody Queen ... The late persecutions in France against the Calas Family, &c. With a sketch of the martyrdom of the faithful and virtuous in the first ages of the world; ... The whole interspersed with accounts of several singular judgments against persecutors, a great variety of original anecdotes, and many curious memoirs; forming, at once, a complete history of persecutions, and a biography of martyrs. ... By the reverend Henry Southwell, LL.D. late of Magdalen College, Cambridge; rector of Asterby in Lincolnshire, and author of the universal family Bible.
Southwell, Henry, 1729 or 1730-1779.Date: [1785?]- Books
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An essay on shooting: containing the various methods of forging, boring and dressing gun barrels, practised in France, Spain, and England, and the different Proofs of Barrels employed in those Countries; with Remarks-An Investigation of the Causes of Recoil, and of Bursting; with Proposals for preventing or remedying Them-An Inquiry into the Effects of the Length, Bore, and Charge, upon the Range, &c. of the Piece-Remarks on the Properties and Action of Gunpowder, and upon the Articles of Shot, Wadding, &c. &c. - Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting-The Methods of training Pointers-And a short Description of the Game of this Country, as connected with the Amusement of Shooting. The whole interspersed with summary Observations on the various Subjects of the Sport.
Magné de Marolles, -1792.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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Librorum in omnibus ferè artibus & scientiis insignium, atque à celeberrimis plerumque typographis excusorum, catalogus. = A catalogue of curious, scarce and valuable books in all arts and sciences. Several of them printed by the most eminent printers. Among which are, Folio. The Battles of Alexander. The Count Marsilli's History of the Danube, 6 vol. Vitruvius Britannicus, 3 vol. Large Paper. Dart's Antiquities of Westminster, 2 vol. Large Paper. Bidloo's Anatomy. Montfaucon's Antiquities, 10 vol. 1st Edition. Voyages de le Brun, 2 vol. Columna Antoniniana. Colonna Trajana de Bartoli. Traites de Paix, 4 vol. Corps Universelle Diplomatique, 16 vol. Dictionaire de Richelet, 3 vol. - de Morery, 6 vol. - de Bayle, 4 vol. - de L'academie, 2 vol. - de Furetiere, 4 vol. Hudson's Josephus, 2 vol. Oeuvres de Bayle, 4 vol. Etat de la France, 3 vol. Large and Small Paper. Folio. Anstis's Order of the Garter, 2 v. Whitlock's Memorials. Breval's Travels, 2 vol. Raleigh's Hist. of the World, best. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Burnet's Reformation, 3 vol. State Tracts, 3 vol. Tillotson's Works, 3 vol. Temple's Works, 2 vol. Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, 3 vol. Winwood's Memorials, 3 vol. Bayle's Dictionary, Eng. 4 vol. Corpus Byzantinae Hist. 11 vol. Hudson's Thucydides, 2 vol. Large Paper. Corpus Poetarum, 2 vol. Large Paper. Seldeni Opera, 6 vol. Italia Sacra. 10 vol. Antiche Syracuse, 2 vol. Caperonerius's Quintilian, Large Paper. Harris's Lexicon, 2 vol. Hall's Chronicle compleat. With several Hundreds more, all curiously Bound, the most part Gilt and Letter'd. Which will begin to be sold very cheap, the lowest price fixed in each book, on Tuesday, June 6th, 1732. beginning at Eight in the Morning, by J. Brindley, at the King's-Arms, in New Bond-Street. Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale, and at Mr. Woodman's, Bookseller in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden.
Brindley, John, -1758.Date: 1732]- Books
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A catalogue of a very large and curious collection of books, In which are included the Libraries of Samuel Crisp, Esq; of Surrey, The Rev. Dr. Kennicott, of Oxford, And the Rev. Mr. Green, Deceased; And several other Collections; Also a great Number of scarce Pamphlets. Amongst the Books are, viz. Folio. Homer, Eustathii, 4 t. chart max. cor. russ. Idem. 4 tom. ch. max. cario russ. Glasg. Plato, Serrani, 3 t. corio turcico Astonomici Veteres, corio turc. ap. Ald. Politian, corio turcico ap. Ald. Theodori Gazae, corio russ. ap. Ald. Herodotus, Gr. lin. rub. elegantis. ap. Ald. Plutarchi, 2 t. cor. russ. - Vitae, Lat. 2 t. corio turc. 1478 Caesar, a Clarke, corio russ. eleg. Ptolemaeus, a Serveto, corio russ. Valerius maximus, edit, princeps, corin turc. Herodotus, Gronovii, chart. max. corio russ. Strabo Geograph. 2 t. chart. max. Montfaucon, 15 t. grand papier Mezeray Hist. de France, 3 t. moroq. blue Voyages par Le Bruyn, 3 t. grand papier Les Artes & Metiers, complete Blackwell's Herbal, 2 v. coloured, russia Sloane's Jamaica, 2 v. Brown's Jamaica Spence's Polymetis, best edition Florae Danicae, 5 t. colorat. Numismata, a Pembroche, ch. max. russ. Dict. de Moreri, 10 t. meilleur edition Meninski Lexicon, 5 t. in 4. H. Stephani Thesaurus Ling. Lat. 5 tom. chart. max. Biblia Heb. a Bomberg, 4 t. corio russ. Scheuchzeri Physica Sacra, 4 t. elegantis. Augustinus de Civitate Dei, cor. russ. 1470 Test. Gr. corio turcico Mabillon de Re Diplomatica Norden's Travels, 2 v. l. p. State Trials, 11 v. l. p. russia Dugdale's Monast. Anglic. 5 t. russia - Warwickshire, russia - Summons Chauncey's Hertfordshire Harris's Voyages, 2 v. russia Churchill's Voyages, 6 vol. Which will be sold, for Ready Money only, this Day 1784, and continue on Sale till all are sold, By Thomas Payne and Son, booksellers, At the Mews Gate, in Castle Street, St. Martin's. Catalogues to be had, with Prices printed (price 6d) at Mr. Sewell's, Bookseller, Cornhill; Mr. Owen's, Bookseller, near Temple-Bar, Fleet Street; Mr. Lewis, Bookseller, Russel Street, Covent Garden; Mr. Walter, Bookseller, at Charing Cross; Mr. Robson, Bookseller, New Bond Street; of the Booksellers at Oxford and Cambridge, and at the Place of Sale. Where may be had the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books.
Thomas Payne and Son.Date: 1784]- Books
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A catalogue of the library of Alexander Thistlethwayte, Esq; Late Knight of the Shire for the County of Hants; and of Various other valuable Collections of Books. Among which are the following Articles: Aristoteles & Theophrastus, 6 vol. Aldi Eustathius in Homerum, 4 vol. Romae Pindar, Oxon. - Euripides Barnesii-Dionysius Halicarn. Hudsoni, 2 vol. Ciceronis Opera, Victorii, 4 vol. ap Juntas Romanae Historiae Scriptores, 3 vol. Graevius, Gronovius, Sallengre, Polenus, &c. &c. 74 vol. velom Assemanni Biblioth. Orientalis, 4 vol. Critici Sacri, & Thes. Philolog. 13 vol. Majemonidis Manus Fortis, 4 vol. S. Augustini Opera, 12 vol. Edit. Bened. Biblia Polyglotta & Castelli Lex. 8 vol. Churchill's Voyages and Suppl. 8 vol. Ancient and Mod. Hist. 24 vol. elegant Le Bruyn's Travels, 3 vol. compleat Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. - Monasticon, Engl. 3 vol. L. P. - Warwickshire, 2 vol. best edit. Bp. Nicolson's Historical Libraries Bp. Tanner's Notitia Monastica Horseley's Britannia Romana Borlase's Cornwall, 2 vol. Atkyns's Gloucestershire, 1st edit. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Biographia Britannica, 7 vol. General Dictionary, 10 vol. Moreri, Dictionnaire, 10 tom. Martiniere, Dictionnaire, 10 tom. Chambers and Supplement, 4 vol. Calmet's Dictionary, 3 vol. Ditto - French, 4 tom. Bayle, Dictionnaire, 5 tom. Les Habits du Levant, colorees Blair's Chronol. Tables and Maps, L. P. Atlas de M. Robert, Gr. & petit. pap. Le Cabinet du Roy de France, 26 tom. Ridinger's Works, compleat, 3 vol. Regenfuss's Book of Shells, coloured Clerck's Book of Insects, coloured Harris's Book of Insects, coloured Wilkes's Moths and Butterflies, coloured Catesby's Carolina, 2 vol. cuts, coloured Edwards's Birds and Gleanings, 7 vol. col. British Zoology, 132 plates, coloured Albin's Birds and Insects, 4 vol. coloured Miller's 300 Plates of Plants, 2 v. coloured Works of Nat. Hist. by the Nuremberg Artists, 38 vol. coloured Sebae Thes. Rerum Naturalium, 4 vol. Rumphii Herbarium Amboin. 7 vol. Gualtieri Index Conchyliorum Morison's Hist. Plantarum, 2 vol. Commelini Hortus Amstelodam. 2 vol. Scheuchzer's Nat. Hist. of Bible, 8 vol. Aldrovandi Opera, 12 vol. cor. Russ. Willoughby on Birds, by Ray Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 15 tom. 4to. Statue Venezianze, 2 vol. Campbell's Vitruvius Brit. 3 vol. L. P. Houbraken's Heads, L. P. Major's Book of Prints and Poestum, 2 v. Opere di Piranesi, 8 vol. Smith's Metzotintos, 3 large vol. Antichita D'ercolano, 6 vol. Rossi, Statue Antichi e Moderni Adam's Ruins at Spalatro Le Roy, Ruines de la Grece, 2 tom. Inigo Jones's Designs, by Kent Chambers's Works of Architect. 2 vol. Montfaucon, Antiquite, 15 tom. gr. pap. Anderson's Diplomata Scotiae The lowest Prices are marked in the Catalogue, and in the first Leaf of each Book; and the Sale begins in August, 1772. By Benjamin White, At Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street, London.
White, Benjamin, approximately 1724-1794.Date: 1772]- Books
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Kearsley's gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1783. Containing Fifty-Two Ruled Pages for Receipts and Payments; also Spaces for Memorandums for every Day in the Year. The two Houses of Parliament, with an English Translation of the Mottos of the Peers. Abstracts of several Acts of Parliament passed last Sessions General Hints to Travellers. Stage - Coaches and Diligences of France, with their Hours of Setting out, and the Prices they charge; also the Time you are upon the Road. Price of Post Horses all over Europe. Account of the Money of the different Countries of Europe. General Table of Stamp Duties. Dividend and Transfer Days Instructions for doing Business at the different Offices of the Bank. Instructions for writing a Short-Hand. Term Table, with the Returns. Useful Maxims in Law. Tables of Wages, Salaries, and Incomes. List of Bankers. Tables for Buying and Selling by Weight or Measure. A Catalogue of Useful Things which every Man should be acquainted with. Interest Tables. Annuity Tables. Tables in Arithmetic, upon a new and concise Plan. And sundry other Articles, for which we refer the Reader to the Table of Contents.
Kearsley, George, -1790.Date: [1783]- Books
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The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords: representing the several engagments between the English and Spanish fleets in the ever memorable year MDLXXXVIII, With the Portraits of the Lord High - Admiral, and the other Noble Commanders, taken from the Life. To which are added, from a book entitled, Expeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera descriptio, A.D. 1588, done, as is supposed, for the said Tapestry to be work'd after. ten charts of the sea coasts of England, And a General One of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, &c. Shewing the Places of Action between the two Fleets; Ornamented with medals struck upon that Occasion, And other suitable Devices. Also an historical account of each day's action, Collected from the most Authentic Manuscripts and Writers. By John Pine, Engraver.
Morant, Philip, 1700-1770.Date: [1739]