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A new musical grammar, and dictionary: or, a general introduction to the whole art of musick. In four books. Teaching, I. The Rudiments of Tones, Diatonick, and Semitonick; according to the Gamut. - With Rules for Tuning the Voice, and Beating of Time; the Nature of Keys, and Transposition; and of all other Characters used in Musick. II. Containing such plain and easy Directions as are necessary for Tuning, and Playing on, the Organ, Harpsichord, Bass Viol, Violin, Hautboy, Flute, Bassoon, &c. - With Songs and Lessons in great Variety; in 2, 3, and 4 Parts. - With Rules for Tuning of Bells, and Pricking of Chime-Barrels, &c. And the Structure of an Organ considered, in all its curious Branches: And a Feeling Scale of Musick for such as are blind. III. The Theory of Sound, from its Natural Causes: Or, A Philosophical, and Mathematical Dissertation thereon; in a concise and easy Method, &c. Together with the Principles of Practical Musick: Or, the most Authentick Rules of Composition, either in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 Musical Parts: Shewing the Allowed Passages of all Concords, and Discords; and the Contrivance of Fuge, or Canon, in great Variety. IV. The Musicians Historical, and Technical Dictionary; explicating above 550 of the most useful Terms that generally occur in Musick; as they are taken from the Greek, French, Latin, and Italian Writers. With an Account of Instruments, and their Inventors, &c. The Whole is extracted from the best Authors, both Ancient, and Modern; and methodically digested to every Capacity. - With a Preface prefactory; and a Table to the Whole. This Book the Grounds of Musick doth contain, The Organ, Hantboy, Viol, and Flute explain: How Bells are Tun'd; and how the Chimes do play; And cheerful Songs, to drive dull Cares away, &c The third edition, with large additions. By William Tans'ur, Senior, Musico-Theorico.
Tans'ur, William, 1699?-1783.Date: [1756]- Books
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Augusta triumphans: or, the way to make London the most flourishing city in the universe. First, by establishing an university where Gentlemen may have Academical Education under the Eye of their Friends. II. By an Hospital for Foundlings. III. By forming an Academy of Sciences at Christ's-Hospital. IV. By suppressing pretended Mad-Houses, where many of the fair Sex are unjustly confin'd, while their Husbands keep Mistresses, &c. and many Widows are lock'd up for the Sake of their Jointure. V. To save our Youth from Destruction, by clearing the Streets of impudent Strumpets. Suppressing Gaming - Tables, and Sunday Debauches. VI. To save our lower Class of People from utter Ruin, and render them useful by preventing the immoderate Use of Geneva: With a frank Explosion of many other common Abuses, and incontestable Rules for Amendment. Concluding with an effectual method to prevent street robberies; and a letter to Coll. Robinson, on account of the orphan's tax. By Andrew Moreton, Esq;
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1729]- Books
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French rudiments: consisting of a grammar of the language, every-way better than any, and more comprehensive than All; - A Vocabulary of the most usual Words; - A Sententiae of the most familiar Phrases; - A Dictionary of the most beautiful Idioms; and - A Florilege of the most celebrated Pieces, from the best Writers, both Ancient and Modern. To which are added tables of corresponding terminations, and words of similar sound; in English, French, Latin, Greek, &c. by way of Key to the Etymology. A List of Words, the same (or nearly so) in Sound; but different in Sense, and Spelling; cast into short Sentences, for the Ease of the Memory. AN Explanation of Idioms; with divers other Curious and Useful Particulars. The whole dispos'd in the most easy and instructive method; and Printed in the most Commodious Manner; as well to strike the Eye and Imagination, by a proper Distinction of Letter and Situation; as for the readier Turning to, or Learning of any Particular: And, SO, Fitted for the Use of Ladies as well as Gentlemen (whether French, or English) and even brought-down to the Capacities of little Children. By Solomon Lowe.
Lowe, Solomon, -1750.Date: [1740]- Books
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The female pilgrim, or, the travels of Hephzibah, under the similitude of a dream: In which is given, An historical Account of the Pilgrim's Extract, and a Description of her native Country, with the State of the Inhabitants thereof. - The Reason why, and Manner how she left the Place of her Nativity, in Search of a better Country. - The kind Entertainment she met with on the Road-The Dangers she went thro', with her safe Arrival at the Country she travelled in Search of. Interspersed with Variety of Reflections, Dialogues, Songs, &c. The Whole calculated equally for Instruction and Entertainment, and suited to all Capacities. Illustrated with copper-plates. To which is added, by the author of The spiritual magazine, a supplement to The female pilgrim, or the travels of Evangelistus: Containing, A succinct Narration of the Rise and Progress of that strong and unparallel'd Affection, which subsists between the Prince of Salem and the Princess Hephzibah, with a particular Account of their happy Marriage. To which is annexed, A Door to the Heart, or The Cabinet of Love opened, being a Key to the Allegory.
Mitchell, John, allegorist.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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Jachin and Boaz; or, an authentic key to the door of free-masonry, Both Ancient and Modern. Calculated not only for the instruction of every new-made mason; but also for the information of all who intend to become brethren. Containing, I. A circumstantial Account of all the Proceedings in making a Mason, with the several Obligations of an Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master; the Prayers and also the Sign, Grip, and Pass-Word of each Degree, with the Ceremony of the Mop and Pad. II. The Manner of opening a Lodge, and setting the Craft to work. III. The Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master's Lectures, verbatim, as delivered in all Lodges; with the Song at the Conclusion of each Part. IV. The Origin of Masonry; Description of Solomon's Temple; History of the Murder of the Grand Master Hiram by the three Fellow-Crafts; their Discovery and Punishment; the Burial of Hiram by King Solomon's Order; with the Five Points of Fellowship, &c. V. The Ceremony of the Instalment of the Master of different Lodges on St. John's Day. - Description of the Regalia, &c. VI. Ceremonies used at the Funeral of a Mason. Vii. A safe and easy Method proposed, by which a Man may obtain Admittance into any Lodge, without passing through the Form required, and thereby save a Guinea or two in his Pocket. Viii. Anthems, Odes, Songs, &c. Illustrated with A Beautiful Frontispiece of the Regalia, Jewels, and Emblematical Ornaments belonging to Masonry, and An Accurate Plan of the Drawing on the Floor of a Lodge. Interspersed with Variety of notes and remarks, Necessary to explain and render the Whole clear to the meanest Capacity. To which is now added, a new and accurate list of all the English regular lodges in the world, according to their Seniority, with the Dates of each Constitution, and Days of Meeting. By a gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem lodge; a frequent Vintor at the Queen's Arms, St. Paul's Church-Yard; the Horn, in Fleet-Street; Crown and Anchor, Strand; and the Salutation, Newgate-Street.
R. S.Date: 1779- Books
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A key to civil architecture; or, the universal British builder. Containing the principles and properties of building clearly demonstrated, with Illustrations and Definitions, both Theoretical and Practical; and a Dissertation on the Sciences appertaining thereto, as well as the Kindred Requisites of Strength, Convenience, Propriety and Beauty. Also a strict enquiry into the present manner of building and Mode of Finishing, and how far the Taste is consistent with Symmetry and sound Reason: Likewise A New Criterion, or Universal Estimator; In which are considered the Quantity and Quality of Materials adequate to the Execution of any Building; their exact value wherever appropriated; the real and universal Price assigned, proved by the Labour which is required to every Job; and practical Remarks on all the different Branches of a Building, especially on Joiners Works; where the most irksome and difficult Parts are considered and reduced to familiar Practice, by the most judicious and approved methods. The Principles, Properties, and Consequence of all Sorts of Stairs defined, both with respect to Plans and Execution, as well as the Manner of gluing up all Kinds of Hand-Rails. The Manner and Method of Measuring the different Artificers Works, as practised by the most eminent Surveyors, with their Prices to each Work. - Also, the Masters Prices, and a Schedule of Prices for Task-Masters. To which is added A treatise of arithmetick, Extraction of the Roots, Duodecimals, Mensuration of Superficies and Solids, round and square Timber, &c. with Explanations and Reasons for the Rules. The third edition corrected; with the addition of two useful plates on the construction of stair cases. By Thomas Skaife, P.A.
Skaife, Thomas.Date: 1788- Books
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A new way of breeding canary birds. Without the trouble, that is in the common way of breeding. And, Will Breed As Many Canary Birds Again, as the Common Way of Breeding does. And, How Presently to Cure a Sick Bird. - Also, How to Keep a Canary (or Any Other) Bird in a Gage, for Singing Only, that they may not Die, as they Do. By a person, who has bred canary birds, several years, With Far Greater Success by this New Way, than Ever He Had Before, in the Common Old Troublesome Way of Breeding. Adorned With One, and Twenty Beautyful Neat Prints, Relating to the Breeding, and Keeping Canary (or Other) Birds, Finely Engraved.
Person, who has bred canary birds, several years.Date: [1742]- 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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Jachin and Boaz; or, an authentic key to the door of free-masonry, Both Antient and Modern. Calculated not only for the instruction of every new-made mason; but also for the information of all who intend to become brethren. Containing, I. A circumstantial Account of all the Proceedings in making a Mason, with the several Obligations of an Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master; the Prayers, and also the Sign, Grip, and Pass-Word of each Degree, with the Ceremony of the Mop and Pail. II. The Manner of opening a Lodge, and setting the Craft to work. III. The Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master's Lectures, verbatim, as delivered in all Lodges; with the Song at the Conclusion of each Part. IV. The Origin of Masonry; Description of Solomon's Temple; History of the Murder of the Grand Master Hiram by the three Fellow-Crafts; their Discovery and Punishment; the Burial of Hiram by King Solomen's Order; with the Five Points of Fellowship, &c. V. The Ceremony of the Instalment of the Master of different Lodges on St. John's Day. - Description of the Regalia, &c. VI. Ceremonies used at the Funeral of a Mason. Vii. A safe and easy Method proposed, by which a Man may obtain Admittance into any Lodge, without passing through the Form required, and thereby save a Guinea or two in his Pocket. Viii. Anthems, Odes, Songs, &c. Illustrated with A Beautiful Frontispiece of the Regalia, Jewels, and Emblematical Ornaments belonging to Masonry, and An Accurate Plan of the Drawing on the Floor of a Lodge. Interspersed with Variety of Notes and Remarks, Necessary to explain and render the Whole clear to the meanest Capacity. To which is now added, a new and accurate list of all the English regular lodges in the world, according to their Seniority, with the Dates of each Constitution, and Days of Meeting. By a gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem lodge; a frequent Visitor at the Queen's Arms, St. Paul's Church-Yard; the Horn, in Fleet-Street; Crown and Anchor, Strand; and the Salutation, Newgate-Street.
R. S.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A catalogue of a large and fine collection of books, comprehending above thirty thousand volumes, ancient and modern, in most languages, including the libraries of the Reverend Edward Southwell, rector of Asterby, in Lincolnshire, of William Jones, M.D. and several others. Among other valuable and scarce books, are Hortus Malabaricus, 12 vol. Aristoteles, Du val, 2 vol. Plutarchus, Rualdi, 2 vol. Plato, Ficini Plato, Serrani, 3 vol. Galei Scriptores, 3 vol. Poetæ Græci, H. Steph. Aristophanes, Edit. Princeps Aristophanes, Kusteri, ... Dugdale's baronage - origines - summons - monasticon and continuation by Stephens, 3 vol. - Warwickshire Camden, 2 vol. Royal paper Stukeley's stone henge and abury, 2 vol. Many of the scarce counties Horsley's Britannia Romana Rushworth's collections, 8 vol, L.P. Tanner's Notitia monastica Religious ceremonies, 6 vol. Sloane's Jamaica, 2 vol. Universal history, 23 vol. Chambers's dictionary, 4 vol. Locke, Bacon, Boyle, Selden, &c. Philosophical transactions, 68 vol. Lord Sommers's tracts, 16 vol. Encyclopedie, 50 vol. The books are in good condition, and will begin to be sold, for ready money only, January 1, 1782. By Lockyer Davis, in Holborn; and will continue on sale till all are sold. Catalogues (Price Six-Pence, to be returned in the purchase) may be had of Messrs. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Robson; in New Bond Street; Debret, Piccadilly; Walter, Charing-Cross; Ridley, St. James's Street; Owen, Temple Bar; Sewell, in Cornbill; and at the place of sale, where ready money may be had for any Library or parcel of books.
Davis, Lockyer, 1719-1791.Date: 1781]- Books
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A catalogue of a curious collection of books: containing Ten Thousand Volumes, in all Branches of Learning, of the best Authors, In Divinity, History, the Greek and Roman Historians, Poets, Orators, &c. Poetry, Painting, Medicine, Surgery, Philosophy, Mathematicks, &c. in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish and English. The Books are in elegant Condition. Amongst which are the following, General Dictionary, 10 vol. Dict. de Bayle, 5 tom. Par. Dict. de Trevaux, 5 tom. Dict. de Moreri, 6 tom. H. Stephani Thesaur. cum Glossar. 5 tom. Char. min. Suidae Lexic. 3 tom. Ch. max. & min. Constantini Lexicon, Edit. opt. Doleti Comment. Ling. Lat. 2 tom. Plutarchi Opera, Gr. Lat. 2 t. Par. Plinii Harduini, 3 t. Ch. max. & min. Aristophanes Kissteri, Gr. & Lat. Lucian Bourdeletius - Polybius Casauboni - Zenoph. Leunelavii Dion. Halicarnassus, Hudsoni, 2 tom. Diod. Siculus Rhodomanni Gale's Herodotus-Paufanias Khunii Pindar, Gr. Lat. Ox. - Strabo 1707 Buckley's Thuanus, 7 tom. Septuaginta, Graece, Romae Com. Prayer of Edward VI. 1st Edit. Critici Sacri, 9 tom. Picart's Ovid, fine Cuts Works of Tillotson, 3 vol. - Barrow. 2 vol. - Jackson, 3 vol. - Bingham, 2 vol. - Prideaux, 2 vol. -Clarke, 4 vol. - Beveridge, 2 vol. &c. New System of Geography, 2 vol. Universal History, 8 vol. Moreton's Northamptonshire, large and small Paper, and several of the Counties. State Trials, 8 vol. Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. Spence's Polymetis, fine Cuts Salmon's Modern History, 3 vol. Giannone's Naples, 2 vol. Locke's Works, 3 vol. Hawkins's Scatutes, 6 vol. and 7 vol. of Acts Anstis's Regist. of the Garter, 2 vol. Cooper's Anarom and on the Muscles Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. coloured Wallis Opera omnia, 3 tom. Hooke's Micrographia. With many Hundreds more in Folio, Quarto and Octavo, equally good, which will be Sold (very cheap) the Prices printed in the Catalogue, on Monday the 15th of May 1749, and continue on Sale till all are sold, By Thomas Payne, Bookseller, In Round Court in the Strand, against York-Buildings. Catalogues to be had Gratis at the following Booksellers, viz. Mr. Strahan's, Cornhill; Mr. Osborne's, Pater-Noster-Row; Mr. Lewis's, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; Mr. Brindley's, in New-Bond-Street, Mr. Jackson's, in St. James's street; Mr. Owen'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: 1749]- Books
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A catalogue of the libraries of the late Nicholas Munckley, Esq; of Hampstead, and several other gentlemen: Containing upwards of twenty thousand volumes of valuable books, and in fine Condition, many of them elegantly bound in Morocco, with a large Collection of modern French Books, and a good Collection of Law. Amongst which are the following, Folio. Rapin and Tindal's Continuat. 5 vol. with all the cuts Sir James Ware's Works, 2 vol. Whitlock's Memorials, best edit. State Tryals, 6 vol. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Journals H. Commons, with Indexes, 31 vol. Clarendon's Hist. and Continuat. 4 vol. Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. l. p. - Warwickshire, 2 vol. Mortan's Northamptonshire, l. pap. Thoresby's Leeds, l. pap. - small paper, in russia leather Religious Ceremonies. 6 vol. Antient and modern Hist. 23 vol. Le Brun's Voyages, 3 vol. Wheeler and Spon's Travels, Hackluyt's Voyages, 3 vol. Voyages de Norden, 2 tom. - de Thevenot, 2 tom. Locke, 3 vol. Bacon, 3 vol. Boyle, 5 vol. Picart's Ovid, fine cuts, large and sm. pap. Dictionaries, viz. Ainsworth, 2 vol. Bayle, 5 vol. General, 10 vol. Chambers and Supplem. 4 vol. Collier, 4 vol. Miller's Postlethwayte, 2 vol. Portuguese and English Dict. Bible, l pap. by Buck and Daniel - with fine cuts, in turkey leather, printed by Watson, - - Edinb. Patrick, Lowth and Whitby, 6 vol. Bp. Stillingfleet's Works, 6 vol. Dr. Clarke's Works, 4 vol. Cay's Statutes at large, 6 vol. Viner's Abridgment, 24 vol. Cases in the House of Lords, 18 vol. Coke's Institute, 2, 3, 4, last edit. Reports, by Croke, 3 vol. Raymond, 2 vol. Leonard, Bulstdoe, Shower, 2 vol. Siderfin, Hardress, Ventris, Vernon, &c. Bracton de Legibus Selden's Works, 6 vol. Le Grand Coustumier de Normandie Plinius Harduini, 3 tom. Diod. Siculus, 2 tom. Diod. Siculus, 2 tom. Herodotus Wesselingius Thucidides Duckeri Strabo, 2 tom. Thuanus, 7 tom. Gale Scriptores Ang. 3 tom. Twysden, Script. Ang. Anderson Diplomat. Scotiae Kircheri Oedip-Aegypt. 4 tom. Hill's Nat. Hist. 3 vol. coloured - Fossils, l. p. coloured Hortus Elthamens, 2 tom. Gualtieri Index Testac. Hippocrates & Galeni Opera a Chartatis, 9 tom. cum fig. Wood's Palmyra and Balbec Stuart's Athens Rossi's Statues Campbell's Vitruvius Brit. 3 tom. l. pap. Vitruve, par Perrault L'ediffices de Rome, par Desgodeta With many Hundreds more equally good. Which will begin to be sold (for Ready Money only) the Prices printed in the Catalogue, on August 5th, 1765. and continue on Sale till all are sold, By Thomas Payne, Bookseller, Next the Mews-Gate, in Castle-Street, St. Martin's. Catalogues to be had (price 6d) Mr. Brotherton's Cornhill; at Child's Coffee House, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Owen's, Temple-Bar; Lewis, in Russel-Street, Covent Garden; Walter, Charing-Cross; Ridley, St. James's-Street; Shropshire, New Band-Street; Mr. Merrie, at Cambridge; and at the Place of Sale.
Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799.Date: 1765]- Books
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Preston and Son, musical instrument makers, music-printers, publishers, and dealers in second-hand musical instruments, at their wholesale warehouses, No. 97, Strand, and Exeter 'change, London, manufacture and sell the following, with every other article in the music branch, wholesale, retail, and for exportation: Chamber organs Barrel organs Harpsichords spinnets Piano-fortes Grand piano-fortes ... Harpsichord and spinnet hammers Crow and raven quills Desks for harpsichords New-invented portable music-desks Rosin boxex, wood or ivory Mutes, brass, box, or ivory Mouth-pieces for French horns or trumpets, brass or ivory Mouth-pieces for German flutes Pens to rule music paper Ruled books of all sizes Ruled paper of all sorts Bows for violins, kits, tenors, violoncellos, and viol de gambos Bridges for violins, kits, tenors, violoncellos, viol de gambos, guittars, &c. Pags or pins, and tail-pieces for do. Hinges and locks for harpsichords and spinnets Reeds for bassoons, hautboys, clarionets, vauxhumanes, and bagpipes Cases for reeds ------ for flutes and hautboys ------ for violins, violoncellos and guittars also import the best Italian and Roman strings for violins, tenors, mandolines, violoncellos, double basses, welch harps, &c. German wire for harpsichords, spinnets, piano-fortes, guittars, &c. Italian catgut and wire strings, silvered in the compleatest manner, and well proportioned for violins, basses, guittars, and piano-fortes. Harpsichords, Piano Fortes, and spinnets let out by the month, quarter, or year; and tuned in town and country, by the year, quarter, or per time, on the shortest notice. - Musical instruments repaired in the nearest manner.
Preston and Son (Musical instrument makers : London, England)Date: 1790]- Books
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A catalogue of curious and valuable books,being several libraries lately purchased; among which are included those of Mr. John Chapman, Late Fellow Ofmerton-College. Also those of a Member of Parliament. Among which are, Folio. Blair's Chronolog. Tables Danville's Art Andmod Maps Churchill's Voyages, 8 vols Biographia Britannica, ... 8 vols Carte's History of England,4 vols Whitlooke's Memorials Dugdale's Summons Toparliament Bacon's, Temple's and Clarke's Workspatrick and Lowth's Comment. 4 vols Atkins'sgloucestershire Morton's Northamptonshire Spencer'spolymetis, best edit, ... Lucian, Bourdelotii Pindar West. Chart. Max. Aesehylus Stanlei Plutarchi opera, 2 vols Paris Euripides, Barnesii Polybius, Casauboni Dion. Hallicar, 2 vols Hudson Plato, Serrani, 2 vols Thucydides, Dukeri Plinius Hardini, 3 tom Biblia Polyglotta & Castell. Lex, 3 vols - Heb. Houbigant, 4 vols Constantini Lexicon Scapulae Lexicon, Elaecvir H. Stephani, Thes. Graec. 4 vols ... Locke's Works, 4 vols Shakespeare, 6 vols Oxen. Ruffhead's Statutes, 9 vols Hume's Hist, of Eng. fine Paper, 7 vols Robertson's Scotland, 2 vols - Charles V. 3 vols Virgil, Masvicii, 2 vols Claudian, Burman Theocritus, Warton, 2 vols Ovid, Burman, 4 vols Sallust, Havercamp. 2 vols Aristophanes, Burman, 2 vols Livius Crevier, 6 vols Cicero Oliveti, Paris, 9 vols - Geneva, 9 vols Demosthenes, Taylor, 2 vols Lucretius Oudendorp Suetonius Pitisci, 2 vols Octavo. ... Claudian, Livius, Lucian, &c. cum notis variorum. Xenophon, per Wells, 6 vols - Ernesti, 6 vols Universal History, 21 vols Biographical Dictionary, 12 vols Parliamentary History, 24 vols Pope's and Swift's Works Shakespeare's Theobald, 7 vols Which will be sold cheap (the Price printed in the Catalogue) on Tuesday, April 16th, 1771, at James Fletcher's, in the Turle, Oxford.
Fletcher, James, 1710-1795.Date: 1771]- Books
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Of persons on a journey cureing themselves of the secret disease, Or a gleet, whilst they bait, or set up at their inn, without the knowledge of any one, In above a Fourth Part of the Time, and with far less Trouble, than they ever possibly Can, by taking Physick at Home. Dr, Cockburn speaking of this Method of Cure of this Distemper and A Gleet, expresly says, This Book is Given Gratis, Up One Pair of Stairs at the Sign of Dr. Chamberlen's famous Anodyne Necklace For Children's Teeth, Fits, Fevers, Convulsions, &c. over against Devreuz-Court without Temple - Bar. And by the Authors Servant R. Bradshaw, Whose Business is Purposely to Furnish Persons at a Distance Off, with any of the Things in this Book they shall Send Letters to him for, -To his House, The Golden Key in Bell-Ally Lombard Street. Which is the Great Continual Thorough-Fare from Lombard street into George Yard, Birchin Lane, and Cornhill, Over against the Royal Exchange.
Date: 1733- Books
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The St. James's register: or, taste a-la-mode. Contents. (which the Readers are desir'd to peruse with Attention.) The Rev. rake: Being Faithful Memoirs of the Progress of a - his Ways and Art of Management with a Woman; his Letter to B. C. (now married, and made a Lady) and, lastly, concluding with his Lady's Journey to London, in a violent Ill Humour, on hearing of his Amours. The Dutchess's Taste. See the Frontispiece. A- F- to Count Tranvillo. A Real Case. In which Epistle it is made appear, that Great Men are often guilty of very little Actions. The rival concubines: Being an Epistle from Dr. Anodyne's Daughter, to a Young Lady in great Despair. To which is added, a familiar Discourse between Jane Shore and Fair Rosamond. Tartuffe's Banquet: Or, a Key to the Picture, lately publish'd. Vanella in Mourning; with a Pill double gilt, to comfort her. The C- rake: Or, Alexis in Drury-Lane. Being an exact Description of a late Adventure. Faithful Memoirs of Sir J. M. who was a great Sufferer by the C- C-, a Dealer in Stocks, and many Other Things and Commodities. The Buxom Lady. Inscrib'd to a Gentleman noted for his Skill in Surgery and Anatomy. Woman convinc'd: Being an Epistle supposed to be written by a certain great Poet, and inscrib'd to a very pretty Lady, (an intolerable Wit!) and which Epistle was, by her very great Lord, forbid to be printed; so that, had not this little, diminutive, Very Great Poet (luckily) preserv'd a Copy of this Epistle deliver'd in MS. the Publick had intirely lost the Benefit of reading so mere a Trifle. F-l's Labour. An Epistle to Miss N-, lately promoted.
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C. Parker's new catalogue, of a fine collection of books, particularly of the history and antiquities, of this and foreign countries; Among others, are Folio. Crozat's Prints, 2 vol. Rossi's Statues Vitruvius Britannicus, 3 vol. Luxembourg Gallery De Lisle's Atlas Prynne's Constitution of Eng. 3 vol. Monasticon, per Dugdale, 3 vol. - Ditto English & Origines Jurid. Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. Biographia Britannica, 7 vol. Rapin and Tindal's Hist. of Eng. 5 vol. Camden's Britannia, 2 vol. best edit. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Stukeley's Itinerarium Curiosum Maitland's London, 2 vol. Stow's London, 2 vol. Philpot's Kent Morant's Essex, 2 vol. lar. and sm. pap. Atkyns's Gloucestershire, lar. and sm. pap. Morton's Northamptonshire Dugdale's Warwickshire Coker's Dorsetshire Leicester's Cheshire Drake's York Prince's Worthies of Devon Peck's Hist. of Stamford Thorpe's Hist. of Rochester Parkyns's Kings Lynn Dart's Canterbury and York Higden's Polychronicon Fructus Temporum Carew of Elections-Wood's Athaenae Bacon's Abridgment of the Law, 5 vol. Thurloe's, Burleigh's, Sydney's, Strafford's, Roe's, Ormond's, &c. State Papers Fox's Martyrs, best edit. 3 vol. Blair's Chronology Raleigh's Hist. of the World, 2 vol. Churchill's, Harris's, Pococke's, Harleian, Hackluyt's, Frier's, Tavernier's, Wheler's, Drummond's, Chishull's, &c. Voyages and Travels Royal Commentaries of Peru Mariana's Hist. of Spain Ducarel's Ang. Norman Antiquities System of Geography, 2 vol. Hist. Romanae Scriptores, 3 vol. Camdeni Anglica, Normanica, &c. Chambers's Dictionary, 4 vol. Johnson's, Postlethwayte's, &c. Dictionary Scapulae Lexicon, edit. opt. Anderson of Commerce, 2 vol. Holland's Pliny-Uiry's Chaucer Hanbury's Gardening, 2 v. - Gerard's Herbal Guillim's Heraldry, best edit. Gibbs's Designs, lar. pap. Porcell's Orpheus Britain. Locke, Hobbes, &c. Quarto. Magna Britannia, II vol. Dr. Campbell's Survey of Britain, 2 vol. Grose's Antiquities, 2 vol. Hume and Macaulay's Hist. Lyttelton's Hen II. and Works, 5 vol. Robertson's Cha. V. and Scotland, 5 vol. Blackstone's Comment. and Tracts, 5 vol. Walpole's Painters, 4 vol. Harleian Miscellany, 8 vol. Hawkesworth's, Parkynson's, Bougainville's, Anson's, Phipps's, Ives's, &c. Voyages Hist. of Jamaica, 3 vol. Edwards's Birds and Gleanings, 7 vol. Albin's Birds and Infects, 4 vol. Ames on Printing-Dale's Harwich Milton, Pope, Locke, Bacon, Swift. Addison, Boyle, Bolingbroke, Middleton, Spenser, &c. Parl. Hist. and Debates, 65 vol. Svo. Universal History, 65 vol. 8vo. Which will be selling the 25th instant, and continue daily, At the Prices printed in the Catalogue; by C. Parker, Bookseller, The Upper Part of New Bond-Street. Where the atmost Value is given for any Library or Parcel of Books; Also Books Exchanged. Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale; of Mr. Owen, within Temple-Bar; Mr. E. Johnson, in Ave-Maria Lane; Mess. Woodfall and Co. at Charing-Cross; Mr. Davenhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; Mr. Fletcher, at Oxford; and Mess. Merrill's, at Cambridge. 1775.
Parker, Charles, bookseller.Date: 1775]- Books
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A catalogue of a very large collection of good books, In most Languages, and in all Branches of Learning; Being the Libraries of Gibson Dalzell, Esq; The Rev. Mr. Davis, and of Dr. Woodhouse, &c. lately deceas'd. The Books are in fine Condition. Amongst which are the following: Journals House Commons, 23 vol. Guthry, Rapin and Echard's Hist. Eng. Madoxe's Works, 4 vol. Clarendon's Rebellion, l. p. 3 vol. gilt leaves. Horsley's Britannia Romana. Gibson's Cambden, 2 vol. Enderbie's Hist. Wales. Moreton's Northamptonshire. Chauncey's Hertfordshire. Thoroton's Nottinghamshire. Burton's Leicestershire. Tanner's Notitia Monastica. Thurloe's State Papers, 7 vol. Honbraken's Heads of illust. Men. Wood's Antiq. of Palmyra. Mariana's Hist. of Spain. Mezeray's Hist. France. Duncan's Caesar. Bacon, Temple, Locke, and Milton's Works. Picart's Ovid, fine Cuts. Shakespeare's Works, 1st Edit. Travels, &c. by Harris, Pococke, Shaw, Churchill, Wheeler, Lebruyn, &c. Guicciardini Hist. D'italia, 2 tom. Tasso, con fig. - Ven. 1745 Opere di Tasso, 6 tom. Coneral Dictionary, 10 vol. Chambers and Supplement, 4 vol. Postlethwaite's Dictionary, 2 vol. Bayle's Dictionary, l. p. 5 vol. in Turkey. New Dict. Arts and Sciences, 2 vol. Ainsworth's Dict. 2 vol. Portuguese and Eng. Dict. Hen. Stephani Thesaur. 5 t. ch. max. Somner's Saxon Dict. Which will begin to be Sold very cheap, for Ready Money only, On Monday, January 24, 1757, and continue till all are Sold, By Thomas Payne, Bookseller, In Castle-Street, next the Upper Mews Gate, near St. Martin's Church. Catalogues, with the Prices printed, Price 6 l. To be had of the following Booksellers; viz. Mr. Stahan, Cornhill; Mr. Payne, Pater-Noster-Row; Mr. Owen, Temple-Bar; Mr. Lewis, Covent-Garden; Mr. Brindley, New Bond-Street; Mr. Jackson, St. James's street; Mr. Matthews, at Cambridge; 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: 1757]- Books
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A catalogue of a valuable collection of books, in all branches of learning, and most languages: comprehending several libraries and parcels of books, lately purchased. The Books in general are in good Condition. Among which are Folio. Catesby's Carolina, 2 vol. coloured, and bound in Morocco Inigo Jones's Designs, by Kent, R. P. Ruins of Palmyra Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. R. P. Universal Hist. Ancient and Modern, 24 vol. Biographia Britannica, 7 vol. Collection of Voyages, 8 vol. Russia Harris's Voyages, 2 vol. ... Locke's Works, 3 vol. Spence's Polymetis Holy Bible, bound in Turkey Patrick, Lowth & Whitby, 6 vol. Tillotson, Scot's, &c. Works Chamber's Dict. 2 vol. - Johnson's Dict. 2 vol. - Bayle's Dict. 5 vol. R. & S. P. - Ainsworth's Dict. 2 vol. Rymeri Foedera, 20 vol. Overbeke Reliquiae Urbis Romae, Russia Folio. Dion Cassius Reimarii, 2 vol. Polybius Casauboni Thuanus Buckleii, 7 vol. Plutarchi Opera, 4 vol. edit. opt. Hickesii Thesaurus, 2 vol. ch. max. Du Fresnes Glossarium, 6 vol. edit. opt. Waltheri Lexicon Diplomaticum S. Basilii Opera a Garnier, 3 vol. Hoffmanni Opera, 6 vol. Hortus Cliffortianus Gaulteri Index Conchiliorum Oeuvres de Bayle, 4 tom. Estampes de Crozat Desgodetz Edifices de Rome Overbeke Restes de L'ancienne Rome Dictionnaire de la Bible, par Calmet. 4 tom. Quarto. ... Oeuvres de Moliere, 6 vol. Ciceronis Opera Oliveti, 9 vol. Living a Crevier, 6 vol. Bacon's Works, 5 vol. Statures at Large, by Russhead, 9 vol. Philosophical Transactions, abridged, 11 vol. Which will begin to be sold cheap (the Prices printed in the Catalogue) on Monday, March 9, 1767, and continue on Sale every Day, by Charles Marsh, Bookseller, at Charing-Cross, Ten Doors below Northumberland House.
Marsh, Charles, -1782.Date: 1767]- Books
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A catalogue of a large and curious collection of books, In all Branches of Learning. Containing Several Libraries lately purchased. The Books are in fine Condition, Among which are the following, viz. State Trials, 8 vol. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Gibson's Cambden, 2 vol. Campbell's Vitruvius Britan. 3 vol. Heads of illustrious Persons of Great Brit. and Ireland, large and small paper Ld Strafford's Letters, large paper, 2 vol. Tanner's Notitia Monastica Blomefield's Norfolk, 3 vol. Dugdale's Monasticon, and Stevens's Continuation, 3 vol. - Warwickshire Wood's Palmyra and Balbee Montfaucon's Antiquities, 7 vol. Mariana's Hist. of Spain, large paper Giannone's Hist. of Naples, 2 v. lar. paper Boyle, 5 vol. Locke, 3 vol. Bacon, 3 vol. Temple, 2 vol. Barlow's Aesop, with cuts, first impression Orlando Furioso, by Harrington, lar. pap. Harris's Voyages, 2 vol. Norden's Travels, 2 vol. Pocock's Travels, 2 vol. Le Brun's Travels, 2 vol. Wheler's Travels Ainsworth's Dictionary, 2 vol. Postlethwayte's Dictionary, 2 vol. Johnson's Dictionary, 2 vol. Miller's Gardener's Dict. Chambers's Dict. 2 vol. Bayle's Dict. 5 vol. The same, large pap. in Turkey leather, 5 v. James's Medicinal Dict. 3 vol. Calmet's Dict. 3 vol. Collier's Dict. 4 vol. Somner's Saxon Dictionary Davis's Welch Dict. Du Fresne Glossarii, 6 tom. Constantini Lexicon, 2 tom. Golii Lexicon Arab. Hoffmanni Lexicon, 4 tom. Diccionario Espanola, 6 tom. Dict. de Martinniere, 10 tom. Dict. de Bayle, 5 tom. Clarke's Caesar, large paper, and finely bound in Turkey, 2 vol. Herodotus Gronovii, cha. max. Louvre's Classics, 4 vol. in Turky leather Dugdale's Monasticon, 3 vol. Religious Ceremonies, 6 vol. Dr. Clarke's Works, 4 v. 1. pap. Russia leath. The same, 4 vol. small paper Tillotson's Works, in Russia leather, 3 v. Patrick, Louth, and Whitby, 6 vol. Sloane's Jamaica, 2 vol. in Russia Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. colour'd Which will begin to be Sold very cheap, for Ready Money only, On Monday the 6th of August, 1759, and continue till all are sold, By Thomas Payne, Bookseller, In Castle-Street, next the Upper Mews-Gate, near St. Martin's Church. Catalogues, with the Prices printed, Price 6d. to be had at the following Places, viz. Mr. Ward's, Cornhill; Child's Coffee-House, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Mr. Owen's, Temple-Bar; Mr. Lewis, Covent Garden; Mr. Robson's, New Bond-Street; Mr. Jackson, St. James's-Street; J. Merril, at Cambridge; 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: 1759]- Books
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The British palladium: or annual miscellany of literature and science: for the year 1775. The twenty-seventh number published. In two parts. The First containing new, general, and select, Subjects: With an Alphabetical Chronicle (number IV.) of original Customs, useful Discoveries, Arts, and Inventions. Another (number V.) of the first Discovery of Countries. Another (number VI.) of the Beginning of States, Cities, Towns, &c. Also an Alphabetical List of the States of Europe, and of the Religions of each State. For the Information of young Historians and Youth at School. - This historical Chronology to be continued yearly in a Variety of different Classes; with the Geography, Produce, Customs, and Curiosities, of each Country. The Second comprehending Answers to former Enquiries; and a Variety of new and entertaining Things proposed. With which may be had, The Practical Arithmetician, or Art of Numbers improved: Being a Set of new, short, practical, and mechanical, Rules, in all the Branches of Arithmetic, on an entirely new Plan; exercising all Parts of the numerical Art with Readiness and Facility. For the Use of Schools and private Tutors. Also The Seaman's Guide, or a Key to the Nautical Ephemerides, for keeping a Reckoning of Longitude of Ships at Sea, from Observation, as near as is practical. - The Whole serving both for Land and Sea. By the author of the Improved Royal astronomer and navigator.
Heath, Robert, -1779.Date: [1775]- Books
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The British palladium: or annual miscellany of literature and science: for the leap-year 1776. The twenty-eighth number published. In Two Parts. The First containing new, general, and select, Subjects. The Rudiments of Geography: With the Situation, Extent, Produce, Customs, Curiosities, &c. of Countries; to be hereafter continued: Being a natural and bistorical Account of our terraqueous Globe. The Second comprehending Answers to former Enquiries; and a Variety of new and entertaining Things proposed. With which may be had, The Practical Arithmetician, or Art of Numbers improved: Being a Set of new, short, practical, and mechanical, Rules, in all the Branches of Arithmetic, on an entirely new Plan; exercising all Parts of the numerical Art with Readiness and Facility. For the Use of Schools and private Tutors. Also The Seaman's Guide, or a Key to the Nautical Ephemerides, for keeping a Reckoning of Longitude of Ships at Sea, from Observation, as near as is practical. - The Whole serving both for Land and Sea. By the author of The improved royal astronomer and navigator.
Heath, Robert, -1779.Date: [1776]- Books
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A catalogue of prints and books of prints, both ancient and modern, after the most eminent masters. Among them are the following Books of Prints. The Works of Capt. Baillie Oeuvres de Phil Wovermans Oeuvres de Pillement, half bound Scenographia Americana Sadelar's Landscapes Oeuvres de F. K. Wierotter Perelle's Landscapes, Worlidge's Gems, 3 vols. Hayes's British Birds finely coloured Edwards's Flowers on 100 plates, do. Harris's English Insects, Moths and Butterflies Redinger's various coloured Horses Miller's Plants, done at Nuremberg Ovid's Metamorphoses The Life of Massachio, by Patch - Fra. Bartolomeo, ditto - Giotta ditto Barry's Charts of Nova Scotia, &c. The North American Pilot The American Atlas, by Jefferies The West Indian Atlas De L'isle's Atlas Dunn's Atlas Piranesi's Views of Rome Books bound in Russia, &c. Ainsworth's Dictionary, 2 vols. fol. Johnson's Dictionary in 2 vols. Postlethwayte's Dictionary of Trade Beauwe's Lex Mercutoria Atkyn's History of Gloucestershire Wood's Body of Conveyancing, 3 vols. Harris's Collection of Voyages, 2 vols. Anderson's History of Trade, 2 vols. Hawkin's History of Music, 5 vols. Grose's Antiquities of Eng. and Wales Strut's Customs and Manners of the Ancient Inhabitants of Eng. 3 vols. Pennant's Tour to Scotland, 3 vols. Anson's Voyage Blackwel's Courtof Augustus, 3 vols. Hume's History of England, 8 vols 4 to Robinson's History of Scotland, 2 vols. Hooke's Roman History, 4 vols. Locke's Works, 4 vols. Bolingbroke's Works, 5 vols. Thompson's Description of the Royal Palace of the Escurial with plates Philosophical Transactions, complete Wards Justice, 4 vols. Lexembourg Gallery half bound. A Choice Collection of Metzotintos, First Impressions; many of them Proof Prints; all in fine Preservation and many very scarce. Likewise A Collection of fine Paintings. With an Appendix, containing. A Collection of Books, most of them in elegant Bindings, the lowest Price of each Article printed in the Catalogue By Hooper and Davis, No. 25, Ludgate-Hill. Catalogues to be had gratis, as above; at Mr. Ridley's, St. James's Street; Mr. Shropshire's, New Bond Street; Mr. Millan's, Charing-Cross; and at Mr. Sewel's, Cornhill.
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A catalogue of curious and valuable books, to be disposed of by way of sale, (The lowest price being marked at each book), at the shop of Alexander Donaldson, the first fore-stair above the entry to the royal bank, Edinburgh. The sale to begin on Monday the 12th day of June 1758, and to continue for two months. In this collection are the following books. Folio. Grævii thesaurus antiq[ue] italiæ, 45 vols Rymer's fœdera, 20 tomes, 10 vols Andersoni diplomata scotiæ The general dictionary, 10 Vols Bayle's dictionary, 5 vols, large paper Johnson's English dictionary, 2 vols Savary's dictionary of trade and commerce, 2 vols Chambers's dictionary, 2 vols The supplement to ditto, 2 vols Millar's gardener's dictionary Jacob's law-dictionary A complete collection of state-trials, 6 vols Thurloe's collection of state-papers, 7 vols Piranesi's antiqulties of Rome, 4 vols Churchill's voyages, 6 vols Harris's voyages and travels, 2 vols Boyle's works, 5 vols, Bacon's works, 3 vols Locke's works, 3 vols Tillotson's works, 3 vols The fine Oxford Bible, 2 vols The grand theatre of Venice Causei musæum Romanum, 2 vols Gualteri index testarum conch. 110 fig. Stephani thesaurus linguæ Græcæ, 5v. Gesneri thesaurus linguæ Latinæ, 4 v. Ciceronis opera omnia, 4v. ap. Steph. All these are the best editions. The list continued on the other side. The books are in good condition, all complete, many of them new; and being priced very low, will be sold only for ready money. - As the person who first commissions or demands a book, must always be preferred, it is hoped that those who intend to be purchasers will send their orders soon. Catalogues to be had at the shop of Alexander Donaldson, who gives ready money for any library, on large parcel of books.
Donaldson, Alexander, -1794.Date: Printed in the year MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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A catalogue of many thousand volumes of books in all languages and sciences, containing the valuable library of the Reverend Doctor Bland, prebendary of Durham, and several other curious collections. Amongst the rest are, Piranesii's works complete, 14 vol. fine impression. Viner's abridgment, 24 vol. Rymer's Fœdera, 20 vol. eleg. Journals of the H. of com. 32 vol. Lapdes Diluvii testes, fig. colorat. Danubius illustratus, marsiglii, 6 vol. Catesby's carolina, 2 vol. finely col. Wolfgang res herbariæ, fig. colorat. Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. finely col. Hill's Herbal, large paper, coloured. - Gardening, ditto, coloured. Miller's plants, 2 vol. coloured. Hill's natural hist. 3 vol. coloured. Hughes's barbadoes, large paper, col. Rosel hist, ranarum, coloured. Floræ Danicæ, 6 vol. coloured. Wilkes's Moths & butterflies, col. Rumphii Herb. Amboiense. 7 vol. Petiveri Opera, 2 vol. fig. col. Dilenni Hortus, 2 vol. fig. Hortus Cliffortianus, pul. exemp. Physica Sacra, lat. & fr. fine cuts. Sandellii hist. succinorum, ch. max. Cæsar, a Clarke, mult. fig. cor. rus. Atkins's Gloucestershire, large pap. Guicciardini & Davila, ch. max. eleg. ... Locke, Bacon, Bolingbroke, Temple's works. Busson, 15 vol. Inscriptions des belles lettres, 32 vol. With many hundreds more, equally valuable; which will begin to be sold very reasonable this day, 1769, for ready money, the lowest prices printed in the catalogue, and continue one continue on sale till midsummer, by James Robson, bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, in New-Bond-Street, who gives the utmost value for any library or parcel of books. Catalogues (price 6d. to be allowed) to be had of Mr. Dodsley, pall-mall; Mr. Blamire, corner of Craven-street, Strand; Mr. Cater, Holbourn; Mr. Owen, Fleet-street; Mr. Law, Ave-mary-lane; Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, Royal-Exchange; also of the booksellers at Oxfor, Cambridge, &c. and at the place of sale.
Robson, James, 1733-1806.Date: 1769]