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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.
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Constructions of cancer in early modern England : ravenous natures / Alanna Skuse.
Skuse, Alanna, 1986-Date: 2015- Books
Dreams, medicine, and literary practice : exploring the Western literary tradition through Chaucer / by Tanya S. Lenz.
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Holden, Henry (1662-1710)
Holden, Henry, 1662-1710Date: late 17th century - early 20th centuryReference: MSS.2863 & 8956