Catalogue of the Private Library of Thomas Dowse: Of Cambridge, Mass., Presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society, July 30, 1856 |
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... original author ; exercises his own judgment ; amplifies some parts , abridges others , and adds a variety of remarks and illustrations . " — Editor , Pre- face . 26 ALFRED THE GREAT . His Will , reprinted from CATALOGUE .
... original author ; exercises his own judgment ; amplifies some parts , abridges others , and adds a variety of remarks and illustrations . " — Editor , Pre- face . 26 ALFRED THE GREAT . His Will , reprinted from CATALOGUE .
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... Original text and English translation . 27 Life of Alfred the Great , from the Original Manu- script in the Bodleian Library , by Sir John Spelman , Kt . , with Additions by the publisher , Thomas Hearne . 1 vol . crown 8vo , calf supr ...
... Original text and English translation . 27 Life of Alfred the Great , from the Original Manu- script in the Bodleian Library , by Sir John Spelman , Kt . , with Additions by the publisher , Thomas Hearne . 1 vol . crown 8vo , calf supr ...
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... originals , by a Debtor , during his Confinement in Prison . 1 vol . 12mo , morocco . Newcastle - upon - Tyne , 1802 . 46 ANECDOTES , or Historical Sketches , of the Old Painters . 1 vol . 12mo , calf supr . , gilt . Boston , Hilliard ...
... originals , by a Debtor , during his Confinement in Prison . 1 vol . 12mo , morocco . Newcastle - upon - Tyne , 1802 . 46 ANECDOTES , or Historical Sketches , of the Old Painters . 1 vol . 12mo , calf supr . , gilt . Boston , Hilliard ...
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... Original Greek , with Life , Notes , & c . , by R. Graves . Portrait . 1 vol . crown 8vo , calf supr . , finely bound . Bath and London , printed by Cruttwell , 1792 . 54 APPOLLONIUS . Life of Appollonius of Tyana . Translated from the ...
... Original Greek , with Life , Notes , & c . , by R. Graves . Portrait . 1 vol . crown 8vo , calf supr . , finely bound . Bath and London , printed by Cruttwell , 1792 . 54 APPOLLONIUS . Life of Appollonius of Tyana . Translated from the ...
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... original by Sir Joshua Rey- nolds . 1 vol . 8vo , beautifully bound in red morocco , supr . , gilt ; a splendid edition . London , printed by Samuel Bentley for R. Bentley , 1835 . Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Ab ...
... original by Sir Joshua Rey- nolds . 1 vol . 8vo , beautifully bound in red morocco , supr . , gilt ; a splendid edition . London , printed by Samuel Bentley for R. Bentley , 1835 . Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Ab ...
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