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A catalogue of a very fine collection of books , Containing The elegant and very valuable Library of a person of high distinction: Also of the Late George Edwards, Esq. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, Author of the Natural History of Birds, &c. In which are Many capital Articles in Natural History, chiefly Presentation Copies to that great Ornithologist. With Many valuable Articles lately imported from different Parts of Europe. The whole forming a Collection of upwards of Twenty Thousand Volumes of the best Books in all Languages and Sciences; a great Number upon large paper, in various elegant Bindings. Which will begin to be sold very reasonable for ready Money, the prices printed in the Catalogue, on this Day, 1774, and continue daily on Sale, By James Robson, Bookseller, in New Bond-Street. Who gives the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues, Price Six-Pence, to be had at Mr. Dodsley's, Pall Mall; Mr. Cadell's, in the Strand; Mr. Carter's, Holborn; Mr. Law's, Ave Mary-Lane; and Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, Royal Exchange; also of the Booksellers at Oxford, Cambridge, York, &c. &c.
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Date: 1774]
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A catalogue of the libraries of the Hon. Lieutenant General Guise, of George Street, Hanover Square, Joseph Grove, Esq; of Richmond, and part of the library of the Revd. Charles Morgan, prebendary of Durham, all lately deceased Also a very capital collection of books of prints, and all the valuable foreign authors just imported, and elegantly bound in the most curious London and Paris bindings; the whole making a very curious collection of many thousand volumes (many of them very sarce) in every branch of learning, and in all languages. Amongst which are, folio. Smith's metzotintos, 3 vol. russia museum florentinum, ch. max. IIV. Estampes, par crozat, 2 tom. gr. pap. Galleria Justiniana, 2 tom. ch. max. Marsigli description de danube, 10t. Speculum naturale vincentii beluecen. Cabinet de boyer d' angu lles, belles atlas, par de l'isle, gr.pap. - par Robert, gr. pap. Baronagium genealogium Angl. 2t. Desseins du Raimond le Fage, gr.pap. Gallerie iu lexembourg, par rubens Major's curious collection of prints Inigo Jones, by kent, 2 vol. Cæsaris comment. a Clarke, 2 vol. Guichardini historia, 2 tom. russia Defgodetz Edisices de Rome Italia magini, chart. depict. mar. cellarii atlas, ch. max, depict. Temple des muses Holingshed's chronicle, 2 vol. Reliqua urbis romæ overbeke, 3v. Restes de pan. Rome, gr. pap.russia Restes de Strasbourg, gr. pap.moroq. Ruins of palmyra - of balbec - of dioclesian's palace ruins de la Grece, par le roy heads of illustrious persons, Russia Camphell's viturvius, 3 vol. l. p. Picart's ovid, 2 vol. l. p. elegant Medailles de Louis XIV. Russia Plinius, harduini 3 tom. cb. max. Testamentum gt. ch. max. typ. reg; Aristophanis, kusteri. Diodorus siculus, wesselingii, 2 tons. Thucydides, dukeri piato, facini homerus gr. cb. max. 4 tom. glasg. Thesaurus brandenburgicus, 3 tom. Goltzii opera numismat. 5 vol. Testament. Græcum steph. max. Dictionaties, Eng. Lat. Gr. Fr. &c. Seldeni opera, 6 tom. ch. max. eleg. Rapin and continuation, 5 vol. Grævii thesaurus, 12 tom. Poeti græci, 3 tom. Norden's travels, 2 vol. l. p. Virgilii frag & pictur. a bartholo cay's statutes, 6 vol. Religious ceremonies, 6 vol. Harris's voyages, by Campbell, 2 vol. Petiver's natural history, 3 vol. philof. transactions at large, 53 vol. His. de l'acad. des sciences, 63 vol. Which wll begin to be sold very reasonable, (for ready money only) the lowest price printed in the catalogue, on Monday, December 2, 1765, and continue daily on sale, by James Robson, bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, in New Bond Street. Who gives the utmost value for any library of parcel of books. Catalogues (Price Six-pence) to be had at the place for sale; Mr. Walter's Charing Cross; Mr. Millar's, in the Strand; Mr. Cater's, in Holborn; Mr. Owen's, Fleet-street; and Mr. Richardson and Co., at the Royal Exchange: also of the booksellers at Oxford, Cambridge, York, at the great towns in England.
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Date: 1765]
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A catalogue of upwards of twenty thousand volumes , of the most Valuable books in all Languages and Sciences; comprehending The most Capital and Curious Collections of Prints, Books of Natural History, Antiquities, &c. in fine Condition. Amongst which are Raffell's Gallery at the Vatican, finely illuminated Flores Holsteni, elegantis. depict. Enevclopedie par Diderot. &c. 28 tom. P. Eugene & Marlborough's Battles, 4 vol. l p. Antichita D'ercolano, 7 tom. Shakespeare's Works, 1623, Russia Bucho, Centurie des Planches de L'hist. Nat. enluminees - Fleurs Chineses. enluminees Bartolozzi's Works, 5 vol. 400 prints Piranesi's Works, 12 vol. Russia Sir W. Hamilton's Etruic. Antiq. 4 v. Rus. Capt. Baillie's Works, in Mor. Proofs King of Denmark's Shells, painted extra Miller's Linnean System, 2 vol. coloured Pennant's British Zoology, coloured, eleg. Norden's Travels, 2 vol. royal paper Teliemaque, belles fig. Marmora Oxoniensis Spence's Polymetis, first impression, Russia Claude Lorraine's Landscapes Miller's Plants, 2 vol. coloured, Russia St. Chrysostom, 13 tom. eleg. Robert and de L'Isle's Atlas, gr. pap. Hamilton's School of Painting Hunter's Anatomical Plates Ceremonies Religieuses, 7 tom. Strange's Works, complete Buck's Views, 4 vol. Fables de Fontaine, 4 tom. Plato Serrani, 3 tom. Harris's Aurelian, coloured, Russia Knor Deliciae Naturae, 2 tom. coloured, Russia Edward's Natural History, 7 vol. col. Mor. Catesby's Carolina, 2 vol. Morocco, coloured. Knor Deluvii Testes, 3 tom. coloured Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. finely coloured Sloane's Jamaica, 2 vol. fine copy Physica Sacra, 4 vol. elegant Museum Florentinum, 12 tom. Graevii et Gronovii Antiquit. &c. 33 tom. Heads of illustrious Persons, l. p first impres. Clarke's Caesar, fine copy, Russia Ruins of Palmyra, Balbeck, Spalatro, Ionia, Greece, Athens, Paestum, &c. &c. Cowper on the Muscles, large paper, Rus. Cowper's Anatomy, large paper, ditto Edmondson's Peerage, 5 vol. large pap. extra Passerii Picturae Etruscor. 2 tom. fig. depict. Pembroke's Medals, large paper. Russia Dactyliotheca Smithiana, 2 tom. fine cuts Ridinger's Works, 3 vol. Russia Gallerie de Boyer D'aguilles, gr. et p. pap. Vandermulen's Works, first impression Crozat's Collection. 2 vol. large paper Clande Lorraine's Drawings, by Erlom, 2 vol. Curious Missals, finely illuminated Robert's Atlas, g. p. Campbell's Vitiuvius Britannicus, 5 vol. Kent's Inigo Jones, 2 vol. large paper Dugdale's Monasticon, 3 vol. Rus. Hollinshead's Chronicle, 2 vol. King's Vale Royal Rymer's Foedera, 20 vol. Stukeley's Itinerary, Stonehenge, and Aubery, 3 vol. Tanneri Notitia Monastica Dictionaries, all the best Editions, Eng. Lat. French, and Italian, &c. Corpus Byzantiae Historiae, 23 tom. Biblia Polyglotta, 8 tom. Medicae Artis Principes Thuani Historia, 7 tom. L'antiquitees par Montfaucon, 15 tom. Corps Diplomatique, 24 tom. With many Others equally Valuable, Which will begin to be Sold this Day, 1780, (for Ready Money only) and continue on Sale till all are Sold, By James Robson, Bookseller in New Bond Street, Who gives the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues to be had (price 6d. to be allowed) At Mr. Dodsley's, Pall-Mall; Mr. Cadell's, in the Strand; Mr. Law, Ave-Mary Lane; Mess. Richardson and Urquhart, Royal Exchange; and at the Place of Sale; also of the Booksellers at Oxford and Cambridge; and all the great Towns in England.
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Date: 1780]
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A catalogue of a very large, most curious, and valuable collection of books, ... comprehending many libraries ... and particularly those of Ebenezer Mussell, of Bethnal Green, Esq; and Col. Griffiths , ... which will begin to be sold this day, 1782 ... by James Robson, .
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Date: 1782]
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A catalogue of a very large , most curious, and valuable collection of books, In all languages and literature: including, Amongst many other libraries lately purchased, those of Samuel Musgrave, M. D. John Herring, Esq. The Rev. Geo. Boughton, M. A. lately deceased. Also, The Botanical Books and Natural History Of a Gentleman gone Abroad. The whole forming a Collection of near Thirty Thousand Volumes of the best Articles in the Greek, Latin, and European Languages. There are also Many Curious and Capital books of prints, Elegant Missals, and Drawings finely illuminated, and two rare and valuable manuscripts of dante and boccaccio, In Fine Preservation. The Books in general are in very good Condition, many upon large Paper, in various elegant Bindings, Which will begin to be Sold this Day, 1781 (for Ready Money only) the Prices Printed in the Catalogue, and continue on Sale till all are sold, By James Robson, Bookseller in New Bond-Street, Who gives the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues to be had (price 6d. to be allowed) At Mr. Dodsley's, Pall-Mall; Mr. Cadell's, in the Strand; Mr. Law, Ave-Mary Lane; Mr. Sewell, Cornhill; and at the Place of Sale. Also of the Booksellers at Oxford and Cambridge, and all the great Towns in England.
James Robson
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Date: 1781]
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