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A catalogue of the entire and valuable library of the Honourable Bryan Fairfax, Esq one of the commissioners of His Majesty's customs, deceased; which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Prestage, at his great room the end of Savile-Row next Conduit-Street, Hanover-Square. To begin selling on Monday, April 26, 1756, and to continue for Seventeen Days successively (sundays excepted) Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale, and at W. Bathoe's Bookseller in Exeter Exchange in the Strand. (price Six-Pence.).
Prestage, John, d. 1767.Date: 1756]- E-books
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A catalogue of the library of Thomas Jekyl , Esq; deceased; nephew of the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Jekyl, Late Master of the Rolls; Containing A very large and good collection of Miscellaneous Books, with many scarce Books in Black Letter, and other curious Books: to which is added, The collection of prints and drawings of Dr. Anthony Askew, deceased. Which will be sold by Auction, By S. Baker and G. Leigh, booksellers, At their House in York-Street, Covent Garden, Beginning Monday, March the 20th, 1775, and to continue the Fourteen following Days, Beginning each Day at Twelve O'Clock. The whole may be viewed on Thursday, March the 16th, to the Time of Sale. Catalogues to be had (price Six-Pence) of the following Booksellers; Mr. Dodsley's, Pall Mall; Mr. Robson's. Bond Street; Mr. Walter's, Charing Cross; Mess. Brotherton's and Sewel's, Cornhill; Mr. Owen's, Temple Bar; and at the Place of Sale.
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A catalogue of near forty thousand volumes of choice books Containing the Libraries of the late Rev. Dr. T. Winchester, Rector of Appleton, Berks; And the Rev. Dr. Richardson, Rector of St. Anne's, Westminster, And of several other curious Collections; ... D. Halicarnass. Hudsoni, 2 t. Strabo, 2 tom. ch. max. Polybius, Casauboni Caesaris, a Clarke, corio turc. Hist. Script. Romanae, 3 t. cor. russ. Erasmi Opera, 11 tom. ch. max. Hollinshed's Chronicle, 2 v. in russia Catte's Hist. of England. 4 v. Rushworth's Collections, 8 v. Journals, &c. of Lords and Commons, 76 v. State Trials, 11 vol. Blomefreid's Norfolk, 5 vol. ... Sloane's Jamaica, 2 v. in russia Folio, Brown's Jamaica Chauncy's Hertfordshire Thoroton's Nottinghamshire Dictionaries, viz. Biograph. Brit. and Bayle, 12 v. - Richardson's Persian Dict. 2 v. - Chambers, 2 v. - Postlethwayte, 2 v. - Johnson, 2 v. - James, 3 v. - Calmet, 3 v. - Bayle, 5 v. - Ainsworth, 2 v. - Collier. 4 v. - Trevoux, 10 v. - Bayle & Oeuvres, 9 v. - Savary, 5 v. - Richelet, 3 v. - Chaufepe, 4 t. - Martiniere, 10 v. - Espanola. 6 t. - De la Crusca, 6 t. - H. Stephani Thesaur. 5 t. - R. Stephani Thesaur. 4 t. - Hoffmanni Lexicon, 4 t. - Constantine & Scapulae-Hesychii Lex. 2t. -Ducange Gloss. 6 t. - Hickes Thesaur. 3 t. - Dufresne Gloss. & Supple. 10 t. ... De la Jaye Bib. Polyglotta, 10 t. Cooper's Anatomy, l. p. in russia Hippocrates & Galen, 9 t. cor. russ. A compleat and fine Set of Philosoph Transactions at Large, 4to. And many Hundred others equally good, which will be sold, for Ready Money only, this Day, February 1782, and continue on Sale till all are sold, By Thomas Payne and son, booksellers, Next 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. Ridley, Bookseller, St. James's Street; 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: 1782]- E-books
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A catalogue of many thousand volumes of curious and valuable books , Including the Libraries of The Rev. Charles Reynolds, D.D. Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln; and of George Lodington, Esq; Of Bracebridge in Lincolnshire; both deceased. Together with Several other valuable Collections of Books lately purchased. Among which are The Luxembourg Gallery, by Rubens The Farnesian Gallery, by Caracci Teniers's Gallery, fine impression Cabinet de Crozat, 2 tom. Ruins of Palmyra, fine impression Ruins of Balbec, fine impression Ruins of Greece, in Russia Perrier's and Dalton's Statues Raphael's Scripture Prints Society of Antiquaries' Prints Churchill's Collection of Voyages, 8 vol. Harris's Voyages, 2 vol. Russia Rapin's History and Continuation, 5 vol. Ancient and Modern History, 35 vol. Rymeri Foedera, 20 vol. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum, 3 vol. H. Stephani Thesaurus Gr. 5 vol. ch. max. Caesaris Comment. edit. splendid. a Clarke Plato Serrani, 3 vol. Plutarchus Rualdi, 2 vol. Paris Aristoteles, a Du Val, 2 vol. Herodotus Wesselingii, edit. opt. Thucydides Dukeri Ptolemaei Geographia Bertii Lucianus Bourdelotii Polybius Casauboni Plinius Harduini, 3 vol. ch. max. turc. Corpus Poetarum Latinorum, 2 vol. Medicae Artis Principes, 4 vol. Montfaucon's Antiquities, 7 vol. L. P. Religious Ceremonies, 6 vol. Biographia Britannica, 7 vol. Chambers's Dict. and Supp. 4 vol. Russia Cambden's Britannia, 2 vol. best edit. Horsley's Britannia Romana, large paper Borlase's Antiq. of Cornwall, 2 vol. Dugdale's Warwickshire, L. P. Russia Blomefield's Norfolk, 3 vol. King's Vale Royal of England Atlas par De Lisle Calmet Commentaire sur la Bible, 9 tom. Vocabul. Portuguez, pelo Bluteau, 6 vol. Guthrie, Ralph, Carte, Kennet, Rapin, Hume, and Smollet's Histories of England, best editions James, Johnson, Bailey, Ainsworth, Postlethwayte, Chambers, Chambaud, and Miller's Dictionaries Clarke, Tillotson, Locke, Bacon, Bolingbroke, Milton, and Pope's Works, best editions A compleat Set of Elzivir Classics, 45 vol. in Morocco Albin and Edwards on Birds, finely coloured Which will be sold (the Prices printed in the Catalogue) on Monday the 16th of May 1768, and continue daily on Sale. By John Whiston, Bookseller, At No. 64, in Fleet-Street.
Whiston, John, 1711-1780.Date: 1768]- E-books
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A catalogue of near forty thousand volumes of curious and rare books; containing the library of the late Rev. Montagu North, D.D. The second part of the curious collection of ... the late Mr. Pheringer, ... Which will be sold, ... this day, January 1781, ... by Thomas Payne and Son, ..
Thomas Payne and Son.Date: 1781]