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A catalogue of the entire and choice library of Thomas Pelham junior, Esq (late Member of Parliament for Lewes in Sussex, and one of the commissioners of trade and plantations) deceas'd. Consisting of Variety of curious and uncommon Books in most Branches of Polite Literature, and in several Languages; amongst which are most of the Classics cum Notis Variorum, Elzevir, and in Usilm Delphini, and other Classic Historians; many scarce Italian and Latin Authors, and the best modern English Books; chiefly collected by him when Secretary to the Embassy at Paris. Amongst many other valuable Articles are the following. Dictionnaire de Trevoux, 5 vol. Le Clerc Hist. des Provinces Unies, 2 vol. Dimostvenis Opera, opt. Edit. Dict. de Commerce, 3 vol. Rapin's Hist. with Heads, &c. 2 vol. Locke's Works, 3 vol. Dr. Middleton's Cicero, l. p. 2 vol. Milton's Poetical Works, l. p. 2 vol. Diogenes Laertius, 2 vol. Bamnan's Quintilian, 2 vol. Cronovius's Tacitus, 2 vol. Masvicius's Virgil, 2 vol. Horace, par Sanadon, vol. Folard Hist. de Polybe, 5 vol. Hist. du Peuple de Dieu, 7 vol. Ciceronis Opera Graevis, 11 vol. which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Cock, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, on Monday next, the 19th instant, and the three following Evenings. The said Library may be view'd on Friday next, the 16th Instant, and every Day after, (sunday excepted) till the Time of Sale, which will begin each Evening at half an Hour after five precisely. Catalogues of which may be had gratis at the Place of Sale.
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), fl. 1720-1749.Date: 1744]- E-books
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A catalogue of the valuable well-chosen select library of scarce books , the property of the late John Hunter, Esq. deceased; ... which will be sold by auction ... by Mr. Christie, ... on Saturday, February the 1st, 1794, ..
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803.Date: 1794]- E-books
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Catalogus librorum orient. M.SS. Nummorum, aliorumque Cimelior, quibus academi� Cantabr. bibliothecam locupletavit, reverendus vir Georgius Lewis, Archidiaconus Midensis 1727.
Cambridge University LibraryDate: 1727?]- E-books
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Bibliotheca Warburtoniana a catalogue of the entire library of printed books and manuscripts of the late John Warburton, Esq; Somerset Herald, Fellow of the Royal and Antiquary Societies; Editor of the large and distinct Maps of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Middlesex, Essex and Hertfordshire, from actual Surveys; Author of Vallum Romanum, London and Middlesex illustrated, &c. Deceased. Containing a valuable Collection in Manuscript and Print, towards a particular History, Natural, Ecclesiastical and Civil, of every County in England; together with a great ... of Original Visitations, Pedigrees, Ordinaries, ... Grants, and Alphabets of Arms, and other Heraldical Manuscripts: Also his Collection of Prints, Copper Plates, Coins, and other Curiosities. Which will be sold by Auction, By Samuel Paterson, At Essex House, in Essex-Street, in the Strand; On Monday the 19th of November 1759, and the five following Evenings, To begin each Evening precisely at Six O'Clock. The whole may be viewed on Monday the 5th of November, and (sundays excepted) to the Time of Sale.
Paterson, Samuel, 1728-1802.Date: 1759]- E-books
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A catalogue of the libraries of the ingenious Mr. Herbert , an Eminent Engineer; and of the Rev. Mr. Parkins, both deceas'd. Containing some Thousands of valuable and scarce Books in most Languages and Faculties, in very good Condition, many curiously bound, and all gilt or letter'd; among which are in Folio: Buchanani Opera omnia 2 Tom. Guillim's Heraldry, best Opere di Bembo, 4 Tom. Traite de la Police, 4 Tom. Hudson's Josephus, 2 Vol. Kennet's Hist. of England, 3 Vol. Du Fresne's Hist. Byzant. Vetus, &c. Test. 3 Tom. Gr. Lat. Traitez de Paix, 4 Tom. Dew's Journal Q. Eliz. Parliament Dict. de Furetiere. 4 Tom. best Spanhemii Numismata, 2 Tom. Corpus Juris Civilis, 2 Tom. Ed. opt. Patini Rom. Imp. Numismata Ovid in Latin and French, with Picart's fine Cuts Duke of Newcastle's Horsemanship, with fine Cuts Books of Prints, &c. Ricaut's Turkish History, 3 Vol. Verona Illustrata par Maffei Winwood's State Papers, 3 Vol. Le Bruyn's Travels into the Levant, in Dutch, with fine Cuts Nisbet's Heraldry Carte's Life of the Duke of Ormoud, 3 Vol. Harris's Lexicon, 2 Vol. best Stone's Mathematical Instruments Gales Scriptores, 3 Vol. J. Pollux Onomast. 2 Vol. Ed. opt. Reyner de Antiq. Benedict. Davies Welch Dictionary and a Welch Grammar. Several Reports, best Edition Pozzo's Perspective Rolli's Boccace, in Morocco, large and small Paper Duke of Buckingham's Works, with the Original Castrations in Morocco. Castiglione's Courtier, in Morocco. With many more in Folio, Quarto Octavo, &c. equally good. Which will be sold very cheap (many ten Shillings in the Pound less than a Gentleman would buy them for if he wanted them) on Thursday the 21st of July, by Olive Payne, Bookseller, At Horace's Head in Round Court opposite York Buildings in the Strand and to continue till all are sold. Catalogues, with the Prices printed, to be had gratis at the Place of Sale. Where may be had, Most Money for Books in any Language or ... especially foreign.
Payne, Olive, fl. 1731-1739.Date: 1737]