A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane.

  • Boston Athenaeum.
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[1897]
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Credit: A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    147 *End of Time, i vol. [DeBrahm, J. W. G.] Apocalyptic gnomon points out eternity’s divis- ibility rated with time. Phila. 1795. A. Lettered on the back “ End of time.” Sold at Thomas’s in 1876 (lot 44) for $10; and again at the J. J. Cooke sale in Oct. 1883 (lot 2588), when it was bought for the Boston Athenaeum by “Essex” for $9. This is the only book from Washington’s Library added to the Collection since the Stevens’ purchase. 511 106 ^Description of a Monument, i vol. Description du monument qui vient d’etre erige k Rheinsberg. lin.] 1791. Rres. [Ber- ^0.75 ^Proceedings of the East India Company, i vol. fol. East India Company. Proceedings relative to ships tendered for the service of the United East-India Company, 1780-1791. [Lon- don. 1791.] A. •50 4.00 70 Graham on Education, i vol. Graham, Mrs. Catharine Macauley. Letters on educations with ob- servations on religious and metaphysical subjects. London. 1790. 8°. Presented to Washington by the author, June, 1790. Acknowl- edged in a letter dated Feb. 10, 1791. 2.00 234 *Royal English Grammar, i vol. Greenwood, James. The royal English grammar. A. B. London. 1747. •25 247 Nature Displayed, i vol. i.oo This may possibly be, Jackson, W. The beauties of nature displayed in a sentimental ram- ble through her luxuriant field, etc. Birmingham. 1769. 8°. 130 *Ahiman Rezon, i vol. 1.50 Keatinge, George. The Maryland Ahiman Rezon of free & accepted Masons. Baltimore. 1797. 35 Locke on Understanding, 2 vols. Locke, John. An essay concerning human understanding. 17th ed. 2 vols. London. 1775. 8°. A. B. These volumes were sold at Thomas’s in 1876 (lot 47) for $20, no mention being made of the book-plate. They are now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. 3.00 9 *Luzac’s Oration, i vol. Luzac, Jean. Oratio de Socrate cive. Lugd. Bat. 1796. 1.00