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A catalogue for the year 1764, [electronic resource] : of the libraries of the Rev. Mr. Wood, of the...

A catalogue for the year 1764, [electronic resource] : of the libraries of the Rev. Mr. Wood, of the...

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A catalogue for the year 1764, [electronic resource] : of the libraries of the Rev. Mr. Wood, of the Isle of Wight; the Rev. and learned Dr. Umfrevile; Peter Davall, Esq; late Accomptant-General; William Bussiere, Esq; Surgeon to King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, King George the First and Second, and many others, lately deceased; Containing above One Hundred Thousand Volumes, Of the most Scarce and Valuable Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Books of Prints, &c. In all Languages, Arts and Sciences, viz. The Histories, Antiquities, Laws and Customs of the various Nations of the known World, with the most eminent Voyages and Travels; A Capital Collection of Prints and Books of Prints, by the greatest Masters of the Italian, French and Flemish Schools; A Noble Collection of Antient Manuscripts on Vellum; The Pompous Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics, Lexicons and Critics. A Large Collection of Authors on Antiquity, Medals, Mathematicks, Physic, Surgery and Natural History; The Antient and Modern Authors of the Histories and Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland; Great Numbers of the Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers; Several Magnificent Bibles in Various Languages; With near a Complete Collection of Common Law. Several of the Books are on large Paper, in Morocco, and other rich Bindings. Which will begin to be sold (the lowest Prices printed in the Catalogue, without any Abatement, for ready Money only) at T. Osborne's, in Gray's Inn, this day, and, for the Conveniency of the Nobility and Gentry who live at a Distance, will continu daily selling to the 1st of January, 1765. Catalogues may be had at all the chief Cities and noted Towns in Europe, and at the Place of Sale; where may be had Money for any Library or Parcel of Books, Prints, Books of Prints and Manuscripts. As the Proprietor has been at great Expence in purchasing these several Libraries, which excels most Collections in the Value and Number of Volumes it contains, he hopes that it deserves a particular Regard from the Learned. - There are likewise to be disposed of, the Manuscript Sermons of the Rev. Mr. Harris of Hornchurch and Rumford, and some other eminent Divines.

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A catalogue for the year 1764, [electronic resource] : of the libraries of the Rev. Mr. Wood, of the Isle of Wight; the Rev. and learned Dr. Umfrevile; Peter Davall, Esq; late Accomptant-General; William Bussiere, Esq; Surgeon to King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, King George the First and Second, and many others, lately deceased; Containing above One Hundred Thousand Volumes, Of the most Scarce and Valuable Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Books of Prints, &c. In all Languages, Arts and Sciences, viz. The Histories, Antiquities, Laws and Customs of the various Nations of the known World, with the most eminent Voyages and Travels; A Capital Collection of Prints and Books of Prints, by the greatest Masters of the Italian, French and Flemish Schools; A Noble Collection of Antient Manuscripts on Vellum; The Pompous Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics, Lexicons and Critics. A Large Collection of Authors on Antiquity, Medals, Mathematicks, Physic, Surgery and Natural History; The Antient and Modern Authors of the Histories and Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland; Great Numbers of the Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers; Several Magnificent Bibles in Various Languages; With near a Complete Collection of Common Law. Several of the Books are on large Paper, in Morocco, and other rich Bindings. Which will begin to be sold (the lowest Prices printed in the Catalogue, without any Abatement, for ready Money only) at T. Osborne's, in Gray's Inn, this day, and, for the Conveniency of the Nobility and Gentry who live at a Distance, will continu daily selling to the 1st of January, 1765. Catalogues may be had at all the chief Cities and noted Towns in Europe, and at the Place of Sale; where may be had Money for any Library or Parcel of Books, Prints, Books of Prints and Manuscripts. As the Proprietor has been at great Expence in purchasing these several Libraries, which excels most Collections in the Value and Number of Volumes it contains, he hopes that it deserves a particular Regard from the Learned. - There are likewise to be disposed of, the Manuscript Sermons of the Rev. Mr. Harris of Hornchurch and Rumford, and some other eminent Divines.

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[London : s.n., 1764]

Date

1764]

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74VvXJmGVgmb

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991010959059702626

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English

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[4],166,137-430p. ; 8°.

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[London : s.n., 1764]

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England

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1764]

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A catalogue for the year 1764, [electronic resource] : of the libraries of the Rev. Mr. Wood, of the Isle of Wight; the Rev. and learned Dr. Umfrevile; Peter Davall, Esq; late Accomptant-General; William Bussiere, Esq; Surgeon to King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, King George the First and Second, and many others, lately deceased; Containing...

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Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

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ESTC N14604.

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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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991010959059702626