Leavitt & Co.: CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE PRIVATE LIBRARY, COMPRISING AN EXTENSIVE AND SELECT COLLECTION OF CHOICE BOOKS, IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE, Embracing Fine London Editions of the Best Standard Works, and an immense number of Rare, Curious, and Recherche Boo, 18590516,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 16, 1859 - May 16, 1859
Page Size: 5010 items in 51 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2607 JERROLD (D.) JAVA:--Novels, various v. d.

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2608 JENKINS (J. S.) JAVA:--Life of J. K. Polk

1850

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2609 JENKINS (J. S.) JAVA:--Life of Silas Wright

1847

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2610 JESUITS:--Kap's early Jesuit missions in North America N. Y.

1851

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2611 JESUITS:--Ellen Mulgrave, or Jesuit executorship N. Y.

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2612 Gunfield (E. W.) JESUITS:--Jesuits, an historical sketch Lond.

1853

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2613 Kip's (W. J.) JESUITS:--Jesuit mission in North America, &c. N. Y.

1850

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2614 JESUITS:--Michelet and Quinet on the Jesuits N. Y.

1845

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2615 Steinmetz (A.) JESUITS:--History of the Jesuits Phila.

1848

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2616 JEWS:--Taylor's Loyola and Jesuitism in its rudiments N. Y.

1837

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2617 D'Israeli (I.) JEWS:--Genius of Judaism Lond.

1833

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2618 Lewis (Paul) JEWS:--A final call to the Jews Calf.

1744

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2619 Ogle (N.) JEWS:--Mariamne; or, the last of the Asmonean princesses Lond.

1843

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2620 JOHNSON'S (S.) JEWS:--Works: Lives of the Poets, Rambler, Guardian, &c. &c. Lond.

1795

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2621 JOHNSON'S (S.) JEWS:--Rambler Lond.

1825

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2622 Page JEWS:--JOHNSON'S (S.), Life of N. Y.

1840

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2623 JOHNSON'S (S.) JEWS:--JOHNSON'S (S.), Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Lond.

1800

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2624 JOHNSON'S (J. S.) JEWS:--Sketch of the life and correspondence of Gen. Nat. Greene

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2625 JOHNSON'S (Hon. W.) JEWS:--Nugae Georgicae; an essay delivered to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Charleston Charleston

1815

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2626 JOHNSON'S (Chas.) JEWS:--History of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street robbers, &c. Birmingh.

1742

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2627 JOHNSON'S (Rev. W. M.) and Exley (T.) JEWS:--Imperial encyclopedia, or dictionary of the sciences and arts, &c. Lond.

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2628 JONES (Paul) JEWS:--JONES (Paul), Memoirs of Lond.

1843

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2629 Lord Teignmouth JEWS:--JONES (Sir William), Complete works, with memoirs of his life and correspondence

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2630 JONSON'S (Ben) JEWS:--Dramatic works, masques, epigrammes, &c.

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2631 JEWS:--JOSEPHUS Lond.

1852

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2632 JEWS:--JOTTINGS from my sabretasch Lond.

1851

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2633 JEWS:--JOUFFROY'S Introduction to ethics Bost.

1848

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2634 JEWS:--JUDGMENT (the), by the author of Percy's Masque N. Y.

1821

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2635 JUNIUS JEWS:--JUNIUS'S Letters Lond.

1811

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2636 JUNIUS JEWS:--JUNIUS'S, Letters of Lond.

1810

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2637 JUNIUS JEWS:--JUNIUS'S, Letters of Lond.

1813

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2638 JEWS:--JUNIUS'S, Jacques's history of Junius and his works, and a review of the controversy respecting the identity of Junius

1843

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2639 JUNIUS JEWS:--JUNIUS'S, Posthumous works of, with life of John Horne Tooke N. Y.

1829

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2640 G. Coventry JEWS:--JUNIUS'S, Critical inquiry into the letters of

1825

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2641 Richard Monckton Milnes, editors JEWS:--KEATS, Life, letters, and literary remains N. Y.

1848

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2642 JEWS:--KEATS, Poetical works

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2643 KEBLE (J.) JEWS:--Lyra innocentum N. Y.

1846

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2644 JEWS:--KEEPSAKE of friendship for 1849 Bost.

1849

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2646 KEITH (Sir R. M.) JEWS:--KEITH (Sir R. M.), Memoirs and correspondence of Lond.

1849

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2647 JEWS:--KEMPIS (Thomas a), Imitation of Jesus Christ Germantown, Pa.

1749

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2648 KENNEDY (J. P.) JEWS:--Rob of the bowl; a legend of St. Inigoes Philad.

1838

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2649 KENNEDY (J. P.) JEWS:--Horse-shoe Robinson; or, the tory ascendency N. Y.

1852

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2650 KENNEDY (J. P.) KENTUCKY:--Swallow barn; or, a sojourn in the old dominion N. Y.

1852

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2651 Arthur (T.S.) KENTUCKY:--History of Kentucky Phila.

1852

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2652 Bogart (W. H.) KENTUCKY:--Daniel Boone and the hunters of Kentucky

1856

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2653 KENTUCKY:--Darnell's Journal of Kentucky volunteers Philad.

1854

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2654 Marshall (H.) KENTUCKY:--History of Kentucky Frankford

1824

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2655 Rafinesque (C. S.) KENTUCKY:--Annals of Kentucky, and survey of the ancient monuments of North America

1824

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2656 KETTELL (S.) KENTUCKY:--Specimens of American poetry, with critical notices Boston

1829

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2657 KEYSER (R.) KENTUCKY:--Religion of the Northmen N. Y.

1854

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2658 KENTUCKY:--KIRKE White's Poetical works and remains N. Y.

1856

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2659 KIMBALL (R. B.) KENTUCKY:--Romance of student life abroad N. Y.

1853

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2660 KENTUCKY:--KING of the Hurons N. Y.

1850

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2661 KENTUCKY:--KING, Fitzroy, and Darwin's voyage of discovery round the world, in the "Adventure" and "Beagle" Lond.

1839

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2662 KNAPP'S (Samuel L.) KENTUCKY:--Life of Thomas Eddy N. Y.

1834

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2663 KNAPP'S (Samuel L.) KENTUCKY:--Library of American history N. Y.

1835

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2664 KNAPP'S (G. C.) KENTUCKY:--Lectures on Christian theology Phila.

1858

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2665 KNIGHTON'S (Lady) KENTUCKY:--Memoirs and correspondence of Sir Wm. Knighton Phila.

1838

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2666 KENTUCKY:--KNICKERBOCKER Magazine

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2667 KENTUCKY:--KNIGHT'S Cyclopaedia of the industry of all nations Lond.

1851

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2668 KNOLLES (Richard) KENTUCKY:--The general history of the Turks before the rising of the Ottoman family, with all the notable expeditions of the Christian princes against them Lond.

1687

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2668a KNOX (Capt.) KENTUCKY:--Harry Mowbray Lond.

1843

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2669 KNOX (Dr.) KENTUCKY:--Spirit of despotism Lond.

1822

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2670 KNOX (Vicesmus) KENTUCKY:--KNOX (Vicesmus) Essays, moral and literary

1822

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2671 Kasemirski KENTUCKY:--KORAN (Le) Par.

1847

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2672 KENTUCKY:--KORAN (The), Translated from the original Arabic Lond.

1850

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2673 KENTUCKY:--KOTZEBUE'S memoirs, &c.

1848

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2674 Dillon's (Capt.) LACONICS:--Narrative and successful result of a voyage to the South Seas Lond.

1829

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2675 Dillon's (Capt.) LACONICS:--Or the best words of the best authors Phila.

1829

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2676 Dillon's (J. F. G. de) LA PEROUSE:--Dillon's (J. F. G. de), Charts and plates to the voyages of Lond.

1798

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2677 LA PEROUSE:--Labillardiere, Voyage in search of La Perouse Lond.

1800

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2678 LA PLATA:--Notes on the viceroyalty of La Plata Lond.

1808

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2679 LA PLATA:--LADIES of the reformation in England Glasg.

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2680 LA PLATA:--LADIES of the covenant N. Y.

1851

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2681 Adams (J. Q.) LAFAYETTE:--Oration on Lafayette

1835

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2682 Cloquet (M. J.) LAFAYETTE:--Recollections of the private life of Gen. Lafayette Lond.

1835

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2683 LAFAYETTE:--Lafayette in America Phila.

1829

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2684 LAFAYETTE:--Levasseur's Lafayette in America in 1824-25 N. Y.

1829

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2685 Waln (R.) LAFAYETTE:--Life of the Marquis de Lafayette Phila.

1826

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2686 Waln (R.) LAKE ERIE:--Waln (R.), Battle of

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2687 LAMB (Sir J. B.) LAKE ERIE:--Birth and triumph of love Lond.

1823

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2688 LAMB (Charles) LAKE ERIE:--LAMB (Charles), Works of Lond.

1850

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2689 LAMB (Charles) LAKE ERIE:--Elia N. Y.

1851

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2690 LAMB (Charles) LAKE ERIE:--Rosamond Gray, essays, and letter Lond.

1850

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2691 LAMB (Charles) LAKE ERIE:--Essays of Elia Lond.

1844

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2692 LAMB (Charles) LAKE ERIE:--Tales, from Shakspeare Phila.

1854

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2693 LAKE ERIE:--LAMARTINE, a biographical sketch. Practical meditations and harmonies Lond.

1849

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2694 LAMARTINE (A.) LAKE ERIE:--Meditations poetiques Brux.

1838

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2695 LAKE ERIE:--LAND of promise Lond.

1851

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2696 LANDON (L. E.) LAKE ERIE:--LANDON (L. E.), Complete works Bost.

1854

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2697 LANDON (L. E.) LAKE ERIE:--LANDON (L. E.), Poetical works of Lond.

1825

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2698 LANGUAGE:--Balch's Lectures on language Prov.

1838

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2699 Tooke (John) LANGUAGE:--Diversions of Parley Lond.

1798

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2699a Downing (A. J.) LANDSCAPE GARDENING:--Treatise on landscape gardening and rural architecture N. Y.

1844

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2700 LANDSCAPE GARDENING:--Gilpin's Practical hints upon landscape gardening

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2701 LANDSCAPE GARDENING:--Loudon's Suburban gardener and villa companion Lond.

1838

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2702 LANDSCAPE GARDENING:--Loudon's Edition of Repton on landscape gardening and landscape architecture

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2703 LANDSCAPE GARDENING:--Repton's Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening London

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2704 T. D. Hardy LANDSCAPE GARDENING:--LANGDALE'S (Rt. Hon. Lord) Memoirs Lond.

1852

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2705 LARDNER (Dr.) LANDSCAPE GARDENING:--Electricity, &c.

1844

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