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
2809 Montgomery (James) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Lectures on general literature, poetry, &c. N. Y.

1837

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2810 Nicolas (N. H.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Refutation of Mr. Palgrave's remarks in reply to observations on the state of historical literature Lond.

1831

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2811 Nichols (J.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Biographical and literary anecdotes of Wm. Bowyer and his learned friends Lond.

1782

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2812 Nichols (John) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century

1812

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2813 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Notes and queries; a medium of inter-communication for literary men, artists, antiquaries, genealogists, &c. Lond.

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2814 Poole's (W. F. M.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Index to periodical literature N. Y.

1850

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2815 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Printing machine (The), or companion to the library Lond.

1834

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2816 Dr. Spencer LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Rycroft's course of English reading N. Y.

1857

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2817 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Retrospective review Lond.

1820

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2818 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Saunders, Salad for the solitary N. Y.

1853

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2819 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Scribbliomania, or the printer's devil's polichronicon Lond.

1815

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2820 Sear's (B.), Edward's (B. B.), and Felton (C. C.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Essays on ancient literature and art Bost.

1849

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2821 Shelley (Mrs.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Lives of the most eminent French writers Phila.

1840

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2822 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Soane's New curiosities of literature Lond.

1850

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2823 Tannehill (Wilkins) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Sketches of the history of literature from the earliest period to the revival of letters in the 15th century Nash.

1827

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2824 Thomson's (Mrs.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Memoirs of literary characters and celebrated places Lond.

1850

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2825 Thompson (Rev. H.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--History of Roman literature Lond.

1852

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2826 Ticknor (G.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--History of Spanish literature N. Y.

1849

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2827 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Troubadours, their history, customs, morals, &c., of the twelfth and fifteenth centuries Lond.

1779

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2828 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Varieties of literature, from foreign literary journals and original MSS. Now first published Lond.

1795

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2829 Warton (Rev. Thos.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Warton (Rev. Thos.), Literary works

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2830 Warton (Rev. Thos.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Essay on Pope, essay on Spenser, poems, notes on Milton, life of Pope Lond.

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2831 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Young gentleman's library Phila.

1835

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2832 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--LIVES of eminent men

1833

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2833 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--LIVES of the illustrious Lond.

1856

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2834 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--LIVES of the English poets-laureate, from the earliest times to the present

1853

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2835 LIVINGSTON (Wm.) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Sedgwick's (Th.) Life of N. Y.

1833

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2836 LOCKE (John) LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--Lives of John Locke, A. Sidney, and A. Shaftesbury Lond.

1830

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2837 LOCKE LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--LOCKE'S works Lond.

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2838 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--LOLA MONTEZ, Countess of Landsfeld, Lectures of N. Y.

1858

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2839 LITERATURE, ITS HISTORY, &c.:--LODGE'S Portraits of illustrious personages, vide Portraits under "Fine arts"

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2841 LONDON:--Cruchley's Map of London

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2842 LONDON:--Cromwell's Walks in Islington, Highbury, Ball's Pond, New River, Halloway, Battle Bridge, &c. Lond.

1835

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2843 LONDON:--Grant's Great metropolis Philad.

1838

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2844 Knight's (C.) LONDON:--Pictorial history of London and its environs, ancient and modern

1844

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2845 Maitland's (W.) LONDON:--History and survey of London, from its foundation

1772

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2846 LONDON:--Malcolm's Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman invasion

1811

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2847 LONDON:--Million-peopled city

1850

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2848 Miller (J.) LONDON:--Picturesque sketches of London Lond.

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2849 Nightingale (Rev. J.) LONDON:--History and antiquities of St. Saviour's, Southwark Lond.

1818

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2850 LONDON:--Partington's National history and views of London and its environs

1832

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2851 LONDON:--Reynold's Map of London, with 1000 references

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2852 LONDON:--Report relating to the entertainment of her majesty the queen in Guildhall London

1837

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2853 LONDON:--Schleisinger's Saunterings in and about London Lond.

1853

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2854 LONDON:--Stow's Survey of London

1842

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2855 LONDON:--London Magazine Lond.

1820

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2856 LONG ISLAND:--Onderdonk's Revolutionary incidents of Queen's County, L. I. N. Y.

1846

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2857 Thompson (B. F.) LONG ISLAND:--History of Long Island, its discovery and settlement, &c. N. Y.

1843

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2858 Thompson (B. F.) LONG ISLAND:--Idem N. Y.

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2859 Bailey (Thomas) LONGEVITY:--Records of longevity, with a discourse on vital statistics Lond.

1857

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2860 Hufeland (C. W.) LONGEVITY:--Art of prolonging human life Lond.

1829

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2861 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Coplas de Don Jeorge Marcrique Bost.

1833

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2862 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Evangeline, a tale of Acadie Bost.

1848

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2863 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Golden legend Bost.

1852

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2864 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Hyperion Bost.

1848

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2865 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Hiawatha Bost.

1855

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2866 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Kavanagh, a tale Bost.

1849

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2867 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Outre mer

1835

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2868 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Seaside and fireside

1850

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2869 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Spanish student Cambridge

1844

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2870 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Voices of the night, and other poems Bost.

1852

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2871 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Voices of the night Camb.

1841

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2872 LONGFELLOW (H. W.) LONGEVITY:--Ballads, &c.

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2873 Bossu (M.) LOUISIANA:--Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana Lond.

1771

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2874 LOUISIANA:--Davis's Travels in Louisiana and the Floridas N. Y.

1806

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2875 LOUISIANA:--Du Pratz, History of Louisiana, Virginia, and Carolina Lond.

1763

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2876 LOUISIANA:--French's Historical collections of Louisiana. Part II Philad.

1850

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2877 French (B. F.) LOUISIANA:--Historical collections of Louisiana. Part III N. Y.

1851

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2878 Gayerre (C.) LOUISIANA:--Romance of the history of Louisiana

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2879 Gayerre (C.) LOUISIANA:--History of Louisiana: The Spanish domination N. Y.

1854

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2880 LOUISIANA:--History of Louisiana: French domination N. Y.

1856

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2881 LOUISIANA:--Louisiana, its colonial history and romance N. Y.

1851

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2882 LOUISIANA:--Livingston's Penal law for the State of Louisiana Philad.

1833

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2883 Marbois (B.) LOUISIANA:--History of Louisiana Philad.

1830

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2884 LOUISIANA:--Marcy and Mcclellan's Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana in the year 1852 Wash.

1853

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2885 LOUISIANA:--LOVE'S Progress, and The Southern matron N. Y.

1840

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2886 LUCRETIUS. LOUISIANA:--Of the nature of things, in six books Lond.

1715

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2887 LOUISIANA:--LUXBOROUGH (Lady), Letters to William Shenstone Lond.

1775

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2888 LYELL'S (C.) LOUISIANA:--Lyrical poems of Dante Lond.

1845

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2889 LYNCH'S (A. C.) LOUISIANA:--LYNCH'S (A. C.) Poems N. Y.

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2890 MACAULAY (T. B.) LOUISIANA:--Critical and miscellaneous essays Philad.

1852

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2891 LOUISIANA:--MACKAY'S Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions Philad.

1852

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2892 MACGREGOR'S (J.) LOUISIANA:--Commercial statistics of all nations

1847

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2892a MACGREGOR'S (J.) LOUISIANA:--Progress of America from the discovery by Columbus to the year 18-16, comprising its history and statistics

1847

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2893 MACKINTOSH (Sir J.) LOUISIANA:--MACKINTOSH (Sir J.), Miscellaneous works of Lond.

1854

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2894 LOUISIANA:--MACKAY'S Home affections portrayed by the poets

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2895 MACKLIN LOUISIANA:--MACKLIN, Kirkman's memoirs of Lond.

1799

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2896 MACNISH (R.) LOUISIANA:--Tales, essays, and sketches, with life Lond.

1844

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2897 MACNFILL (Hector) LOUISIANA:--MACNFILL (Hector), Poetical works Phila.

1815

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2898 LOUISIANA:--MACPHERSON'S Melodies Lond.

1824

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2898a MAGAZINES:--Gentleman's Magazine, from the commencement, 1731, to 1856 Lond.

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2898b Walker MAGAZINES:--Gentleman's Selections from 4 vols.

1811

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2898c MAGAZINES:--MAGAZINES, Various

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2899 MAGAZINES:--Magazine of popular science and journal of the useful arts Lond.

1836

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2900 MAGAZINES:--MAGNETISM, Davis's manual of Bost.

1842

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2901 MALIBRAN'S (Madame) MAGAZINES:--MALIBRAN'S (Madame) Memoirs Phila.

1840

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2902 MAGAZINES:--MALKIN'S Historical parallels Lond.

1846

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2903 MALTE-BRUN (M.) MAGAZINES:--System of universal geography, or description of all parts of the world

1836

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2904 Combe (G.) MAN:--The constitution Of man Bost.

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2905 MAN:--Man of education Bost.

1801

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