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
2997 MEDICINE:--Greene (Dr.), Pulmonary consumption, bronchitis, asthma, &c. Phila.

1855

 USD - Unknown
2998 MEDICINE:--Grave's Clinical medicine Phila.

1848

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2999 Harrison's (J. B.) MEDICINE:--Popular medical errors Lond.

1851

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3000 Hastings (Dr.) MEDICINE:--Practice of surgery Phila.

1850

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3001 Hall (W. W.) MEDICINE:--Bronchitis and kindred diseases N. Y.

1854

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3002 MEDICINE:--Hooker's Lessons on medical delusions N. Y.

1850

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3003 Kitchiner (Wm.) MEDICINE:--On the economy of the eyes, with rules to judge what sort of glasses are best calculated for the eyes Bost.

1824

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3004 MEDICINE:--Lives of British physicians Lond.

1830

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3005 Mayo (H.) MEDICINE:--Anatomical and physiological commentaries Lond.

1822

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3006 Mayo (H.) MEDICINE:--Philosophy of living Phila.

1832

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3007 Mitchell (J. K.) MEDICINE:--Cryptogamous origin of malarious and epidemic fevers Phila.

1849

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3008 MEDICINE:--Medico-chirurgical review and journal of medical science Lond.

1821

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3009 Piper (Dr.) MEDICINE:--Plates of Maclise's surgical anatomy, printed in oil colors, after Baxter's process Bost.

1857

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3010 Smith (T.) MEDICINE:--Treatise on acute hydrocephalus Lond.

1845

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3011 MEDICINE:--Sickness and mortality of emigrant ships

1854

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3012 MEDICINE:--Scalpel and other medical journals

USD - Unknown
3013 Tanquerel (L.) MEDICINE:--On lead diseases Lowell

1842

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3014 Thomson (Dr.) MEDICINE:--Practical treatise on the diseases of the liver and biliary passages Phila.

1842

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3015 Williams (S. W.) MEDICINE:--American medical biography Greenfield

1845

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3016 MEDICINE:--Tracts on physic

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3017 Walsh (J. H.) MEDICINE:--Manual of domestic medicine and surgery Lond.

1858

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3018 Williams (Dr.) MEDICINE:--Practical treatise on the diseases of the respiratory organs Phila.

1845

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3019 Yearsley (J.) MEDICINE:--On diseases of the ear Lond.

1841

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3020 Yearsley (J.) MEDICINE:--On deafness, with notes and cases Lond.

1839

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3021 Yearsley (J.) MEDICINE:--On the throat Lond.

1848

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3023 MEDICINE:--MEDUSA, or Penny politician Lond.

1820

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3024 MEEKE (Mrs.) MEDICINE:--The Spanish campaign, or the Jew Lond.

1815

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3025 MELVILLE (H.) MEDICINE:--Sermons at Cambridge Lond.

1840

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3026 MEDICINE:--MELVILLE'S White jacket N. Y.

1850

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3027 MELVILLE (H.) MEDICINE:--Piazza tales N. Y.

1856

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3028 MEDICINE:--MEMOIRS of a water drinker N. Y.

1836

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3029 MEDICINE:--MEMOIRS of Mrs. Coghlan N. Y.

1795

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3030 MEDICINE:--MEMORIALS of early genius and achievements in pursuit of knowledge Lond.

1856

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3031 Abercrombie's (Dr.) MENTAL SCIENCES:--Inquiries concerning the intellectual powers N. Y.

1853

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3032 MENTAL SCIENCES:--Aldrich's rudiments of the art of logic Oxford

1827

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3033 MENTAL SCIENCES:--Artis logicae compendium

USD - Unknown
3034 Mallett MENTAL SCIENCES:--Bacon's (Lord) works, with his life Lond.

1778

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3035 Bacon (Francis, Lord) MENTAL SCIENCES:--Sylva Sylvarum, or a natural history with the history of life and death Lond.

1683

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3037 Brown's (Z.) MENTAL SCIENCES:--Philosophy of the human mind Hallowell

1854

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3038 MENTAL SCIENCES:--Chalybau's Historical survey of speculative philosophy from Kant to Hegel, designed as an introduction to the opinions of recent schools Lond.

1856

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3039 MENTAL SCIENCES:--Candorcet's Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human mind

1796

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3040 Cooke (Dr.) MENTAL SCIENCES:--Commentary of medical and moral life, or mind and the emotions Phila.

1853

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3041 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Mental Philosophy (Encyclopaedia of), Science of method...

1847

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3042 Hampden (Dr.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Life of Thomas Aquinas, a dissertation on scholastic philosophy Lond.

1848

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3043 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Hints on the culture of character Lond.

1855

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3044 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Hai Ebn Yokdan, Improvement of human reason exhibited in the life of Lond.

1708

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3045 Lock's (J.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Essays on the human understanding Phila.

1857

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3046 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Lewis's History of philosophy N. Y.

1856

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3047 Mackay's (R. W.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Progress of the intellect, as exemplified in the religious development of the Greeks and Hebrews Lond.

1850

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3048 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Mahan's System of intellectual philosophy N. Y.

1854

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3049 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Murdock's German modern philosophy, &c. Hart.

1846

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3050 Reid's (Thos.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Essays on the intellectual powers of man Bost.

1857

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3051 Reid's (Thos.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Inquiry into the human mind

1784

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3052 Reed (S.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--On. the growth of the mind Bost.

1838

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3053 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Religious establishment in Scotland examined

USD - Unknown
3054 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Rogers' Synopsis of Aristotle's rhetoric Oxford

1853

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3055 Morrison MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Ritter's History of ancient philosophy translated Oxford

1846

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3056 Rush, M. D. (B.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Observations upon the diseases of the mind Phila.

1818

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3057 Schmucker (S. S.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Mental philosophy N. Y.

1844

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3058 Stewart's (D.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Elements of philosophy Lond.

1814

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3059 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Sweetser's Mental hygiene N. Y.

1850

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3060 Tucker (G.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Essay on cause and effect. Being an examination of Humes' doctrine that we can perceive no necessary connection between them Phila.

1850

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3061 Walch (J. G.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Philosophisches Lexicon Leipzig

1775

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3062 Whately's (Dr.) MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Rhetoric Bost.

1839

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3063 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY:--Zimmerman, Manual of philosophy Oxford

1832

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3064 Birt (W. R.) METEOROLOGY:--Handbook of the laws of storms Liverpool

1853

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3065 METEOROLOGY:--Espy's Philosophy of storms Bost.

1841

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3066 Forster (T.) METEOROLOGY:--Researches about atmospheric phenomena Lond.

1823

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3067 Hutchison (G.) METEOROLOGY:--Treatise on the causes and principles of meteorological phenomena, and essays on marsh fevers, &c. Glas.

1843

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3068 Kaemtz (L. F.) METEOROLOGY:--Complete course of meteorology Lond.

1845

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3069 Lawdon (Brigadier General) METEOROLOGY:--Army meteorological register for 12 years, 1843 to 1854 inclusive Wash.

1855

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3070 MEXICO:--Bernal Diaz Castillo, True account of the discovery and conquest of Mexico and New Spain Lond.

1844

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3071 MEXICO:--Doniphan's Expedition, being an account of the conquest of New Mexico and plans of battle fields Cinn.

1850

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3072 MEXICO:--Emory, Abert, Cooke, and Johnston's reports on New Mexico and California

1848

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3073 Folsom (G.) MEXICO:--Despatches of Hernando Cortes N.Y.

1843

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3074 Furber (G. C.) MEXICO:--Twelve months' volunteer; or, a journal of a private in the Tennessee regiment of cavalry in 1846 and 1847 Cinn.

1850

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3075 Gilliam (A. M.) MEXICO:--Travels over the table lands and Cordilleras of Mexico in 1843-44 Phila.

1846

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3076 Gordon (T. F.) MEXICO:--History of ancient Mexico Phila.

1832

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3077 Gregg (J.) MEXICO:--Scenes and incidents on the western prairies and in northern Mexico Phila.

1850

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3078 Hardy (Lieut.) MEXICO:--Travels in the interior of Mexico Lond.

1829

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3079 Humboldt (A.) MEXICO:--Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain Lond.

1811

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3080 MEXICO:--Humboldt et Bonpland, Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne Par.

1811

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3081 MEXICO:--Juan et Ulloa, Noticias secretas de America Lond.

1826

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3082 Kendall (G. W.) MEXICO:--Illustrations of the war between the United States and Mexico N. Y.

1851

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3083 MEXICO:--Kendall, Santa Fe expedition N. Y.

1840

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3084 Lyon (Capt. G. F.) MEXICO:--Journal of a residence and tour in the Republic of Mexico in 1826, and some account of the mines of that country Lond.

1828

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3085 Mayer (Brantz) MEXICO:--Mexico, Aztec, Spanish, and Republican; an historical, geographical, political, statistical, and social account of that country, from the period of the invasion of the Spaniards to the present time

1851

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3086 Mcsherry (R.) MEXICO:--El Puchero; a mixed dish from Mexico Phila.

1850

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3087 MEXICO:--Messages of the president of the United States on the subject of the Mexican war Wash.

1848

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3088 MEXICO:--Mexico, Texas, and Yucatan, in 1842 N. Y.

1842

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3089 MEXICO:--Mexican War, Documents respecting the

1848

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3090 MEXICO:--Volunteers, Reception of, obsequies, medal, &c.

1850

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3091 Myrthe (A. T.) MEXICO:--Description of the countries bordering on the Rio Bravo N. Y.

1842

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3092 Ranking (John) MEXICO:--Historical researches, or conquest of Peru, Mexico, Bogota, Natchez, and Tolomeo, in the 13th century Lond.

1827

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3093 Robinson (W. D.) MEXICO:--Memoir of the Mexican revolution. Including a narrative of the expedition of General Mina, and observations on opening a commerce between the Pacific and Atlantic Phila.

1820

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3094 MEXICO:--Ruxton's Mexico and the Far West N. Y.

1849

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3095 Solis (Ant. de) MEXICO:--History of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards Lond.

1738

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3096 Solis (Ant. de) MEXICO:--History of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards Lond.

1704

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3097 MEXICO:--Stevens's Campaigns of the Rio Grande and Mexico, with notices of the recent work of Major Ripley

1850

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3098 Taylor (John) MEXICO:--Selections from the work of Humboldt relative to the climate, inhabitants, productions, and the mines of Mexico Lond.

1824

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