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
3692 De Quincey (T.) POLAND:--The logic of political economy Lond.

1844

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3693 POLAND:--Essay on the nature and principles of public credit Lond.

1784

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3694 Fairburn (H.) POLAND:--Treatise on political economy of railroads Lond.

1836

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3695 Foltz (Dr.) POLAND:--Endemic influence of evil government N. Y.

1843

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3696 Gouge (T.) POLAND:--Riches increased by giving to the poor Halifax

1801

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3697 Haven (A. H. L.) POLAND:--History of the political system of Europe and its colonies Oxford

1834

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3698 Hermann (C. F.) POLAND:--Manual of the political antiquities of Greece, historically considered Oxford

1836

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3699 POLAND:--Laboring classes of England Bost.

1847

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3700 POLAND:--Leiber's Lectures on Labor and property N. Y.

1846

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3701 C. B. Goodrich POLAND:--Lowell Lectures, The science of government Bost.

1853

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3702 POLAND:--Malthus' Principles of political economy Lond.

1836

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3703 Marsh (H.) POLAND:--History of the politics of Great Britain and France, from the conference at Pollnitz to the declaration of war against Great Britain Lond.

1800

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3704 POLAND:--McCulloch's Principles of political economy Edinb.

1843

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3705 McCulloch (J. R.) POLAND:--Literature of political economy Lond.

1845

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3706 McCullogh (W.T.) POLAND:--Industrial history of free nations Lond.

1846

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3707 Mortimer (Thos.) POLAND:--Elements of commerce, politics, and finances Lond.

1780

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3708 Nares (Rev. R.) POLAND:--Principles of government deduced from reason Lond.

1792

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3709 POLAND:--Petermann's Atlas of political geography Lond.

USD - Unknown
3710 POLAND:--Political tracts Lond.

1748

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3711 POLAND:--Political By Priestley, Fox, and others

1791

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3712 Ricardo (D.) POLAND:--On the principles of political economy and taxation Georgetown

1819

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3713 Ruggles (Thos.) POLAND:--History of the poor, their rights, duties, &c. Lond.

1793

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3714 Sanderson (J. P.) POLAND:--Views and opinions of American statesmen on foreign immigration Phila.

1846

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3715 POLAND:--Sixfolde politician, together with sixefold precept of policy Lond.

1608

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3716 Smith (A.) POLAND:--Wealth of nations Edinb.

1845

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3717 POLAND:--Sullivan, Political class book Bost.

1841

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3718 Thornton (Henry) POLAND:--Inquiry into the paper credit of Great Britain Phila.

1807

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3719 POLAND:--Tracts on government, liberty, taxes, &c.

1775

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3720 Wayland (Dr.) POLAND:--Political economy Bost.

1856

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3721 POLAND:--Wortman's Treatise concerning political enquiry and the liberty of the press N. Y.

1800

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3722 Young (A. W.) POLAND:--Science of government

1843

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3723 Russell (Dr.) POLYNESIA:--Polynesia, South Sea Islands, New Zealand Lond.

1853

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3724 POMPEII:--Gell and Gandy's Pompeiana, or the topography, edifices, and the ornaments of Pompeii Lond.

1852

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3725 Le Gros (W. B.) POMPEII:--Fables and tales suggested by the Frescoes of Pompeii and Herculaneum Lond.

1835

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3726 POPE'S(A.) POMPEII:--POPE'S(A.) Works Lond.

1825

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3727 POPE'S(A.) POMPEII:--Translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey Lond.

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3728 POPE'S(A.) POMPEII:--Homer's Iliad Lond.

1819

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3729 POMPEII:--POPULAR Tumults (Sketches of) Lond.

1837

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3730 PORTER (Miss Jane) POMPEII:--The Scottish chiefs Lond.

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3731 POMPEII:--PORTER'S Bannockburn, a sequel to the Scottish chiefs Phila.

1822

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3732 POMPEII:--PORTFOLIO (The) Phila.

1805

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3733 POMPEII:--PORTRAITS of the female aristocracy of the court of Queen Victoria Lond.

1849

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3734 POMPEII:--PORTRAITS Illustrious and celebrated French men and women

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3735 POMPEII:--Blount's History of the uniting of Portugal to the crown of Castile Lond.

1600

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3736 POMPEII:--Civil war in Portugal, and the siege of Oporto Lond.

1836

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3737 Elliott (W. G.) POMPEII:--Treatise on the defence of Portugal and principal events of the campaigns under Lord Wellington Lond.

1811

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3738 Murphy's (Jas.) POMPEII:--Travels in Portugal Lond.

1795

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3739 The Rev. Wm. Kensey POMPEII:--Portugal, Illustrated Lond.

1828

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3740 Bement (C.N.) POULTRY:--American poulterer's companion N. Y.

1845

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3741 Brown (D. J.) POULTRY:--American poultry-yard N.Y.

1850

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3742 POULTRY:--Dixon and Kerr, Ornamental and domestic poultry Philad.

1853

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3742a Kerr (Dr.) POULTRY:--Treatise on the history and management of ornamental and domestic poultry Philad.

1855

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3743 POWER'S (Tyrone) POULTRY:--Impressions of America Philad.

1836

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3744 POULTRY:--PRACTICAL pastorship N. Y.

1835

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3745 PRESCOTT (W. H.) POULTRY:--Historical works, viz., Ferdinand and Isabella, Conquest of Mexico and Peru N. Y.

1847

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3746 POULTRY:--PRESIDENT'S message and accompanying documents, 1848

1848

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3747 POULTRY:--PRESIDENT'S Messages

1847

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3748 POULTRY:--PRESIDENT'S Messages and documents, 1851-52

1852

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3749 PRIESTLEY'S (Dr.) POULTRY:--Familiar letters to the inhabitants of Birmingham, Free discussion on the doctrines of materialism, &c. Lond. and Birm.

1778

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3750 PRIESTCRAFT:--Howitt's History of priestcraft in all ages and nations N. Y.

1836

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3751 PRIOR (M.) PRIESTCRAFT:--PRIOR (M.), Poetical works of Bost.

1853

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3752 PRIOR (Matthew) PRIESTCRAFT:--Poems and History of his own life and times Lond.

1740

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3753 PRIOR (Capt. S.) PRIESTCRAFT:--A collection of voyages round the world, from 1520 to 1820 N. Y.

1848

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3754 PRITTS (J.) PRIESTCRAFT:--Incidents of border life Abingdon, Va.

1847

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3755 PRIESTCRAFT:--PROCLUS, Fragments that remain of the lost writings of Lond.

1825

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3756 PROTESTS:--Complete collection of all the protests made in the House of Lords Edinb.

1748

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3757 PROVERBS:--Bohn's Hand-books of proverbs Lond.

1855

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3758 Trench (Dr.) PROVERBS:--Lessons in proverbs

1853

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3759 PSALMANAZAR (George) PROVERBS:--Historical and geographical description of Formosa, an island subject to the emperor of Japan, giving an account of the religion, costumes, manners, etc. Lond.

1704

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3760 PSALMANAZAR (George) PROVERBS:--PSALMANAZAR (George), Memoirs of Lond.

1765

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3761 Flinter (Col.) PUERTO RICO:--Account of the present state of the island of Puerto Rico Lond.

1836

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3762 PUERTO RICO:--PULSZKY'S White, red, and black: sketches of American society during the visit of their guests

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3763 Wright PURGATORY:--St. Patrick's purgatory, or an essay on the legends of purgatory, hell, and paradise Lond.

1844

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3764 Grayson (E.) PURITANS:--Standish, the Puritan N. Y.

1850

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3765 Neal (Daniel) PURITANS:--History of the Puritans, from the reforma-1517 to the revolution in 1688 Bath

1793

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3766 PURITANS:--Neal's Puritans Lond.

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3767 Thornton (J. W.) PURITANS:--Peter Oliver's Puritan Commonwealth reviewed Bost.

1857

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3768 PUTNAM (George Palmer) PURITANS:--American facts, notes, and statistics Lond.

1845

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3769 PURITANS:--PUTNAM'S Monthly Magazine

USD - Unknown
3770 PURITANS:--PYNE'S History of the royal residences Lond.

1819

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3771 PYNE (T. E.) PURITANS:--A summer in the Pyrenees Lond.

1837

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3772 PURITANS:--QUARLES'S Enchiridion, elegantly printed Lond.

1822

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3773 PURITANS:--QUARTERLY Review, from the commencement, 1809 to 1844 Lond.

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3774 PURITANS:--QUARTERLY 4 parts, January, April, July, and October, 1858

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3775 Barclay (R.) QUAKERS:--Catechism and confession of faith of the Quakers Philad.

1788

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3776 Barclay (R.) QUAKERS:--Apology for the true Christian divinity held and preached by the Quakers Lond.

1736

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3777 Bownas's (S.) QUAKERS:--Bownas's (S.) Life Lond.

1756

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3778 Clarkson (Thos.) QUAKERS:--Memoirs of the private and public life of William Penn Lond.

1813

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3779 Cox (Dr.) QUAKERS:--Quakerism not Christianity, or reasons for renouncing the Society of Friends Bost.

1833

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3780 Fox's (George) QUAKERS:--Journal, comprising an account of his life Lond.

1852

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3781 QUAKERS:--Quakerism versus Calvinism N. Y.

1834

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3782 QUAKERS:--Rutty and Dover, A treatise on Christian discipline

1752

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3783 Sewell (Wm.) QUAKERS:--History of the rise, increase, and progress of the Christian people called Quakers, intermixed with several remarkable occurrences Lond.

1725

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3784 Wagstaff (W. R.) QUAKERS:--History of the Society of Friends N.Y.

1845

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3785 Woolman (John) QUAKERS:--Life and journal, gospel labors and Christian experiences of that truthful minister of Jesus Christ, late of Mount Holly, New Jersey Lond.

1824

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3786 Woolman (John) QUAKERS:--Idem Lond.

1775

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3787 Woolman (John) QUAKERS:--Serious considerations on various subjects of importance Lond.

1773

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3788 Nightingale (J.) QUEEN CAROLINE:--Memoirs of the public and private life of Queen Caroline Lond.

1820

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3789 Nightingale (J.) QUEEN CAROLINE:--Report of the proceedings before the House of Lords on a bill of pains and penalties against Queen Caroline Lond.

1821

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3790 QUINET (E.) QUEEN CAROLINE:--Roman churches and modern society N. Y.

1845

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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
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