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
493 BIOGRAPHY:--Biographiana, by the compiler of anecdotes of distinguished persons London

1799

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494 BIOGRAPHY:--Biographical sketches of celebrated men, including Dickens, Thackeray, Cruikshank, Macready, Landor, Lamartine, Lord Palmerston, Chevalier Bunsen, and other distinguished characters

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495 BIOGRAPHY:--Miller's biographical sketches of eminent British characters from the time of George the Fourth

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496 BIOGRAPHY:--Biographical magazine London

1794

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497 BIOGRAPHY:--Biographical magazine of eminent and ingenious persons of every age and nation London

1794

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498 BIOGRAPHY:--Biographical memoirs of public characters, including many Americans London

1798

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499 BIOGRAPHY:--A collection of interesting biography Dublin

1792

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500 BIOGRAPHY:--Boswell's life of Johnson

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501 BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES:--Annual reports of the Register General of England London

1839

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502 Wilson (J.) BLIND:--Biography of the blind Birmingham

1833

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503 BLIND:--Student's magazine, embossed or raised letters, for the blind Philadelphia

1858

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504 BLANCHARD (L.) BLIND:--Sketches from life New York

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505 BLENHEIM:--A description of Blenheim, the seat of the Duke of Marlborough London

1797

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506 BLESSINGTON (Countess of) BLENHEIM:--The repealers, governess, and two friends Philadelphia

1833

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507 BLESSINGTON (Countess of) BLENHEIM:--The repealers Philadelphia

1833

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508 BLESSINGTON (Countess of) BLENHEIM:--Victims of society

1837

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509 Warren, editor BLENHEIM:--BLESSINGTON'S (Lady) life and correspondence London

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510 Madden (R. R.) BLENHEIM:--BLESSINGTON'S (Lady) Literary life and correspondence of the Countess of Blessington New York

1855

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511 BLENHEIM:--BLOOMFIELD'S farmer's boy

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512 BLENHEIM:--BLOOMFIELD'S farmer's boy New York

1802

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513 Berzelius (J. J.) BLOWPIPE:--On the use of the blowpipe in chemistry and mineralogy Boston

1840

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514 BOLINGBROKE (Lord) BLOWPIPE:--BOLINGBROKE (Lord), Works, with life, &c. Philadelphia

1841

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515 BOLINGBROKE (Lord) BLOWPIPE:--BOLINGBROKE (Lord) Miscellaneous works Lond.

1768

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516 BOLINGBROKE (Lord) BLOWPIPE:--Sketch of the philosophical character of London

1770

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517 BLOWPIPE:--BONNEVAL: Memoirs of the Bashaw Count Bonneval, from his birth to his death London

1750

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518 BLOWPIPE:--BOOK of the poets London

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519 BLOWPIPE:--BOOK of the poets

1856

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520 BLOWPIPE:--BORDERER'S table book, or etching of the local history and romance of the English and Scottish borders London

1846

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521 H. Keppel BLOWPIPE:--BORNEO, expedition to New York

1846

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522 BLOWPIPE:--BOSTON before the revolution Boston

1825

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523 BLOWPIPE:--BOSTON massacre, narrative of New York

1849

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524 BLOWPIPE:--BOSTON collection of music Boston

1842

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525 BLOWPIPE:--BOSTON melodeon Boston

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526 BLOWPIPE:--BOSTON pearl Boston

1836

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527 R. Frothingham BLOWPIPE:--BOSTON History of the siege of Boston

1851

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528 Croker BLOWPIPE:--BOSWELL (S.), Life of Dr. Johnson London

1850

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529 BOSWELL (Jas.) BLOWPIPE:--Life of Samuel Johnson

1824

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530 BOSWELL (Jas.) BLOWPIPE:--Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Dr. Johnson London

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531 BOWEN (H. L.) BLOWPIPE:--Memoir of Tristam Burges, and selections from his speeches, &c. Philadelphia

1835

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532 Balfour (Dr.) BOTANY:--Plants of the Bible--trees and shrubs London

1857

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532a Barton (Wm. P. C.) BOTANY:--Flora of North America Philadelphia

1821

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533 Browne's (D. J.) BOTANY:--Trees of America New York

1840

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534 Coultas (H.) BOTANY:--The plant Philadelphia

1853

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535 BOTANY:--Donn's catalogue of plants London

1831

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536 Doyle (R.) BOTANY:--Illustrated juvenile calendar, &c. of zodiac flowers London

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537 BOTANY:--Garden flowers

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538 BOTANY:--Gray's botany of the United States exploring expedition

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539 Eaton (A.) BOTANY:--Manual of botany for the Northern and Middle States of America Albany

1824

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540 Hooker (Wm. J.) BOTANY:--Journal of botany. Being a second series of the botanical miscellany, &c. London

1841

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541 Lambert (A. B.) BOTANY:--Illustration of the genus cinchona, from the works of Humboldt, Lambert, and Rivez London

1821

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542 BOTANY:--Language of flowers, an alphabet of floral emblems

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543 Michaux (F. A.) BOTANY:--Treatise on the resinous trees of North America

1819

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544 Newman (T. B.) BOTANY:--Illustrated botany N. Y.

1850

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545 Parsons (S. B.) BOTANY:--The rose; its history, poetry, culture, and classification New York

1847

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546 Smith (Sir Jas. E.) BOTANY:--English flora, containing a systematic arrangement of the indigenous plants of Great Britain, including ferns, &c.

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547 Sweet (R.) BOTANY:--Hothouse and greenhouse manual, or botanical cultivator London

1839

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548 Thomasii (Jac.) BOTANY:--De mandragora Lips.

1671

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549 Titford (Dr.) BOTANY:--Sketches towards a hortus botanicus Americanus

1812

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550 Waterman's (C.) BOTANY:--Flora's lexicon Boston

1857

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551 BOTANY:--Temple of Flora

1807

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552 BOWLES (J.) BOTANY:--Retrospect, or collection of tracts London

1798

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553 BOWLES (Mrs.) BOTANY:--BOWLES (Mrs.), Poems New York

1840

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554 BOWMAN (A.) BOTANY:--Esperanza, or the house of the wanderer Philadelphia

1855

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555 BRANAGAN (T.) BOTANY:--Avenia, or a tragical poem on the oppression of the human species and infringement on the rights of man Philadelphia

1810

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556 BRANDE (W. T.) BOTANY:--Dictionary of science New York

1845

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557 BRAY (Mrs.) BOTANY:--Novels and tales of, with prefaces, &c. London

1845

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558 Adalbert (Prince) BRAZIL:--Travels in the south of Europe, Brazil, and up the Amazon and Xengu London

1849

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559 Armitage (John) BRAZIL:--History of Brazil from 1808 to 1831 London

1836

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560 Beauchamp (Alph. de) BRAZIL:--Histoire du Bresel depuis sa de-couverte en 1500 jusqu'en 1810 Paris

1815

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561 BRAZIL:--Koster's travels in Brazil, from Pernambuco to Serara... London

1817

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562 Mathison (G. F.) BRAZIL:--Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chili, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands, in 1821-22 London

1825

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563 Mawe (John) BRAZIL:--Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts London

1822

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564 BRAZIL:--Mawe's travels in Brazil Philad.

1816

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565 Maximilian (Prince) BRAZIL:--Travels in Brazil, 1815-17 London

1824

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565a Mounteney (B.) BRAZIL:--Selections from authors who have written on Brazil London

1825

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566 Dr. J. B. Spix and Dr. C. J. Von Martius BRAZIL:--Travels in Brazil in 1817-20 London

1824

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567 BRAZIL:--Thomas's three years on the Pacific Philadelphia

1834

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568 Walsh (Rev. Dr. R.) BRAZIL:--Notices of Brazil in 1828-29 Lond.

1830

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569 BREMER (F.) BRAZIL:--Hartha New York

1857

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570 BRAZIL:--BRITISH America, Murray's History of

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571 BRAZIL:--BRITISH Classics

1785

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572 BRAZIL:--BRITISH Poets... Boston

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573 BRAZIL:--BRITISH Poets

1800

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574 BRAZIL:--BRITISH Poets New York

1840

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575 BRAZIL:--BRITISH Poets London

1851

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576 BRAZIL:--BRITISH Poets, selections from N. Y.

1850

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577 BRAZIL:--BROUGHAM'S (H.) contributions to the Edinburgh Review London

1856

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578 BROUGHAM (John) BRAZIL:--Basket of chips New York

1855

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579 BROWN (Sir T.) BRAZIL:--Religio medici Philad.

1844

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580 BROWNING (Dr.) BRAZIL:--The convict ship Philadelphia

1850

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581 BRAZIL:--BROOKLYN, wealthy men and women of

1847

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582 Jesse (Capt.) BRUMMELL:--Life of George Brummell, Esq. London

1844

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583 BRYANT BRUMMELL:--BRYANT'S poems Cambridge

1821

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584 BRYANT BRUMMELL:--Letters of a traveller, or notes of things seen in Europe and America New York

1855

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585 BUCCANEERS, PIRATES, HIGHWAYMEN,&c. Buccaneers of America, history of London

1810

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586 BUCCANEERS, PIRATES, HIGHWAYMEN,&c. Buccaneers of America Dublin

1721

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587 BUCCANEERS, PIRATES, HIGHWAYMEN,&c. Buccaneers (the). A romance of our own country in its an cient day Baltimore

1827

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588 Burney (Capt. James) BUCCANEERS, PIRATES, HIGHWAYMEN,&c. History of the buccaneers of America London

1816

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589 BUCCANEERS, PIRATES, HIGHWAYMEN,&c. Esquemeling's buccaneers of America; or a true account of their assaults on the West Indies London

1684

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590 Johnson's (C.) BUCCANEERS, PIRATES, HIGHWAYMEN,&c. History of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence to the present time London

1726

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