CF Libbie: CATALOGUE, PART II, OF THE VALUABLE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THE LATE CHARLES DEANE, LL. D., HISTORIAN, COMPRISING A, FINE COLLECTION of RARE AMERICANA. INCLUDING, EARLY VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES, Linschoten, 1596 and 1598; Peter Martyr, 1516, 1533, 1574, 1612; P, 1898Mar29,

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Auction Date: March 29, 1898 - March 29, 1898

Page Size: 2142 items in 22 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2310	MATHER	Johannes in Eremo. Memoirs Relating to the Lives of the Ever-Memorable Mr. John Cotton, Mr. John Norton, Mr. John Wilson, Mr. John Davenport and Mr. Thomas Hooker	Boston	1695	USD -	9.50
2311	MATHER	A Good Man making a Good End. The Life and Death of the Rev. Mr. John Baily	Boston	1698	USD -	26.00
2312	MATHER, Cotton	Ecclesiastes. The Life of the Reverend and Excellent Jonathan Mitchel; a pastor of the church, and a Glory of the College in Cambridge, New England	Boston	1697	USD -	27.00
2313	MATHER	Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New England from its Planting in the year 1620 unto the year 1698. In Seven Books. I. Antiquities...	London	1702	USD -	43.00
2314	MATHER	Reprint of the Errata to the Magnalia			USD -	6.00
2315	MATHER	Magnalia Christi Americana	Hartford	1820	USD -	5.00
2316	MATHER	A Good Evening for the best of Dayes...	Boston	1708	USD -	7.50
2317	MATHER	Things to be more thought upon; a Brief Treatise on the Injuries offered unto the Glorious and only Saviour of the World	Boston	1713	USD -	15.00
2318	MATHER	Nuncia Bona e Terra Longinqua; a Brief Account of some Good and Great Things a doing for the Kingdom of God, in the midst of Europe	Boston	1715	USD -	17.00
2319	MATHER	Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformable unto the original...	Boston	1718	USD -	16.50
2320	MATHER, Cotton	India Christiana. A Discourse Delivered unto the Commissioners for the Propagation of the Gospel among the American Indians, etc.		1721	USD -	19.00
2321	MATHER	The Christian Philosopher; a Collection of the best discoveries in nature, with religious improvements	London	1721	USD -	1.50
2322	MATHER	Parentator; Memoirs of Remarkables in the Life and Death of the ever-memorable Dr. Increase Mather, who expired August 23, 1723	Boston	1724	USD -	3.75
2323		MATHER. Parentator; Memoirs of Remarkables in the Life and Death of the ever-memorable Dr. Increase Mather, who expired August 23, 1723	Boston	1724	USD -	22.00
2324	MATHER	Ratio Disciplinae Fratrum Nov-Anglorum; a faithful account of the discipline professed and practiced in the churches of New England	Boston	1726	USD -	16.00
2325	MATHER	Essays to do Good; addressed to all Christians	Boston	1808	USD -	0.62
2326	MATHER	The Life of Mr. Thomas Dudley	Cambridge	1870	USD -	1.12
2327	MATHER	The Discipline practised in the Churches of New England. From Magnalia Christi Americana	London		USD -	0.25
2328	Samuel Mather	MATHER. Life of	Boston	1729	USD -	3.00
2329	Rev. Samuel Mather	MATHER. Abridgment of the Life of. Taken from the account of him	London	1744	USD -	1.50
2330	MATHER, Increase	The First Principles of New England, concerning the Subject of Baptisme and Communion of Churches	Cambridge	1673	USD -	15.00
2331	MATHER	An Earnest Exhortation to the Inhabitants of New England, etc.	Boston	1676	USD -	6.00
2332	MATHER, Increase	A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England. From June 24, 1675	London	1676	USD -	130.00
2333	MATHER	A Relation of the Troubles which have hapned in New-England	Boston	1677	USD -	170.00
2334	MATHER	An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences	Boston	1684	USD -	36.00
2335	MATHER	Pray for the Rising Generation. Last Sermon, preached the third day of the 5th moneth, 1678	Boston	1685	USD -	6.50
2336	MATHER	The Mystery of Christ opened and applyed	Boston	1686	USD -	14.00
2337	MATHER, Increase	A Sixth Collection of Papers relating to the present juncture of Affairs in England, contains: A Narrative of the Miseries of New England by reason of an arbitrary Government errected there	London	1689	USD -	6.00
2338	MATHER	A Further Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches	London	1693	USD -	35.00
2339	MATHER	A Further Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches	London	1693	USD -	3.00
2340	MATHER	Cases of Conscience concerning evil Spirits, personating Men, Witchcrafts	Boston	1693	USD -	30.00
2341	MATHER	Gospel Order revived		1700	USD -	11.00
2342	MATHER	A Collection of some of the many offensive Matters contained in a Pamphlet, entituled, The Order of the Gospel revived	Boston	1701	USD -	40.00
2343	MATHER	A Discourse concerning the Maintenance due to those that preach the Gospel, etc.	Boston	1706	USD -	4.50
2344	MATHER	A Discourse concerning the Grace of Courage	Boston	1710	USD -	28.00
2345	MATHER	Remarkable Providences illustrative of the earlier days of American Colonization	London	1856	USD -	1.25
2346	MATHER, Increase	A Disquisition Concerning Ecclesiastical Councils		1716	USD -	23.00
2347	MATHER	History of King Philip's War	Boston	1862	USD -	6.00
2348	MATHER	Early History of New England	Boston	1864	USD -	2.75
2349	MATHER	Early History of New England	Boston	1864	USD -	3.50
2350	MATHER	MATHER. Memoirs of the Life of	London	1725	USD -	5.50
2351	William H. Whitmore	MATHER. Increase Mather, the Agent of Massachusetts Colony in England for the concession of a charter	Boston	1869	USD -	0.50
2352	MATHER, Nathaniel	A Sermon wherein is shewed that it is the duty and should be the care of believers in Christ, to live in the constant exercise of grace	Boston	1684	USD -	22.00
2353	MATHER, Richard	A Modest and Brotherly Answer to Mr. Charles Herle, his book against the independence of churches	London	1644	USD -	6.50
2354	MATHER	The Life and Death of that Reverend Man of God, Mr. Richard Mather, teacher of the church in Dorchester in New England	Cambridge	1670	USD -	12.50
2355	MATHER, Richard	Church-Government and Church Covenant discvssed...	London	1643	USD -	8.00
2356	MATHER, Samuel	A Sermon after the Decease of the very Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather, who expired Feb. 13, 1727-8	Boston	1728	USD -	4.00
2357	MATHER	An Apology for the Liberties of the Churches in New England	Boston	1738	USD -	5.00
2358	MATHER	An Attempt to Shew that America must be known to the Ancients	Boston	1773	USD -	3.50
2359		MATHER. (Reply to.) Diana's Shrines turned into Ready Money by Priestly Magic...	New York	1773	USD -	10.00
2360	Enoch Pond	MATHER. The Mather Family	Boston	1844	USD -	2.00
2361	MAUDUIT, Israel	A Short View of the History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, with respect to their original Charter and Constitution	London	1769	USD -	3.50
2362	MAUDUIT	A Short View of the History of the New England Colonies, with respect to their Charters and Constitution	London	1776	USD -	3.10
2363	MAUDUIT	A Short View of the History of the New England Colonies, with respect to their Charters and Constitution	London	1774	USD -	3.10
2364	MAUNDEVILLE, Sir John	The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundeville, which treateth of the way to Hierusalem; and of Marvayles of Inde	London	1725	USD -	6.50
2365	MAVERICK, Samuel	A Briefe Description of New England and the severall towns therein, 1660	Boston	1885	USD -	1.00
2366	MAXWELL, William	Virginia Historical Register and Literary Note Book	Richmond	1848	USD -	24.75
2367	MAY, Col. John	Journal and Letters of Col. John May of Boston, relative to two journeys to the Ohio country, in 1788 and '89	Cincinnati	1873	USD -	0.80
2368	MAY, T. E.	Constitutional History of England, since the accession of George Third, 1760-1860	Boston	1863	USD -	1.50
2369	MAYER, Brantz	Tah-gah-jute, or Logan and Captain Michell Cresap...	Baltimore	1905-1	USD -	1.00
2370	MAYER	Tah-gah-jute; or Logan and Cresap, an historical essay	Albany	1867	USD -	0.75
2371	MAYER	Captain Canot; or, twenty years of an African slaver	New York	1856	USD -	1.50
2372		MAYHEW, Experience. Indian Converts; or, some account of the lives and dying speeches of a considerable number of the christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard in New England	London	1727	USD -	9.25
2373	MAYHEW	Grace defended, in a Modest Plea for an Important Truth	Boston	1744	USD -	1.75
2374	MAYHEW	Observations on the Indian Language	Boston	1884	USD -	1.00
2375	MAYHEW, Jonathan	A Discourse wherein the Mystery of King Charles' Saintship and Martyrdom is unriddled, preached Jan. 30, 1749-50	Boston	1750	USD -	3.00
2376	MAYHEW	Observations on the Charter and Conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts	Boston	1763	USD -	4.00
2377	MAYHEW	Defence of the Observations on the Charter and Conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the gospel in Foreign Parts...			USD -	7.50
2378		MAYHEW. Verses on Dr. Mayhew's Book of Observations	Providence	1763	USD -	4.00
2379	MAYHEW	A Letter of Reproof to Mr. John Cleaveland of Ipswich	Boston	1764	USD -	2.75
2380	Alden Bradford	MAYHEW. Memoir of the Life and Writings of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew	Boston	1838	USD -	1.00
2381	MEAD, Matthew	The Almost Christian Discovered, Seven Sermons preached at London, 1661	London	1684	USD -	0.30
2382	MEADE, William	Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia	Phila.	1861	USD -	4.00
2383		MEDFIELD, Mass. Exercises at the Bi-Centennial Commemoration of the Burning of Medfield by Indians in King Philips War, Feb. 21, 1876	Medfield	1876	USD -	0.75
2384	Charles Brooks	MEDFORD, Mass. History of, from 1630 to 1855	Boston	1855	USD -	5.25
2385		MEDFORD. Register of Families settled at the Town of Medford, ass.	Boston	1855	USD -	4.00
2386	MEIER, G. F.	The Merry Philosopher; or, Thoughts on Jesting	London	1764	USD -	1.00
2387	Mela, Pomponius	Cosmographia Pomponii Mele: tribus libris digesta parvo quodam compendio Joannius Coelii adaucta etc.			USD -	19.50
2388	MELA	Libri de situ orbis tres, adiectis loachimi Vadiani in eosdem Scholiis		1518	USD -	35.00
2389	MELISH, John	Geographical Description of the United States	Phila.	1822	USD -	0.75
2390	MELVIN, James	A Journal to the Expedition to Quebec in the year 1775, under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold	Phila.	1864	USD -	4.25
2391		MEMOIRS of a certain Island adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia	London	1726	USD -	1.25
2392		MEMOIR of William Sturgis...			USD -	2.70
2393		MEMOIRS of C. G. Loring;--Charles Sprague...			USD -	3.90
2394		MEMORIAL Biographies. James Deane...			USD -	0.67
2395		MEMORIALS of S. F. B. Morse, Ezra Abbott, George Allen, Garrett Davis, J. Q. Adams, W. H. Seward, F. W. Hackett, George Livermore, Gardner Colby and others			USD -	1.25
2396	MENDHAM, Rev. Joseph	An Index of Prohibited Books by Command of the present Pope Gregory XVI, in 1835			USD -	2.00
2397	MENZIES	Catalogue of the Books and Manuscripts forming the Private Library of William Menzies of New York	New York	1875	USD -	2.50
2398		MERCATOR and Hondius. Historia Mundi; or Mercator's Atlas, containing his Cosmographicall Description of the Fabricke and Figure of the World	London	1637	USD -	7.00
2399		MERCHANT'S Dayly Companion	London	1684	USD -	2.25
2400	MERIVALE, Rev. Charles	History of Rome under the Emperors. The Augustan Age	London	1854	USD -	0.75
2401	MERRILL, Rev. G. E.	The Story of the Manuscripts	Boston	1881	USD -	0.25
2402	MERRYWEATHER, F. S.	Bibliomania in the Middle Ages, 1849...	London		USD -	3.00
2403		MEXICAN War. War with Mexico...			USD -	1.80
2404	MEYRICK, Sir Samuel Rush	A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, as it existed in Europe, particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II...	London	1842	USD -	30.00
2405		MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. Book of the First Church in Middleborough, with Notices of other Churches in that Town	Boston	1852	USD -	2.87
2406	Samuel Swift	MIDDLEBURY, Vt. History of the Town of Middlebury, Vt.	Middlebury	1859	USD -	2.25
2407	David D. Field	MIDDLETOWN, Conn. Centennial Address	Middletown	1853	USD -	2.25
2408	MILLER, Thomas	History of the Anglo-Saxons, from the earliest Period to the Norman Conquest	London	1848	USD -	0.50
2409	MILLIGAN, Jacob	Short Description of the Province of South Carolina, with an account of the air, weather and diseases at Charlestown	London	1770	USD -	7.75

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