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
2810	PLINY	The Letters of Pliny the Consul	Edinburgh	1807	USD -	4.50
2811	PLUMER, William, Jr.	Life of William Plumer	Boston	1857	USD -	1.87
2812		PLUTARCH'S Lives. The Translation called Dryden's	Boston	1859	USD -	7.50
2813		PLYMOUTH Colony. The Book of the General Laws of the Inhabitants of the Jurisdiction of New Plimouth collected out of the Records of the General Court	Cambridge	1672	USD -	130.00
2814	PLYMOUTH Colony	The Compact with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth	Boston	1836	USD -	3.75
2815		PLYMOUTH Colony. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, 1633-1697	Boston	1857	USD -	37.50
2816		PLYMOUTH Colony. A Declaration of the warrantable Grounds and Proceedings of the First Associates of the Government of New Plymouth; together with the general fundamentals of their laws	Boston	1773	USD -	5.00
2817	James Thacher	PLYMOUTH, Mass. History of, from 1620 to 1832	Boston	1832	USD -	12.50
2818		PLYMOUTH, Mass. History of, from 1620 to 1832	Boston	1835	USD -	2.25
2819	William T. Davis	PLYMOUTH. History of, with a sketch of the origin and growth of separatism	Phila.	1885	USD -	2.75
2820	William T. Davis	PLYMOUTH. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth	Boston	1883	USD -	4.75
2821	W. L. Russell	PLYMOUTH. Guide to Plymouth, and recollections of the Pilgrims	Boston	1846	USD -	0.75
2822	W. L. Russell	PLYMOUTH. Pilgrim Memorials and Guide to Plymouth	Boston	1851	USD -	0.60
2823		PLYMOUTH. Pilgrim Memorials and Guide to Plymouth	Boston	1855	USD -	0.50
2824		PLYMOUTH. Pilgrim Memorials and Guide to Plymouth	Boston	1860	USD -	1.25
2825	J. Barnard	PLYMOUTH. Plymouth and the Pilgrims; or, incidents of adventure in the history of the first settlers	Boston	1851	USD -	1.38
2826		PLYMOUTH. Proceedings at the Cushman Celebration, Aug. 15, 1855...	Boston	1905-1	USD -	2.25
2827		PLYMOUTH. Speech on the death of Col. Isaac Lothrop...	Boston	1750	USD -	0.50
2828		PLYMOUTH. Oration at Plymouth, Dec. 22, 1802...			USD -	0.30
2829		POCAHONTAS, alias Natoaka, and her descendants through her marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman	Richmond	1887	USD -	3.25
2830		POETRY. Calvary, or the Death of Christ, a poem...			USD -	0.20
2831		POETRY. Miscellaneous, English and American Poetry			USD -	2.80
2832	POINTIS, Sieur	A Genuine and Particular Account of the Taking of Cathagena by the French and Buccaniers, 1697	London	1740	USD -	1.00
2833	POLACK, J.	Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders	London	1840	USD -	0.80
2834		POLITICAL Tracts. Letter from a Clergy-man, vindicating the Bill for preventing the Translation of Bishops...			USD -	3.00
2835		POLITICAL. Harper's Observations, 1798...			USD -	4.50
2836		POLITICAL. History of American Politics...			USD -	2.70
2837	POLLARD, Edward A.	The First Year of the War	Richmond	1862	USD -	0.60
2838	POLLARD	Observations in the North, Eight months in Prison, and on Parole	Richmond	1865	USD -	1.25
2839		POLYANTHOS. The Polyanthos enlarged	Boston	1812	USD -	12.00
2840	POMEY, Francis	The Pantheon, representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and most illustrious Heroes	London	1784	USD -	1.00
2841	E. D. Harris	POND Genealogy. A Genealogical Record of Daniel Pond and his Descendants	Boston	1873	USD -	1.60
2842	POOLE, W. F.	Index to Periodical Literature	New York	1853	USD -	0.25
2843		POOLE. The Ordinance of 1787 and Dr. Manasseh Cutler as an agent in its formation...			USD -	0.80
2844	POOLE, John	Hamlet Travestie	London	1810	USD -	0.75
2845	POPE, John	A Tour through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North America	Richmond	1792	USD -	3.00
2846		POPHAM, Sir John. Reports and Cases collected by Sir John Popham, late Lord Chief Justice of England	London	1656	USD -	1.00
2847		POPHAM Colony. Memorial Volume of the Popham Celebration, August 29, 1862, commemorative of the Planting of the Popham Colony on the Peninsula of Sabino, August 19, 1607	Portland	1863	USD -	2.25
2848		POPHAM Colony. A Discussion of its Historical Claims...			USD -	0.75
2849	PORCACCHI, Thomaso	L' Isole pin famose del Mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi e intagliate da Girolamo Porro	Venetia	1576	USD -	3.50
2850	William Willis	PORTLAND, Me. History of	Portland	1833	USD -	3.25
2851	William Willis	PORTLAND. History of, from 1632 to 1864	Portland	1865	USD -	7.00
2852		PORTLAND. Extracts from the Journals kept by the Rev. Thomas Smith, late Pastor of the First Church in Falmouth, from 1720 to 1788	Portland	1821	USD -	4.25
2853		PORTLAND. Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland	Portland	1849	USD -	2.00
2854	William Goold	PORTLAND in the Past, with historical notes of Old Falmouth	Portland	1886	USD -	2.00
2855		PORTLAND Convention. Address of a Convention of Delegates, met at Portland, Jan. 28, 1795, on the Subject of Separation from Massachusetts	Portland	1795	USD -	11.00
2856	Nathaniel Adams	PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Annals of Portsmouth, comprising a Period of two Hundred Years from the first Settlement of the Town	Portsmouth	1825	USD -	4.00
2857	C. W. Brewster	PORTSMOUTH. Rambles about Portsmouth; Sketches of Persons, Localities and Incidents of two Centuries			USD -	4.25
2858		PORTSMOUTH. The Portsmouth Jubilee. Reception of the Sons of Portsmouth, resident abroad, July 4, 1853	Portsmouth	1853	USD -	1.50
2859		PORTSMOUTH Records, 1645-1656	Portsmouth	1886	USD -	2.25
2860	POTTER, I. R.	Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter, who was a Soldier in the American Revolution	Providence	1824	USD -	1.38
2861	POTTS, Thomas	The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster	London	1613	USD -	3.10
2862	POWERS, Rev. Grant	Historical Sketches of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress of Events in the Coos Country and Vicinity, 1754-1785	Haverhill, N. H.	1841	USD -	2.50
2863	POWERS	Historical Sketches of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress of Events in the Coos Country and Vicinity, 1754-1785	Haverhill	1880	USD -	1.12
2864	POWNALL, Thomas	The Administration of the Colonies...			USD -	2.00
2865	POWNALL	The Administration of the British Colonies	London	1774	USD -	4.75
2866	POWNALL	The Speech of Th--m-s P-wn-ll, Esq., late G-v-rn-r of this Province in the H-se of C-m-ns, in Favor of America			USD -	1.75
2867	PRATT, Phinehas	A Declaration of the Affairs of the English People that first inhabited New England	Boston	1858	USD -	1.00
2868	PRAY, J. C., Jr.	Prose and Verse	Boston	1836	USD -	1.00
2869	PRAY, Lewis G.	History of Sunday Schools, and of Religious Education, from the earliest Times	Boston	1847	USD -	0.25
2870	PREBLE, G. H.	A Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation, 1543-1882	Phila.	1883	USD -	1.25
2871	PRENTICE, Thomas	Thanksgiving for the Reduction of Cape Breton, preached at Charlestown, July 18,1745	Boston	1745	USD -	7.00
2872	PRENTIES, S. W.	Narrative of a Shipwreck on the Island of Cape Breton, in a Voyage from Quebec, 1780	London	1783	USD -	4.25
2873		PRESBYTERIAN Doctrine. Some short Observations made on the Presbyterian Doctrine of Election and Reprobation	Phila.	1721	USD -	6.50
2874	PRESCOTT, Benjamin	Letter to the Rev. Mr. Joshua Gee, in Answer to his of June 3, 1743, addressed to the Rev. Mr. Ells	Boston	1743	USD -	3.00
2875	PRESCOTT, James	Report of the Trial of James Prescott, Judge of the Probate of Wills, for Middlesex County, for Misconduct and Maladministration in Office	Boston	1821	USD -	2.25
2876	PRESCOTT, W. H.	History of the Conquest of Mexico	New York	1843	USD -	3.30
2877	PRESCOTT	History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic	Boston	1844	USD -	2.25
2878	PRESCOTT	History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic	Boston	1838	USD -	6.75
2879	PRESCOTT	History of the Conquest of Peru	Boston	1855	USD -	0.75
2880	PRESCOTT	Memoir of Abbott Lawrence, (prepared for the National Portrait Gallery)		1856	USD -	0.50
2881	George Ticknor	PRESCOTT. Life of	Boston	1864	USD -	2.25
2882	PRICE, Richard	State of the Public Debts and Finance at Signing the preliminary articles of Peace, Jan. 1783	London and Phila.		USD -	4.00
2883	PRICE	Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, etc....	London	1775	USD -	3.12
2884	PRICHARD, J. C.	An Analysis of the Egyptian Mythology, in which the Philosophy and the Superstitions of the Ancient Egyptians is compared with those of the Indians and other Nations of Antiquity	London	1838	USD -	1.00
2885	PRIEST, Josiah	American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West	Albany	1838	USD -	0.62
2886	PRIESTLEY, Joseph	Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit...			USD -	3.60
2887	PRINCE, Thomas	A Sermon occasioned by the Great and Publick Loss in the Decease of the Rev. Cotton Mather	Boston	1728	USD -	1.50
2888	PRINCE	Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals	Boston	1736	USD -	36.00
2889	PRINCE	Annals of New England	Boston	1818	USD -	4.25
2890	PRINCE	A Fragment of the Original Manuscript of Prince's Annals of New England			USD -	30.00
2891	PRINCE	Chronological History of New England in the Form of Annals	Boston	1826	USD -	4.00
2892	PRINCE	Chronological History of New England in the Form of Annals	Boston	1852	USD -	10.50
2893	PRINCE	Christ abolishing death. . . . A Sermon occasioned by the death of the Honorable Mary Belcher. . . delivered at Boston, Oct. 17, 1736	Boston	1736	USD -	1.75
2894	PRINCE	Thanksgiving Sermons at Boston, Aug. 14 and Nov. 27, 1746	Boston		USD -	3.25
2895	PRINCE	The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testament, being the New England Psalm-Book revised and improved	Boston	1758	USD -	6.75
2896	PRINCE	Some Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Thomas Prince	Boston	1851	USD -	3.25
2897	PRINCE	Catalogue of Books presented by Him to the Old South Church and Society	Boston	1846	USD -	1.75
2898	PRINCE	Catalogue of Books presented by Him to the Old South Church and Society	Boston	1868	USD -	1.00
2899	PRINCE	Account of the New England Library			USD -	0.25
2900	PRINCE	The American Part of the Collection which formerly belonged to the Rev. Thomas Prince	Boston	1868	USD -	0.10
2901	PRINCE, Thomas, Jr.	Christian History	Boston	1744	USD -	11.00
2902		PRINCE Society's Publications	Boston	1868	USD -	142.50
2903	C. T. Russell	PRINCETON, Mass. History of Princeton, from its first Settlement; with a Sketch of the present Religious Controversy in that Place	Boston	1838	USD -	1.25
2904	J. L. Hanaford	PRINCETON. History of Princeton, from 1739 to 1852	Worcester	1852	USD -	2.25
2905		PRINCETON. Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Princeton, October 20, 1859	Worcester	1860	USD -	0.25
2906		PRIOR Documents. A Collection of Interesting, Authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America, shewing the Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding from 1764 to 1775	London	1777	USD -	6.25
2907		PRIZE Essays on a Congress of Nations	Boston	1840	USD -	Not Sold
2908		PROCLAMATIONS for Thanksgiving	Albany	1858	USD -	0.75
2909	PROUD, Robert	History of Pennsylvania, in North America, from 1681 till after the Year 1742; to which is added a brief Description of the said Province	Philadelphia	1797	USD -	10.50

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