Bangs: No. 1. Theology Ecclesiastical history &c., EXECUTORS' SALE. Catalogue of the Books. BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF THE LATE, MR. WILLIAM GOWANS, BOOKSELLER OF No. 115 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, ON, MONDAY, JAN. 30, 1871, AND , Jan301871,

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Auction Date
January 30, 1871 - January 30, 1871
Page Size: 5160 items in 52 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3523 POLANI, P. S. Historie of the Council of Trent Lond.

1629

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3524 POLANI, P. S. History of the Council of Trent Lond.

1676

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3525 POLANI, P. S. History of the Council of Trent Lond.

1776

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3526 POLEHAMPTON, E. and J. M. Good The Gallery of Nature and Art Lond.

1821

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3527 POLHILL. E. Divine Truths Lond.

1678

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3528 POLI, M. Synopsis Criticorum alior. S. Scripturae interpretum Lond.

1669-76

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3529 POLICY Unveiled; or, Maximes of State Lond.

1659

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3530 POLIGNAC, M. Anti-Lucretius sive de Deo et Natura Paris

1754

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3531 POLITICAL Aphorisms; by way of Chalenge to Dr. Sherlock Lond.

1690

 USD - Unknown
3532 POLITICS for American Christians. A Word upon our Example as a Nation Phila.

1862

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3533 POLLARD, E, A. Life of Jeff. Davis, with a Secret History of the Southern Confederacy Phila.

1869

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3534 J. Usser, editor POLYCARPI et Ignatii Epistolae Oxon

1644

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3535 POLYGLOT Bible Lond.

1823

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3536 POND, E. Pastoral duties Bangor

1844

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3537 PONS, J. S. Doctrine of the Church of Geneva, in Sermons Lond.

1825

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3538 PONS, J. S. Doctrine of the Church of Geneva, in Sermons Lond.

1832

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3539 POOLE, M. A Dialogue between a Popish Priest and an English Protestant Lond.

1735

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3540 POPE, A. POPE, A. Works Basil

1803

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3541 POPE, J. Observations on the Miraculous Conception Lond.

1792

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3542 POPE, Mich. On Life and Death Lond.

1709

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3543 POPERY, American Text Book of Phila.

1846

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3544 PORTER, E. Homilies and Preachiug Andov.

1834

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3545 PORTER, E. Lectures on Eloquence and Style Andov.

1836

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3546 PORTER, E. Young Preacher's Manual N. Y.

1829

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3547 PORTER, E. Young Preacher's Manual N. Y.

1829

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3548 PORTER, W. H. The Heavenly Union Bost.

1850

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3549 PORTEUS, B. Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew N. Haven

1803

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3550 PORTEUS, B. Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew Lond.

1805

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3551 PORTEUS, B. Tracts on Various Subjects Lond.

1817

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3552 PORTEUS, B. PORTEUS, B. Sermons Lond.

1783

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3553 POTT, J, H. Collection of Thirteen Sermons Lond.

1817-24

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3554 POTT, J, H. Rule of Life Lond.

1823

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3555 POTTER, A. Discourses, Charges, etc. Phila.

1858

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3556 POTTER, A. Memorial of the Episcopal Commission Phila.

1857

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3557 POTTER, J. Discourse of Church Government Lond.

1707

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3558 POWELL, B. The Connexion of Natural and Divine Truth Lond.

1838

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3559 POWELL, T. An Essay on Apostolical Succession Lond.

1838

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3560 POWELL, W. S. and J. Fawcett Discourses Lond.

1832

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3561 POWELL, V. Concordance to the Holy Bible Lond.

1816

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3562 Pozzo, F. dal Istoria della Vita, e del Pontificate di S. Gregorio Magno Rome

1758

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3563 PRATO, H. de Concionum de Sanctis Antr.

1617

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3564 PRATT, J. Bishop Hall's Episcopacy by Divine Right asserted Lond.

1808

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3565 PRATT J. and J. H. Memoir of the Rev. J. Pratt N. Y.

1855

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3566 PRAYER. Book of Common Prayer Camb.

1756

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3567 PRAYER. Book of Common Prayer Lond.

1801

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3568 PRAYER. Book of Common Prayer, Reformed According to the Plea of the late Dr. Sam'l Clarke Lond.

1805

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3569 PRAYER. Book of Common Prayer N. Y.

1815

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3570 PRAYERS For Families Edin.

1835

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3571 PRAYERS for the New Year, in Hebrew and English Lond.

USD - Unknown
3572 PRAYERS of the Bible N. Y.

1855

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3573 PRAYERS of Israel N. Y.

1856

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3574 PRAYERS of the Church Phila.

1839

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3575 PRESBYTERIAN Prayer Book N. Y.

1857

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3576 PRESCOTT, H. E. Azarian; an Episode Bost.

1864

 USD - Unknown
3577 PRESERVATIVE against Popery, in Discourses upon the Principal Heads of Controversy between Protestants and Papists Lond.

1738

 USD - Unknown
3578 PRESTON, J. Sinnes Overthrow; or, a Godly and Learned Treatise of Mortification Lond.

1641

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3579 PRETYMAN, G. Christian Theology Lond.

1799

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3580 PRETYMAN, G. Elements of Christian Theology Lond.

1800

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3581 PRICE, R. Four Dissertations on Providence, etc. Lond.

1772

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3582 PRICE, R. Sermons on Christian Doctrines, etc. Lond.

1787

 USD - Unknown
3583 PRIDEAUX, H. Connection of Sacred and Profane History Lond.

1729

 USD - Unknown
3584 PRIDEAUX, H. The Original and Right of Tithes for the Maintenance of the Ministry in a Christian Church stated Lond.

1736

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3585 PRIESTHOOD and Clergy unknown to Christianity Phila.

1857

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3586 PRIESTHOOD unknown to Christianity Phila.

1857

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3587 PRIESTLEY, J. Charges Advanced Against the Dissenters Birm.

1802

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3588 PRIESTLEY, J. Comparison of the Institutions of Moses with those of Other Nations Northumberland

1799

 USD - Unknown
3589 PRIESTLEY, J. Corruptions of Christianity Birm.

1793

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3589a PRIESTLEY, J. Corruptions of Christianity Keene, N. H.

1838

 USD - Unknown
3590 PRIESTLEY, J. Description of a Chart of Biography Lond.

1790

 USD - Unknown
3591 PRIESTLEY, J. Discourses on the Evidences of Revealed Religion Lond.

1794

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3592 PRIESTLEY, J. Discourses on the Evidences of Revealed Religion Phila.

1796

 USD - Unknown
3593 PRIESTLEY, J. Discourses on the Evidences of Revealed Religion

USD - Unknown
3594 PRIESTLEY, J. Discourses on Various Subjects Northumberland

1805

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3595 PRIESTLEY, J. Discourses on Various Subjects Northumberland

1805

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3596 PRIESTLEY, J. Disquisitions on Matter and Spirit Lond.

1777

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3597 PRIESTLEY, J. The Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity Illustrated Lond.

1777

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3598 PRIESTLEY, J. The Duration of our Saviour's Ministry Birm.

1780

 USD - Unknown
3599 PRIESTLEY, J. PRIESTLEY, J. Familiar Letters Birm.

USD - Unknown
3600 PRIESTLEY, J. Forms of Prayer, and Other Offices Birm.

1783

 USD - Unknown
3601 PRIESTLEY, J. Free Address to Protestant Dissenters on Church Discipline Lond.

1770

 USD - Unknown
3602 PRIESTLEY, J. A General History of the Christian Church, to the Fall of the Western Empire Birm.

1790

 USD - Unknown
3603 PRIESTLEY, J. A General History of the Christian Church Birm.

1790

 USD - Unknown
3604 PRIESTLEY, J. History of the Christian Church Northumberland

1803

 USD - Unknown
3605 PRIESTLEY, J. A Harmony of the Evangelists Lond.

1780

 USD - Unknown
3606 PRIESTLEY, J. History and General Policy Phila.

1803

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3607 PRIESTLEY, J. History of Early Opinions Concerning Jesus Christ Birm.

1786

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3608 PRIESTLEY, J. History of the Corruptions of Christianity Birm.

1782

 USD - Unknown
3609 PRIESTLEY, J. Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion Lond.

1773

 USD - Unknown
3610 PRIESTLEY, J. Institutes of Religion Birm.

1782

 USD - Unknown
3611 PRIESTLEY, J. Revealed Religion Phila.

1796

 USD - Unknown
3612 PRIESTLEY, J. Letters to a Young Man Lond.

1792

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3613 PRIESTLEY, J. Letters to Horne and Others on the Person of Christ Birm.

1787

 USD - Unknown
3614 PRIESTLEY, J. Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever Birm.

1787

 USD - Unknown
3615 PRIESTLEY, J. Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever Birm.

1788

 USD - Unknown
3616 PRIESTLEY, J. Notes on All the Books of Scripture Northumberland

1803

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3617 H. Ware PRIESTLEY, J. Views with Memoir Camb.

1834

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3618 PRIESTLEY, J. Three Tracts Lond.

1791

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3619 PRIESTLEY, J. and R. Price PRIESTLEY, J. and R. Price. Sermons Lond.

1800

 USD - Unknown
3620 PRIESTLY, T. The Christian's Looking Glass Phila.

1804

 USD - Unknown
3621 PRIME, S. I. The Bible in the Levant and the Life of Rev. C. N. Richter N. Y.

1859

 USD - Unknown
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