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
299 BIBLE Lond.

1772

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300 Mr. Ostervald BIBLE. With Commentary Glasg.

1778

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301 BIBLE Edinb.

1777

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302 BIBLE. Old and New Testament and Apocrypha Trenton

1791

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303 BIBLE. Ornamented with Engravings by J. Fittler Lond.

1795

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304 BIBLE Edinb.

1796

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305 BIBLE Oxford

1798

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306 BIBLE. Containing Old and New Testament Lond.

1802

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307 BIBLE. With Notes Lond.

1802

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308 BIBLE. With the Apocrypha Phila.

1803

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309 BIBLE. With the Apocrypha Phila.

1804

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310 BIBLE. With the Apocrypha Camb.

1806

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311 BIBLE. Together with the Apocrypha Bost.

1809

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312 BIBLE. With the Apocrypha N. Y.

1812

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313 BIBLE. According to the authorized versions Oxford

1817

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314 BIBLE. Explained Balt.

1808

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315 BIBLE. Family. Containing Old and New Testaments Lond.

1820

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316 BIBLE N. Y.

1821

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317 BIBLE. With References and Various Readings Halifax

1820

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318 BIBLE. With References and Various Readings N. Y.

1822

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319 BIBLE. Appointed to be Read in Churches Camb.

1825

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320 BIBLE. With illustrations N. Y.

1826

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321 BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments Bost.

1821

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322 BIBLE. Arranged in Paragraphs by T. W. Coit Camb.

1834

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323 BIBLE. Arranged in Paragraphs by T. W. Coit Lond.

1835

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324 BIBLE. Arranged in Paragraphs by T. W. Coit Lond.

1836

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326 G. Townsend, editor BIBLE. Old and New Testament Bost.

1838

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327 BIBLE. Arranged in Paragraphs Lond.

1841

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328 BIBLE. Being the English Version of the Old and New Testament Phila.

1842

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329 BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha Lond.

1844

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330 BIBLE. With the Marginal Readings of the Polyglot Bible N. Y.

1845

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331 BIBLE. With the Marginal Readings of the Polyglot Bible N. Y.

1846

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332 BIBLE. Arranged in Paragraphs by J. Nourse N. Y.

1857

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333 BIBLE. Translated from the Latin Vulgate (Douay) Glasg.

1855

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334 BIBLE. The Annotated Paragraph Bible Lond.

1851

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335 BIBLE. The Annotated Paragraph Bible Glasg.

1858

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336 BIBLE. The Annotated Paragraph Bible Dublin

1865

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337 BIBLE. The Annotated Paragraph Bible Lond.

1835

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338 BIBLE Biography; or, The Lives of the Principal Persons Recorded in the Sacred Writings N. Y.

1856

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339 BIBLE, English, according to the author's version Lond.

1859

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340 BIBLE. Five copies

V. D.

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341 BIBLIE Dictionary Lond.

1835 (?)

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342 Erasmus BIBLE Exposed Bost.

1862

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343 BIBLE Dictionary, for the Use of Bible Classes Phila.

1851

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344 BIBLICAL Atlas and Gazeteer Phila.

USD - Unknown
345 BIBLICAL Repository N. Y.

1840-43

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346 BIBLIOTHECA Sacra and American Biblical Repository Lond.

1851

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347 E. Robinson, editor BIBLIOTHECA Sacra; or, Tracts and Essays connected with Biblical Literature and Theology N. Y.

1843

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348 BIBLIOTHECA Sacra and American Biblical Repository Lond.

1851

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349 BICKERSTETH E. The Christian Student Bost.

1830

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350 BICKERSTETH E. Christian Truth Lond.

1841

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351 BICKERSTETH E. A Harmony of the Four Gospels Phila.

1833

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352 BICKERSTETH E. On the Lord's Supper N. Y.

1845

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353 BICKERSTETH E. Questions Illustrating the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England Phila.

1845

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354 BICKERSTETH E. A Scripture Help Lond.

1819

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355 BICKERSTETH E. The Testimony of the Reformers Lond.

1836

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356 BICKERSTETH E. BICKERSTETH E. Works N. Y.

1832

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357 BICKERSTETH E. BICKERSTETH E. Works N. Y.

1855

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358 BIDDULPH, T. Essays on the Morning and Evening Services of the Church of England Lond.

1809

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359 BIDDULPH, T. Essays on Some Select Parts of the Liturgy of the Church of England Boston

1810

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360 BIDDULPH, T. Essays on Some Select Parts of the Liturgy of the Church of England

1810

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361 BIDDULPH, T. T. Lectures on the 51st Psalm Lond.

1835

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362 BIDDULPH, T. T. Practical Essays on the Morning and Evening Services, and on the Collects in the Liturgy of the Church of England Lond.

1822

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363 BIDLAKE, J. BIDLAKE, J. Sermons Lond.

1808

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364 BINGHAM, J. Origines Ecclesiasticae; or, the Antiquities of the Christian Church Lond.

1708-22

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365 BINNS, J. BINNS, J. Recollections of His Life Phila.

1854

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366 BIRD, C. S. Defence of the Principles of the English Reformation

USD - Unknown
367 BIRD, G. Hints for the Revival of Scriptural Principles in the Anglican Church Lond.

1842

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368 BISCOE, R. The History of the Acts of the Holy Apostles Oxford

1829

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369 BISHOP, The. A Series of Letters to a Newly Created Prelate Lond.

1841

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370 BLACKALL, O. Practical Discourses upon Our Saviour's Sermon on the Mount Lond.

1717

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371 BLACKBURNE, F. The Confessional Lond.

1766

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372 BLACKBURNE, F. BLACKBURNE, F. Works Camb.

1804

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373 BLACKWALL, A. The Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated Lond.

1727

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374 BLACKWELL, T. Ratio Sacra. Against Atheism, Deism, and Bourignonism Edin.

1710

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375 BLACKWELL, T. Methodus Evangelica; or, the Way of Preaching the Gospel Lond.

1712

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376 BLAIR, H. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres Lond.

1803

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377 BLAIR, H. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres N. Y.

1819

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378 BLAIR, H. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres Lond.

1845

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379 BLAIR, H. BLAIR, H. Sermons Glasg.

1809

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380 BLAIR, H. BLAIR, H. Sermons Phila.

1814

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381 Fenleyson BLAIR, H. Sermons. With Life Lond.

1827

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382 BLAIR, H. BLAIR, H. Sermons Phila.

1822

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383 BLAIR, H. BLAIR, H. Sermons N. Y.

1844

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384 BLAIR, H. BLAIR, H. Works Lond.

1820

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385 BLAIR, H. BLAIR, H. Works Lond.

1820

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386 BLAIR, J. Lectures on the Canon Lond.

1785

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387 BLAIR, B. BLAIR, B. Life of Edin.

1843

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388 BLAKELEY, J. The Theology of Inventions N. Y.

1856

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389 BLAKEY, B. Lives of the Primitive Fathers Lond.

1842

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390 BLAYNEY, B. Jeremiah and Lamentations Oxford

1784

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391 BLAYNEY, B. Dissertation on Daniel Oxford

1774

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392 BLESENSIS, P. Opera Omnia Oxon

1847

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393 BLISS, J. T. Letters on Baptism Lexington

1841

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394 BLOMFIELD, Bp. C. J. Collection of Sermons

1838-50

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395 BLOOM, J. J. Pulpit Oratory in the Time of James I Lond.

11851

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396 BLOUNT, C. Anima Mundi, and Great is Diana of the Ephesians Lond.

1679-95

 USD - Unknown
397 BLOUNT, C. BLOUNT, C. Miscellaneous Works Lond.

1695

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398 BLUE Laws of New Haven Colony Hartford

1838

 USD - Unknown
399 BLUMENFELD, J. C. New Ecce Homo; or, Self-Bedemption of Man Lond.

1839

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