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
4809 WALLIN, B. Lectures on Primitive Christianity Wilming.

1801

USD - Unknown
4810 WALLIS, J. A Defense of the Christian Sabbath Oxford

1692

USD - Unknown
4811 WALPOLE, Edw. Book of Revelation Paraphrased with Annotations on each Chapter Whereby it is Made Plain to the Meanest Capacity Lond.

1715

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4812 WALTER, W. Letters from the Continent Lond.

1828

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4813 WALTON, B. Biblicus Apparatus Tigur.

1673

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4814 WALTON, Isaac Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, etc. Lond.

1844

USD - Unknown
4815 WALWORTH, C. The Gentle Skeptic N. Y.

1868

USD - Unknown
4816 WARBURTON, W. Defence of the Divine Legation of Moses Lond.

1744

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4817 WARBURTON, W. The Divine Legation of Moses Lond.

1755-57

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4818 WARBURTON, W. The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated Lond.

1846

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4819 WARBURTON, Bp. Doctrine of Grace Lond.

1763

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4820 WARBURTON, W. Julian; or, a Discourse Concerning that Emperor's Attempt to Rebuild the Temple Lond.

1751

USD - Unknown
4821 WARBURTON, W. Holy Spirit Dublin

1763

USD - Unknown
4822 WARBURTON, W. Letters to One of His Friends Lond.

1809

USD - Unknown
4823 R. Hurd WARBURTON, W. Works. With. Account of His Life Lond.

1811

USD - Unknown
4824 WARD, M. Discourses on Christian Faith Bost.

1840

USD - Unknown
4825 WARD, R. Nature of Wit, Wisdom, etc., and Use of the Tongue Lond.

1673

USD - Unknown
4826 WARD, Tom England's Reformation Dublin

1851

USD - Unknown
4827 WARDLAW, R. The Book of Ecclesiastes Lond.

1821

USD - Unknown
4828 WARDLAW, R. Christian Ethics and Moral Philosophy N. Y.

1835

USD - Unknown
4829 WARDLAW, R. Christian Ethics Lond.

1837

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4830 WARDLAW, R. Discourses on the Sabbath Glasg.

1832

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4831 WARDLAW, R. Infant Baptism Bost.

1832

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4832 WARDLAW, G. On Prayer Bost.

1830

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4833 WARDLAW, R. WARDLAW, R. Sermons Edin.

1829

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4834 WARDLAW, R. WARDLAW, R. Two Essays Glasg.

1833

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4835 WARE, H. Discourses on the Offices and Character of Jesus Christ Bost.

1826

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4836 WARE, H. Formation of the Christian Character Bost.

1832

USD - Unknown
4837 WARE, H. Offices and Character of Jesus Christ Bost.

1826

USD - Unknown
4838 WARE, H. WARE, H. Works Bost.

1846

USD - Unknown
4839 WARNER, F. An Illustration of the Book of Common Prayer Lond.

1754

USD - Unknown
4840 WARNER, R. Book of Common Prayer Lond.

1806

USD - Unknown
4841 WARNER, R. The Psalter; or, The Psalms of David Explained Lond.

1828

USD - Unknown
4842 WARREN, S. Chronicles of Wesleyan Methodism Lond.

1827

USD - Unknown
4843 WARTHA, J. P. Grammatica Hebraeo Chaldaica cum Compendio Lexici Styrae.

1756

USD - Unknown
4844 WARTON, J. Death-Bed Scenes and Pastoral Conversations Phila.

1828

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4845 WARTON, J. Death-Bed Scenes and Pastoral Conversations Lond.

1832

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4846 WARWICK, Arthur Spare Minutes Lond.

1799

USD - Unknown
4847 WASHBURN, J. WASHBURN, J. Sermons Hartford

1807

USD - Unknown
4848 WATERBURY, J. B. Book for the Sabbath And.

1840

USD - Unknown
4849 WATERLAND, D. WATERLAND, D. Eight Sermons Camb.

1720

USD - Unknown
4850 WATERLAND, D. History of the Athanasian Creed Lond.

1850

USD - Unknown
4851 WATERLAND, D. WATERLAND, D. Sermons Camb.

1720

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4852 WATERMANN, E. Memoirs of John Calvin Hartford

1813

USD - Unknown
4853 WILKS, S. C. Correllative Claims and Duties Lond.

1841

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4854 WATSON, ALEX. The Prayer Book a Safe Guide Balt.

1843

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4855 WATSON, E. Men and Tinies of the Revolution N. Y.

1857

USD - Unknown
4856 WATSON, George WATSON, George. Practical Sermons Lond.

1842

USD - Unknown
4857 WATSON, R. Apology for the Bible

USD - Unknown
4858 WATSON, R. Life of Rev. John Wesley N. Y.

1835

USD - Unknown
4859 WATSON, R. Miscellaneous Tracts Lond.

1815

USD - Unknown
4860 WATSON, R. Theological Institutes N. Y.

1830

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4861 WATSON, R. Theological Institutes N. Y.

1832

USD - Unknown
4862 WATSON, R. Theological Tracts Lond.

1791

USD - Unknown
4863 WATSON, Th. A Body of Practical Divinity, consisting of Sermons Glasg.

1759

USD - Unknown
4864 WATSON, (T.) A Pious Selection Phila.

1815

USD - Unknown
4865 WATTS, Isaac WATTS, Isaac. Choice Works and Life N. Y.

1867

USD - Unknown
4866 WATTS, Isaac Christian Theology Manch.

1844

USD - Unknown
4867 WATTS, Isaac Discourses and Guide to Prayer Mill-Hill, Near Trenton

1811

USD - Unknown
4868 WATTS, Isaac The Improvement of the Mind Bost.

1793

USD - Unknown
4869 WATTS, Isaac The Rational Foundation of a Christian Church Lond.

1747

USD - Unknown
4870 Shimeall WATTS, Isaac. Scripture History in Question and Answer N. Y.

1846

USD - Unknown
4871 WATTS, Isaac A Selection of Discourses Lond.

1813

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4872 WATTS, Isaac WATTS, Isaac. Sermons Lond.

1826

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4873 WATTS, Isaac WATTS, Isaac. Works Lond.

1800

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4874 WATTS, Isaac WATTS, Isaac. Works Lond.

1812-13

USD - Unknown
4875 WATTS, Isaac The World to Come Trenton

1811

USD - Unknown
4876 WATTS, Neal, and others Faith, and Practice represented in Fifty-four Sermons Edin.

1792

USD - Unknown
4877 WAYLAND, D. S. WAYLAND, D. S. Sermons Lond.

1832

USD - Unknown
4878 WAYLAND, F. Memoir of Adoniram Judson Bost.

1853

USD - Unknown
4879 WAYLAND, F. Moral Science Bost.

1836

USD - Unknown
4880 WAYLAND, F. Notes on Baptist Churches N. Y.

1857

USD - Unknown
4881 WAYLAND, F. Salvation by Christ Bost.

1859

USD - Unknown
4882 (WAYNE) Religious Biography; or, the Lives of the Primitive Fathers Lond.

1820

USD - Unknown
4883 WEAVER, J. Universal Restoration Lond.

1794

USD - Unknown
4884 WEBB, C. Life of Archbp. Laud Lond.

1836

USD - Unknown
4885 WEBB, F. WEBB, F. Sermons Lond.

1765

USD - Unknown
4886 WEBSTER, N. An American Dictionary of the English Language N. Y.

1828

USD - Unknown
4887 WEBSTER, T. WEBSTER, T. Cambridge Sermons Camb.

1816

USD - Unknown
4888 WEEMES, John Exposition of the Laws of Moses Lond.

1636

USD - Unknown
4889 WEEMES, John Observations, Naturall and Morall, etc. Lond.

1633

USD - Unknown
4890 WEEMES, John A Treatise of the Foure Degenerate Sonnes, vil: the Atheist, the Magician, the Idolater and the Jew Lond.

1636

USD - Unknown
4891 WEEMSE, J. WEEMSE, J. Workes Lond.

1637

USD - Unknown
4892 WEEMS, M. L. The Life of William Penn Phila.

1845

USD - Unknown
4893 WEIL, G. The Bible, the Koran and the Talmud; or, the Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans Lond.

1846

USD - Unknown
4894 WEISS, J. Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker N. Y.

1864

USD - Unknown
4895 WEISS, M. C. History of the French Protestant Refugees N. Y.

1854

USD - Unknown
4896 WELD, H. H. The Women of the Scriptures Phila.

1848

USD - Unknown
4897 WELD, H. H. Scenes in the Lives of the Apostles Phila.

1846

USD - Unknown
4898 WELLBELOVED, C. WELLBELOVED, C. Letters and Sermons York

1823

USD - Unknown
4899 WELLBELOVED, C. WELLBELOVED, C. Sermons Lond.

1818

USD - Unknown
4900 WELLER, H. The Conflict of Ages Ended Laporte

1855

USD - Unknown
4901 WELLS, E. An Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures, Being all the Epistles of St. Paul Oxford

1715

USD - Unknown
4902 WELLS, E. Historical Geography of the Old and New Testaments Oxford

1819

USD - Unknown
4903 WELLS, E. The Rich Man's Duty Oxford

1840

USD - Unknown
4904 WELLS, E. Sacred Geography; or, Companion to the Holy Bible Chariest.

1817

USD - Unknown
4905 WENINGER, F. X. Epitome Pastoralis ad Usum Cleri Buffalo

1855

USD - Unknown
4906 WERENFELS, S. Opuscula Theologica Lausannae

1739

USD - Unknown
4907 WESLEY, J. Epistles of the Apostolical Fathers, etc. Lond.

1845

USD - Unknown
4908 WESLEY, J. Explanatory Notes. upon the New Testament N. Y.

1806

USD - Unknown
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