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A 2d. set sei sonate per cembalo, opera seconda
A 2d. set Sei sonate per cembalo, opera seconda / composte dal Sigr. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. London : Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand ... [advertisement], [1763].
Opera number follows the statement of responsibility on the title page.
Date from Smith, W.C. A bibliography of the musical works published by the firm of John Walsh during the years 1721-1766.
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A 3d. set sei sonate per cembalo
A 3d. set sei sonate per cembalo composte dal Sigr. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. London : Printed for W. Randall, successor to the late Mr. Walsh, in Catharine Street in ye Strand ... [4 columns of advertisement] ... [between 1768 and 1776].
Date from Music publishing in the British Isles.
Rockefeller Library copy inscribed: Milland on the title page.
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A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great-Britain, and the Colonies : with a plan of accommodation on constitutional principles
A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great-Britain, and the Colonies : with a plan of accommodation on constitutional principles / by the author of Letters to a Nobleman on the conduct of the American war. New-York : printed by James Rivington, early in MDCCLXXV and now republished by G. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and R. Faulder, in Bond-Street, MDCCLXXX [1780].
Pages 77-116, A reply to An address to the author of a pamphlet, entitled "A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great Britiain and her colonies."
With a final advertisement leaf.
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A Catalogue (part the first) of the last year's produce of the Derby and Chelsea Porcelaine Manufactories ... Which by order of Mess. Duesbury and Co. will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, the Royal Academy, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, the 9th, and Wednesday, the 10th of February, 1773 ...
A Catalogue (part the first) of the last year's produce of the Derby and Chelsea Porcelaine Manufactories ... Which by order of Mess. Duesbury and Co. will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, the Royal Academy, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, the 9th, and Wednesday, the 10th of February, 1773 ... [London, 1773].
A two-day sale's auction catalog by James Christie (1730-1803). Each day has 75 items, including porcelain, vases, urns, tripods, altars and dessert services. The "Second Day's Sale" pages are misbound.
Leftover tape and glue on the back, slightly foxed, some nicks on the edges. Remains of blue paper wrapper.
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A catalogue of the last year's large and valuable production of the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory : consisting of elegant epargnes ... Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Ford, at his Great Room in the Haymarket, on Monday the 10th of March and the fifteen following days, Sundays excepted.
Catalog of Chelsea porcelain produced in 1754 to be auctioned by Mr. Ford in Haymarket over 16 days from March 10-27, 1755. The items to be auctioned are listed under the headings for each of the sixteen days of the sale. The "Conditions of Sale" appears on page [2]. This is the third auction catalog for the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory and the earliest surviving catalog. The earliest being for the auctions of the spring of 1754 and December, 1754.
The WHOLE may be viewed on Thursday the 6th and every Day till the Time of Sale, which will begin each Day punctually at 12 o' clock."
CATALOGUES to be had at Mr. FORD's Price One Shilling, which Money will be allowed to those that are Purchasers."
Date of publication from Cheney, C.R. Handbook of dates for students of English history.
Head and tail-pieces.
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A catalogue of the last year's produce of valuable Chelsea Porcelaine Manufactory : consisting of the greatest variety of table and desert services ... Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Burnsall ...
A catalog of the wares produced by the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory in 1760 being sold at auction by Mr. Burnsall in 1761. The catalog includes the "Conditions of Sale" and a daily listing of items for sale beginning on April 30, 1761. The last day of sale in the catalog is for May 4, 1761 though the catalog is incomplete and this may not have been the last day of the sale. The sale was advertised in the Public Advertiser as late as May 5, 1761.
Date of publication from Cheney, C.R. Handbook of dates for students of English history.
Manuscript additions noting prices appear next to some of the lots.
Description based on imperfect copy: lacks all after page 16.
"The whole to be viewed on Tuesday the 28th of April, and to the Time of Sale, which will begin at Twelve o'Clock."
"Catalogues to be had the Days of Viewing at the following Places for Six-pence each, which will be allowed to the Purchasers ; at the Union Coffee house, opposite the Royal Exchange, Cornhill ; at George's Coffee-house, at the upper End of Hay-market ; at Church Coffee-house, Piccadilly, and at the Place of Sale."
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A Caution and Warning to Great-Britain and Her Colonies in a short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions. Collected from various Authors, and submitted to the serious Consideration of all, more especially of Those in Power. To which is added, An Extract of a Sermon, preached by the Bishop of Gloucester, before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
A Caution and warning to Great-Britain and her colonies : in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions. ; Collected from various authors, and submitted to the serious consideration of all, more especially of those in power. ; To which is added, an extract of a sermon, preached by the Bishop of Gloucester, before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel / by Anthony Benezet. Philadelphia : |b Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the new printing office, in Market-street, 1767.
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A clumsy tale, about a whale
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A collection of easy genteel lessons for the harpsicord, book II : to which is added Vivaldi's celebrated 5th. concerto, set for the harpsicord
A collection of easy genteel lessons for the harpsicord / composed by Giovanni Agrell, book II. To which is added Vivaldi's celebrated 5th. concerto, set for the harpsicord. London : Printed by Mess. Randall and Abell successors to the lat Mr. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand, [1 line and 4 columns of advertisement], [1767].
Date from British union-catalogue of early music printed before the year 1801 and Catalogue of printed music in the British Library to 1980.
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A collection of lessons for the harpsichord
A collection of lessons for the harpsichord /composed in an easy & familiar style, by Mr. Henry Burgess Senr. London : Printed for John Johnson at the Harp & Crown in Cheapside ... [advertisement], [1755].
Date from Catalogue of printed music in the British Library to 1980.
"Phillips Sculp:"--at foot of title page.
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A Compleat body of distilling : explaining the mysteries of that science, in a most easy and familiar Manner ; containing an exact and accurate method of making all the compound cordial-waters now in use with a particular account of their several virtues ...
A Compleat body of distilling : explaining the mysteries of that science, in a most easy and familiar Manner ; containing an exact and accurate method of making all the compound cordial-waters now in use with a particular account of their several virtues ... In two parts / by George Smith, of Kendall in Westmorland. [4th edition]. London : Printed for Henry Lintot, 1749.
Includes index.
Rockefeller Library copy bound in full calf; blind tooled.
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A compressed view of the points to be discussed, in treating with the United States of America : A.D. 1814, with an appendix and two maps
A compressed view of the points to be discussed, in treating with the United States of America : |b A.D. 1814, with an appendix and two maps. London : Printed for J.M. Richardson, Cornhill, by T. Davison, Whitefriars, 1814.
Appendix: On the conduct of the government of the United States towards the Indian tribes: p. [27]-39.
Attributed to Nathaniel Atcheson.
Map of Passamaquoddy Bay from actual survey -- A Map of the frontier of British North America and the United States describing the bounday line as fixed by the Treaty of 1783 which has never been respected by the American government.
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A compressed view of the points to be discussed, in treating with the United States of America : with an appendix
A compressed view of the points to be discussed, in treating with the United States of America : with an appendix / by the author of "American encroachments on Britsh rights." [London : s.n.], |c 1815.
Detached from the Pamphleteer, London, v.5, p. [105]-139.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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A dialogue concerning the slavery of the Africans : shewing it to be the duty and interest of the American states to emancipate all their African slaves : with an address to the owners of such slaves : dedicated to the Honourable the Continental Congress : to which is prefixed, the institution of the society, in New-York, for promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been, or may be, liberated
A dialogue concerning the slavery of the Africans : shewing it to be the duty and interest of the American states to emancipate all their African slaves : with an address to the owners of such slaves : dedicated to the Honourable the Continental Congress : to which is prefixed, the institution of the society, in New-York, for promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been, or may be, liberated. [2nd ed.]. [New York] : Norwich, printed by Judah P. Spooner, 1776, New-York, re-printed for Robert Hodge, 1785.
Attributed to Hopkins by Evans.
Signatures: A-F⁶.
"An address to the owners of Negro slaves, in the American colonies": pages [61]-69.
"Appendix to the second edition of the Dialogue, concerning the slavery of the Africans": pages 69-71.
Bookseller's advertisement, page 72.
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A discourse in commemoration of the lives and services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, August 2, 1826
A discourse in commemoration of the lives and services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, August 2, 1826 / by Dainiel Webster. Boston : Cummings, Hilliard and Company, 1826.
Printed by order of the City Council of Boston.
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A discourse preached, December 15th, 1774 : Being the day recommended by the Provincial Congress, to be observed in thanksgiving to God for the blessings enjoyed; and humiliation on account of public calamities
A discourse preached, December 15th, 1774 : Being the day recommended by the Provincial Congress, to be observed in thanksgiving to God for the blessings enjoyed; and humiliation on account of public calamities / by John Lathrop, A.M. Pastor of the Second Church in Boston. Boston : Printed by D. Kneeland; and sold by Samuel Webb, in Queen-Street, 1774.
Signatures: [A]-E4
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A discourse, delivered April 11, 1798, at the request of and before the New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated
A discourse, delivered April 11, 1798, at the request of and before the New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated / by E.H. Smith ... New-York : Printed by T. & J. Swords, No. 99 Pearl-street, 1798.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴.
The last leaf is blank.
Rockefeller Library copy inscribed: "John Williams Esqr. from his friend the author."--title page.
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A Dissertation on slavery: with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it, in the state of Virginia
A dissertation on slavery : with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it / by St. George Tucker, Professor of Law in the University of William and Mary, and one of the Judges of the General Court in Virginia. Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Cary, No. 118, Market-Street, 1796.
"Part of a course of lectures on law and police, delivered in the University of William and Mary."-- page [7].
Offered for the consideration of the General Assembly of Virginia -- page [5].
Bibliographical references in margins.
Signature of Ed Sexen on free front endpaper and title page.
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A favorite concerto adapted for the harpsicord or piano forte
A favourite concerto adapted for the harpsicord or piano forte / composed by Giovanno Christiano Fischer. London : Printed for and sold by the author in Frith Street the corner of Compton Street Soho, [1770?].
Price 2s.
Engrav'd by Straight and Skillern St. Martins Lane--page 2.
Date from Catalogue of printed music in the British Library to 1980.