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A catalogue of curious and valuable books, to be sold by way of sale, (The lowest price being marked at each book,) at the shop of Alexander Donaldson, at pop's head, opposite the exchange, Edinburgh. [electronic resource] : The sale to begin on Thursday the 12the day of June 1760, and to continue selling every day for three months. In this collection are the following books, all the best editions: Folio. Biographia Britannica, 5 vols. Ryner's f]oelig]dera, 10 vols. Grv̆ii thesaurus antiq. Itali,̆ 45 vols. Piranessi's antiquities of Rome, 8 vols. Delifle's atlas Moll's large atlas Sennex's book of maps Moll's system of Geog. 2 vols. Boyle's works, 5 vols. Bacon's works, 3 vols. Chambers's Dictionary, 2 vols. (The list coninued on the other side.) The books are in good condition, all complete, and many of them new. As they are priced very low, they will be sold only for ready money. The person who first comissions or demands a book, must always be preserred; it is therefore intreated, that such as design to be purchasers, will send their orders soon. Catalogues to be had at the said shop of Alexander Donaldson, who gives ready money for any library or large parcel of books. Gentlemen in the country, who want catalogues, are desired to send a written memorandum.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Donaldson, Alexander, d. 1794.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Book catalogs--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Book catalogs.
Genre:
Advertisements.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([2],53,[1]p. )
Other Title:
[Catalogue of curious and valuable books, to be sold by way of sale,
Place of Publication:
[Edinburgh : s.n.], Printed in the year MDCCLX [1760]
Notes:
Square bracket(s) in title or imprint.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T162650.
OCLC:
509025994

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