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A list of books by some of the old masters of medicine and surgery
The libraries of George Eliot and George Henry Lewes
Catalogue of a collection of books
Marginal notes by Lord Macaulay
A catalogue of the library of the late learned Dr. Francis Bernard, fellow of the College of Physicians, and physician to S. Bartholomew's Hospital
Bibliotheca Pinelliana
Catalogue of the library and a brief list of the engravings and etchings belonging to Theodore Irwin, Oswego, N. Y
This dark endeavor
A catalog of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole
History of Gettysburg classis of the synod of the Potomac Reformed Church in the United States
Dean Swift's library
The library of Sir Thomas Knyvett of Ashwellthorpe, c. 1539-1618
The library of John Locke
Lad of Sunnybank
Bibliotheca Parisiana
Catalogue of the private library of the late John K. Wiggin
The library at Mount Vernon
Bibliotheca Pinelliana. A cataloque of the magnificent and celebrated library of Maffei [sic] Pinelli, late of Venice: comprehending an unparalleled collection of the Greek, Roman, and Italian authors, from the origin of printing: with many of the earliest editions printed upon vellum, and finely illuminated; a ... number of ... Greek and Latin manuscripts ...
Catalogue of books in English later than 1700, forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe
A Catalogue of the early printed books and illuminated manuscripts collected by Richard Bennett
The library of William Byrd of Westover
The library of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum
The Asami library
Hitler's private library
Catalogue of the Magnificent Library of the Late Hon. Henry C. Murphy, of Brooklyn, Long Island ...
The personal library of James Joyce
Narratives of captivity among the Indians of North America
Bibliothecae Bridgesianae catalogus, or, A catalogue of the entire library of John Bridges, late of Lincolns-Inn, Esq
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