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1785 Samuel Johnson FAMOUS Dictionary English Language

1880 1st/1st Mark Twain A Tramp Abroad Illustrated

1883 1ed Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain Steamboats

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1640 1ed ed John Stoughton English Sermons Love-Sick: 1640 1ed ed John Stoughton English Sermons Love-Sick Spouse Happiness of Peace A rare, mid-17th-century collection of John Stoughton sermons. Printed in 1640, this work entitled simply ‘Choice

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1669 Blaise Pascal Provincial Letters Witchcraft: 1669 Blaise Pascal Provincial Letters Witchcraft Sorcery JESUIT Philosophy Magic “I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." ― Blaise Pascal,

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1669 Works of PETRARCH Renaissance Poetry French: 1669 Works of PETRARCH Renaissance Poetry French & Italian Parallel Petrarca “Books have led some to learning and others to madness.” ― Francesco Petrarch Petrarch was a

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1672 Works of Vincent Voiture Poems Letters Political: 1672 Works of Vincent Voiture Poems Letters Political Prose French Literature 3in1 “Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.” ― Vincent Voiture

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1684 1st ed Carmelite Il Vero Lume Catholic Church: 1684 1st ed Carmelite Il Vero Lume Catholic Church Devotional Italian Venice An incredibly rare 17th-century Italian devotional written by Pantaleone of the Carmelite Order of Venice; published in

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1695 Art of Dying Black Death Plague de Bien Mourir: 1695 Art of Dying Black Death Plague de Bien Mourir Prayers French Soissons Basile de Soisson’s ‘La Science de Bien Mourir’, or ‘Art of Dying’, is a religious treatise written for those

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1703 George Herbert The Temple English Poems Sacred: 1703 George Herbert The Temple English Poems Sacred Metaphysical Poetry England “Woe be to him that reads but one book.” ― George Herbert George Herbert was a 17th-century Welsh

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1710 Matthew Henry Exposition of the BIBLE OT: 1710 Matthew Henry Exposition of the BIBLE Old Testament Exegesis Pentateuch Matthew Henry was a 17th-century English Protestant preacher known for his exegetical commentary on the Bible. In this

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1712 1st ed Chaucer Miller’s Tale Canterbury Tales: 1712 1st ed Chaucer Miller’s Tale Canterbury Tales FAMOUS Samuel Cobb English “all that glitters is not gold” – Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. ‘The Canterbury Tales’ is

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1723 1st ed Weakness of Human Mind Huet anti Descartes: 1723 1st ed Weakness of Human Mind Huet anti Descartes Philosophy Foiblesse Pierre Daniel Huet was a 17th-century French bishop and philosopher who closely studied the teachings and values of

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1742 Baxter Astro-Philosophy Ben Franklin: 1742 Baxter Astro-Philosophy Ben Franklin Matho Cosmotheoria Puerilis Metaphysics Andrew Baxter was an 18th-century Scottish astronomer and metaphysician who published a number of philosophical

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1748 HUGE FOLIO Tomas Rosa Italian Bishop Catholic: 1748 HUGE FOLIO Tomas Rosa Italian Bishop Catholic Church Devotional Prayer Tomas de Rosa was a 17th-century Italian Catholic Bishop. He was most known for being appointed during the papacy of

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1775 Marie of Sevigne FAMOUS Letters French Society: 1775 Marie of Sevigne FAMOUS Letters French Society Public SPAS Politics 8v SET Complete 8-volume set of the famous letters of Sevigne! Marie of Sevigne was a 17th-century French woman of

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1778 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry: 1778 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry Illustrated Allegory 3v French ed “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ― John Milton,

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1785 Philadelphia Packet Dunlap Newspaper Americana: 1785 Philadelphia Packet Dunlap Newspaper Americana Declaration of Independence The ‘Pennsylvania Packet’ was an 18th-century American newspaper by John Dunlap, the printer for the first

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1785 Samuel Johnson FAMOUS Dictionary English Language: 1785 Samuel Johnson FAMOUS Dictionary of English Language Americana Lexicon 2v “I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.” ― Samuel Johnson

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1788 FOLIO Book of Common Prayer Church England Psalms: 1788 FOLIO Book of Common Prayer Church of England Psalms Devotional Oxford A large and impressive elephant folio printing of the Church of England’s ‘Book of Common Prayer’ published by

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1789 1ed Columbian Magazine American Revolution SLAVES: 1789 1ed Columbian Magazine American Revolution SLAVES William Penn Philadelphia A rare first edition of the 1789 Columbia Magazine! Featured in this rare June issue of the early American

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1789 Zeluco by John Moore Scottish Literature Social: 1789 Zeluco by John Moore Scottish Literature Social Commentary 2v SET ‘Zeluco’ is a late 18th-century Scottish novel by John Moore. This work tells the story of an evil Italian nobleman named

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1791 FAMOUS Edmund Burke Reflections French Revolution: 1791 FAMOUS Edmund Burke Reflections on French Revolution Politics Dublin ed “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” ― Edmund Burke

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1792 Jonathan Edwards Puritan Bible Sermons Redemption: 1792 Jonathan Edwards Puritan Bible Sermons Redemption RARE Great Awakening “Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.” ―

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1795 EARLY American Newspaper Columbian Centinel Army: 1795 EARLY American Newspaper Columbian Centinel Army Militia Naval Ships RARE The ‘Columbian Centinel’ was an early American newspaper that, according to Frederic Hudson, was “the most

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1797 1ed History of Pennsylvania by Proud Colonial: 1797 1ed History of Pennsylvania by Proud Colonial Americana Penn QUAKERS A first edition of the first published history of Pennsylvania! Written by Robert Proud, this work focuses primarily on

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1797 Roman Catholic Missal Bassano del Grappa Italy: 1797 Roman Catholic Missal Bassano del Grappa Italy Requiem Prayers MUSIC Chant A rare, late 18th-century Roman Catholic Missal filled with Latin hymns, prayers, devotionals, and chants with

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