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THE NEW WORLD IN THE TREASURES OF AN OLD EUROPEAN LIBRARY.
Jantz, Harold.
Catalog of an exhibition at the Duke August Library in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, from June 30 through August 22, 1976, and subsequently at Princeton and Chicago. Bilingual text in English and German. Lists 251 items, usually with annotations, many with black and white illustrations. Covers with color illustrations.
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HELL UPON EARTH OR THE TOWN IN AN UPROAR: OCCASIONED BY T...
First edition. (Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part II). A graphic account of all kinds of crime and "other shocking impieties" in London at the time of publication. The 18th century was a time of rapid growth in London, and this account detailed some of the less favorable consequences. Bookplate on front pastedown from the library of collector F. Grant, dated 1880, and bookplate on back free endpaper that of Clarence S. Bemes. Gilt-stamped title on spine fading. Boards cracked along spine. Front board detached. Rear hinge cracked.
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