George Brinley
Published: 2017-01-25
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Excerpt from Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn, Vol. 3: To Be Sold by Auction at the Clinton Hall Sale-Room, Astor Place and Eighth Street, New York, April 4th-8th, 1881 Then follows, only a few years later, from the house of Juan Pablos, in the same city, the first edition of molina's Mexican Dictionary (no. A book so rare that even the indefatigable Ludewig doubted its existence, and of which only five extant copies are known to bibliography. Next, in order of time, is (5682) eliot's indian bible, represented not merely by a Single or an ordinary Copy, but by one of the first edition and of the Royal type (with the Dedication), in its well-preserved original binding; a well-known Copy, described seventeen years ago as the crowning glory of Mr. John Allan's library; and two fine copies of the revised second edition of 1680-85, one of which (5683) formerly belonged to Gov. Stoughton of Massachusetts, the other to Jonathan Edwards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.