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DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL REPLY FUNCTION TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. MAKE SURE ANY MESSAGE COMES TO ME AND IS NOT SENT TO THE ENTIRE LIST. British antiquarian booksellers Samuel Gedge Ltd. have issued a third catalogue of rare books. This can be supplied free on application or can be viewed in pdf form at www.samuelgedge.com (click on catalogues link).
Highlights include: A fine copy of Defoe's "Essay on projects" (London,1697).A Jacobean letter book relating to Oyster farming at Whitstable [Canterbury, c.1608]. A catalogue of Indian copperware designs for the British export market [Srinagar, c.1890].A rare English edition of Leusden's Hebrew grammar (Utrecht, 1686). Ainsworth's "Mayflower" psalm book (Amsterdam, 1618).Other works include: pre-1850 travel and trade, science and medicine, law and theology, linguistics and social history.Samuel Gedge.
Samuel Gedge Ltd.
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UNITED KINGDOM
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