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CATALOGUE OF BOOKS
ISSUED BY
WILLIAM BROWN,
18 b GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH.
Aberdeen (Earl of)— Elliott (Rev.
•E. B.) Memoranda of the Life of Lord
Haddo, in his later years fifth Earl of Aber-
deen, piivatcly pn'it/ed, 1866 ; illustrations
J'roiii photographs of sketches made by the
Earl, post 8vo, cloth, 4s 6d i
Presentation copy inscribed by Mary, Countess of
Aberdeen.
Aberdeen (Earl of) — Gordon (Hon.
Sir A.) The Earl of Aberdeen, 1893; po"""
trait, crown Svo, cloth, 4s 6d 2
With inscription by Lord Aberdeen : — " To George
Auldjo Jamieson, with much regard and many
pleasant memories, Abdn., April 6, 1895."
iEsop — Fables, with one hundred and
eleven engravin^^s, C. Whittingham, London,
N.D. ; post 8vo, marbled calf, gilt (name cut
off top of title), 6.S 3
Africa— Moodie (Lieut. J. W. D.)
Ten Years in South Africa, including a
Description of the Wild Sports, 1835 ;
2 frontispieces and 2 plates of Plottentot
music, 2 vols. Svo, original boards, 12s 6d 4
Africa — Pringle (Thomas) African
Sketches, Moxon, 1834 ; frontispiece and
vignette, post 8vo, half calf, 8s 6d 5
Africa — Stanley (Henry M.) In
Darkest Africa, iSgo; ivith 150 illustrations
and maps, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, 42s for 6s 6
Africa — Wood (J. G.) The Natural
History of Man, being an account of the
manners and customs of the uncivilised
races of ^Lan: Africa, with illustrations by
Angas, Danby, Wolf, etc., 1874; thick
imperial 8vo, cloth, 4s 6d 7
Aldine Press — Quintus Curtius,
Venetiis, in .-Edibus Aldi, 1520 ; i2mo, green
m.orocco super extra, gilt edges, with stamp
of anchor and rope on sides, 28s 8
The Syston Park copy, with bookplate.
Alpine — Davies (Rev, J. Sanger)
Dolomite Strongholds ; the last untrodden
Alpine peaks, 1894; map and illustrations,
small 4to, cloth, los 6d for 3s 6d 9
AMERICA
Abeel (John N.) Discourse delivered
April 6th, iSor, in the Middle Dutch Church,
before the New V'ork Missionary Society,
New York, 1801 ; Svo, sewed, 6s 10
America — continued.
Doyle (J. A., f[I.A.) The Colonies
under the House of Hanover, 1907 ; map —
Doyle (J. A., yT/.,-/.) The Middle Colonies,
1907; 2 vols., thick Svo, cloth, 8s 6d 11
The New Netherlands ; The English Conquest ;
The Dutch Rpconquest ; New York ; New Jersey ;
Pennsylvania.
Cochrane (Capt. Chas. Stewart, R.N.)
Journal of a Residence and Travels in
Colombia, 1823-24, Colburn, 1S25 ; map and
2 coloured plates, 2 vols. Svo, boards,
8s 6d 12
Includes an historical sketch of the Abork.inal
Indians, and a history of Spanish America.
Halkett (John) Historical Notes
respecting the Indians of North America,
London, 1825 ; Svo, calf extra, 25s 13
Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by
him, "Peter Halkett, from his affecte. Father.'
The Importance of the Sugar
Colonies to Great Britain stated in a letter
to a Member of the House of Commons,
London, 1731 ; post Svo, unbound, 30s 14
Letters from Washington, on the
Constitution and Laws, with Sketches of
some of the prominent public characters of
the United States, written during the winter
of 1S17-1S, by a Foreigner, City of VVasIi-
ington, iSiS ; crown Svo, original boards,
f/ie copy, 15s 15
Lyman (Joseph, D.D., Hatfield) The
Two Olive-Trees : a Sermon preached at
Hatfield, Nov. 4th, 1804, being the da)-
preceding the choice of Electors in Massachu-
setts, A'orthampton, 1804; Svo, sewed.
5s 16
Mason (J. M., D.D.) An Oration
commemorative of the late Major-General
Alexander Hamilton, Nciu York, 1S04 ; Svo,
sewed (a few leaves water-stained), I2s6d r;
Mellen (John) Discourse on Natural
Religion, delivered in the chapel of Harvard
University, Sept. 4, 1799, Boston, 1799:
Svo, sewed, 6s iS
Papers on Agriculture; consisting
of Communications made to the Ma.ss.
Society for Promoting Agriculture, Boston,
1804; Svo, sewn, name on title, "Sir John
Sinclair, Bart.," 5s 19
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