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1.
  • village maid, or, Dame Burton's moral stories for the instruction and amusement of youth, by Elizabeth Somerville
  • The village maid, or, Dame Burton's moral stories for the instruction and amusement of youth, by Elizabeth Somerville

Creator:
Somerville, Elizabeth, 1774-
Contributor:
Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
Date:
1803
Collections:
  • Treasures of the Graphic Arts Collection
  • Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
  • Treasures of Rare Book Division
View in catalog:
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930239493506421

2.
  • voyages, travels, and surprising adventures of Captain Robert Singleton : containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar; of his passage from thence, and travels through the desarts of Africa; his various encounters with savages and wild beasts; his acquiring great riches in gold dust and elephants' teeth, and return to England / by Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, &c.
  • The voyages, travels, and surprising adventures of Captain Robert Singleton : containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar; of his passage from thence, and travels through the desarts of Africa; his various encounters with savages and wild beasts; his acquiring great riches in gold dust and elephants' teeth, and return to England / by Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, &c.

Creator:
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Contributor:
Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
Date:
1802
Collections:
  • Treasures of the Graphic Arts Collection
  • Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
  • Treasures of Rare Book Division
View in catalog:
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930126433506421

3.
  • False alarms, or, The mischievous doctrine of ghosts and apparitions : of spectres and hobgoblins, exploded

Creator:
Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793
Contributor:
Akin, James, approximately 1773-1846 and Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
Date:
1802
Collections:
  • Treasures of the Graphic Arts Collection
  • Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
  • Treasures of Rare Book Division
View in catalog:
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930126463506421

4.
  • Holy Bible abridged, or, The history of the Old and New Testament : illustrated with notes and adorned with cuts for the use of children ; [two lines from Luke].
  • The Holy Bible abridged, or, The history of the Old and New Testament : illustrated with notes and adorned with cuts for the use of children ; [two lines from Luke].

Contributor:
Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
Date:
1800
Collections:
  • Treasures of the Graphic Arts Collection
  • Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
  • Treasures of Rare Book Division
View in catalog:
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939680033506421

5.
  • History of the heathen gods and heroes of antiquity : to which is added an original translation of the Battle of the gods and giants : the whole newly arranged, corrected and enlarged with the addition of several original and valuable articles / by William Sheldon

Creator:
Sheldon, W. (William), 1751-1818
Contributor:
Akin, James, approximately 1773-1846, Wightman, Thomas, and Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
Date:
1809
Collections:
  • Treasures of the Graphic Arts Collection
  • Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
  • Treasures of Rare Book Division
View in catalog:
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930242423506421

12.
  • economy of human life : translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin : to which is prefixed, an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered : in a letter from an English gentleman, residing in China, to the Earl of **** : with thirty-two elegant cuts, by A. Anderson
  • The economy of human life : translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin : to which is prefixed, an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered : in a letter from an English gentleman, residing in China, to the Earl of **** : with thirty-two elegant cuts, by A. Anderson

Creator:
Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764
Contributor:
Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Hill, John, 1714?-1775, and Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
Date:
1810
Collections:
  • Treasures of the Graphic Arts Collection
  • Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
  • Treasures of Rare Book Division
View in catalog:
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930039153506421