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A catalogue of Mein's Circulating Library; consisting of above twelve hundred volumes, in most branches of polite literature, arts and sciences; viz. history, voyages, travels, lives, memoirs, antiquities, philosophy, novels, divinity, physic, surgery, anatomy, arts, sciences, plays, poetry, husbandry, navigation, gardening, mathematics, laws, &c. &c. &c. : Which are lent to read, at one pound eight shillings, lawful money, per year; eighteen shillings per half-year; or, ten and eight pence per quarter; by John Mein, bookseller at the London Book-Store, second door above the British Coffee-House, north-side of King-Street, Boston. : This collection will be considerably enlarged from time to time, and the number of volumes will be more than doubled in less than a twelvemonth, if the publisher meets with due encouragement. : At the above place the full value is given for any library or parcel of books, in any language or faculty; and books sold or exchanged.

 
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dc.contributor.author Mein's Circulating Library.
dc.coverage.placeName Boston, Massachusetts
dc.date.accessioned 2018-05-25
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-22T18:20:46Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-22T18:20:46Z
dc.date.created 1765
dc.date.issued 2004-12
dc.identifier ota:N07896
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/N07896
dc.description.abstract Ascribed to the press of McAlpine and Fleeming by Winans. Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing price in imprint transcription. Error in paging: p. 44 misnumbered 46. Bookseller's advertisement, p. 1-[3], second count.
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dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher University of Oxford
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dc.subject.lcsh Subscription libraries -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
dc.subject.lcsh Booksellers and bookselling -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
dc.subject.lcsh Library catalogues -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
dc.subject.lcsh Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
dc.title A catalogue of Mein's Circulating Library; consisting of above twelve hundred volumes, in most branches of polite literature, arts and sciences; viz. history, voyages, travels, lives, memoirs, antiquities, philosophy, novels, divinity, physic, surgery, anatomy, arts, sciences, plays, poetry, husbandry, navigation, gardening, mathematics, laws, &c. &c. &c. : Which are lent to read, at one pound eight shillings, lawful money, per year; eighteen shillings per half-year; or, ten and eight pence per quarter; by John Mein, bookseller at the London Book-Store, second door above the British Coffee-House, north-side of King-Street, Boston. : This collection will be considerably enlarged from time to time, and the number of volumes will be more than doubled in less than a twelvemonth, if the publisher meets with due encouragement. : At the above place the full value is given for any library or parcel of books, in any language or faculty; and books sold or exchanged.
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otaterms.date.range 1700-1799

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