Description:

Leatherbound books: History and literature Sulivan, Richard Joseph. VIEW OF NATURE, IN LETTERS TO A TRAVELLER AMONG THE ALPS. 6 vols. London: T. Becket, 1794. With gilt tooled leather bindings, title page signed C. T. Lowndes, flyleaf signed G. or J. Simmons, 1794;
Tytler, Alexander Fraser. ELEMENTS OF GENERAL HISTORY, ANCIENT AND MODERN. New York: Francis Nichols, 1818. Leather binding with title page signed by Sabrina E. Lowndes;
Rollin, Charles. THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS, CARTHAGINIANS, ASSYRIANS, BABYLONIANS, MEDES & PERSIANS, MACEDONIANS, AND GRECIANS. Vols. 1, 2, 5,8. New York: David Huntington, 1815. Leatherbound, inscribed Barrett;
Bullock, Helen. THE WILLIAMSBURG ART OF COOKERY. 4th ed. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1947. Leatherbound and inscribed on flyleaf, "Xmas 1951- Mother Love, Gordon Mann" and "Florence Horsley Mann, 48 Legare St, Charleston S.C.";
ELEGANT EXTRACTS OR USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING PIECES OF POETRY, SELECTED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS. 2 vols. London: J. Johnson, 1805. Leatherbound with title pages inscribed C. T. Lowndes;
Together with three miniature books: THE HOLY BIBLE and NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1837. Leatherbound and housed within box, inscribed to J.B. Adger;
and a leatherbound Methodist hymnal dated 1832. (17pcs)

Provenance: Descended in the Lowndes, Hampton, Mullally Families of Charleston, South Carolina.

Other Notes: G. or J. Simmons, C. T. Lowndes, Sabrina E. Lowndes, Barrett, Gordon Mann and J.B. Adger.

    Condition:
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