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From the library of Irene Roosevelt Aitken, a group of finely-bound British histories, comprising:

SMOLLETT, T. The History of England. London: T. Cadell, 1841. 4 vols.
HUME, David. The History of England. London: T. Cadell; T.N. Longman, 1793. 13 vols.
[HUME, David]. SMOLLETT, T. The History of England. London: T. Cadell; T.N. Longman, 1794. 8 vols.
MOMMSEN, Theodor. The History of Rome. London: Richard Bentley, 1868. 4 vols.
DONOVAN, E. The Natural History of British Shells. London: F. and C. Rivington, 1799. 5 vols.
BOSWELL, James; CROKER, John Wilson. The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. 10 vols.
CUNNINGHAM, Allan. The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. London: John Murray, 1833. 6 vols.

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