The Archive · 1936

A Book Query

Two Interesting Finds Yo the Editor of the "Nowi-Cina Dany News,"

Sm—Could any of the readers of your newspaper give me an idea of the value of the following books?

'An English-Latin,—Latin-English Dictionary by the' Rev. William Young. Printed in 1764. There is 2 Jot of writing in ink on the fy-leaf. The names William Williams, miral Sir Thomas Williams and Peggy Sloop are written by the same person but the name of the Admiral must have been written later as the Ink is much darker than In othe places. The book is bound in Jeather and ig in good condition, There are two pages missing from the back.

Shanghai. Aug. 8.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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