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Doddridge, Philip (1702-1751) and Caleb Ashworth (1722-1775) A Course of Lectures on Jewish Antiquities, Manuscript on Paper. Wymondley: N. Trotman, 1800. Quarto manuscript on laid paper, inscribed over 131 numbered pages, with approximately two signatures of blank leaves at the end, some blank leaves removed, bound in full contemporary green parchment, 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.
Although this work may have been published in a collected edition of Doddridge's works, it seems that it was not printed separately. No works by Doddridge or Ashworth with this title appear in WorldCat.
Estimate $300-400
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