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... folio , of standard books , a number which no pub- * AA , PIETER VAN DER , a celebrated jurist , known also lisher before or since has equalled . Towards the close of his under the Latinized form of Petrus Vanderanus , was born at life ...
... folio , of standard books , a number which no pub- * AA , PIETER VAN DER , a celebrated jurist , known also lisher before or since has equalled . Towards the close of his under the Latinized form of Petrus Vanderanus , was born at life ...
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... folio , engraved after his own drawings . He died in 1759. Two of his brothers also excelled as sculptors . FRANÇOIS - GASPARD ADAM , born at Nancy , 1710 , worked with his brothers at Rome , acquired some reputation , and obtained the ...
... folio , engraved after his own drawings . He died in 1759. Two of his brothers also excelled as sculptors . FRANÇOIS - GASPARD ADAM , born at Nancy , 1710 , worked with his brothers at Rome , acquired some reputation , and obtained the ...
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... folio , 1509 ; the second edition appeared at Venice , 3 large volumes folio , 1521-22 , and has been often reprinted . The best edition is that published at Sabionetta , in Italy , 1534. Many commentaries on the Little Talmud have also ...
... folio , 1509 ; the second edition appeared at Venice , 3 large volumes folio , 1521-22 , and has been often reprinted . The best edition is that published at Sabionetta , in Italy , 1534. Many commentaries on the Little Talmud have also ...
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... folio , Venice , 1611 , was an attempt to determine the views of the ancient sect of the Methodists . A posthumous work , De Plantis Exoticis , libri duo , ' edited by his son , contains descriptions of rare exotic plants cultivated in ...
... folio , Venice , 1611 , was an attempt to determine the views of the ancient sect of the Methodists . A posthumous work , De Plantis Exoticis , libri duo , ' edited by his son , contains descriptions of rare exotic plants cultivated in ...
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... folio , 1499 , 1581 , & c . ( 4 ) ' Ques- tiones Mercuriales , ' Venice , folio , 1499 , 1581 , & c . ( 5 ) ' Additiones ad Durantis Speculum , ' a work valuable on account of the bio- graphical notices of canonists and writers on forms ...
... folio , 1499 , 1581 , & c . ( 4 ) ' Ques- tiones Mercuriales , ' Venice , folio , 1499 , 1581 , & c . ( 5 ) ' Additiones ad Durantis Speculum , ' a work valuable on account of the bio- graphical notices of canonists and writers on forms ...
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