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... issued from the press ; A BLOCK- BOOK OF EXTRAORDINARY RARITY ( the only copy ever offered for sale by auction , and considered UNIQUE , was Libri's , which sold for £ 25 . ) This copy has the rare blank leaf at end , wanting in the ...
... issued from the press ; A BLOCK- BOOK OF EXTRAORDINARY RARITY ( the only copy ever offered for sale by auction , and considered UNIQUE , was Libri's , which sold for £ 25 . ) This copy has the rare blank leaf at end , wanting in the ...
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... issued by a bookseller , and superior even to all but the greatest public collections in Europe . ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS . About 300 MSS . Biblical , classical , historical , poetical , and liturgical , in various lan- uages , ranging ...
... issued by a bookseller , and superior even to all but the greatest public collections in Europe . ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS . About 300 MSS . Biblical , classical , historical , poetical , and liturgical , in various lan- uages , ranging ...
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... issued to Subscribers , but sold separately at high prices ; many of them are out of print and very rare . 1 ALPHABET of CAPITAL LETTERS , illumi- nated by early Italian painters from Choral Books at Florence and Siena , in outline ...
... issued to Subscribers , but sold separately at high prices ; many of them are out of print and very rare . 1 ALPHABET of CAPITAL LETTERS , illumi- nated by early Italian painters from Choral Books at Florence and Siena , in outline ...
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... ( issued for 1842-47 , but without Text ) , roy . and imp . 8vo , together 18 vols . upwards of one thousand coloured plates , hf . calf , £ 2 . 16s 1831-39 One volume has been bound without regard to order ; a gap occurs here and there ...
... ( issued for 1842-47 , but without Text ) , roy . and imp . 8vo , together 18 vols . upwards of one thousand coloured plates , hf . calf , £ 2 . 16s 1831-39 One volume has been bound without regard to order ; a gap occurs here and there ...
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... ISSUED , and of extreme rarity , with a fine PORTRAIT ( 4to . ) and an original AUTOGRAPH of FOWLER , all mounted on drawing boards . Also a Collection of ALL the Original DESCRIPTIVE PROSPECTUSES of the Plates which were issued , in 3 ...
... ISSUED , and of extreme rarity , with a fine PORTRAIT ( 4to . ) and an original AUTOGRAPH of FOWLER , all mounted on drawing boards . Also a Collection of ALL the Original DESCRIPTIVE PROSPECTUSES of the Plates which were issued , in 3 ...
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