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... thick kind of paper , used for the covering of books . Before the employment of pasteboard and millboards , books were either bound in calf or left unbound like modern French novels . Minion . The name of a type half the size of English ...
... thick kind of paper , used for the covering of books . Before the employment of pasteboard and millboards , books were either bound in calf or left unbound like modern French novels . Minion . The name of a type half the size of English ...
Page 69
... thick 4to , Albany , 1841 ; value £ 4 ( mor . ) . Donovan ( E. ) , The Natural History of British Birds , London , 1794-98 , royal 8vo , 10 vols .; £ 13 ( russ . ex . , with clasps and corners ) . Dresser ( H. E. ) and Sharpe ( R. B. ) ...
... thick 4to , Albany , 1841 ; value £ 4 ( mor . ) . Donovan ( E. ) , The Natural History of British Birds , London , 1794-98 , royal 8vo , 10 vols .; £ 13 ( russ . ex . , with clasps and corners ) . Dresser ( H. E. ) and Sharpe ( R. B. ) ...
Page 87
... thick 8vo , Paris , 1843 ; 7s . Lister ( M. ) , Historia sive Synopsis Methodica Conchyliorum , London , 1685 , 1 vol . , folio ; 18s .; large paper , £ 2 . Another Edition , 1770-1823 ; 15s . to £ 1 . Conchyliorum Bivalvium utriusque ...
... thick 8vo , Paris , 1843 ; 7s . Lister ( M. ) , Historia sive Synopsis Methodica Conchyliorum , London , 1685 , 1 vol . , folio ; 18s .; large paper , £ 2 . Another Edition , 1770-1823 ; 15s . to £ 1 . Conchyliorum Bivalvium utriusque ...
Page 89
... thick royal 8vo , 1835 ; £ 1 1s . Index Testaceologicus ; or , a Catalogue of Shells , London , 1818 , 8vo ; £ 1 . Second Edition , London , 1828 , 8vo , coloured plates ; £ 1 . Another Edition , London , 1856 , royal 8vo ; £ 1 10s ...
... thick royal 8vo , 1835 ; £ 1 1s . Index Testaceologicus ; or , a Catalogue of Shells , London , 1818 , 8vo ; £ 1 . Second Edition , London , 1828 , 8vo , coloured plates ; £ 1 . Another Edition , London , 1856 , royal 8vo ; £ 1 10s ...
Page 104
... thick 8vo , 1839 ; 5s . Dixon ( F. ) , Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex , royal 4to , 1850 ; 12s . Another Edition , £ 1 . Falconer ( H. ) and Cautley ( T. ) , Notice of Fossil Quadrumana , 1837 ...
... thick 8vo , 1839 ; 5s . Dixon ( F. ) , Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex , royal 4to , 1850 ; 12s . Another Edition , £ 1 . Falconer ( H. ) and Cautley ( T. ) , Notice of Fossil Quadrumana , 1837 ...
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