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... Privately printed , Florence , 1817 28 ADVENTURES ( The ) of a Dramatist , 2 vols . 12mo . bds . 4s . 6d . ( pub . 16s . ) 1832 29 ADVENTURES of Neoptolemus , Son of Achilles , written in imitation of Tele- machus , translated from the ...
... Privately printed , Florence , 1817 28 ADVENTURES ( The ) of a Dramatist , 2 vols . 12mo . bds . 4s . 6d . ( pub . 16s . ) 1832 29 ADVENTURES of Neoptolemus , Son of Achilles , written in imitation of Tele- machus , translated from the ...
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... Private Life of Peter the Great , 12mo . neat , 2s . 6d . 1813 149 ANECDOTES - A Dictionary of Anec- dotes , chiefly Historical , and illustrative of Characters and Events Ancient and Modern , 2 vols . post 8vo . calf , 5s . 6d . 1816 ...
... Private Life of Peter the Great , 12mo . neat , 2s . 6d . 1813 149 ANECDOTES - A Dictionary of Anec- dotes , chiefly Historical , and illustrative of Characters and Events Ancient and Modern , 2 vols . post 8vo . calf , 5s . 6d . 1816 ...
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... PRIVATELY PRINTED , 1860 Only a very few copies struck off . GENIOUSLY TORMENTING , with proper rules for the exercising of that Amusing Study , frontispiece , 12mo . hf . russia , 2s . 1804 163 A NEW LIGHT OF ALCHYMIE , taken out of ...
... PRIVATELY PRINTED , 1860 Only a very few copies struck off . GENIOUSLY TORMENTING , with proper rules for the exercising of that Amusing Study , frontispiece , 12mo . hf . russia , 2s . 1804 163 A NEW LIGHT OF ALCHYMIE , taken out of ...
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... Privately printed , Florence , 1784 230 ARNOLD'S ( Dr. Thomas ) HISTORY OF ROME , from the early History to the end of the Second Punic War , 3 vols.- History of the later Roman Common- wealth from the end of the Second Punic War to the ...
... Privately printed , Florence , 1784 230 ARNOLD'S ( Dr. Thomas ) HISTORY OF ROME , from the early History to the end of the Second Punic War , 3 vols.- History of the later Roman Common- wealth from the end of the Second Punic War to the ...
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... PRIVATE CIRCULATION . ( 257 ASK MAMMA , or the Richest Com- moner in England , by the Author of " Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour , " with 13 co- loured plates , and numerous woodcuts , by Leech , 8vo . cloth , 8s . 6d . ( pub . 14s . ) 1858 ...
... PRIVATE CIRCULATION . ( 257 ASK MAMMA , or the Richest Com- moner in England , by the Author of " Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour , " with 13 co- loured plates , and numerous woodcuts , by Leech , 8vo . cloth , 8s . 6d . ( pub . 14s . ) 1858 ...
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