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... copy in blue morocco extra , edges gilt over red , by C. LEWIS , £ 7.10s Parigi , 1548 From the Hamilton Palace Collection . édition , qui a été imprimée sous les yeux de l'auteur . " - Brunet . A copy of this work sold at Sotheby's for ...
... copy in blue morocco extra , edges gilt over red , by C. LEWIS , £ 7.10s Parigi , 1548 From the Hamilton Palace Collection . édition , qui a été imprimée sous les yeux de l'auteur . " - Brunet . A copy of this work sold at Sotheby's for ...
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... COPY , on hand - made paper , with earliest prooves of the photogravures on INDIA PAPER ( ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ) , £ 3 . 3s I. INTRODUCTION . CONTENTS . II . THE GROWTH AND DEVELOP- III . BIOGRAPHICAL . IV . " IN MEMORIAM . " MENT OF ...
... COPY , on hand - made paper , with earliest prooves of the photogravures on INDIA PAPER ( ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ) , £ 3 . 3s I. INTRODUCTION . CONTENTS . II . THE GROWTH AND DEVELOP- III . BIOGRAPHICAL . IV . " IN MEMORIAM . " MENT OF ...
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... copy ) , SCARCE , £ 3 . 10s 1776 THORNTON ( Dr. W. ) CADMUS , or a Treatise on the Elements of Written Language , with an Essay on teaching the Deaf and Dumb to speak ( Magellanic Gold Medal Prize Dissertation ) , 8vo . calf gilt , 7s ...
... copy ) , SCARCE , £ 3 . 10s 1776 THORNTON ( Dr. W. ) CADMUS , or a Treatise on the Elements of Written Language , with an Essay on teaching the Deaf and Dumb to speak ( Magellanic Gold Medal Prize Dissertation ) , 8vo . calf gilt , 7s ...
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... copy , half calf extra , top edges gilt ( nice copy ) , £ 1 . Is ANNE DE FRANCE ( Duchesse de Bourbon- noise et d'Auvergne ) ENSEIGNEMENTS à sa Fille SUSANNE DE BOURBON ; Texte original d'après le MS . unique de St. Pétersbourg , avec ...
... copy , half calf extra , top edges gilt ( nice copy ) , £ 1 . Is ANNE DE FRANCE ( Duchesse de Bourbon- noise et d'Auvergne ) ENSEIGNEMENTS à sa Fille SUSANNE DE BOURBON ; Texte original d'après le MS . unique de St. Pétersbourg , avec ...
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... COPY of the book , with India Proofs both of Etched and Finished Engravings of the 20 plates , and the AUTHOR'S DRAWINGS , royal folio , finely bound in dark purple morocco extra , with broad borders of gold , gilt edges , by HERING ...
... COPY of the book , with India Proofs both of Etched and Finished Engravings of the 20 plates , and the AUTHOR'S DRAWINGS , royal folio , finely bound in dark purple morocco extra , with broad borders of gold , gilt edges , by HERING ...
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Page 288 - and PASTIMES of the People of England, including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and pompous Spectacles, from the earliest period to the present Time, edited,
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Page 62 - CYCLOPEDIA of COSTUME, or Dictionary of Dress, Regal, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military, from the Earliest Period in England to the Reign of George III., including Notices of contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, and General History of the Costumes of the principal Countries of Europe,
Page 234 - government during the ten years succeeding the restoration. If quitting the broad path of history, we seek for minute information concerning ancient manners and customs, the progress of arts and sciences, and the various branches of antiquity, we have never seen a mine so rich as the volumes before us."—
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Page 281 - SMYTH (Prof. W.) LECTURES on MODERN HISTORY, from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution, 2 vols. 8vo. elegantly bound
Page 264 - ROBIN HOOD, a collection of all the ANCIENT POEMS, SONGS and BALLADS, now extant relative to that celebrated English Outlaw ; with Historical Anecdotes of his Life