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... scarce . 1653 264 ASTROLOGY - HEYDON's New Astro- logy , or the Art , of predicting or fore- telling future Events , by the aspects , positions , and influences of the Heavenly bodies , sm . 8vo . hf . calf neat , 5s . 6d . 253 ASCHAM'S ...
... scarce . 1653 264 ASTROLOGY - HEYDON's New Astro- logy , or the Art , of predicting or fore- telling future Events , by the aspects , positions , and influences of the Heavenly bodies , sm . 8vo . hf . calf neat , 5s . 6d . 253 ASCHAM'S ...
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... SCARCE . 1644 302 AURORA , or a Dawne of Day - light , sm . 4to . hf . morocco , 4s . 6d . scarce . Printed in the year 1648 303 AURELIUS - The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius , Emperour and Oratour , translated out of Frenche into ...
... SCARCE . 1644 302 AURORA , or a Dawne of Day - light , sm . 4to . hf . morocco , 4s . 6d . scarce . Printed in the year 1648 303 AURELIUS - The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius , Emperour and Oratour , translated out of Frenche into ...
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... SCARCE AND VALUABLE FOLIO ATLAS of fine plates and maps , bds . clean copy , £ 1 . 18s . 1814 Dr. Dibdin says , " The intrinsic worth of these truly scientific volumes must not be mea- sured by any price . " 312 FRIEND ( The ) of ...
... SCARCE AND VALUABLE FOLIO ATLAS of fine plates and maps , bds . clean copy , £ 1 . 18s . 1814 Dr. Dibdin says , " The intrinsic worth of these truly scientific volumes must not be mea- sured by any price . " 312 FRIEND ( The ) of ...
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... SCARCE . The most complete edition extant ; it contains translations as well as the original of the Latin works , and is illustrated by portraits , views , and facsimiles , with a New Life of Lord Bacon by the editor . 351 BACON'S ...
... SCARCE . The most complete edition extant ; it contains translations as well as the original of the Latin works , and is illustrated by portraits , views , and facsimiles , with a New Life of Lord Bacon by the editor . 351 BACON'S ...
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... scarce . Cambridge , 1640 379 BALL'S ( Richard ) Astrology Im- proved , or a Compendium of the whole Art of that most noble science , fine portrait , sm . 8vo . calf , gilt edges , 8s . 6d . SCARCE . 380 BALLANTYNE'S 1723 NOVELIST'S LI ...
... scarce . Cambridge , 1640 379 BALL'S ( Richard ) Astrology Im- proved , or a Compendium of the whole Art of that most noble science , fine portrait , sm . 8vo . calf , gilt edges , 8s . 6d . SCARCE . 380 BALLANTYNE'S 1723 NOVELIST'S LI ...
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