The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at which They Have Been Sold, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1865 - English literature |
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... valuable than for their rarity , consisting , as that rarity sometimes does , in a colophon or the name of a printer , the tex- ture or colour of the paper , the width of the margin , the occur- rence or omission of a date , or even in ...
... valuable than for their rarity , consisting , as that rarity sometimes does , in a colophon or the name of a printer , the tex- ture or colour of the paper , the width of the margin , the occur- rence or omission of a date , or even in ...
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... valuable compilation . In speaking of the Bib- liotheca Britannica , no praise can be too high ; for , notwith- standing its imperfections , it contains a mass of most valuable matter , disposed in such form as to be of great assistance ...
... valuable compilation . In speaking of the Bib- liotheca Britannica , no praise can be too high ; for , notwith- standing its imperfections , it contains a mass of most valuable matter , disposed in such form as to be of great assistance ...
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... valuable compilation is extremely imperfect in relation to British literature . The Editor is aware of an objection to which his work is liable from the circumstance of many books , which may be considered worthless , being noticed ...
... valuable compilation is extremely imperfect in relation to British literature . The Editor is aware of an objection to which his work is liable from the circumstance of many books , which may be considered worthless , being noticed ...
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... valuable hints , and for the loan of the sale catalogues of the nu- merous important libraries which have passed through his hands , which exhibit a profound knowledge of his profession . - To Messrs . SOTHEBY he begs to return his ...
... valuable hints , and for the loan of the sale catalogues of the nu- merous important libraries which have passed through his hands , which exhibit a profound knowledge of his profession . - To Messrs . SOTHEBY he begs to return his ...
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... valuable work will be the works of Abendana . found in vol . xv . of Pinkerton's Collection ABERCROMBY , David . Academia of Voyages and Travels , and in Part ii . of Scientiarium , or the Academy of White's Egyptiaca . - - Abdollatiphi ...
... valuable work will be the works of Abendana . found in vol . xv . of Pinkerton's Collection ABERCROMBY , David . Academia of Voyages and Travels , and in Part ii . of Scientiarium , or the Academy of White's Egyptiaca . - - Abdollatiphi ...
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