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Page 31
... Arms of Bavaria stamped in gold on the side , " for £ 250 ; while at Sir Mark Sykes's sale , about fifty years ago , it Strange to say , within the last brought but £ 50 . have appeared . four years no less than two copies of this rare ...
... Arms of Bavaria stamped in gold on the side , " for £ 250 ; while at Sir Mark Sykes's sale , about fifty years ago , it Strange to say , within the last brought but £ 50 . have appeared . four years no less than two copies of this rare ...
Page 42
... arms upheld by Cupids - while some of the epitomes were written in blue and gold . " There is many an opening page thus set forth in this com- bination of pictorial and typographical splendour . A short time ago Mr. Quaritch was in ...
... arms upheld by Cupids - while some of the epitomes were written in blue and gold . " There is many an opening page thus set forth in this com- bination of pictorial and typographical splendour . A short time ago Mr. Quaritch was in ...
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... arms and delicate touch a certain individual feeling . Many a compositor , as in the case of Franklin , would " set " the type of a book entirely by himself or aided by a companion : the pressman as he " pulled " the sheets made the ...
... arms and delicate touch a certain individual feeling . Many a compositor , as in the case of Franklin , would " set " the type of a book entirely by himself or aided by a companion : the pressman as he " pulled " the sheets made the ...
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... Arms , & c . , " fol . 1489 , Rawlinson in 1756 , IIS .; Duke of Devonshire in 1812 , 336 ; M. Libri in 1862 , £ 255 . Eneydos , " fol . 1490 , R. Smith in 1682 , 3s .; E. Jeans in 1859 , 100 ; B. Quaritch in 1874 , 191 ( copy wanting ...
... Arms , & c . , " fol . 1489 , Rawlinson in 1756 , IIS .; Duke of Devonshire in 1812 , 336 ; M. Libri in 1862 , £ 255 . Eneydos , " fol . 1490 , R. Smith in 1682 , 3s .; E. Jeans in 1859 , 100 ; B. Quaritch in 1874 , 191 ( copy wanting ...
Page 70
... Arms , " 10 , 10s . ( Roxburghe , £ 336 ) ; " Passe Tyme of Pleasure , " £ 3 , 3s . ( Roxburghe , £ 81 ) ; Tragedy of Sir Rd . Grinville , " 5s . ( or 12s . 6d . ) , Bindley , £ 40 , 195 . Here a 4to volume of theological tracts sold ...
... Arms , " 10 , 10s . ( Roxburghe , £ 336 ) ; " Passe Tyme of Pleasure , " £ 3 , 3s . ( Roxburghe , £ 81 ) ; Tragedy of Sir Rd . Grinville , " 5s . ( or 12s . 6d . ) , Bindley , £ 40 , 195 . Here a 4to volume of theological tracts sold ...
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