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... collection of Elzevirs , and looked on auction days as festivals— I have ventured to add my contribution to the rest . This little volume will be found to contain many curious and interesting things not readily accessible , and deals in ...
... collection of Elzevirs , and looked on auction days as festivals— I have ventured to add my contribution to the rest . This little volume will be found to contain many curious and interesting things not readily accessible , and deals in ...
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... securities he may contrive , their dispersion is almost inevitable . The more precious the collection , the more certain the temptation ; and A there is even a grim legend of one library carried. OF BOOK COLLECTORS AND BOOK DEALERS.
... securities he may contrive , their dispersion is almost inevitable . The more precious the collection , the more certain the temptation ; and A there is even a grim legend of one library carried. OF BOOK COLLECTORS AND BOOK DEALERS.
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... collected in this way , and for comparatively small sums . The old Duke of Roxburghe wandered industriously and zealously from bookshop to book- stall over the world , just as he wandered over the moor stalking the deer . Madame D ...
... collected in this way , and for comparatively small sums . The old Duke of Roxburghe wandered industriously and zealously from bookshop to book- stall over the world , just as he wandered over the moor stalking the deer . Madame D ...
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... collection bound in one volume , and which contained some ten tracts of poetry by Daniel and others , written circa 1590. " Its history , " he says , " is a curious one . The volume is just fit for the waistcoat pocket — four and a half ...
... collection bound in one volume , and which contained some ten tracts of poetry by Daniel and others , written circa 1590. " Its history , " he says , " is a curious one . The volume is just fit for the waistcoat pocket — four and a half ...
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... collection . ' " Or better still : - " MENTELIN'S PRESS , 1465.— Conradi de Alemania , Concordantiĉ Bibliorum , thick roy . folio , first edition , black letter , the first page surrounded with a broad illuminated border in gold and ...
... collection . ' " Or better still : - " MENTELIN'S PRESS , 1465.— Conradi de Alemania , Concordantiĉ Bibliorum , thick roy . folio , first edition , black letter , the first page surrounded with a broad illuminated border in gold and ...
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