The Book Fancier: Or, The Romance of Book Collecting |
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... elegant taste of the book - fancier , as well as of that passion or faith which is described with such amiable enthusiasm in the little tract of the worthy Bishop Richard of Bury . The history and pedigree of books , of printers , & c ...
... elegant taste of the book - fancier , as well as of that passion or faith which is described with such amiable enthusiasm in the little tract of the worthy Bishop Richard of Bury . The history and pedigree of books , of printers , & c ...
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... elegant and ingenious writer . " This would now be priced at thirty or forty guineas . But a much more extraordinary illustration of the " ups and downs " of sales was exhibited at the Roxburghe sale , where there was offered no less ...
... elegant and ingenious writer . " This would now be priced at thirty or forty guineas . But a much more extraordinary illustration of the " ups and downs " of sales was exhibited at the Roxburghe sale , where there was offered no less ...
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... elegance displayed in the design and cutting of the type . Of the Mazarin Bible it is reckoned that there are in the world nineteen copies - on paper , mark ; but on vellum , not more than five . It was at the great Perkins sale , whose ...
... elegance displayed in the design and cutting of the type . Of the Mazarin Bible it is reckoned that there are in the world nineteen copies - on paper , mark ; but on vellum , not more than five . It was at the great Perkins sale , whose ...
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... elegant of collectors , Mr. Grenville , who paid for it just £ 250 . He bequeathed his fine collec- tion to the English public , who can every day walk through its spacious hall , lined with cases in which are enshrined these treasures ...
... elegant of collectors , Mr. Grenville , who paid for it just £ 250 . He bequeathed his fine collec- tion to the English public , who can every day walk through its spacious hall , lined with cases in which are enshrined these treasures ...
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... look at them with wonder and admiration , as we would at some graceful and elegant memorial in some old — Italian city . And here is the further surprise . § Concerning the Incunables or. CONCERNING THE INCUNABLES OR CRADLE BOOKS.
... look at them with wonder and admiration , as we would at some graceful and elegant memorial in some old — Italian city . And here is the further surprise . § Concerning the Incunables or. CONCERNING THE INCUNABLES OR CRADLE BOOKS.
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Aldine Althorp amateur artistic Athenæum Club auction beautiful Bible bibliophilist binders binding blackletter bookseller bound British Museum brought catalogue Caxton century Charles Lamb charming collection collector colours costly curious Dibdin Dickens Duke Duke of Devonshire Earl early edition elegant Elzevirs English engravings escutcheon exquisite extraordinary fac-simile famous fashion fetched finest folio French George Steevens gilt edges gold grand guineas hundred illustrated impression inches interesting issued known labour late leaf leaves letters lines London Lord magnificent margin Mazarin Mazarin Bible modern morocco morocco extra noble octavo original owner paper perfect copy plates plays pleasant portrait precious printed printer published purchased Quaritch quarto rare rarity reprinted Roger Payne Rowfant Roxburghe says scarce secured seems Shakespeare shillings sold specimen Spencer splendid style Syston taste things tion treasures typography vellum volumes William Shakespeare woodcuts writer