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... . Hill Burton - perhaps the first in our time to deal popularly with such matters ; Mr. Andrew Lang being the latest to illustrate this subject from his abundant stores of knowledge . Having from the earliest date had a.
... . Hill Burton - perhaps the first in our time to deal popularly with such matters ; Mr. Andrew Lang being the latest to illustrate this subject from his abundant stores of knowledge . Having from the earliest date had a.
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... matter lies be- tween two or three of those pristine efforts . There are some three or four great and famous books of the world , which are progenitors of the millions that now , like the human population , swarm over the earth . But it ...
... matter lies be- tween two or three of those pristine efforts . There are some three or four great and famous books of the world , which are progenitors of the millions that now , like the human population , swarm over the earth . But it ...
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... letter , are ever pleasing to the eye . The greater massive folios of the same pub- lisher - ponderous armfuls , each page " packed " with matter , yet clear and uncrowded - impress one with Concerning the Incunables or Cradle - Books . 39.
... letter , are ever pleasing to the eye . The greater massive folios of the same pub- lisher - ponderous armfuls , each page " packed " with matter , yet clear and uncrowded - impress one with Concerning the Incunables or Cradle - Books . 39.
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Or, The Romance of Book Collecting Percy Fitzgerald. matter , yet clear and uncrowded - impress one with the sense of a magnificent power . We feel that one of these grand volumes was a storehouse or magazine of learning . It was to its ...
Or, The Romance of Book Collecting Percy Fitzgerald. matter , yet clear and uncrowded - impress one with the sense of a magnificent power . We feel that one of these grand volumes was a storehouse or magazine of learning . It was to its ...
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... thirty or forty ! Still this is about the same proportion to existing demand as the two copies were fifty or sixty years ago , and even now the matter is brought to a fair test in 50 The Elzevirs , Plantins , and Old Printers .
... thirty or forty ! Still this is about the same proportion to existing demand as the two copies were fifty or sixty years ago , and even now the matter is brought to a fair test in 50 The Elzevirs , Plantins , and Old Printers .
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