The Book Fancier: Or, The Romance of Book Collecting |
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Page 10
... possession of a broker at Salisbury , where , about thirty years ago , Mr. Warton found it among a parcel of old iron and other lumber , and I think purchased it for sixpence . Since his death , his brother , Dr. Joseph Warton , very ...
... possession of a broker at Salisbury , where , about thirty years ago , Mr. Warton found it among a parcel of old iron and other lumber , and I think purchased it for sixpence . Since his death , his brother , Dr. Joseph Warton , very ...
Page 11
... possession , and at his sale fetched but twenty guineas ! The system of " old book dealing " has been so perfected or methodised , that the days for the patient explorer going his rounds with the certainty of " picking up , " as it was ...
... possession , and at his sale fetched but twenty guineas ! The system of " old book dealing " has been so perfected or methodised , that the days for the patient explorer going his rounds with the certainty of " picking up , " as it was ...
Page 12
... obtaining the present impression when a reasonable hope of its possession is held out to him ; nor is the work less intrinsically valuable than its exterior form is inviting . A nobler book cannot grace J2 Book Collectors and Book Dealers .
... obtaining the present impression when a reasonable hope of its possession is held out to him ; nor is the work less intrinsically valuable than its exterior form is inviting . A nobler book cannot grace J2 Book Collectors and Book Dealers .
Page 25
... possessed nearly all of the " incunables , " and certainly all the first editions of the Classics , with the exception of only two or three . The result was a grand and imposing collection , which , after his death , slumbered ...
... possessed nearly all of the " incunables , " and certainly all the first editions of the Classics , with the exception of only two or three . The result was a grand and imposing collection , which , after his death , slumbered ...
Page 42
... possession of more book rarities than ever were found in the hands of one single owner before . He was fresh from the spoils of the Sunderland , Syston Park , Beck- ford and Hamilton sales . There were to be seen the Mazarin Bible ...
... possession of more book rarities than ever were found in the hands of one single owner before . He was fresh from the spoils of the Sunderland , Syston Park , Beck- ford and Hamilton sales . There were to be seen the Mazarin Bible ...
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