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... Authors , by T. B. 8vo , calf . 38 1693 81 ANCIENT Alphabets and Hieroglyphic Characters explained , with Ac- count of ... Author , written by himself , and Essay on his Style and Conius . By Tho . Sanderson . 2 vols . 12mo , boards . 48 ...
... Authors , by T. B. 8vo , calf . 38 1693 81 ANCIENT Alphabets and Hieroglyphic Characters explained , with Ac- count of ... Author , written by himself , and Essay on his Style and Conius . By Tho . Sanderson . 2 vols . 12mo , boards . 48 ...
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... Author's Preface . 168 ORMULUM ( The ) Semi - Saxon Homilies in Verse , now first edited , with Notes and Glossary , by Rev. Dr. R. M. White . 2 vols . 8vo , cloth . Oxford , 1852 169 THE ANGLO - SAXON Poems of Beowulf , the Scôp or ...
... Author's Preface . 168 ORMULUM ( The ) Semi - Saxon Homilies in Verse , now first edited , with Notes and Glossary , by Rev. Dr. R. M. White . 2 vols . 8vo , cloth . Oxford , 1852 169 THE ANGLO - SAXON Poems of Beowulf , the Scôp or ...
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... Author of " Cyril Thorn- ton " ( Capt . Hamilton ) . 3 vols . post 8vo , maps & plts . cl . 78 6d 1829 179 ANNALS and Legends of Calais ; with Sketches of Emigré Notabilities , and Memoir of Lady Hamilton . By Robert Bell Calton , author ...
... Author of " Cyril Thorn- ton " ( Capt . Hamilton ) . 3 vols . post 8vo , maps & plts . cl . 78 6d 1829 179 ANNALS and Legends of Calais ; with Sketches of Emigré Notabilities , and Memoir of Lady Hamilton . By Robert Bell Calton , author ...
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... Author of Memoirs , and Miscellaneous Writer ) Letter to John Taylor , Esq . 28 303 COMBE ( William , Author of " Dr. Syntax , " and other works ) Letter . 28 304 COMBE ( Dr. Taylor , of the British Museum , and son of the above ) ...
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... Author's Motto , Fortune's Tennis - Ball , Eliza , Poems , Epigrams , & c . 8vo , mor . gt . edges , 128 1650 376 BARRI ( Christophoro ) Cochin China , containing many admirable Ra- rities and Singularities of that Country , during a ...
... Author's Motto , Fortune's Tennis - Ball , Eliza , Poems , Epigrams , & c . 8vo , mor . gt . edges , 128 1650 376 BARRI ( Christophoro ) Cochin China , containing many admirable Ra- rities and Singularities of that Country , during a ...
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