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... calf binding ( rebacked ) , gilt in the Italian style , executed either for Ascham or for the Earl 1545 A most interesting and excellent memorial of a notable English worthy . He speaks of the Earl's sister as Diva semperque augusta ...
... calf binding ( rebacked ) , gilt in the Italian style , executed either for Ascham or for the Earl 1545 A most interesting and excellent memorial of a notable English worthy . He speaks of the Earl's sister as Diva semperque augusta ...
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... calf extra , gilt edges A pretty volume . Vienna , n . d . 60 MANUSCRITS FRANÇOIS ( Les ) de la Bibliothèque du Roi , par M. Paulin Paris , LARGE PAPER , 7 vols . royal 8vo . calf gilt , gilt top , Paris , 1836-48 61 NOUVEAU TRAITE de ...
... calf extra , gilt edges A pretty volume . Vienna , n . d . 60 MANUSCRITS FRANÇOIS ( Les ) de la Bibliothèque du Roi , par M. Paulin Paris , LARGE PAPER , 7 vols . royal 8vo . calf gilt , gilt top , Paris , 1836-48 61 NOUVEAU TRAITE de ...
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... calf gilt 192 CHAPMAN ( George ) MONSIEUR D'OLIVE . A Comedie , as it was sundrie times acted by her Majesties children at the Blacke - Friers , sm . 4to . , a very fine copy in blue morocco extra , by Riviere China : 1606 12 12 0 193 ...
... calf gilt 192 CHAPMAN ( George ) MONSIEUR D'OLIVE . A Comedie , as it was sundrie times acted by her Majesties children at the Blacke - Friers , sm . 4to . , a very fine copy in blue morocco extra , by Riviere China : 1606 12 12 0 193 ...
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... gilt tooling , gilt edges ( Roger Payne ) , FINE COPY ( Hamilton Palace ) T. Woodward , 1741 218 EPISTOLÆ diversorum ... calf Berlin , 1866-8 221 HOLM ( A. ) Geschichte Griechenlands , 4 vols . post 8vo . hf . calf Berlin , 1886-94 ...
... gilt tooling , gilt edges ( Roger Payne ) , FINE COPY ( Hamilton Palace ) T. Woodward , 1741 218 EPISTOLÆ diversorum ... calf Berlin , 1866-8 221 HOLM ( A. ) Geschichte Griechenlands , 4 vols . post 8vo . hf . calf Berlin , 1886-94 ...
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... calf Dresden , 1827 238 TACITI Opera ed . Brotier , 4 vols . 4to . best edition , calf extra , gilt edges 239 Paris , 1771 The Annales of , the description of Germanie : The end of Nero and beginning of Galba , in English by Greenway ...
... calf Dresden , 1827 238 TACITI Opera ed . Brotier , 4 vols . 4to . best edition , calf extra , gilt edges 239 Paris , 1771 The Annales of , the description of Germanie : The end of Nero and beginning of Galba , in English by Greenway ...
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