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... Duke of Buckingham , the Earl of Bristol , and Endymion Porter for the hand of the Infanta Maria , also of the Duke of Buckingham's visit to Spain with Prince Charles , and correspondence from the Earl of Bristol between 1614 and 1624 ...
... Duke of Buckingham , the Earl of Bristol , and Endymion Porter for the hand of the Infanta Maria , also of the Duke of Buckingham's visit to Spain with Prince Charles , and correspondence from the Earl of Bristol between 1614 and 1624 ...
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... Duke of , born 1850 ) . Son of Queen Victoria . A.L.S. " Arthur , " to Lady Strangford . 4 pp .. 8vo . Windsor Castle , 7th Feb. , 1883 . 44 £ 2 25 A long and particularly interesting letter concerning the Victoria Hospital then being ...
... Duke of , born 1850 ) . Son of Queen Victoria . A.L.S. " Arthur , " to Lady Strangford . 4 pp .. 8vo . Windsor Castle , 7th Feb. , 1883 . 44 £ 2 25 A long and particularly interesting letter concerning the Victoria Hospital then being ...
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... Duke of York and the ladies Darnley and Guildford . 104 COWLEY ( Abraham , 1618-1667 ) . Poet . Cipher Secretary to Queen Henrietta Maria , withdrew to France , etc. AUTOGRAPH COPY BY COWLEY of a letter from Lord Eitkin to Lord Jermyn ...
... Duke of York and the ladies Darnley and Guildford . 104 COWLEY ( Abraham , 1618-1667 ) . Poet . Cipher Secretary to Queen Henrietta Maria , withdrew to France , etc. AUTOGRAPH COPY BY COWLEY of a letter from Lord Eitkin to Lord Jermyn ...
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... Duke of , 1844-1900 ) . Son of Queen Victoria . PHOTOGRAPH ( FULL LENGTH ) , WITH AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE AND DATE Written on back . Carte- de - visite size . 1864 . IOS 6d 147 EGERTON ( Francis , 1st Earl of Ellesmere , Viscount Brackley ...
... Duke of , 1844-1900 ) . Son of Queen Victoria . PHOTOGRAPH ( FULL LENGTH ) , WITH AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE AND DATE Written on back . Carte- de - visite size . 1864 . IOS 6d 147 EGERTON ( Francis , 1st Earl of Ellesmere , Viscount Brackley ...
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... VIIth , then Prince of Wales , was in mourning for his eldest son , Duke of Clarence , who had died in the January previous . 154 EUGENE ( Prince François Eugène de Savoy , 1663-1736 MAGGS BROS . , 109 , Strand , London , W.C. 29.
... VIIth , then Prince of Wales , was in mourning for his eldest son , Duke of Clarence , who had died in the January previous . 154 EUGENE ( Prince François Eugène de Savoy , 1663-1736 MAGGS BROS . , 109 , Strand , London , W.C. 29.
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