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... lines ; 16 11. , 26 lines ; and 15 II . , 27 lines , respectively , capitals , paragraph marks , etc. applied by hand in red , old hf . cf. ( covers loose ) , [ Cologne , A. Ther Hoernen , and Printer of Dares , 1472-1484 ( ? ) ] , sm ...
... lines ; 16 11. , 26 lines ; and 15 II . , 27 lines , respectively , capitals , paragraph marks , etc. applied by hand in red , old hf . cf. ( covers loose ) , [ Cologne , A. Ther Hoernen , and Printer of Dares , 1472-1484 ( ? ) ] , sm ...
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... lines , woodcut initials , wants first and last leaves ( both blank ) , first page soiled , small piece torn from margin , affecting two or three letters , a ( repeated ) 1-4 torn , small worm- hole through A ( repeated ) 3-7 , A ...
... lines , woodcut initials , wants first and last leaves ( both blank ) , first page soiled , small piece torn from margin , affecting two or three letters , a ( repeated ) 1-4 torn , small worm- hole through A ( repeated ) 3-7 , A ...
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... line stanzas , a double line of ornament at the bottom of each leaf , the first word of the title and two or three head - lines very slightly shaved , the blank inner margin of title slightly defective , sig . A 2 recto somewhat soiled ...
... line stanzas , a double line of ornament at the bottom of each leaf , the first word of the title and two or three head - lines very slightly shaved , the blank inner margin of title slightly defective , sig . A 2 recto somewhat soiled ...
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... lines being arranged from left to right . ] Baudelaire ( Charles ) . Les Fleurs du Mal , first ed . , very rare ... line and ornamental borders round sides , edged with conventional flowers , g.e. , enclosed in a dark blue mor . drop ...
... lines being arranged from left to right . ] Baudelaire ( Charles ) . Les Fleurs du Mal , first ed . , very rare ... line and ornamental borders round sides , edged with conventional flowers , g.e. , enclosed in a dark blue mor . drop ...
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... lines , neatly written in gothic letter , 86 large historiated initials painted in colours on grounds of burnished gold , 18 large initials similarly executed , with grotesque faces and figures , monsters , animals , birds , etc. , 13 ...
... lines , neatly written in gothic letter , 86 large historiated initials painted in colours on grounds of burnished gold , 18 large initials similarly executed , with grotesque faces and figures , monsters , animals , birds , etc. , 13 ...
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Page 614 - BOTH ENGLISH AND LATIN, Compos'd at several times. Printed by his true Copies. The Songs were set in Musick by Mr. HENRY LAWES, Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Majesties Private Musick.
Page 314 - REAL LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq., and his Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall. By an Amateur (Pierce Egan). With 31 Coloured Plates by Alken and Rowlandson, etc.
Page 182 - Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America ; from Drawings and Notes of the Author, made during eight years' travel among fortyeight of the wildest and most remote Tribes of Savages in North America.
Page 231 - Coryat's Crudities Hastily gobled up in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia commonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of high Germany and the Netherlands ; Newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the County of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling Members of this Kingdome...
Page 944 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers. Fishponds, Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON . With Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, and 61 Copperplate Illustrations.
Page 240 - Steps to the Temple," " Sacred Poems, with other Delights of the Muses," and "Poemata,"
Page 284 - A collection of the names of the merchants living in and about the city of London ; very useful!
Page 197 - CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS. —The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a large collection of the most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste...
Page 58 - A Chronicle of the Kings of England, FROM THE TIME OF THE ROMANS...
Page 809 - Shelley (Percy B.). ADONAIS ; an Elegy on the death of John Keats, Author of ' Endymion,