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... binding the same , roy . 8vo . bds . uncut £ s . d . 1 12 0 046 200 6 0 0 200 1832 1832 1 8 0 1 10 0 8 ELLIS ( Henry ) Account of Cadmon's Metrical Paraphrase , an illuminated MS . of the tenth century , 4to . with 53 plates in ...
... binding the same , roy . 8vo . bds . uncut £ s . d . 1 12 0 046 200 6 0 0 200 1832 1832 1 8 0 1 10 0 8 ELLIS ( Henry ) Account of Cadmon's Metrical Paraphrase , an illuminated MS . of the tenth century , 4to . with 53 plates in ...
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... binding of wooden boards covered with white leather About 1250 32 0 0 Written in the Abbey of Royaumont ( Regalis Mons ) near Paris , which was founded by St. Louis in 1227. The rubricator , who was apparently also the illustrator , was ...
... binding of wooden boards covered with white leather About 1250 32 0 0 Written in the Abbey of Royaumont ( Regalis Mons ) near Paris , which was founded by St. Louis in 1227. The rubricator , who was apparently also the illustrator , was ...
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... binding . On the back of the title is the engraved bookplate of " Robertus Eglesfield Clericus " with his arms ( three eagles in the field ) , the letters Coll . Reg . Oxon . , and the motto " Reginæ erunt nutrices tuæ which may be read ...
... binding . On the back of the title is the engraved bookplate of " Robertus Eglesfield Clericus " with his arms ( three eagles in the field ) , the letters Coll . Reg . Oxon . , and the motto " Reginæ erunt nutrices tuæ which may be read ...
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... binding with clasps , in a case , from Lord Ashburnham's collection £ 8. d . About 1440-50 105 0 0 On the leaf pasted down inside the cover there are two MS . notes . " Robert or Willm Langland made Pers Ploughma , " and under it ...
... binding with clasps , in a case , from Lord Ashburnham's collection £ 8. d . About 1440-50 105 0 0 On the leaf pasted down inside the cover there are two MS . notes . " Robert or Willm Langland made Pers Ploughma , " and under it ...
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... binding , enclosed in a red morocco [ William Caxton , about 1478 ] 2500 FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST GREAT ENGLISH POET , PRINTED BY THE FIRST OF ENGLISH PRINTERS . It is not only one of Caxton's earliest and rarest books ; it is ...
... binding , enclosed in a red morocco [ William Caxton , about 1478 ] 2500 FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST GREAT ENGLISH POET , PRINTED BY THE FIRST OF ENGLISH PRINTERS . It is not only one of Caxton's earliest and rarest books ; it is ...
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