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... Portraits of Eminent and Listinguished Persons , with Memoirs , up- wards of 150 fine plates from scarce pictures and prints , 3 vols . in 1 , 4to . hf . morocco , neat , £ 1 . 8s Harding , 1795 One of the best and most interesting portrait ...
... Portraits of Eminent and Listinguished Persons , with Memoirs , up- wards of 150 fine plates from scarce pictures and prints , 3 vols . in 1 , 4to . hf . morocco , neat , £ 1 . 8s Harding , 1795 One of the best and most interesting portrait ...
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... portrait and autograph , 2 vols . 8vo . sewed , uncut , scarce , 78 6d Brux . 1808 175 BURTON'S Anatomy of Melancholy , with the Satirical Preface , and Life , curious frontispiece , 2 vols . 8vo . hf . calf , neatly gilt , 128 1826 176 ...
... portrait and autograph , 2 vols . 8vo . sewed , uncut , scarce , 78 6d Brux . 1808 175 BURTON'S Anatomy of Melancholy , with the Satirical Preface , and Life , curious frontispiece , 2 vols . 8vo . hf . calf , neatly gilt , 128 1826 176 ...
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... portrait , Vari dal C. G. Ferrario , 3 vols . 8vo . in 2 , calf , neatly gilt , 158 sm . 8vo . calf , 158 Milano , 1806 An excellent edition of the earliest collection of Novels in the Italian language this production is wholly ...
... portrait , Vari dal C. G. Ferrario , 3 vols . 8vo . in 2 , calf , neatly gilt , 158 sm . 8vo . calf , 158 Milano , 1806 An excellent edition of the earliest collection of Novels in the Italian language this production is wholly ...
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... portrait of Sutton by Van Houe , costume , & c . 8vo . calf , scarce , 5s 1677 of the 1837 242 CHATEAUBRIAND ... portrait , BEST EDITION , 2 vols . 8vo . calf gilt , bound by Kalthoeber , 88 6d 1804 253 CICERONIS OPERA OMNIA , ex ...
... portrait of Sutton by Van Houe , costume , & c . 8vo . calf , scarce , 5s 1677 of the 1837 242 CHATEAUBRIAND ... portrait , BEST EDITION , 2 vols . 8vo . calf gilt , bound by Kalthoeber , 88 6d 1804 253 CICERONIS OPERA OMNIA , ex ...
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... portrait and engravings , BEST EDITION , 2 vols . sm . 8vo . neat Spanish binding , 88 6d Madrid , 1776 Cervantes says in Don Quixote that the Araucana was one of the best Poems in heroic verse which the Castilians possessed . 398 ...
... portrait and engravings , BEST EDITION , 2 vols . sm . 8vo . neat Spanish binding , 88 6d Madrid , 1776 Cervantes says in Don Quixote that the Araucana was one of the best Poems in heroic verse which the Castilians possessed . 398 ...
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