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... wanted , and could not get in any other way . Neither does the Huth Library constitute a record in point of the total amount realised , which , by the way , did not include the value of the fifty books selected by the British Museum ...
... wanted , and could not get in any other way . Neither does the Huth Library constitute a record in point of the total amount realised , which , by the way , did not include the value of the fifty books selected by the British Museum ...
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... wanted , March 4 , Sotheby , Lot 1. ] Ackermann ( R. ) [ Repository of Arts ] Costume of the Ladies of England , 1809 to 1828 , a collection of col . fashion plates from Ackermann's Repository , in 2 vol . , mor . ex . , g.e. , by F ...
... wanted , March 4 , Sotheby , Lot 1. ] Ackermann ( R. ) [ Repository of Arts ] Costume of the Ladies of England , 1809 to 1828 , a collection of col . fashion plates from Ackermann's Repository , in 2 vol . , mor . ex . , g.e. , by F ...
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... ( wanted title and preliminary matter , not subject to return ) , old cf. , n.d. [ R. Field , 1591 ] , folio ( 712 ) , Dec. 1 , Sotheby Chaundy , £ 5 [ Wordsworth's copy , having his autograph , W. Wordsworth , Rydal Mount , " on fly ...
... ( wanted title and preliminary matter , not subject to return ) , old cf. , n.d. [ R. Field , 1591 ] , folio ( 712 ) , Dec. 1 , Sotheby Chaundy , £ 5 [ Wordsworth's copy , having his autograph , W. Wordsworth , Rydal Mount , " on fly ...
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... ( wanted last leaf , supplied in fac . , first 3 11 . defective and mended , wormed at beginning and end , a few blank margins mended ) , mor . , g.e. , n . p . or d . ( Antwerp , V. van Doesborgh or A. van Berchem , c . 1502 ) , sm ...
... ( wanted last leaf , supplied in fac . , first 3 11 . defective and mended , wormed at beginning and end , a few blank margins mended ) , mor . , g.e. , n . p . or d . ( Antwerp , V. van Doesborgh or A. van Berchem , c . 1502 ) , sm ...
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... ( wanted in this copy ) is a blank , E6 has a woodcut ornament only . ] Bacon ( Sir F. ) Confession of Faith , first ed . , 8 11. ( last blank ) , A - B in fours , port . of Bacon on title , mor . ex . , Miller arms in centres , g.e. , by ...
... ( wanted in this copy ) is a blank , E6 has a woodcut ornament only . ] Bacon ( Sir F. ) Confession of Faith , first ed . , 8 11. ( last blank ) , A - B in fours , port . of Bacon on title , mor . ex . , Miller arms in centres , g.e. , by ...
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Page 596 - And unto this impression is added seven playes, never before printed in folio. Viz. Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London ProdigalL The History of Thomas Ld. Cromwell. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A York-shire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine.
Page 694 - Eicarofj.-jra6t,a or Passionate Centurie of Loue, Diuided into two parts: whereof, the first expresseth the Authors sufferance in Loue: the latter, his long farewell to Loue and all his tyrannie. Composed by Thomas Watson Gentleman; and published at the request of certaine Gentlemen his very frendes.
Page 536 - Science Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art! Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus upon the poet's heart, Vulture, whose wings are dull realities? How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise, Who wouldst not leave him in his wandering To seek for treasure in the jewelled skies, Albeit he soared with an undaunted wing? Hast thou not dragged Diana from her...
Page 596 - Mr- William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. The third Impression. And unto this Impression is added seven Playes, never before Printed in Folio. viz. Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigall. The History of Thomas Ld- Cromwell.
Page 597 - TWENTY OF THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE, being the whole Number printed in Quarto during his Life-Time, or before the Restoration, Collated where there were different Copies, and published from the Originals, By George Steevens, Esq., in Four Volumes.
Page 597 - Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies Histories, and Tragedies Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before (!) Printed in Folio : Viz.
Page 485 - Dos libros, el uno que trata de todas las cosas que traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales...
Page 417 - Poems, by ST Coleridge. Second edition — to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd.
Page 81 - Revista y conferida con los textos Hebreos y Griegos y con diversas translaciones. Por CYPRIANO de VALERA. / [viñeta] La palabra de Dios permanece para siempre.
Page 220 - Hymeiuei, or the Solemnities of Masque and Barriers, magnificently performed on the eleventh and twelfth nights, from Christmas, at court : to the auspicious celebrating of the Marriage-union betweene Robert, Earle of Essex, and the lady Frances, second daughter of the most noble Earle of Suff olke, 1606. Jam veniet virgo, jam dicetur Hymenaus" The author's reason for "not being more particular" is now sufficiently apparent.