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... edges , 31. 108 . Sæc . XIV . 2 ANSELMUS . ( Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus ) Opera , nec non Eadmeri , Monachi Cantuariensis , Historia Novorum , labore ac studio D. Gabriele Gerberon . Editio Secunda correcta . BEST EDITION , folio ...
... edges , 31. 108 . Sæc . XIV . 2 ANSELMUS . ( Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus ) Opera , nec non Eadmeri , Monachi Cantuariensis , Historia Novorum , labore ac studio D. Gabriele Gerberon . Editio Secunda correcta . BEST EDITION , folio ...
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... edges red and gilt . Prynted for Andrewe Hester , 1556 The first quarto edition of Coverdale's Bible in a nearly perfect state , is quite as rare as the folio edition of 1535. It was in fact printed at Zurich by Froschover in an angular ...
... edges red and gilt . Prynted for Andrewe Hester , 1556 The first quarto edition of Coverdale's Bible in a nearly perfect state , is quite as rare as the folio edition of 1535. It was in fact printed at Zurich by Froschover in an angular ...
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... edges gilt and gauffered in device , 57. 10s . 1717 A wonderful specimen of the art , as within the compass of the circular portrait of the King ( three inches in diameter ) are engraved the Lord's Prayer , the Creed , the X ...
... edges gilt and gauffered in device , 57. 10s . 1717 A wonderful specimen of the art , as within the compass of the circular portrait of the King ( three inches in diameter ) are engraved the Lord's Prayer , the Creed , the X ...
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... edges red and gilt , by Riviere , Autograph on title of Lady Helps , 31. 10s . Londini , in ædibus R. Caly , 1554 The copy belonging to the Advocates ' Library sold by auction , 1861 , for 47. 10s . 65 MARTYROLOGIUM ROMANUM GREGORII ...
... edges red and gilt , by Riviere , Autograph on title of Lady Helps , 31. 10s . Londini , in ædibus R. Caly , 1554 The copy belonging to the Advocates ' Library sold by auction , 1861 , for 47. 10s . 65 MARTYROLOGIUM ROMANUM GREGORII ...
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... edges gauffered and gilt , 31. 10s . Apud Juntas Venetiis , 1585 Four unpaged leaves of later Services by the same Printers are added at the end . 69 OFFICIUM B. MARIE VIRGINIS nuper reformatum et Pii V. jussu editum ad instar Breviarii ...
... edges gauffered and gilt , 31. 10s . Apud Juntas Venetiis , 1585 Four unpaged leaves of later Services by the same Printers are added at the end . 69 OFFICIUM B. MARIE VIRGINIS nuper reformatum et Pii V. jussu editum ad instar Breviarii ...
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