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... thick 8vo . ( 752 pp . ) with numerous il- 1838 lustrations , cloth bds . 18s LOUDON'S Encyclopædia of Agriculture ; com- prising the Theory and Practice of the Valua- tion , Transfer , Laying out , Improvement , and Management of ...
... thick 8vo . ( 752 pp . ) with numerous il- 1838 lustrations , cloth bds . 18s LOUDON'S Encyclopædia of Agriculture ; com- prising the Theory and Practice of the Valua- tion , Transfer , Laying out , Improvement , and Management of ...
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... thick vols . 8vo . ( the complete Series ) , many hundred wood - cuts , ( pub . at £ 10 . ) extra cloth bds . lettered , £ 3 . 13s 6d 1829-36 LOUDON'S ( Mrs. ) Improved Edition of the En- tertaining Naturalist , being popular Descrip ...
... thick vols . 8vo . ( the complete Series ) , many hundred wood - cuts , ( pub . at £ 10 . ) extra cloth bds . lettered , £ 3 . 13s 6d 1829-36 LOUDON'S ( Mrs. ) Improved Edition of the En- tertaining Naturalist , being popular Descrip ...
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... thick volume , oblong folio , sump- ́tuously bound in green morocco , £ 42 . -- - ----- - -- This remarkable volume was executed by Mr. Thomas Hornor , projector and painter of the Colosseum , upon commission for Watson Taylor , Esq ...
... thick volume , oblong folio , sump- ́tuously bound in green morocco , £ 42 . -- - ----- - -- This remarkable volume was executed by Mr. Thomas Hornor , projector and painter of the Colosseum , upon commission for Watson Taylor , Esq ...
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... thick vols . 12mo . with upwards of 200 plates , neat vellum , 10s 6d ib . 1750 SADELER , Vestigi delle Antichità di Roma , Tivoli , & c . oblong folio , 50 fine plates , German boards , rare , 16s Praga , 1606 the same , 4to . 44 ...
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Page 195 - STRUTT'S DRESSES AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time; with an Historical and Critical Inquiry into every branch of Costume.
Page 195 - REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND. Containing the most authentic Representations of all the English Monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth : together with many of the Great Personages that were eminent under their several Reigns. New and greatly improved Edition, by JR PLAXCHE', Esq., FSA Royal 4to, 72 Plates, cloth, 21. 2s. The Plates coloured, 41. it. Splendidly Illuminated, uniform with the Dresses, 12*.
Page 41 - ENCYCLOPEDIA of AGRICULTURE: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo.
Page 40 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening: comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
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Page 247 - HOOKER'S EXOTIC FLORA, Containing Figures and Descriptions of Rare, or otherwise interesting Exotic Plants, especially of such as are deserving of being cultivated in our Gardens. 3 vols.
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