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... additional illustrations ; and they are printed in colors in a very remarkable way , and are very elegant . There are works of marvellous beauty here , containing specimens of illumination and decoration of the middle ages . Of this ...
... additional illustrations ; and they are printed in colors in a very remarkable way , and are very elegant . There are works of marvellous beauty here , containing specimens of illumination and decoration of the middle ages . Of this ...
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... addition to the political literature of the country . " - BRYANT . 24 AMORY ( Thomas , Gent . ) . The Life of JOHN BUNCLE , Esq . A New Edition . 3 vols . crown 8vo , half calf gilt , sprinkled edges . London , 1825 LARGE PAPER , " The ...
... addition to the political literature of the country . " - BRYANT . 24 AMORY ( Thomas , Gent . ) . The Life of JOHN BUNCLE , Esq . A New Edition . 3 vols . crown 8vo , half calf gilt , sprinkled edges . London , 1825 LARGE PAPER , " The ...
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... Additional Information Relative to his Personal and Public Character , Selected from the Best Authorities . Portrait . 4 vols . 8vo , half morocco . Phila . , 1841 RUFUS CHOATE'S copy , with his autograph signature on the fly - leaves ...
... Additional Information Relative to his Personal and Public Character , Selected from the Best Authorities . Portrait . 4 vols . 8vo , half morocco . Phila . , 1841 RUFUS CHOATE'S copy , with his autograph signature on the fly - leaves ...
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... Additional Portraits , Biographical Sketches and Facsimiles . 4 vols . imperial 8vo , half mo- rocco , uncut . London , Edward Daniell , n . d . VERY RARE . Only 50 copies issued . " The coppers of this work were sold in 1838 , and the ...
... Additional Portraits , Biographical Sketches and Facsimiles . 4 vols . imperial 8vo , half mo- rocco , uncut . London , Edward Daniell , n . d . VERY RARE . Only 50 copies issued . " The coppers of this work were sold in 1838 , and the ...
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... additional Notes by 12mo , cloth , top edge gilt , N. Y. , 1863 RICHARD GRANT WHITE . others uncut . The above edition was printed from type and not from stereotype plates . Only 500 copies were printed . A dainty little volume , full ...
... additional Notes by 12mo , cloth , top edge gilt , N. Y. , 1863 RICHARD GRANT WHITE . others uncut . The above edition was printed from type and not from stereotype plates . Only 500 copies were printed . A dainty little volume , full ...
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Page 109 - PASTON LETTERS. ORIGINAL LETTERS, written during the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III., by various Persons of Rank or Consequence.
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Page 212 - The striking passages are in every mouth ; and the public seems to judge rightly of the faults and excellences of this play, that it is the work of a man not attentive to decency, nor zealous for virtue; but of one who conceived forcibly, and drew originally, by consulting nature in his own breast.
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