Catalogue of the important collection of manuscripts, from Stowe. Which will be sold by auction, by messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & co., 11th June, 1849, and 7 following days1849 |
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... mentioned the matchless volume of Original Anglo - Saxon Charters , ( Lot 760 ) a collection hitherto un- rivalled in number , beauty , and preservation . The Psalter of King Alfred the Great . ( Lot 842 ) . The Original Wardrobe Book ...
... mentioned the matchless volume of Original Anglo - Saxon Charters , ( Lot 760 ) a collection hitherto un- rivalled in number , beauty , and preservation . The Psalter of King Alfred the Great . ( Lot 842 ) . The Original Wardrobe Book ...
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... mentioned , the ancient Irish Missal and Ritual , ( Lot 996 ) of the 10th century , with the very extraordinary and beautiful cover in which it is contained , and which may be truly described as one of the most curious monuments of its ...
... mentioned , the ancient Irish Missal and Ritual , ( Lot 996 ) of the 10th century , with the very extraordinary and beautiful cover in which it is contained , and which may be truly described as one of the most curious monuments of its ...
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... mentioned , and as they were originally placed in the Presses of the Manuscript Library at Stowe . Those lots to which no such reference is appended , are , for the most part , articles which have been added to the Collec- tion since Dr ...
... mentioned , and as they were originally placed in the Presses of the Manuscript Library at Stowe . Those lots to which no such reference is appended , are , for the most part , articles which have been added to the Collec- tion since Dr ...
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... mention that the king wishes to have this information . Dated from St. Germain , 21st November , 1674 23 MADAME DE MAINTENON , AN ORIGINAL LETTER TO THE MARE- CHAL DE VILLEROI . Dated from St. Cyr , 19th October , 1709 It is entirely in ...
... mention that the king wishes to have this information . Dated from St. Germain , 21st November , 1674 23 MADAME DE MAINTENON , AN ORIGINAL LETTER TO THE MARE- CHAL DE VILLEROI . Dated from St. Cyr , 19th October , 1709 It is entirely in ...
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... mentioned by D'Herbelot , nor by Sale , in his preliminary discourse on the Mahometan Fasts . 50 SHUKUR ALLAH IBN EL BETAD POEMATA . Arabice . 8vo . 255 pages . Press I , No. 32 . A collection of Poetry by Boha Eddin , the Egyptian . 51 ...
... mentioned by D'Herbelot , nor by Sale , in his preliminary discourse on the Mahometan Fasts . 50 SHUKUR ALLAH IBN EL BETAD POEMATA . Arabice . 8vo . 255 pages . Press I , No. 32 . A collection of Poetry by Boha Eddin , the Egyptian . 51 ...
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