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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... ornamented . On the outside of the binding are ten miniature portraits of Persian princes and princesses , with Arabic inscriptions , & c . The whole is enveloped in a covering of green silk . PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS , & c . & c . 55 ...
... ornamented . On the outside of the binding are ten miniature portraits of Persian princes and princesses , with Arabic inscriptions , & c . The whole is enveloped in a covering of green silk . PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS , & c . & c . 55 ...
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... ornamented with an illuminated border , & c . PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS , & c . Continued from page 14 . 170 ROLLS OF PARLIAMENT OF THE REIGNS OF PHILIP AND MARY , AND THE FIRST OF ELIZABETH . folio . Press V , No. 40 The dates and Acts of ...
... ornamented with an illuminated border , & c . PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS , & c . Continued from page 14 . 170 ROLLS OF PARLIAMENT OF THE REIGNS OF PHILIP AND MARY , AND THE FIRST OF ELIZABETH . folio . Press V , No. 40 The dates and Acts of ...
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... . in the British Museum . It is very neatly written , and the Arms emblazoned in colors , with ornamented Initial Letters , & c . , by PHILIP ABSOLOM , 1817 . Heraldry , Genealogy , & c . 202 KING EDWARD 44 THE STOWE MANUSCRIPTS .
... . in the British Museum . It is very neatly written , and the Arms emblazoned in colors , with ornamented Initial Letters , & c . , by PHILIP ABSOLOM , 1817 . Heraldry , Genealogy , & c . 202 KING EDWARD 44 THE STOWE MANUSCRIPTS .
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... ornamented , and there are many extremely curious Drawings , in gold and colors , representing Saints and Angels , and shewing the Ecclesiastical Costume , and the Rites and Customs of the period . Dr. O'Conor has compiled a Glossary of ...
... ornamented , and there are many extremely curious Drawings , in gold and colors , representing Saints and Angels , and shewing the Ecclesiastical Costume , and the Rites and Customs of the period . Dr. O'Conor has compiled a Glossary of ...
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... ornamented in gold and colours . 247 BIBLIA SACRA LATINA . FOLIO , VELLUM , blue morocco . Appendix No. 38 The written pages of this finely preserved Bible are 950 ; containing the Latin Vulgate Version of the Old and New Testament ...
... ornamented in gold and colours . 247 BIBLIA SACRA LATINA . FOLIO , VELLUM , blue morocco . Appendix No. 38 The written pages of this finely preserved Bible are 950 ; containing the Latin Vulgate Version of the Old and New Testament ...
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