Catalogue of the ... Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, of the Late Sir William Tite ...: Which Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Auctioneers ... the 18th of May, and Nine Following Days ... |
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... curious book of drolleries Swift took many of his puns , and from the same source Sterne drew several of his best hits in Tristram Shandy . Kayes 3 ACKERMANN ( R. ) MICROCOSM OF LONDON , 3 vol . proof and coloured plates by Rowlandson ...
... curious book of drolleries Swift took many of his puns , and from the same source Sterne drew several of his best hits in Tristram Shandy . Kayes 3 ACKERMANN ( R. ) MICROCOSM OF LONDON , 3 vol . proof and coloured plates by Rowlandson ...
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... curious specimen of caligraphy , calf gilt , 8vo . SEC . Xix 10 Addison ( J. ) Evidences of the Christian Religion , 1730 - Remarks on Italy , russia , 1736 - Miscellaneous Works , 3 vol . calf , 1753- Dictionary of the Bible , 1796 ...
... curious specimen of caligraphy , calf gilt , 8vo . SEC . Xix 10 Addison ( J. ) Evidences of the Christian Religion , 1730 - Remarks on Italy , russia , 1736 - Miscellaneous Works , 3 vol . calf , 1753- Dictionary of the Bible , 1796 ...
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... curious coloured woodcuts , executed in the style of the old Block Books , very fine copy in limp vellum small 4to . Augsburg von Hannsen Froschauer , 1516 * A Prose Romance of extraordinary rarity , containing the story on which ...
... curious coloured woodcuts , executed in the style of the old Block Books , very fine copy in limp vellum small 4to . Augsburg von Hannsen Froschauer , 1516 * A Prose Romance of extraordinary rarity , containing the story on which ...
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... curious picture of the manners , & c . at that time prevalent there . 198 Behn ( Mrs. ) Histories and Novels , 2 vol . portrait 199 Beil ( J. A. ) Der neue Friedhof von Frankfurt , plates 12mo . 1722 Artber Farwar oblong folio ...
... curious picture of the manners , & c . at that time prevalent there . 198 Behn ( Mrs. ) Histories and Novels , 2 vol . portrait 199 Beil ( J. A. ) Der neue Friedhof von Frankfurt , plates 12mo . 1722 Artber Farwar oblong folio ...
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... curious fact is that the editor and translator , William Caxton , has used the word ' breches " in the rendering of Genesis iii . 7. " And thenne they toke fygge levys and sewed theym togyder for to cover theyr membres in the maner of ...
... curious fact is that the editor and translator , William Caxton , has used the word ' breches " in the rendering of Genesis iii . 7. " And thenne they toke fygge levys and sewed theym togyder for to cover theyr membres in the maner of ...
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