Catalogue of the Collection of Books and Manuscripts Belonging to Mr. Brayton Ives of New York ... to be Disposed of by Auction on Thursday, March 5, 1891 and Following Days ... at the American Art Galleries, Volume 1 |
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... curious and diverting WOODCUTS . Bound in russia leather super - extra , elaborately blind - tooled back and paneled sides , gilt edges , by CLARKE and BEDFORD . A BEAUTIFUL COPY ( ON LARGE PAPER ) IN THE MOST PER- FECT CONDITION . VERY ...
... curious and diverting WOODCUTS . Bound in russia leather super - extra , elaborately blind - tooled back and paneled sides , gilt edges , by CLARKE and BEDFORD . A BEAUTIFUL COPY ( ON LARGE PAPER ) IN THE MOST PER- FECT CONDITION . VERY ...
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... curious customs of the City , the volume pos- sesses unusual interest . III . 09.00 29 ARNOLD ( THOMAS ) .— WORKS , comprising : I. HISTORY of Rome , 3 vols . II . HISTORY of the Later ROMAN COMMONWEALTH , 2 vols . SERMONS , 6 vols . IV ...
... curious customs of the City , the volume pos- sesses unusual interest . III . 09.00 29 ARNOLD ( THOMAS ) .— WORKS , comprising : I. HISTORY of Rome , 3 vols . II . HISTORY of the Later ROMAN COMMONWEALTH , 2 vols . SERMONS , 6 vols . IV ...
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... curious WOODCUTS . Bound in dark green levant morocco super - extra , blind - tooled back and sides , with large center - pieces appropriately ornamented with a gilt SKULL ; inside broad gilt borders , by TOWNSEND . UNCUT . BLACK LETTER ...
... curious WOODCUTS . Bound in dark green levant morocco super - extra , blind - tooled back and sides , with large center - pieces appropriately ornamented with a gilt SKULL ; inside broad gilt borders , by TOWNSEND . UNCUT . BLACK LETTER ...
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... CURIOUS WOODCUTS , each occupying half a page , representing 7 boat - loads of " Female Fools . " Bound in full russia extra , paneled and filleted sides , with large and small corner ornaments , gilt edges , by F. BEDFORD . A BEAUTIFUL ...
... CURIOUS WOODCUTS , each occupying half a page , representing 7 boat - loads of " Female Fools . " Bound in full russia extra , paneled and filleted sides , with large and small corner ornaments , gilt edges , by F. BEDFORD . A BEAUTIFUL ...
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... curious and diverting WOODCUTS , one of which is dated 1473. This copy is perfect and has all the cuts , including ... curious ; since it not only presents us with a specimen of a type - rarely used by JOHN ZEINER- and one of the ...
... curious and diverting WOODCUTS , one of which is dated 1473. This copy is perfect and has all the cuts , including ... curious ; since it not only presents us with a specimen of a type - rarely used by JOHN ZEINER- and one of the ...
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Page 287 - Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 244 - William Shake-speare, His True Chronicle History of the life and death of King Lear, and his three Daughters.
Page 41 - A Platform of Church Discipline gathered out of the word of God : and agreed upon by the Elders; and Messengers of the Churches assembled in the Synod at Cambridge in New England to be presented to the Churches and General!
Page 246 - This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life: O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpasse All that was ever writ in brasse. But, since he cannot, Reader, looke Not on his Picture, but his Booke.
Page 201 - Memorial; or, a Brief Relation of the most Memorable and Remarkable Passages of the Providence of God, manifested to the Planters of New England, in America; With special Reference to the first Colony thereof, called New Plimouth.
Page 136 - Hoyt, E. Antiquarian Researches ; Comprising a History of the Indian Wars in the Country bordering Connecticut River and parts adjacent, and other interesting Events, from the first...
Page 310 - Commissioners for the Provinces of Virginia and Maryland, with the Indians of the Six Nations, in June, 1744. Folio, pp. 39, half calf, uncut. Phila. Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the New Printing Office, near the Market, MDCCXLIV.
Page 115 - Year 1796,' in which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted. Written by Himself."— EDS.
Page 16 - The Thousand and One Nights: commonly called, in England, "THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS." A New Translation from the Arabic, with copious Notes, by EDWARD WILLIAM LANE. Illustrated by many hundred Engravings on Wood, from Original Designs by WM.
Page 297 - The Most High and Mightie Prince, James, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith.