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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... execution . When the drawings of Eisen , Moreau , Monnet , Denon , Lebarbier , and others , were skillfully engraved on copper , then printed on fine paper , and the whole bound with that taste for which the French binders are ...
... execution . When the drawings of Eisen , Moreau , Monnet , Denon , Lebarbier , and others , were skillfully engraved on copper , then printed on fine paper , and the whole bound with that taste for which the French binders are ...
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... execution in any private collection in the world . The smaller manuscripts , while less important , are equally interest- ing as specimens of the skill of mediaval scribes and illumina- tors . It is instructive to compare the French ...
... execution in any private collection in the world . The smaller manuscripts , while less important , are equally interest- ing as specimens of the skill of mediaval scribes and illumina- tors . It is instructive to compare the French ...
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... executed two years before , in the same Monastery , and from both these works being expressly noticed by SWEYNHEYM and PANNARTZ among the earliest of their produc- tions ( in the list of works prefixed to their edition of DE LYRA'S ...
... executed two years before , in the same Monastery , and from both these works being expressly noticed by SWEYNHEYM and PANNARTZ among the earliest of their produc- tions ( in the list of works prefixed to their edition of DE LYRA'S ...
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... executed , doubtless , about 1765 , or shortly after he became Master Binder , which was in 1761 . 74 BIBLIOPHILE ( LE ) FRANÇAIS . - Gazette Illustrée 5 * Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts . 31 Ketoohomae uketoohomaongash | DAVID ...
... executed , doubtless , about 1765 , or shortly after he became Master Binder , which was in 1761 . 74 BIBLIOPHILE ( LE ) FRANÇAIS . - Gazette Illustrée 5 * Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts . 31 Ketoohomae uketoohomaongash | DAVID ...
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... of the arts of printing and engraving . There are also very few books , of the same date , which display equal spirit of execution , and if the printer had shewn the skill of modern typographers 34 Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts .
... of the arts of printing and engraving . There are also very few books , of the same date , which display equal spirit of execution , and if the printer had shewn the skill of modern typographers 34 Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts .
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