An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography: To which is Prefixed A Memoir on the Public Libraries of the Antients, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - 758 pages |
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... Peignot .- ( Repertoire Bibliographique Uni- versel , p . 318. ) The first volume exhibits the general state of literature at dif- ferent periods . The author treats , first , of literature prior to that of the Greeks , of which he ...
... Peignot .- ( Repertoire Bibliographique Uni- versel , p . 318. ) The first volume exhibits the general state of literature at dif- ferent periods . The author treats , first , of literature prior to that of the Greeks , of which he ...
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... Peignot , appeared in 1786 , in 2 vols . 8vo ; another French translation from the second Italian edition ( printed at Glasgow in 1763 ) was pub- lished at Paris in 1767 : an English translation of this edition was published at London ...
... Peignot , appeared in 1786 , in 2 vols . 8vo ; another French translation from the second Italian edition ( printed at Glasgow in 1763 ) was pub- lished at Paris in 1767 : an English translation of this edition was published at London ...
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... Peignot remarks , is a copious mine , whence Bibliographers and the lovers of literary history have ob- tained some good notices and also some errors . It is in fact a valuable addition to literary biography , though the style is ...
... Peignot remarks , is a copious mine , whence Bibliographers and the lovers of literary history have ob- tained some good notices and also some errors . It is in fact a valuable addition to literary biography , though the style is ...
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... , 1790-1793 , 8vo , 2 vols . Berlin , 1804 . This work is executed , says Peignot , after the plan of M. Ersch's France Littéraire : it is said in a very respectable Literary Journal of our own country , to be the ON LITERARY HISTORY . 429.
... , 1790-1793 , 8vo , 2 vols . Berlin , 1804 . This work is executed , says Peignot , after the plan of M. Ersch's France Littéraire : it is said in a very respectable Literary Journal of our own country , to be the ON LITERARY HISTORY . 429.
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... 1718 , 4to , with plates . This , says Peignot , is a learned work . Belius was a native of Hungary , born in 1684 ; and died in 1749. He wrote se- F F veral works on the history of his country , all LITERARY HISTORY . 433.
... 1718 , 4to , with plates . This , says Peignot , is a learned work . Belius was a native of Hungary , born in 1684 ; and died in 1749. He wrote se- F F veral works on the history of his country , all LITERARY HISTORY . 433.
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