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Hector , Tragédie en cinq Actes , frontispiece , old French morocco extra , gold
borders on the sides , with the arms of the Empress Josephine on the sides and
crowned initial on the back , silk linings , g . e . , Paris , 1809 , 8vo . ( 1268 )
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Hector , Tragédie en cinq Actes , frontispiece , old French morocco extra , gold
borders on the sides , with the arms of the Empress Josephine on the sides and
crowned initial on the back , silk linings , g . e . , Paris , 1809 , 8vo . ( 1268 )
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269 Browning ( R. ) Selections , the two series in i vol . , morocco extra , floral
design on sides , gilt top , uncut , 1894 , 8vo . ( 116 ) Maggs , £ 1 135 . 270 Burton
( Sir R. F. ) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , with Supplement , 16 ...
269 Browning ( R. ) Selections , the two series in i vol . , morocco extra , floral
design on sides , gilt top , uncut , 1894 , 8vo . ( 116 ) Maggs , £ 1 135 . 270 Burton
( Sir R. F. ) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , with Supplement , 16 ...
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466 Swinburne ( A. C. ) Atalanta in Calydon , first edition , presentation copy to
Charles Augustus Howell , Algernon Charles Swinburne , April , 1865 , " morocco
, gilt foreate back , line sides , joints , rough edges , by Cobden Sanderson , 1890
...
466 Swinburne ( A. C. ) Atalanta in Calydon , first edition , presentation copy to
Charles Augustus Howell , Algernon Charles Swinburne , April , 1865 , " morocco
, gilt foreate back , line sides , joints , rough edges , by Cobden Sanderson , 1890
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... on oaken boards , back ornamented with scrolls in black , green and gold ,
sides with outer borders of gilt scrolls , centre frame of black and gilt scroll
ornaments , with gilt lines , with the Pope's arms in centres , metal bosses ,
leathern clasps ...
... on oaken boards , back ornamented with scrolls in black , green and gold ,
sides with outer borders of gilt scrolls , centre frame of black and gilt scroll
ornaments , with gilt lines , with the Pope's arms in centres , metal bosses ,
leathern clasps ...
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Ovid's Metamorphoses , Englished by George Sandys , contemporary morocco
extra , richly tooled , g . l . , with device impressed on the sides , 1638 , 8vo . (
1285 ) Pickering , £ 4 45 . 1160 Scaliger ( Julius Caesar ) . Poetices libri Septem :
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Ovid's Metamorphoses , Englished by George Sandys , contemporary morocco
extra , richly tooled , g . l . , with device impressed on the sides , 1638 , 8vo . (
1285 ) Pickering , £ 4 45 . 1160 Scaliger ( Julius Caesar ) . Poetices libri Septem :
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