A Clearance Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books in Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts ...H. Sotheran & Company, 1884 - 332 pages |
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... HISTORY of the ABBEY CHURCH of ST . PETER'S , WESTMINSTER , its Antiquities and Monuments , 2 vols . HISTORY of the UNIVERSITIES of OXFORD and CAMBRIDGE , their Colleges , Halls , and Public Buildings , 4 vols . PICTURESQUE TOUR of the ...
... HISTORY of the ABBEY CHURCH of ST . PETER'S , WESTMINSTER , its Antiquities and Monuments , 2 vols . HISTORY of the UNIVERSITIES of OXFORD and CAMBRIDGE , their Colleges , Halls , and Public Buildings , 4 vols . PICTURESQUE TOUR of the ...
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... HISTORY of EUROPE , from the commencement of the French Revolution ; 1774 to 1852 ( large type Library edition ) , with portraits , and the ATLAS , 24 vols . 8vo . new half calf gilt , £ 12 . 12s - Another copy , with the ATLAS , 24 ...
... HISTORY of EUROPE , from the commencement of the French Revolution ; 1774 to 1852 ( large type Library edition ) , with portraits , and the ATLAS , 24 vols . 8vo . new half calf gilt , £ 12 . 12s - Another copy , with the ATLAS , 24 ...
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... HISTORY of EUROPE , the continuation from 1815 to 1852 , library edition , 9 vols . 8vo . cloth , £ 2 . 18s 1852 EPITOME of the HISTORY of EUROPE , from the French Revolution , 1789 to 1815 , post Svo . new calf extra , 10s 6d HISTORY ...
... HISTORY of EUROPE , the continuation from 1815 to 1852 , library edition , 9 vols . 8vo . cloth , £ 2 . 18s 1852 EPITOME of the HISTORY of EUROPE , from the French Revolution , 1789 to 1815 , post Svo . new calf extra , 10s 6d HISTORY ...
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... HISTORY of HERNANDO de SOTO and FLORIDA ; from 1512 to 1568 , by Barnard Shipp - HISTORY of the Conquest of Florida , by the Inca Garcilasso de La Vega , trans . from the French version of P. Richelet , large map , in one vol . royal ...
... HISTORY of HERNANDO de SOTO and FLORIDA ; from 1512 to 1568 , by Barnard Shipp - HISTORY of the Conquest of Florida , by the Inca Garcilasso de La Vega , trans . from the French version of P. Richelet , large map , in one vol . royal ...
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... HISTORY of GUIANA ; and of the Religion , Manners and Customs of its Indian Inhabitants ; by E. BAN CROFT , M.D. , plate of Double - headed Snake , 8vo . old calf , gilt back ( in nice condition ) , 10s 6d 1769 AMERICA ( South ) ...
... HISTORY of GUIANA ; and of the Religion , Manners and Customs of its Indian Inhabitants ; by E. BAN CROFT , M.D. , plate of Double - headed Snake , 8vo . old calf , gilt back ( in nice condition ) , 10s 6d 1769 AMERICA ( South ) ...
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Page 180 - LAYARD'S (AH) Nineveh and its Remains. Being a Narrative of Researches and Discoveries amidst the Ruins of Assyria. With an Account of the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan ; the Yezedis, or Devil-worshippers ; and an Enquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians. Sixth Edition. Plates and Woodcuts. 2 Vols. Svo. 36s. Nineveh and Babylon ; being the Result of a Second Expedition to Assyria. Fourteenth Thousand. Plates. Svo. 21s. Or Fine Paper, 2 Vols.
Page 92 - DUNLOP (JOHN). -THE HISTORY OF FICTION : Being a Critical Account of the most celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age.
Page 161 - THE HISTORY OF OUR LORD, as exemplified in Works of Art, with that of His Types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament.
Page 133 - THE GRAPHIC ARTS: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and Engraving in Comparison with each other and with Nature.
Page 68 - These, the first numbers of a Cyclopaedia of Ancient and Modern Costume, give promise that the work, when complete, will be one of the most perfect works ever published upon the subject The illustrations are numerous and excellent, and would, even without the letterpress, render the work an invaluable book of reference for information as to costumes for fancy balls and character quadrilles." — Standard, "Destined, we anticipate, to be the standard English work on dress." — Builder. " Promises...
Page 55 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God as manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man.
Page 284 - SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectures on Modern History; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution.
Page 6 - GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORIcal, Political, Philosophical and Mechanical Essays. The first, Containing an Analysis Of a General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America...
Page 282 - Portraits ; being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present Century.