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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... edition ) , with the numerous original illustrations by G. Cruikshank , H. K. Browne , J. Franklin , etc. , 16 vols . 8vo . new half morocco gilt , marbled edges , £ 6 . 6s CONTENTS : Tower of London , Star Chamber , Guy Fawkes ...
... edition ) , with the numerous original illustrations by G. Cruikshank , H. K. Browne , J. Franklin , etc. , 16 vols . 8vo . new half morocco gilt , marbled edges , £ 6 . 6s CONTENTS : Tower of London , Star Chamber , Guy Fawkes ...
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... edition , port . ( slightly stained ) , 20 vols . post Svo . calf , full gilt backs , marbled edges , 1847 HISTORY of EUROPE , from the commence- ment of the French Revolution , 1774 to 1815 , with the Continuation to 1852 ( library edition ) ...
... edition , port . ( slightly stained ) , 20 vols . post Svo . calf , full gilt backs , marbled edges , 1847 HISTORY of EUROPE , from the commence- ment of the French Revolution , 1774 to 1815 , with the Continuation to 1852 ( library edition ) ...
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... edition is not only the most correct , but is very scarce on large paper . 66 Comprenant les Annales Comparatives de tous les Peuples et de tous les Rois du Monde ; ouvrage qu'on peut , à juste tître , appeler la clef de l'Histoire ...
... edition is not only the most correct , but is very scarce on large paper . 66 Comprenant les Annales Comparatives de tous les Peuples et de tous les Rois du Monde ; ouvrage qu'on peut , à juste tître , appeler la clef de l'Histoire ...
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... edition , illustrated , post 8vo . new calf gilt , 11s 6d 1874 RIFLE and HOUND in CEYLON , engravings , post 8vo ... edition , 1864 - The Emotions and the Will , second edition , 1865 : 2 vols . 8vo . cloth , £ 1 . 1s 1864-5 BAIRD ( W ...
... edition , illustrated , post 8vo . new calf gilt , 11s 6d 1874 RIFLE and HOUND in CEYLON , engravings , post 8vo ... edition , 1864 - The Emotions and the Will , second edition , 1865 : 2 vols . 8vo . cloth , £ 1 . 1s 1864-5 BAIRD ( W ...
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... EDITION , with fine impressions of the famous woodcuts , 8vo . calf neat , £ 2 . 10s Newcastle , 1791 The same , THIRD EDITION , roy . 8vo . LARGE PAPER ; calf ( with book - plate of John Towneley ) , £ 4 . 15s ibidem , 1792 The same ...
... EDITION , with fine impressions of the famous woodcuts , 8vo . calf neat , £ 2 . 10s Newcastle , 1791 The same , THIRD EDITION , roy . 8vo . LARGE PAPER ; calf ( with book - plate of John Towneley ) , £ 4 . 15s ibidem , 1792 The same ...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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