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... contemp . sheepskin , 4to . ( 147 ) , July 18 , So- theby Dobell , £ 2 Addison ( J. ) To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , with the Tragedy of Cato , Nov. , 1714. To Sir Godfrey Kneller , on his Picture of the King , first ed ...
... contemp . sheepskin , 4to . ( 147 ) , July 18 , So- theby Dobell , £ 2 Addison ( J. ) To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , with the Tragedy of Cato , Nov. , 1714. To Sir Godfrey Kneller , on his Picture of the King , first ed ...
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... contemp . mor . gt . , sides tooled au pointillé and with small tools , t.e.g. , in a modern black mor . slip - case , similarly tooled , Printed for the Company of Stationers [ 1733 ] , 51 by 27 mm . ( 173 ) , July 14 , Sotheby Solomon ...
... contemp . mor . gt . , sides tooled au pointillé and with small tools , t.e.g. , in a modern black mor . slip - case , similarly tooled , Printed for the Company of Stationers [ 1733 ] , 51 by 27 mm . ( 173 ) , July 14 , Sotheby Solomon ...
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... contemp . red mor . , gt . fillets on sides , gt . back " à la grotesque , " inside borders , g.e. , arms of Gustave III . of Sweden on covers , by [ Derome ] , some corners slightly rubbed , with the Robert Foote bookplate and ...
... contemp . red mor . , gt . fillets on sides , gt . back " à la grotesque , " inside borders , g.e. , arms of Gustave III . of Sweden on covers , by [ Derome ] , some corners slightly rubbed , with the Robert Foote bookplate and ...
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... contemp . blind - stamped cf. over wooden boards , frame formed by a 3 - line fillet con- taining stamps of a wyvern , lion and griffin , below the griffin are the initials and mark of the binder , Nicholas Spierinck , the panel filled ...
... contemp . blind - stamped cf. over wooden boards , frame formed by a 3 - line fillet con- taining stamps of a wyvern , lion and griffin , below the griffin are the initials and mark of the binder , Nicholas Spierinck , the panel filled ...
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... contemp . cf. ( back and corners worn ) , 1626-7 , folio ( 550 ) , Mar. 7 , Sotheby Pickering , £ 5 5s . [ See also Anderson Gall . , Nov. 15 , $ 115 ; Ed . 1631- Sotheby , Mar. 7 , broken , £ 1 5s .; Ed . 1635 - Hodgson , May 4,1 6s ...
... contemp . cf. ( back and corners worn ) , 1626-7 , folio ( 550 ) , Mar. 7 , Sotheby Pickering , £ 5 5s . [ See also Anderson Gall . , Nov. 15 , $ 115 ; Ed . 1631- Sotheby , Mar. 7 , broken , £ 1 5s .; Ed . 1635 - Hodgson , May 4,1 6s ...
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