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... binding , Edinburgh , 1754 , sm . 4to . ( 8 ) , July 1 , Sotheby Hopkins , £ 6 10S . Agostini ( Leonardo ) . Le Gemme Antiche , engraved title , portrait of the author and 265 plates by G. B. Galestruzzi , 2 vol . , contemp . Italian ...
... binding , Edinburgh , 1754 , sm . 4to . ( 8 ) , July 1 , Sotheby Hopkins , £ 6 10S . Agostini ( Leonardo ) . Le Gemme Antiche , engraved title , portrait of the author and 265 plates by G. B. Galestruzzi , 2 vol . , contemp . Italian ...
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... binding of old Dutch silver laid over a ground of dark red velvet . The silver covers are very richly engraved and ornamented with an openwork pattern , the general design being a large oval within a two - line rectangle , the whole of ...
... binding of old Dutch silver laid over a ground of dark red velvet . The silver covers are very richly engraved and ornamented with an openwork pattern , the general design being a large oval within a two - line rectangle , the whole of ...
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... binding , Parigi da Rinaldo Calerio & Claudio suo figliuolo , 1548 , 4to . ( 133 ) , April 10 , Sotheby Tregaskis , £ 7 Alberti ( Leon Baptista ) . Elementi di Matematica , autograph MS . on paper ( 8 11. ) , green mor . , g.e. , xv ...
... binding , Parigi da Rinaldo Calerio & Claudio suo figliuolo , 1548 , 4to . ( 133 ) , April 10 , Sotheby Tregaskis , £ 7 Alberti ( Leon Baptista ) . Elementi di Matematica , autograph MS . on paper ( 8 11. ) , green mor . , g.e. , xv ...
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... binding , Paris , Drouart , 1598 , folio ( 235 ) , March 10 , Sotheby Bayley , £ 23 [ A book of American interest . ] America . Allegaciones en fuvor del Clero , Estado Eclesiastioo , i Secular , Espoñoles , e Indios del Obispado de la ...
... binding , Paris , Drouart , 1598 , folio ( 235 ) , March 10 , Sotheby Bayley , £ 23 [ A book of American interest . ] America . Allegaciones en fuvor del Clero , Estado Eclesiastioo , i Secular , Espoñoles , e Indios del Obispado de la ...
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... . 19 , Anderson Galleries $ 379 [ A Cosway binding , containing eleven hand - painted miniatures on ivory , gilt top , by Rivière . ( 53 ) OCT . , 1923 TO AUG . , 1924 . [ BAI American Art Assoc American Art Assoc Hodgson Sotheby.
... . 19 , Anderson Galleries $ 379 [ A Cosway binding , containing eleven hand - painted miniatures on ivory , gilt top , by Rivière . ( 53 ) OCT . , 1923 TO AUG . , 1924 . [ BAI American Art Assoc American Art Assoc Hodgson Sotheby.
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