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Page 14
... border to first leaf of text ( slightly cropped ) , lacks the first leaf ( a blank ) , many letters damaged by wormholes , contemp . leather over wooden boards [ Proctor 1242 , Hain 649 ] , Cologne . H. Quentell , 1480 , folio ( 510 ) ...
... border to first leaf of text ( slightly cropped ) , lacks the first leaf ( a blank ) , many letters damaged by wormholes , contemp . leather over wooden boards [ Proctor 1242 , Hain 649 ] , Cologne . H. Quentell , 1480 , folio ( 510 ) ...
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... border , two or three leaves slightly shaved at foot , head - line of c I just touched , hf . green mor . , by Ramage , London , printed for the Com- panie of Stationers , n.d. , 8vo . ( 16 ) , Mar. 30 , Sotheby Rosenbach , £ 6 Almanac ...
... border , two or three leaves slightly shaved at foot , head - line of c I just touched , hf . green mor . , by Ramage , London , printed for the Com- panie of Stationers , n.d. , 8vo . ( 16 ) , Mar. 30 , Sotheby Rosenbach , £ 6 Almanac ...
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... border in red , the first page of text of Part I within a fine woodcut border in black , old cf. ( rebacked ) , with bookplate of Bilibaldus Pirckheimer , Venice , Bernard Maler , Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein , 1477 , 4to . ( 7 ) ...
... border in red , the first page of text of Part I within a fine woodcut border in black , old cf. ( rebacked ) , with bookplate of Bilibaldus Pirckheimer , Venice , Bernard Maler , Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein , 1477 , 4to . ( 7 ) ...
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... border , woodcut frontispiece ( touched with colour and slightly defective ) , woodcut initials , panelled cf. gt . , inside borders , g.e. , Alcala de Henares , L. M. Grande , 1607 , folio ( 278 ) , April 6 , Sotheby Ellis , £ 9 10s ...
... border , woodcut frontispiece ( touched with colour and slightly defective ) , woodcut initials , panelled cf. gt . , inside borders , g.e. , Alcala de Henares , L. M. Grande , 1607 , folio ( 278 ) , April 6 , Sotheby Ellis , £ 9 10s ...
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... border ( inscription erased from margin of woodcut border , inscription erased from margin of title , a few margins wormed , wanting ¶ ( probably blank ) , orig . cf. , blind stamped ornament on sides , Londini ¶ pro Francisco Coldocko ...
... border ( inscription erased from margin of woodcut border , inscription erased from margin of title , a few margins wormed , wanting ¶ ( probably blank ) , orig . cf. , blind stamped ornament on sides , Londini ¶ pro Francisco Coldocko ...
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Page 314 - REAL LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq., and his Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall. By an Amateur (Pierce Egan). With 31 Coloured Plates by Alken and Rowlandson, etc.
Page 946 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers. Fishponds, Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON . With Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, and 61 Copperplate Illustrations.
Page 614 - BOTH ENGLISH AND LATIN, Compos'd at several times. Printed by his true Copies. The Songs were set in Musick by Mr. HENRY LAWES, Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Majesties Private Musick.
Page 804 - The Text formed from a new collation of the Early Editions, to which are added all the Original Novels and Tales on which the Plays are founded...
Page 263 - Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner; Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself.
Page 240 - Steps to the Temple," " Sacred Poems, with other Delights of the Muses," and "Poemata,"
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Page 197 - CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS. —The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a large collection of the most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste...
Page 58 - A Chronicle of the Kings of England, FROM THE TIME OF THE ROMANS...
Page 15 - The Historie of that Wise and Fortunate Prince," Henrie of that Name the Seventh, King of England.