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... initials in red , first half of the volume rather badly wormed , blind stamped cf. over wooden boards , rebacked with vell . , Nuremberg , C. Hochfeder , 29 Nov. , 1494 , folio ( 615 ) , April 6 , Sotheby Pollard , £ 4 15S . [ See also ...
... initials in red , first half of the volume rather badly wormed , blind stamped cf. over wooden boards , rebacked with vell . , Nuremberg , C. Hochfeder , 29 Nov. , 1494 , folio ( 615 ) , April 6 , Sotheby Pollard , £ 4 15S . [ See also ...
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... initials in red and mauve , vell . [ Hain * 439 , Pellechet 278 , Proctor * 4214 ] , Venice , Christoph Arnold , 1476 , 4to . ( 12 ) , Mar. 17 , Sotheby Maggs , £ 6 15S . [ See also ed . 1482 , lot 13 , £ 3 . ] Albertus Magnus . De ...
... initials in red and mauve , vell . [ Hain * 439 , Pellechet 278 , Proctor * 4214 ] , Venice , Christoph Arnold , 1476 , 4to . ( 12 ) , Mar. 17 , Sotheby Maggs , £ 6 15S . [ See also ed . 1482 , lot 13 , £ 3 . ] Albertus Magnus . De ...
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... initials ( about 5 in . by 5in . ) , several representing unusual subjects ( e.g. , a man in armour carrying a shield and club , a black boy fishing , a woodman carrying the trunk of a tree ) , the initials crudely painted and several ...
... initials ( about 5 in . by 5in . ) , several representing unusual subjects ( e.g. , a man in armour carrying a shield and club , a black boy fishing , a woodman carrying the trunk of a tree ) , the initials crudely painted and several ...
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... initials , Antwerp , A. Copenius for Arnold Berckman , 1540 - Frisius ( Gemma ) Arithmetica Practice Methodus Facilis , wood- cut on title , woodcut diagrams , initials and device , ib . , A. Copenius for Greg . Bontius , 1540 , bound ...
... initials , Antwerp , A. Copenius for Arnold Berckman , 1540 - Frisius ( Gemma ) Arithmetica Practice Methodus Facilis , wood- cut on title , woodcut diagrams , initials and device , ib . , A. Copenius for Greg . Bontius , 1540 , bound ...
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... initials , wants first and last leaves ( both blank ) , first page soiled , small piece torn from margin , affecting two or three letters , a ( repeated ) 1-4 torn , small worm- hole through A ( repeated ) 3-7 , A ( repeated ) 4 touched ...
... initials , wants first and last leaves ( both blank ) , first page soiled , small piece torn from margin , affecting two or three letters , a ( repeated ) 1-4 torn , small worm- hole through A ( repeated ) 3-7 , A ( repeated ) 4 touched ...
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