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... insertion of many portraits from original paintings , facsimiles of famous documents , etc. , and limited to one set for each President . Inserted in Vol . I is a portion of a document signed by James Monroe . ] America . Impartial ...
... insertion of many portraits from original paintings , facsimiles of famous documents , etc. , and limited to one set for each President . Inserted in Vol . I is a portion of a document signed by James Monroe . ] America . Impartial ...
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... insertion of about 530 etchings , engravings , photogravures , maps , etc. Also inserted are 19 auto- graph letters and documents , or portions of autograph letters , by eminent American , English , and French statesmen . ] American ...
... insertion of about 530 etchings , engravings , photogravures , maps , etc. Also inserted are 19 auto- graph letters and documents , or portions of autograph letters , by eminent American , English , and French statesmen . ] American ...
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... Lincoln & Herndon . " Inserted is a legal document written entirely in the auto- graph of Lincoln , and in the body of which his name appears three times- ( 1 ) " A. Lincoln , ( 27 ) OCT . , 1924 TO AUG . , 1925 . [ ANG.
... Lincoln & Herndon . " Inserted is a legal document written entirely in the auto- graph of Lincoln , and in the body of which his name appears three times- ( 1 ) " A. Lincoln , ( 27 ) OCT . , 1924 TO AUG . , 1925 . [ ANG.
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... inserted , is an original autograph letter signed by Andrew Zane , I p . 8vo . , Philadelphia , Dec. 17 , 1894 , giving an historical account of how the book came into his possession . For- merly in the Major William H. Lambert and John ...
... inserted , is an original autograph letter signed by Andrew Zane , I p . 8vo . , Philadelphia , Dec. 17 , 1894 , giving an historical account of how the book came into his possession . For- merly in the Major William H. Lambert and John ...
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... ( inserted ) an engraved port . ( proof before letters ) by C. Turner , after F. Cruikshank , 1835 , signed by Audubon , 4 vol . ( Vol . i . , 1827 , 30 , Vol . ii . , 1831-4 , Vol . iii . , 1834-5 , and Vol . iv . , 1835-8 ) , three ...
... ( inserted ) an engraved port . ( proof before letters ) by C. Turner , after F. Cruikshank , 1835 , signed by Audubon , 4 vol . ( Vol . i . , 1827 , 30 , Vol . ii . , 1831-4 , Vol . iii . , 1834-5 , and Vol . iv . , 1835-8 ) , three ...
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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,"
Page 284 - A collection of the names of the merchants living in and about the city of London ; very useful!
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.