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... Original Contemporary Plan of the Siege of Louisburg in 1758 , drawn by Samuel Holland , Engineer to General Wolfe , showing the Dispositions of the Ships , the Land Batteries and Entrenchments , with a Descrip- tion of the Operations ...
... Original Contemporary Plan of the Siege of Louisburg in 1758 , drawn by Samuel Holland , Engineer to General Wolfe , showing the Dispositions of the Ships , the Land Batteries and Entrenchments , with a Descrip- tion of the Operations ...
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... Original Arabic by John Payne ( limited to 500 copies ) , Privately printed , 1882 , 8vo . ( 177 ) , Nov. 5 , Hodgson Harris , £ 9 5s . [ See also Anderson Galleries , Jan. 5 , 13 vol . , $ 77.50 ; American Art Association , Nov. 20 ...
... Original Arabic by John Payne ( limited to 500 copies ) , Privately printed , 1882 , 8vo . ( 177 ) , Nov. 5 , Hodgson Harris , £ 9 5s . [ See also Anderson Galleries , Jan. 5 , 13 vol . , $ 77.50 ; American Art Association , Nov. 20 ...
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... original work in the language of the common people . Of preceding writers , Lord Berners among translators and Tyndale and Sir Thomas More among original writers , had alone exhibited a comparable command of vernacular English ...
... original work in the language of the common people . Of preceding writers , Lord Berners among translators and Tyndale and Sir Thomas More among original writers , had alone exhibited a comparable command of vernacular English ...
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... Original Draw- ings , 435 col . plates by R. Havell , etc. , and ( 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 ...
... Original Draw- ings , 435 col . plates by R. Havell , etc. , and ( 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 ...
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... original page of manuscript by Aubrey Beardsley . The following explanatory title heads The limita- the sheet , " List of drawings from Morte . ' tion of the first work is written out and signed by the publisher . See also Sotheby ...
... original page of manuscript by Aubrey Beardsley . The following explanatory title heads The limita- the sheet , " List of drawings from Morte . ' tion of the first work is written out and signed by the publisher . See also Sotheby ...
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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.