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... royal 4to . in 3 , and 394 elaborate plates , many of which are of a large size ( some coloured ) , 5 vols . oblong folio in 3 ; together 10 vols . in 6 , newly half bound , a fine uniform set , £ 21 . Neuchatel , 1833-4 A complete set ...
... royal 4to . in 3 , and 394 elaborate plates , many of which are of a large size ( some coloured ) , 5 vols . oblong folio in 3 ; together 10 vols . in 6 , newly half bound , a fine uniform set , £ 21 . Neuchatel , 1833-4 A complete set ...
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... 4to . beautiful copy in Blue Morocco extra , gilt edges , by C. Lewis , £ 10 . 10s Parigi , 1548 From the HAMILTON ... royal 8vo . calf extra , marbled edges ( as good as new ) , 18s 6d Leipzig , 1872 ALCHEMIA ( De ) Dialogi II . , quorum ...
... 4to . beautiful copy in Blue Morocco extra , gilt edges , by C. Lewis , £ 10 . 10s Parigi , 1548 From the HAMILTON ... royal 8vo . calf extra , marbled edges ( as good as new ) , 18s 6d Leipzig , 1872 ALCHEMIA ( De ) Dialogi II . , quorum ...
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... 4to . half calf , £ 4 . 10s Pub . by Authority , Albany , 1842-44 Contents : Vol . I. , MAMMALIA , with 33 plates ... royal 8vo . cloth ( not cut up ) , £ 1 . 4s Phil . , 1881 AMERICA . TARLETON ( Lt. Col. ) The Cam- paigns of 1780-81 , in ...
... 4to . half calf , £ 4 . 10s Pub . by Authority , Albany , 1842-44 Contents : Vol . I. , MAMMALIA , with 33 plates ... royal 8vo . cloth ( not cut up ) , £ 1 . 4s Phil . , 1881 AMERICA . TARLETON ( Lt. Col. ) The Cam- paigns of 1780-81 , in ...
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... 4to . calf , £ 3 . 10s - Another copy , 4 vols . purple morocco extra , gilt edges ( fine copy ) , £ 4 . 48 1807-9 ANOTHER COPY , 4 vols . royal 4to . LARGE PAPER , russia gilt ( FINE COPY ) , £ 7 . 7s 1807 A most interesting assemblage ...
... 4to . calf , £ 3 . 10s - Another copy , 4 vols . purple morocco extra , gilt edges ( fine copy ) , £ 4 . 48 1807-9 ANOTHER COPY , 4 vols . royal 4to . LARGE PAPER , russia gilt ( FINE COPY ) , £ 7 . 7s 1807 A most interesting assemblage ...
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... 4to . crimson morocco extra , gilt edges , £ 2 . 10s 1649 Curious prophecies ... royal 8vo . cloth ( each volume containing 6 Parts ) ; Vols . I. , II ... 4to . calf , £ 1 . 8s 1798 AUSTRALIA . - WILSON ( Capt . J. ) Missionary Voyage to ...
... 4to . crimson morocco extra , gilt edges , £ 2 . 10s 1649 Curious prophecies ... royal 8vo . cloth ( each volume containing 6 Parts ) ; Vols . I. , II ... 4to . calf , £ 1 . 8s 1798 AUSTRALIA . - WILSON ( Capt . J. ) Missionary Voyage to ...
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Page 180 - LAYARD'S (AH) Nineveh and its Remains. Being a Narrative of Researches and Discoveries amidst the Ruins of Assyria. With an Account of the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan ; the Yezedis, or Devil-worshippers ; and an Enquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians. Sixth Edition. Plates and Woodcuts. 2 Vols. Svo. 36s. Nineveh and Babylon ; being the Result of a Second Expedition to Assyria. Fourteenth Thousand. Plates. Svo. 21s. Or Fine Paper, 2 Vols.
Page 92 - DUNLOP (JOHN). -THE HISTORY OF FICTION : Being a Critical Account of the most celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age.
Page 161 - THE HISTORY OF OUR LORD, as exemplified in Works of Art, with that of His Types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament.
Page 133 - THE GRAPHIC ARTS: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and Engraving in Comparison with each other and with Nature.
Page 68 - These, the first numbers of a Cyclopaedia of Ancient and Modern Costume, give promise that the work, when complete, will be one of the most perfect works ever published upon the subject The illustrations are numerous and excellent, and would, even without the letterpress, render the work an invaluable book of reference for information as to costumes for fancy balls and character quadrilles." — Standard, "Destined, we anticipate, to be the standard English work on dress." — Builder. " Promises...
Page 55 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God as manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man.
Page 284 - SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectures on Modern History; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution.
Page 6 - GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORIcal, Political, Philosophical and Mechanical Essays. The first, Containing an Analysis Of a General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America...
Page 282 - Portraits ; being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present Century.