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... interesting series of cuts , exhibiting the various ranks and employments of men , that ever was published . almost every branch of labour or of trade . . from agriculture to pin - making , has its representa- tive . . ” — Jackson and ...
... interesting series of cuts , exhibiting the various ranks and employments of men , that ever was published . almost every branch of labour or of trade . . from agriculture to pin - making , has its representa- tive . . ” — Jackson and ...
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... interesting illustrations ; cloth , uncut New York , 1878 A really valuable work of research , one of the most interesting and useful of its kind , in spite of a few inaccuracies which Mr. Hessels carefully exposed in his " Gutenberg ...
... interesting illustrations ; cloth , uncut New York , 1878 A really valuable work of research , one of the most interesting and useful of its kind , in spite of a few inaccuracies which Mr. Hessels carefully exposed in his " Gutenberg ...
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... Interesting to Gardening Book Collectors on account of the Engravings of artificial Fountains . 470 TREVITHICK ( F. ) Life of Richard Trevithick , with an Account of his Inventions . 2 vols . , 8vo . , with portrait , plates and ...
... Interesting to Gardening Book Collectors on account of the Engravings of artificial Fountains . 470 TREVITHICK ( F. ) Life of Richard Trevithick , with an Account of his Inventions . 2 vols . , 8vo . , with portrait , plates and ...
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... interesting cuts in the text ; in vellum wrapper ; RARE 1571 769 [ DIGGES . ] A Geometrical Practical Treatize named Pantometria , diuided into three Bookes .. First published by Thomas Digges Esquire ... Lately reviewed by the Avthor ...
... interesting cuts in the text ; in vellum wrapper ; RARE 1571 769 [ DIGGES . ] A Geometrical Practical Treatize named Pantometria , diuided into three Bookes .. First published by Thomas Digges Esquire ... Lately reviewed by the Avthor ...
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... interesting . Apart from their military importance the innumerable illustrations in this work have a distinct value as pictorial records of 16th century costume . 985 HERONIS Ctesibii Belopoeeca , hoc est Telifactiva Bernardino Baldo ...
... interesting . Apart from their military importance the innumerable illustrations in this work have a distinct value as pictorial records of 16th century costume . 985 HERONIS Ctesibii Belopoeeca , hoc est Telifactiva Bernardino Baldo ...
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Page 53 - MITCHELL'S ORNITHOLOGY -THE GENERA Of BIRDS ; comprising their Generic Characters, a Notice of the Habits of each Genus, and an extensive List of Species, referred to their several Genera. By GEORGE ROBERT GRAY, Acad. Imp. Georg. Florent. Soc. Corresp. Senior Assistant of the Zoological Department, British Museum ; and Author of the " List of the Genera of Birds,
Page 34 - States, and the Constitutions of the several states comprising the Union. pp. 409. 12° boards, uncut. Washington, 1820 856 CONSTITUTIONS (The) of the several Independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation between the said States; the Treaties between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America.
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Page 12 - PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR: A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II.
Page 143 - The necropolis of Ancón in Peru. A series of illustrations of the civilization and industry of the empire of the incas; being the results of excavations made on the spot. With the aid of the general administration of the royal museums of Berlin. Lond. Asher. [1881.] 2 parts. 1!
Page 33 - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ; His OWN BOOK OF PRIVILEGES, 1502. PHOTOGRAPHIC FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPT IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE IN PARIS, NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLISHED, WITH EXPANDED TEXT, TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH, AND AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. THE TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION BY GEORGE F. BARWICK, BA, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
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Page 3 - The time seems to have arrived for a new edition of Gibbon's great work— furnished with such notes and appendices as may bring it up to the standard of recent historical research. Edited by a scholar who has made this period his special study, and issued in a convenient form and at a moderate price, this edition should fill an obvious void.