A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac: Or, Cento of Notes and Reminiscences Concerning Rare, Curious, and Valuable Books |
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... Parker's Psalter , be also said of this Journey , " that it may be deemed a fortunate acquisi- tion to those capricious Students who labour to collect a Library of Rarities . ” " There is a kind of Physiognomy in the Titles.
... Parker's Psalter , be also said of this Journey , " that it may be deemed a fortunate acquisi- tion to those capricious Students who labour to collect a Library of Rarities . ” " There is a kind of Physiognomy in the Titles.
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... kind of Physiognomy in the Titles of Books no less than in the Faces of Men , by which a skilful observer will as well know what to expect from the one as the other . " Butler's Remains . CONTENTS . Andreini Fiorentino ( G. B. ) L'Adamo ...
... kind of Physiognomy in the Titles of Books no less than in the Faces of Men , by which a skilful observer will as well know what to expect from the one as the other . " Butler's Remains . CONTENTS . Andreini Fiorentino ( G. B. ) L'Adamo ...
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... kind is in the library of the Right Hon . T. Grenville , formerly belonging to the Duke de la Valliere , and purchased by its present possessor , at the sale of the M'Carthy Library . At the sale of Dr. Mead's Collection , 1754 and 1755 ...
... kind is in the library of the Right Hon . T. Grenville , formerly belonging to the Duke de la Valliere , and purchased by its present possessor , at the sale of the M'Carthy Library . At the sale of Dr. Mead's Collection , 1754 and 1755 ...
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... kind , often declared it to be the earliest English one he ever saw or discovered : he supposed the author to be George Joy , whom Fox , in his " Acts , " & c . p . 1340 , col . 2. edit . 1st . cavils much against , for not pay- ing due ...
... kind , often declared it to be the earliest English one he ever saw or discovered : he supposed the author to be George Joy , whom Fox , in his " Acts , " & c . p . 1340 , col . 2. edit . 1st . cavils much against , for not pay- ing due ...
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... kind from the same hand , till it is recollected that Mr. Behnes has only laid down the pencil and the needle to take up the tool of Phidias ; which , if as successfully used and as sedulously as heretofore , is likely to chisel him ...
... kind from the same hand , till it is recollected that Mr. Behnes has only laid down the pencil and the needle to take up the tool of Phidias ; which , if as successfully used and as sedulously as heretofore , is likely to chisel him ...
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