The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at which They Have Been SoldG. Bell & Sons, 1858 - 3363 стор. |
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... preface ; but numerous communications , public and private , seem to require earlier re- cognition . Some well - meant advisers have suggested the omission of what they deemed unimportant articles of past literature , and the sub ...
... preface ; but numerous communications , public and private , seem to require earlier re- cognition . Some well - meant advisers have suggested the omission of what they deemed unimportant articles of past literature , and the sub ...
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... boon to his confrêres and to literary men , than as an object of mercantile profit , and he trusts it will be received as such . April 30 , 1858 . HENRY G. BOHN . LOWNDES ' PREFACE , WRITTEN JANUARY 1 , 1834 . iv ...
... boon to his confrêres and to literary men , than as an object of mercantile profit , and he trusts it will be received as such . April 30 , 1858 . HENRY G. BOHN . LOWNDES ' PREFACE , WRITTEN JANUARY 1 , 1834 . iv ...
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... PREFACE , WRITTEN JANUARY 1 , 1834 . In proportion to the advancement and general diffusion of litera- ture ought to be the publication of references to , and accounts of , the multifarious works with which the genius of past and of the ...
... PREFACE , WRITTEN JANUARY 1 , 1834 . In proportion to the advancement and general diffusion of litera- ture ought to be the publication of references to , and accounts of , the multifarious works with which the genius of past and of the ...
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... immediately preceded it . Moreover , there is a peculiarity about every edition of every work , which renders it imperative that it should be carefully referred to by an editor of such work : it may also happen that a first PREFACE . ix.
... immediately preceded it . Moreover , there is a peculiarity about every edition of every work , which renders it imperative that it should be carefully referred to by an editor of such work : it may also happen that a first PREFACE . ix.
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... a copy is to be found . In the instances of uncommon works , the editor has stated if it is in the British Museum , in the Bodleian , or other public Library ; and should a copy have been sold by auction within the X PREFACE .
... a copy is to be found . In the instances of uncommon works , the editor has stated if it is in the British Museum , in the Bodleian , or other public Library ; and should a copy have been sold by auction within the X PREFACE .
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