... of birds, fish, flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatured to the life. He told us that one book ' stood him in .£300 ; it was painted by that excellent workman whom the late Gaston Duke of Orleans emploied. This gentleman's whole collection, gatherM... The Naturalist's Library - Page 24by William Jardine - 1836Full view - About this book
| John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1827 - 458 pages
...rare of their kind, especially his bookes of birds, fish, flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatur'd to the life. He told us that one book stood him in...excellent workman whom the late Gaston Duke of Orleans emploied. This gentleman's whole collection, gather'd by himselfe travelling over most parts of Europe,... | |
| Edward Edwards - Libraries - 1859 - 940 pages
...minerals, ... all being very perfect and rare of their kind, especially his books of birds, fishes, flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatured to the life. He told us that one book stood him in f 300. It was painted by that excellent workman whom the late Gaston, Duke of Orleans, employed. This... | |
| Edward Edwards - Libraries - 1859 - 898 pages
...being very perfect and rare of their kind, especially IMS books of birds, fishes, flowers, and shell?, drawn and miniatured to the life. He told us that one book stood him in f 30O. It was painted by that excellent workman whom the late Gaston, Duke of Orleans, employed. This... | |
| John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1870 - 788 pages
...rare in their kind, especialy his bookes of birds, fish, flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatur'd to the life. He told us that one book stood him in...excellent workman whom the late Gaston Duke of Orleans emploied. This gentleman's whole collection, gather'd by himselfe travelling over most parts of Europe,... | |
| England - 1870 - 930 pages
....... minerals : all being very perfect and rare of their kind, especially his books of birds, fishes, flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatured to the life. He told us that one book stood him in three hundred pounds. It was painted by that excellent workman whom the late Gaston, Duke of Orleans,... | |
| Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876 - 596 pages
...spirits of wine), minerals, precious stones, vessels, curiosities in amber, crystal, agate, etc. ; all being very perfect and rare in their kind, especially...flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatured to the life. This gentleman's whole collection, this stray letter we should know hardly anything, however, of their... | |
| Henry Richard Fox Bourne - Celebrities - 1876 - 618 pages
...minerals, precious stones, vessels, curiosities in amber, crystal, agate, etc. ; all being very perfect ami rare in their kind, especially his books of birds,...flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatured to the life. This gentleman's whole collection, *t.354.] A LETTER TO WILLIAM CHARLETON. 65 this stray letter we... | |
| John Evelyn - Autobiography - 1879 - 652 pages
...rare in their kind, especialy his bookes of birds, fish, flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatur'd to the life. He told us that one book stood him in...excellent workman whom the late Gaston Duke of Orleans emploied. This gentleman's whole collection, gather'd by himselfe travelling over most parts of Europe,... | |
| John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1889 - 494 pages
...are given. vessels, curiosities in amber, crystal, agate, &c. ; all being very perfect and rare of their kind, especially his books of birds, fish, flowers,...was painted by that excellent workman, whom the late Graston, Duke of Orleans, employed. This gentleman's whole collection, gathered by himself, travelling... | |
| Jerusha D. Richardson ("Mrs. Aubrey Richardson.") - Great Britain - 1899 - 522 pages
...precious stones, vessels, curiosities in amber, cristal, agate, &c. ; all being very perfect and rare of their kind, especially his books of birds, fish, flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatured to the life."* These glimpses of Lady Sunderland in the character of intelligent patroness of the arts and sciences... | |
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