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Page 275 - THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAIN, which has been also called The Land of the Living Men, or The Acre of the Undying.
Page 118 - Bibliomania ; or, Book-Madness : A Bibliographical Romance. With numerous Illustrations. A New Edition, with a Supplement, including a Key to the Assumed Characters in the Drama. Parts I. to XII. now ready, 2is. each. Cussans
Page 120 - Four Private Libraries of New York: A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America. Preface by Octave Uzanne.
Page 113 - Testament!,' with 90 wood-cuts beautifully engraved. Crown 8vo. half bound morocco, 1(. Is. A few copies printed entirely on India paper, 2J. 2s. THE DANCE OF DEATH, exhibited in fifty-five elegant Engravings on Wood, with a Dissertation on the several Representations of that Subject; more particularly on those attributed to MACABER and HOLBEIN, by FRANCIS DOUCE, FSA 8vo.
Page 104 - BURY (RICHARD de). THE PHILOBIBLON OF RICHARD DE BURY, edited from the best manuscripts, and translated into English, with an Introduction and Notes by ANDREW FLEMING WEST, Professor in Princeton College.
Page 28 - Annals of Parisian Typography, containing an account of the earliest typographical establishments of Paris ; and notices and illustrations of the most remarkable productions of the Parisian Gothic Press.
Page 237 - Dictionnaire de pièces autographes volées aux bibliothèques publiques de la France, précédé d'observations sur le commerce des autographes ; par. Lud. Lalanne et H. Bordier.
Page 114 - Dictionnaire bibliographique choisi du quinzième siècle, ou Description par ordre alphabétique des éditions les plus...
Page 276 - The Floure and the Leafe, and The Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or The Cuckow and the Nightingale. Edited by FS Ellis.
Page 210 - Modern bookbinding practically considered : A lecture read before the Grolier Club of New York, March 25, 1885, with additions and new illustrations; by William Matthews.