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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th June 1882, Edition 1 of 1, Page 526, Messrs The . first Sotheby portion * Wil...

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      title Anecdota Oxoniensa . ' The use of this terra , which in modern colloquialism haa obtained I a baser meaningwill be justified as a strict rendering of the Greek of which it is the equivalent I

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      feature in the library * , apart , from the intrinsic , interest of the books , is the richness of the I bindingsmany of the volumes collected by old William Beckford being ornamented with the I

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      the greater portion of Mr . Beckford ' s books are rendered more valuable by his quaint and I I often sarcastic notes written with apencil on the fly-leaves . Among the rare and curious I

      . works for disposal are Queen Elizabeth ' s Prayer-Book ; Bacon's ' Henry VII ., ' with the I author ^» " ~ " ¦ ^ h 4 ^ 1 ^ - ^^ Bl ' ^^ ~^~ ' s " ^^ autograp " ^ ~ " Bl ^^~*~ ^ ¦¦¦ ^ ' ^^ MBfe ~ A ¦ ¦ — » ¦ ' ¦ ^ Bbk h ^^ inscri ^ B ^^^^~^ B ^ B" ^^ BV A ^^ p B ^^ T B tion ' ^ B" ^ PB » ^ Bl ^ BBBBBB ; B . a B ^^» Latin ^ B ^ B ^^ BV ^^ " ^^ BlBBBl ^ ar ^^ ^ ^^^ . ^ Bible ^^ m ^ ^^ B ¦ » B Bta ^^ to ^ V Bk , BB ¦¦ ¦ ! printed ^^ _> BBb > BbbVBP B B ^ ^^ " ^ B A ^ BB by f ^ Br ^^ Jenson ^ BBT ^ B ^ ^ BlV ^ V ^ BBF B . b in BUflPBB M 1476 BBB ^ BBb B ^ ~ H ~ ; BJ B Bossoli ^^^^^ ~ n | ¦ ~ k r ^ BP ¦ BBl * BL ^^» ^^— ' s ^ Bl BT ' Drawings ~ »~^ " ¦ - « B Bl » ' ^^ " - ^^ m " ^ I BBBBBJ H ^ ^^ . ^^ . ^^ ^_ ^^ . ^* ^

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1882, page 526, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061882/page/2/