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      very Quaritch of pp ^ v . " » Elizabeth W ^^^ «• y w for ^^ ^ p' or " £ ^»^» 226 ^^ ^^ before ^ ^^ ^^ ; ~ had ~ ™ , is it the been - ^^ - ^ w word — — a perfect ™ — - — ' , misp — " — ^ - copy laced — — ^— it . ' would — It ^ was have — — put broug ^^^ up —^ , - ^ at ——w ht — — £ , 100 —~— perhaps ^^^^^^ , «^ and w » ^^ ^» ^ , ^^ boug ^^ £ 1 , ^^ 000 ht j ^ | y b . M y ^_ Mr . laces of the choicest volumesif

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      The Sunderla1stb Library. (From Purwh.)

      THE SUNDERLA 1 STB LIBRARY . ( From Purwh . )

      In There ancient was halls a wondrous of Blenheim Library , where , that the ' s famous Churchill in ' s all palace lands stands ; ,

      John Throug Spencer h ¦— Eng , Earl land ---- of and Sunderland the Continent , sent to out gath o ' er i er r all books r the of earth worth ,

      And ^^^^ — there ^ ^ h ^ K —™ he stored ^^^^ J _ — them — — _ — — - ^ . in the , ^^ — —_ _ halls — _ _ . — ^ of ^^ . , ^_ - ^ v national ^^^ m — ^ ' ^^ —— ' ^^^^« renown *^^ ' ^^^^ ^^—^^^—^^ ^^^ «^ h » ^^^ ^ P ^ ^^ ^ P *^^ ; ^ H 1 Within the palace that uprears its head near Oxford town , .

      But By now many the an book eager 3 he bibliop gathered hile there be purchased must all and afar be be read spre ; ad ,

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      And w ^*^ ^* ^ so —^^ r the ^^ p ^ w ^^ ^ wr ^ " —— books ^^^^ ^^ H ^ ^—^— ^ of ^ —^^ , Sunderland ^ ^ ^^^ ^^_ v ~^^ ^ B *^^ ^^^^ ^ Bp * *^^ BV n * p ^ will ^ " ^^^ r ^^^^ ^^ in ^^ ^« ^^ m the ^ BV ^^^ *¦ years " ^ B > ^*^ ^^ ppa ^^ v give ^>* ^^ r Lirth ^*¦ ^^^^ ^^ Bp ^^^ B ^

      To other noble Libraries , the treasures of the earth .

      I A Few Months Ago We Had The Pleasure O...

      I A few months ago we had the pleasure of noticing a volume of specimens of French printing , which k suppose ^^ ^^ was that put the flA for BB th world B as an never exhibition BM saw more ^ h of the A beautiful present A state specimens of Bh the Bh ty of Bl pograp workmanshi hic art in p ^^ France , in ordinary Pj . We m " . > . m ~ m - . _^^ ^

      I letterpress ciation first issue of French , of and the in P ' the Association ublishers employment , Booksellers for of the colour Promotion , and in Allied artistic of Industries the printing Objects , . than We of the the have late Bookselling now issue before of the Trade ua Asso the / - which TT AAAV _ ^ A * reaches A . *^ CW \/ JIJLV ^ / O us V *» - » from XA . VXU >^ BB > B ^ Bt Amsterd ^ . JkAX & BH KV l # ^ A V « . C am « AJI _ . X , dated V 41 HVUVA _ < Bft ^ last JklVU A U August J . l , UKUaVi ^^ . Holland XJ . VX 1 UJ 11 _ U . is JLO , ^_ historicall JU A . IO _^ UU 1 J . V / CVJI ^ K ^ A y V J famous . W 4 MV * ¦ «^ - » ; for

      eminent printers . . We are bound to say that the quarto before us , lined with a golden arabesque , ' more that the than exterior * keeps is up not the worth old y reputation of the contents with , added seeing that laurels everyone . It is will to be wish regretted to preserve , however such , a monument , small though it be , of typography . The book contains , briefly , a list of the II M

      members under notice of the . Then Association follows and a list of of the the Committee exhibitors , and also of of their the collaborators showsluxuriousl on the y printed catalogue in H black seeing and how red the , partl celebrated y on toned c Dutch and partl hand- y made on white ' flourishes paper . on We its native have , thus soil- an The opportunity ¦ rest of the of H ¦ to

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      lation Dutch which book is blazes * Vereeni round ging the ter address a Bevordering -card of van a book de Belangen and printing des y a Boekhandels -office . , an The , Amsterdam name ¦ ¦ of the .

      August / us , 1881 . iterate TentoonsteJLUng « m

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 17, 1881, page 1248, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_17121881/page/2/