Universal catalogue of books on art. Quarterly issue of pages extracted from 'Notes and queries'. A-BAENA. (Proof sheets circulated for the purpose of obtaining additions and corrections).

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Page 158 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.
Page 48 - THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF WRITING, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings taken from Marbles, Manuscripts, and Charters, Ancient and Modern ; also Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing.
Page 155 - Majesty the Empress of Russia, lately in the possession of the Earl of Orford, at Houghton in Norfolk, with Plans, Elevations, Sections, Chimney-Pieces, and Ceilings.
Page 43 - An inquiry into the nature and form of the books of the ancients...
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