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Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain. Accompanied with Letter-Press Descriptions.

Illustrated with approximately 500 full page plate engravings. London. W. Clarke, J. Carpenter and H.D. Symonds. 1807. Illustrated with approximately 500 full page plate engravings. 10 volumes complete. 12mo. (4"... (Item #7968)
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California- The Series.

Illustrated throughout with brilliant woodcut engravings. Los Angeles. Powell Publishing Co. 1928. The Edition De Luxe, limited to 387 numbered copies of which this is number 261. Illustrated throughout with... (Item #7622)
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Bancroft, Hubert H. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America.(5 volumes).

Profusely illustrated with fold-out maps, tables, diagrams, etc. New York. D.Appleton and Co. 1875. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with fold-out maps, tables, diagrams, etc. 5 volumes 8vo. Red gilt titled... (Item #5474)
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Brewer, Rev. E. Cobham. Character Sketches of Romance Fiction and the Drama.

Illustrated throughout with hundreds of full page photogravures, etchings, wood engravings and typogravures depicting every imaginable subject. New York. Selmar Hess. 1892. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of full page photogravures,... (Item #6829)
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Byron, Lord (George Gordon). The Works of Lord Byron.

Illustrated throughout with full page plate engravings. London. John Murray. 1898-1904. Illustrated throughout with full page plate engravings. 13 volumes complete as issued. 8vo (5.25" x 8.25"). Handsomely bound in... (Item #8237)
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De Maupassant, Guy. The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy De Maupassant: Embracing Romance, Travel, Comedy and Verse.

Illustrated with illuminated chromolithographic Limitation and Title page and further by tissue-guarded duotone plates after original drawings by eminent French and American artists. New York. M. Walter Dunne. 1903. The... (Item #8348)
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Dibdin,Thomas Frognall. The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse of Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography.

Illustrated with woodcuts, engravings and mounted India proofs. With the example of printing in gold in Volume II however, lacking the rarely included "Presentation in the Temple"plate. London. W. Bulmer... (Item #8606)
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Du Camp, Maxime. Souvenirs Litteraires.

Paris. Libraire Hachette. 1882. First Edition. 2 volumes complete. Thick 8vo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 gilt ruled grain morocco and marbled boards. Tri- gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled... (Item #8036)
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Goethe. Complete Works of Goethe.

Occasionally illustrated with full page monochrome plates. Stuttgart. J.G. Gottafchen. 1881. Occasionally illustrated with full page monochrome plates. 15 volumes complete. 8vo (5" x 7.25"). Extravagently bound in half paneled... (Item #8000)
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Grove, Sir George (Ed.). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889).

Illustrated throughout with woodcuts and musical notation en texte. London. Macmillian and Company. 1889. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts and musical notation en texte. 4 volumes, complete as issued. Thick 8vo... (Item #8624)
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Guizot, M. The History of France.

Illustrated throughout with full page plate engravings and further vignettes en texte. London. Sampson Lowe, Marston, Searle, and Rivington. 1883-1884. Illustrated throughout with full page plate engravings and further vignettes... (Item #8154)
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Harte , Bret. Writings of Bret Harte.

1873 - 1893. 5 Volumes. 4 -8vo's 1-12mo (7.5 ". x 5.5 ") Original cloth in uniformly bound 1/2 peacock blue morocco clamshell slipcases. with ornate gilt decorated spine compartments... (Item #2601)
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Irving, Washingon. The Writings of Washington Irving.

Illustrated throughout with full page tissue guarded plates by Arthur Rackham, Fred Coburn, Henry Sandham, Julian Rix, E.W. Kemble, etc. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1904. The Book-Lover's New Sunnyside... (Item #8471)
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Irving, Washington. Works of Washington Irving.

Illustrated throughout with full page plates after engravings and photographs. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. n.d. (circa 1880). The Author's Revised Edition of the Standard Library Edition. Illustrated throughout with... (Item #8197)
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James, William. The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the accession of George IV. A New Edition, with additions and notes, and An Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier, R.N.

Lavishly illustrated with Portrait steel engravings, maps, charts, diagrams, etc. ( many fold-out ). London. Richard Bentley, 1837. Lavishly illustrated with Portrait steel engravings, maps, charts, diagrams, etc. ( many... (Item #7102)
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Lane, Edward William (Trans.) The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, In england, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments...

Illustrated throughout by engravings upon wood from original designs by William Harvey. London. Charles Knight and Company. 1839. Illustrated throughout by engravings upon wood from original designs by William Harvey... (Item #8547)
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Lane, Edward William (Trans.). The Thousand and One Nights; or, Arabian Nights Entertainments.

Illustrated by pictorial prelims, title pages,chapter heads and 36 full page half-tone plates by Frank Brangwyn. London. Gibbings and company. 1896. This Edition, printed upon Hand-made paper, Limited to only... (Item #8698)
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Lever, Charles. The Military Novels of Charles Lever.

Each volume with engraved frontis and half title in each volume by Phiz ( one vol. with Cruikshank illus. ) and a total of 50 plates throughout,42 by Phiz (... (Item #7103)
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Lewis, Meriwether and Clark, William. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, Across the Rocky Mountains, Down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1804-6. A Reprint of the Edition of 1814 to Which All the Members of the Expedition Contributed.

Illustrated with two Frontispieces and various full paged maps and one large folding map in rear pocket. New York. New Amsterdam Book Company. 1902. First Edition Thus. Illustrated with two... (Item #8634)
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Lodge, Edmund. Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biogrpahical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions.

Spectacularly illustrated with 240 tissue-guarded full page copper-plate engravings of historical personages, each with short textual biography. Most engravings marked as " Proof ". London. Harding and Lepard. 1835. Second... (Item #6996)
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Lyall, Robert. Travels in Russia, the Krimea, the Caucasus, and Georgia.

Illustrated by 24 woodcut vignettes en texte. London. T. Cadell. 1825. First Edition. Illustrated by 24 woodcut vignettes en texte. Two volumes, complete as issued. 8vo. 5.5"x8.75". Lavishly bound in... (Item #8702)
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Machiavelli, Niccolo. (Works of Machiavelli) Oeuvres De Machiavel.

Illustrated with an engraved frontis portrait and two fold-out plates. Paris. Chez Potey. 1799. A new translation by Guiraudet. Illustrated with an engraved frontis portrait and two fold-out plates. Nine... (Item #7591)
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Malthus, T.R. An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, A View of it's Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness;...

London. John Murray. 1817. The fifth edition. With important additions. 8vo. Bound in full gilt ruled diced calfskin. Gilt titles. Gilt ruled spine compartments. Raised bands. Morocco labels. Marbled edges... (Item #7999)
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Milton, John. The Poetical Works of John Milton.

Illustrated throughout with 16 duotone plates and further by page decorations in red. Boston. R.H.Hinkley Company. n.d. circa 1885. This edition limited to 550 numbered copies of which this #308... (Item #8616)
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(Miniature Book) Walton, Izaak and Cotton, Charles. The Complete Angler: or the Contemplative Man's Recreation.

Illustrated with an engraved Frontis and various decorations en texte. London. William Pickering. 1825. First Edition Thus. Part of the renowned "Diamond Series" this issue is the smallest complete edition... (Item #8628)
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