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... thousand years ago . He was the founder of an extensive library , into which the new manufacture was largely introduced . Parchment volumes were commonly rolled on a round stick , with a ball at each end , and the composition began at ...
... thousand years ago . He was the founder of an extensive library , into which the new manufacture was largely introduced . Parchment volumes were commonly rolled on a round stick , with a ball at each end , and the composition began at ...
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... thousand four hondred , lxxiiij . " ( 6 Caxton , who died at the age of 81 , in 1491 , and who , in addition to having had the honor of introducing into England the " divine art " -fitly styled " ars artium omnium conserva- trix " -was ...
... thousand four hondred , lxxiiij . " ( 6 Caxton , who died at the age of 81 , in 1491 , and who , in addition to having had the honor of introducing into England the " divine art " -fitly styled " ars artium omnium conserva- trix " -was ...
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... thousand closely printed folio pages from his own pen , consisting chiefly of translations from the French , or the stock of his own vernacu- lar literature . Several of his works have subsequently passed through successive editions ...
... thousand closely printed folio pages from his own pen , consisting chiefly of translations from the French , or the stock of his own vernacu- lar literature . Several of his works have subsequently passed through successive editions ...
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... thousand four hundred and forty - six lines for fifty guineas , when he expected to have had one thousand five hundred and eighteen lines for forty guineas ; adding that he had a better bargain with Juvenal , which is reckoned not so ...
... thousand four hundred and forty - six lines for fifty guineas , when he expected to have had one thousand five hundred and eighteen lines for forty guineas ; adding that he had a better bargain with Juvenal , which is reckoned not so ...
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... thousand guineas , and a revenue of fame . Thomas Osborne , of Gray's Inn , was also a very eminent bookseller , although , if we are to decide with Dr. Dibdin , not eminent in philological attainments . Boswell relates an amus- ing ...
... thousand guineas , and a revenue of fame . Thomas Osborne , of Gray's Inn , was also a very eminent bookseller , although , if we are to decide with Dr. Dibdin , not eminent in philological attainments . Boswell relates an amus- ing ...
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