Private Libraries of ProvidenceS. S. Rider, 1878 - 255 páginas "Two or three years ago I wrote for a local newspaper a series of sketches of some of the private libraries of Providence. These sketches, due in some degree, perhaps, to their having been copied into 'The American Bibliopolist', attracted so much attention here and elsewhere, that I have consented to collect them and to permit a limited edition to be published in book form."---Page iii |
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... collection in hand . All the descriptions taken together , it is believed , afford a fair illustration of the character of the private libraries of Providence . In conclusion , I desire to acknowledge my obligations to all the gentlemen ...
... collection in hand . All the descriptions taken together , it is believed , afford a fair illustration of the character of the private libraries of Providence . In conclusion , I desire to acknowledge my obligations to all the gentlemen ...
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... collection was large , and some of his fine Cremonas cost him not less than four hundred pounds apiece . After the collector's decease , this assortment of fiddles sold for a handsome advance upon the original cost . The late Gordon ...
... collection was large , and some of his fine Cremonas cost him not less than four hundred pounds apiece . After the collector's decease , this assortment of fiddles sold for a handsome advance upon the original cost . The late Gordon ...
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... collection of historical warming pans , which comprised , with others , those that had warmed the beds of Marie Stuart , Madame de Pompadour , Marie Antoinette , Catharine de Medicis , and Diana of Poictiers . Among the numerous things ...
... collection of historical warming pans , which comprised , with others , those that had warmed the beds of Marie Stuart , Madame de Pompadour , Marie Antoinette , Catharine de Medicis , and Diana of Poictiers . Among the numerous things ...
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... collection , when brought to the hammer , realized less than one quarter of the original cost . A late Dutch gentleman assembled together a multitude of tobacco pipes , some of which were highly artistic and " as veritable gems as if ...
... collection , when brought to the hammer , realized less than one quarter of the original cost . A late Dutch gentleman assembled together a multitude of tobacco pipes , some of which were highly artistic and " as veritable gems as if ...
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... collection of Sèvres china belonging to Mr. Goding , in 1874 , very high prices were obtained . A cup and saucer brought ninety- nine pounds fifteen shillings ; a pair of oviform vases , twelve inches high , five hundred and four pounds ...
... collection of Sèvres china belonging to Mr. Goding , in 1874 , very high prices were obtained . A cup and saucer brought ninety- nine pounds fifteen shillings ; a pair of oviform vases , twelve inches high , five hundred and four pounds ...
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