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" The graphic embellishments of this useless edition are justly pronounced to be j" tres me'diocres'' by Brunei. I never see, or even think of, the lovely edition of Baskerville, of 1773, 8vo. 4 vols., without the most unmixed satisfaction. Paper, printing,... "
John Baskerville: Type-founder and Printer, 1706-1775 - Page 24
by Josiah Henry Benton - 1914 - 78 pages
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The Library Companion; Or, The Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man ..., Volume 1

Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Best books - 1824 - 982 pages
...to be " tres mddiocres" by Unmet. I never see, or even think of, the lovely edition of Bcukervillc, of 1773, 8vo. 4 vols, without the most unmixed satisfaction....thorough-bred bibliomaniacal Virtuoso. This edition certain it is, that 100 guineas were offered for it : but on the intelligence of Lord Spencer's intended...
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The Library Companion: Or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort ...

Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Best books - 1825 - 532 pages
...embellishments of this useless edition are justly pronounced to be j" tres me'diocres'' by Brunei. I never see, or even think of, the lovely edition...sometimes more brilliant in the first two volumes of the octavo, than in those of the quarto, or LARGE PAPER form. But for a drawing-room table, or satin wood...
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The Library Companion: Or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort ...

Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Best books - 1825 - 474 pages
...be /' tres m&liocres'" by Brunei. I never see, or even think of, the lovely edition of Baskerviile, of 1773, 8vo. 4 vols., without the most unmixed satisfaction....sometimes more brilliant in the first two volumes 'of the octavo, than in those of the quarto, or LARGE PAPER form. But for a drawing-room table, or satinwood...
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Catalogue of Books in Foreign Languages: For 1828, Now on Sale

A. Dulau & Co - Booksellers' catalogs - 1828 - 1152 pages
...Ihink of the lovely edition of Baskcrville of 1773, 4 vole, without the most unmixed salivfaction t paper, printing, drawing, plates — all delight the...certainly not its superior in any publication with which 1 am acquainted. I'iJe Dibdin's lib. стр. f. 766. 16481 1648216483 16484 16485 16486 16487 16488...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 3

Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1885 - 498 pages
...two Molinis employed him in 1773 to print their octavo and quarto ' Ariosto,' of which Dibdin says, ' paper, printing, drawing, plates, all delight the eye and gratify the heart. . . . This edition has hardly its equal, and certainly not its superior ' (Library Companion, 1824,...
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Book Catalogue: America, Volume 1

1851 - 676 pages
...Birmingham, 1773 " I never see, or even think of the lovely edition of Baskerville without the molt unmixed satisfaction. Paper, Printing, Drawing, Plates,...the eye and gratify the heart of the thorough-bred bibliomanical virtuoso." — Dibdin. 2122 Commentaries on the Life and Reign of King Charles I., by...
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