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Charles William King. OTHEC BIBL B AND CHARING CROSS Agave : Carneo , Plasma PREFACE . PROBABLY at no. CONDON : PRINTED BY W CLOWES AND SON , PAMKORD STREET , Plato , contemporary portrait . Sard .
Charles William King. OTHEC BIBL B AND CHARING CROSS Agave : Carneo , Plasma PREFACE . PROBABLY at no. CONDON : PRINTED BY W CLOWES AND SON , PAMKORD STREET , Plato , contemporary portrait . Sard .
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Charles William King. Agave : Carneo , Plasma PREFACE . PROBABLY at no period in England has art in its various rela- tions been so intelligently illustrated and so fully investi- gated as during the last ten years . The numerous ...
Charles William King. Agave : Carneo , Plasma PREFACE . PROBABLY at no period in England has art in its various rela- tions been so intelligently illustrated and so fully investi- gated as during the last ten years . The numerous ...
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... probably bear comparison with those of any other country in Europe in magnitude and interest , and perhaps in no class of antiquities is it richer than in antique gems . The collection in the British Museum , though scarcely on a par ...
... probably bear comparison with those of any other country in Europe in magnitude and interest , and perhaps in no class of antiquities is it richer than in antique gems . The collection in the British Museum , though scarcely on a par ...
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... probably less known to the public than any other class of its ancient treasures . I shall also devote a few pages to the consideration of the finest works of the Devonshire Collection , as there exists no catalogue raisonné of this ...
... probably less known to the public than any other class of its ancient treasures . I shall also devote a few pages to the consideration of the finest works of the Devonshire Collection , as there exists no catalogue raisonné of this ...
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... probably by the sight of some production of the gem - engraver's skill ) , that to enclose a whole within a small space is the work of a great artist . The remark of Sir Joshua Reynolds may also be cited on this point , as to the ...
... probably by the sight of some production of the gem - engraver's skill ) , that to enclose a whole within a small space is the work of a great artist . The remark of Sir Joshua Reynolds may also be cited on this point , as to the ...
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