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Decoration and ornament - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    Specimen of metal cast ornaments, curiously adjusted to paper, by Edmund Fry and Co. Letter-founders to the Prince of Wales, Type-Street

    Fry and Steele. | Date: 1793
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    Specimen of brass card borders, and other ornaments, on an entire new principle, By C. & A. Paas, engravers to their Majesties

    C. &. A. Paas (London, England) | Date: [1793]
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    The British and Irish nations are respectfully intreated to become the patrons of fine printing . And of beautiful book embellishments. On the twenty-ninth of January, 1791, Bell's new and splendid edition of The British theatre will challenge the admiration of the world.

    John Bell | Date: 1790?]

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