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Books

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  • Bookbinding: large and small book presses, and their constituent parts. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.
  • Christ's Hospital, London: one of the boys standing beside a table, his hand on some books, the exterior of the New Hall behind. Colour lithograph after J. Cristall.
  • A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A scholar sits in his study reading by a globe. Line engraving by G. Longhi after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after S. Koninck.
  • Matthias Schenck, aged 24, wearing a sword and holding a book in his right hand. Line engraving.
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    Septieme Lettre a Monsieur L'abbe Bourdelot, 1674

    • Books

    The medieval book : illustrated from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library / Barbara A. Shailor.

    Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. | Date: [1991], ©1991
    • Pictures

    The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

    Green, Valentine, 1739-1813. | Date: 10 August 1769 | Reference: 26236i
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    Bodleian Library, Oxford: interior panoramic view. Line engraving by G. Hollis after J.C. Buckler.

    Buckler, John Chessell, 1793-1894. | Reference: 20996i
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    The English book in eighteenth-century Germany / Bernhard Fabian.

    Fabian, Bernhard. | Date: 1992
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