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Page 16 - MEYRICK'S PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR: A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II.
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Page 27 - LATHAM'S GENERAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. Being the Natural History and Description of all the Birds (above four thousand) hitherto known or described by Naturalists, with the Synonymes of preceding Writers: the second enlarged and Improved Edition, comprehending all the discoveries In Ornithology subsequent to the former publication, and a General Index, 11 vols.
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| Title | Bookseller's catalogues |
| Author | John Eddowes (bookseller.) |
| Published | 1840 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
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