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Mountain melodies &c. &c. &c

Eagles, Thomas (fl. 1830-1840)

1835

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M. C. Hepburn trade card
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M. C. Hepburn trade card

Mary C. Hepburn

c.1860

Simple 19th century engraved trade card of M. C. Hepburn [Mary C. Hepburn]. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes. Manuscript mathematical calculations in pencil on rever...

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Sender: Ewart, M.C.

Recipient: Gott, William

Letters: 1

Date(s): 4 Feb [c. 1850 ?]

Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 194/6/97

Note: On financial matters. 2 pp. Sender is presumably a relation by marriage.

Title: The m--d c-b at Lambeth

Author: Hall, Henry ?

Date(s): 1703 ?

Manuscript: Lt q 55

Contents: Satire on the bishops who voted against passing the bill to prevent occasional conformity with the Church of England, describing an imaginary meeting at which they are addressed by the spirits of Archbishop Laud and William III

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Sender: Foster, M

Recipient: Whitmell, C J

Letters: 1

Date(s): 3 Jun 1888

Location: SC MS 429/127/2

Sender: Fleury, C.M.

Recipient: Bennett, Bessie

Letters: 1

Date(s): n.d.

Location: BC MS 19c Bennett


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C.M. Wielands sämmtliche Werke

Wieland, Christoph Martin (1733-1813)

1857

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C.M. Wieland's sämmtliche Werke (Bd. 1-2)

Wieland, Christoph Martin (1733-1813)

1839-1840

Each volume has special t.p. 1.-2. Bd. Die Abenteuer des don Sylvio von Rosalba. -- 3. Bd. Musarion. Die Grazien. Der verklagte Amor. Nadine. Erdenglück. Celia an Damon. Bruchstücke von Psyche. Da...

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