The Edinburgh Review, Том 139A. and C. Black, 1874 |
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... once be understood that whereas a single modern volume might easily contain ten , or even more , ancient volumina , ' the very largest assemblage of volumina ' assigned as the total of the greatest of the ancient collections would fall ...
... once be understood that whereas a single modern volume might easily contain ten , or even more , ancient volumina , ' the very largest assemblage of volumina ' assigned as the total of the greatest of the ancient collections would fall ...
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... once be recognised amongst fifteenth cen- tury codices by this characteristic . The bindings were rich and splendidly emblazoned . The collection at the death of Corvinus , in 1490 , numbered 50,000 volumes . Beyond this date its ...
... once be recognised amongst fifteenth cen- tury codices by this characteristic . The bindings were rich and splendidly emblazoned . The collection at the death of Corvinus , in 1490 , numbered 50,000 volumes . Beyond this date its ...
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... once entertained . The Seraglio Library ac- cording to his report contains in all about a hundred MSS . , of which only sixteen are Corvinian - plainly recognisable , as well by their binding as by the characteristic beauty and dis ...
... once entertained . The Seraglio Library ac- cording to his report contains in all about a hundred MSS . , of which only sixteen are Corvinian - plainly recognisable , as well by their binding as by the characteristic beauty and dis ...
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... still possesses , is at once explained by the circumstances of the time . Most of the new products of the infant presses throughout Europe quickly found their way to what was still the 1874 . 19 Libraries , Ancient and Modern .
... still possesses , is at once explained by the circumstances of the time . Most of the new products of the infant presses throughout Europe quickly found their way to what was still the 1874 . 19 Libraries , Ancient and Modern .
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... once more the National Library . The first commencement of this noble collection , under Jean le Bon , with nineteen volumes ; its progress to nine hundred and ten under John's son and successor , Charles V .; its reverses under Charles ...
... once more the National Library . The first commencement of this noble collection , under Jean le Bon , with nineteen volumes ; its progress to nine hundred and ten under John's son and successor , Charles V .; its reverses under Charles ...
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