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The Art journal (1849)

London : George Virtue · leaf 44

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astes of the nation. There are collectors of everything nowadays, and the nur¬ sery books of our grandfathers are searched for and amassed by a few persons with as much avidity, and with almost as much difficulty, as a set of uncut Shakespeare quartos. For, owing either to the small number of… … From “ The Looking-Glass for the Mind ” century ago are now come to be rarities, and a small fortune would have to be dispensed in forming a complete collection of original editions of the works which catered to the amuse¬ ment of a gentleman’s child at that time. As an example, we have now before…

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