Rariora; being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., collected (1858-1900) (1902)
Hodgkin, John Eliot · London : S. Low, Marston & Co., ltd. · leaf 18
IF some of those technical arts which have lessened the labours andsweetened the life of man, (the artes illiberales of an unenlightenedage,) we are fortunately able to trace with reasonable certainty thebeginnings and to honour the progenitors. Not so with the earliestinception of an industry…
Collectors and collecting · Book collecting · Rare books · Incunabula · Printing · Fireworks · Broadsides
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