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Introduced.....as Mr Henry Tilney, 1907 (illustration)

2963088 Introduced.....as Mr Henry Tilney, 1907 (illustration) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Chapter 30 of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1775-1817) first published 1818. This edition 1922 by J.M.Dent & Sons using 16 of the 24 original 1907 plates.
Henryis introduced to Mrs Morland when he visits Catherine at the parsonage in Fullerton ); English, out of copyright

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A Sammelband of 6 German theological and liturgical works, 1572-75 (leather & paper)

1268743 A Sammelband of 6 German theological and liturgical works, 1572-75 (leather & paper)
by German School, (16th century); 147x96 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sammelband of 6 German theological and liturgical works, including: Der Geistlich Herpst. 1575 - Von dem hochwA?rdigen Sacrament der heyligen Firmung. 1572 - Von der Gnadreichen, HochberA?mpten weitaussgebraiten und langhergebrachten BrA?derschafft des Psalters oder Rosenkrantz Marie... 1572 - Der Seelen LustgA?rtlin. 1575. Gar schA?ne andA?chtige und krA?fftige Gebett vor der wandlung des heyligen HochwA?rdigen Sacraments... (lacks title) - one blank volume. All Dilingen: Sebald Mayer.
8o and 16o (147 x 96 mm). Contemporary six-fold, backless binding of brown calf, the covers divided into two panels, one decorated with an arabesque design heightened with reddish and white paint, the other with a coat-of-arms (only faintly discernible) all four edges gilt, gauffered and colored with floral design (restored, with contemporary sides laid down, new endpapers).); Photo A© Christie's Images; German, out of copyright

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Page from La civilite puerile a laquelle avons adiouste la discipline et instruction

869495 Page from La civilitA© puerile a laquelle avons adioustA© la discipline et instruction des enfans. Aussi La doctrine et enseignemens du pere de famille A? la jeunesse by Desiderius Erasmus, 1582 (print) (see also 869494) by French School, (16th century); 15.6x9.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Printed in civilitA© type B1 cut by Philippe Danfrie
The name "civilitA©" derives from use for printing the CivilitA© puerile'. The printer recommends his type to the reader in the preface, stating that youth will profit not only from the content of the book, but from the letters too, "as being the writing proper to their language".
Adaptation of Erasmus De civilitate morum puerorum libellus, translated by Jean Louveau); Photo A© Christie's Images; French, out of copyright

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