THIRTY-ONE colored drawings, giving the dress and performances of Chinese Jugglers, Musicians, Dancers, etc.; by native artists. Oblong Quarto. [Bibl. Eg. 1057.]
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Empire of China: Drawings of Chinese Deities, the costume, manners, animals, flowers, insects, etc.
SEVENTY-TWO colored drawings, representing the different kinds of boats and vessels used by the Chinese; by native artists. Oblong Quarto. [Bibl. Eg. 1059.]
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Empire of China: Drawings of Chinese Deities, the costume, manners, animals, flowers, insects, etc.
COLORED drawing of the State Procession of the King of Cabul, nearly 42 feet in length by 14 inches in width ; drawn by a native artist, with the names in Persian. [Bibl Eg. 1061]
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Dominique Seguier, Bishop of Meaux: Arms. Cabul; King of: Drawing of the state procession of.
PSALTERIUM secundum versionem S. Hieronymi, cum Canticis, symbolo S. Athanasii, litania et vigiliis mortuorum in fine additis. Prefixed is a kalendar, in which are entered obits of the family of Holebrock in the xvth, and of King in the xvith century. The obit also of William Pepyr, Vicar of Metyngliam, co. Suff., is inserted, by whom (as appears from a note on f. 1 Ob.) the present volume was given to the college there. On vellum, written in England, in the xiiith century, with miniatures. ...
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William Pepyr, Vicar of Mettingham: Note of his obit. Liturgies Hebrew, Greek, and Latin: Psalterium, secundum versionem S. Hieronymi, cum canticis, etc. Holbrock family: Notes of obits of, in the: 15th and 16th centuries. Saint Eustace: Portion of the legend of: Fr.: Verse.
LIBER Ordinis Pontificalis ; very beautifully written and illuminated, with miniatures representing the various episcopal functions. The arms of the prelate for whom the volume was originally executed have been covered over by those of Etienne de Poncher, Bishop of Paris from 1502 to 1519. The volume was subsequently in the possession of Dominique Seguier, Bishop of Meaux, whose arms and cypher are on the cover, and in 1724 was in the hands of Nicolas Joseph de Paris, afterwards Bishop of Or...
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Etienne de Poncher, Bishop of Paris: His arms. Joseph de Paris, Bishop of Orléans: Arms. Liturgies Hebrew, Greek, and Latin: Liber ordinis Pontificalis.