Chalcographimania: Or, The Portrait-collector and Printseller's Chronicle, with Infatuations of Every Description. A Humorous Poem. In Four Books. With Copious Notes ExplanatoryR.S. Kirby, 1814 - 212 strán (strany) |
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... fortune to purchase , by mere chance , a unique tract from the press of Caxton , not mentioned by Ames , or any other typographist . The subject of this curious specimen was a Latin oration of the Duke of Burgundy of that æra , upon his ...
... fortune to purchase , by mere chance , a unique tract from the press of Caxton , not mentioned by Ames , or any other typographist . The subject of this curious specimen was a Latin oration of the Duke of Burgundy of that æra , upon his ...
Strana 48
... Fortune acted fair , And for deserts dealt out due share ; From trade ere this he had been steering , Nor still prov❜d Knight of Auctioneering . And such reward he merits well , And would have tasted , if foul spell , Had not entrapp'd ...
... Fortune acted fair , And for deserts dealt out due share ; From trade ere this he had been steering , Nor still prov❜d Knight of Auctioneering . And such reward he merits well , And would have tasted , if foul spell , Had not entrapp'd ...
Strana 53
... fortune , having been honoured with the disposal of the most famous Chalcographian hoards ; witness the sales of those famous collectors Farmer and Coombe , which brought immense sums , together with the property of Mr. Reed , who , as ...
... fortune , having been honoured with the disposal of the most famous Chalcographian hoards ; witness the sales of those famous collectors Farmer and Coombe , which brought immense sums , together with the property of Mr. Reed , who , as ...
Strana 68
... fortune's fane , He shows off in Saint Martin's Lane , Where I fame's trump now boist'rous blowing , Thrice hail him knight - of Going — going ( b ) . which they either encreased or decreased the sums at which they intended to sell ...
... fortune's fane , He shows off in Saint Martin's Lane , Where I fame's trump now boist'rous blowing , Thrice hail him knight - of Going — going ( b ) . which they either encreased or decreased the sums at which they intended to sell ...
Strana 85
... fortune , and he will take especial good care that it shall not slip out of his fingers ; independent of his pursuit after portraits , & c . he is a fancier of Autographs , many specimens of which , accompanied by portraits , have been ...
... fortune , and he will take especial good care that it shall not slip out of his fingers ; independent of his pursuit after portraits , & c . he is a fancier of Autographs , many specimens of which , accompanied by portraits , have been ...
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acumen antique artist ARUNDEL HOUSE Auctioneer BARTHOLOMEW FAIR Bibliomanian Bill Gibbons boast Boccacio bookseller bought brain Bromley Catalogus Caxton Chalco Chalcographian Chalcographimaniacs character CHESHUNT Clarendon collection collector consequence copy Covent Garden D-dd dealer Decameron Duke e'en e'er engraving enrolled fam'd fame famous Finiguerra FLEET PRISON folio fortune FOUNDLING HOSPITAL gentleman Golden Legend grace Granger guineas hammer hand hath hero Hero's Invocation Hogarth honour illustrated individual instance J-ff-ry J-hn S-tt knight Leicester Leicester Fields Lord M-lt-no mention mezzotinto mind Muse naught ne'er Nicnackatarian Mania nobleman o'er Old Bailey original P-t-r Br-wne painting Pall Mall pass person personage pictorial Picture Mania Pilkington plate portrait possess pounds predilection present prints printseller procured prove purchased pursuit question ranks rare renown renown'd S-mco S-nd-rs selling sold specimens St-c St-w-rt Strutt taste Th-ne Theatrical Cacoëthes trade vender vers'd volume Wherefore witness wond'rous