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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... other Manias . From the nature of this work , it may very naturally be inferred , that I have been a con- stant attendant at print , and book sales , and am perfectly well versed in all the intricacies of Collecting b 2.
... other Manias . From the nature of this work , it may very naturally be inferred , that I have been a con- stant attendant at print , and book sales , and am perfectly well versed in all the intricacies of Collecting b 2.
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... print collecting first broke out , Your Cits knew what they were about , Behind the counter standing smug , As in a blanket's stow'd a bug , They thought not then of Hollars , Passes , Or Faithornes ( a ) ; no such silly asses , ( a ) ...
... print collecting first broke out , Your Cits knew what they were about , Behind the counter standing smug , As in a blanket's stow'd a bug , They thought not then of Hollars , Passes , Or Faithornes ( a ) ; no such silly asses , ( a ) ...
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... prints an Astrologus , And nam'd sage Mister Catalogus ; upon the company , expressed himself in the following terms : " It wants nothing but a touch of the Promethean fire to start ' from the canvas and fall a - bidding . " ( c ) ...
... prints an Astrologus , And nam'd sage Mister Catalogus ; upon the company , expressed himself in the following terms : " It wants nothing but a touch of the Promethean fire to start ' from the canvas and fall a - bidding . " ( c ) ...
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... fate O ! Enamour'd thus my Knight became , And cherish'd print - collecting fame ( d ) . ( d ) Licet superbus ambules pecuniæ , Fortuna non mutat genus . Foundation of the Mania . One eve - portentous was BOOK I. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA .
... fate O ! Enamour'd thus my Knight became , And cherish'd print - collecting fame ( d ) . ( d ) Licet superbus ambules pecuniæ , Fortuna non mutat genus . Foundation of the Mania . One eve - portentous was BOOK I. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA .
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... with folio paper , or else inlaid upon sheets of the largest atlas size , in order to admit decorative prints of all dimensions , without being compelled to double them . The Hero's Invocation . " O ! for a J BOOK I. 15 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA .
... with folio paper , or else inlaid upon sheets of the largest atlas size , in order to admit decorative prints of all dimensions , without being compelled to double them . The Hero's Invocation . " O ! for a J BOOK I. 15 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA .
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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