 | 1792 - Počet stránok 640
...pnce of the volume fo low, that, had every copy been fold, he would 6 ' Л ¡il fiill have prefented the public with all the plates, and great part of the printing. And this practice he fo lowed in all his iubfcqucnt publications ; fo that, with literal proprit ty, he may be faid to have... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1792 - Počet stránok 612
...the price of the volume fo low, that, had every cony been fold, he would 6 ftill fiill have prefented the public with all the plates, and great part of the printing. And this praetice he followed in all his fubfequent publications ; fo that, with literal propriety, he may be... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - 1823 - Počet stránok 702
...to obviate any idea that he meant to repay his expenses by the profitable trade of book-making, that he insisted on fixing the price of the volume so low,...all the plates, and great part of the printing."* The introductory part of the work, so unassumingly described in its title-page as " preliminary observations/'... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - 1823 - Počet stránok 700
...to obviate any idea that he meant to repay his expenses by the profitable trade of book-making, that he insisted on fixing the price of the volume so low,...public with all the plates, and great part of the printing."0 The introductory part of the work, so unassumingly described in its title-page as " preliminary... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - 1831 - Počet stránok 388
...information, and so determined to obviate any idea that he meant to repay his eipenses by look-making, that he insisted on fixing the price of the volume so low,...have presented the public with all the plates, and a great part of the printing." The introductory part of the work contained, besides a singularly modest... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - Počet stránok 934
...to obviate any idea that he meant to repay his expenses by the profitable trade of bookmaking, that he insisted on fixing the price of the volume so low,...with all the plates and great part of the printing." Besides, he distributed copies profusely among all persons who possessed, or might possibly possess,... | |
 | John Field - 1850 - Počet stránok 534
...idea that he meant to repay his expenses by the profitable trade of book-making, that, besides the profuse munificence in presenting copies to all the...given them to the world. By the large expenses of his journeys, charities, and publications, he has made himself even a greater pecuniary benefactor to mankind... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - Počet stránok 1016
...to obviate any idea that he meant to repay his expenses by the profitable trade of book-making, that he insisted on fixing the price of the volume so low,...with all the plates and great part of the printing.' Besides, he distributed copies profusely among all persons who possessed, or might possibly possess,... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1856 - Počet stránok 1124
...to obviate any We* that he meant to repay his expenses by the profitable trade of book-makin§. that he insisted on fixing the price of the volume so low, that, had ererr copy been sold, he would still have presented the public with all tw plates and great part of... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - Počet stránok 272
...to obviate any idea that he meant to repay his expenses by the profitable trade of book-making, that he insisted on fixing the price of the volume so low,...with all the plates and great part of the printing.' Besides, he distributed copies profusely among all persons who possessed, or might possibly possess,... | |
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Although the work was very bulky, consisting of 520 quarto pages, with four large plates, yet " so zealous was he," says Dr Aikin, " to diffuse information, and so determined to obviate any idea that he meant to repay his expenses by the profitable trade... 
