Bye-paths in Curio CollectingT.F. Unwin Limited, 1919 - 462 psl. |
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29 psl.
... rich motorists who have chaffered and bargained with him till he has grown to make that sort of thing a side line to his inn , which is now an hotel . It is , moreover , something to talk about in INTRODUCTORY NOTE 29.
... rich motorists who have chaffered and bargained with him till he has grown to make that sort of thing a side line to his inn , which is now an hotel . It is , moreover , something to talk about in INTRODUCTORY NOTE 29.
41 psl.
... sides . Take the fifteenth - century Bavarian coffer ( illus- trated p . 53 ) , having feet to protect it in its damp resting - place , possibly in some cellar ; the adjacent illustration shows how easy was the transition to the hutch ...
... sides . Take the fifteenth - century Bavarian coffer ( illus- trated p . 53 ) , having feet to protect it in its damp resting - place , possibly in some cellar ; the adjacent illustration shows how easy was the transition to the hutch ...
47 psl.
... side , as in the casket illustrated on page 57. But the coffer invariably has two solid handles , whether it is of wood , heavily bound with iron , or whether , as is frequently the case in later German , Flemish and Dutch examples , it ...
... side , as in the casket illustrated on page 57. But the coffer invariably has two solid handles , whether it is of wood , heavily bound with iron , or whether , as is frequently the case in later German , Flemish and Dutch examples , it ...
51 psl.
... sides with fleur - de - lis ornament . This particular specimen has a number of secret drawers . The Cassette is really a form of coffer for storing state bullion : caisse , literally money in the chest . It was the royal cash box of ...
... sides with fleur - de - lis ornament . This particular specimen has a number of secret drawers . The Cassette is really a form of coffer for storing state bullion : caisse , literally money in the chest . It was the royal cash box of ...
57 psl.
... sides ; having fleur - de - lis ornament . thirty - six bolts , at the front , back. French . Seventeenth century . Covered with leather , delicately tooled and gilded . French . Seventeenth century . Containing a number of secret ...
... sides ; having fleur - de - lis ornament . thirty - six bolts , at the front , back. French . Seventeenth century . Covered with leather , delicately tooled and gilded . French . Seventeenth century . Containing a number of secret ...
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128 psl. - ... any spring-gun, man-trap, or other engine calculated to destroy human life or inflict grievous bodily harm, with intent that the same or whereby the same may destroy or inflict grievous bodily harm...
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