The Visible Universe: Chapters on the Origin and Construction of the Heavens

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C. Lockwood and son, 1893 - 346 pagine
 

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Pagina 18 - A PRIMER OF THE ART OF ILLUMINATION. For the Use of Beginners ; with a Rudimentary Treatise on the Art, Practical Directions for its Exercise, and Examples taken from Illuminated MSS., printed in Gold and Colours. By F. DELAMOTTE.
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