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<p>[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 2870036, member: 14916"]1. Unknown book, seems to be printed around the end of the 18th century. It could be bound magazine like this one. It has the same stories in it as your copy.</p><p><br /></p><p>i really like the fact that aunt Harriet gave her old book to her niece Jessy!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.nl/books?id=l2VGAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.nl/books?id=l2VGAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.nl/books?id=l2VGAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]284142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2. THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POETS With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson" rel="nofollow">Samuel Johnson</a> London 1779).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a single copy (nr. 48) of a series of 75(!) volumes. Here is a copy of the book but in a far better state for sale:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R86S9Y2/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R86S9Y2/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R86S9Y2/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>3. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Vol 3</p><p><br /></p><p>This is also a part of a series of 5 volumes of the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote" rel="nofollow">Don Quixote de la Mancha</a> book from Miguel Cervantes, first published in 1605-1615.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you please make a better photo of the title page of this book, so I can date this book correctly? Are the "Suberb engravings" still in the book?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry to say this, but all three books are not really worth of restoring (from a financial perspective). They are not really scarce and they have only value when they are in good shape and complete.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 2870036, member: 14916"]1. Unknown book, seems to be printed around the end of the 18th century. It could be bound magazine like this one. It has the same stories in it as your copy. i really like the fact that aunt Harriet gave her old book to her niece Jessy! [URL]https://books.google.nl/books?id=l2VGAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false[/URL] [ATTACH=full]284142[/ATTACH] 2. THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POETS With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson']Samuel Johnson[/URL] London 1779). This is a single copy (nr. 48) of a series of 75(!) volumes. Here is a copy of the book but in a far better state for sale: [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R86S9Y2/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=[/URL] 3. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Vol 3 This is also a part of a series of 5 volumes of the famous [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote']Don Quixote de la Mancha[/URL] book from Miguel Cervantes, first published in 1605-1615. Can you please make a better photo of the title page of this book, so I can date this book correctly? Are the "Suberb engravings" still in the book? Sorry to say this, but all three books are not really worth of restoring (from a financial perspective). They are not really scarce and they have only value when they are in good shape and complete.[/QUOTE]
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