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115 KELMSCOTT PRESS MORRIS (William) GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE: a Lecture for 

 the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, Printed at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, 

 Hammersmith, 1893, tn ' u sm - S( l- 8vo, s ^ e notes printed in red, numerous fine 

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HOLOGRAPH LETTER OF QUEEN ELIBADETH'S CELEBRATED FAVOURITE. 



116 LEICESTER (Robert Dudley, KAKL OF) 1532-1588. Husband of Amy Robsart, 

 and one of the most prominent men of the Elizabethan Kra. AUTOGRAPH LKTTKR 

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 to '' mv loving frendt Mr. Richard Staffartoh, keper of the Newe Lodge within her 

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 Mr. Willm Davison" one buck of this season " to be taken out of youre walk" 2 1 



A FINE EXAMPLE, ENTIRELY HOLOGRAPH, WRITTEN BY THE MAN WHO MORE NEARLY THAN ANY 

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 mentioned in the letter was the famous Secretary to Queen Klizalxth, who was chiefly 

 instrumental in obtaining her signature to the Death-warrant of Mary Queen of Scots. 



[See Illustration.] 



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117 LEVER (Charles) TOM BURKE OF "OURS," Dublin, IV. Curry, Jun,, and Co., 



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EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY. 



118 LONDON FAULKNER (T.) AN HISTORICAL TOPOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF 

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 4to, with folding map, pedigree of the Mordaunt Family, 8 full-pa^e plates of view* 

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119 [LUTHER (Martin)] AN EXPOSITION OF SALOMONS BOOKE, called Kcclesiastes or 

 the Preacher, London, J. Daye, 1573, sq. 8vo, blflCfe ICttCt, text of Ecclesiastes and 

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