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Illustrated Treasury of Science, Art and Family Literature (page 1/2)

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The Illustrated Treasury of Science, Art and Family Literature contains six separate books published in one volume, and has sixteen steel engravings. It was published by H. Miller, and sold only by subscription, so probably it was advertised in newspapers.

I bought this copy at Bridgeburg Books in Fort Erie, Ontario.

Title: Illustrated Treasury of Science, Art and Family Literature

Author: Various

Editor: Miller, H.

Published by: H. Miller

Date: 1865

Total items: 1

Some sample images

[picture: Poesie]

Poesie

A naked boy with wings—a cherub or putto—and a harp behind his back sits on a great swan, dangling one bare foot over the water of a placid lake. He holds a pen which has a star at the end; he looks pensive as if he is about to write in the book he is [...] [more...] [$]


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The Illustrated Treasury of Science, Art and Family Literature contains six separate books published in one volume, and has sixteen steel engravings. It was published by H. Miller, and sold only by subscription, so probably it was advertised in newspapers.

I bought this copy at Bridgeburg Books in Fort Erie, Ontario.


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