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W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858
W. Kent and Co.
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MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.
=Mary Howitt's Illustrated Library for the Young.= In 1 handsome
volume, cloth, superbly gilt, 7s. 6d.; with beautifully Coloured
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paper boards, 4s. each; cloth, gilt edges, 4s. 6d.; with Coloured
Plates, 6s. Or, in a Set of 13 Parts, price 6s. 6d., as follows:--
1. Human Habitations.
2. Mont Blanc and its Climbers.
3. Serpents and Serpent Charmers.
4. Waterfowl and Swimming Birds.
5. Monkeys and their Frolics.
6. Savage Beasts of the Wilderness.
7. Moths and Butterflies.
8. Shells and Corals.
9. Household Favourites.
10. Bears; their Haunts and Habits.
11. Peep into the Insect World.
12. Dogs.
13. China and the Chinese.
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"A number of very fine wood engravings ... charmingly illustrated
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=The History of the Painters of all Nations.= By M. CHARLES BLANC,
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executed under the artistic direction of M. ARMENGAUD, of Paris. In
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*** Only a few copies of this splendid work remain in print.
=The Illustrated Exhibitor=; or, Record of the Industrial
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Persons wishing to have an artistic and interesting memorial of
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6d., elegant cloth, gilt edges.
This beautiful work will never be reprinted, and but a very few
copies remain in print.
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