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- noun paper Abbreviation of
duodecimo , apage size (5"-5.5" x 7.125"-7.5") - noun printing A book size using duodecimo-sized pages.
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A copy of this edition, described as 12mo, was listed under No. 1182 in the Hornby Castle Sale, 1930. 289
The Library of William Congreve William Congreve 1699
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Histoire Genealogique des Tatars (a Leyde, 1726, in 12mo., 2 tomes) was translated by the Swedish prisoners in Siberia from the Mogul
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Contes et Fables Indiennes de Bidpai et de Lokman, par Mm. Galland et Cardonne, Paris, 1778, 3 vols. in 12mo.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Frederic Gronovius and Noodt, both translated, with valuable notes, by Barbeyrac, 2 vols. in 12mo.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Haye, 1739, in 12mo.,) have drawn their principal materials from the Jesuits, especially from the General History of Tellez, published in Portuguese at Coimbra, 1660.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Jurisconsultorum, (Lipsiae, 1728, in 12mo., p. 276,) a learned treatise on a narrow and barren ground.] 63 See the character of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Petit de la Croix, a Paris, 1710, in 12mo.; a work of ten years’ labor, chiefly drawn from the Persian writers, among whom Nisavi, the secretary of Sultan Gelaleddin, has the merit and prejudices of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Dissertation on the Olympic Games, (Pindar.vol. ii.p. 32-36, edition in 12mo.,) and the judicious reflections of Polybius (tom.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Haye, 1751, 3 vols. in 12mo.; an elaborate and pleasing work, had not the author preferred the character of a polemic to that of a philosopher.]
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Voyage en Siberie, par l’Abbe Chappe d’Auteroche, p. 603 — 608, edit in 12mo.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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February 25, 2008