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    THE GOSFORD LIBUAItY, I

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    to London is * a y success of the stewards annual good reason festivals to , ' support and jdI we the the are literary Governor glad to and hear trade of the that societies Bank there of isr will Englan every also : probability be d in materiall his Chairmanshi " y 6 f promoted st strong of list by the c of a

    Annual Festival of the Printers' Pension Corporation . Mr . Gilliat , on such an p occasion j will a be visit in a to double the Printers sense * ' a Almshotises host in himself at Wood , * and Greeii , as the it Lord is possible Mayor is that on his Saturday Lordshi next to I

    be pay intending to bear his personal testimony at the Annivers , ary Dinner to the merits p of may an institution which has many strong claims upon the citizens of London . No branch of trade

    or commerce can fail to admit its indebtedness directly or indirectly to literature and the j pressed press , and althoug public h , perhaps notice with * the that work faithful of the pertinacit Printers' y Pension which distinguishes Corporation has some not of been the' I I

    religious upon societies at this season , its aims are such as to entitle it to a large measure of I help . The Chairmanship of M . Waddington at the dinner of the Royal Literary Fund is I

    likel Excellency y to make is , we it hear one , of to the be at most the head pleasant of a and distinguished fruitful of company these . annual feasts , and His I I

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    The Gosford Libuaity, I

    THE GOSFORD LIBUAItY , I

    and finely The natural -bound aale of history county Lord histories Gosford began ' on s and valuable Monday topograp week collection hical at the books of rooms standard , illustrated of works Messrs bo in oks Puttic general of k the & literature fine Simpson arts , I I I

    in Leiceater Square , , and is to be brought to a close to-day . The . fine copy of the first I volume 'PolloV of royal the famous with Mazarin ortrait Bible and broug lates ht by the Hollar large & sum Lombart of £ 500— 6 Toovey volswith . Walton 2 vols ' s . I I

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    histories 3 vols ., , £ being a 21 . 10 mostl s . —Ellis y very & fi White ne cop ; ies Atk , sold yns' well s ' Gloucestershire . Ashmole ' s ' Berkshire , ' original , ' edition bound . b , y 1712 Bedford , with , I I

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    Cities l paper 814- , 35 , 1807 Ac » with - in 26 , double , £ 11 land , — set Stibbs and of proofs Wales ; Britton and ' £ 40 ' s etchings — 4 Cathedral ; , 12 Anti Buffon vola s . quities in 6 < , Histoire £ , ' 11 12 — vola Sage Naturelle . ¦ , ¦ ; largest Buck d s paper ^ s Oiseaux ^ , roiiu * , , , j

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1884, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051884/page/2/