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Oxfam bookshop hampstead the worst of crimes: homosexuality and the law in eighteenth century london in the eighteenth century homosexuality became an issue, especially in london with its fast growing populationno one dared to say publicly that it should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complexshe also shows a how reactivated sodomy law put all eighteenth-century male homosexuals in fear and suggests it led to a distorted concept of masculinitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoving from the old bailey to the court of king's bench, the author discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called 'worst of crimesthe inside pages are clean and unmarked' by studying original trial documents and other manuscript sources netta murray goldsmith has discovered hitherto unsuspected facts about some cases, including one important instance in which a prosecutor, aided by members of the judiciary, was able to pervert the course of justicethere are a slight dust marks to the jacket and marks to the cover boardsthere is sight edge wear to the jacket top spinein good condition
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A lovely 18th century sterling silver fork with âfermierâ hallmark hallmarkour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablefor heavy items other hallmarks to be identified (see photos) monogrammed âgarnier llf "s"â the tips are worn down due to useare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiweight: 75 grams length: 19 cm secure shipping with tracking read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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A lovely 18th century sterling silver fork with âfermierâ hallmark - âaâ with crown: hallmark5 cm secure shipping with tracking read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifor heavy items other hallmarks to be identified (see photos) monogrammed âgarnier bweight: 75 grams length: 19â the tips are worn down due to useplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Furthermore, an eighteenth century tin plate (diameter 24 cmfurthermore, an eighteenth century tin sand spreader (height 10) and an eighteenth century folk art painted wooden spoon rack (height 38the lot will be carefully packaged and shipped by registered mail) with three nice clear tin hallmarks in the edgeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinine tin objects and a wooden painted âfolk artâ spoon rackthe photos are part of the description5 cm) with six tin spoons with various hallmarksthe tin objects are a large porridge bowl (diameter 23 cm and height 8 cm)on the bottom a mark of the maker " kamphof zwolleâ in perfect condition, with beautiful patinaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Beautiful northern italian canvas of the eighteenth century, full french rococo styleitalian master of the eighteenth century, "leda e il cigno", oil on canvas, 80the subject, taken from mythology, was among the most popular in the great courts of the time and tells of the loves of jupiter who turns into a swan to own the sweet ledaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicomplete with certificate of authenticity and lawful originwith certificate of authenticityplease note that in the case of international sale, the item will be shipped after obtaining the export documentthis usually takes about daysto date, due to covid-19, its completion is further delayed by the limitations of the appointed officesin case of purchase, buyers are reminded to provide their tax code in order to issue an electronic invoiceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Herman moll (c) moll was one of the most important figures in the english map trade in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuriesit was one of the most famous english atlases of the eighteenth century, and long-lived; the atlas was completed in ; the maps, in other hand, were still being advertised for sale inshortly after the pitt atlas project failed, moll tried to establish a business as a mapmaker, or âgeographerâ as he termed himself, but was unsuccessfulhowever, very little is known about his backgroundeach map leaf 29our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store]; an actuall survey of the north west road from london to holy head &c7cm, and with chamfered or canted angles and laid down within a conserving paper frame]; a pocket companion of ye roads of ye north part of great britain called scotland [his son gilles hendrick obviously predeceased his father, while the surviving daughter, henderina amelia moll, is little more than a name on a willhe worked hard, had a substantial output of cartographic material, as engraver, mapmaker or publisher, such that one might assume that he had assistants or apprentices to help, but there is no evidence of this, and, after his death in , the âmoll firmâ disappears without tracecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletwentieth-century blue morocco gilt over marbled boards, endpapers marbled en suitein moll commenced work on his most famous publication, âthe world describedâ, a collection of two sheet maps of the worldmoll first appears in as an engraver working on moses pittâs âthe english atlasâ with sir robert hooke, one of the patrons of the projectmoll later claimed that he was employed by prince rupert to assist themit was the availability of an engraver that gave the impetus to so many publishers to commission maps for publications, and may account for some of the success of such publications]; () an actuall survey of the road from london to bath []; an actuall survey of the rod from london to aberistwith (sic, aberystwyth) []; and a further five road mapsit seems likely that he came from germany, possibly bremen, and was in london by]; an actuall survey of ye road from london to stplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemuch of his career was spent as a jobbing engraver for mapmakers and publishers, particularly in the book trade for people like james knapton, providing the maps for their travel accountsvery handsomely done too]; an actuall survey of the road from london to the lands-end [are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikian album of 12 two-page engraved maps delineated in contemporary hand-colouring, comprising: a pocket companion of ye roads, of ye south part of great britain, called england and wales [
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Ranging from the mid eighteenth century to the present, the book explores evidence from a host of different sources including the first histories of liverpool, a rare slaving drama set in the port, a poor house report which records the first use of 'scouse' (the dish), nineteenth century debates on gladstone's speech, the 'lost' literature of the city, early to mid twentieth century newspaper accounts of liverpudlian words, idioms and traditions, little-known essays which coined the use of 'scouse' to refer to the language of liverpool, aspects of popular culture in the s and 60s, the lern yerself scouse series, and examples drawn from contemporary literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet the history of language in liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and fascinating history which produced itin addition the analysis draws on recent developments within the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology - particularly with regard to the study of language and identity and the relationship between language and a sense of place - in order to provide a radically new understanding of 'scouse' in terms of its history, its representation, and its contemporary social and cultural significanceoxfam bookshop reigate nowhere in britain is more closely associated with a form of language than liverpoolscouse: a social and cultural history presents a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in liverpool and presents an alternative version of the currently accepted history
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Carving neapolitan jesus polychromed with glass eyes with two wooden sheep eighteenth century 18th century dimensions: x cm (jesus) x 35 cm (base) conditions: goodprovenance: spain read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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" the work had about fifteen editions over the centuries, almost all in the eighteenth centurymid-nineteenth-century half leather and decorated paper binding; author, title and fillets in gold on the spinea conceptually simple and historically revolutionary idea: to halve the grain surfaces to replace a part of them with clover meadows, dedicating to the remaining wheat surface the largest working force made available and the mass of manure obtained from the highest load of cattle allowed by the new crop of fodderin good condition, some slight, sporadic mildewour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablein the 18th century, in addition to the present one, a beautiful edition was published in bergamo inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe author experimented with a revolutionary method of cultivation, for which he obtained a patent from the venetian republic inthe greater number and care of the processing, together with the most abundant fertilizers will allow ab increase in wheat production96) emphasises it as the most useful one, thanks to the additions by scottoniwith regards to the one under examination, re (iv, phalf-cover page, beautiful etched frontispiece with agricultural-astrological subject, cover page with title and typographic frieze, 8 numbered pages, on the third page with dedication there is a large engraved heraldic coat of arms, 296 numbered pages, 2 tipped-in plates folded several times, the first with a table, the second one depicting an interesting table on the average age of the moon, on new moons and full moons, on the average quadratures from the year to ; on the back, handwritten ownerâs note: libro di me venturini, giugnothe first edition dates back toplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Although traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the grand tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the roman empire to recent timesfrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationthe english had previously travelled to italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architecturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop devizes the grand tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic productionit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european culturethis copy is complete with uncut dust jacketauthors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to traveldocumenting the lives and travels of these personalities, professor chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisation
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The penguin english library - 100 editions of the best fiction in english, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the first world waras the schlegel sisters try desperately to help the basts and educate the close-minded wilcoxes, the families are drawn together in love, lies and deathforster 'the poor cannot always reach those whom they want to love, and they can hardly ever escape from those whom they love no longerwe rich can 'only connect' is the idea at the heart of this book, a heartbreaking and provocative tale of three families at the beginning of the twentieth century: the rich wilcoxes, the gentle, idealistic schlegels and the lower-middle class bastsforster's finest work, howards end brilliantly explores class warfare, conflict and the english charactervery good condition: some yellowing to pages, minor shelfwear see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrequently cited as eoxfam bookshop ealing the penguin english library edition of howards end by e
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The stag minstrel range was designed by john and sylvia reid, fusing together eighteenth century elegance and modern day thinkinghere we have a very lovely vintage stag minstrel tallboy / chest of drawers unitromantic vintage stag minstrel chest of drawers (7) tallboy unitthe measurements are, width: 82cm height: 112cm depth: 46 cm ask for very sensible offers note, this piece was already used, now is refurbished one, painted an in completely working order but it may has some marks due their age, it make it more unique and full of characterstag minstrel remains to this day one of the most successful ranges of furniture ever producedthis tallboy also comes with new crystal knobspainted in f&b strong whitethe chest has four large drawers and three small drawersthis piece is made of african cherry (makore) which is similar in appearance and texture to mahogany
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Age: seventeenth to eighteenth centuryyou are extremely welcome to come and have a good lookapproximately: 20 feet, 13 inches wide york sandstone
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate the marlboroughs both traces the career of one of the eighteenth century's most intriguing and gifted men and, as a duel biography, provides a convincing portrait of his wife, the outrageous, quarrelsome, amusing and ultimately endearing sarah, who became so inordinately rich and who, after her husband's death, brought to a triumphant conclusion that great memorial to his achievements, sir john vanbrugh's masterpiece, blenheim palacesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Superb edition in perfect condition of this work that marked a turning point in the aesthetic thinking of the eighteenth centurybindings in very good condition, work in their glazed marbled calfskin (period binding), decorated ribbed spine, title and volume number labels in havana and red morocco, marbled edges - interior in very good condition, lovely headbands and end pieces, marbled endpapers - delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume iii missingl'abbĂ© du bos - rĂ©flexions critiques sur la poĂ©sie et sur la peinture - pages (complete volumes)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Monsoon by wilbur smith large paperback it is the dawn of the eighteenth centuryafter four years away from service, master mariner sir hal courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage ? a death or glory mission in the name of empire and the crownbut each will have a crucial part to play in shaping the courtneys? destinya brilliant large paperback book in excellent, pristine condition, hardly openedseparated by the winds of hazard, adventure will rule their future ? just as passion will forge their livesall are very different from each otherbut hal must also think about the fate of his four sonsat the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty east india trading company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates on the high seascost price ÂŁ p & p - ÂŁ2
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Monsoon by wilbur smith thick paperback it is the dawn of the eighteenth centuryplease browse more of my listingsi have many wilbur smith books for saleafter four years away from service, master mariner sir hal courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyagebut each will have a crucial part to play in shaping the courtneys destinya death or glory mission in the name of empire and the crownseparated by the winds of hazard, adventure will rule their future, just as passion will forge their livesall are very different from each othera brilliant thick paperback book in good conditionbut hal must also think about the fate of his four sonsat the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty east india trading company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates on the high seas
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Literature: frisian ornamental spoon from the eighteenth century(information on js in t)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe was married to jb: jetske beernssee friese voet 199u h are the initials of ulbe haijes, farmer in sexbierum (not far from franker)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehandle type: woven on the back of bowl: the master stamp and inscriptions: u:h j:b andhis master stamp: a crowned acornthe handle crowned with symbol of love: a mother and child with a palm branchbeautiful spoonornamental spoon, second content silver, made in franeker, circa , by silversmith dirk ates jorritsma, who worked in franeker between
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Authentic glory of scientific research, not only italian, of the eighteenth centurydirector of the museum of physics and natural history in florence, fontana discovered, among other things, the constancy of the composition of the air and the absorbing power of coalflorence, gaetano cambiagirare collection of writings, some unpublished and others published only in magazines by the distinguished chemist and physicist from trentinoour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemodern half parchment bindingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilettera sui termometri e il caloresize: 22x14 cm, ppyellow stain on the very first pages, but a good copy with full margins and deckle edgesone of the last known works of the great gas scholar, forerunner of lavoisieropuscoli scientificiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprincipi generali della soliditĂ e della fluiditĂ dei corpilettera sopra un nuovo rimedio contro il veleno della viperahandwritten title
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Timely yet now new, these also are subjects addressed by john wesley in the eighteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morea travelling preacher in great britain at the time of the founding of america, widely renowned today as the founder of methodism, wesley was an immensely influential cleric in his timeoxfam bookshop hexham 'the natural sinfulness of man, moral dissipation, spreading the gospel, and salvation by faith are all important topics preached from modern day pulpits' overall in good condition, signed by the authorsome minor rips on the book cover and slight rubbing to the corners
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The icon dates from the end of the eighteenth century and is in good conditionthe icon is sent with standour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is a beautiful icon depicting the mother of god hodegetria of smolenskplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam shop macclesfield a historical novel, first published in , about events occurring in the ohio river valley in the late eighteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit involves the attempts by missionaries to convert native americans to christianity and features lewis wetzel, who had dedicated his life to the destruction of native americans and to the protection of white settlements in the regionit is the second in a trilogy, the first of which is "betty zane" and the last of which is "the last trail"
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Unmarked bottom, this polychrome faience bowl is of italian origin and the flower decoration is typical of lodi manufacture, near milan and dates back to mid eighteenth century circaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available2 beautiful large ancient italian majolica bowls / plates, a large circular basin- shaped centerpiece, with scalloped rim and vertical ribs, decorated with bouquets of colorful flowers and leavesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin mint condition and no chips etcplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe plates are 4,5 cm high and a diameter of 28 cm
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When british cartographer and scientist jonathan green (jason flemyng) travels to the wilds of the far east in the early eighteenth century, he stumbles upon a remote village nestled in an impenetrable forestwhat he finds there confounds science and imagination, revealing a horrific truth about the village and its peoplesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere, he is told stories of a terrifying creature with a gaze that can pierce a man's soul, a creature known only as 'viy'oxfam shop colne road remake of the russian horror film based on the short story by nikolai gogoldespite repeated warnings, the pragmatic green sets off towards the boarded-up local church in an attempt to disprove the stories
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle a comprehensive history of banking in yorkshire, detailing development from the eighteenth century to the present daysoft cover in excellent condition, pages clean and tightnot price clipped see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementthe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsplanned and established by the late tthere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to date the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinehowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughoutthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockmoody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the present
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The base is a very finished fragment of an eighteenth century fireplace base, carved in peperino, a sedimentary rock from laziothe head alone is 44 cm high while the base is 21 cm highour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablelarge and exceptional head of the emperor nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, better known simply as nero; he was the fifth roman emperor, the last of the julio-claudian dynastyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis sculpture has many qualities: first of all the size, surely it belonged to a large draped bust, and, not less important, the type of material, greenish alabaster used in roman times by various emperorsthis head was sculpted in neoclassical times by an exceptional sculptor and was part of an equally beautiful busthe reigned for fifteen years from 54 to 68, the year in which he committed suicideplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepiece of great charm and importance for collectors, which alone can decorate any room
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An important eighteenth century workrare first editionthere is wear and scuffing to the remaining calf, spine cracked, but main block holdinginternally, front endpaper loose, title and subsequent few leaves loose at gutter - previous strengthening to margin, resulting in marking and tape residuegeneral toning and spotting, stained to margin towards rear of book - see imagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available5 inches x 5 inches) selling here is an incredibly scarce copy of ramsay's, 'essay on the treatment and conversion of african slavesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: the book is bound in full calf, with both boards loose but presentan essay on the treatment and conversion of african slaves in the british sugar colonies by reverend james ramsay published: london, james phillips size: 22cm x 13cm (8please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe books comprises of chapter i: of the various ranks in social life, ii: the advancement of slaves would augment their social importance, iii: the advancement of slaves must accompany their religious importance, iv: natural capacity of african slaves vindicated and v: plan for the improvement and conversion of african slavesplease see our images for further description
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Oxfam shop covent garden this book provides an historical perspective on the growth of russian military power, studying the emergence of the russian regular army from until the end of the eighteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book includes general discussions of the russian soldier, the russian officer and the rapacious cossacks, and concludes by identifying certain important continuities between the russian past and presentin the process he evaluates the relative importance of western and native influences on the creation of this formidable military machine, and indicates the ways in which russian power was projected in the west
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Of a very fine engraving work, this late 18th century aquatint is printed in colourphilibert-louis de bucourt, (), painter - engraver - illustrator - student of joseph-marie vien - admitted to the academy inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteles bouquets - dedicated to the mothers of the family," painted and engraved by de bucourt, the king's paintersubject is in an oval set in a frame as is and under glass, this impeccable print has the following dimensions: print: cm frame dimensions: cm for your information, i also sell "le compliment ou la matinĂ©e du jour de l'an", dedicated to the fathers of the family", which is its counterpart, engraving dated ; see last photo from the fĂ©lix doistau collection
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