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Samuel langhorne clemens, american writer and humorist, better known by his writer name mark twain, called the deadly wounded lion "the most sad and moving piece of stone in the worldare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good condition as pictured with a beautiful patina and age wearour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit commemorates the swiss guard who died in in defense of the tuileries palace of the french king louis xviantique statue "the dying lion of lucerne" antique alabaster statue "the dying lion of lucerne" - switzerland - ccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe original monument (german: löwendenkmal) from lucerne was designed by bertel thorvaldsen and was carved in by lukas ahorn" dimensions: +/- 29 cm long +/- 13 cm wide +/- 185 cm high weight is about 6kg read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
550 €
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The dress is a hobbs "occasion" langhorne dress (size 12) with flattering pleats it is a fantastic versatile piece, in luxury silk wool fabric in amethyst colour it feels and looks amazingthe dress is fully linedpostage can be arranged at an agreed price
40 €
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Corners of cover bumped and rubbedbinding: hardback, green boards with decorative blind blocking binding rather fragile but holdingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more engraved frontispiece and on title page, protected by tissue sheet one page torn and detached in titles listingslisting of other titles at beginning and endeach section separately paginatedoxfam bookshop ashbourne bohn's cabinet edition, a nineteenth century collection of famous stories:  rasselas by samuel johnson, the vicar of wakefield by oliver goldsmith, the exiles of siberia by madame cottin, paul and virginia and the indian cottage by bernadin saint-pierre, gulliver's travels by jonathan swift, a sentimental journey through france by laurence sterne, the sorrows of werther, theodosius and constantia by john langhorne, and the castle of otranto by horace walpole
19 €