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  • Northern comfort : New England's early quilts, 1780-1850 : from the collection of Old Sturbridge Village / Lynne Z. Bassett and Jack Larkin ; photographs by Thomas Neill

    Date
    1998
    18th century
    19th century
  • The works of William Paley ... Containing his life, Moral and political philosophy, Evidences of Christianity, Natural theology, Tracts, Horae Paulinae, Clergyman's companion, and sermons, printed verbatim from the original editions ..

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    1831
    18th century
  • The sailing navy, 1775-1854 / Paul H. Silverstone

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    2001
    C2001
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    19th century
  • Eighteenth-century Italian porcelain / Clare Le Corbeiller

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    1985
    C1985
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  • An account of the Liberian hinterland c. 1780

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    1962
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  • Campbell Pain

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    c. 1800
  • Actor in a Black Robe

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    1615-1868
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    Edo period
  • Continuazione delle sostanze semplici metalliche

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    1790
    1825
  • Unearthing Staffordshire : towards a new understanding of 18th century ceramics : exhibition staged at the International Ceramics Fair and Seminar 1990 / David Barker & Pat Halfpenny

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    1990
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  • St. Paul's Chapel and Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City, (painting)

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