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The Holy Land : Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia
Each volume has separate illustrated title page and pagination; plates numbered continuously.
Historical descriptions, v. 4-6, by William Brockedon.
Plates dated: London : Day & Son, 1855. The firm of D. Appleton & Co. was at this address in…
Historical descriptions, v. 4-6, by William Brockedon.
Plates dated: London : Day & Son, 1855. The firm of D. Appleton & Co. was at this address in…
A share for La Virgina Società Industriale di Miniere, in Valsassina; presso Lecco
Part Transcription: "La Virginia, Società Industriale di Miniere, in Valsassina; presso Lecco. ... Titolo di una azione di 250 Lire Italiane al portatore No. [blank]. Bergamo, li 3 Luglio 1862. [blank]."
Tags: 19th century, border, coat of arms, coupons, embossed stamp, engraving, illustration, Italian, paper, publisher, share
A Share in the Middleton & Tonge Cotton Mill Co. Limited
Part Transcription: "Middleton & Tonge Cotton Mill Co. Limited, Registered 15th March 1860. This is to certify that the bearer is the proprietor of one share No. [blank] in the capital of the Middleton & Tonge Cotton Mill Co. Limited ...…
Tags: 19th century, cotton mill, English, engraved, Great Britain, illustration, Middleton, paper, perforated edge, share, sidepiece, stamp
Real Compan͠ia de Filipinas
Part Transcription: "Real Compan͠ia de Filipinas, Num. [blank]. L'Accion de doscientos cincuenta Pesos de quince à Reales de Vellon con que se interesa en la Real Compan͠ia de Filipinas [blank] Como directors de dicha Real Compan͠ia [blank], Tomó…
Tags: 18th century, Bifolium, engraving, illustration, share, Spain, Spanish
Early Portugese Government Loan for 10,000 Reis
Part Transcription: "Lisboa. No. [blank] 1799. R 10$000 rs. No real erario se hade pagar ao Portador desta apolice de hoje a hum Anno Dez mil Reis com o seu competente juro Lisboa. [blank] de [blank] de mil sete centos noventa e [blank]. [blank]."
Tags: 18th century, bearer bond, border, dividend stamps, embossed seal, engraved, illustration, loan, Portugal, Portugese, sidepiece, stamp
Property Insurance Policy Against Loss by Fire
Transcription:
No. 477087 Whereas the trustees for the time being of the Somerset elms house at the Proxfield in the County of Mills hath paid the sum of three pounds seventeen shillings to the society of the SUN FIRE-OFFICE in London and has agreed…
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Heads, English & foreign collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, countess of Pomfret
100 seventeenth-century window-mounted engraved portrait plates with manuscript biographies on facing pages; the first 50 biographies with decorative…