Commonplace Book.- Shippard (William Henry, Captain) Commonplace book of various countries and the
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Commonplace Book.- Shippard (William Henry, Captain, army officer in the 29th Regiment, 1803-65) Commonplace book of various countries and the ancient world, autograph manuscript signed, 123pp., Irish printers book label on front pastedown, original roan-backed marbled boards, covers slightly creased and rubbed, folio, 1832-34.
⁂ Subjects include: "Of the Origin of the Arts and Sciences of the Antediluvians"; "Of the Ancient Egyptians"; extracts from the "Description de l'Egypte"; "The Chinese Language..."; "Morrisons Chinese Dictionary"; "Runes"; "Cuneiform Writing"; "Ceylon"; "Description of the Egyptian Drawings of which I have obtained copies" etc.
⁂ Subjects include: "Of the Origin of the Arts and Sciences of the Antediluvians"; "Of the Ancient Egyptians"; extracts from the "Description de l'Egypte"; "The Chinese Language..."; "Morrisons Chinese Dictionary"; "Runes"; "Cuneiform Writing"; "Ceylon"; "Description of the Egyptian Drawings of which I have obtained copies" etc.
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Commonplace Book.- Shippard (William Henry, Captain) Commonplace book of various countries and the
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