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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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18th century
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drawing book
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alphabet book
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Animals.
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Animals -- Juvenile literature -- Pictorial works.
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793.
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Bowles, John, 1701–1779 -- Publisher.
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English language -- Alphabet.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- Early works to 1800.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- [ca. 1750].
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Wit and humor, Pictorial -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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Great Britain
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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ABC of animals
[approximately 1896?]
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
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A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds
[ca. 1750]