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The Nursery Rhymes thus advertised are ten in number, each ornamented with cuts of the most laughable description, fac-similes of those used by Catnach fifty years ago.
James Catnach, Ballad-monger, Part 2 Steve 2009
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The coins of the Bible, illustrated, with metal fac-similes of the actual money used in Jerusalem during the ministry of Our Lord by John Walter Scott
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Reuters | Knights Templar win heresy reprieve after 700 years Os cavaleiros Templários vão ser parcialmente reabilitados com a publicação pelo Vaticano de fac-similes dos documentos relativos ao lendário processo que extinguiu a ordem.
Leituras Artur 2007
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No entanto, a volumosa obra, com um preço a rondar os 6000 euros e com apenas 799 exemplares publicados dificilmente poderá chegar ao grande público, na remota hipótese de haver interesse generalizado em fac-similes que reproduzem a textura do pergaminho.
Leituras Artur 2007
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Magazine, The Larky Swell, and other publications of the penny press; whilst at the next window, portraits of ill-favoured individuals, with fac-similes of the venerated signatures of the
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Greenland whale, and three or four delicate miniatures of narwhales and porpoises, treats us to a series of classical engravings of boat hooks, chopping knives, and grapnels; and with the microscopic diligence of a Leuwenhoeck submits to the inspection of a shivering world ninety-six fac-similes of magnified Arctic snow crystals.
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"If that is the way you treat my poor fac-similes," he whispered, "I dare not trust you with the originals, do I?"
The Lunatic Fringe DeAndrea, William L. 1980
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The two by Professor Sanders, dealing with four very early biblical manuscripts, which include Deuteronomy and Joshua, the Psalms, the four Gospels, and fragments of the Epistle of Paul, aroused worldwide interest among scholars when they appeared, particularly as they were accompanied by sumptuous volumes of photogravure fac-similes prepared by Mr. Freer and distributed by the University to the leading libraries throughout the world.
The University of Michigan Wilfred Shaw
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It would have been useless labor to make sketches and take measurements when I knew that, within the period of time I shall spend in New Mexico, I should certainly be able to secure fac-similes.
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Collier folio, of which the eighteen fac-similes, from which we have quoted, do not give us as much as would fill a single page of the original.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various
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