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Title: The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics
Year: 1809 (1800s)
Authors: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834
Subjects: Fashion Art, Decorative
Publisher: London : Published by R. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Co. and Walker & Co. ... and Simpkin & Marshall ...
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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them, as we have hitherto done, free of expense.New Musical Publications also, if a copy be addressed to the Publisher, shall be dulynoticed in our Review; and Extracts from new Books, of a moderate length and of aninteresting nature, suitable for our Selections, will be acceptable. Persons who reside abroad, and who wish to be supplied with this Work every Month nspublished, may have it sent to them, free of Postage, to New-York, Halifax, Quebec, andto any part of the West Indies, at £4 12s. per Annum, by Mr. Thornhill, of the GeneralPost-Office, at No. 21, Sherborne-lane; to Hamburgh, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malta, orany Part of the Mediterranean, at £4 12s. per Annum, by Mr. Serjeant, of the GeneralPost-Office, at No. 22, Sherborne-lane -, and to the Cape of Good Hope, or any part of theEast Indies, by Mr. Guy, at the East-India House. The money to be paid at the time ofsubscribing, for either 3, 6,9, or 12 months. This Work may also be had of Messrs. Arbon and Kuap, Rotterdam.
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THE a&eposttorp OF ARTS, LITERATURE, FASHIONS, Manufactures, §c. THE THIRD SERIES, Vol. VII. April 1, 1826. N°- XL. VIEWS OF COUNTRY SEATS. MOUNT-EDGCUMBE, CORNWALL, THE SEAT OF THE EARL OF MOUNT- EDGCUMBE. Mount-Edgcumbe, from whichthe family of its noble proprietor de-rives its title, is a bold promontory atthe south-eastern extremity of thecounty of Cornwall, extending a con-siderable distance into the sea, andforming one of the barriers to theHamoaze. It is nearly five mileslong and three broad, rising in thecentre, but gradually sloping to thesea on each side. The seat of the ancient family ofthe Edgcumbes is a low embattledstructure, in the castellated style,with octagonal towers at each angle ;the centre is raised and flanked withturrets, which impart a peculiar andpleasing appearance to the building:it was erected by Sir Richard Edg-cumbe about the year 1550. Itstands in a commanding situation onthe side of a low hill. The entrance, Vol. VII. No. XL. of granite curiously

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