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Antique Astronomy Books

World of Comets, Translated by James Glaisher, Leather Bound, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
of the study of comets, from superstitions to historical astronomy to modern theories and
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1870s English Antique Astronomy Books

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Leather, Paper

Pliny, Gaius Secundus: HISTORIE OF THE WORLD
Located in Middletown, NY
incomplete. It comprises thirty-seven books dealing with mathematics and physics, geography and astronomy
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Early 17th Century English Antique Astronomy Books

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Leather, Paper

Rare French Empire Ormolu Clock of Astronomy Lesson Signed Lafollie a Paris
Located in London, GB
A very rare French Empire ormolu mantel clock of an Astronomy Lesson. I have never seen this model
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1810s French Antique Astronomy Books

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Ormolu

Lyonnais, Beaujolais, Forez, Mâconnais: A 1644 Depiction of France's Provinces
Located in Langweer, NL
student of mathematics and astronomy under Tycho Brahe. He established himself in Amsterdam in 1596
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1640s Antique Astronomy Books

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Paper

French Charles X Malachite, Lapis Lazuli, and Gilt Bronze Figurative Clock
Located in London, GB
surmount depicts Urania, Greek muse of astronomy. She is accompanied by a lapis lazuli globe and a pile of
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1830s French Charles X Antique Astronomy Books

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Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu

French Charles X Malachite and Gilt Bronze Figurative Clock
Located in London, GB
muse of astronomy. She is accompanied by a malachite globe and a pile of gilt bronze books, which
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Astronomy Books

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Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze

Loudun and Mirebeau: A Cartographic Masterpiece of 17th Century France by Blaeu
Located in Langweer, NL
Blaeu, born in 1571 near Alkmaar, Netherlands, was an accomplished student of mathematics and astronomy
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1650s Antique Astronomy Books

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Paper

Cosmgraphy and Astrology, 1686 by Richard Blome from the First Edition
By Richard Blome
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
cosmography and astronomy; below, two emblematic figures with scientific instruments either side. Lettered
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1680s English Charles II Antique Astronomy Books

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Paper

Lizard Le Scinque Reptile Animal
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
important…from the collector’s point of view.” (S. Sitwell et al., Fine Bird Books NY, 1953. p 64
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1740s Academic Antique Astronomy Books

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Le Cygne (Swan)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
important…from the collector’s point of view.” (S. Sitwell et al., Fine Bird Books NY, 1953. p 64
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1740s Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Watercolor, Engraving

La Demoiselle de Numidie (Crane)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
important…from the collector’s point of view.” (S. Sitwell et al., Fine Bird Books NY, 1953. p 64
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1740s Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Watercolor, Engraving

Lizard Le Mabouya
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
important…from the collector’s point of view.” (S. Sitwell et al., Fine Bird Books NY, 1953. p 64
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1740s Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Watercolor, Engraving

Lizard Le Dore
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
important…from the collector’s point of view.” (S. Sitwell et al., Fine Bird Books NY, 1953. p 64
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1740s Academic Antique Astronomy Books

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Lizard Le Chalcide
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
important…from the collector’s point of view.” (S. Sitwell et al., Fine Bird Books NY, 1953. p 64
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1740s Academic Antique Astronomy Books

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

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Civil War-Era Side Drum, Made by George Kilbourn, 1859
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original Civil War-era side drum with a pair of wooden drumsticks. This is a rope tension drum with a wooden body, ropes, and leather tabs. An iron tack pattern surro...
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1850s American American Classical Antique Astronomy Books

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Iron

French Empire Figural Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Winged cupid with flowing robe, clock resting between wings and fabric, raised on bronze ormolu-mounted verde antico plinth. France, first half of the 19th century. Measures: H ...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Astronomy Books

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Marble, Bronze, Enamel

French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and stylish early 19th Century gilded ormolu and green marble mantle clock, having two classical maidens either side feeding Rams, an Eagle above the circular white...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Astronomy Books

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Marble, Ormolu

French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820
French Empire Style Mantel Clock, circa 1820
H 19.69 in W 20.08 in D 6.3 in
The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne '6 of 13 Volumes An Incomplete Set'
Located in valatie, NY
The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (6 of 13 Volumes An Incomplete Set), by Nathaniel Hawthorne with Introductory Notes By George Parsons Lathrop. Published by Houghton Mifflin...
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1880s American Antique Astronomy Books

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Leather, Paper

19th Century Apothecary Case Box
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Apothecary Box Case. Chinese Antique Apothecary Doctors Case. Composed of elm wood and pine, this case has seven drawers with brass pulls. Each drawer has a curtain ...
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1870s Chinese Qing Antique Astronomy Books

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Elm, Spruce

19th Century Apothecary Case Box
19th Century Apothecary Case Box
H 17 in W 13 in D 8 in
French Empire Figural Bronze Clock Depicting an Allegory to Prudence or Wisdom
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare model of a French Empire mantle clock depicting an allegory to "La Prudenzia" or Prudence, Wisdom or Sound Judgement. This virtue is represented as a patinated bronze sta...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Astronomy Books

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Bronze

Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Cérés À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
Empire clock signed à Paris The mantel clock is in gilded bronze representing Ceres as a goddess of fertility, agriculture, grain crops and motherly relationships. In ancient Rom...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Astronomy Books

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Bronze

Chinese Lacquered Medecinchest, Second Quarter of the 19th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese lacquered apothecary, circa 1820-1840. 77 drawers each with Chinese script for, herbs, minerals and natural remedies. Original restored lacquer with a wonderful warm color...
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1830s Chinese Qing Antique Astronomy Books

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Elm

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Two-Volume Set, 1885-86
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Grant, Ulysses S., Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885-1886. Two volume set. Octavo, beautifully rebound in quarter green leather and cloth boa...
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1880s American Antique Astronomy Books

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Leather, Paper

Antique French Gilt Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Mantel Clock after Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in London, GB
French sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791) is the inspiration for this beautiful, sumptuous mantel clock. His clock, crafted in the late 18th Century and now on display at ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Astronomy Books

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Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze

Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Leroy à Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mantel clock 19th Century Empire Le Roy et fils (French, founded 1785) Le Roy et fils was a prestigious French clock making firm. The company was founded in 1785 by Basile Charles...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Astronomy Books

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Bronze

Cushman Colonial Maple Country Farmhouse Extendable Dining Breakfast Table
By H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Cushman Colonial country farmhouse dining table / breakfast table. Made of maple featuring round form with serpentine skirt and slipper feet. Includes two extending leaves....
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Late 20th Century American Colonial Antique Astronomy Books

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Maple

Tall 1920s Industrial Oak Eight Drawer Cabinet
Located in Garnerville, NY
Tall solid golden oak eight drawer cabinet. Circa 1910-30. Featuring channeled drawer handles, bread board pull out shelf, doweled joinery and paneled sides. This piece is just a com...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Astronomy Books

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Brass

Historical American Civil War Era Wire Frame Magnifying Eye Glass Spectacles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A delicate pair of handmade magnifying wire rim eye glasses from the American Civil War era, circa 1860. A great looking historical conversation piece or decor item. Use this pair ...
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Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Astronomy Books

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Metal

Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire
Located in Warsaw, PL
This ormolu clock from the 19th century has a rectangular base with four feet carved with small patterns. The figure on top represents a lady playing on the spinet and on sides of th...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Astronomy Books

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Bronze

Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire
H 14.97 in W 9.85 in D 4.73 in
The English Dance of Death - by Wm. Combe - Th. Rowlandson illustr.
Located in Middletown, NY
Rowlandson,Thomas & Combe, William The English Dance of Death; in Twenty-Four Monthly Numbers, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson accompanied by metrical illustrations by the auth...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Astronomy Books

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Gold Leaf

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French Napoleon III Boulle Bibliotheque ‘Bookcase’
Located in Suffolk, GB
ormolu cherub figure, one holding a telescope and a planet, symbolizing Astronomy and the other holding a
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1860s French Antique Astronomy Books

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Wood

Jean-André Reiche, Empire Pendule Urania, Allegory of Astronomy, Paris, 1820s
Located in Greven, DE
Jean-André Reiche - Allegory of astronomy Paris bronze, marble, enamel around 1820
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1820s French Empire Antique Astronomy Books

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Marble, Bronze, Enamel

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Clock in the Louis XVI Manner by Maison Marquis
By Maison Marquis
Located in London, GB
maiden and cupid holding a sundial, accompanied by draped branches, globes and books as attributes of
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Astronomy Books

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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Clock Set 19th Century Louis Philippe Charles X Period by Leroy À Paris
By LeRoy
Located in Warsaw, PL
allegory of astronomy. Two of the putti figures are diligently trying to conduct some kind of astronomical
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Mid-19th Century French Charles X Antique Astronomy Books

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Malachite, Gold Plate

19th Century Pair Grand Tour Convent Siena and Amethyst Marble Obelisks
Located in London, GB
' prestige and standing. Grand Tourists would return with crates of art, books, pictures, sculpture, and
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1890s Antique Astronomy Books

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Amethyst, Marble

Empire Mantel Clock in Gilt Bronze Depicting "Allegory of Astronomy"
Located in Warsaw, PL
Egypt inspiration, the mantel clock successfully depicted “Allegory of Astronomy"" The concept of
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Astronomy Books

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Gold Plate

La Spatule (Spoonbill)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
important…from the collector’s point of view.” (S. Sitwell et al., Fine Bird Books NY, 1953. p 64
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1740s Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Watercolor, Engraving

Le Pelican (Pelican)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
important…from the collector’s point of view.” (S. Sitwell et al., Fine Bird Books NY, 1953. p 64
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1740s Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Watercolor, Engraving

Le Paon. (Peacock)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
“The single greatest influence on all subsequent bird and animal books must be the French polymath
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Engraving

Black Cockatoo
Located in Florham Park, NJ
6.5” “The single greatest influence on all subsequent bird and animal books must be the French
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Engraving

Black Cockatoo
H 15.5 in W 13.5 in D 1.5 in
Allegorical Bronze Statue of Bellona or Minerva Roman Goddesses of War
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
mandolin, an ionic capital, a helmeted classical bust and books including one titled " Vie Des Peintres" or
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Astronomy Books

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Bronze

Le Mococo (Monkey Lemur)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
and accomplishments ranged through mathematics, astronomy and all the sciences; his theories made him
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Engraving, Watercolor

Le Buffle (Water Buffalo)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
and accomplishments ranged through mathematics, astronomy and all the sciences; his theories made him
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Engraving, Watercolor

"La Panthere Femelle" Female Panther Cat Animal
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ranged through mathematics, astronomy and all the sciences; his theories made him enemies as well as
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Mid-18th Century Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Watercolor, Engraving

Le Belier Valachien (Ram)
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
interests and accomplishments ranged through mathematics, astronomy and all the sciences; his theories made
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Engraving, Watercolor

19th Century Pair of Grand Tour Convent Siena Marble Obelisks
Located in London, GB
' prestige and standing. Grand Tourists would return with crates of art, books, pictures, sculpture, and
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1890s Italian Antique Astronomy Books

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Siena Marble

Set of Six Asa Smith Celestial Woodblock Prints
By Asa Smith
Located in New York, NY
time of the American Revolution and Civil War, when a plethora of books and atlases on astronomy were
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19th Century Antique Astronomy Books

French 19th Century, Louis XVI Ormolu Bronze Clock featuring Urania
Located in Charleston, SC
Astronomy and Astrology (the Greek did not differentiate).The Muse is dressed a l'Antique and is represented
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Astronomy Books

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Alabaster, Bronze

Monkey
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Description du Cabiner du Roi. “The single greatest influence on all subsequent bird and animal books
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18th Century and Earlier German Antique Astronomy Books

Monkey
H 15.5 in W 13.5 in
8.5 Foot Tall 17th Century Portrait Oil Painting of Sir Christopher Wren
By Sir Peter Lely
Located in Gallatin, TN
Astronomy. The painting is an earlier portrait of a younger Wren in comparison to the portrait of Sir
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17th Century Academic Antique Astronomy Books

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Canvas, Oil

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