L. C. catalog card number: 63-9132

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

Copyright © 1963 by Ivor Noël Hume. All rights re-
served. No part of this book may be reproduced in any
form without permission in writing from the publisher,
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in the United States of America, and distributed by
Random House, Inc. Published simultaneously in To-
ronto, Canada, by Random House of Canada, Limited.

FIRST EDITION

Chapter III, slightly shortened, appeared originally
in American Heritage. A portion of Chapter VIII in
somewhat different form, appeared originally in Antiques.

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