antiqueness

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They occupied parts of the city designated by massive-looking old mansions, exhibiting an antiqueness and mixed architecture, with dilapidated court-yards and weather-stained walls, showing how steadfast was the work of decay.

From Manuel Pereira by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

The cultivators of science purchase books in great quantities, not so much, I am told, for the sake of the contents, as for their antiqueness of style or elegance of binding.

From Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. by Gierlow, John

Lounges, ottomans, reclines, and couches, elaborately carved and upholstered, stand here and there in all their antiqueness and grandeur.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Pierre pondered long, but could not possibly imagine; for the initials, in their antiqueness, seemed to point to some period before the era of Columbus' discovery of the hemisphere.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman