The stonemason of Saint Point. Transl, Volume 115

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Page 2 - SELBY'S COMPLETE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY. A most magnificent work of the Figures of British Birds, containing exact and faithful representations in their full natural size,¡ of all the known species found in Great Britain, 383 Figures in 228 beautifully coloured Plates.'. 2 vols. elephant folio, elegantly half bound morocco (pub. at 105/.), gilt back and gilt edges, 31/. lu«. 1834' "The grandest work on Ornithology published in this country, the same for British Birds" that Audubon's is for the birds...
Page 6 - Essays : on Decision of Character ; on a Man's writing Memoirs of Himself ; on the epithet Romantic ; on the aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion, y.
Page 7 - Heeren's Historical Researches stand In the very highest rank among those with, which modern Germany has enriched the Literature of Europe.
Page 19 - MAN'S OWN BOOK ; a Manual of Politeness, Intellectual Improvement, and Moral Deportment, calculated to form the Character on a solid Basis, and to Insure Respectability and Success in Life, one elegantly printed volume, frontispiece, cloth gilt, 2s.
Page 17 - Scientific, and Literary, of the various Nations of the World are placed, at one view, under the eye of the Reader, in a Series of parallel columns, so as to exhibit the state of the whole Civilized World at any epoch, and at the same time form a continuous chain of History, with Genealogical Tables of all the principal Dynasties. Complete in 3 Sections, viz :— I.
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Page 11 - WADE'S BRITISH HISTORY, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. Comprehending a classified Analysis of Events and Occurrences in Church and State, and of the Constitutional, Political, Commercial, Intellectual, and Social Progress of the United Kingdom, from the first Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Queen Victoria, with very copious Index ana Supplement.
Page 7 - The Political Consequences of the Reformation. II. The Rise, Progress, and Practical Influence of Political Theories. III. The Rise and Growth of the Continental Interests of Great Britain. In 1 vol.
Page 15 - ELEMENTS OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY; containing Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews...
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