ABINGTON, WILLIAM.

Castura : 'Carmina non prius Audita,

Musarum sacerdos Virginibus.' The third edition corrected and augmented. London, 1640. 8vo.

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Habington's Castara, with a preface and notes, by Charles Bristol, 1812. 8vo.

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*HALE, MATTHEW. Contemplations Moral and Divine. By a Person of great Learning and Judgment... London, Printed by William Godbid, for William Shrowsbury at the Bible in Duke-lane, and John Leigh at the Blew Bell in Fleet street near Chancery-lane, 1677. 8vo.

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* HALL, JOSEPH. Mundus Alter et Idem, sive Terra Australis antehac semper incognita... Authore Mercurio Britannico. Accessit proper affinitatem materiæ Thomæ Campanella Civitas Solis et Nova Atlantis Franc. Baconis, Bar. de Verulamio. [Device.] Ultrajccti, 1643. 12mo.

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HALLAM, ARTHUR HENRY. Remains in verse and prose of Arthur Henry Hallam. With a Preface and Memoir. [Portrait, with Motto: "Vattene in Pace, Alma Beata e Bella." Ariosto.] London, 1863. 8vo. Green mor., gilt, g.e., by Holloway.

HAMILTON, WILLIAM. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: in a series of letters addressed to the Royal Society, from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton, K.B., F.R.S., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples, to which are added explanatory notes by the Author, hitherto unpublished. The second edition. London, 1773. 8vo.

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HAMILTON, WILLIAM. Campi Phlegræi. Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London by Sir William Hamilton, K.B., F.R.S. Edited by Mr. Peter Fabris. [Plates.] Naples, 1776. folio.

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HAMMER-PURGSTALL, JOSEPH VON. Mithriaca, ou Les Mithriaques... par Joseph de Hammer, Membre de plusieurs Académies, publié par J. Spencer Smith. Caen et Faris, 1833. 8vo.

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HANWAY, JONAS. An Historical account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea with a Journal of Travels from London through Russia into Persia; and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added, The Revolutions of Persia during the present century with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli. [Maps and Plates.] London, 1753. 4to. 4 vols.

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HAVARD, HENRY. La Hollande à vol d'oiseau.

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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Transformation: or the Romance of Monte Beni. By Nathaniel Hawthorne, Author of "The Scarlet Letter," &c. London, 1860. 8vo. 3 vols.

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HEGENITIUS, GOTFRIDUS. Itinerarium Frisio-Hollandicum, &c. Lugd. Batav., Elzevir, 1630. 12mo.

HEINSIUS, DANIEL. Laus Asini, tertiâ parte auctior. Cum aliis festivis opusculis. Lugd. Batav., Elzevir, 1629. 12mo.

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The Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea. A romance, translated from the Greek of Heliodorus. London, 1789. 12mo. 2 vols.

*HEMSTERHUIS, FRANÇOIS.

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