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WRAXALL, Sir N. W., Bart.-cont. | pt. ix. 61. 8s. 6d. Hanrott, pt. iv. mococes,
edition, 1800, 8vo. 2 vols.-Third edition,
1806, 8vo. 2 vols. 168.

Tour through the Western, Southern,

and Interior Parts of France. Lond.
1784, 12mo.

The History of France from 1574 to
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16th Century; and followed by a View
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of Louis XIII. by Sir N. W. Wraxall,
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-The second edition, Lond. 1814, 8vo. 6

vols. Drury, 4595, 21. 58. Wilks, 2518,

12. 14s.

WRAY, Daniel. Biographical
Anecdotes of. By George Hard-
inge. Lond. 1816, 8vo. portrait.
Pp. 168. Fifty copies privately printed.
WREN, Sir Christopher. An
historical and architectural Account
of St. Peter in Westminster, &c. &c.
In a Letter to the Lord Bishop of
Rochester, from Sir Chr. Wren.
1713.

An article on Gothic Architecture, with

a notice of the above, will be found in the
Retrospective Review, x. 1-19.

A Catalogue of Churches in London,
built by Sir Christ. Wren, from 1668 to
1718, engraved by Hulsberg. Reed, 8937,

11. 7s.

Life and Times. See ELMES, James,

p. 733.

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Christopher, son of the pre-
ceding. Parentalia, or Memoirs
of the Family of the Wrens; viz.
of Matthew, Bishop of Ely; Chris-
topher, Dean of Windsor, &c., but
chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren.
Lond. 1750, folio, portraits.

Published by Joseph Ames, author of
the Typographical Antiquities. Collation.
-Title, one leaf; list of subscribers, 2

pages; an engraved dedication to the Rt.
Hon. Arthur Onslow, one leaf; table, 4
pages; editor's preface, 4 pages; intro-
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Christophori Wren Numismatum arti-
quorum Sylloge, Populis Græcis, Muni-
cipiis & Coloniis Romanis cusorum, ex

Cimeliarcho Editoris. Lond. 1708, 4to.

WREN, Matthew, Bishop of Ely.
Wren's Anatomy: discovering his
notorious Pranks and shamefull
Wickedness; with some of his most
lewd Facts and infamous Deeds:
both in his Government of Peter-
house Colledge, and domineering in
three Bishopricks, to his perpetuall
Shame and Infamy. Printed in the
Year, that Wren ceased to domi-
neer, 1641, 4to.

Los-

With a satirical wood-cut print of the
Bishop. Bindley, pt. iv. 959, with two
other tracts relating to Wren, 10s.
combe, 1120, with the two succeeding
tracts, 17. 10s.

Articles of Impeachment against Mat.
thew Wren. 1641, 4to. Bandinel, pt. ii.
with 6 other tracts relating to Bp. Wren.

16s.

The Wren's Nest defiled, or Bishop
laid open. 1641, 4to. wood-cnt on title.
Wren anatomized, his Life and Actions
Bandinel, pt. ii. with Wren's Anatomy,
17. 18.

declaring the manner of apprehending of
Joyful Newes from the Isle of Ely,
Bishop Wren. 1642, 4to.

Matthew, son of the preced-
ing. Considerations on Mr. Har-
rington's Commonwealth of Ocea-
na. Lond. 1657, 8vo.

Monarchy Asserted, or the State of
Monarchial and Popular Government in
Vindication of the Considerations, &c.
Oxon. 1659, 8vo.

WRIGHT, Abraham. Delitiæ De-
litiarum, Epigrammatum Selectio.
Oxon. 1637, 12mo.

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WRIGHT, Abraham-continued.

Wits that were in both the Universities before their Dissolution. Lond. 1656, small 8vo. pp. 180. The running title of this volume is 'University Poems.' Lloyd, 1261, 1. 11s. Bibl. Anglo-Poet. 869, 37. 3s. Heber, pt. iv. 2991, 10s. 6d. Gardner, 2365, 19s. Bright, 6143, 17s. Bliss, pt. i. 17, 15s.

A practical Commentary or Exposition upon the Book of Psalms, Lond. 1661, folio.

Sales Epigrammatum, being the choicest Dictichs of Martiall's fourteen Books of Epigrams, and of all the chief Latin Poets that have writ in these two last Centuries, together with Cato's Morality made English. Lond. 1661, 12mo. with a frontispiece, 17. 1s. Nassau, pt. ii. 1436, 17s. Lloyd, 1262, 17. 10s.-Lond. 1663, 12mo. Sotheby's in 1853, 27. 7s.-Lond. T. R. for Christopher Eccleston, 1664, 8vo. Skegg. 2016, 11. 5s.

A notice of Abraham Wright will be found in Wood's Athenæ Oxonienses by Bliss, vol. 4, p. 275.

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Andrew. Court Hand restored, or the Student's Assistant in reading old Deeds, Charters, Records, &c. Lond. 1776, 4to. 20 plates.

Roxburghe, 1585, 17. 12s.-Second edit. 1786, 4to. Marquis of Townshend, 3452, 17. 10s.-Third edition, 1815, 4to.-Fourth edition, with additions and corrections, Lond. 1822, 4to. 27 plates, pub. at 17. 6s. -Seventh edition, enlarged with Appen

dix of Ancient Names of Places in Great Britain and Ireland, Ancient Surnames, &c. Lond. H. G. Bohn, 1846, 4to. reduced, 15s.

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tise on the art and progress of navigation. Collation.-Title, epistle dedicatory to 'George Earle of Cumberland,' by Edw. Wright, preface, 'summe of the treatise,' and errata, together 11 leaves; the treatise, B, C, E to O, 4 leaves each; D, two leaves; Aa to Qq, in fours. the reverse of Qq 4 is the catchword 'The.' Between sign. E and F, is a folded leaf 'The Draught of the Meridians,' and the volume contains many cuts on the letter-press. A map and plan of the town of Fayal rarely found in copies. White Knights, 4625, morocco, 31. 10s. Heber, Pt. ix. (without the map), 15s. Bright, with Voyage of the Earl of Cumberland, 57. 16s. 6d. To some copies is annexed 'The Voyage of George Earl of Cumberland to the Azores,' &c. A to D, in fours, with a chart. On the last leaf Faultes escaped in the E. of Cumb. voiage.' Second edition, with many additions,

Lond. 1610, 4to.

Certain Errors in Navigation, detected and corrected by Edw. Wright, with many Additions that were not in the former Editions. Lond. by Joseph Moxon, 1657, 4to. - Third edition. Collation.Title, list of additions, epistle dedicatory Moxon, the publisher to the reader, 5 to Captain Thomas Whetstone by Joseph leaves; preface, 8 leaves; the work, pp. 1 to 184, 197 to 224. At pages 39, 65, and 148, are wood-cuts on separate slips. The division of the whole Art of Navigation, PP. 1 to 110; the Haven-finding Art, pp. three engraved maps, viz. a plat of all 1 to 20. In the volume will be found the world, a chart of the world, and a particular plat, for sailing to the Iles of

Azores

The Haven-finding Art, or the Way to
find any Hauen or Place at Sea, by the
Latitude and Variation.
Hex-lished in the Dutch, French, and Latine
Lately pub-
Tongues, by Commandement of Count
Mauritz of Nassau, and now translated

C. Antiquities and Description of Arundel Castle, Sussex, with a biographical sketch of the Lives of the Earls of Arundel and Dukes of Norfolk from the year 987 to 1817. Brighton, 1817, 12mo.

Edward. Certaine Errors in Navigation. By E. W. Lond. by Valentine Sims, 1599, 4to.

In the dedication the author complains that part of his works has been unjustly forestalled, another part stolen, and a

into English. Imprinted at London by G. B. R. N. and R. B. 1599, 4to. Pp. 27, not including title, epistle dedicatory to 'Charles Earle of Notingham,' and an epistle to M. Richard Poulter, &c., both by Edw. Wright, 8 leaves.

Description and Use of the Sphære, by Edward Wright. Lond. 1613, 4to.-1627, 4to. Pp. 95, not including title and table, 4 leaves.

Short Treatise of Dialling, shewing the Making of all sorts of Sun-Dials. Lond. 1614, 4to.

WRIGHT, Edward, M. D.

Some

third lately published by another in his Observations made in travelling own name. The preface is in fact a trea- through France, Italy, &c. 1720-2.

Lond. 1730, 4to. 2 vols. plates by Vandergucht.

Drury, 4675, russia, 17. 3s. Fonthill, 813, 17. 10s.-1764, 4to. Heath, 2398, 19s. 6d. Bliss, pt. i. 4s.

WRIGHT, Frances. Few Days at Athens, being the Translation of a Greek Manuscript discovered in Herculaneum. Lond. 1822, 8vo.

Rev. G. N. An historical Guide to ancient and modern Dublin. Lond. 1821, 12mo. 10s. 6d.

Pp. viii. and 442, with 17 engravings after drawings by G. Petrie, Esq., and a plan.-LARGE PAPER, proof plates, small

8vo.

Guide to the County of Wicklow. Lond. 1822, 12mo. with engravings after the designs of Geo. Petrie, Esq.

Guide to the Lakes of Killarney, the County of Wicklow, and the Giant's Causeway. Lond. 1823, 12mo. plates.

-LARGE PAPER, INDIA PROOFS.

Ireland Illustrated from original Drawings by G. Petrie, W. H. Bartlett, and T. M. Baynes, with Descriptions, Lond. Fisher, 1832, 4to. 40 plates, containing 80 views.-1840, 4to. 17. 1s.

Life and Reign of William the Fourth, by G. N. Wright and J. Watkins. Lond. Fisher, 1837, 8vo. portraits, 18s.

New and Comprehensive Gazetteer with Supplement. Lond. Kelly, n. d. roy. 8vo. 5 vols. pub. at 47. 188., or with maps,

51. 18s.

Life and Times of Louis Philippe, King of the French, Lond. P. Jacksou, 1841, 8vo. 16s,

The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean. Lond. P. Jackson, 1841, 4to. 2 vols. plates, 21. 2s.

Lancashire, its History, Legends, and Manufactures, by G. N. Wright and T. Allan. Lond. 1841, 4to. 2 vols. 27. 2s.

The Rhine, Italy, and Greece, with historical and legendary Descriptions. Lond. 1841, 4to. 2 vols.

The Cream of Scientific Knowledge a Note Book of General Information. Lond. 1841, 8vo. 38.

China; in a series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, with Historical and descriptive Notices. Lond. Fisher, 1844, 4to. 4 vols. pub. at 41. 4s.

France Illustrated, exhibiting its Scenery, Antiquities, Military and ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. Lond. Fisher, 1847, 4to. 4 vols. plates, pub. at 41. 4s. See WELLINGTON, Duke of.

WRIGHT, James. The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland, collected from Records, ancient MSS., etc. Lond. for Bennet Griffin, 1684, folio.

Written on the plan of Burton's Leicestershire. Nassau, pt. ii. 1635, 17.1s. Marq. of Townshend, 3299, 17. 9s. Willett, 2712, 27. 58. With the Additions. Dowdeswell, 805, 11. 16s. Bindley, pt.iv. with the Additions, 21. 15s. Dent, pt. ii. 1463, with a map and plate inserted, 31. 4s. Willett, 2713, 41. 8s. Hanrott, pt. iv. with the Additions and Farther Additions, 8l. LARGE PAPER. Heath, 4615, russia, 4l. 6s. Sotheby's (Corrie), April, 1863, (14 in. by 9), but without the Farther Additions), 5l. 7s. 6d. Collation. Title and dedication, 2 leaves; preface, &c. 5 pages; history, 140 pages; table and errata, 4 pages. The plates, with the exception of the map, Comitatus Rotelandiæ Tabula nova et aucta,' are on the letter-press. ADDITIONS to the History. Lond. printed for the Author by Edw. Jones, 1687, three sheets or pages 3 to 12, with a monument of Baptist Noel, Lord Visct. Camden, at p. 3, and two other plates on the letterpress. FARTHER ADDITIONS, Lond. printed for the Author, 1714, 8 pages, with a view of Burley on the Hill. These farther additions, and especially the plate of Burley, are rarely found. — A new Edition, with Additions. Stamford, 1788, Of this edition only two num folio. bers were printed, consisting of 36 pages, with two plates.

A Poem, being an Essay on the present Ruins in St. Paul's Cathedral, by J. Wright. Lond. 1668, 4to.

Memory of his ever-honoured Father Verses Anniversary to the Venerable (Abraham Wright). Lond. 1690, 8vo.

Paul's Cathedral. Lond. 1697, folio.
The Choire, the Rebuilding of St.

Phoenix Paulina: a Poem on the new Fabric of St. Paul's Cathedral. 1709, 4to.

A compendious View of the late Tumults and Troubles in this Kingdom, 1678-84. Lond. 1685, 8vo. Lloyd, 1263,

5s.

Comedies, of Drinking, of Translated
County Conversations, chiefly of modern
Verse, of Painting and Painters, of Poets
Heber, pt. i. 10s. 6d, Bliss, pt. i. 4s.
or Poetry. Lond. 1694, 12mo. 5s. 6d.

Historia Histrionica: an historical Account of the English Stage: shewing the ancient Use, Improvement, and Perfection of Dramatic Representations in this Nation. In a Dialogue of Plays and Players. (Ano

WRIGHT, James-continued. Dymons) 1699, 8vo. Pp. 32. When this pamphlet was published, there was a controversy on foot about the stage, and while others wrote to show what it then was, our author, as a topic not touch'd upon, observes what it had been.

An

abstract of it will be found in Oldy's British Librarian. It is reprinted in Dodsley's Old Plays, new edition, by J. P. Collier. Vol. I. It is also prefixed to a series of Old English Dramas published by T. White, 1830, 12mo.

See DUGDALE, Sir W., p. 685.

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Michael. Ragguaglio della solenne comparsa del Conte di Castelmaine Ambasciatore di Re Giacomo Secondo, da Giovanni Michele Writ. Roma, 1687, folio.

Sotheby's, Jan. 20, 1864, with the translation, 16s.

An Account of the Embassy of Roger,
Earl of Castlemaine to Innocent VI.
from K. James II.
See SENECA,

WRIGHT, John. Thyestes, a Tragedy, from Seneca. p. 2442.

Sales Epigrammatum. (Translations), p. 1488.

Translated into English, with Alterations and Additions by the Author. Lond. 1688, folio. With

See MARTIAL plates, including a portrait of the Earl, after G. B. Leonardi, by A. v Westerhout. The Earl of Castlemaine was sent

J. M. F. See NEWTON, Sir Ambassador to Rome with a splendid Isaac, p. 1672.

John. Narrative of the loss of his Majesty's Ship the Proserpine, James Wallace, Esq., Captain. Lond. 1799, 8vo.

- Leonard. A Display of Dutie, dect with sage Sayings, pythie Sentences, and proper Similies. Lond. by J. Wolfe, 1589, 4to.

equipage and magnificent train to reconcile the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland to the Holy See. Gough, 887, 4s. Reed, 5222, 5s.

Peter. R. P. Petri Writi Sacerdotis Angli e Societ. Iesv Lond. xxix Maii, M.D.C.LI. 12mo. Mors, qvam ob Fidem passvs est.

the back of which is Pp. 152, including the title-page, on a portrait of Wright, P. Galle, sc. and on page 152 is Twenty-two leaves. Gordonstoun, 2389,Approbatio Censoris, signed Guil. Bo10s. 6d. Heber, pt. viii. 17. 5s. Lond. lognino S. Th. L. Can. and Lib. Cens. AnEd. Griffin, 1614, 4to. Skegg, 2047, 17. 13s. tuer.' Bindley, pt. iii. 2199, 127. 12s. Gardner, 2451, 16s. Bought by Lord Arundell. Heber, pt. vi. 2969, 31. 4s. Tierney, 1137, 57. 10s.

The Hunting of Antichrist, with a Caueat to the Contentious, by Leonard Wright. Lond. 1589, 4to. 28 pages. Reed, 6510, 5s. 6d.

A Summons for Sleepers, wherein most grieuous and notorious Offenders are cited to bring forth true Frutes of Repentance before the Daye of the Lord now at hand. Hereunto is annexed a Patterne for Pastors, disciphering briefly the Duties pertaining to that Function, by Leonard Wright. 1589, 4to. Thirty leaves. Bright. 158.1596, 4to. Gordonstoun, 2390, 10s. 6d. Inglis, 1646, 6s. 6d. -Lond. G. Purslowe, 1615, 4to. Bliss, pt. i. 6s. 6d. -Newli corrected and augmented. Lond. 1617, 4to.

A friendly Admonition to Martine Marprelate and his Mates, by Leonard Wright. Lond. 1590, 4to.

The Pilgrimage to Paradise, by Leonard Wright. Lond. by John Wolfe, 1591, 4to. North, pt. iii. 613, 9s.

Richard. See SERVETUS. Samuel. London's Wonder; or the Chaste Old Batchelor. Being a faithful Account of the Family, Life, and Legacies of Mr. S. Wright. Lond. 1737, 8vo.

Thomas. The Passions of the Minde in generall. Lond. by V.S. for W. B. 1601, sm. 8vo.

Sig. A to Z. Steevens, 1433, 4s. Bindley, pt. iv. 447, 5s. Skegg, 2049, 11. 8s.-Second edit. corrected, enlarged, and with sundry Disourses augmented. Lond. by Valentine Simmes for Walter Burre, 1604, 4to. Gardner, 2452, 17. Saviles, Dec. 1860, 14s.-Third edition, in six Bookes, corrected, enlarged, and with sundry new Discourses augmented, by Thomas Wright. Lond. 1621, 4to. pp. 350, with

out introduction-1630, 4to. See a notice with specimens of this work in Aikin's Athenæum Mag. vol. i. p. 387.

WRIGHT, Thomas, M.A. The Glory of God's Revenge against Murther and Adultery express'd in thirty modern tragical Histories. 1685, 8vo. frontispiece.

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See REYNOLDS, John.

Rev. Thomas.

WRIT Anglice WRIGHT.

WRITING. An Essay on Wri ting, and the Art and Mystery of Printing, a Translation out of the Anthology. Lond. 1696.

A Broadside, in verse, reprinted in the

first volume of the Harleian Miscellany.

A Common Writing: whereby two, al though not understanding one the other's The Antiqui-Language, yet, by the Helpe thereof, may communicate their Minds one to another, composed by a Well-willer to Learning. Printed for the Author, 1647, 4to. Twenty leaves, 15s.

by R. L. for R. W. 1648, 4to. By some

ties of the Town of Halifax, in Yorkshire. Leedes, 1738, 12mo. Pp. 213, including the preface and appendix. Nassau, pt. ii. 1438, 9s. A Declaration concerning the newly-in- Thomas. Louthiana: or an vented Art of Double Writing. Printed Introduction to the Antiquities of Ireland, in upwards of ninety Views and Plans representing with proper Explanations, the principal Ruins, curiosities, &c. in the County of Louth. Lond. 1758, 4to.

Nassau, pt. ii. 1546, 8s. Reed, 6509, 9s Dent, pt. ii. 1374, russia, 17. Marquis of Townshend, 3455, 27. 12s. 6d.--Lond. 1748, 4to. Hibbert, 8690, 11s. Sir P. Thompson, 925, 16s. Willett, 2651, 27. 12s. 6d.

Walter Rodwell. Hora
Ionicæ, a Poem. Lond. 1809, 8vo.

4s.
"A very beautiful poem descriptive of
the Ionian isles and the adjacent coast of
Greece."--Lord Byron.

LW.
The Complete Fisher:
or, the true Art of Angling, by
W. Wright, and other experienc'd
Anglers. Lond. n. d. 12mo.

Hibbert, 8658, 2s. White Knights, 4510, morocco, 11s. Nassau, pt. ii. 1437, Ss. This is probably the edition printed for J. Hazard, and J. Wright, fronting Stationer's Hall, n. d. A copy of which is in the possession of Sir H. Ellis. There is another with the same imprint, but with a different woodcut at the beginning, and with material variations. Lond. sold by John Osborn, Paternoster Row, 1740, 24mo. For the previous editions of this book, see S. J.

WRIGHTE, William. Grotesque Architecture or Rural Amusement, consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections for Streets, Retreats, Hermitages, &c. Lond. 1815, royal 8vo. 28 plates, 10s. 6d.

attributed to Sir William Petty.

The Ground-work or Foundation laid

for the framing of a new Perfect Language, and an Universal or Common Writing, by F. L. W. Lond. 1652, 4to.

WRITING-BOOKS. An extensive and curious collection of 32 Writing-Books, English and Foreign, of the 16th and 17th Centuries. (1571-1741) inlaid in 5 large volumes, folio.

Bright, 6153, 261.
Martin, COCKER, ED.
Hereford.

WRITTLE, Peter.

See BILLINGSLEY,
DAVIES, John of

Exoniensium

Threni in Obitum Petrei Baronis de Writtle. Oxon. 1613, 4to.

Bindley, pt. ii. 823, 17. Sotheby's, Dec.

1, 1863, (Turnbull), 47. 8s.

WROATH, Lady Mary. The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania. Lond. John Marriott, 1621, folio.

A pastoral romance interspersed with songs, sonnets, and other little pieces of tion of her uncle Sir Philip Sydney's Arpoetry, written by Lady Wroath in imitacadia. It consists of pp. 1 to 278, 289 to 558, not including an engraved title-page by S. Pass, also Poems Pamphilia to Amphilanthvs,' 48 pages. Gough, 4076, 18s. Skegg, 2050, 7s. Bright, 6163, 10s.

WROTH, Sir Thomas. The Abor tive of an idle Hour; or, a Century of Epigrams. Lond. 1620, 4to.

A copy is in the Bodleian Library. See Virgil, p. 2783.

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