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14 AIKIN'S (Dr.) Manchester, including a Description of the
Country Forty Miles round, 73 fine engravings by Storer,
&c., and the two very large maps, usually wanting, thick
1795
4to. bds. fine clean uncut copy, 10s 6d
15 AIMOINI (Monachi) de Gestis Francorum lib. V. Mar-
sicani Chronici Casinense lib. IV. et Abbonis de obsessa
a Normannis Lutecia, folio, rough calf neat, 158

Paris, 1603
THE BEST EDITION, containing a fifth book, and 66 additional
chapters to the fourth. The subjoined Poem by Abbo, ou the famous
SIEGE OF PARIS BY THE NORMANS, consists of above 1200 hexameter
verses, and is said to contain many curious particulars.
16 AINSLIE'S (Gen.) ANGLO FRENCH COINAGE, illustrations
of, from his valuable Cabinet, with 7 large plates of Coins
1830
engraved by Finden, 4to. cloth, 148 (pub. at £1. 58)
This work obtained on compilation the Gold Medal from the Royal
Institute of France.

17 AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Tradesmen's Tokens, current in London and its Vicinity, between 1648 and 1672, 8 plates containing many figures of tokens, large papER, 4to. cloth, 168

1849 18 ALEMAN,Vida y Hechos del Picaro Guzman de Alfarache, illustrated with numerous very curious engravings, 2 vols. Amberes, 1736 8vo. calf gilt, 88 6d "Of all rogues, this Spanish one is after all the only agreeable companion."-Retrosp. Rev. 19 ALEMAN'S Guzman d'Alfarache, the Spanish Rogue, freely translated, and illustrated with the curious engravings by Bouttats, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, neatly gilt, fine copy, scarce, 1708 168 20 ALISON'S (Sir A.) History of Europe from the commencement of the French Revolution, 1774 to 1815, LARGE TYPE LIBRARY EDITION, 10 thick vols. 8vo. new hf. calf, 1838-42 £5. 58

21 ALISON'S (Sir A.) Military Life of the Great Duke of Marlborough, 8vo. cloth, 10s (pub. at 148)

1848 22 ALLAN'S (J.) Pictorial Tour in the Mediterranean, 40 fine tinted Drawings on stone, and nearly 100 woodcuts, folio, cloth, £1. 18 (pub. at £3. 3s)

1843 23 ALLEN'S (T.) History of the Counties of SURREY and SUSSEX, LARGE PAPER, INDIA PROOF IMPRESSIONS of the 39 highly finished engravings of Churches, Seats, Public Buildings, &c. 2 thick vols. roy. 8vo. cloth, 128 (pub. at £2. 128)

1831 24 ALPINE MOSSES.-Upwards of 50 REAL SPECIMENS of Mosses and Lichens, in beautiful preservation, laid down on paper, with their names udded in MS. 8vo. hf. morocco, 4s 6d

25 AMADEO di CASTELLAIN (Conte) La Venaria Reale, 26
fine spirited engravings of Hunting by Tasniere, 1672-
AUGUSTE REGIÆQUE SABAUDIE DOMUS Arbor Gentilitia,
34 splendid portraits of the Dukes and Counts of Savoy,
from 1027 to 1766, engraved by Tasniere, BRILLIANT IM-
all neatly mounted in a folio volume, red mo-
PRESSIONS,
rocco, extra gilt, ducal coronet on the sides, £3. 58

1672-1703

A unique and beautiful volume; the engravings are among the chefs
d'œuvre of Tasniere; the portraits are surrounded by elegantly engraved
borders; with short biographical notices.
26 AMBOYNA. - Remonstrance of the Directors of the
Netherlands East India Company, touching the Bloudy pro-
ceedings against the English Merchants executed at Am-
boyna, &c. with the Reply, sm. 4to. hf. calf, scarce, 4s 6d
1632

27 AMERICAN SCENERY, and CANADIAN SCENERY, by
Bartlett, BOTH SERIES, upwards of 200 highly finished and
beautiful engravings, original impressions, with Descriptions
by N. P. Willis, 4 vols. 4to. newly bound half calf gilt,
Virtue, 1840-2
£3. 188
28 AMORY'S Life of John Buncle, with various Observations
and Extraordinary Relations, 4 vols. 12mo. neatly bound,
6. 6d

1770

29 AMUSEMENS de la Campagne, recueillis par plusieurs
Amateurs et publiés par P. Desormeaux, with 40 engravings
of fashionable sports and amusements, 4 vols. 12mo. calf,
Paris, 1826
neatly gilt,88
30 ANCIENT and MODERN UNIVERSAL HISTORY, from the
earliest account of Time, complete with the Supplement,
BEST EDITION, numerous engravings and maps, 60 vols. 8vo.
1779
calf gilt, yellow edges, VERY FINE COPY, £6. 108

Consult the volumes of the Universal History where you will brd either in the text or references, every historical information that can be required.”—Prof. Smyth's Lectures on Mod. History.

31 ANCIENT POETRY.- Bibliographical Miscellanies, & selection of Curious Pieces in Verse and Prose, (edited by Dr. Bliss) sm. 4to. bds. 68 6d Oxford, 1813

Only 100 copies privately printed. 32 ANCIENT Scottish Melodies, from a MS. of the Reign of K. James VI. with an enquiry illustrative of the History of the Music of Scotland, by W. Dauney, 4to. new hf. moEdin., 1838 rocco, uncut, £1. 88 33 ANDERSON'S Royal Genealogies, from Adam to these Times (including the British Isles) thick folio, calf gilt, fine copy, £1. 158

1732

"The most useful and valuable work of the kind, and probably dis most difficult and laborious one ever undertaken by author or printer; may be considered as an abridgment of Universal History."-Moule. 34 ANDREWS' Heaths, a Monograph of the Genus Erica, with Scientific Descriptions, Lat. and Eng. 300 BEAUTI FULLY COLOURed engravings of all the known species, 6 vols. roy. 8vo. marb. calf gilt, very fine copy, £4. 18 1804 (pub. at £15. 158)

Original and best edition of this beautiful and valuable work; the plates being coloured under the author's immediate inspection, have al the appearance of highly finished coloured Drawings.

35 ANGAS' Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and Nes Zealand, numerous tinted plates, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 8 (pub. at £1. 48)

1854

36 ANGLORUM Speculum, or the Worthies of England is Church and State, comprising the Lives and Characters o Eminent Persons from the Conquest, sm. 8vo. calf, fin copy, 58 6d

1684

37 ANGLO-SAXON. Hickesii Institutiones Grammatics
Anglo-Saxonicæ et Maso-Gothicæ, 1689-Jonæ Gramma
tica Islandica Rudimenta, cum Dictionario Islandico
1688-4
Catalogo Vet. Librorun Sept. &c. 4to. calf, 58
Christopher Anstey's copy with his autograph and book-plate.

38 ANNALS of the KINGDOM of IRELAND by the For
MASTERS, from the earliest period to the year 1616, edited
with a translation and copious Notes, by J. O'Donovan
complete with Index, 7 vols. 4to. cloth, £6. 108
This valuable work is accompanied by the original Irish text on 18
opposite pages to the translation.

39

1651

ANTHOLOGIA Hibernica; or Monthly Collections Science, Belles-Lettres, History and Poetry, numerous gravings, 4 vols. 8vo. hf. russia, uncut, scarce, 168

Dublin, 17934| In this collection are some of the early productions of Thomas Mary R. Brinsley Sheridan, &c.

40 ANTIQUARIAN ITINERARY, Specimens of Architec ture, Monastic, Castellated, and Domestic, in Gt. Britain nearly 350 beautiful engravings by Storer, FINE ORIGINA PROOY IMPRESSIONS, LARGe paper, 7 vols. 8vo. ¿ds. £1.8 (pub. at £8. 88)

1815-11 41 APOLLONII (Sophista) Lexicon Homericum, Græce Latine, illustravit Villoison, LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. fole Peris, 17 calf gilt, 58

42 ARABIAN Nights' Entertainments, illustrated with WEST ALL and HEATH's beautiful engravings, 4 vols. sm. Sre calf neat, scarce, 188

182

43 ARCHEOLOGY.-ULSTER Journal of Archæology, from its commencement, numerous tinted and other engraving & Irish Antiquity, 9 parts, sm. 4to. wanting Part 8, 16s 18594

44 ARCHAICA and HELICONIA, containing Reprints of RARE OLD ENGLISH PIECES of Prose and Poetry, edited by Park, Sir Egerton Brydges, and Haslewood, 5 vols. 4to. complete, red morocco extra gilt, gilt leaves and borders of gold, VERY BEAUTIFUL COPY, £6. 158 1814-15

Only 250 copies of these rare pieces were privately printed by Longmans, at £25. 3s the set in bds.

45 ARCHDALL'S (M.) Monasticon Hibernicum, a History of the Abbeys, Priories, and other Religious Houses in Ireland, 18 plates of ecclesiastical costume, 4to. calf, neat, scarce, £1.58 1786

46 ARCTIC VOYAGES of PARRY, FRANKLIN, Ross, BACK, BEECHEY, Mackenzie, HEARNE, and MEARES, illustrated with many fine engravings by Heath, Finden, &c. some coloured, 14 vols. 4to. newly bound calf gilt, marbled leaves, fine uniform set of the best editions of these valuable works, £18. 10s (pub. unbound, at about £50.)

1795-1836 Comprises, Parry's Four Voyages; Franklin's Two Voyages; Ross' Two Voyages, and Appendix; Beechey's Pacific and Beering's Strait; Mackenzie's Voyage to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; Back's Arctic Land Expedition; Meares' North West Coast of America; and Hearne's Journey to the Northern Ocean.

56 ATLAS. THE LIBRARY ATLAS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 161 large and most carefully engraved coloured maps, with most copious Descriptive Index, atlas 4to. new half russia, £5. 158 (pub. at £7. 78) (1856)

LAST AND BEST EDITION of this most useful atlas, with all the latest improvements, and one of the best atlases yet published. 57 AUBREY'S (J.) NATURAL HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of the County of SURREY, complete, with the Views of Richmond and Albury, &c. 5 vols. 8vo. old calf, fine copy, VERY SCARCE, £4. 148 1719

58 AUCTORES Classici in usum Delphini, viz. Horatii Opera, 2 vols.; Ovidii Opera, 4 vols.; Virgilii Opera, 2 vols. -together 8 vols. 4to. hf. russia, uncut, uniform, only 188 Bassani, 1794-6

59 AULUS GELLIUS, eum Commentariis et Notis Variorum, cura Gronovii, front, thick 4to. vellum, 68 6d

L. Bat., 1706 "This edition has much literary merit."-HARWOOD. 60 AULUS GELLIUS, recensuit et instruxit A. Lion, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 98 Gott., 1824 61 AYSCU'S Historie of the Warres, Treaties, Marriages, &c. between England and Scotland, from William the Conqueror to the Union, sm. 4to. pannelled calf, fine copy, scarce, 10s 6d G. Eld, 1607 BACK'S (Capt.) Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, 1833-5, 14 fine engravings by Finden, thick 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d (pub. at £1. 10s)

47 AREMBERGI (C.) Flores Seraphici, sives Icones, Vitæ et Gestæ Virorum illustrium Ordinis Fratrum Minorum S. Francisci Capucinorum, numerous fine engravings of monastic costume, habits, &c. folio, original stamped oak and leather binding, scarce, £1. 58 Col. 1640 62 48 ARGYLE Papers, edited with Introductory Notice, curious front. sm. 4to. extra bds. 158 Edin., 1834 Only 50 copies privately printed. 49 ARIOSTO, Orlando Furioso, con l'Osservationi del Lavezuola, 52 spirited engravings by Girolamo Porri, fine impressions, 4to. calf gilt, 10s 6d Ven. 1584 "Assez belle édition, très recherchée à cause des Notes qui l'accompagnent, et des Gravures dont elle est ornée."— Brunet.

50 ARIOSTO'S Orlando Furioso, translated in Verse with Life and Notes, by Hoole, ILLUSTRATED COPY, with many fine extra engravings, 5 vols. 8vo. red morocco, gilt leaves, £2. 12s

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1785

MARY BOYDELL'S BEAUTIFUL COPY: very tastefully illustrated with

extra plates by Bartolozzi, Mortimer, Moreau, Eisen, Cochin, Monnet, 51 ARNOTT'S (Dr.) Elements of Physics or Natural Philosophy, Last and BEST EDITION, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, newly bound, hf. calf, scarce, £1. 88

1833 52 ART Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Industry of all Nations, nearly 1000 beautiful engravings of the choicest works of Art in the Great Exhibition, roy. 4to. hf. red morocco gill, £1. 18 (an elegant table book) 53 Ascham's (Roger) Report and Discourse of the Affairs and State of Germany, and the Emperor Charles his Court, sm. 4to. calf, very scarce, 148

1851

Printed by John Daye, (1542) "Written in a style which to the ears of that age was undoubtedly mellifluous, and which is now a very valuable specimen of genuine Englah."-Dr. Johnson,

54 ASHMOLE'S (E.) Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum; Poetical Pieces of our Famous Philosophers who have the Hermetique Mysteries in their own Ancient Language, fine and curious engravings by Vaughan, 4to.calf, rare, £1.881652 This work gained Ashmole great reputation, and was the means of extending his acquaintance in the literary world.

55 ATLAS of the SOCIETY for the DIFFUSION of USEful KNOWLEDGE, Complete with the Plans of Cities and Stars, and most copious Index of more than 25,000 Places, 218 large and most accurately engraved coloured maps, (including 52 plans of Cities) atlas 4to. new hf. russia, £7. 78 (pub. at £9. 148) (1856)

LAST and BEST KDITION of this most valuable atlas, with all the Mest Discoveries and Improvements; it is certainly if not the best, one the very best atlases published.

1836 63 BAILLIE'S (Capt.) WORKS, a series of 174 fine PRINTS AND ETCHINGS after Paintings and Drawings by the Great Masters, FINE PROOFS AND ETCHINGS IN DIFFERENT STATES, neatly mounted on fine Drawing paper, in an imp. folio volume, calf extra, russia back, £4. 158

v. y.

This fine and interesting collection includes many plates in 3 or 4 difafter Rembrandt, Ostade, Teniers, G. Dow, Terburg, Poussin, and other Old ferent states of their engraving; and contains some splendid specimens

Masters.

64 BANKS' (T. C.) Genealogical and Heraldic Gleanings, LARGE PAPER, roy. 4to. bds. 158 (pub. at £3. 38) illustrative of the History and Descent of English Nobility,

1837

This volume is necessary to complete Banks' Dormant and Extinct Baronage. 65 BANNATYNE CLUB.-Notices relating to the Bannatyne Club, with Critiques on its Publications, 4to. extra bds. 188 Edin., 1836 Only 50 copies privately printed. 66 Barbour's BRUCE; the Life and Acts of Robert Bruce, in Scottish Verse, sm. 4to. antique calf, fine copy, 128 Edinb. 1758 A scarce and excellent edition in large type, corrected from the genuine one of 1620.

67 BARBOUR'S Bruce, or the History of Robert I. K. of Scotland, in Scottish Verse, pub. from a MS. dated i489, with Notes and Glossary by Pinkerton, vignettes, 3 vols. 8vo. calf neat, 188 1790

68 BARTON'S (R.) Lectures upon the Petrifications, Gems, Crystals and Sanative Quality of Lough Neagh, in Ireland, engravings, 4to. hf. calf, scarce, 58

1751

69 BARROS (J. de) E DIEGO DE COUTO, Asia, dos Feitos que os Portuguezes fizeram no Descubrimento e Conquista dos Mares e Terras do Oriente, numerous portraits, 22 vols. sm. 8vo. calf gilt, fine set, scarce, £3. 10s Lisboa, 1777-84 "Cette édition est belle."-BRUNET.

70 BARRY CORNWALL'S Poetical Works, with Dramas, &c. 3 vols. 12mo. hf. cloth, scarce, 12s

1822

71 BATTY'S (Capt.) German Scenery, LARGE PAPER, brilliant original impressions of the 60 engravings by Heath, Cooke, &c. with Descriptions, Eng. and Fr., 4to morocco gilt, gi♬ leaves, £1. 148

1823

72 BATTY'S (Capt.) French Scenery, LARGE PAPER, brilliant original impressions of the 64 highly finished engravings by HEATH, CORBOULD, &c. with Descriptions, Eng. and Fr., 4to. morocco gilt, gilt leaves, £1. 148 1823 73 BAYLEY'S TOWER of LONDON, History and Antiquities of the, with Biographical Anecdotes of Royal and Distinguished Personages, fine engravings from Drawings by NASH, 2 vols. roy. 4to. bds. £1. 10s (pub. at £6. 168 6d) 1821-5 74 BEATTIE'S (Dr.) Waldenses; or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, &c. with 72 beautiful engravings after drawings by Bartlett, Brockedon, Stanfield, and Harding, fine impressions, 4to. blue morocco, gilt leaves and borders of gold, fine copy. £1. 58 1838 75 BEAUTIES of ENGLAND and WALES by Britton and Brayley, with Introduction by Brewer, nearly 700 engravings by Storer and Greig, &c. 26 vols. 8vo. hf. russia neat, £5. 58 (pub. at £28.) 1801, &c. 76 BEAUTIES of Scotland by Forsyth, illustrated with numerous engravings of Antiquities, Seats, Scenery, by Storer, Greig, and other artists, 5 vols. 8vo. calf, neatly gilt, 188

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1835

1805-8 77 BECKFORD'S (W.) Italy, with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 58 6d (pub. at £1. 88) 1835 78 BECKFORD'S (W.) Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, portrait, 8vo. bds. 28 6d 79 Becon's (T.) RELIQUES OF ROME, conteyning all such matters of Religion as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents, woodcut portrait, thick 12mo. russia, gilt leaves, fine copy, scarce, £1. 168 J. Daye, 1563 80 BEDE'S (Ven.) Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation (from B. C. 60, to A. D. 731) translated with Life and Notes by Steevens, 8vo. calf, 38 6d

1723 81 BELGICKE Pismire stinging the Slothful Sleeper, (by Scott), Lond. 1622-Belgick Souldier, printed at Dart, 1624, 2 vols. sm. 4to. sewed, 58 6d 1622-4

82 BELL'S (T.) History of British Quadrupeds, including Cetacea, nearly 290 beautiful woodcuts, 8vo. cloth, scarce, £1.48 Van Voorst, 1837 83 BENNETT'S Whaling Voyage round the World, from : 1833 to 1836, comprising Sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian Archipelago, &c. engravings and maps, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d (pub. at £1.88) 1840 84 BERINGTON AND KIRK'S Faith of Catholics on certain points of Controversy confirmed by Scripture and the Fathers of the first V Centuries, greatly enlarged by Waterworth, 3 vols. 8vo. antique calf, 188

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1846 85 BERKENHOUT'S (J.) Biographia Literaria; or Biographical History of Literature, from the Vth Century, 4to. calf gilt, 58 (all published) 1777

86 BEWICK'S BIRDS, QUADRUPEDS AND SELECT FABLES, complete, on Large paper, with very beautiful impressions of all the celebrated woodcuts, 4 vols. roy. 8vo. newly bound, calf extra gilt, uniform, £9. 98 1794-1820

Fine and perfectly clean set, very rare, particularly on large paper and in such beautiful condition.

87 BIBLE.-BP. COVERDALE'S BIBLE, BAGSTER'S FINE REPRINT, beautifully printed on fine paper, with marginal lines, portrait and engraved title, thick 4to. black morocco extra, gilt leaves and embossed sides by RIVIÈRE, £2. 28 1535, rep. Bagster, 1838 The first Protestant translation of the whole Bible; the first English Bible allowed by Royal authority, and also the first translation of the whole Scriptures printed in our language. 88 BIBLE and Apocrypha, with Marginal References, and the Psalms in Verse by Sternhold and Hopkins, engraved titles, folio, old green morocco gilt, gilt leaves and borders of gold, SCARCE EDITION, £1. 108 Camb. Buck, 1629

With this fine copy is bound the Book of Common Prayer, 1669, and the engraved Genealogies by J. Speed.

89 BIBLE PRINTS.-DEN GROOTEN EMBLEMATA Sacra, edita a J. P. Schabulie, consisting of Various Series of Engravings illustrative of the Bible, nearly 500 fine portraits and engravings, thick oblong folio, vellum, with clasps, £4. 108 Amst., 1654

fine state.

This scarce collection includes 99 Landscapes with Figures, by FanSeasons by Hondius, Heads of the Twelve Patriarchs, by Van Mander, der Borcht, The Four Elements, by Visscher, The Four Ages, The History of Joseph, beautifully etched by Nic. de B. (de Bruyn ?) 1629, Life of David, 48 plates, Heads of the Sybils, by Schabælir, also Hears of the Prophets and Evangelists, with others after Rubens, Goltzius, Goes, Galle, Visscher, De Weert, Bloemart, &c. Likewise the Head of Joseph, and other etchings by Rembrandt, in 90 BIBLE PRINTS. MORTIER, Historie des Ouden en Nieu Testaments, with upwards of 400 fine engravings by Picart, BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS, LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. folio, Italian vellum, gilt leaves and sides, fine copy, £4. 48 Amst., 1700 A highly interesting series of engravings, illustrating all the most striking events in Scripture history.

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91 BIBLE PRINTS.-WEIGELII et LUYKENS Historia Celebriores Veteris et Novi Testamenti Iconibus representatae, upwards of 250 fine large plates, engraved by Weigel, after the Designs of J. and CASPER LUYKENS, with Lat, and German Verses underneath, £2. 108 Norimb. (1712)

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93 Bible prints.-FINDEN's Landscape Illustrations to the Old and New Testament, with Descriptions by T. Hartwell Horne, fine original impressions of the 100 highly finished engravings, 2 vols. royal 8vo. hf. blue moroces, £1. 58

1835

These beautiful illustrations are from Drawings by Turner, Roberts, Callcott, Staufield, &c.

94 BIBLE PRINTS.-Twenty-four select Subjects from Sir R. Ainslie's Drawings, by Mayer, IN THREE STATES, Viz. COLOURED after the originals, FINISHED PLATES in Aquatinta, and OUTLINE ETCHINGS, with Descriptions, 4to. halt russia, fine copy, 158 Bowyer, 1806 95 BIBLE PRINTS. - Thirty-eight curious Old German Woodcuts, illustrative of the New Testament, printed from the original Blocks, 4to. sewed, 88 6d

(1818) 96 BIBLIOTHECA ANGLO-POETICA; a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry, portraits, roy. 8vo. bds. 188-scarce

1875

A most valuable and interesting description of the rare old Poets and Poetry.

97 BIBLIOTHEQUE CATHOLIQUE DE LA BELGIQUE, the important series of Works published by this Community. 60 vols. 8vo. and 12mo. in 58, neatly hf, bd, uniform, £2.28 (former price £6. 6s) Bruxelles, v. 1.

The contents of this interesting and valuable series will be found in a long printed list attached to the cover of "Mélanges, Vol. 1." 98 BILLINGS (R. W.) Power of Form applied to Geome tric Tracery, 100 Designs and their Foundations resulting from One Diagram, imp. 8vo. cloth, 58 1831 99 BIRNIE'S (J.) Account of the Families of Birnie a Hamilton of Broomhill, edited by Turnbull, 4to. extra bus Edinb., 1868 Only 100 copies privately printed for presents: with the Editor's ascription. 100 BIRNIE'S (W.) Blame of Kirk-Buriall, tending to perswade Cemeteriall Civilitie, edited by Turnbull, 4to. Af. m rocco, 10s

188

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Only 100 copies privately printed from the rare edition of 1606; pov sentation copy, with the Editor's inscription.

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103 BLAND'S Greek Anthology, and the Pastoral, Elegiac, and Dramatic Poets of Greece, translated, thick 8vo. bds. 38 6d (pub. at 188)

1813

104 BLORE'S (E.) Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, with Historical and Biographical illustrations, 30 fine engravings by Le Keux, imp. 8vo. cloth, 168 (pub. at £1. 108)

1826 These interesting Monuments are selected from Westminster Abbey, Canterbury, Durham, and Winchester Cathedrals, Warwick, Arundel, and Battle Abbey, &c.

105 BOCCACCIO, Il Decamerone, MARTINELLI'S FINE EDITION, with Life and Notes, portrait, thick 4to. calf, a few leaves water stained, 58

1762

106 BOCCACCIO'S Decameron, freely translated (by Dubois) with Life, ILLUSTRATED WITH THE EXTRA SERIES OF CuRIOUS ENGRAVINGS BY ROMEYN D'HOOGE, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. calf gilt, £1. 58 1804 107 BOJARDO, Orlando Inamorato, rifatti da F. Berni, 2 thick vols. 12mo. calf, neatly gilt, 38 6d Bassano, 1803 103 BONAPARTE'S AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, or Natural History of the Birds of the United States, which have not been described by Wilson, 27 LARGE AND BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, 4 vols. imp. 4to. hf. morocco gilt, £5. 58 Philadelphia, 1825-33

The original large edition of this beautiful work: with the figures of The birds chiefly in their full natural size.

109 BOOK of BRITISH BALLADS, edited by S. C. Hall, printed on thick paper and illustrated with nearly 300 large and beautiful woodcuts, imp. 8vo. new hf. morocco, gill leaves, 168 1842

110 BOOK of Common Prayer, BP. MANT'S EDITION, with copious Notes, from the best Writers, explanatory, practical, and historical, fine large type, thick 4to. bds. fine clean copy, 18% (pub. at £1. 168) 1830 110 BOOK OF GEMS, or the Poets and Artists of Great Britain, Selections from the most Eminent Poets, with Original Biographical Notices, upwards of 150 exquisitely beautiful line engravings after TURNER, BONINGTON, LANDSEER, M'CLISE, ROBERTS, MULREADY, &c. also numerous engraved autographs, FINE ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, 3 vols. 8vo. extra bds. beautiful clean copy, £2. 108 1836-38 111 BOSSUIT'S (F. Van) STATUES in IVORY, 103 beautiful engravings by Pool from Drawings by Graat, fine impressions, 4to. hf. bound, scarce, £1. 188 Amst., 1727 This elegant series of Mythological Statues and Subjects is particularly interesting to the Classical Scholar.

112 BOSWELL'S Life of Dr. Johnson, including their Tour to the Hebrides, edited and enlarged by the Rt. Hon. J. Wilson Croker, portraits, thick roy. 8vo. cloth, 128 1848 113 BOSWORTH'S (J.) Compendious Anglo-Saxon Grammar, 8vo. cloth, 48

1826 114 BRADY'S (J.) Clavis Calendaria; a Compendious Analysis of the Calendar, with historical and classical Anecdotes, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 48 6d 1812 115 BRAND'S (J.) Observations on POPULAR ANTIQUITIES, illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, revised and enlarged by SIR HENRY ELLIS, BEST EDITION, 2 vols. 4to. bds. £1. 48

"A very entertaining and instructive work."

1813

116 BRAND'S Popular Antiquities, including the whole of 1810 Bourne's Antiquitates Vulgares, 8vo. bds. 38 6d

117 BRAY'S (Dr.) Papal Usurpation and Persecutions as it has been exercised in Ancient and Modern Times, large maps of the Vaudois and Albigenses, BOTH PARTS, folio, calf neat, 128

1712

Amongst much curious matter this volume contains translations of Perrin's History of the Old Waldenses and Albigenses, Papal Bulls of Excommunication against Henry VIII. and Q. Elizabeth, &c. 118 BRAY BROOKE'S (Lord) HISTORY OF AUDLEY END, and of Saffron Walden, Essex, 20 fine portraits and engravings, and numerous woodcuts, roy. 4to. bds. £3. 10s 1836 119 BRAYLEY'S (E. W.) Isle of Thanet, and the Cinque Ports, historical and topographical, LARGE PAPER, with nearly 100 highly finished engravings of Castles, Churches, Ruins, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, half morocco, gilt top, 10s 6d

1817 120 BREES' RAILWAY PRACTICE; WORKING PLANS and practical details of Construction in the Public Works of the most eminent Engineers, the FOUR SERIES, COMPLETE, 4to. and folio atlas of large engravings, cloth, very scarce, £3. 158 (pub. at £10. 10s)

1847

This work may justly be called an Herculean Task, and it is confidently submitted to the profession as a mine of useful practical knowledge that no Engineer, whether the most eminent or just commencing as a student, can pos-ibly do without. 121 BRIDGEWATER TREATISES, a complete set of these highly valuable works on the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God as manifested in the Creation, 12 vols. 8vo. new, tree calf gilt, by Rivière, fine set, £10. 10s Pickering, 1835, &c. 122 BRIDGEWATER GALLERY; the Magnificent Collection of Pictures of the Marquis of Stafford, now the Bridgewater Gallery, with Descriptions by Ottley and Tomkins, containing 300 splendid engravings, after celebrated Pictures by the GREAT MASTERS, INDIA PROOFS, LARGE PAPER, 4 vols. in 2, imp. folio, hf. red moroccó gilt, gilt leaves, £7. 158 (pub. at £71. 88 unbound)

1818

This celebrated Gallery contains many of the grandest Pictures by the Old Masters: the above is one of the very few subscription Proof Copies on large paper. 123 BRITISH GALLERY of PICTURES, from the most admired Productions of the Old Masters in Gt. Britain, with Descriptions by Tresham, Ottley, and Tomkins, 25 large and splendid engravings, INDIA PROOFS, LARGE PAPER, imp. folio, hf. red morocco gilt, gilt leaves, £2. 15s (pub. in bds. at £25. 48)

1818

One of the most beautifully engraved works ever published: This fine copy is uniformly bound with the preceding Gallery to which it forms a suitable companion.

124 BRITISH POETS, from Chaucer, (inclusive) with Translations and Lives by Johnson, BELL'S FAVOURITE EDITION, with numerous portraits and engravings, 109 vols. 18mo. whole bound, calf gilt, yellow edges, £7. 78 1782, &c.

A beautiful copy of this excellent edition: the most complete in the pocket size. 125 BRITISH THEATRE; BELL'S FAVOURITE EDITION, containing all the most esteemed English Plays, and upwards of 250 beautiful engravings, including the portraits of the most celebrated Actors in their favourite Characters, from pictures by Smirke, Burney, &c. 34 vols. 18mo. calf gilt, nice uniform set, £3. 88 1797, &c.

126 BRITTON and PUGIN'S Public Buildings of London, greatly enlarged by LEEDS, with nearly 150 fine engravings by Le Keux, and numerous woodcuts, 2 thick vols. 8vo. hf. morocco, gilt tops, £1. 88

1838

Includes the most ample illustrations and descriptions of St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, late Houses of Parliament, etc. 127 BROCQUIERE'S Travels to Palestine, and return from Jerusalem overland to France in the Years 1432-33, translated by Col. Johnes, engravings, roy. 8vo. calf gilt, scarce, 88 6d Hafod Press, 1807 128 BROOKE'S (Ralph) Catalogue of the Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles and Viscounts of this Realm from the Norman Conquest, several hundred Coats of Arms, folio, calf gilt, 12s

1619

1789 A valuable work; with the original Poetry in the Irish Characters, and an Irish Tale subjoined.

129 BROOKE'S (Miss) Reliques of Irish Poetry, comprising | 146 CALMET'S Dissertations upon the Apparitions of Angels, Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies, and Songs, translated in Verse Dæmons and Ghosts, and concerning the Vampires of Hunwith Notes, 4to. calf, scarce, 10s 6d gary, Bohemia, &c. 8vo. calf, scarce, 58 1759 147 CAMDEN'S BRITANNIA, with large additions by Gough and Nichols, fine portrait, and numerous engravings of coins, 3 vols. folio, calf, very neat, £5. 58 BEST EDITION of this important and valuable work: this copy is illustrated with the series of maps by Carey. 148 CAMDEN'S Remains concerning Britain, enlarged with many rare Antiquities, by J. Philipot, Somerset Herald, portrait, BEST EDITION, 8vo. calf, 68 1674

130 BROUGHAM'S (Lord) Political Philosophy, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 158 1849 Comprises, Principles of Government, Monarchical Government, Aristocracy and Aristocratic Governments, Democracy, and Mixed Monarchy. 131 BROWN'S (Tom) Works, Serious and Comical, in prose and Verse, with his Remains, and Life by Drake, and Key to the Characters, engravings, 4 vols. 12mo. calf gilt, fine copy, scarce, £1. 1s

1705

1730 132 (BROWN'S (T.)] Secret History of the Calves Head Club, or the Republican Unmasked, 8vo. calf, (with Autograph of W. HONE), 48 6d 133 BROWN'S (P.) Illustrations of Zoology, with Descriptions, Fr. and Eng. 50 beautiful and accurate coloured engravings of curious nondescript Birds, Quadrupeds, Reptiles and Insects, 4to. calf neat, 10s 6d

1776 134 BRUCE'S Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, &c. to discover the Source of the Nile, with fine impressions of the numerous engravings, by Heath, 5 vols. 4to. calf neat, £1. 188 1790

A large portion of this valuable work is devoted to Natural History of Abyssinia. 135 BRUCE'S (J.) The Roman Wall, from the Tyne to the Solway, an historical and topographical Description of, deduced from personal Survey, with 40 plates and 200 woodcuts, thick 8vo. hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, 188

1853 "A very elaborate work on one of the most interesting of British Antiquities."-SPECTATOR.

136 BRUNET, Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres, troisième édition augmentée, 4 vols. 8vo. bright calf gilt, fine copy, 128 Paris, 1821 137 BRUTON and HAIG'S Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice, Scotland, from its Institution, 1532, 8vo. cloth, 38 6d (pub. at 168) 138 BRYANT'S (J.) Ancient Mythology, wherein is given an History of the most ancient Nations, fine plates by Basire, including the famous Marlborough Gem, 6 vols. 8vo. bright calf gilt, fine copy, £2. 58

1832

1807 139 [BULWER'S (H. L.)] Autumn near the Rhine; Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery, &c. coloured map, 8vo. calf extra, very neat, 28 6d

1818 140 BULWER'S (J.) Chirologia, or the Natural Language of the Hand; to which is added Chironomia, or the Art of Manual Rhetoricke, engravings by Marshall, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, calf, scarce, 188

1644 141 BUNYAN'S Pilgrim's Progress, with Life and Key, HEPTINSTALL'S FINE EDITION, elegantly printed and illustrated with STOTHARD's beautiful plates, 2 vols. in 1, royal 8vo. calf, yellow edges, 88 6d 1796

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1803-27

"A masterly digest of the Voyages in the Sonth Sea, displaying a rare union of Nautical Science and literary research.”—QUART. Rev. 143 BURNEY'S (Dr. C.) Commemoration of Handel; an account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey, &c. in 1784, fine engravings by Bartolozzi, 4to. bds. 38 6d 1785 144 BUTLER'S (W. A.) Development of Christian Doctrine; Letters in Reply to Father Newman's Essay, edited by Woodward, 8vo. cloth, 68 6d (pub. at 128) 1850

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1789

Including Languages, Surnames, Monies, Apparell, Proverbs, Epitaphs, etc. 149 CAMPBELL'S (G.) Modern India; a Sketch of the System of Civil Government, with an account of the Natives and Native Institutions, thick 8vo. cloth, 58 6d (pub. at 16s) Murray, 1832 150 CAMPISTRON (M. de) ses Euvres, (Plays, Poems, &c.) édition augmentée, avec sa Vie, vignettes, 3 vols. 12mo. calf, gilt leaves, 68 6d Paris, 1750 151 CANNING'S (Rt. Hon. G.) Life, by Robert Bell, post 8vo. cloth, 38 6d (pub. at 10s 6d) 1846 152 CARDONNEL'S Numismata Scotia ; a Series of Scottish Coins from William the Lion to the Union, 20 plates containing many neatly engraved coins, royal 4to. calf, fine copy, 128

1786

153 CAREW'S (T.) Poetical Works, with Introductory Notice, sm. 8vo. finely printed, 128 Edin., 1824 Only 125 copies printed from the rare original edition of 1640. 154 CARLISLE'S (N.) Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, description of, numerous engravings, 2 thick vols. 8vo. newly bound calf gilt, 188

1818

155 CARLYLE'S (T.) French Revolution, a History: the Bastile-the Constitution-the Guillotine, 3 vols. post 8vo. claret morocco, gilt leaves, £1. 16s

1837

156 CATALOGUE of Scottish Writers, chiefly from an Ancient MS. in the Handwriting of Wodrow the Historian, with Introduction, 8vo. bds. 6s 6d

Edin., 1834 Scarce, only a few copies privately printed. 157 CATALOGUE of the Signet Library, Edinburgh, (compiled by G. Sandy), THE THREE SERIES complete, with two Supplements, 3 vols. 4to. bds. 88 6d-Printed for the Members only

1805-26

158 CATULLUS, Tibullus, et Propertius, ToNSON'S FINE LARGE TYPE EDITION, front. 4to. calf gilt, 5s Cant., 1702 "A splendid and accurate edition, well spoken of by Ernesti, Harks, and Heyne."-DIBDIN. 159 CATS' (Jacob) Works, in Dutch, illustrated with nearly 1000 fine engravings of Emblems, Portraits, &c. executed in the first style of Dutch Art, beautiful impressions, LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. folio, calf gilt, £1. 158 Amst., 1726

160 CAULFIELD'S Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons, 155 curious portraits of eccentric and notorious persons of Great Britain, LARGE PAPER, PROOFS, 4 vols.4to. in 2, hf. russia extra, gilt, fine copy, £2. 128 1819 This work forms an excellent illustration to Granger and other historians.

161 CAVELER'S (W.) Warmington Church, Northamptonshire, Architectural Illustrations of, with Descriptions, 18 1851 fine large engravings, folio, new cloth, 148 162 CAVENDISH'S Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey, fine portrait by Elstrackę, sm. 8vo. calf, very neat, scarce, 88 6d 1667 The Fonthill copy of this rare edition sold for £2. 163 CERVANTES' Don Quixote, translated by T. Shelton. illustrated with the curious engravings by Vandergucht from Coypel's Designs, 4 vols. 12mo. calf gilt, fine copy, 15s 1731 164 CHALMERS' General Biographical Dictionary, 32 vols. 8vo. whole bound calf, very neat, £8. 88 "No good library can possibly be considered complete without the excellent Biographical Dictionary of Chalmers."

1812-17

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