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CASTLE, and Detention in the Isle of Wight, from Nov. 1647 to Nov. 1648, Narrative of, by G. Hillier, handsomely printed antique type, post 8vo. cloth, 48 6d (pub. at 10s 6

Brown's (Prof.) Domestic Architecture, containing | Charles Ist's Attempted Escapes from Carisbrook the Principles of Designing Public Edifices, Private Dwelling Houses, Country Mansions, and Suburban Villas, the Art of Laying out and Örnamenting Grounds, &c. with 63 elaborate engraved plates, also woodcuts, thick royal 4to. new cloth, 188 1850 (pub. at £2. 28)

This valuable work contains Practical Dissertations on every branch of Building, from the Choice of the Site to the completion of the Appendages, with ground-plans, Exemplars of the various styles of Domestic Architecture, &c.

Bulwer Lytton's (Sir E.) New Timon, a Poetical
Romance, best edition, sqr. small 8vo. new cloth, gilt, 286d

1846

1851

"One of the most remarkable poems of the present generation."-SUN. Bulwer Lytton's (Sir E.) King Arthur, a Poem, 8vo. new cloth, 4s 6d (pub. at 10s Gd) Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, handsomely printed with large type, by C. Whittingham, fine portrait, 8vo. new cloth, 78 6 Pickering, 1849 Burke's (J. B.) Royal Families of England, ScotLAND AND WALES, with their Descendants, swell Subjects as Sovereigns, 2 large vols. imp. 8vo. new cloth, £1. 18 (pub. at £2.28)

1851

This elegant Historical and Genealogical work, in addition to the Biographies and Genealogies of the Sovereigns, contains 417 PEDIGREES OF FAMILIES descended from them.

Burns' Poetical Works complete, edited with Life and
Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, portruit, 3 vols. fcap. 8vo. cloth,
98 (pub. at 188)
Pickering, 1839
The most complete edition, containing many pieces never before
printed.

Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, with the Satiri-
cal Preface, and Translations of the Classical Extracts, front.
1849
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Butler's (C.)Vindication of "THE BOOK OF THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH" against the Rev. G. Townsend, with
Notices of some Writings of Dr. Phillpotts, Todd, Blanco
White, &c. 8vo. cloth, second edition enlarged, 28 6d (pub.
at 128)

An admirable and critical edition.

1826

This Edition contains copies of Letters by Dr. Lingard, Phillpotts, &c. Butler's (S.) Poetical Works, Hudibras, &c. complete with Life, the BEAUTIFUL ALDINE EDITION, portrait, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. cloth, 88 (pub. at 12s) Pickering, 1835 Cæsar et Hirtius, de Bello Gallico et Civili, ed. Oudendorpius, 8vo. bds. 28 6d (pub. at 12s) Oxon., 1780 Camoens' (Luis de) Poems, translated from the Portuguese, with Remarks on his Life and Writings by Lord Viscount Strangford, fine portrait, 12mo. cloth, 18 6d (pub. at 78) The Portuguese regard Camoens as their Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Martial; and the version of Viscount Strangford has been highly praise, as preserving in a remarkable manner the spirit and delicacy of the original.

1824

Campan's (Madame) Conversations; comprising Se-
cret Anecdotes of the French Court, with Correspondence,
1843
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5s (pub. at £1.88)

1843

"We have seldom perused so entertaining a work-it is as a mirror of

1852

This interesting volume includes the Letters of the King to Col. Titus, now first deciphered and printed from the Originals. Chaucer's Poetical Works, with Glossary and Notes by Tyrwhitt, and Life by Sir Harris Nicolas, BEAUTIFUL ALDINE EDITION, portrait, 6 vols. fcap. 8vo. new cloth, £1.1s Pickering, 1852 Cherry's (H. C.) Illustrations of the Saints' Days and other Festivals of the Church, a course of Lectures delivered in the Parish Church of Burghfield, Berks. 2 vols. 1842-4 12mo. bds. 4s (pub. at 98) Chess.-CARRERA'S Treatise on the Game of Chess, with the Art of Playing without seeing the Board, translated with Notes, by Lewis, numerous interesting diagrams, 8vo. bds. 3s (pub. at 68)

1822

One of the most esteemed works on the game, containing games of odds, openings and endings, critical situations, &c. Chorley's (H. F.) Authors of England, 14 large and beautiful Medallion Portraits in the relief style by Collas, surrounded by ornamental borders, with Memoirs, roy. 4to. new cloth, gilt leaves, 78 6d (pub. at £1. 18)

Tilt, 1838

This beautiful volume comprises Mrs. Hemans, Scott, Byron, Southey, Lady Blessington, Coleridge, Bulwer Lytton, Lady Morgan, Shelley, Moore, Lamb, Miss Mitford, Campbell and Wordsworth. Churchill's (Col.) Mount Lebanon; the Manners, Customs, and Religion of its Inhabitants, Historical Records of the Mountain Tribes, &c. 3 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 168 (pub at £2. 28)

1853

A most authentic and interesting work, the result of 10 years residence (from 1842 to 1852). It includes a full and correct account of the DRUSE RELIGION.

Clark's (E.) Britannia and Conway Tubular BRIDGES, with General Inquiries on Beams, and on the properties of Materials used in Construction, 2 vols. roy. 8re. with ATLAS FOLIO, containing 45 large and finely executed engravings, some coloured, new cloth, £3. 3s (pub. st £4. 14s 6d)

1850

In compiling this valuable work, Mr. Clark (the Resident Engineer) received great assistance from Mr. R. Stephenson, under whose sanction and supervision it was published; the text is finely printed, and illustrated with many engravings and woodents. Clarke's (Dr. E. D.) Travels in Scandinavia, in- : cluding Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Finland, maps and engravings, 3 thick vols. 8vo. new cloth,

108

1838

Clutton's (H.) Medieval Architecture in France. Illustrations of, with Historical Descriptions, 16 large and beautiful tinted Drawings on stone of the most famous ascient mansions and remains of the XVth century, roy. folia, newly bound, hf. morocco, £1. 18s

1856

A fine and attractive work; the letterpress is also embellished with numerous woodcuts illustrating the ground plans, sections, and elevations of the mansions.

Cobbett's (The celebrated W.) Complete French and
English Dictionary, thick 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. at 10s 65)

An excellent Dictionary.

1833

the most splendid court of Europe, at a time when monarchy had not Correspondence of the Emperor Charles V. and been shorn of any of its beams, that it is particularly worthy of our attention."-MORNING CHRONICLE

Castlereagh's Memoirs and Correspondence, edited by his Brother the Marquis of Londonderry, portrait, 4 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 12s (pub. at £2. 168) 1848-50

"I cannot adequately express the gratification and interest which these papers have afforded me. I consider them as invaluable materials for History."- SIR A. ALISON. Chandler's (Dr.) Travels in Asia Minor and Greece, by Revett, with Life of the Author by Churton, maps, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 58 (pub. at 18s) Oxf., 1825 These valuable and interesting travels were undertaken and published

the expense of the Dilettanti Society. They contain very full and acdescriptions of the Ancient Ruius of Greece and Asia Minor.

his Embassadors at the Courts of England and France (15191551) edited from the originals by W. Bradford, portraits, thick 8vo. new cloth, 5s (pub. at 188)

1850 "An admirably edited work;" including a connecting Narrative, and biographical notices of the Emperor, and his distinguished Officets also the Emperor's Itinerary from 1519 to 1551. Cousin's (Victor) Philosophy of the Beautiful translated with Notes and Introduction by J. C. Dane. printed by C. Whittingham, fcap. 8vo. new cloth, 38

Pickering, 1848 Cowper's Poetical Works complete, with Lỡ, THE BEAUTIFUL ALDINE EDITION, portrait, 3 vols. fran 8vo. new cloth, 10s 6d Pickering, 1843

Cowper's Poetical Works complete, handsomely printed with large antique type, by C. Whittingham, fine portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 188 Pickering, 1853 Only 350 copies of this beautiful edition were printed, and those have never been published.

Craik's History of Literature and Learning in ENGLAND, from the Earliest Time to the Present Day, with Specimens of the principal writers, the three series complete, 6 vols. 18mo. in 3, cloth, 38 6d C. Knight, 1844-5 “An invaluable text-book to all students of English Literature."

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Creasy's (Prof.) Memoirs of eminent Etonians, with notices of the early History of Eton College, imp. 8vo. new cloth, 88 6d (pub. at £1. 18) 1850 Crosthwaite's (Rev. J. C.) Modern Hagiology; an Examination of the Nature and Tendency of some Legendary and Devotional Works lately published under the sanction of the Rev. J. H. Newman, the Rev. Dr. Pusey, and the Rev. J. Oakley, 2 vols. 12mo. new cloth, 38 6d (pub. at 98) 1846 A most valuable and interesting work, analyzing with much skill the anti-scriptural tenets of many of the works of the Tractarians. Cruden's History of Gravesend and the Port OF LONDON, with numerous fine plates and woodcuts, including many of Ancient Shipping, 8vo. cloth, 78 6d (pub. at £1.88) Cumming's Lion-Hunter in South Africa; Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior, with Anecdotes

1844

of the Chase and Notices of the Native Tribes, engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 108 Murray, 1855 Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its Organization, new edition, considerably enlarged, with Auecdotes of the Animals, &c. by Westwood and others, and illustrated by etchings of animals by Landseer, and many hundred woodcuts, a large vol. imp. 8vo. new cloth, 10s 6d (pub. at £1 18) 1854 Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, CADELL'S FINE EDITION, in large type, with the beautiful series of 23 engravings by C. HEATH, FROM STOTHARD'S DESIGNS, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 18s (pub. at £2. 28) 1820

A very beautiful edition; it includes the Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Life, list of his works, &c. Defoe's Memoirs of a Cavalier, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 28 6d

1840

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Defoe's Roxana, or the Fortunate Mistress, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 3s

1840

Dennistoun's (J.) Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 to 1630, with Appendix of Original Documents, Poetry, &c. finely illustrated with engraved Views, Portraits, &c. 3 handsome vols. 8vo. bound in gilt cloth, new, 188 6d (pub. at £2. 88) Longmans, 1851

1848

This is one of the most elegant and interesting works on Italy ever published, and forms an appropriate companion to Roscoe's Lorenzo di Medici and Leo X. It contains copious details of the Arts and Literature. De Vere's (A.) Song of Faith, Devout Exercises and Sonnets, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 2s 6d (pub. at 8s) Dixon's Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex, 40 plates, containing several hundred figures, roy. 4to. cl. £1. 12s (pub. at £3. 38) 1850 Dodwell's Cyclopian or Pelasgic Remains in GREECE and ITALY, Views and Descriptions of, 131 fine large plates, including the Architectural Constructions of a later period, imp. folio, new hf. morocco, scarce, £1. 11s 6d (pub. at £6. 168 6d)

1834

"A fine and beautiful volume inseparable from the classical and historical library." Lycosura, "the most ancient city of the world," Tyrius, Mycenae, Delphi, Thoricus, Messalonghi, Orchomenos, Banthe, Panopios, Haliartus, Athens, and many other places, are here accurately Donne's Devotions, with his Life by Isaac Walton: pictured, and described. also his Sermon on Lady Danvers, the Mother of G. Herbert, and Death's Duel, his own Funeral Sermon, fcap. 8vo. cloth, Dryden's Poetical Works, with Life by J. Mitford, 38 6d (pub. at 68) Pickering, 1840

BEAUTIFUL ALDINE EDITION, portrait, 5 vols. fcap. 8vo. new cloth, 158 Pickering, 1852 Durand, Parallele des Edifices Remarquables, anciens et modernes, upwards of 1000 examples of Buildings, Details, Ornaments, on 110 large plates, with Explan. vol. in 8vo. £3. 138 6d (pub. at £10. 108) Brux. 1839-42

This celebrated work exhibits representations, on a uniform scale, of every celebrated edifice, ancient and modern. Eccleston's (J.) English Antiquities, Introduction to, forming a most desirable Companion to the History of England, numerous woodcuts, thick 8vo. new cloth, 7s 6d (pub. at £1. 18) Longmans, 1847 Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum, cum Supplemento, portrait, 9 vols. 4to. bds. £4. 10s

Vindob. 1792-1826

THIS GRAND WORK,' says VISCONTI, in which the author embraces Numismatics in all its branches, has disposed them in the best order, and submitted them to the most learned and ingenious criticism, and dissipated the darkness with which many of them were covered, has carried his eputation to the greatest height.'

Egerton's (Hon. Capt.) Winter's Tour in India, Journal of, with a Visit to the Court of Nepaul, engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 38 (pub. at 188) Murray, 1852 A most entertaining work; full of amusing Anecdotes and Adventures; Hunting, Shooting, Manners and Customs of the Country, Recep

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Ellis Correspondence.-Letters written during 1686-88, addressed to J. Ellis, comprising many particulars relating to the Revolution, and illustrative Anecdotes, edited by Lord Dover, fine portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 58

1829

Ellis's (Sir H.) Original Letters illustrative of ENGLISH HISTORY, including numerous Royal Letters, from Autographs in the British Museum, &c. with Notes, THIRD AND CONCLUDING SERIES, portraits, 4 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 128 (pub. at £2.28)

1846

Exhibition.- Official, Descriptive, AND IllusTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION of 1851, with many hundred beautiful wood engravings of the choicest works of Art and Industry; with the SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME, containing additional Illustrations; together 4 large vols. imp. 8vo. elegantly bound in gilt cloth, gilt leaves, new, only £1. 158 (pub. at £4. 48)

1852

The attention of the public is respectfully called to the above most valuable and interesting information on every subject connec with the Wonders of Nature and Art.

Defoe's Life, by Chalmers, with Chronological List of his Works, and several Pieces, including the True-Born English-splendid record of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which is filled with the man, fine portrait, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 28 6d

1841

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These valuable and important documents illustrate one of the most Interesting periods of English History.

Featherstonhaugh's (G. W.) Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners, &c. with large folding map, and other illustrations, 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 68 6d (pub. at £1. 88) 1847

Fergusson's Rock-cut Temples of India, designed to illustrate the Architecture of the Buddhist and Brahminical Caves and Monoliths, from the earliest to the latest periods, 20 large lithographic drawings, imperial folio, half morocco, with 1 vol. of text in 8vo. £1. 5s (pub. at £3. 38) 1845

Ferriar's Illustrations of Sterne (a Bibliographical and Critical Account of the "Shandy Library," i.e. the Books from which Sterne pillaged in composing "Tristram Shandy,") with other Essays, 2 vols. post 8vo. in 1, cloth, cloth, 28 6d 1812

Praised by Sir Walter Sco't.

Fielding's (T. H.) Painting in Oil and Water COLOURS for Landscape and Portraits, the Theory and Practice of, 15 plates containing many coloured and other examples, imp. 8vo. new cloth, 10s 6d

1854 An excellent practical work; including the Preparation of Colours, Vehicles, Varnishes; method of Painting in Wax or Encaustic.

Fielding's (H.) Works, complete, (Novels, Comedies, &c.) edited with Life, by Roscoe, with 22 very humourous engravings by Cruikshank, and fine portrait, very thick vol. roy. 8vo. cloth, 12s (pub. at £1. 10s)

1851

Flachat on the Manufacture of Iron, and Art of Smelting, considered in relation to Chemistry, Mechanics, and Commerce, by Flachat, Barrault, and Petiet, 3 vols. 4to. of letter-press, in French, and folio atlas of 96 large engravings, £3. 158 Liége, 1852 One of the best and most comprehensive works on the manufacture of Iron ever published. Fleetwood's Life of our Saviour, with the Lives of the Apostles and Evangelists, ILLUMINATED EDITION, printed in a fine large type, and embellished with numerous woodcuts, and an elaborate woodcut coloured border round each page, in the style of an ANCIENT MISSAL, thick impl. 8vo. new cloth gilt, 9s—Another copy, new calf gilt, marbled leaves, 168 Glasg. (1853) A very attractive and beautiful volume of the highest literary merit; a more appropriate volume for a present has never been published. Fletcher's Two Years' residence at Nineveh, and Travels in Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Syria, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. at £1. 18) 1850

These travels embrace not only Nineveh and its Antiquities, but various new and interesting particulars respecting the Yezidees, the Nes

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1849

Forrester's Fish and Fishing in the United States, with numerous beautiful illustrations, 8vo. new cloth, 58 (pub. at 15s) Fuller's (T.) Works, elegantly printed by C. Whittingham, with fine portrait, 4 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, £1. 18 Pickering, 1840-4 Contains, Holy and Profane State, Holy War, Good Thoughts in

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Fuseli's Life, and Lectures on Painting, edited by J. Knowles, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. at £2. 28) 1831 Genlis' (Countess de) Memoirs, illustrative of the History of the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, written by herself, 8 vols. small 8vo, cloth, 168 1825-6

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A highly amusing work; among the authors are Angus B. Reach, T.

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Gleig's Memoirs of Warren Hastings, first Gov.Gen. of Bengal, including his Journals and Letters, now first published from the originals, fine portrait, 3 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 10s 6d (pub. at £2. 58) 1841

"A sterling book, in which affairs of national importance are to mingled with details of personal difficulties and dangers that we know not which most fixes our attention, the events of great public moment, or the crises of individual enterprise."-LITERARY GAZ. Goethe, a new Pantomime, (or Tragi-Comedy) by E. Kenealy, (a continuation of Goethe's "Faust,") thick 12mo. sened, 2s 6d (pub. at 68)

1830

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This work is well adapted for Sunday perosal by youth. It eonveys divine truths in a manner calculated to win the a tention, and allure the reader on from page to page with pleasure.

Grant's Random Rocollections of Lords and COMMONS, SECOND SERIES, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 33 6d (pub. at 18%) 1833 This second series commences with the First Opening of Parliament politiciaus.

Victoria, and comprises some amusing sketches of the most popula Grant's (J.) The Bench and the Bar, a companion to the "Random Recollections," 2 vols. post 8vo. bds. 38 6d 1837

1848

Comprising biographical, professional and anecdotal sketches of upwards of seventy of the most eminent legal men of the day. Hall's (Mrs. S. C.) Midsummer's Eve, a FAIRY TALE OF LOVE, profusely illustrated after the exquisite designs of Maclise, Creswick, Weir, Kenny Meadows, &c. sq. 8vo. extra cloth, gilt leaves, 7s 6d (pub. at 16s) Haydon's (B. R. Historical Painter) Lectures on PAINTING AND DESIGN, folding plates drawn by kimself, 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 12s (pub. at £1. 48) Longmans, 1846 Subjects: Origin of the Art, Anatomy the Basis of Drawing. The Skeleton, Muscles, Figure, Composition, Colour, Taste, Ancient and Moderns, Fuseli, Wilkie, Fresco, Elgin Marbles, Beauty, &c. Hazlitt's Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, new ed. revised by W. Hazlitt, port. and vignettes, 4 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 9s (pub. at 12s) 1853 Herbert's (Geo.) Complete Works in Verse and Prose, with Life by Isaac Walton, and Notes by S. T. Coleridge, elegantly printed in large antique type by C. Whittingham, with portrait and engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 188 Pickering, 1846 Herrick's Hesperides, or Works both Human and Divine, portrait, finely printed by C. Whittingham, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo cloth, 12s 6d Pickering, 1846 Hogarth's Memoirs of the Musical Drama, with Anecdotes of Famous Singers and Composers, embellished with fine portraits of Mara, Farinelli, Arne, Robinson, Billington, Catalani, Crouch, and Dibdin, 2 vols. post ra new cloth, 5s (pub. at £1. 1s)

One of the best lives of Napoleon ever written.

1834

Holbein's Dance of Death, with Descriptive Versi in German, 53 beautifully executed engravings, on INDIA PAPER, in imitation of the woodcuts by Holbein, sqr. sm. Sva sewed, 58 München, 1892

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1853

Hole's (Rev. M.) Practical Discourses on all the Parts | Ihne's (Dr.) Researches into the History of the Roand Offices of the Liturgy of the Church of England, new edition by Dr. Giles, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, 18s (pub. at £2. 28) MAN CONSTITUTION, with an Appendix upon Roman Knights, finely printed by Whittingham, 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d These Discourses, by the above excellent Divine, originally published Holderness.-Poulson's History and Antiquities Pickering, 1837 in 1714-17 "are among the most userul in the language." Holstein's Memoirs of Gen. Bolivar, President OF HOLDERNESS, Yorkshire, including the Abbies of Meaux Liberator of the Republic of Colombia; and of his principal and Swine, and the Priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall, with Generals, portrait and map, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 38 6d 200 engravings and woodcuts of Views, Churches, Monu(pub. at £1. 18) mental Effigies, Brasses, &c. 2 vols. roy. 4to. LARGE PAPER, 1830 This interesting work comprises a secret history of the Revolution, cloth, £1. 1s (pub. at £4.) and the even's which preceded it from 1807 to the present. 1840 Holt's (Gen. of the Irish Rebels) Autobiography, edited from his Original MSS. by Crofton Croker, portrait, 2 vols.

8vo. cloth, 68 (pub. at £1. 88)

1838

"A most remarkable autobiography, teeming with romantic incidents." Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, translated by Alex. Pope, with Notes by the Rev. T. A. Buckley, ILLUSTRATED EDITION, numerous woodcuts including the beautiful series from Flaxman's celebrated Designs, 3 vols. post 8vo. extra gilt cloth, gilt leaves, 98 1853 Hood's (T.) Whimsicalities, or Comic Annual, in Verse and Prose, with nearly 50 illustrations by Leech and the Author, BOTH PARTS, thick sm. 8vo. new cloth, 58 1846 Hughes' (T. S.) History of England, from the Accession of George III. to the Accession of Q. Victoria, portrait 7 vols. 8vo. cloth, £3. 10s 1855

LAST AND BEST LIBRARY EDITION: it is indispensable as being the best continuation to Hume and Smollett.

Hughes' (T. S.) Travels in Greece and Albania,
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1830
Hume's (D.) Philosophical Works complete, with his
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1854-6
The best and only complete edition, elegantly printed.
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1843

1855 A beautiful and interesting volume, many of the places are finely ex cuted in gold and colours.

Hunt's (Leigh) Indicator and Companion, a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside, 2 vols. post 8vo. bds. 4s 6d 1834

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Jebb (Bp.) and Alex. Knox's Correspondence during
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1836
An indispensable accompaniment to the works of those learned
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Knox's (Alex.) Remains, BOTH SERIES, portrait, 4 vols•
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1834-38

Contains, Letters and Essays on the Doctrines and Philosophy of
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Jersey-HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF JERSEY, with its Constitution, Antiquities, &c. map and plates, 12mo. new cloth, 38 6d (pub. at 98)

1840

Kant's (Im.) Critick, an Investigation of Pure Reason,
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Pickering, 1848, &c.
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1830

1834 King's (Lord) Life of Locke, with Extracts from his Correspondence, Journals, and Common Place Books, fine King, Fitzroy, and Darwin's Voyage of Discoportrait, 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, scarce, 10s 6d VERY ROUND THE WORLD, in the "Adventure" and "Beagle," including the Geology and Natural History, large maps and charts, and upwards of 60 fine engravings by Landseer, &c. 4 vols. 8vo. new cloth, £1. 188 (pub. at £3. 168) 1839

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1850

Hunter's (Rev. J.) Hallamshire Glossary, with the Knight's Pictorial Gallery of Arts, with 4000 en

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1829 This capital work includes Thoresby's Catalogue of Yorkshire Words nd Watson's uncommon words used at Halifax.

Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages, from the 4th to the 17th Century, 39 large plates, exhibiting the most splendid examples of the Art of Illumination, RICHLY EXECUTED IN GOLD AND COLOURS, with Complete History and Descriptions, by NOEL HUMPHREYS and OWEN JONES, a large vol. atlas folio, new half morocco extra, £7. 158 (pub. at £16. 16s) Longmans, 1845

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1851

Containing Salmagundi; Knickerbocker; Sketch Book; Lives of oldsmith, Columbus, and Mahomet; Bracebridge Hall; Newstead and botsford; Tales of a Traveller and the Alhambra: Conquest of Graala, Spain, and Florida; Astoria; Tour on the Prairies; Adventures of apt Bonneville,

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1850

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1845

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1852

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1845

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