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625 MARKHAM'S (G.) English Hous-Wife (treats of Cookery, Physick, Wines, Distillations, Perfumes), &c. sm. 4to. neatly bound, scarce, 78 6d 1637, &c. At the end is added, "The Husbandman's Recreations" (Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, Angling, Ballooning, &c.) 626 MARTIAL, Epigrammes, Lat. et François, on opposite pages, beautifully printed, 3 vols. 8vo. original gill binding, fine copy, scarce, 68 6d

Paphos. Imp. du Dieu des Amours, (1807) 627 MASTER'S History of Corpus Christi College in the University of Cambridge, enlarged and continued by Dr. Lamb, engravings, INDIA PROors, 4to. cloth, 16s (pub. at £1. 118 6d)

1831 628 MATHER'S (C.) ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY of NEW ENGLAND (or America), from its First Planting in 1620, with the rare folding map, and the seven titles, folio, calf gill, very fine copy, £3. 38 1702

"One of the most singular books in this or any other language. Its puns and its poems, its sermons and its anagrams, render it unique in its kind."-QUARTERLY REVIEW.

629 MATHIEU'S Heroick Life and Deplorable Death of K. Henry IV. of France, translated by Grimeston, woodcut 1612 portrait, small 4to. hf. calf neat, scarce, 68 6d

At the end is a Poem by J. Sylvester entitled, "The Trophees of Henry the Great." This history is said to contain some Anecdotes communicated to the author by Henry himself.

1841

630 MAXWELL'S (Capt.) Run through the United States, port. 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 4s (pub. at £1. !s) 631 MAXWELL'S (Capt.) Peninsular Sketches, by Actors on the Scene, engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 48 (pub. at £1. 1s) 1845

The most spirited and amusing narratives of the Battles and Adventures during the Peninsular Campaigns. 632 MAXWELL'S (Col. Montgomery) My Adventures (in Italy, Sicily, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, the West Indies, North America, &c. ports. 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 48 6d (pub. at £1. 1s)

1845 "The Facts and Experiences of more than 20 years of a life spent amidst the most stirring scenes and in connection with the most interesting and important events that have agitated Europe." 633 MAXWELL'S (W. H.) Life of the Duke of Wellington, LARGE PAPER, INDIA PROOFS of the numerous highly finished portraits and engravings, with plans of battles, &c. 3 large vols. royal 8vo. new calf extra gilt, fine copy, £2.10s (pub. at £5. in bds.) 1839

634 Meditationes SANCTORUM (S. Augustini, S. Anselmi, S. Bernardi, &c.) the capitals rubricated, thick 12mo. original stamped calf, with clasps, fine copy, scarce, 10s 6d (Antv. 1518) At the end is added, A'Kempis de Imitatione Christi, with coloured portrait, 1518. 635 MEMOIRS of Prince Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender, with Notices of the Rebellion in 1745, by Klose, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 78 6d

1846 "This work may justly claim the credit of being the fullest and most authentic narrative of this great era in English History. It has all the interest of a Romance."

637 MENDELSSOHN (Mosè) Opere Philosofiche, volgarizzate e fornite d'Annotazioni e di Memorie dal Dr. Pizzetti, LARGE VELLUM PAPER, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 58 Parma, 1800 638 Mer DES HISTOIRES, with numerous fine old woodcuts of battles, portraits, and genealogies, 2 vols. folio, russia extra, gilt leaves, fine copy, RARE, £2. 10s

Paris, 1543 A large and fine copy of this curious old historical work; ruled throughout with double red lines; it appears to have cost its late possessor £7.78.

639 METASTASIO (P.) Opere complete, portrait and numerous spirited engravings, 17 vols. 8vo. calf, very neat, £2. 188 (an excellent library edition) Padova, 1811-12 610 METASTASIO, Opere complete, portrait and numerous spirited engravings, 10 vols. 12mo. calf, neatly gilt, 108 Ven,, 1794

641 MERLIN'S Prophecies and Predictions Interpreted, and their truth made good by our English Annals, with his Life by T. HEYWOOD, portrait, sm. 4to. calf, scarce, 10s 6d 1641 642 MEURSII (J.) Elegantiæ Latini Sermonis, seu Aloisiæ Siger Toletana Satyr Sotadica de Arcanis Amoris et Veneris, &c. 2 vols. 18mo. calf, gilt leaves, very scarce, £1. 48 Lond. 1781

643 MEURSIUS Français, ou l'Académie des Dames, 3 vols. 12mo. in 1, calf, neatly gilt, very scarce, 188 A Cythère, 1782 644 MICHELIS' Introduction to the New Testament, translated and enlarged, with explanatory Notes by Bp. Marsh, vols. 8vo. calf, very neat, £1. 8s 1793

A free and elegant translation.

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646 MIDDLETON'S (E.) Biographia Evangelica; or Lives and Deaths of the most eminent Protestant Authors and Preachers since the Reformation, 52 portraits, 4 vols. 8vo. bds. 148

1811

647 MIGNAN'S (Capt.) Travels in Chaldæa; including a Journey from Bussorah to Bagdad, Hillah, and Babylon, 648 MIGNET'S History of the French Revolution, from 1789 numerous engravings, 8vo. russia gilt, fine copy, 7s 6d 1829 649 MILIZIA'S Lives of Celebrated Architects, ancient and to 1814, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 4s 6d (pub. at £1. 58) modern, with observations on their Works, translated and enlarged by Cresy, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, calf extra, gilt leaves, 128

1826

1826

650 MILLS' History of Muhammedanism, including an inquiry into the Literature and Sciences of the Saracens and Turks, 8vo. calf gilt, 68 6d 1817

651 MILLIN, Antiquités Nationales de France, with several hundred fine engravings of old Buildings, Statues, Monuments, bas-reliefs, Vases, Medals, Pictures, &c. 5 vols. 4to. hf. calf extra, gilt, fine copy, £3. 38 Paris, 1790-9

This valuable work preserves the remembrance of many National Monuments destroyed during the first French Revolution. 653 MILTON'S Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, large type, with portrait and fine spirited engravings by Burghers, folio, calf neat, 5s

1795

654 MOLIERE, ses Euvres complètes, avec Commentaire Historique et Littéraire par Petitot, finely printed, with portrait and numerous engravings, 6 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, nice copy, £1. 108 (an excellent library edition) Paris, 1823 655 MONTAGU'S (Lady M. Wortley) Letters and Works; Essays, Poems, &c. edited by Lord Wharncliffe, best edition, portraits, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, scarce, £1. 10s 1837

656 MONTAIGNE'S Essays, translated by Peter Coste, port. 3 vols. roy. 8vo. calf, neatly gilt, fine copy, £1. 58 (pub. at £2. 10s)

1811 An immense treasure-house of observation, anticipating all the discoveries of succeeding essayists; you cannot open him without detecting a Spectator, or a, Rambler.

657 MONTGAILLARD (l'Abbé) Histoire de France depuis la fin du règne de Louis XVI. jusqu'à 1825, portraits, Best | edition, 9 vols. 8vo. £1. 58 Paris, 1827

Montgaillard should be placed at the head of all who have written the

If independence of character be the principal quality of an historian, History of the Revolution.

658 MONTJOIE, Histoire de la Conjuration de L. P. J. D'Orléans, surnommé Egalité, portrait, 3 vols. 8vo. newly bound, calf gill, 98 Paris, 1834 659 MONTPENSIER'S (Mdlle.) Memoirs, written by herself, edited from the French, portrait, 3 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 6s (pub. at £1. 11s 6d) 1848

660 MOORE'S (T. the Poet) Hry of Ireland from the earliest period (B. c. 1000), letes by Finden, 4 vols. fcap. 8vo. cloth, 12s (pub. tio 48)

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661 MOORE'S (T. the Poet), Life and Death of Lord Edward, 676 MUSICAL ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY'S Publications, reFitzgerald, portrait and map, 2 vols. post 8vo. hf. calf neat, printed from Works of the utmost rarity carefully modernized, only a few copies privately printed, 10 parts, folio, sewed, £2. 28

88

1831

1624

662 More's (pr T.) DYALOGE wherein be treated the Veneration and Worshyp of Ymages and Relyques, and touching the Pestylent. Secte of Luther. and Tyndale, folio, newly bound, antique calf, rare, £2.58 J. Rastell, 1530-1 663 MORE'S (Sir T.) Utopia, translated by Ralph Robinson, FIRST EDITION, sm. 4to. hf. calf neat, scarce, 6s 6d 664 MORELL'S (J. D.) View of the Speculative Philosophy of Europe in the XIXth Century, historical and critical, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. at £1. 88) Pickering, 1946 665 MORGAN'S (Lady) Life of Salvator Rosa, and his Times, with Extracts from his Correspondence and Anecdotes of his Contemporaries, fine portrail, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 5s (pub. at £1.88)

1824

666 MORGAN'S (Lady) Italy; a Journal of a Residence in that Country, exhibiting a View of the State of Society and Manners, Arts, Literature, &c. 3 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 88 6d (pub. at £1. 11s 6d)

1824 667 MORRIS' (Serg.) Military Service, including Details of the Battles of Waterloo and Quatre-Bas, front., post. 8vo. cloth, 28 6d (pub. at 10s 6d)

1847

Abounding in graphic pictures of the campaigning life of a Noncommissioned Officer.

668 MOXON'S (E.) Sonnets, LARGE VELLUM PAPER, elegantly printed, with numerous vignettes, 8vo. morocco, gilt leaves, beautiful copy, bound by Hayday, 10s 6d 1837 Presentation copy to Lady E. Stuart Wortley; with the author's inscription; only a few copies printed in this size.

669 MUIRHEAD'S (J. P.) Mechanical Inventions of JAMES WATT, the Origin and Progress of, illustrated by his Correspondence, and Patents, &c. with Life, portrait and engravings, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2. 28

1853

670 MURRAY'S FAMILY LIBRARY COMPLETE, a series of Original and Select Works on Biography, History, Voyages, and Travels, State Trials, Natural History, Science, &c. numerous engravings, 80 vols. 12mo. cloth, neat and uniform, £7. 108

v. y.

The most instructive series perhaps ever published; the distinguished names of Scott, Southey, Lockhart, Milman, Irving, Tytler, Blunt, Coleridge, Croker, Palgrave, and other eminent writers, are amongst its contributors: complete sets as the above are scarce.

671 MUSARUM. DELICIA, or the Muse's Recreation, Wit Restored, and Wit's Recreation, new edition, with all the curious woodcuts, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. calf, very neat, scarce, £2. 28

1817 "Some of

Only 150 copies printed: and published at 3 guineas each. the jeux d'esprit in these volumes certainly partake of the wit, raillery, and playful versification of BUTLER."

672 MUSEUM FLORENTINUM, exhibens insigniora Vetustatis Monumenta quæ Florentiæ sunt in Thesauro Mediceo, studio Gorii, with 700 beautifully engraved Portraits of Painters, plates of Gems, Medals and Coins, Statues, &c. ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, 10 vols. imp. folio, calf extra, with russia backs neatly gill, contents lettered, £10. 108 Florent. 1731-62

A fine original copy of this splendid and valuable work. 673 MUSEUM de FLORENCE, gravé par DAVID, avec des Explications par Mulot, nearly 500 plates comprising many thousand beautifully engraved figures of Gems, Statues, Medals, &c. 6 vols. 4to. calf gilt, gilt leaves, fine copy, 1787-96 £4. 108

One of the most beautiful copies of this work I have ever seen.-G. W. 674 MUSEUM of Painting and Sculpture, nearly 300 beautiful outline engravings from the principal Pictures, Statues, and Bas Reliefs in the Galleries of Europe, with English and French Descriptions, by Reveil and Duchesne, 4 vols. 12mo. cloth, 168

1828

675 MUSES' Bower, Coellished with the Beauties of Eng. lish Poetry, including Cranslations (an elegant selection), woodcuts, 4 vols, 12mo. wirocco, gilt leaves, fine copy, 148 1809

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677 NAPIER'S Montrose and the Covenanters, illustrated from Original Documents hitherto Unpublished, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 78 6d (pub. at £1. 48)

1838

"This is a capital work, treating of a most important period of history, and illustrated by many curious and valuable documents."-ATHENEUM. 678 NAPIER'S (E.) Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands, 19 plates, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 58 (pub. at £1. 1s) 1840 679 NAPIER'S (E.) Excursions along the Shores of the Mediterranean, plates, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 4s 6d 1842 680 NAPIER'S (E.) Wild Sports in Europe, Asia, and Africa, highly finished engravings by J. Scott, 2 vols. post 8vo. new 1844 cloth, 58 681 NAPOLEON-Fain's (Baron) Memoirs of the Invasion of France by the Allied Armies, and of the last Six Months of Napoleon, large plan of the campaign, 8vo. cloth, 3s (pub. at 98)

1834

682 NAPOLEON Bonaparte, Secret Memoirs of, written by one who never quitted him for 15 years, 2 vols. 12mo. bds, scarce and amusing, 3s 6d

1815

683 NARDI (J.) Genealogia della Famiglia Valignana, 33 fine portraits and engravings of Arms, 4to. vellum, 88 6d

Roma, 1680 684 NASH'S WORCESTERSHIRE, COLLECTIONS for the His. tory and Antiquities of, with the Supplement, numerous fine portraits and engravings, 2 vols. folio, calf gilt, very fine copy, £8. 10s

1799 A most desirable copy of this valuable County History, illustrated with numerous additional engravings: the Appendix includes an exact engraved facsimile of the Domesday of the County.

685 NASH'S ROYAL PAVILION at Brighton, 30 most Beautifully Coloured Plates like Drawings, surrounded with gold borders, mounted on tinted cardboards, with a set of Outlines, by Pugin and Le Keux, imp. folio, richly bound in blue morocco extra, gilt leaves, and borders of gold, royal arms on the inside, £3. 10s (pub. at £10. 10s unbound)

1828

A sumptuous copy of this beautiful work; it was executed by command of George IV. and but few copies were coloured as the above, in imitation of the original drawings.

n. d.

686 NATIONAL GALLERY of Pictures by the Great Masters, nearly 150 highly finished engravings of the Paintings now in the National Gallery, INDIA PROOFS, with Descriptions, 2 vols. 4to. hf. morocco, gilt leaves, £1. 148 An original subscription copy bound from parts without the titles. 687 NAUNTON'S (Sir R.) Fragmenta Regalia; Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth, her Court and Favourites, with Life and Notes, LARGE PAPER, finest impressions of the 10 highly finished portraits by Cooper, roy. 8vo. hf. morocco, gill top uncut, 88 6d

1824

688 NAVAL Sketch-Book; or the Service Afloat and Ashore, with Characteristic Reminiscences, Fragments and Opinions, 12 humourous engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 48 6d 1821 689 NEMESIS in China; a History of the late War in that Country, with an Account of the Colony of Hong Kong, maps and engravings, thick post 8vo. new cloth, 2s 6d (pub. 1847 at 108 6d) A highly interesting and authentic Narrative from the personal Observations and Notes of Capt. Hall and W. Bernard. 690 NEUMAN and BARETTI'S Spanish-English and EnglishSpanish Dictionary, greatly enlarged and improved by Dr. SEOANE, 2 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf, £1. 4s Longmans, 1854 Last and best edition; enlarged by many thousand words, and en riched with a copious list of geographical and other proper names.

691 NEWNHAM'S (W.) Reciprocal Influence of Mind and Body considered; as it affects the great question of Education, Phrenology, Materialism, Moral Advancement and Responsibility, Free Agency, Life, &c. thick 8vo. cloth, 68 6d (pub. at 14s) 1842

692 NICHOL'S (Prof.) System of the World, Thoughts on some Important Subjects relating to, large plates and diagrams, 8vo. cloth, 6s (pub. at 10s 6d) 1848 693 NICHOLS' (J.) HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE, with numerous maps and engravings, LARGE PAPER, 8 vols. roy. folio, hf. russia, FINE AND PERFECT COPY, VERY RARE, £85. 10s 1795-1811

COMPLETE COPIES ON LARGE PAPER as the above, of this noble County History, are of extremely rare occurrence, owing to the nearly total destruction of two of the portions while passing through the press. 694 NICHOLS' LITERARY ANECDOTES of the Eighteenth Century, 9 vols. and ILLUSTRATIONS of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, 7 vols. ; together 16 vols. 8vo. boards, scarce, £9. 98 1812-48

"In running one's eye down the names of persons in the Index, we find such a body of Personal Anecdote as almost irresistibly compels us to buy the work-costly as it has now become, and to make it a sort of Travelling as well as a Library Companion."-DR. DIBDIN. 695 NICHOLS' (J.) Bibliotheca Britannica, with numerous engravings, 8 parts, bound in 3 vols. 4to. £1. 18 1780

Comprising, More's History and Antiquities of Tunstall, Kent, 1780; Blore's Manor and Manor House of South Winfield, 1793; Gough's History and Antiquities of Croyland and its Abbey, Lincoln, 1783; History and Antiquities of Fotheringay and its Castle, 1787; Cooper's History of the Parishes of Odell, Puddington, Luton, Beds. 1787. 696 NICHOLS' Biographical Anecdotes of Hogarth, with Catalogue of his Works, and Appendix of Poetry, &c. front. 8vo. calf, neatly gilt, 4s 6d

1785 697 NICHOLSON'S (P.) ARCHITECTURAL DICTIONARY; a Complete Guide to the Science of Architecture and the Art of Building, with upwards of 250 fine plates, 2 vols. 4to. in 4, hf. calf, very neat, £2. 128 1819

A very desirable copy of this valuable work, printed on THICK VELLCM PAPER, with the plates bound in 2 separate volumes. 698 NICOLAS' (Sir Harris) Lady Jane Grey, Memoirs and Literary Remains of, LARGE PAPER, INDIA PROOF PORTRAIT, and genealogical table, 8vo. new cloth, 58-Another copy, sm. paper, post 8vo. cloth, 38 6d

1831 699 NOLLEKENS and his Times, comprising his Life and Memoirs of Contemporary Artists, from Roubiliac, Hogarth and Reynolds, to Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake, by J. T. Smith, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 58 (pub. at £1.88) 1829 700 NORFOLK BRIDGES.- STONE'S (F.) Picturesque Views of, 84 pleasing lithographic drawings, oblong 4to. new hf. morocco, 188 n. d. (1840) 701 NORMAND'S Parallel of the Orders of Architecture, translated and enlarged by Pugin, with 64 large and elaborate engravings, roy. folio, hf. morocco, £1. 5s (pub. at £3.38) 1829 702 NORRIS' (C.) Etchings of Tenby, Wales, including many authentic Edifices which have been Destroyed, with historical account of the Town and Neighbourhood, 40 fine etchings, LARGE PAPER, 4to. hf. russia, neat, scarce, 168 1818 This valuable work illustrates the most striking peculiarities of Early Flemish Architecture.

703 NORTH'S (Hon. R.) Examen, or Enquiry into the Credi

bility of a Pretended History (Bp. Kennet's) of the Reign of K. Charles II. fine portrait by Vertue, 4to. calf, 10s 6d

1840

704 NORTH'S (Roger) Lives of the Three Norths, new edition, with Historical and Biographical Illustrations and Notes, by H. Roscoe, fine ports. 3 vols. 8vo. new cloth, scarce, 188 1826 "One of the most delightful books in the world."-RETROS. REV. It forms a continuation to Evelyn and Pepys' Diaries. 705 NORTHCOTE'S One Hundred Fables, illustrated with 280 very beautiful woodcuts, fine original impressions, Large paper, roy. 8vo. bds. 10s 6d (pub. at £1. 68) 1828

706 NORTHCOTE'S Life of Titian, with Anecdotes of the Distinguished Persons of his Time, ports. 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 68 (pub. at £1.88)

1830

By far the best life of this great Venetian Painter; it includes memoirs of his contemporaries in Literature and Art, with a minute history of their works, 707 O'BRIEN'S (Capt.) Adventures during the War, comprising a Narrative of Shipwreck, Captivity, and Escape from French Prisons, &c. from 1804 to 1827, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 58 1839

A highly entertaining account of extraordinary adventures. 708 OLD Plays, ORIGINAL EDITIONS, comprising Plays by Dryden, Etherege, Congreve, Ravenscroft, Shadwell and Otway, 6 sm. vols. 4to. hf. morocco, by Hayday, &c. 108 1688-1705

709 ORDER OF THE BATH.-SYMPSON, Armes des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Bain et de leurs Ecuyers, upwards of 150 fine engravings of Arms and Escutcheons, including a duplicate set of the reverses, roy. 4to. hf. morocco, £1. 18 1725

710 ORIENTAL TALES.-WEBER'S Tales of the East, comprising the best Oriental Romances, &c. with Dissertations, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. russia gilt, fine copy, £2. 58 1812 Includes, Arabian Nights, New Arabian Nights, Persian, Mogul, Turkish, Tartarian, and Chinese Tales, &c.

711 ORMEROD'S CHESHIRE; History of the County Palatine of Chester, including King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, LARGE PAPER, WITH PROOFS of the numerous engravings, the ARMS ILLUMINATED, 3 vols. imp. folio, russia extra, with joints, gilt leaves, £65. 1819

A CHOICE LARGE PAPER copy of this magnificent County History, which has long been very scarce, particularly in the sumptuous condition

of the above.

712 ORNAMENTAL Flower Garden and Shrubbery, containing 288 fine coloured engravings of the most beautiful and curious Flowering Plants and Shrubs cultivated in British Gardens, by R. Sweet, Prof. Don, etc. with Descriptions, and the most recent practical Hints on Culture, Propagation, &c. 4 vols. roy. 8vo. cloth, £4. 4s

G. Willis, 1852-4 | 713 OTTLEY'S FACSIMILES of SCARCE and CURIOUS PRINTS! by the Early Masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish Schools, 129 fine engravings in exact imitation of the rare originals, INDIA PROOFS, AND HEIGHTENED WITH SILVER, ' with Descriptions, thick folio, hf. vellum, uncut, £4. 48 (pub. at £15. 158)

1826

A superior copy of this valuable work, having duplicates of the Niellos and some other etchings heightened in silver. A very limited number were so finished.

714 OVERBEKE, Reliquiæ Antiquæ Urbis Romæ, with 150 large and fine engravings of the ancient Buildings and Ruins of Rome from measurement, 3 vols. imp. folio in one, calf gilt, £1. 48 Amst., 1708 715 OVIDII Fasti, Lat. et Français, avec des Notes et des Recherches de Critique, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie, with beautiful engravings by Cochin, Barbier, &c. LARGE PAPER, 4 vols. 4to. calf gilt, fine copy, £1. 189 Paris, 1783 716 OVID'S Metamorphoses, illustrated by the Masterly Designs of Bauer, 150 fine and very spirited engravings by Melchior Kuysell and other German Artists, brilliant impressions, with Descriptions in German, oblong 4to. new hf. morocco gilt, 18s Norimb., 1687

"Rare and much esteemed."-CLARKE'S BIB. DICT.

717 OVID'S Art of Love and Remedy of Love, translated (in Verse), by Dryden, Congreve, &c. large type, engravings by Guernier, 8vo. green morocco, gilt leaves, fine copy, scarce, 128 Tonson, 1712

This edition includes, the Court of Love, a tale from Chaucer; History of Love, a Poem; and the Art of Beauty. 718 OWEN'S (the learned Dr. J.) WORKS COMPLETE, edited by T. Russell, with his Life by Orme, 28 vols. 8vo. whole 1826 bound calf, neatly gilt, contents lettered, £5. 188 This set contains the seven additional volumes, comprising the position to the Hebrews.

719 PACCA. Historical Memoirs of Cardinal Pacca, Prime Minister to Pius VII. written by himself, translated from the Italian, with Notes, by Sir G. Head, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 28 6d (pub. at £1. 18) Longmans, 1850

A curions narrative of the captivity of Pope Pius VII. and the Concordat of 1813.

720 PAGEANT.-SANDFORD's Order and Ceremonies at the Interment of George Duke of Albemarle, 21 fine large en. gravings of the Procession, the Lying in State, &c. by While, oblong roy. fol. antique calf, VERY SCARCE, £1. 168 1670 721 PAGITT'S Heresiography; a Description of the Hereticks and Sectaries of these latter Times, curious front. sm. 4to. neatly bound, 58 6d 1654 Contains descriptions of nearly 50 sects, including many very curious. 722 PALLAS' Travels in the Russian Empire, LARGE PAPER, with the 120 engravings of costumes, manners and customs, buildings, scenery, &c. FINELY COLOURED, 2 vols. roy. 4to. calf, neatly gilt, £1. 18

1812

A valuable work: nearly all the second volume relates to the Crimea, and the parts in connection with the late War.

723 PALMERIN d'OLIVE, Histoire de, traduit de Castillan par J. Maugin, dit le petit Angevin, numerous woodcuts, sm. 4to, calf gilt, red edges, rare, £1. 8s Anvers, 1572 "As a woman's picture of female morals this book is truly curious: the utter want of all decent feeling which it manifests is surprising even to a reader of romances."

724 PARKINSON'S Organic Remains of a Former World, an Examination of Extraneous Fossils, 54 coloured plates, exhibiting several hundred fossil remains, 4 vols. 4to. half 1804-11 russia, neat, £2. 88

An original copy of this valuable and interesting work, published at 10 guineas; the above has the plates bound in a separate volume. 725 PATON'S (A.) Highlands and Islands of the Adriatic, including Dalmatia, Croatia, and the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire, map and 14 engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 88 6d (pub. at £1. 128) 1849 726 PATTERSON'S Prize Essay on the National Character of the Athenians, 8vo. bright calf gilt, 28 6d Edin. 1828 727 PEIGNOT (G.) Dictionnaire Raisonné de Bibliologie, avec le Supplément, 3 vols. 8vo. russia extra gilt, fine copy, Paris, 1802-4

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730 PENNY MAGAZINE, the Old Series complete, with many hundred engravings, 9 vols. folio, hf. calf ea tra, gilt leaves, nearly new, only £1. 14s (less than the cost of binding) 1832-40 731 PEPYS' Memoirs, Diary and Correspondence, from 1659 to 1669, edited by Lord Braybrooke, fine portrait and engravings, 2 vols. roy. 4to. bds. £1. 4s (pub. at £5. 5s) 1825 732 PERSIAN.- Adventures of Hatim Tai, a Romance, translated from the Persian by Duncan Forbes, 1830-BP. ELISÆUS' HISTORY of VARTAN, and of the Battles of the Armenians and Persians, translated from the Armenian by Neumann, 1830, 2 vols. 4to. in 1, newly bound, half calf, gilt leaves, £1. 48 Oriental Transl. Fund, 1830 733 PERSIAN.-OUSELEY's (W.) Persian Miscellanies, an Essay to facilitate the Reading of Persian MSS. numerous engraved specimens, 4to. calf gilt, fine copy, 58 1795 734 PFEIFFER (C.) Deutscher Land und Wasser-Schnecken, 8 fine coloured plates-Land und Susswasser Mollusken, 2 vols. 16 fine coloured plates, comprising many hundred figures of Shells, together 3 vols. roy. 4to. in 1, half red Cassel, 1828; Weimar, 1825-9 morocco gilt, £2. 103 A fine and original complete set of these valuable works on German Land and Water Shells.

735 PHILIBERT, Exercices de Botanique à l'usage des Commençans, et Dictionnaire abrégé de Botanique, with upwards of 270 BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. calf extra, gill leaves, choice copy, £1. 48 Par. 1801-3 In this useful work the Systeins of Tournefort, Linnæns, and Jussien are exemplified: this most desirable copy has the English names of the plants added in pencil. 736 PHILLIPS' (G.) Painting in Water Colours, the theory and practice of, as connected with the Study of Landscape, 13 progressive studies, some in colours, oblong 4to. half morocco, 88 6d (pub. at £1. 58)

1838

737 PHILLIPS' (H.) WORKS ON BOTANY, coloured engravings, 6 vols. 8vo. bright calf extra, gilt, fine copies, £1. 18 Comprises, History of cultivated Vegetables, 2 vols. 1822, Sylva Florifera; the Shrubbery, historically and botanically treated, 2 vols, 1823; British Fruits, 1821; Sylvan Sketches, 1825. 738 PHILLIPS' (J.) Mexico Illustrated, with Descriptions Eng. and Spanish, 26 large and beautiful tinted Drawings on stone, imp. folio, hf. morocco, £2. 28 (pub. at £4. 4s) 1848 739 PILKINGTON'S Dictionary of Painters, enlarged by Fuseli, thick 4to. SECOND AND BEST EDITION, bds. 12# 740 PINDAR'S Odes, translated in prose, with Notes, and a (pub. at £2. 28) Dissertation on the Olympic Games, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, bright calf gilt, fine copy, 78 6d Oxf. 1824 740 PITSEI (J.) Relationes Historica de Rebus et Scriptoribus Anglicis, thick sm. 4to. calf neat, scarce, 16s Paris, 1619

1810

This work contains a very complete account of early English Writers and their works, both printed and in MS. 741 PLAUTUS, Lat. et Français on opposite pages, the excellent translation and notes by J. B. Levée, 7 vols. 8vo. bright calf extra, gilt, fine copy, £1. 18 Paris, 1820-1 742 PLEES' History of Jersey, including a survey of the Public Buildings, Antiquities, and Natural History, map and engravings by G. Cooke, 4to. half russia neat, 8s 6d 1817 742*PLENCK (J.) ICONES PLANTARUM MEDICINALIUM, with 600 large finely coloured engravings, 6 vols. roy. folio in 3, hf. russia, neat, £3. 38 1788-94

of the first 4 vols. only is priced in Wood's Nat. History Catalogue at 121. This magnificent work is published in regular Linnean order: a copy 743 PLUTARCH'S Lives, Englished by Sir T. North, with additional Lives from the French of A. Thevet, numerous portraits (including one of Guttemberg) thick folio, old calf, fine copy, 188

1657

This translation is styled by Warton, "Shakspeare's Storehouse of learned History:" it includes many Lives not in Langhorne's edition: at the end is a poem on Guttemberg and the Art of Printing. 744 POETRY, Trials, &c. a scarce and interesting collection of, thick folio, calf neat, 188 1679-1703

Includes, Cantabrigiensis Acad. Carmina decedenti Wilhelmo III. et succed. Anne Reginæ, Cantab. (1702)-Pietas Universitatis Oxoniensis in Obitum Gulielmi III. et Gratulatio in Anne Reginæ Inaug. Oron. 1702-Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, 1681-Trial of the Earl of Castelhaven, 1679-Tryal of the Earl of Pembroke, 1679-Trial, Conviction, and Condemnation of A. Brommich and W. Atkins for being Romish Priests, 1679-Trials of B. Harris, 1679; of T. Knox and J. Lane, 1650; of L. Anderson and other Romish Priests, 1680; of Roger Earl of Castelnaine, 1681; of F. Smith, 1680; of Elizabeth Cellier, 1080-Proceedings at York Assizes, 1681-Trial between Sir W. Pritchard and T. Papillon, 1689--Tiyal and Condemnation of Capt. T. Vaughan, 1697-Tryals of H. Swendsen and others for stealing Mis. Pleasant Rawlings, a Virgin and 745 POETRY of the Year, Passages from the Poets descriptive of the Seasons, finely printed on thick plate paper, with 22 beautiful coloured plates, imp. 8vo. extra cloth, gilt leaves, 16s (an elegant table book)

Heiress, scarce, 1703, &c.

1853 746 POLYBIUS' General History, translated from the Greek, 747 POLYLOGIA; containing specimens of Fourteen Lanby Hampton, 2 vols. 8vo. bright calf gilt, fine copy, 10s 1823 guages, with Metrical translations, elegantly printed on plate paper on one side only, with beautiful engravings surrounding each page, folio, cloth, 10s 6d

(1849)

Only 20 copies of this elegant volume were privately printed: atse translations were by the late Mr. Forester, the Notary, Royal Exchange, ami others: the engravings were drawn and etched by ALFRED CROWQUILL

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750 POOLE'S (J.) Comic Miscellany, (Laughable Tales and Sketches), port. and engravings by Phiz, post 8vo. cloth, gilt leaves, 28 6d (pub. at 10s 6d)

1845

751 POOLE'S (J.) Sketches and Recollections, a most amusing series of Tales, portrait, 2 vols. post 8vo. bds. 4s 6d (pub. at 18%) 1835 752 POPISH PLOT.-Forty-two Scarce and Curious Narratives, Tracts and Pieces relating to the Popish Plot, thick folio, calf neat, 16s (a valuable collection) 1680, &c. Includes, Narrative of the Popish Plot against Charles I. 1680Bedloe's Narrative of the Plot for Burning London and Westminster, 1679-Titus Oates' Narratives of the Plots against Charles II. 1679-80; and others by Praunce, Jenison, Everard, Dugdale, Mowbray, Bolton, Fitzgerald, Carrol, Dangerfield, L'Estrange, Boys, Papers written by Charles I. &c.

753 POPISH PLOT.-Papers, Trials, Letters, &c. relating to the Popish Plot, very thick folio, calf neat, £1. 1s (a scarce and valuable collection) 1681, &c. Includes, Letters and Writings from the originals of G. Treby, Chairman of the Committee of Secresy, both parts, 1681-Tryals of Stayley, Coleman, Ireland, Pickering, Grove, Green, Berry, Hill, Thompson, Pain, Farwell, White (alias Whitebeard), and other Jesuits, with their Dying Speeches: also of Sir G. Wakeman, and three Benedictines, L. Anderson, and other Romish Priests, Viscount Stafford, Abp. Plunket,

T. Oates, &c.

754 PORTUGAL Illustrated, by the Rev. W. Kinsey, nearly 50 highly finished engravings by Cooke, Shelton, &c. INDIA PROOFS, the COSTUMES FINELY COLOURED, thick imp. 8vo. extra bds. 148 (pub. at £2. 28) 1829 755 PREVOST (Ant. F.) Histoire Générale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de tous les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre, numerous fine engravings by Picart, &c. and maps, 25 vols. 4to. hf. calf gilt, £4. 108

Amst. et La Haye, 1747-80 A fine cheap copy of this Valuable Collection of Voyages from the earliest times, quite complete. 756 PRICE'S (Major) Mahommedan History, compiled from original Persian Authorities, 4 vols. 4to. hf. calf extra, gilt leaves, contents lettered, £1.8s (pub. at £7. 178 6d)

1821

This valuable work is the result of 24 years research and study in The East; it may be said to be the only one faithfully representing Oriental records and traditions. 757 PRIVATE Anecdotes of the Courts of Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Prussia, Naples & France, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 4s 6d 1827 The exposures of Court intrigue, &c. exhibited in these volumes are excessively curious.

758 PRIVY Purse Expenses of Henry VIII. from 1529 to 1533, with Remarks and illustrative Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, 8vo. calf extra, gilt leaves, fine copy, 10s 6d Pickering, 1827 759 PRYNNE'S (W.) Antipathie of the English Lordly Prelacie both to Regall Monarchy and Civil Unity, BOTH PARTS, thick sm. 4to. calf, fine copy, scarce, 188

1641 A most extraordinary collection of execrable Treasons, Conspiracies, Rebellions, &c. of our English, British, French, Scottish, and Irish Lordly Prelacy.

700 PSALMS in Prose and Meeter, with the Music and Godly Prayers, 8vo. calf, neatly gilt, scarce, 188 Edin., 1634 This scarce volume includes the Form of Discipline and the Prayers according to the Church of Scotland.

761 PUGIN and MACKENZIE'S Specimens of Gothic Architecture in Oxford, 61 fine engravings of Doors, Windows, Buttresses, Pinnacles, &c. from the most ancient Buildings, 4to. hf. calf neat, 12s 6d

1810

762 PUGIN'S Examples of Gothic Architecture, selected from Ancient Edifices in England, with Descriptions by E. J. Willson, and Walker, 226 fine engravings by LE KEUX, comprising many hundred examples, 3 vols. roy. 4to. cloth, £4. 188 (pub. at £12. 12s) 1838-40

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764 QUARLES' (Fr.) Emblems and School of the Heart, numerous spirited woodcuts, 2 vols. 12mo. in 1, new hf. calf gilt, carmine edges, 6s 6d 1844

765 QUIN'S (M. J.) Steam Voyages on the Seine, the Moselle, and the Rhine, with Railroad Visits to the Cities in Belgium, &c. plate, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 4s 6d (pub. at £1. 18) 769 RACINE (J.) ses (Euvres complètes, elegantly printed by Didot, for the use of the Dauphin, VELLUM PAPER, 3 vols. 8vo. calf, gilt leaves, fine copy, 158 Paris, 1784

1843

770 RAFFLES' (Sir Stamford) History of Java, large map and 65 engravings, those of Costume (by Daniell), coLOURED, 2 vols. 4to, bright calf gilt, fine copy, £2. 158 (pub. at £6. 68)

1817 771 RALEIGH'S (Sir Walter) Life, with Sketches of Burleigh, Cecil, Spencer, &c. by Fraser Tytler, portrait, sm. 8vo. calf, gilt leaves, 58 6d

1833

772 (RALPH'S) Critical History of Sir Robert Walpole's Administration, with interesting particulars of his Public Life, thick 8vo. calf neat, 4s 6d

1743

773 RAMSAY'S (Allan) Gentle Shepherd, with Life, Glossary, and Illustrations of Scenery, portrait and engravings by J. Scott, LARGE PAPER, roy. 8vo. hf. bound morocco, uncut, 128 Edin. 1808 This edition contains Memoirs of David Allan, the Scotch Hogarth. 774 RAMSAY'S (Allan) Songs; The Tea Table Miscellany, or a Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English, portrait, fcap. 8vo. green calf extra, gilt leaves, fine copy, 10s 6d

1750 775 RANKE'S History of the Popes, their Church and State in the XVI. and XVIIth Century, translated by W. K. Kelly, roy. 8vo. calf, very neat, 78 6d 1843

RAPHAEL'S CARTOONS, FRAMEed and Glazed. 776 RAPHAEL'S CARTOONS at HAMPTON COURT, engraved by HOLLOWAY, the series of 7 very large and exquisite line engravings, framed and glazed in broad and elaborate imitation carved oak, with gilt beadings, £15. 10s

The above are by far the most effective engravings from these celebrated Cartoons, and in the above appropriate frames have a very beautiful appearance.

777 RAPHAEL'S CARTOONS; RUYSDEN'S Splendid Series of Heads from Raphael's Cartoons, 13 very large and fine engravings by Cardin, 1800; also 13 beautifully Drawn Heads from the Cartoons, on India Paper, 1824; a DRAWING and a few other plates, in a large atlas folio SCRAP BOOK, finely bound hf. russia extra, with guards and gilt leaves, £3. 38 This fine Scrap Book, independently of the engravings, contains nearly fifty leaves of very large thick cartridge paper for the purpose of mount. ing engravings, &c.

778 RATZEBURG'S DIE FORST-INSECTEN, oder Abbildung und Beschreibung der in den Wäldern Preussens, &c. with numerous fine coloured engravings of Insects, 7 vols. 4to. sewed, £4. 108 Berlin, 1837-52

779 READ'S (C. R.) What I Heard, Saw, and Did at the Australian Gold Fields, map, tinted and other engravings, 8vo. cloth, 38 6d (pub. at 12s)

1853

780 REGIMEN Sanitatis Salernitanum, a Latin Poem on the Preservation of Health, with curious Old Translation (1607), and a copious Introduction and Notes by Sir A. Croke, engravings, LARGE PAPER, post 8vo. calf extra, gilt leaves, fine copy, 128 Oxf. Talboys, 1830 At the end is added an Essay on the origin, progress and decline (f Rhyming Latin Verse, with many specimant.

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