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0 76 114 Price (Rev. Thomas, Carnhuanawc) Literary Remains and Life, 2 thick vols. photographic portraits and numerous plates (subscription price 21s), cloth 1845-55

These volumes contain several elaborate Essays by Mr. Price, interesting not only to Welshmen, but likewise to all students of European Literature; together with a selection of his Letters, those of Lady Hester Stanhope, and of his other eminent Friends and Correspondents.

1 0 0 115 Prichard's Natural History of Man; comprising Inquiries into
the Modifying Influences of Physical and Moral Agencies on
the different Tribes of the Human Family, 4th Edition,
revised and enlarged, by Edward Norris, R.A.S., 2 vols. royal
8vo. with 62 coloured plates and 100 engravings on wood (pub.
£1. 18s), cloth
1855

116 Prichard's Six Ethnological Maps. Forming a Supplement to
the Natural History of Man, and to the Researches into the
Physical History of Mankind, folio, coloured, and 1 sheet of
letterpress, 2nd Edition (pub. £1. 4s), bds. London, 1860
117 Bernard Quaritch's General Catalogue, arranged in Classes, one
volume thick 8vo. 1890 pp. of which the last 110 pp. contain an
Alphabetical Index in treble columns, bound in hf. red morocco
(sells £4. 48)

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The Index comprises about 28,000 separate entries, while the catalogue itself includes some 23,000 works,-the rarest, the most valuable, and the most useful ever assembled in any list issued by a bookseller, and superior even to all but the greatest public collections in Europe.

the Supplement to the above General Catalogue, arranged
in classes, with a complete Alphabetical Index, 21,470 articles
on 1680 pages, hf. morocco (sells £2. 2s)
1877

The two volumes contain 44,324 articles, or about 200,000 volumes.
Book Committees, Clubs, Librarians, and Bibliophiles will find these
volumes the best practical bibliographical Handbook of reference. The best
books in nearly every department of Science and Literature are advertised in
their pages: the two Indexes facilitate reference.

119 B. Quaritch's Catalogues, a collection of, bound in one vol. hf.

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This collection which was put together for private use includes catalogues of the libraries of Maximilian (Emperor of Mexico), von Humboldt, and several other American collections.

Catalogue of Books, arranged in Classes, containing over 10,000 Articles, with Index, hf. bound

1866

0 4 0 121 Richardson. The English and Netherdutch Academy, in three parts, containing the exactest Grammar Rules, etc. vellum Amsterdam, 1677

Early English school books are excessively rare, and the above having been printed abroad is no exception.

0 2 0 122 Rickman (J.) An Essay on Gothic Architecture in England, from the time of the Conquest to the Reformation, 14 plates, cloth

1825

1 15 0 123 Rosini, Storia della Pittura Italiana, Second Edition, with all the
8vo. plates of the first edition, and the 254 large plates reduced
to the same 8vo. size-in all 485 fine outline engravings (pub.
£10), 7 vols. hf. morocco
Pisa, 1848-54

This edition contains all the octavo-sized ates of the folio edition, and the folio plates reduced to the 8vo. size; the whole composing thus one

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uniform guide to a knowledge of all the Paintings executed by the celebrated
Painters of Italy of all times and Schools.

Division of this Second Edition.

Epoca Prima. Tomo I, p. 1-242 and 6 plates-Tomo II, p. 1-208 and 54 plates-Epoca Seconda. Tomo III, p. 1-220 and 83 plates-Tomo IV, p. 1-280 and 98 plates-Epoca Terza, Tomo V, p. 1-294 and 102 plates-Epoca Quarto, Tomo VI, p. 1-234 and 75 plates-Tomo VII, Un Supplemento, p. 1-196 and 37 plates and the Index, p. ilxiv.

0 2 0 124 Sainte Palaie, Literary History of the Troubadours, containing 1779

their lives, extracts from their works, etc. calf

0 20 125 Sama Veda. Translation of the Sanhita of the Sama Veda, by Rev. J. Stevenson, Large Paper, cloth 1841

0 20 126 Sanhita of the Sama-Veda, in Sanscrit, by Stevenson and H. H. Wilson, roy. 8vo. (pub. 12s) 1843

Max Müller has published the Hymns of the Rig Veda, Weber those of the White Yajar: here are the Hymns of the Sama Veda (the book of Psalms and Chanted Liturgy).

0 2 0 127 San Kokf Tsou Ran To Sets; ou Aperçu Général des Trois Royaumes, traduit de l'Original Japonais-Chinois, par Klaproth, 8vo. and 5 maps 4to.

1832

Mr. Beal, in writing of this book, says "In 1856, after visiting the
Corea, I found this book (San Kokf) of great use in drawing up a paper on
the subject which I read before the Hong Kong branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society."

0 2 0 128 Schulz, the influence of Welsh Tradition upon the Literature of
Germany, France, and Scandinavia, which obtained the Prize
of Eighty Guineas at the Abergavenny Eisteddvod 1840:
translated from the German of Albert Schulz, Author of the
Life of Wolfram von Eschenbach, etc. by Mrs. Berrington,
hf. morocco
1841

"Albert Schulz has undertaken in this Essay to explain the circumstances which rendered the cycle of the Romances of the Round Table so popular throughout Europe, that they may bs said to have become naturalized in almost every part of Christendom. He has conducted the investigation with great zeal aud ability. This work is highly creditable to the translator."Athenæum.

0 2 0 129 Scoresby (W.) Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery, including researches on the eastern coast of West Greenland, maps and plates, half calf gilt Edinburgh, 1823 130 Seeman (B,) Revision of the Natural Order Hederaceæ, being a reprint, with numerous additions and corrections, of a series of papers, published in the "Journal of Botany, British and Foreign," 7 plates (pub. at 10s 6d), cloth

1868

0 2 6 131 Shahrastani (Abû 'l-Fath Muhammad). Kitabu Milal wa Nihal : Book of the Religious and Philosophical Sects, in Arabic, edited by Cureton, 2 vols. in 1, sd. (sells 30s)

1842-6

This great work, an exposition of the doctrines of many creeds, was composed A.H. 521, and is one of the most valuable productions of Arabic Literature.

5 0 0 132 Shakespeare, Plays, with the corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators, and notes by S. Johnson [Malone] and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by Isaac Reed, with a

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Glossarial Index, 21 vols. portraits, fine copy iu green morocco
extra, gilt edges

1813

Malone's edition of Shakespeare, in twenty-one octavo volumes, published in 1813, and known as the Variorum edition, is a monument to the industry and judgment of Malone; whose labours appear to the greatest advantage when placed beside those of his predecessors and opponents.

0 50 133 Shakespeare's Works, including the Poems, revised and corrected, with an account of the life and writings of the author by N. Rowe, 8 vols. 12mo. portraits and plates, nice copy in old calf neat 1714

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This edition contains the so-called spurious plays, viz. "London Prodigal,"
"Thomas Lord Cromwell,' "Sir John Oldcastle," "The Puritan,"
"A Yorkshire Tragedy," and "Locrine."

Merry Wives of Windsor, the first Sketch of, edited by
J. O. Halliwell, cloth

1842

A most important article in a library of Shaksperiana.
135 Shepard (C. U.) Report on the Geological Survey of Connec-
ticut, published under the direction of Governour Edwards,
sd.
New Haven, 1837
136 Skeen (W.) Early Typography: an essay on the Origin of letter-
press printing, 8vo. (pub. in Ceylon at 21s), hf. Roxburghe style

Colombo, 1872
The deceased author of this really excellent work was Government printer
of Ceylon up to the period of his death.
137 Simpson's Picturesque People, being Groups from all parts of
the Globe; with an Introduction and descriptive letterpress
by the Artist, high 4to. frontispiece and 18 coloured plates of
Picturesque Groups of People designed in Russia, Turkey,
Abyssinia, Arabia, Cashmere, Japan, America, etc. (pub. at
£2. 10s), extra cloth, git edges

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W. M. Thompson, 1876 0 6 0 Like all Mr. Thompson's publications, most beautiful of their kind ;—in fact, perfect as far as the getting up is concerned.

The work is well adapted for a gift book, and will always retain perma-
nent interest as the record of a true artist's travels in search of " Picturesque
People."

0 20 138 Siyar-ul-Mutakherin; a History of the Mahomedan Power in
India during the last Century, by Mir Gholam Hussein-Khan.
Revised and collated with the Persian Original, by Briggs,
Vol. I (all pub.), General Briggs' own copy

1832

139 Smith's Domestic Botany, structure and classification of Plants
and their uses for food, clothing, medicine, manufacture, etc.
15 coloured plates, cloth

1871

0 26 140 Smith (Adam) Inquiry into the causes of the Wealth of Nations, with a life of the author, 3 vols. bound in 6, interleaved with thick writing paper, fine copy in full calf gilt

1811

1 0 0 141 Smollet (Dr. T.) History of England from the landing of Julius Cæsar to 1762, maps and portraits, 15 vols. old calf gilt

1751-1762

142 Sowerby's Grasses of Great Britan, roy. 8vo. 144 coloured plates,
containing life-sized, full coloured Drawings, with magnified
Organs, of British Grasses, and Observations on their Natural
History and Uses; described by Charles Johnson and illustrated
by J. E. Sowerby (pub. at £2. 2s), cloth

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This is the most comprehensive work on British Grasses, and is the only book which gives the magnified organ to enable the reader to recognize the various grasses.

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143 Sowerby (James) British Miscellany; or colour Figures of New,
Rare, or little known Animal Subjects, 12 parts, complete in
one vol. 76 finely coloured plates of Birds, Insects, Zoophytes,
etc. half bound, uncut (sells £3. 3s)
1804-6

With an entirely new alphabetical Index, completing the work.
0 1 0 144 Spira (Francis) A revelation of the fearful estate of Francis Spira,
after he turned apostate from the Protestant Church to Popery,
etc. woodcuts, 12mo. calf

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1718 145 Stratford de Redcliffe's (Lord) Historical Play; Alfred the Great in Athelnay; with a preliminary scene, post 8vo. xiv and 178 pp. (only 250 copies printed), hf. Roxburghe 1876 146 Temple (Sir Wm., Bart.) Works, with a life of the author, new edition, considerably enlarged, 4 vols. calf extra 1814 147 Translations from the Chinese and Armenian, by Neumann 1831 148 Tuhfat-ul-Mujahidin; a History of the First Settlement of the Mohammedans in Malabar, and of their subsequent Struggles with the Portuguese, translated from the Arabic, by Lieut. M. Rowlandson 1833

0 1 0 149 Udall, Ralph Roister Doister, a comedy, etc. edited by W. D. Cooper, cloth 1847 150 Wallcott (M. E. C.) Sacred Archæology; a Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and Institutions, from Primitive to Modern Times. Comprising Architecture, Music, Vestments, Furniture Arrangement, Offices, Customs, Ritual Symbolism, Ceremonial Traditions, Religious Orders, &c. of the Church Catholic in all Ages (pub. at 18s), cloth

1868

0 150 151 Waterhouse's Natural History of Mammalia, 2 stout large vols. 44 fine engravings, finely coloured, and numerous woodcuts (pub. at £3. 18s 6d), cloth

1846-8

Contents:-Vol. I. The Order of Marsupiata or Pouched Animals, with
22 illustrations engraved on steel, and 18 engravings on wood.
Vol. II. The Order of Rodentia or Gnawing Mammalia, including Index
to Technical names and Index to the English and other Local Names, with
22 illustrations engraved on steel, and engravings on wood.

0 1 0 152 Wesley (John) A calm address to our American Colonies (1776)

-Fletcher's Vindication of Wesley's Address, 1776-Evans'
Reply to Fletcher's Vindication (1776)-Evans' Reply to
Wesley's Calm Address (1776)—and other pieces, in one vol.
sm. 8vo.

1776

A most important collection of tracts on the policy of the War of Independence. 0 20 153 Williams's Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen; from the earliest times to the present, and including every name connected with the Ancient History of Wales; by the Rev. Robert Williams, M.A. (Author of the Cornish Dictionary), 568 pp. (sells 16s), cloth

1852

"It is a work which ought to be on the table of every Cambrian Antiquary."-Archæologia Cambrensis.

0 2 0 154 Woods (I.) Two Years' Residence on the English Prairie, in the Illinois country, with an account of its agriculture, animal and vegetable productions, etc. 3 maps, half calf

1822

155 Marquis of Worcester's Century of Inventions: the Life, Times,
and Scientific Labours of the second Marquis of Worcester; to
which is added a Reprint of the Century of Inventions, 1663,

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with a Commentary thereon, by Henry Dircks, c.E. 650 pp.
portraits and woodcuts (pub. at 24s), cloth

1865
"Mr. Dircks has produced a work of singular merit; the historical part
is full, accurate, well arranged, bristling with facts and correspondence, the
only authentic memorial in existence of one of the most remarkable men of
a remarkable age."-Daily News, April 13, 1866.

0 1 0 156 Wright (T.) St. Patrick's Purgatory; an essay on the legends of hell, purgatory and paradise, current during the Middle Ages, post 8vo. cloth

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1844 Xenophon, translated by Ashley Smith, Spelman and others, portrait, cloth 1849 158 Y Gododin, a Poem on the Battle of Cattraeth, by Aneurin, a Welsh Bard of the sixth century, with an English translation, and Historical and critical annotations; by John Williams, Ab Ithel, crown 8vo. cloth

1852 159 Yorkshire Visitations, 1584-85 and 1612: The Visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584-85, by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald; to which is added the subsequent Visitation made in 1612, by Richard St. George, Norroy King of Arms, with several additional Pedigrees, including "The Arms taken out of Churches and Houses at Yorkshire Visitation, 1584-5," "Sir William Fayrfax' Booke of Arms," and other Heraldic Lists, with copious Indices, edited by Joseph Foster, Compiler of the Yorkshire and Lancashire Collections of Pedigrees, and also editor of the Lincolnshire Collection, uniform in size and binding with the Publications of the Harleian Society (subscription price, £3. 38), cloth

QUARTOS.

1875

0 1 0 165 Annals of the Turkish Empire from A.D. 1691 to 1659, translated
from the Turkish, by C. Fraser, Vol. 1
(1832)

0 20 166 Annales des Empereurs du Japon, traduites par M. Isaac
Titsingh. Ouvrage revu, complété et corrigé, sur l'Original
Japonais Chinois, accompagné de Notes et précédé d'un
Aperçu de l'Histoire Mythologique des Japonais, par
Klaproth
1835

0 10 0 167 Barrett's the Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, being a complete system of Occult Philosophy; in three Books: containing the Ancient and Modern Practice of the Cabalistic Art, Natural and Celestial Magic, &c.; showing the wonderful Effects that may be performed by a Knowledge of the Celestial Influences, the occult Properties of Metals, Herbs and Stones, and the application of Active to Passive Principles. The Times, Bonds, Offices, and Conjuration of Spirits. To which is added Biographia Antiqua, or the Lives of the most eminent Philosophers, Magi, &c. By Francis Barrett, F.R.C., Professor of Chemistry, Natural and Occult Philosophy, the Cabala, &c., &c. with 23 curious engravings, comprising coloured portraits of Apollyon, Belial, Ophis, Antichrist, Asmodeus,

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