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The engravings in this interesting work are from Paintings by Turner, Callcott, Blore, &c. engraved by Cooke, Lizars, Le Keux, Woolnoth, Finden, and others.

808 SCROPE'S (G. Poulett) History of the Manor and Ancient Barony of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, compiled from original MSS. &c. illuminated portrait and plate of Arms, &c. 4to. cloth, £5. 158 1852

Only 150 copies privately printed. It includes memoirs of the Famiies of Dunstanville, Badlesmere, Tiptoft, Scrope, Fastolf, &c. 809 SELDEN'S (J.) Table Talk, with Life and Notes, by S. W. Singer, printed by Whittingham, portrait, LARGE PAPER, post 8vo. new cloth, 78 6d 1860 810 SENECÆ Epistolæ, VERY EARLY AND KARE EDITION, the capitals rubricated, sm. 4to. old calf gilt, marb. leaves, fine copy, £1. 18 (recently priced by Lilly, £3. 138 6d)

Paris, (typis P. Cæsaris et J. Stoll) MCCCCLXXV. Editio Secunda, a rare and fine specimen of early Parisian Typography 811 SEVIGNE (Madame de) and her Contemporaries, (biographical and historical sketches of,) 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 58 (pub. £1. 18)

1842

812 SHAFTESBURY'S (Earl of) Characteristicks of Men,
Manners, Opinions and Times, BASKERVILLE's fine edi-
TION, printed in large and beautiful type, with portrait and
vignettes by Grignion, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. tree calf gilt, very
fine copy, £1. 18
Birm 1773
813 SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES, HISTORIES, TRAGE-
DIES, and POEMS, with Life and all the Notes by J. PAYNE
COLLIER, new edition, handsomely printed in large type,
with fine portrait after Droeshout, 6 thick vols. 8vo. new
cloth, £2. 128 6d

1858

"Mr. Collier has given us complete, in six very handsome volumes, a new edition of his well-edited and well-liked, and welcome edition of Shakespeare; the approved text of one who has dedicated more time, and

always with good results, than perhaps any other, in the elucidation of

Shakespeare."

814 SHAKSPERE'S Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories, C. Knight's "Companion Shakspere," with Marginal Notes and References, 3 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 128 1857 815 SHAKESPEARE'S Hamlet, and As You Like It, a specimen of a new Edition of Shakespeare by T. Caldecott, with copious Notes and Illustrations, LARGE PAPER, impl. 8vo. bds. 58 Murray, 1820 816 SHAKSPEARE.-Boaden's Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Portraits of Shakspeare, LARGE PAPER, INDIA PROOFS of the fin portraits, 4to. bds. 10s 6d (pub. £1. 10s) | 1824 817 SHAKSPEARE.-HARDING's Shakspeare Illustrated by Portraits and Views, 148 fine portraits and engravings of famous Buildings, Localities, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. in one, red morocco, gilt leaves, £1. 18 (pub. £6. 68)

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1811 Includes the series of Portraits of the Editors of Shakspeare: and the scarce portrait of Jane Shaw bare necked.

818 SHARP'S British Gazetteer, or Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands, &c. comprising concise Descriptions of about 60,000 places, seats, &c. 2 thick vols. 8vo. cloth, £1. 58 (pub. £2. 16s) 1852

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822 SIDNEY'S (Sir Philip) Defence of English Poesy, with
Copies of Verses by Lord Thurlow, 4to. calf gilt, 58
Bulmer, 1810
A limited number only printed at the expense of Lord Thurlow

823 SINCLAIR on Grasses :-Hortus Gramineus Wobur-
nensis; an Account of the Results of Experiments on the
Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses and
Plants, 45 coloured engravings, roy. 8vo. bds. 10s 6d-
Another copy, new hf. calf gilt, 148 (pub. £2. 28) 1826
824 SKELTON'S Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata, enlarged edi-
tion; ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS of the Antiquities of Ox-
ford; and PIETAS OXONIENSIS, or Records of Oxford
Founders, THE THREE WORKS COMPLETE, with upwards of
250 fine engravings of the Colleges, Halls, Churches, Public
Buildings, Mansions, Antiquities, Portraits, &c. 3 vols.
impl. 4to. bds. £3. 38 (pub. £14. 148)

1823-43

These fine volumes form the most complete illustrated record of the City and University of Oxford.

825 SMILES' (S.) Lives of Engineers, with an account of their principal Works, and History of Inland Communication in Britain, portraits and engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1. 10s (pub. £2. 28) 1861 826 SMITH'S (W.) British Diatomacea, a Synopsis of the, with Remarks on their Structure, Functions, and Distribution, and instructions for collecting and preserving Specimens, 67 plates, containing many thousand figures, some coloured, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. cloth, £1. 11s 6d (pub. £2. 28) Van Voorst, 1853-6

826 SMITH'S Latin-English Dictionary, based upon the Works of Forcellini and Freund, very thick 8vo. cloth, 128 6d (pub. £1. 18)

1855

827 SMOLLETT'S Works complete, with Memoirs of his Life and Writings, by Dr. Moore, portrait, 8 vols. 8vo. russia gilt, £2. 10s

1797

828 SMOLLETT'S Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, with Memoirs of a Lady of Quality, ROSCOE'S EDITION, with humourous engravings by G. Cruikshank, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. new half morocco gilt, 9s 6d

1831 829 SOMERS' (Lord) COLLECTION of SCARCE and VALUABLE TRACTS on the most interesting Subjects relating to English History, &c. edited by SIR WALTER SCOTT, 13 vols. 4to. new bright calf gilt, fine copy, £8. 158 (pub. in bds. £42.) 1809-15

Best Edition; with considerable additions by the Editor. "In no collection of the least historical pretence, let these Tracts be found wanting."—DIBDIN.

830 SOPHOCLES. Commentarii in Septem Tragoedias Sophoclis, præmisso Lascaris Epigrammate, Græce, FIRST EDITION, 4to. russia gilt, fine large copy, rare, £1. 58

Romæ, 1518 This is one of the four books printed at the Greek Press established at Rome by Leo X. Inferior copies to the above have been sold at upwards of £5. 58.

831 SOUTHEY'S Poetical Works complete, collected by himself, with all the Notes, portrait and engravings by Finden, 10 vols. fcap. 8vo. new hf. morocco gilt, £1. 18s 1847 Uniform with the favorite editions of Burns, Cowper, Crabbe, 832 SOUTHWELL'S (R.) Saint Peter's Complaint, newly Wordsworth. augmented, with other Poems, engraved title, sm. 4to. bds. 108 6d 1615 This rare edition is not in the Bib. Ang. Poetica; an edition of 1600 Pickering, 1851 is there priced £21.

819 SHAW'S Decorative Arts of the Middle Ages, Ecclesiastical and Civil, with 41 beautiful plates of ancient Enamel, Metal Work, Stained Glass, Embroidery, &c. many in GOLD AND COLOURS, impl. 8vo. cloth, 18s (pub. £2. 28)

Collection of Prints, British Portraits, 5 parts, sold by Sotheby-Italian Pictures, Bronzes, &c. sold by Christie, 4to. hf. russia, fine copy, £2. 2s

1824

833 STAFFORD'S Pacata Hibernia; a History of the Wars | 849 SYKES (Sir Mark) Catalogues of his highly valuable in Ireland during the reign of Q. Elizabeth, large plans of Towns, Fortifications, &c. and Speed's map of Munster, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. hf. mor. uncut, 10s 6d 1633, rep. 1810 834 STANLEY'S (A. P.) Sinai and Palestine, in connection with their History, second edition, with coloured map and plans, thick 8vo. cloth, 98 6d 1856

835 STANLEY'S (A. P.) Lectures on the History of the Eastern Church, with an Introduction on the Study of Ecclesiastical History, map, thick 8vo. cloth, 148

1861 836 STATE Policy of Modern Europe, from the beginning of the XVIth century to the present time, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 68 6d (pub. £1. 18) Longmans, 1857 837 STEDMAN'S (G.) History of the American War, its Origin, Progress, and Termination, maps and pluns of battles, &c. 2 vols. 4to. calf gilt, 188

1794

Stedman was an actor in the scenes he describes, and served under Howe, Clinton, and Cornwallis.

838 STEDMAN'S Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, 80 engravings of Costumes, Natural History, &c. 2 vols. 4to. bds. 78 6d 1806 839 STEPHANI THESAURUS GRÆCE Linguæ, Editio Nova auctior et emendatior, complete, 8 vols. folio, hf. bd. calf neat, ONLY £3. 158 (pub. £44. 108) Valpy, 1816-28

This valuable edition contains much additional matter; and the Appendices of Askew and Scott are incorporated. 840 [STEVENS' (Capt. J.)] Monasticon Hibernicum, the Monastical History of Ireland, engravings of Costume, and map, 8vo. calf, 78 6d

1722

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BEST LIBRARY EDITION, greatly augmented, and printed in large type. 842 STRICKLAND'S Original Letters of Mary Queen of Scots, illustrative of her Personal History, now first published from the Originals, portrait and facsimiles of autographs and Warrant for Execution, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d (pub. £1. 18) 1843

843 STRUTT'S HORDA ANGEL-CYNNAN; Compleat View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c. of the Inhabitants of England, with upwards of 150 plates, 3 vols. 4to. calf, fine copy, £8. 88 1774-6

Rare: Willett's copy sold for £22.; the Fonthill for £26, 58. 844 SUE'S Mysteries of Paris (the only authorized translation), ILLUSTRATED EDITION, several hundred engravings, 3 vols. royal 8vo. hf. red morocco, gilt tops, 18s (pub. £2. 148)

All with prices and names, five impressions of the head (in different states) of Sir Mark Sykes, modelled by Peter Round, in 1817. Two business autograph notes by him, as well as a proof portrait of Mr. Robert

Graves (No. 2), the arranger of the prints, are inserted.
850 SYMES' Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava (Burmese
Empire), in 1795, with large map and numerous fine en-
gravings of scenery, antiquities, costume, &c. 4to. bright
calf gilt, bound by Mackenzie, 12s 6d (pub. £4. 48)

Bulmer, 1800 851 TACITUS, recognovit, emendavit, Notis, Dissertationibus, Tabulis Geographicis illustravit Gabriel Brotier, map, 4 vols. 4to. calf gilt, yellow edges, beautiful copy, £1. 188

Par. 1771 The first edition of Brotier's Tacitus, and a fine specimen of Delatour's typography. 852 TAILOUR'S (R.) SACRED HYMNS (SET TO MUSIC) consisting of Fifti select Psalmes of David and others, Paraphrastically turned into English Verse, to be Sung in Five Parts, also for the Viole, Lute and Orph-arion, sm. 4to in richly gilt old calf binding, gilt leaves, FINE COPY, £2. 128 6d

1615 Very rare, unknown to Lowndes: The Version is that of Sir Ed. Sandys. 853 TALES of the Genii, translated from the Persian by Sir Charles Morell, numerous engravings by Landseer, Fittler, &c. from pictures by Craig, 2 vols. 8vo. marb. calf gilt, 1805 78 6d

854 TASSO, OPERE complete, raccolte per G. Mauro, FINE EDITION, 12 vols. 4to. in 6, calf gilt, red edges, £1. 168

Ven., 1722

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857 TAYLOR'S (Jeremy) Rule and Exercise of Holy Living
and Holy Dying, elegantly printed in large antique type by
Whittingham, fine port. 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 168
Bell and Daldy, 1857

1845 845 SULLY'S (Duke of) Memoirs, translated by Lennox, BEST EDITION, enlarged with Notes and Historical Introduc-858 TAYLOR'S (W. C.) House of Orleans, Memoirs of the, tion, portraits, 5 vols. royal 8vo. russia gilt, fine copy, including distinguished Characters during the Seventeenth £1. 10s 1810 and Eighteenth Centuries, fine portraits, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 846 SURREY (Earl of) and Sir Thomas Wyatt's Works, 148 (pub. £2. 28) 1849 edited with Lives, Notes, valuable Glossary, &c. by Dr. 859 TELL TALE, or Anecdotes expressive of the Characters Nott, portraits, engravings, and facsimiles, 2 thick vols. of Persons eminent for Rank, Learning, Wit or Humour, 4to. hf. mor. uncut, 188 6d, or whole bound calf gilt, £1.48 also The Rational Humourist, 3 vols. 12mo. calf neat, 78 6d 1815 1756-99 860 TEMPLE'S (F., D.D.) Sermons preached in Rugby School in 1858-59-60, 8vo. cloth, 78 6d (pub. 10s 6d) 1861 861 TEMPLE'S (Sir W.) Works complete, with Life, best library edition, 4 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, £1. 58 1814

By far the Best Edition; "The Sonnets of the elegantly romantic Surrey are distinguished for simplicity, purity and sweetness of expres sion, by unaffected tenderness and sentiment, and by vivid powers of description." -DRAKE'S SHAKESPEARE.

847 SWIFT'S (Dean) WORKS, complete, edited, with Notes and Life, by Sir Walter Scott, BEST EDITION, 19 vols. 8vo. whole bound, calf gilt, very nice library copy, £9. 15s

Edinb., 1824 848 SYLVESTER'S RELIQUIE BAXTERIANE, or Baxter's Narrative of the most memorable Passages of his Life and Times, from the original MS. portrait by White, folio, calf neat, El. Is

1696

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864 TERENTIUS, Phædrus, et Publii Syri Sententiæ, recens. Notas suas et Faerni addidit BENTLEIUS, portrait of the Prince of Wales, 4to. russia extra, gilt leaves and borders of gold, beautiful copy, 88 6d Cant., 1726 A fine and valuable edition, including Bentley's very learned Dissertation on the Metres of Terence, &c.

865 THACKERAY'S Titmarsh's Journey from Cornhill to Cairo, by way of Lisbon, Athens, Constantinople and Jerusalem, coloured front. fcap. 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d 1846 866 THACKERAY'S WILLIAM PITT, Earl of Chatham, History of, containing his Speeches, Correspondence, &c. 1827 portrait, 2 vols. 4to. bds. 148 (pub. £3. 12s) 867 THEOGNIS Restitutus, the Personal History of Theognis deduced from an Analysis of his Existing Fragments, sm. 4to. cloth, 168 PRIVATELY PRINTED, MALTA, 1842 A hundred of these Fragments translated or paraphrased in English Metre are arranged in their proper biographical order, with an accompanying Commentary, &c.

868 THOMAS' (W.) Survey of Worcester Cathedral, with Account of the Bishops, and Appendix of Original Records and Papers, numerous engravings of monuments, &c. 4to. calf, scarce, 128 6d 1737 869 THOMSON'S Seasons, FINE EDITION, printed by Bensley, with beautiful engravings by Bartolozzi and Tomkins, from pictures by W. Hamilton, 4to. bds. 78 6d 1807 870 THOMSON'S (Mrs.) Memorials of Literary Characters and Celebrated Places, 2 vols. post 8vv. cloth, 58 (pub. 158) 1854 Comprising notices of Coleridge, Mackintosh, Galt, Campbell, Blanco White, L. E. L., Allan Cunningham, and many other celebrities. 871 THOMSON'S (Mrs.) Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, ports. 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 128 6d, or hf. calf gilt, 16s 6d (pub. £2. 28) 1845 "This useful and interesting work may assert its place in the standard literature of the country."-LIT. GAZ.

872 THROSBY'S Select Views in LEICESTERSHIRE, with Historical Relations, including the most valuable parts of Burton, Nichols, &c. 75 engravings of Castles, &c. 2 vols. 4to. hf. calf, £1. 48 1791 873 THUCYDIDES, Gr. recens. et explicavit H. F. Bothe, 2 vols. 8vo. in one, hf. russia neat, 78 6d Lips. 1848 874 Thucydides' HISTORY OF THE WARRE which was betweene the Peloponnesians and the Athenyans, translated by T. Nicholls, Citizen and Goldsmith of London, large copy, fol. old cf. very scarce, £1. 108 No printer's name 1550 The first edition of the first translation, well known to Shakspeare; Ames attributes it to the Press of J. Wayland.

875 THUCYDIDES' History of the Peloponnesian War, newly translated, with very copious Annotations, philological, historical, and geographical, by the Rev. S. T. Bloomfield, D.D. maps, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d, or hf. calf gilt,158 6d (pub. £2.58)

1829

876 TODD'S (Dr.) CYCLOPÆDIA of ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY, complete with the SUPPLEMENT, several thousand engravings, 6 large vols. roy. 8vo. new hf. russia, £7. 7s (pub. £12. 128)

1835-59 877 TOLAND'S (J.) Nazarenus, or Jewish, Gentile, and Mahometan Christianity, with the Relation of the Irish MS. of the IV. Gospels, and Appendix, 8vo. calf gilt, 38 6d 1718 878 TOOKE'S (Horne) Diversions of Purley, revised and enlarged by R. Taylor, front. 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 7s 6d 1829 879 TOONE'S Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words, Phrases and Proverbs, with Notices of Ancient Customs, &c. best edition, post 8vo. cloth, 58 1834 880 TOVEY'S Anglia Judaica, the History and Antiquities of the Jews in England, sun. 4to. hf. calf, scarce, 148 1788 881 TOWNSEND'S (W. C.) Modern State. Trials, revised and illustrated with Essays and Notes, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 18s 6d (pub. £1. 10s) 1850

882 TRACTS.-Payne's The Persecutor Exposed, 1685, and others as under, 4to. calf, 158 1685, &c.

Answer to the Duke of Buckingham's Paper concerning Religious Toleration, &c. 1685-Crown's Poem on the Death of Charles II. 1685Reply to the Answer of the Man of No Name, 1685-Tom Tell-Troth, n. d-Hunt's Defence of the Charter and Rights of the City of London, &c. n. d.-Discourse for taking off Tests and Penal Laws about Religion, 1687-Intreigues of the French King at Constantinople, 1689-Providence Displayed in the Coronation of K. William and Q. Mary, (in Verse), 1689, 883 TRACTS on TYTHES.-Carleton's (G.) Tithes examined and proved to be due to the Clergie by Divine Right, 1611; and others as under, sm. 4to. calf, 128 1609-23

and several others.

Sclater's The question of Tythes Revised: Arguments for Moralitie of Tything, enlarged and cleared, 1623-Robartes' The Revenue of the Gospel is Tythes, 1613-Eburne's The Maintenance of the Ministry, 1609, 884 TRACTS.-A Letter to a Friend on the French Invasion, 1692; Pretence of Ditto Examined, 1692, and others as under, 4to. calf, 128 1692, &c.

John Wilmer's Case, 1692-Two Answers to James II's Declaration, 1693-Simon Van Halyrene's Sentence, 1693-Dialogue between a Liveryman and a Freeman of London, 1695-Letters giving a faithfull Account of the Transactions at the Court of France, 1695-The French King's Edict, Declaration, &c. 1695, and six others.

158

885 TRACTS.-Treaty between the King of Gt. Britain and the United Provinces for settling the Succession of the Crown of Spain, &c. 1700, and others as under, 4to. calf, 1700, &c. The True Will of Charles II. K. of Spain, 1700-Last Will and Codicil of Charles II. of Spain, 1700–Memorial of the King of France on the Will, &c. 1700-Letter concerning the present Posture of Affairs, 1700-Duke of Anjou's Accession considered, Both Parts, 1701, etc. etc. 886 TRANSACTIONS of the National Association for the PROMOTION of SOCIAL SCIENCE, complete from the commencement to the end of 1861, 5 thick vols. 8vo. cloth, £2. 128 6d (pub. £3. 15s) 1857-61

Embracing such a vast variety of useful topics connected with the social welfare and happiness of mankind, contributed by the most able men of the day, that it is almost impossible to recommend these volumes 887 TRANSACTIONS of the Architectural Institute of too strongly. Scotland, with numerous plates of ancient Buildings, &c. 888 TRANSACTIONS of the Royal Irish Academy, complete 5 vols. royal 8vo. in two, cloth, £1. 5s from the commencement 1787 to 1848, with very numerous engravings, 21 vols. 4to. new hf. russia, FINE UNIFORM SET, £18. 108 1787-1848

1850-58

Complete sets as the above of this valuable work, comprising the researches, discoveries, and writings of a host of literary and scientific men during a period of upwards of 60 years, are difficult to procure. 889 TRANSACTIONS of the Linnean Society, complete from the commencement to 1855, several hundred fine plates by Martyn, Sowerby, &c. MANY BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED, 21 vols. 4to. new half russia, gilt tops, £15. 108 (pub. upwards of £60. in parts) 1791-1855

A very desirable set of books, difficult to find so complete. It contains the writings of the most celebrated Naturalists of the age. 890 TRANSACTIONS of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, numerous engravings, 3 thick vols. 4to. hf. morocco gilt, £2. 28

1824-31

This work contains Essays on the History, Philosophy, Theology, Languages, Geography, Natural History. Antiquities, &c. of the East, by some of the most eminent scholars of the day. 891 TRANSACTIONS of the Royal Society of Literature, BOTH SERIES, complete from the commencement to the present Time, numerous engravings, 3 vols. 4to. and 6 vols. 8vo. hf. mor. £5. 158 6d

1827-59

Among the contributors are Martin Leake, Sir T. Phillipps, J. O. Halliwell, J. Bonomi, and a host of eminent scholars. 892 TRANSACTIONS of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, complete from the commencement 1783 to 1845, with the scarce subsequently published 4to. vol. numerous engravings and portraits, 56 vols. 8vo. half calf giit, very nice uniform set, the last volumes quite new, scarce, £6. 68 1783-1846 Contains the best Accounts of Inventions, Improvements, and Discoveries in all the various branches of the Arts and Sciences.

893 TRENCH'S (R. C.) Notes on the Miracles of our Lord, sixth edition, 8vo. bds. 98 (pub. 128) 1858 894 TRENCH'S (R. C.) Notes on the Parables of our Lord, seventh edition, 8vo. bds. 9s (pub. 128) 1857 895 TRISTRAM'S (H. B.) The Great Sahara; Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains, numerous engravings and map, thick 8vo. cloth, 5s (pub. 158) Murray, 1860 896 TUCKER'S Light of Nature Pursued, revised, with Life by Sir John Mildmay, 4 vols. royal 8vo. in two, new half russia, 188 Cambridge, U. S. 1831 897 TURKEY.-Travels in, and Memoirs relating to, European and Asiatic Turkey, edited from MS. Journals by the Rev. R. WALPOLE, 27 engravings and maps, 2 vols. 4to. newly bound calf gilt, £1. 18 (pub. in bds. £6. 6s) 1818-20 Among the contributors are Dr. Sibthorp, Prof. Carlyle, Capt. Light, Dr. Hume, Col. Leake, Dr. E. D. Clarke, Lord Aberdeen, &c. 898 TURNER'S (Dawson) Paintings of St. Christopher: and THIRTY-FOUR other Antiquarian and Topographical Pieces, contributed to Magazines, or PRIVATELY PRINTED, engravings, roy. 8vo. cloth, 88 6 1843, &c. Dawson Turner's own reserved copy, with his MS. Index and Notes, many of the Pieces are very curious and interesting. 899 TURNER'S (J. M. W.) and LEITCH RITCHIE'S Annual Tours, comprising Wanderings by the Seine and by the Loire, with 60 beautiful engravings from Drawings by Turner, 3 vols. 8vo. morocco, gilt leaves, 158 (pub. £3. 3s) 1833-5

900 TYBURN CHRONICLE, containing the Lives, Adventures, Trials, and Executions, of the most notorious Malefactors from 1700 to 1768, numerous engravings, 4 vols. 8vo. half calf gilt, £1. 148 1768 901 URE'S (Dr.) The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain investigated and described, enlarged: also, Philosophy of Manufactures, enlarged and continued by Simmons-together 3 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 12s (pub. 178 6d) 1861 902 VAUGHAN'S (Rev. Dr.) Personality of the Tempter, and other Sermons, doctrinal and occasional, 8vo. cloth, 48 6d (pub. 78 6d) Parker, 1851 903 VEGA (Lope Felix de) Colleccion de las Obras sualtas assi en Verso como en Prosa, portrait, 19 vols. 4to. Spanish calf gilt, fine set, £4. 48 Madrid, 1776-9 Best, and only complete edition of the works of Lope de Vega; valued by Salva at 13 guineas. 904 VEHSE'S (Dr.) Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria, translated from the German by Demmler, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d (pub. £1. 18) 1856 905 VICARS' (J.) Jehovah-Jireh, God in the Mount, or England's Parliamentarie-Chronicle, sm. 4to. calf, scarce, 128 6d 1644

"A curious picture of the enthusiasm, hypocrisy, violence, madness, and cruelties of the time."

906 VICTORIA, PRINCE ALBERT, and ROYAL FAMILY, a very extensive Collection of Papers, Cuttings, and Engravings illustrating the principal events in their Lives, all mounted on folio Drawing paper, arranged ready for binding, and preserved in 6 very thick portfolios, £2. 10s

A most extraordinary collection of Newspaper and other Cuttings from numerous sources, including the scarce privately printed Reports of the Royal Entertainment in the City of London on Lord Mayor's Day, 1837, and other l'amphlets; the whole illustrated with an immense profusion of portraits, views, caricatures from "Punch" and other serials, H. B. &c. pageants and other progresses, &c. entirely relating to Her Majesty and Family, from her birth to a very recent period. 907 VILLENEUVE-BARGEMONT, Monumens des Grands. Maitres de l'Ordre de St. Jean de Jérusalem, avec Descriptions, nearly 100 plates, INDIA PROOFS, LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. hf. calf, fine copy, £1. 168 Paris, 1829 King Louis Philippe's copy, with the initials and crown embossed on the backs.

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Splendid specimen of Early Typography: This work consists not only of Legends of the Saints, but (says Warton) "is interspersed with many other most beautiful and strange Histories." 911 WALCOTT'S (Rev. M.) Westminster; Memorials of the City, St. Peter's College, the Churches, Palaces, Streets, and Worthies, engravings, 8vo. cloth, 5s 6d (pub. 10s 6d) 1849 912 WALES Illustrated from Drawings by Gastineau, with Descriptions, 200 highly finished engravings of Castles, Seals, Antiquities, &c. in North and South Wales, 2 vols. 4to. complete in parts, 18s (Early subscriber's copy with best impressions) 1830

913 WALPOLE'S (Horace) ROYAL and NOBLE AUTHORS of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with a List of their Works, enlarged and continued by PARK, with 150 fine portraits, original impressions, 5 vols. 8vo. russia, gill leaves, £3. 38 1806 914 WALPOLE'S Anecdotes of Painting in England, enlarged by Dallaway, MAJOR'S BEAUTIFUL EDITION, with upwards of 150 fine portraits by Worthington, Finden, &c. 5 vols. roy. 8vo. newly half bound morocco, gilt tops, £3. 158 (pub. £10. 108) 1828

An admirable work, quite a treasure, beautiful alike in paper, printing and engraving. 915 WALPOLE'S Castle of Otranto, finely printed by BoDONI of Parma, front. LARGE PAPER, impl. 8vo. calf gill, 78 6d Parma, 1791 916 WALTON and COTTON's Complete Angler, with Lives of the Authors and Notes by Sir J. Hawkins, portraits and engravings, LARGE PAPER, roy. 8vo. calf neat, 128 6d

Bagster, 1808 917 WARBURTON'S Memoirs of Charles. Mordaunt Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth, with his select Correspon dence, 2 vols. post 8vo. in 1, new half calf, 58 (pub. £1. 1s)

1853

918 WARD'S (T.) England's Reformation from the time of Henry VIII. to the end of Oates' Plot, in English Verse, FIRST EDITION, sm. 4to. embossed russia, fine copy, 78 6d Printed at Hamburgh, 1710 919 WARNER'S History of BATH from the earliest period, with an Appendix of Original Papers, portrait and engrav. ings, 4to. bds. edges trimmed, 128 1801 920 WARWICKSHIRE-Description of the Towns and Villages in Warwickshire, from Dugdale's Work, engravings, 1817, and others as under, 7 vols. 8vo. 158

History and Description of Birmingham, with 24 engravings, India Proofs, West's History, Topography, and Directory of Warwickshire, 1830Birm., 1830-Birmingham Magazine, 1828-Bissett's Poetical Survey round Birmingham, and Copperplate Directory, 1801-Merridew's Memoranda of Leamington Priors and its Neighbourhood, plates, 1822- Morfitt's Abstract of Acts of Parliament relating to Birmingham and Hamlet of Deritend, 1791

921 WASHINGTON'S (G. First President of the United States) Works complete, being his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, &c. edited with Life and Notes by Jared Sparks, portraits and engravings, 12 large vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, marb leaves, £5. 108 Boston, U. S. 1858 Statesman.

BEST LIBRARY EDITION of the works of this eminent American

922 WATELET (M.) Dictionnaire des Arts de Peinture, Sculpture et Gravure, 5 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 10s 6d 1792 A very comprehensive work, full of practical as well as historical information on all subjects connected with Art

WATSON'S (Bp. of Llandoff) Two Apologies for Christianity and the Bible against Gibbon and Tom Paine, 8vo. cloth, 38 6d 1820

908 VIRGILII Opera Omnia, cum Var. Lect. et perpetua Ad-923 notatione illust. à Heyne, curavit Wagner, 5 thick vols. roy. 8vo. fine paper, newly bd. calf gilt, £2. 18s Lips. 1830 41

1805

Ancient Egyptians, with 500 engravings of Antiquities,
Manners and Customs, &c. 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d 1851
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY WILSON.

924 WEBER'S (J.) Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, including | 938 WILKINSON'S (Sir Gardner) Popular Account of the the most important periods of the French Revolution, translated by R. C. Dallas, numerous portraits, 3 vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, 6s 6d 925 WELLINGTON'S (Duke of) Maxims and Opinions, selected from his Writings and Speeches, with Biographical Memoir by G. H. Francis, portrait, thick 8vo. cloth, 58 6d (pub. 148)

1845

926 WELLINGTON'S (Duke of) LIFE by the REV. G. R.
GLEIG, partly from the French of Brialmont, and partly
from original Documents, portrait and plans of Battles, &c.
thick 8vo. new cloth, 128 6d (pub. 158) Just Pub. 1862
The most interesting and reliable of all the Biographies of the Duke;
embracing many new facts and much original matter, and including the
author's personal acquaintance and recollections.

927 WELLINGTON'S (Duke of) Military Life by Major
Jackson and Capt. Rochfort Scott, portrait and plans of
Battles, &c 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d (pub. £1. 108) 1840
Presentation copy with Capt. Scott's autograph inscription.

928 WELSH.-OWEN's Welsh and English Dictionary, with
a Welsh Grammar, 2 thick vols. roy. 8vo. hf. bd. scarce,
£1. 168

1793

A very copious Dictionary, with illustrative quotations from Welsh Literature, with translations. 929 WESTMORELAND, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated by Allom, &c. with Descriptions by Rose, 215 highly finished engravings of the most beautiful Lake and Mountain Scenery, fine original impressions, thick 4to. hf. calf neat, £1. 148 1832

Eleven Thousand Pounds were expended in the production of this interesting work.

148

930 WHATELY'S (W. Vicar of Banburie) A Bride-Bush,
or a Direction for married Persons, plainely describing the
Duties common to both, sm. 4to. new antique calf, scarce,
1619
This work by a violent Calvinist occasioned much controversy, and
caused the author to be convened before the High Commission.
931 WHITAKER'S History and Topography of the Town
and Parish of Leeds, and Parts adjacent, including the whole
of Thoresby's Ducatus Leodiensis, also Aredale, Wharfdale,
Vale of Calder, the Loidis and Elmete, &c. with all the
Genealogical Tables and numerous fine engravings, 2 vols.
roy. folio, hf. russia, gilt top, fine uncut copy, £5. 188 1816
Best edition of this fine and valuable work, published at 15 guineas.
932 WHITAKER'S History and Antiquities of the DEANERY
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1805

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935 WHITE'S (Walter) Londoner's Walk to the Lands End, and a Trip to the Scilly Isles, map, post 8vo. new hf. call, 88 6d (pub 108 6d) 1855 936 WILBERFORCE'S (W.) Life by his Sons, R. J. and S. Wilberforce, portraits, 5 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. £2. 128 6d)

1838 937 WILLEMENT'S FACSIMILE of a CONTEMPORARY ROLL, with the Names and the Arms of the Sovereign and of the Spiritual and Temporal Peers in the reign of Henry VIII. (1515) THE ARMS RICHLY EMBLAZONED, roy. 4to. hf. calf, uncut, very scarce, £3. 58

1829

Only 50 copies printed: the Arms emblazoned in strict imitation of the original Vellum Roll.

939 WILSON'S (R.) Studies and Designs done at Rome in 1752, 50 beautiful engravings in exact facsimile of the originals, on INDIA PAPER, roy. 4to. hf. calf, £3. 10s

Oxf. 1811

In this valuable volume are inserted Two ORIGINAL DRAWINGS by Wilson, 14 additional engravings from his works by Rooker, and fine portrait. 940 WILSON'S Hindu Theatre; Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus, translated from the Sanscrit, 3 vols. 8vo. bds. 158 Calcutta, 1827

941 WINSLOW'S (Dr. Forbes) Anatomy of Suicide, front. 8vo. new cloth, 58 (pub. 10s 6d) 1840

942 WINKLES' French Cathedrals, with Descriptions, 50 highly finished engravings of exterior and interior Views of the Cathedrals of Amiens, Notre Dame, Chartres, Beauvais, Evreux, and Rouen, 4to. cloth, 158-Another copy, hf. morocco, gilt leaves, £1. 18 1837

943 WOMEN.-Thelypthora, or a Treatise on Female Ruin under the following heads, Marriage, Whoredom, Adultery, and Divorce, by Madan, 2 vols. 8vo. in one, hf. morocco, 78 6d

1781 treatise which brought the author, a clergyman of the Establishment, Maintaining the lawfulness of polygamy in cases of seduction; a into much disgrace.

944 WORDSWORTH'S (C.) Greece, Descriptive and Historical, with 350 beautiful engravings on wood and 28 on steel, fine original impressions, impl. 8vo. newly bound calf, gilt leaves, and borders of gold, 188

1840 945 WORDSWORTH'S (W.) Poetical Works, complete, with all the Notes, portrait, 6 vols. fcap. 8vo. new calf gilt, marb. leaves, £2. 28 Moxon. 1857

946 WORLD (The), ORIGINAL EDITION (by Horace Wal-
pole, J. Moore, Whitehead, &c.) as published in 156 numbers,
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Dodsley, 1753-5
947 WORLIDGE'S Curious Antique Gems, etched after the
manner of Rembrandt, portrait and 182 very beautiful en-
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These engravings, master-pieces of their kind, have all the appear-
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the two extra plates of Hercules and the Medusa's Head.
948 WORSAAE'S Account of the Danes and Norwegians in
England, Scotland and Ireland, numerous engravings, 8vo.
cloth, scarce, 128

1852
949 WOUVERMANS.-A COLLECTION OF OLD ENGRAV-
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Comprising the famous large Pictures representing Hunting and
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figures of Horses, in depicting which this painter is unrivalled.
950 WRIGHT'S (J.) RUTLAND, History and Antiquities of,
collected from Records, ancient MSS. &c. map and en-
gravings of Arms, Antiquities, &c. LARGE PAPER, folio, old
calf neat, VERY SCARCE, £1. 158
1684

951 YATES' HISTORY of BURY ST. EDMUNDS, and of its Abbey, edited and enlarged by J. B. Nichols, portrait and 29 engravings, 4to. bds. 10s 6d (pub. £2. 28)

This edition contains the Appendix of Charters, &c.

1843

952 YORK CATHEDRAL-BROWNE'S History of the Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, York, complete, with 150 fine engravings of elevations, interiors, sculptures, ornaments, &c. those of the stained windows COLOURED, 2 vols. impl. 4to. in parts, £4. 10s (pub. £12. 128) 1838-47

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