ALDINES-Continued. 45 VALERIUS Maximus, FIRST ALDINE EDITION, sm. 8vo. blue mor, gilt leaves, fine large copy, £1.58 Ven. Aldus, 1502 46 VALERIUS Maximus, SECOND ALDINE EDITION, sm. 8vo. original calf binding, with fleur-de-lis on the sides, £1. 18 Ven. Aldus, 1514 47 VALERIUS Maximus, THIRD ALDINE EDITION, sm. 8vo. original vellum_wrapper, fine large copy, 88 6d

Ven. Aldus, 1534 The three editions of Valerius Maximus, as above, are a desideratum in an Aldine collection.

48 ANGLO-SAXON.-Menologium, or Poetical Calendar of the Anglo-Saxons, with Eng. translation and Notes by Fox, 8vo. cloth, scarce, 78 Pickering, 1830 Dr. Ingram quotes the Menologium Poeticum to prove the purity of our Primitive Church, etc.

49 ANNUAL REGISTER for 1861, comprising a complete View of the History and Politics of the Year, thick 8vo. new in bds. 15s (pub. 188) Just Published, 1862 50 ANSTEY'S New Bath Guide, or Memoirs of the B-n-r-d Family (in Verse) with Life and Notes by J. Britton, humourous engravings by G. Cruikshank, post 8vo. half russia, 68 6d

1832 51 ANTOMMARCHI'S Last Years of Napoleon's Exile, Me

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1822

C. Knight, 1839-41

"The Notes of Mr. Lane throw more light upon the mysteries of Arab Life than perhaps all other works in the language."—Athenæum. 54 ARCHAICA, containing Reprints of Rare Old English Prose Tracts, with critical and biographical Prefaces by Sir Egerton Brydges, 2 vols. 4to. new half morocco, gilt tops, £3. 108 1815

Only 250 copies privately printed and sold at 107 10s each set. Contains, Rare Pieces by Greene, Southwell, Breton, Nash, Harvey and Brathwaite.

55 ARIOSTO, Orlando Furioso, con l'Osservationi del Lavezuola, 52 large and spirited engravings by Girolamo Porri, fine impressions, 4to. calf gilt, 10s 6d (Col. Stanley's copy sold for £16. 168) Ven. 1584 "Assez belle édition, très recherchée à cause des Notes qui l'accompagnent, et des Gravures dont elle est ornée."— Brunet.

56 ARISTOPHANES, Gr. et Lat. cum Scholiis Gr. Var. Lect. et Notis Variorum, curavit Bekker, LARGE PAPER, 5 vols. roy. 8vo. newly bound calf gill, £2. 28 Lond., 1829 A very excellent edition, published in bds, £6. 6s. 57 ARISTOPHANES' Comedies, Gr. (Frogs, Acharnenses, Wasps, Clouds, Knights) with copious English Notes by Mitchell, 5 vols. 8vo. bds. scarce, £1. 158 (pub. £2. 158) 1835-9

MENTELIN'S EDITION OF ARISTOTLE.

58 ARISTOTELIS ETHICA, POLITICA, ECONOMICA, ex Interpretatione L. Aretini, the extremely early and rare edition, said to be printed by Mentelin in the infancy of printing, thick folio, (296 pages) very large and perfect copy, from the library of Dr. Kloss of Frankfort, hf. bd. neat, £2. 15s [ARGENT. J. MENTELIN, MCCCCLXVIII] An exceedingly fine and interesting specimen of early typography, the paper nearly as firm and crisp, and the ink as bright as when first issued from the press.

Braun calls it "Antiquissima ed. praestantioribus Bibliographis ig

nota."

59 ARISTOTELIS de Re Publica lib. VIII. Gr. iterum edid. J. Bekker, interleaved with writing paper, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 58 6d Berol., 1855 60 ARMIN'S (R.) Italian Taylor and his Boy, a very curious Old Poem, woodcuts, LARGE PAPER, sm. 4to. new half morocco, gilt top, 9s 6d 1609, rep. 1810

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1845

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1858

66 ART UNION JOURNAL, complete from its commencement,

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67 ARTHUR. -THE BYRTH, LYF, AND ACTES OF KYNG ARTHUR, of his Knyghtes of the Rounde Table, theyr mervyllous Enquestes and Adventures, &c. with Introduction and Notes by R. SOUTHEY, 2 vols. 4to. calf, scarce, £4. 108 (pub. at £6. 6s) Carton, 1485-rep. 1817 "Indisputably the best prose Romance the language can boast." SIR WALTER SCOTT.

69 ASTLE'S Origin and Progress of Writing, History of, BEST EDITION, portrait and 30 fine coloured and other engravings from ancient MSS., inscriptions, &c. 4to. bds. fine uncut copy, scarce, £1. 108 (pub. £3. 138 6d) 1803 Most valuable for interpreting State Papers, Charters, and other early Documents.

70 ASCHAM'S (Roger) English Works, with his Life by Dr. Johnson, thick post 8vo. bds. very scarce, £1. 18

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Discoveries and Improvements.

1818

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1831

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87 SEVEN SAGES (The) in Scotish Metre, by J. Rolland of Dalkeith, edited by D. Laing, Black letter, 4to. extra bds. £1.88 1837

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97 BACON'S (Lord) WORKS, edited with Life by Basil Montagu, finely printed, 17 vols. 8vo. cloth, only £5. 10s (pub. £8. 188 6d) Pickering, 1825-34

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1836

99 BAGEHOT'S (W.) Estimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen (Cowper, Gibbon, Shelley, Peel, Macaulay, &c.) 8vo. cloth, 58 6d (pub. 148)

1858

100 BAILEY'S Universal Etymological English Dictionary, greatly enlarged and improved by Dr. Scott, numerous engravings, thick folio, calf gilt, 168

1755

119 BEATTIE'S Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, large type library edition, 8vo. calf extra gilt, fine copy, 38 6d

1820 120 BEATTIE'S Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views, by Allom, Bartlett, &c. with Descriptions, upwards of 120 highly finished engravings, early impressions, 2 vols. 4to. new hf. morocco, gilt leaves, £1. 128 Virtue, 1838 121 BEAUMONT and Fletcher's Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, published from the author's original copies, with the Songs to each Play added, portrait by Marshall, thick folio, calf gilt, fine copy, £1.88 1679

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1848

Van Voorst, 1835

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1831 111 BAXTER'S (Richard) Poetical Works, portrait, 12mo. calf gilt, scarce, 68-(the only edition) PICKERING, 1821 112 BAYLE, Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, augmenté des Notes de Chaufepié, Joly, La Monnoye, Le Clerc, Le Duchat, Prosper Marchand, &c. (par Beuchot), 16 vols. 8vo. nemly bound hf. morocco gilt, £6. 68 Paris, 1820 This edition combines with the advantage of being in a more portable form, that of containing very important additions, including an excellent bibliographical notice upon the various editions of Bayle's Dictionary. 113 BAYLEY'S Tower of London, History and Antiquities of the, with Biographical Anecdotes of Royal and Distinguished Personages, fine engravings from Drawings by Nash, 2 vols. roy. 4to. hf. calf neat, £1. 1s (pub. £6. 168 6d) 1821-5

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1857

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1856 118 BEARD'S Theatre of God's Judgements against all notorious Sinners, now thirdly printed and encreased with many more Examples, sm. 4to. neatly bound, scarce, 98 6d 1631

First collected edition; uniform with the folio editions of Shakespeare; in most instances the names of the actors are given. 122 BEAUTIES of England and Wales, by Britton and Brayley, with Introduction by Brewer, complete, with upwards of 700 engravings of Mansions, Views, &c. by Storer and Greig, and woodcuts by Bewick, 25 vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, contents lettered, only £3. 10s 1801-23

A valuable and interesting work, the only one illustrating all the Counties of England and Wales.

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1828

A valuable and amusing work, full of interesting extracts from, and accounts of, rare and curious books. 130 BELZONI'S Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia, with Journey to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon, map, 4to. calf gill, 128 6d (pub. £2.58)

1821

131 BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, complete from its commencement in 1837, to the end of 1859, with portraits of the most eminent literary persons of the day, and many engravings by G. Cruikshank, 46 vols. 8vo. new half calf, £10. 10s 1837-59

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1830

NEW WORK BY BEWICK, 133 BEWICK'S (Thomas) MEMOIRS, written by himself, and including his hitherto UNPUBLISHED WORK ON BRITISH FISHES, with numerous beautiful WOODCUTS by this inimitable Artist, 8vo. new cloth, 158 (pub. 188)

Just published, 1862

This volume forms an indispensable accompaniment to "Quadrupeds" and "Birds:" the woodcuts are executed in the same masterly style, and contains the last engraving executed by Bewick. some humourous vignettes are also added. It is highly interesting and 134 BERRY'S Encyclopædia Heraldica, or complete Dictionary of Heraldry, numerous fine Heraldic engravings, 3 vols. 4to. calf neat, only £2. 10s (pub. £14. 148)

1828 A most valuable work embracing the essence of Guillim, Edmondson, and other heraldic writers, both scarce and expensive.

6

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136 Bible and Apocrypha, K. JAMES' OR ROYAL VERSION, with the engraved genealogies by J. Speed, very thick folio, calf, £2. 58 R. Barker, 1611 THE FIRST EDITION of the Translation published by K. James' authority, usually called the "Authorized version," now used.

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1778

143 Birgitte (Sanctæ) Revelationes, with fine and curious woodcuts the full size of the page, thick folio, calf, fine copy from the Towneley and subsequently Sir F. Palgrave's library, £2. 58

A. Koberger civis Nuremburgensis MCCCCC XXI mensis Septembris

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146 BLENKINSOP'S (Dr.) Paddiana;

1849 One of the most humourous and amusing books of Irish Character ever written. 147 BLESSINGTON'S (Countess of) Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman, with 6 beautifully engraved portraits, post 8vo. cloth, 68 6d (pub. 148)

1836

148 BLUNT'S (J. J.) Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily, 8vo. half calf gilt, scarce, 88 6d 1823 149 BOECKH'S Public Economy of Athens, with a Dissertation on the Silver Mines of Laurion, transl. by Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, thick 8vo. cloth, 88 6d (pub. 188) 1842

150 BOLINGBROKE'S (Lord) Works complete, with Life by Oliver Goldsmith, portrait, Best LIBRARY EDITION, 8 vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, £2. 28

1809 151 BONNEY'S (H. K.) Historic Notices of Fotheringhay, including a circumstantial Account of the Imprisonment, Trial, and Execution of Mary Q. of Scots, engravings. LARGE PAPER, royal 8vo. bds. 38 Oundle, 1821

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1831 158 BOSWELL'S (J.) Letters addressed to the Rev. W. J. Temple, (1758-1795) now first published from the Originals, with Introduction and Notes, 8vo. new cloth, 68 6d (pub. 148) 1857

159 BOURKE'S History of the Moors in Spain from their first Invasion to their final Expulsion, engraving, 4to. newly bound calf, 58 1811

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162 BOURNE'S (H. R. Fox) Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney, thick 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. 15s) 1862

163 BOWDEN'S (J. W.) Life and Pontificate of Pope Gregory VII. A.D. 1020-1073, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 38 (pub. £1. 18) Rivingtons, 1840 164 BOWLES' (W. L.) Lessons in Criticism to W. Roscoe, with Further Lessons in Criticism to a Quarterly Reviewer, (relating to the Pope Controversy) 8vo. bds. 28 6d 1826

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170 Brandt (Seb.) Stultifera Nabis, Lat. (The Ship of Fools) with many fine and very curious old woodcuts, some with xylographic inscriptions, sm 4to. calf gilt, fine Basil. N. Lamparter, 1507

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