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594 SERMONS.-A Compleat Collection of Farewell Sermons 608 SMITH'S (H.) Sermons, gathered into one volume, with preached by Calamy, Manton, Caryl, Baxter, Bates, and Prayers, First Collected Edition, thick small 4to. original other Divines, 42 Sermons, with Prayers, &c. sm. 4to. hf. stamped binding, scarce, 148 calf, scarce, 58

1663 595 SEVIGNE (Mad. de) a Large Collection of her CELEBRATED LETTERS, translated into English, and written in a very neat hand, illustrated with about 190 engraved Portraits, Views, Cathedrals, &c. in 5 small portfolios, £2. 58 596 SHAFTESBURY'S (First Earl of) Life, from Original Documents by Martin and Kippis, now first published, edited by G. W. Cooke, fine portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d (pub. at £1. 88) 1836 597 SHAKSPEARE'S Plays and Poetical Works, revised, with Life, Glossary, &c. by Rowe, TONSON'S ORIGINAL EDITION, with fine plates of Characters by Vandergucht, Ducange, &c. 7 vols. 8vo. calf, scarce, £1.88

1709

This edition contains the Six Doubtful Plays, and is the first illustrated edition of Shakspeare.

598 SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS, with the Illustrations of Various Commentators, the Notes of Johnson and Steevens, revised and enlarged by Isaac Reed, 21 vols. 8vo. full bound in russia extra, gilt, gilt leaves, contents lettered, £5. 108

1803

A choice copy of this very excellent library edition of Shakspeare, with Lite, Glossary, &c. for less than the cost of the binding. 599 SHAKSPEARE'S Jest Books. - Tales and Quick Answeres, very mery and pleasant to rede-A Hundred Mery Tales, Supplement to the Tales and Quick Answeres, beautifully printed by C. Whittingham, 2 vols. small 8vo. calf, fine copy, the Supplement sewed, £1. 158 1814-15 Only 100 copies of this very curious and amusing work were printed and pub. at £3 3s each.

600 SHAKSPEARE.-Twiss's Complete Verbal Index to the Plays of Shakspeare, adapted to all the Editions, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. russia, very neat, £2. 188

1805

Exceedingly scarce, nearly the whole impression having been destroyed at Besley's Fire.

601 SHAKSPEARE.-Six Old Plays on which Shakspeare founded his Mea ure for Measure, Comedy of Errors, Taming the Shrew, King John, K. Henry IV. and V. and King Lear, edited by Nichols, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. calf, 58 6d 1779 602 SHAKESPEARE Society's Publications, complete, from its Commencement in 1841, to its Termination in 1853; the Contents classified, 47 vols. in 19, new cloth, £4. 10s

The Shakespeare Society being now dissolved, and the few complete sets of their publications dispersed, the present is a favourable opportunity for acquiring them at a moderate price. They consist of nearly Fifty different works illustrative of Shakespeare and the Literature of his time, eomprising Old Plays, Poems, Curious Tracts, Memoirs, &c. either now printed for the first time, or difficult to be procured from their rarity, elied by eminent Literary men.

603 SHEPHERD'S Elucidation of the Book of Common Prayer, the Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, 2 vols. 8vo. hds. 68 6d 1817

604 SIDMOUTH'S (H. Addington, First Viscount) Life and Correspondence, by Hon. G. Pellew, fine portrait, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 128 6d (pub. at £2. 28)

1847

605 SIMON'S (Mrs.) The Hope of Israel; presumptive Evidence that the Aborigines of the Western Hemisphere are descended from the Ten missing Tribes of Israel, 8vo. bds. 1829

38 606 SINCLAIR on Grasses.-Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis; an account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of different Grasses and other Plants, fourth edition enlarged, 45 coloured plates, 8vo. cloth, 128 (1830) 607 SMITH'S CATALOGUE RAISONNE of the Works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters; with Biographical Notices, and the Prices at which the Pictures have been sold, &c. (complete set, with Supplement), 9 large vols. royal 8vo. hf. russia, fine copy, £9. 98 (published at £11. 188)

1829-42

1599

The author was called "The Silver-tongued preacher."-Granger. 609 SMITH'S Antiquities of Westminster, the Old Palace, the late House of Commons, &c. with 246 FINE COLOURED and other engravings of Buildings, Antiquities, Paintings, &c. many of which no longer exist, imperial 4to. bds. fine original uncut copy, £1. 11s (pub. at £6. 68) Bensley, 1807 610 SMITH'S Vagabondiana, or Anecdotes of Wandering Mendicants in London, with 31 fine etchings of the most remarkable, drawn from Life, fine impressions, LARGE PAPER, royal 4to. hf. calf, 188 (pub. at £3. 38) 611 SMITH'S (C. J.) Historical and Literary Curiosities, consisting of Facsimiles of interesting Autographs, Scenes of remarkable Historical Events and interesting Localities, engravings of Old Houses, Illuminated and Missal Ornaments, Antiques, &c. 100 plates, SOME ILLUMINATED, thick 4to. hf. morocco, £1. 188 1840

1817

This is a very curious and interesting volume, including many objects not elsewhere represented. The plates are executed in a most artistic style. 612 SMITH'S Iconographia Scotica, or Portraits and Lives of Illustrious Persons of Scotland, 20 fine portraits from authentic pictures, &c. Beautiful Impressions, impl. 8vo. bright calf gilt, fine copy, 128 6d

1798

613 SOUTHEY'S (R., the Poet) Book of the Church, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 10s 6d 1824

614 SOUTHEY'S (R.) Joan of Arc, finely printed on Large VELLUM PAPER, with portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. red morocco, gilt leaves, beautiful copy, scarce, 148 Bristol, 1798 615 SOWERBY'S CONCHOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, or Coloured Figures of all the hitherto Unfigured Shells, several thousand figures of Shells, ALL BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED, complete in 200 parts, 8vo. £5. 10s (pub. at £15.) 1841-5 616 SOWERBY'S Manual of Conchology, containing a complete Introduction to the Science, with upwards of 650 FINELY COLOURED figures of Shells elched on copper-plates, and numerous woodcuts, 8vo. new cloth, £1. 16s (pub. at £2.58) 1846 617 SPALLANZANI'S Travels in the Two Sicilies and parts of the Appenines, 11 large geological plates, 4 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 58 1798

618 SPECTATOR by Addison, Steele, &c. with Lives of the Authors, engravings by Scott, 8 vols. 8vo. calf neat, 148 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n. d.

A scarce edition, critically compared with Addison's own edition, and the errors of modern copies are expunged.

619 SPENSER'S Shepheard's Calendar, to which are added, Several Minor Poems, Now FIRST COLLECTED, with numerous woodcuts, small folio, hf. calf, scarce, 128 1611-12 This volume includes, Mother Hubberd's Tale, Colin Clout, Daphnaida, Elegies, Sonnets, &c. 620 SPINOZA (B. de) Opera Posthuma, (Ethica, Tractatus Politicus, de Intellectus Emendatione, et Epistolæ) cum Compendio Grammaticæ Linguæ Hebrææ, fine portrait, LARGE PAPER, thick 4to. calf gilt, fine copy, £1. 48 1677 621 SPIRIT of the Metropolitan Conservative Press, a selection of the best Leading Articles from the Times, Standard, Morning Herald, Morning Post, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 58 1840 622 STANFORD'S Rambles and Researches in Thuringian Saxony, portrait and engravings, 8vo. newly bound, half calf gilt, 58

1842

623 STANLEY.-Seacome's (J.) Memoirs, containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of the Noble House of Stanley from the Conquest, also a Full Description of the Isle of Man, &c. engravings, 4to. russia, fine copy, £1. 88 Liverpool, n. d.

Privately printed, and very scarce.

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624 STATUES.-Perrier's Book of Statues, Signorum et | 637 SWAINSON'S EXOTIC CONCHOLOGY, or Figures and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful, or Undescribed Shells, 94 Statuarum Symbola,' 100 fine and effective engravings in large and beautifully coloured figures of Shells, with Dethe coarse line manner by P. Schenck, sm. folio, bds. 78 6d Amst., 1702 scriptions, royal 4to. new half morocco, £1. 158 625 STATUTES of the Order of the Garter, printed on thick vellum paper, finely coloured plates, small 4to. old blue morocco, gilt leaves, and broad borders of gold, 10s 6d n. d. Privately printed; the above appears to have been the Presentation Copy to the King, Geo. III. having the Royal Arms embossed on the sides, and broad silk tassels.

626 STATUTES of the Order of the Bath, printed on vellum
paper, with fine COLOURED DRAWING inserted, small 4to.
old red morocco gilt, with broad borders of gold, and silk
1772
tassels, 108
Privately printed; this volume was probably, like the above, the
King's Copy.
627 STATUTES of the Order of the Thistle, edited by Sir
Harris Nicolas, thick vellum paper, 4to. cloth, 10s 6d 1828
Only 50 copies privately printed.

628 STATUTES of the Order of St. Michael and St. George,
edited by Sir Harris Nicolas, 7 beautifully coloured plates,
sm. 4to. cloth, 58

1832 Only 150 copies privately printed. 629 STERLINE'S (Earl of) Recreation with the Muses, comprising Tragedies, Doomesday, a Parænesis to Prince Henry, Jonathan, an Heroic Poem, fol. russia extra, gilt, SCARCE, £2. 28-Another copy of this scarce work, calf, £1. 48 1637 The first is a choice copy, apparently on fine paper; an interior copy is priced in the Bib. Ang Poetica at 18. 138 6d.

"His poetry for purity and elegance is far beyond the generality of the productions of the age in which he lived."

630 STEVENS' (Mrs.) Devotional Comments, being a series
of Scriptural Expositions, with a Prayer annexed to each
Subject, designed as an Aid in Private or for Family Wor-
ship, complete, 20 vols. 8vo. full bound blue calf, £7. 78
Knaresborough and Lond., 1823-30
A highly esteemed and valuable work, rarely found complete.
631 STÖTHARD'S Monumental Effigies of Great Britain,
LARGE PAPER, with all tHE COATS OF ARMS AND THE
ILLUMINATED IN BODY
FRONTISPIECE BEAUTIFULLY
COLOURS BY MR. DowSE, Herald Painter, and illustrated
with 147 fine etchings, many coloured and illuminated,
imperial folio, hf. morocco, uncut, £12. 128

1817

Every man of correct taste and elegant feeling for the Fine Arts will at once appreciate the value of this unique and important publication. No English library should be without it; a very few copies only were executed in the sumptuous style of the above.

632 STRUTT'S (J.) HORDA ANGEL-CYNNAN, or a compleat View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, &c. of the Inhabitants of England, from the Arrival of the Saxons till the Reign of Henry VIII. with 158 tinted plates, 3 vols. 4to. russia gilt, fine copy, KARE, £9. 98

1774-76

A choice copy from the Merly Collection, with an original Memorandum in the handwriting of the author inserted. 633 STRUTT'S Dresses and Habits of the People of England, ORIGINAL AND BEST EDITION, LARGE PAPER, with fine impressions of the 143 large plates, 2 vols. 4to. russia extra, gilt, £5. 10s

1796

A beautiful copy of this valuable work, from Lord Viscount Courtenay's Library. 634 STRUTT'S Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England, containing the Representations of all the English Monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Henry VIII. best edition, with the Supplement, and 72 plates from ancient Illuminated Manuscripts, 4to. hf. morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, fine copy, £2. 158

1793

635 STRUTT, Angleterre Ancienne, ou Tableau des Mœurs, Usages, Armes, Habillemens, &c. traduit par M. B(oulard), 67 plates, containing several hundred figures, 2 vols. 4to. 1789 hf. morocco, uncut, 16s

636 SULLY'S (Duke of, the celebrated Minister of Henry IV.) Memoirs, translated, with Historical Introduction and Explanatory Notes, by Charlotte Lennox, BEST EDITION, fine portraits, 5 vols. royal 8vo. bds. £1. 58

1810 Horace Walpole calls Sully "The great master of written portraits."

£5. 58)

This is a charming volume. "Many of the most rare and beautiful species of this singularly elegant genus (the Volutes) have been figured by Swainson in his Exotic Conchology, with a verisimilitude that has never been equalled, and probably never will be excelled, by any artist." Dubois.

638 SWEET'S BRITISH FLOWER GARDEN, containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of the most Ornamental and Curious Plants and Flowers, BOTH SERIES, with 712 FINELY COLOURED plates, 7 vols. royal 8vo. elegantly bound in hf. 1823-38 green morocco gilt, gilt leaves, £6. 10s

This very beautiful work was published at £27. It has for a long time been very scarce and difficult to procure, and copies usually sold, when they did occur, for upwards of £12. It has always been considered the best work of the esteemed author.

639 TEMPLE'S (Sir W.) Works, with Life and Character of the Author (by Dean Swift), fine portrait after Lely, 4 vols, 1757 8vo. calf, 148

640 THIERS' History of the French Revolution, translated with notes and Illustrations, by F. Shoberl, embellished with 41 fine engraved Portraits and Historical Scenes, 5 vols. 8vo. newly bound, half calf gilt, £1. 158 Bentley, 1838 641 THOROTON'S ANTIQUITIES OP NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, with large Additions by John THORESBY, numerous portraits and engravings, 3 vols. 4to. russia gilt extra, fine copy, 1790 £3 58.

1822

A most valuable History, extracted from Records, Original Evidences, Leiger Books, other MSS. and authentic authorities. 642 TOMLINE'S (Bp.) Memoirs of the Right Hon. Wm. Pitt, 3 vols. 8vo. newly bound hf. calf, gilt, £1. 18 643 TOPLADY'S (Aug.) Works, complete, with Life, portrait, 1794 6 vols. 8vo. calf neat, £1.88 644 TRACTATUS Theologici, a finely written MANUSCRIPT on VELLUM, with rubricated Capitals, on 113 leaves, folio, Sæc. XV. hf. calf, (from Heber's Collection), £2. 28 645 TURNER'S (J. M. W.) and BUCKLER'S VIEWS in RICHMONDSHIRE, with Descriptions by Whitaker, 32 large and very fine engravings of the ancient Castles, Abbeys, Churches, and most interesting Views, INDIA PROOFS, 1843 LARGE PAPER, roy. fol. hf. morocco, £4. 48

A VERY BEAUTIFUL WORK, the engravings are executed in the first style of art by Heath, Landseer, Le Keux, Scott, Middiman, &c.

646 TURNER'S (Sharon) Sacred History of the World, second edition, 3 vols. 8vo. (library edition) hf. cloth, £1 88 1840

647 TWYSDENI HISTORIE ANGLICANE Scriptores X. cum GLOSSARIO a G. SOMNER, 2 vols. folio, vellum, £4. 148

Thorn, Hen. Knighton.

1652

Contains, Simeon Monachus Dunelmiensis, Joannes Prior Hagustaldiensis, R. Prior Hagustaldiensis Ailredus Abbas Rievallensis, Radulphus de Diceto, J. Brompton, Gerv. Dorobornensis, Thomas Stubbs, Giul. 648 VERE'S (Sir F.) Commentaries, being diverse Pieces of Service wherein he had Command, published by W. Dillingham, with brilliant impressions of all the fine portraits £1. 158 and plates, sm. folio, calf, fine copy, very scarce, 1657

Willett's copy of this valuable interesting work sold for £6.10s and the Townsend copy, on large paper, for 15 guineas.

649 WAAGEN'S (Dr.) Treasures of Art in Great Britain.
being an Account of the chief Collections of Paintings,
Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated MSS. &c. 3 thick vols.
Just pub. Murray, 1854
8vo. new cloth, £1. 16s
This is the new edition of this valuable work, which is indispensable to
every man of taste. It is by far the most ample and interesting as well as
critical account of the Art Treasures in this country.

650 WALKER'S (J.) Account of the Numbers and Sufferings
of the Clergy, the Heads of Colleges, Fellows, &c. who
were Sequestered, and during the Rebellion, folio, calf neat,
1715
£1. 1s

In this work are many curious particulars of personal history.

MR. PICKERING'S PUBLICATIONS.

These editions having been much sought after by the lovers of finely printed books, a few copies have been purchased for his customers by G. Willis, who has placed the smallest profit upon

each article.

ANGLO-NORMAN POEM on the Conquest of Ireland, by Henry II. edited from the original MS. by Michel, with introductory Essay and Glossary by T. Wright, facsimile, 12mo. cloth, 68 Pickering, 1827 BACON'S (Lord) Works, edited with Life by Basil Montagu, finely printed, 17 vols. 8vo. cloth, scarce, £8. 88 Pickering, 1825-34 The most complete edition extant: it contains translations as well as the original of the Latin Works, and is illustrated by Portraits, Views, and fac-imiles, with a New Life of Lord Bacon by the Editor. BARTER'S Poems, Original and Translated, including the First Iliad of Homer, &c. finely printed, 12mo. calf gilt by Hayday, 58 Pickering, 1850 BOCCACCIO, IL DECAMERONE, con un Discorso Critico, da Ugo Foscolo, 3 vols. 8vo. LARGE PAPER, cloth, with 10 beautiful engravings from Designs by STOTHARD, INDIA PROOFS on folio paper, in a portfolio, £2. 28 (pub. at £4. 4s)-Another copy, 3 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 128 1825 BOJARDO ED ARIOSTO, ORLANDO INNAMORATO E FURIOSO, with an Introductory Essay, Original Memoir, Notes, and Illustrations in English, by ANTONIO PANIZZI, finely printed, 9 vols. post 8vo. £2. 28 (pub. at £5. 88) Pickering, 1830-4 This edition is highly praised by Hallam in his "Introduction to the Literature of Europe." The poem as written by Boiardo has never been reprinted since 1544.

Booke of Common Praier noted, by John Merbecke, as printed by Grafton 1550, finely printed in red and black inks by C. Whittingham, sm. 4to. vellum, 188 1844 This is a verbatim reprint, with the Musical Notes without any alteration whatever, shewing what parts of the Service were chanted in the reign of Edward VI.

BOWDLER'S Prayers for a Christian Household, chiefly taken from the Scriptures, Ancient Liturgies and Prayer Book, finely printed, 12mo. blue morocco, gilt leaves, by Hayday, 88 6d Pickering, 1848 BRIDGEWATER TREATISE.-CHALMERS' (Dr.) Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d 1839 BRIDGEWATER TREATISE.-WHEWELL'S (Dr.) Astronomy and General Physics, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 5s 1847 BROWNE'S (Sir T.) Religio Medici, together with a Letter to a Friend, and Christian Morals, edited with Glossary and Appendix by H. Gardiner, fcap. 8vo. morocco, gilt leaves, by Hayday, 10s 6d Pickering, 1845 BUNYAN'S Pilgrim's Progress, handsomely printed with large type, by C. Whittingham, fine portrait, 8vo. morocco extra, gilt leaves, antique style by Hayday, £1. 18 Pickering, 1849 CANCIONERO de Obras de Burlas Provocantes a Risa, finely printed with Notes and Glossary, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 58 6d (Madrid, 1519) reprint CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES, 5 vols.-Romaunt of the Rose, Troilus and Creseide, and other Poetical Works, 3 vols. with Glossary and Notes by Tyrwhitt, and Life, &c. by Sir Harris Nicolas, fine engraving of the celebrated Pilgrimage by STOTHARD, 8 vols. post 8vo. new hf. morocco, gilt top, by Hayday, £4. 108 Pickering, 1830-46

Curious and free Poems from a rare edition.

The most complete and beautiful edition of the entire Poetical Works of Chaucer, elegantly printed on stout paper, by C. Whittingham.

COCKE LORELLE'S BOTE, finely reprinted from the unique copy by Wynkyn de Worde, square sm. 8vo. hf. morocco, 48 6d

1841 Only FORTY COPIES of this very curious Fragment of Early English Poetry were printed; copies of the Roxburghe Club Edition, of which but 35 copies were printed, have sold for upwards of 5 guineas.

Communion Service and Occasional Offices of the Church of England, beautifully printed in Old English type, red and black, uniformly with the Books of Common Prayer, by C. Whittingham, sm. folio, vellum, £1. 58 (pub. at £2. 15s) Pickering, 1844 COWPER'S Poetical Works complete, handsomely printed with large antique type, by C. Whittingham, fine portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 188- Another copy, 2 vols. elegantly bound blue morocco, gilt leaves, by Hayday, £1. 58

Pickering, 1853 Only 350 copies of this very beautiful edition were printed, and those have never been published. COWPER'S Poetical Works, with Life, portrait, BEAUTIFUL ALDINE EDITION, 3 vols. fcap. 8vo. newly bound red CYNOSURE, a Literary Album, comprising select Passages morocco, gilt leaves, by Hayday, £1. 10s from the most distinguished Writers, by the editor of "The Carcanet," 12mo. cloth, gilt leaves, 28 Pickering, 1837

1843

"A pretty volume, with a multitude of tasteful selections from some two hundred authors."

DOUCE'S (Fr.) Dance of Death, exhibited in elegant Engravings, with a Dissertation on the various Representations of that subject, particularly those of Macaber and Holbein, upwards of 60 engravings, 8vo. cloth, 148 Pickering, 1833 EARLY ENGLISH DRAMATISTS, contemporary with Shakspeare.-Greene's (R.) Dramatic Works and Poems, 2 vols. -Marlowe's (Kit) Dramatic and Poetical Works, 3 vols.Peele's (G.) Dramatic and Poetical Works, 3 vols. edited with Lives and Notes by the Rev. A. Dyce, finely and uniformly printed by C. Whittingham, 8 vols. post 8vo. cloth, £3. 158 Pickering, 1829-50

Early English Poetry, edited by T. Wright, printed in the black letter by C. Whittingham, 4 vols. 16mo. hf. morocco, 168

1836

Containing-I. The Turnament of Tottenham. The Feest, a Sequel to the same Poem.-II. The Nutbrowne Maid.-III. The Tale of the Basin, and that of the Frere and the Boy, two early Ballads of Magic.IV. Songs and Carols from a MS. in the British Museum. EARLY BALLAD POETRY of England and Scotland, edited with Introduction and Notes by R. J. King, finely printed FULLER'S (T.) Works, elegantly printed by C. Whittingby Whittingham, 12mo. cloth, 48 Pickering, 1842 ham, with fine portrait, 4 vols. post 8vo. newly bound in blue morocco, gilt leaves, by Hayday, £2. 28 Pickering, 1840-4 Contains, Holy and Profane State, Holy War, Good Thoughts in Bad Times, Good Thoughts in Worse Times, Contemplations, Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience, and Russell's Memorials of the Life and Works of Fuller. GREENE'S (R.) Dramatic Works and Poems, edited with Life and Notes by the Rev. A. Dyce, finely printed, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 16s-Another copy, 2 vols. hf. morocco, gilt top, £1. 38

1831

HERBERT'S (Geo.) Complete Works in Verse and Prose, with Life by Isaac Walton, and Notes by S. T. Coleridge, elegantly printed in large antique type by C. Whittingham, with portrait and engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. new morocco extra, gilt leaves, antique style by Hayday, £2. 28 Pickering, 1846 This handsome library edition comprises The Temple, the Latin Poems, Remains, Proverbs, and other prose works never before printed.

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1848-50

MILLER'S Description of Ely Cathedral, with an Account of
the Conventual Buildings, 18 highly finished engravings by
Mackenzie and Woolnoth, INDIA PROOFS, LARGE PAPER,
imp. 8vo. cloth, 10s (pub. at £2.)
Pickering, 1834
MILTON'S Paradise Lost, MARTIN'S SPLENDID ILLUS-
TRATED EDITION, LARGEST PAPER, with the EARLIEST
PROOF IMPRESSIONS of the 24 celebrated large and grand
engravings by J. Martin, imp. folio, fine original uncut copy
1825
in parts, £4. 10s. (pub. at £26. 48)
NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRÆCUM, Editio Helenistica, edidit
E. Grinfield, 2 vols.-Scholia in Novum Testamentum, in-
struxit atque ornavit E. Grinfield, 2 vols. elegantly printed
with large and beautiful type, by C. Whittingham, 4 thick
vols. 8vo. cloth, £2. 58 (pub. at £3 128) Pickering, 1843-8

HEXAMETRICAL EXPERIMENTS; or a Version of four |
of Virgil's Pastorals, including the reputed Prophecy respect-
ing the Messiah, done in a structure of Verse similar to
that of the original Latin, finely printed by C. Whitting-
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HIEROGLYPHICS OF HORAPOLLO NILOus, Greek and Eng-
lish, by A. T. Cory, elegantly printed, and illustrated with
80 engravings, post 8vo. cloth, 58
Pickering, 1840
This valuable little work on Egyptian and other Hieroglyphics was
published at the expense and with the assistance of Lord Prudhoe, and
but a limited number of copies were printed.
HOLBEIN'S (Hans) Illustrations of the Bible; being fac-
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menti," with 90 woodcuts beautifully engraved, with illus-
trative verses finely printed by Whittingham, post 8vo.
cloth, 148
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HOLE'S (Rev. M.) Practical Discourses on all the Parts and
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copy, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2. 10s
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IHNE'S (Dr.) Researches into the History of the Roman
Constitution, with an Appendix upon Roman Knights, finely
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1853
KANT'S (Im.) Critick, an Investigation of Pure Reason, trans-
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KING'S (Bp. of Chichester) Poems and Psalms, edited with
Life and Notes, by J. Hannah, new antique calf extra,
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1843
KIRKPATRICK'S History of the Religious Orders and Com-
munities, and of the Hospitals and Castle of Norwich, edited
from the original MS. by Dawson Turner, 8vo. cloth, 78 1845
"Kirkpatrick (a contemporary and friend of Blomefield and Le
Neve), was a most laborious antiquary, and made valuable collections for
the City of Norwich."-Preface.

This edition is designed to show the close Connexion of the Greek Testament with the Septuagint. It contains upwards of 30,000 doctrinal and grammatical illustrations, which are arranged respectively under each verse for the convenience of the Student and Divine.

Cycliffe's New Testament-the first translation into English, and now for the first time printed from a contemporary MS. written about 1380, formerly in the Monastery of Sion, and late in the Collection of Lea Wilson, F.S.A., thick small 4to. hf. morocco, £1. 58-Another copy, antique morocco extra, gilt leaves by Hayday, £2. 28 (pub. at £2. 28. bds) Pickering, 1848

The version hitherto known as Wycliffe's is of later date than this

and differs greatly from it. This edition is most beautifully printed in
old English black letter type on thick vellam paper, by C. Whittingham,
and is a ne specimen of the Chiswick Press.

PIERS' Ploughman's Vision and Crede, from a MS. in Trinity
College, Cambridge, edited with Notes and Glossary, by T.
WRIGHT, elegantly printed by Whittingham, 2 vols. fep.
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