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280 DANIEL'S (G.) Merrie England in the Olden Time, | 295 DEMOSTHENES ET ÆSCHINES, Gr. et Lat. cum with humourous engravings by J. Leech, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 88 6d (pub. £1. 18)

1842 281 DANTE'S Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, translated in Verse by Cary, enlarged edition, with Life, Notes, and Index, large type, 3 vols. 8vo. bds. £1. 48 (pub. £1. 168) 1819 282 DANTE'S Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, translated in Verse by Cary, with Life and Notes, portrait, thick post 8vo. cloth, 48 1856

283 DARCY'S Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor, or a Key to Rigging and to practical Seamanship, enlarged by Blunt, with Dictionary of Sea Terms, &c. numerous engravings, 4to. calf neat, 128 1843

284 DARWIN'S (C.) Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the preservation of Favoured Races in the struggle for Life, thick post 8vo. cloth, 12s (pub 148) Murray, 1860 285 DARWIN'S (Dr.) Phytologia, or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening, with the Theory of Draining Morasses, &c. engravings, 4to. green morocco, gilt leaves, 128

1800 286 DASCHKAW'S (Princess, Lady of Honour to Catherine II.) Memoirs, including Letters of the Empress and others, edited by Mrs. Bradford, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 14s (pub. £1.88) 1840 287 DAVENANT'S (Bp.) Exposition of St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians, translated with Life and Notes by Allport, portrait on India paper, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. scarce, £1.48 1831 Presentation copy, with autograph letter by the translator inserted. 288 DEFOE'S Robinson Crusoe, with the Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe, his Vision of the Angelic World, engravings from Designs by Metz, 3 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 10s 6d

1790

This excellent edition includes also The True Born Englishman, and a Political Dissertation.

289 DEFOE'S Life and Times, with Remarks digressive and discursive by W. Chadwick, portrait, thick 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. 10s 6d)

1859

A very interesting work, containing many new particulars respecting Defoe and his contemporaries.

290 DE LA BECHE'S (Sir H.) Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, 12 large plates, thick 8vo. cloth, 88 6d (pub. 188)

1839 Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.

291 DE LA RUE (L'Abbé) Essais Historiques sur les BARDES, les JONGLEURS et les TROUVÈRES Normands et Anglo-Normands, LARGE VELLUM PAPER, 3 vols., impl. 8vo. hf. morocco, uncut, £3. 38 Caen, 1834

A highly valuable work, with copious Glossaries, and quotations of ancient Poetry: at the end of Vol. 3 is "Le Bouquet des Fleurs de Senèque."

292 DE LOIRE'S (P.) Treatise of Spectres, or Strange Sights, Visions, and Apparitions appearing sensibly unto Men, the Nature of Spirits, Angels, and Devils, &c. sm. 4to. half calf, 128 1605 This scarce and curious work is quoted in the Notes to Shakspeare's Tempest. Garrick's copy sold for 1 is.

293 DEMIDOFF, Voyages dans la RUSSIE MERIDIONALE et la CRIMÉE, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, with 100 large and beautiful plates of Scenery, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Portraits, &c. on India paper, thick impl. 1837 folio, hf. morocco, £3. 10s (pub. about £8. 88)

A splendid work dedicated to, and published under the auspices of the Emperor Nicholas.

294 DEMIDOFF'S TRAVELS in SOUTHERN RUSSIA, the Crimea, through Hungary, Wallachia, and Moldavia, portrait and numerous engravings, by Raffet, large coloured map. 2 vols. impl. 8vo. cloth, 16s (pub. £2. 28) 1853

Dedicated to the Emperor Nicholas; comprising the most authentic, circumstantial and interesting account of these comparatively little known countries.

Ulpiani Commentariis novisque Scholiis, Var. Lect. et Adnot. ed. Wolfius, BEST EDITION, folio, cf. gt. 128 Francof. 1604 "The edition of 1604, is the most beautiful and accurate of all Wolf's

critical performance."-DIBDIN.

editions, and is universally acknowledged to be a magnificent and truly Copies used formerly to sell for ten guineas and upwards. 296 DENON, MONUMENTS DES ARTS DU DESSIN chez les Peuples tant Anciens que Modernes, pour servir à l'Histoire des Arts, décrits et expliqués par A. DUVAL, upwards of 300 LARGE PLATES exhibiting an immense number of objects of Antiquity, 4 vols. impl. folio, new half morocco, £8. 88 Paris, 1829

ONLY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED. Antiquities, Curiosities, Paintings, Drawings, Coins, Medals, and other This is Denon's Catalogue of his own extraordinary collection of Works of Art. It was printed at his Private Expense for Presents only. Copies abroad have sold for large sums, and but few have reached this country; a copy is priced in a bookseller's recent catalogue at 281. 297 DENS (P.) Theologia Moralis et Dogmatica, editio nova et absolutissima, 8 vols. post 8vo. sewed, 188 Dublin, 1832 This is the famous text book used by the Roman Catholic Clergy. 298 DERMANCOURT'S Duchess of Berri in La Vendée, comprising a Narrative of her Adventures, with her Private Papers and Secret Correspondence, portrait, 8vo. half calf, 38 6d 1833

NAPOLEON'S GREAT WORK ON EGYPT. 299 DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE, ou recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, 26 vols. 8vo. of Letter-press and 13 vols. of plates, in atlas folio, CONTAINING NEARLY 900 SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS, (many of immense size) OF ANTIQUITIES, VIEWS, NATURAL HISTORY, &c. neatly bound, half calf, £21. 10s Paris, 1820-9

The grandest and most sumptuous work of Engravings ever published, and the most glorious monument of Napoleon's patronage of the Fine Arts. There is no work of the same description which will bear comparison with it: the expense of its production was enormous and was 300 DEUCHAR'S ETCHINGS after the most ancient Masters, defrayed by the State. particularly Rembrandt, Ostade, Corn. Bega and Van Vliet, nearly 250 beautiful etchings, 3 vols. 4to. russia, gt. leaves, 1803 and borders of gold, £5. 58

This very desirable set is all printed on India paper, neatly laid down on thick tinted drawing paper. 301 DEVIZES.-History, Military and Municipal of the ancient Borough of the Devizes, and of the entire Hundred of Potterne and Cannings, numerous engravings, thick 8vo. cloth, 148 (pub. £1. 18)

1859

302 DEVONSHIRE and CORNWALL, Illustrated by Allom and Bartlett, with Descriptions by Brayley and Britton, nearly 150 highly finished engravings of Castles, Seats, 1832 Scenery, &c. 2 vols. 4to. in one, half calf gilt, 148 303 D'EWES' (J.) Sporting in both Hemispheres, tinted plates, post 8vo. cloth, 38 6d (pub. 78 6d) 1858

304 D'HERBELOT, Bibliothèque Orientale, ou Dictionnaire Universel de tout ce qui regarde la connaissance des Peuples de l'Orient; édition réduite et augmentée par Desessarts, 6 vols. 8vo. neatly bound gill, £1. 108 Paris, 1781-3

Last edition of this valuable work; which has been justly pronounced "a treasure of useful and ornamental knowledge."

306 DIAZ del CASTILLO's True HISTORY of MEXICO, translated from the Spanish by M. Keatinge, map, 4to. calf neat, 10s 6d

1800

307 DIBDIN'S (C.) Songs with the MUSIC and Pianoforte Accompaniments, historical and biographical Notes and Life by Hogarth, portrait, 2 vols. royal 8vo. in one, new half morocco gilt, 168 (the most complete collection)

1844 308 DIBDIN'S BIBLIOTHECA SPENCERIANA, a descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the XVth Century, and of valuable First Editions in the Library of Earl Spencer, facsimiles of rare and curious woodcuts, &c. 4 vols. impl. 8vo. 1814 half morocco, gilt top, uncut, £8. 88

309 DIBDIN'S Introduction to the Knowledge of rare and
valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics, Polyglot,
Hebrew and Greek Bibles, Greek Testaments, Greek and
Latin Fathers, best edition, Large paper, 2 vols. impl 8vo.
new half morocco gilt, £1. 10s (pub. £6. 68)
1827
310 DIBDIN'S (T. F.) Reminiscences of a Literary Life, with
Anecdotes of Books and Book Collectors, portrait, 2 vols.
8vo. new half morocco, gilt top, £1. 10s
1836
This copy contains the subsequently published Index, which is fre-
quently wanted.
311 DIBDIN'S (T., of the Theatres Royal) Reminiscences
and Autobiography, 2 vols. 8vo. half calf, 58
1827
312 DICKENS' (C.) Little Dorrit, large type illustrated
edition, with 39 humourous engravings by H. K. Browne,
8vo. new half calf, 148

1857

1846

313 DICKENS' (C.) Bleak House, large type illustrated edition, with 39 humourous engravings by H. K. Browne, 8vo. new half calf, 148 1853 314 DICKENS' (C.) Memoirs of Grimaldi, the celebrated Clown, portrait and humourous engravings by Cruikshank, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d (pub. £l. 18) 1838 315 DICKENS' (C.) Pictures from Italy, vignettes, original edition, post 8vo. new half calf gilt, 58 316 DICKINSON'S History and Antiquities of Newark in Nottinghamshire (the Sidnacester of the Romans), with Biographical Sketches, engravings and genealogies, 4to. cloth, 78 6d Newark, 1816 317 DIGBY'S (Sir Kenelm, temp. Charles I.) Private Memoirs written by himself, with Introductory Memoir, portrait, 8vo. new half morocco, 6s 6d 1827 318 DILLENII (J.) Hortus Elthamensis, seu Plantarum Rariorum Descriptio, with 324 fine engravings, BEST EDITION, 2 vols. folio, calf, £1. 58 (priced in Wood's Natural History Catalogue, £3. 13s 6d) 1732 With Autographs of Dr. W. Hunter and T. Horsfield: the margins slightly wormed and water stained. 319 DILETTANTI SPECIMENS of ANCIENT SCULPTURE, Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek and Roman, with Descriptions by R. Payne Knight, 75 most exquisite engravings, FINE IMPRESSIONS, impl. folio, blue morocco extra, gilt leaves and borders of gold, £3. 10s. (pub. £18. 188) Bensley, 1809 This fine volume was published by the Society of Dilettanti. Only 200 copies were printed at a net cost of 121. 128 each, exclusive of 1000 guineas voted by the Society; and the plates were afterwards destroyed. 320 DIONYSII HALICARNASSEI Opera Omnia, Gr. et Lat. cum Notis et Indicibus cura Sylburgii, very thick folio, newly bound calf extra, gilt leaves, fine copy, £1. 88 Francof., 1586 Fabricius speaks very highly of the great merits of Sylburgius, and of the particular ability displayed in the present edition. 2 1 D'ISRAELI'S (1.) Curiosities of Literature complete, port. royal 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. 168) Moxon, 1854 322 D'ISRAELI'S Miscellanies of Literature, revised and corrected, front. by Finden, roya! 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d (pub. 14s) Moxon, 1856

Comprises Literary Miscellanies, Quarrels of Authors, Calamities of Authors, Character of James I., Literary Character. 323 D'ISRAELI'S Amenities of Literature; Sketches and Characters of English Literature, illustrating the Literary, Political and Religious Vicissitudes of the English People, best library edition, large type, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, SCARCE, £1.58 Moron, 1842 324 D'ISRAELI'S Calamities of Authors, original large type edition, 2 vols. post 8vo. half calf, 68 6d (Bp. Maltby's copy) 1812 325 D'ISRAELI'S (I.) Despotism, or the Fall of the Jesuits, a political Romance, illustrated by historical Anecdotes, thick post 8vo. half calf, scarce, 58 1811

3:6 DIXON'S The Dovecote and Aviary, Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, woodcuts, thick fcap. 8vo. cloth, 38 6d (1851)

327 DISPATCHES of the DUKE of WELLINGton, MarQUESS WELLESLEY, LORD NELSON, and the DUKE of MARLBOROUGH, complete, with portraits, &c. 30 vols. 8vo. new calf gilt, marb. leaves, fine uniform set, £21. (pub. in bds. upwards of £30.) 1836-59

Comprises Wellington Dispatches, by Gurwood, 12 vols.--General Dispatches and Letters by Sir Harris Nicolas, 7 vols.-Marlborough's Orders, 1 vol.-Supplementary Dispatches, by his Son, 5 vols. Nelson's Letters and Dispatches, by Sir G. Murray, 5 vols.

328 DR. SYNTAX'S THREE TOURS in Search of the Picturesque, in Search of Consolation, and in Search of a Wife, in Hudibrastic Verse, with upwards of 70 humourous coloured engravings by Rowlandson, ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS. 329 DODSLEY'S Old Plays, select collection of, second edi3 vols. royal 8vo. hf. calf gilt, £1. 10s 1820 tion, collated with the Old Copies, with Critical and Explanatory Notes by ISAAC REED, fronts. also Six OLD PLAYS, on which Shakspeare founded his, 14 vols. sm. 8vo. calf gilt, nice uniform set, £3. 58 1780

Most of the copies of this edition were destroyed by firo. Roscoe's copy sold for 61. 10s; Heath's 51. 128 6d. 330 DODWELL'S VIEWS IN GREECE, with Descriptions, Eng. and Fr. 30 large and fine engravings, COLOURED EQUAL TO HIGHLY FINISHED DRAWINGS, mounted on tinted cardboards, impl. folio, hf. morocco, gilt leaves, £2. 158 1821 This splendid series of Views of the Temples, Antiquities and Scenery 331 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE in England, from the Conin Greece, was published at 18 guineas. quest to the end of the XVth Century, by TURNER and PARKER, with upwards of 300 engravings of existing Remains; both series, 4 large vols. 8vo. new cloth, gilt tops, 333 DONNE'S (J. Dean of St. Paul's, 1573-1631) EIGHTY £3. Orf. 1851-9 SERMONS, thick folio, calf neat, very scarce, 188 (in a recent London Catalogue, £2. 148)

1640

works, the first portion of which omits some Sermons and abridges others. This volume is necessary to complete the new edition of Donne's 333 DONNE'S (Dr.) Devotions, with his Life by Isaac Walton; to which is added a Sermon on Lady Danvers, the Mother of George Herbert, and Death's Duel, his own Funeral Sermon, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 38 6d (pub. 68) Pickering, 1840 334 DONOVAN'S Natural History of British Birds, with 123 beautifully coloured engravings of Birds, 5 vols. royal 8vo. in 2, half calf gill, £1. 58 1794, &c.

335 D'ORBIGNY, DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL D'Histoire GRAND WORK ON NATURAL HISTORY. NATURELLE, with Atlases of 288 very fine engravings, comprising upwards of 1200 accurately coloured figures of all the most remarkable Animals, 16 large vols. royal 8vo. new hf. morocco gilt, £12. 10s (pub. £21.) dias of Natural History, being the only one in which the recently adopted Paris, 1849 D'Orbigny's grand Dictionary supersedes all preceding Encyclopæ

336 D'OSSAT (Card.) Lettres, avec des Notes historiques et politiques de M. Amelot de la Houssaie, best edition, 5 vols. sm. 8vo. calf gilt, 108 Amst., 1782

systems and classifications have been used.

Among these letters are particulars of circumstances relating to the others, it is said that the Pope designed to raise Arabella to the throne, history of England not mentioned by any of its historians; among and to marry her to Card. Farnese; also curious particulars respecting 337 DRAKE'S (Fr.) History and Antiquities of the CITY of James I., &c. YORK, with History of the Cathedral, Lives of the Archbishops, &c. numerous engravings, folio, hf. calf gilt, £4. 108

1736

This is one of the rarest topographical books; "a folio teeming with text, and full of copper-plate embellishments."-DIBDIN. 338 DRAMATIC Works of BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, with an Introduction by G. Darley, ports. and vignettes, 2 vols. royal 8vo. cloth, 168 Moxon, 1840 339 DRAYSON'S (Capt.) Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa, coloured plates by Harrison Weir, Svo. new half pink calf gilt, 78 6d 1858

280 DANIEL'S (G.) Merrie England in the Olden Time, | 295 DEMOSTHENES ET ÆSCHINES, Gr. et Lat. cum with humourous engravings by J. Leech, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 88 6d (pub. £1. 18)

1842

281 DANTE'S Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, translated in Verse by Cary, enlarged edition, with Life, Notes, and Index, large type, 3 vols. 8vo. bds. £1. 48 (pub. £1. 168) 1819 282 DANTE'S Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, translated in Verse by Cary, with Life and Notes, portrait, thick post 8vo. cloth, 48

1856

283 DARCY'S Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor, or a Key to Rigging and to practical Seamanship, enlarged by Blunt, with Dictionary of Sea Terms, &c. numerous engravings, 4to. calf neat, 128 1843 284 DARWIN'S (C.) Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the preservation of Favoured Races in the struggle for Life, thick post 8vo. cloth, 128 (pub 148) Murray, 1860 285 DARWIN'S (Dr.) Phytologia, or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening, with the Theory of Draining Morasses, &c. engravings, 4to. green morocco, gilt leaves, 128

1800 286 DASCHKAW'S (Princess, Lady of Honour to Catherine II.) Memoirs, including Letters of the Empress and others, edited by Mrs. Bradford, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 148 (pub. £1.88) 1840

287 DAVENANT'S (Bp.) Exposition of St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians, translated with Life and Notes by Allport, portrait on India paper, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. scarce, £1.48 1831 Presentation copy, with autograph letter by the translator inserted. 288 DEFOE'S Robinson Crusoe, with the Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe, his Vision of the Angelic World, engravings from Designs by Metz, 3 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 10s 6d 1790

This excellent edition includes also The True Born Englishman, and a Political Dissertation.

289 DEFOE'S Life and Times, with Remarks digressive and discursive by W. Chadwick, portrait, thick 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. 10s 6d)

1859

A very interesting work, containing many new particulars respecting Defoe and his contemporaries.

290 DE LA BECHE'S (Sir H.) Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, 12 large plates, thick 8vo. cloth, 88 6d (pub. 18s)

1839 Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.

291 DE LA RUE (L'Abbé) Essais Historiques sur les BARDES, les JONGLEURS et les TROUVÈRES Normands et Anglo-Normands, LARGE VELLUM PAPER, 3 vols., impl. 8vo. hf. morocco, uncut, £3. 38 Caen, 1834

A highly valuable work, with copious Glossaries, and quotations of ancient Poetry: at the end of Vol. 3 is "Le Bouquet des Fleurs de Senèque."

292 DE LOIRE'S (P.) Treatise of Spectres, or Strange Sights, Visions, and Apparitions appearing sensibly unto Men, the Nature of Spirits, Angels, and Devils, &c. sm. 4to. half calf, 128 1605 This scarce and curious work is quoted in the Notes to Shakspeare's Tempest. Garrick's copy sold for 1 is.

293 DEMIDOFF, Voyages dans la RUSSIE MERIDIONALE et la CRIMÉE, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, with 100 large and beautiful plates of Scenery, Buildings, Manners and Customs, Portraits, &c. on India paper, thick impl.

folio, hf. morocco, £3. 10s (pub. about £8. 88)

1837

A splendid work dedicated to, and published under the auspices of the Emperor Nicholas.

294 DEMIDOFF'S TRAVELS in SOUTHERN RUSSIA, the Crimea, through Hungary, Wallachia, and Moldavia, portrait and numerous engravings, by Raffet, large coloured map, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. cloth, 16s (pub. £2. 28)

1853 Dedicated to the Emperor Nicholas; comprising the most authentic, circumstantial and interesting account of these comparatively little known countries.

Ulpiani Commentariis novisque Scholiis, Var. Lect. et Adnot. ed. Wolfius, BEST EDITION, folio, cf. gt. 128 Francof. 1604 "The edition of 1604, is the most beautiful and accurate of all Wolf's

editions, and is universally acknowledged to be a magnificent and truly critical performance."-DIBDIN. Copies used formerly to sell for ten guineas and upwards. 296 DENON, MONUMENTS DES ARTS DU DESSIN chez les Peuples tant Anciens que Modernes, pour servir à l'Histoire des Arts, décrits et expliqués par A. DUVAL, upwards of 300 LARGE PLATES exhibiting an immense number of objects of Antiquity, 4 vols. impl. folio, new half morocco, £8. 88 Paris, 1829

ONLY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED. Antiquities, Curiosities, Paintings, Drawings, Coins, Medals, and other This is Denon's Catalogue of his own extraordinary collection of Works of Art. It was printed at his Private Expense for Presents only. Copies abroad have sold for large sums, and but few have reached this country; a copy is priced in a bookseller's recent catalogue at 281. 297 DENS (P.) Theologia Moralis et Dogmatica, editio nova et absolutissima, 8 vols., post 8vo. sewed, 188 Dublin, 1832 This is the famous text book used by the Roman Catholic Clergy. 298 DERMANCOURT'S Duchess of Berri in La Vendée, comprising a Narrative of her Adventures, with her Private Papers and Secret Correspondence, portrait, 8vo. half calf, 38 6d 1833

NAPOLEON'S GREAT WORK ON EGYPT. 299 DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE, ou recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, 26 vols. 8vo. of Letter-press and 13 vols. of plates, in atlas folio, CONTAINING NEARLY 900 SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS, (many of immense size) OF ANTIQUITIES, VIEWS, NATURAL HISTORY, &c. neatly bound, half calf, £21. 10s Paris, 1820-9

The grandest and most sumptuous work of Engravings ever published, and the most glorious monument of Napoleon's patronage of the Fine Arts. There is no work of the same description which will bear comparison with it: the expense of its production was enormous and was 300 DEUCHAR'S ETCHINGS after the most ancient Masters, defrayed by the State. particularly Rembrandt, Ostade, Corn. Bega and Van Vliet, nearly 250 beautiful etchings, 3 vols. 4to. russia, gt. leaves, and borders of gold, £5. 5s

1803

This very desirable set is all printed on India paper, neatly laid down on thick tinted drawing paper.

301 DEVIZES.-History, Military and Municipal of the ancient Borough of the Devizes, and of the entire Hundred of Potterne and Cannings, numerous engravings, thick 8vo. cloth, 148 (pub. £1. 18)

1859

302 DEVONSHIRE and CORNWALL, Illustrated by Allom and Bartlett, with Descriptions by Brayley and Britton, nearly 150 highly finished engravings of Castles, Seats, Scenery, &c. 2 vols. 4to. in one, half calf gilt, 148 1832 303 D'EWES' (J.) Sporting in both Hemispheres, tinted plates, post 8vo. cloth, 38 6d (pub. 78 6d)

1858

304 D'HERBELOT, Bibliothèque Orientale, ou Dictionnaire Universel de tout ce qui regarde la connaissance des Peuples de l'Orient; édition réduite et augmentée par Desessarts, 6 vols. 8vo. neatly bound gilt, £1. 108 Paris, 1781-3

Last edition of this valuable work; which has been justly pronounced "a treasure of useful and ornamental knowledge." 306 DIAZ del CASTILLO'S True HISTORY of MEXICO, translated from the Spanish by M. Keatinge, map, 4to. calf neat, 108 6d

1800

307 DIBDIN'S (C.) Songs with the MUSIC and Pianoforte Accompaniments, historical and biographical Notes and Life by Hogarth, portrait, 2 vols. royal 8vo. in one, new half morocco gilt, 168 (the most complete collection)

1844

308 DIBDIN'S BIBLIOTHECA SPENCERIANA, a descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the XVth Century, and of valuable First Editions in the Library of Earl Spencer, facsimiles of rare and curious woodcuts, &c. 4 vols. impl. 8vo. half morocco, gilt top, uncut, £8. 88 1814

QUESS WELLESLEY, LORD NELSON, and the DUKE of MARLBOROUGH, complete, with portraits, &c. 30 vols. 8vo. new calf gilt, marb. leaves, fine uniform set, £21. (pub. in bds. upwards of £30.) 1836-59

Comprises Wellington Dispatches, by Gurwood, 12 vols.-General Orders, 1 vol.-Supplementary Dispatches, by his Son, 5 vols. Nelson's Dispatches and Letters by Sir Harris Nicolas, 7 vols.-Marlborough's Letters and Dispatches, by Sir G. Murray, 5 vols.

309 DIBDIN'S Introduction to the Knowledge of rare and | 327 DISPATCHES of the DUKE of WELLINGTON, MARvaluable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics, Polyglot, Hebrew and Greek Bibles, Greek Testaments, Greek and Latin Fathers, best edition, LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. impl 8vo. new half morocco gilt, £1. 10s (pub. £6. 68) 1827 310 DIBDIN'S (T. F.) Reminiscences of a Literary Life, with Anecdotes of Books and Book Collectors, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. new half morocco, gilt top, £1. 10s 1836 This copy contains the subsequently published Index, which is frequently wanted. 311 DIBDIN'S (T., of the Theatres Royal) Reminiscences and Autobiography, 2 vols. 8vo. half calf, 5s 1827 312 DICKENS' (C.) Little Dorrit, large type illustrated edition, with 39 humourous engravings by H. K. Browne, 8vo. new half calf, 148

1857

313 DICKENS' (C.) Bleak House, large type illustrated edition, with 39 humourous engravings by H. K. Browne, 8vo. new half calf, 148 1853 314 DICKENS' (C.) Memoirs of Grimaldi, the celebrated Clown, portrait and humourous engravings by Cruikshank, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d (pub. £l. 18) 1838 315 DICKENS' (C.) Pictures from Italy, vignettes, original edition, post 8vo. new half calf gilt, 5s 1846 316 DICKINSON'S History and Antiquities of Newark in Nottinghamshire (the Sidnacester of the Romans), with Biographical Sketches, engravings and genealogies, 4to. cloth, 78 6d Newark, 1816 317 DIGBY'S (Sir Kenelm, temp. Charles I.) Private Memoirs written by himself, with Introductory Memoir, portrait, 8vo. new half morocco, 6s 6d

1827

318 DILLENII (J.) Hortus Elthamensis, seu Plantarum Rariorum Descriptio, with 324 fine engravings, BEST EDITION, 2 vols. folio, calf, £1. 5s (priced in Wood's Natural History Catalogue, £3. 138 6d) 1732 With Autographs of Dr. W. Hunter and T. Horsfield: the margins lightly wormed and water stained.

319 DILETTANTI SPECIMENS of ANCIENT SCULPTURE, Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek and Roman, with Descriptions by R. Payne Knight, 75 most exquisite engravings, FINE IMPRESSIONS, impl. folio, blue morocco extra, gilt leaves and borders of gold, £3. 10s. (pub. £18. 188) Bensley, 1809

This fine volume was published by the Society of Dilettanti. Only 200 copies were printed at a net cost of 121. 12s each, exclusive of 1000 guineas voted by the Society; and the plates were afterwards destroyed. 320 DIONYSII HALICARNASSEI Opera Omnia, Gr. et Lat. cum Notis et Indicibus cura Sylburgii, very thick folio, newly bound calf extra, gilt leaves, fine copy, £1. 8s Francof., 1586 Fabricius speaks very highly of the great merits of Sylburgius, and of the particular ability displayed in the present edition. 2 1 D'ISRAELI'S (I.) Curiosities of Literature complete, port. royal 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. 168) Moxon, 1854 322 D'ISRAELI'S Miscellanies of Literature, revised and corrected, front. by Finden, roya! 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d (pub. 14s) Moxon, 1856

Comprises Literary Miscellanies, Quarrels of Authors, Calamities of Authors, Character of James I., Literary Character. 323 D'ISRAELI'S Amenities of Literature; Sketches and Characters of English Literature, illustrating the Literary, Political and Religious Vicissitudes of the English People, best library edition, large type, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, SCARCE, £1.58 Moxon, 1842 324 D'ISRAELI'S Calamities of Authors, original large type edition, 2 vols. post 8vo. half calf, 68 6d (Bp. Maltby's copy) 1812

325 D'ISRAELI'S (I.) Despotism, or the Fall of the Jesuits, a political Romance, illustrated by historical Anecdotes, thick post 8vo. half calf, scarce, 58 1811

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