Page images
PDF
EPUB

sors.

NORTH, HAR. R. Memoirs of Music. Now first printed from the Original Manuscript. 4to, half morocco. An elegantly printed book. London, 1846. $3.00 OCKLEY, SIMON. History of the Saracens, comprising Lives of Mohommed and his Succes12mo, half calf. London, 1847. $2.00 O'MEARA, B. E. Napoleon in Exile; or, a Voice from St. Helena. 2 vols., 8vo, new, half calf. London, 1822. $6.00 OLLIER, C. Fallacy of Ghosts, Dreams and Omens; with Stories of Witchcraft, Life in Death and Monomania. Wood Cuts. 12mo, cloth. London, 1848. $1.25 PALGRAVE, SIR F. History of Normandy and England. Very fine copy of this scarce and valuable work. 4 vols., 8vo, calf. London, 1851.

[blocks in formation]

$1.75

PAUL'S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK. Half morocco, gilt top, newly bound. Edinburgh, 1817. PERKINS, CHARLES C. Italian Sculpture; being a History of Sculpture in that Country, with Etchings by the Author, and Engravings on Wood from Original Drawings and Photographs. Beautifully illustrated. Imp. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Fine work. London, 1868. $16.00 PENLEY, A. Sketches from Nature, in Water Color. With Illustrations in Chromo Lithography, after Original Water-Color Drawings. 4to, cloth, gilt edges. $6.50

PERCY, THOMAS. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. 3 vols., 12mo, brown morocco, gilt edges. London, 1857. $10 00 PHENIX. Collection of Old and Rare Fragments. 8vo, boards. Very scarce. New York, 1835.

$3.50

Establishing the fact that Gowans once called himself
Gowan. The dedication is to his mother.
POPULAR NOVELS. All in 8vo. Printed
in good Type and Illustrated in the best Artistic
Style by the first English Artists. Published at
$3.75, but offered at $2.50 each, separately.
Ainsworth, Windsor Castle, Old St. Paul's, Jack Sheppard,
Miser's Daughter, Rookwood, Lancashire Witches (mostly
illustrated by George Cruikshank), Jack Hinton, Crichton,
Count Monte Christo, Dodd Family, Roland Cashel, Harry
Lorrequer, Tom Burke, O'Donoghue, Coverdale's Courtship.
All new and fresh cloth, uncut.

PRESTON and OLIVER.
Masonry. Fifteenth Edition.
London, 1840.

Illustrations of Small 8vo, cloth.

$1.50

[blocks in formation]

PROSE AND PROSE WRITERS of Britain, from Chaucer to Ruskin. With Biographical Notices. Explanatory Notes and Sketches, by R. Demans, M. A. 12mo, cloth, 500 pp. Edinburgh, 1860. $2.00 (pub. $3.75) RABELAIS. Faithfully Translated from the French, with Variorum Notes, and Numerous Characteristic Illustrations by G. Doré. 60 II. lustrations. Cloth. $2.50

Probably the most popular of all editions of this comical author.

RACINET, A. Polychromatic Ornament. 100 Plates, in Gold, Silver and Colors, comprising upwards of 2,000 Specimens of the Various Styles of Ancient, Oriental and Mediæval Art. Folio, cloth, gilt edges. London, 1873. $40.00

[blocks in formation]

ROBINSON. Hardy Flowers. Descriptions of Upwards of 1,300 of the most Ornamental Species, and Directions for their Arrangement, Culture, &c. Square 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. London, 1871. $1.50 ROGERS, SAMUEL. Recollections of. Interesting Reminiscences of this Beau and Banker, and his Literary Intimates. London, 1859 $2.50 ROBY, J. Popular Traditions of England: Portrait. Woodcut. Scarce. vols., 8vo, halt morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1841. $9.00 ROMER, MRS. A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia and Palestine, in 1845-6. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. London, 1846.

$3.25 ROBINSON CRUSOE. Profusely Illustrated by Ernest Griset. Edited, with a new Account of the Origin of Robinson Crusoe, by William Lee. Crown, 8vo, cloth. Nice paper and print. $2.50 ROSICRUCIANS. Their Rites and Mysteries, with Chapters on the Ancient Fire and Serpent Worshippers, and Explanation of the Mystic Symbols Represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the Primeval Philosophers, by Hargrave Jennings. $5.25 12mo, cloth. RUSSELL, W. C. Representative Actors; a Collection of Criticisms, Anecdotes, Personal Frontispiece. Descriptions, etc, etc. cloth. London, 1872. QUEKETT, JOHN R. Practical Treatise on the use of the Microscope, including the Different Methods of Preparing and Examining Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Substances. 8vo. An admirable work. London, 1848. $3.00

12mo.

$1.25

[blocks in formation]

SEWARD. Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, adorned with Engravings. 4 vols., 12mo, half calf. Pretty copy. London, 1796. $8.00 SEWARD, ANNA. Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin, with Anecdotes of his Friends, and Criticisms on his Writings. 8vo, half calf. London, 1804. $1.50 SEYMOUR'S HUMOROUS SKETCHES, comprising 86 Caricature Etchings. Illustrated in Prose and Verse, by Alfred Crowquill. 8vo., cloth, gilt edges. London, 1872. $6.50 One of the most irresistible, laughter-provoking productions of comic art. SHERIDAN, R. B. The Dramatic Works. With a Memoir of his Life. 12mo, cloth, new. London: Bohn.

Lamb's

$1.25 SHAKESPEARE. Tales from Shakespeare, with Scenes Illustrating each Tale. Edited by C. Knight. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. London, n. d.

[blocks in formation]

$0.85 The Life and Times. By Thomas Stephen. 8vo, cloth. London.

SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP.

$1.00

The Countess of

Pembroke's Arcadia. 12mo, elegantly bound in calf. London, 1867. $3.75 SKETCHES OF POPULAR TUMULTS, illustrative of the Evils of Social Ignorance. 12mo, new, half calf. Pretty copy of this interesting work. Scarce. C. Knight, 1837. $1.75 SMILES, S. The Story of the Life of George Stephenson. Post 8vo, cloth. London, 1863.

$1.37 Biography,

SMILES, SAMUEL. Industrial
Iron Workers and Tool Makers. 12mo, cloth,
London, 1863.

$1.50

[blocks in formation]

SMITH, COL. C. HAMILTON. The Natural History of the Human Species, its Forms, Distribution, Filiations, Migrations, &c. 34 Colored Plates, with Portrait and Vignette. London, 1859.

12mo, cloth. $2.00 SMOLLETT and CRUIKSHANK. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, and the Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. 3 vols., 12mo, half calf. London, 1831. $5.00

The best of Smollett's works, humorously illustrated by George Cruikshank. Roscoe's edition.

STAGE. An Historical View of the Irish Stage, from the Earliest Period Down to the Close of the Season of 1788. By Robert Hitchcock, of the Theatre Royal. 2 vols., 12mo, calf. Scarce. Dublin, 1788.

$2.00

[blocks in formation]

2

$4.00

STUART, G. History of Scotland from the Reformation to the Death of Queen Mary. vols., 8vo, half calf. London, 1784. STRICKLAND, AGNES. Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688. 8vo. London, 1866. $0.75 SWIFT. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver. Curious old Edition, with Plates on Steel. 16mo, half calf. London, $1.00 TAYLOR, J. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins and Haunted Houses Developed. Being a Collection of Entertaining Stories Founded on Fact. 12mo, boards. London, 1815. $1.50 TAYLOR, JOHN. Records of my Life. By the Author of "Monsieur Tonson." Portrait. 2 vols., 8vo, boards. London, 1832. $2.25 TABLEAUX DU CABINET DE M. POULlain. 4to, boards. Paris, n. d.

$14.00

[blocks in formation]

THELEUR. Letters on Dancing. Reducing this Elegant and Healthful Exercise to Easy Scientific Principles. 24 Copperplate Engravings. 4to, half roan. Scarce. London, 1832. $3.50 THELYPHTHORA; or, Treatise on Female Ruin. Its Causes, Effect, Consequences and Remedy, Considered on the Basis of the Divine Law, under the Following Heads: Marriage, Whoredom and Fornication, Adultery, Polygamy and Divorce, with Particular Reference to the Marriage Act. 2 vols., 8vo, old calf. London, 1780. $10.00 THUCYDIDES. Translated by Wm Smith' 3 vols., 16mo, half vellum, new binding. Fine Copy. London, 1831. $3.50

TIMBS. Clubs and Club-Life in London. With Anecdotes of its Famous Coffee-Houses, Hostelries and Taverns. Crown 8vo. $250 TRAVELS OF ANTENOR IN GREECE and Asia. From a Greek Manuscript found at Herculaneum, Including some Account of Egypt. 3 vols., 8vo, calf. $6.00 Nice copy. London. TRIALS FOR ADULTERY, or History of Divorces. Being Select Trials at Doctors Commons for Adultery, Fornication, Cruelty, Impotence, &c., from the Year 1760 to the Present Time. Including the whole Evidence on each Cause, together with Letters, &c., which have been Intercepted between Amorous Parties. whole forming a Complete History of Private Life Intrigues and Amours of many Characters in the most Elevated Sphere. Every scene and transaction, however ridiculous, whimsical or extraordinary, being fairly represented. New edition. vols., 8vo, old calf. Rare. London, 1781. $50.00 TYAS, ROBERT. Beautiful Birds Described.

The

7

36 Illustrations in Colors. 12mo, fancy cloth. London, 1868. $1.25

TYLER, JAMES. Oaths; their Origin, Nature and History. 8vo, cloth. London, 1834.

$1.50

$3.75

and

URQUHART, W. P. Life and Times of Sforza,
Duke of Milan. With a Preliminary Sketch of
the History of Italy. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf.
Fine copy. London, 1852.
VOLTAIRE, M. Romances, Novels
Tales. 8vo, half calf, post. Very scarce in Eng-
$5.00
lish. London, 1806.
WALPOLE, HORACE. Works of. Portrait
of Walpole. Numerous Plates. 5 vols., 4to, old
calf. London, 1798.
$14.50
WALKER, ALEX. Beauty in Woman. Il-
lustrated Chiefly by Analysis and Classification of
Beauty in Woman. Illustrated by Drawings from
Life by Henry Howard. Best book on the sub-

[blocks in formation]

WINTHROP, JOHN. History of New Eng-
land from 1620 to 1649. Portrait. 2 vols., 8vo,
new, half morocco, uncut. Boston, 1853. $6.75
WRIGHT, T. Caricature History of the
Georges (House of Hanover). Very Entertaining
Book of 640 pages, with 400 Pictures, Caricatures,
Squibs, Broadsides, Window Pictures, &c.
$2.50

FAC-SIMILE REPRINTS,

For Historical Students, Antiquarians, &c., on Ribbed Paper, made Expressly to Imitate the Original, and bound in boards as of old.

8vo.

OLD HISTORICAL BALLADS, 45 Copper Plates. 3 vols., foolscap, $10.00; Large paper, $18.00 "This Reprint (from the rare edition of 1723-5) appears to have been executed with great care, and will supply, at a far less expense, the place of the original in a very satisfactory manner. As far as we have examined it, it can hardly be said to have undergone any further editing than that required to insure a correct copy, which was what was chiefly wanted. It contains upwards of 150 of the best and most valuable of our old Ballads, and is certainly a boon for which all our students of the old national literature of England ought to be thankful to the publisher, Mr. Pearson."—Athenæum.

RICHARD BROME'S DRAMATIC WORKS. Only complete edition. With the Original and Scarce Portrait, expressly re-engraved for this edition. 3 vols., foolscap. $10.00; Large paper, $18.00

This reprint comprises the 2 vols. collected and published in 1653-9, containing 10 Plays. Vol. 3 contains the 5 Plays never before published in a collected form.

Richard Brome lived in the reign of Charles I, and was contemporary with Decker, Ford, Shirley, &c. He was servant to Ben Jonson, and wrote himself into high repute; see the verses prefixed to his "Northern Lass," by Ben Jonson.

MRS. CENTLIVRE'S DRAMATIC WORKS. 3 vols, with the Portrait expressly re-engraved. 3 vols., foolscap. 8vo. $10.00; Large paper, $18.00 The large paper nearly out of print.

"It is astonishing to find the traces of so much reading and learning as we meet with in many of her pieces; if we do not allow her to be the very first of our female writers, she has but one above her, and may justly be placed next to her predecessor in dramatic glory, the great Mrs. Behn."-Baker's Biographia Dramatica.

MRS. BEHN'S PLAYS, HISTORIES, AND NOVELS. 6 vols., foolscap, 8vo. $20.00; Large paper, $32.00

"Mrs. Behn was a woman of so celebrated a fame while she lived, and so esteemed, that to give a perfect draught of her, one must write like her.-Charles Gibbon.

"We may regard her, indeed, as our earliest English female comic writer of any worth."—Retrospective Review.

"Mrs. Behn, besides her plays, was the authoress of novels and tales, which contain some ingeniouslycontrived incidents."-Dr. George L.. Craik.

"When writing her best this unmentionable poetess has a vigorous grace and a noble sense of metre to be found in no other song-writer of her time."-A. C. Swinburne.

"Of smart writing and racy plotting there is never any lack in this clever woman's Plays."-Examiner. "The writings of Mrs. Behn form a valuable link in our Literary History.”—Bookseller. TOM D'URFEY'S PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY, and Songs, Compleat, Pleasant, and Divertive. We have received copies of this highly amusing and spicy collection of restoration and restorative songs and merriment. The original work has been in such demand and brings such a large price, (£25,) that it is lacking in most American collections of old English literature.

Uniform with the above.

This is an elegant reprint in 6 vols., uniform with Mrs. Behn, Old Ballads, Chapman, &c., printed on fine thick paper, boards, uncut. Price, $18.00 We have a few large paper copies at 30.00 MUSARUM DELICIÆ; or, the Muses Recreation, 1656; Wit Restor'd, 1658; and Wits Recreation, 1640. The whole compared with the originals; with all the Wood Engravings, Plates, Memoirs, and Notes. A new edition, in 2 vols. post 8vo, beautifully printed on antique laid paper, and bound in antique boards. $7.50; Large paper copies, $13.50 THE COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES OF GEORGE CHAPMAN, the celebrated translator of Homer, (1598-1654). Now first collected, with a Memoir of the Author. These three volumes contain the complete collection of Chapman's Dramatic Works, reprinted verbatim et literatim from the rare original quartos, a set which could not be obtained for £50, or obtained at all without long and tedious search. The high place which Chapman already occupies in literature as the first and best of our Homeric translators, and the enthusiastic admiration which the most illustrious writers, including Hazlitt, Shelley, Charles Lamb, and Hallam, have expressed for his Dramatic Writings, make it surprising that his Plays should not before now have been placed within the reach of poetical and dramatic students. 3 vols., 12mo, uniform with "Mrs. Behn," and "Mrs. Centlivre."

Large paper, 3 vols., 8vo, only 100 copies printed.

$10.00 18.00

"Of all the English Play Writers, Chapman, perhaps, approaches nearest to Shakespeare."—Charles Lamb. "That full and heightened style of Master Chapman."-Webster. WORKS OF THOMAS DECKER, UNIFORM WITH MRS. BEHN'S Works, Chapman's Works, Old Ballads, &c. A Tasteful and handsome reprint. 4 vols., boards, uncut. $12.00

The works of Thomas Decker have never before been published in collected form. He is perhaps best known by "The Gulls Hornbook," "The Honest Whore,” which has been reprinted but is now scarce. The collector of the English Drama should have this work. It is the only collected edition, and contains plays otherwise unobtainable.

Chambers' Useful and Valuable Publications.

LATEST EDITIONS.

OFFERED AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.

J. SABIN & SONS, having purchased a large quantity of these Popular Works, are enabled to offer them at exceptionally low prices.

The best cyclopædia of its size extant.

CHAMBERS' ENCYCLOPÆDIA. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge
for the People. Complete. With Supplement and Index. Illustrated with
Maps and numerous Wood Engravings. 10 vols., royal 8vo. 1868.
Cloth, $28.00; Half calf, or morocco extra, $45.00; Tree calf extra, $65.00
CHAMBERS, R. Cyclopædia of English Literature. A History of British
Authors from the Earliest to the Present Time. With copious Selections
from their Writings. Portraits, and Engravings. 2 vols., impl. 8vo. 1858..
Cloth, $7.00; Half calf, or half morocco gilt, cloth sides, $9.50
Admirably adapted for the purposes of a man of literary requirements.

CHAMBERS' BOOK OF DAYS. Anecdotes, Biography, History. Numerous Illustrations. 2 vols., royal 8vo, new half calf, gilt. 1869.

Cloth.

$10.00

[blocks in formation]

1858.

$6.00

9.00

CHAMBERS, W. and R. Information for the People, with several
Illustrations on Wood, last edition, 2 vols., impl. 8vo, cloth.

New half calf, gilt.

THE

CHISWICK PRESS REPRINTS

Of Standard Authors.

MILTON, JOHN. Poetical and Prose Works, carefully reprinted from the Author's original copies, including a fac-simile of the Agreement for the sale of "Paradise Lost" to Samuel Symmons for the sum of £20, together with a Pedigree of the Family of Milton, and a complete History of the Poet's Life, by the Rev. John Mitford. 8 vols., 8vo, cloth. $30.00 Calf extra, elegantly bound.

50.00

One of the most perfect books ever issued to the public. Few copies remaining. SPENSER'S COMPLETE WORKS. With Life, Notes, and Glossary, by John Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. 5 vols., 8vo, cloth. Calf extra.

$18.00

30.00

HERBERT'S POEMS AND REMAINS. With S. T. Coleridge's Notes; and Life by Izaak Walton. Revised, with additional notes, by Mr. J. Yeowell. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth.

Calf extra.

BISHOP BUTLER'S ANALOGY OF RELIGION.
Index, by the Rev. Edward Steere, LL.D. 8vo, cloth.
Calf extra

$6.00

11.00

With Analytical

$3.00

5.50

"The present edition has been furnished with an Index of the Texts of Scripture quoted, and an Index of Words and Things considerably fuller than any hitherto published."-Editor's Preface. BISHOP JEREMY TAYLOR'S RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY Living and Dying. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth.

Calf extra.

$6.00

I 1.00

$3.00 5.50

BISHOP JEREMY TAYLOR. THE WORTHY COMMUNICANT.
A Discourse of the Nature, Effects and Blessings consequent to the Worthy
receiving of the Lord's Supper. 8vo, cloth. Pickering, 1853.
Calf extra.
MILTON'S POETICAL WORKS. Edited, with Life, by the Rev. John
Mitford. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth.

Calf extra.

J. SABIN & SONS

$6.00

1 1.00

Beg to announce that they have just purchased a few copies of the above excel. lent Specimens of Typography, executed at the Chiswick Press. The Type and ornaments are such as were in use about a Century ago, and the paper is of the finest quality, and slightly toned. No handsomer Library Books have ever issued from the Press. As very few copies remain, this is a favorable opportunity for securing at a low price the Writings of five of England's Greatest Worthies.

Each work is very carefully Edited, and Collated with the early copies, and printed in the same style as those originally published by the late Mr. Pickering.

« PreviousContinue »