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CHRONICLE OF THE ABBEY OF CROYLAND, with the Continuations by Peter of Blois and Anonymous Writers. Translated from the Latin, with Notes and an Index, by H. T. Riley, B. A. Post 8vo. 1854. $1.50. Half calf. $2.75. 1027 Very important for the early history of England, A.D., 708-1490.

INSKIPP, JAMES R. A. STUDIES OF HEADS from Nature, 12 splendid plates, engraved by Wagstaff, proof impressions on India paper, folio, cloth gilt. C. Tilt, 1838. $7.50. 1028 A dozen dark-eyed Italian damsels. INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER; a REVIEW OF NATURAL HISTORY, Microscopic Research and Recreative Science, 1862-68, with numerous coloured and tinted plates and engravings on wood. 12 vols., 8vo. Also the STUDENT AND INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER of Science, Literature and Art, from 1868-71, with numerous coloured and tinted plates and engravings on wood. 5 vols., 8vo, together 17 vols., cloth. $30. Half calf. $45. 1029

While each of the two preceding works, Intellectual Observer 12 vols., and Student and Intellectual Observer 5 vols.. are complete in themselves, and comprise all that has been published of each work, still the 17 vols., combined, form one consecutive series. For the private reference or public reading library, they are a desirable acquisition, forming, as they do, a cyclopædia of information on Astronomy, Archæology, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Microscopy, Meteorology, Natural History, Physics, Zoology, and Recreative Science. IRELAND. SHAKSPEARE FORGERIES; Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments of Shakespeare, including King Lear, a Fragment of Hamlet, &c., facsimiles, writings, drawings and autographs, royal folio, half russia. 1796. $12.50. 1030

The mother of Ireland always said, that notwithstanding her son's confession, the Papers were originals, and not forged by him; he having made that confession solely to prevent the threatened destruction of his father's character with the world.- See W. H.

IRELAND. O'CONNOR'S CHRONICLES OF ERI; being the History of the Gaal Sciot Iber, or the Irish People, translated from the original Manuscripts. 1822. 2 vols., 8vo, maps and plates, boards. $6. 1031

See Annals of Ireland, No. 39. IRELAND ILLUSTRATED. From Drawings by Bartlett, Petree, &c. ; with Descriptions by Wright. With numerous highly finished Engravings. 2 vols., 4to, half bound. $15. IRELAND. The ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND, or the mysteries of Freemasonry, of Sabaism, and of Budhism, now for the first time unveiled, by Henry O'Brien, Esq. Engravings, 8vo, cloth, scarce. 1834. $12.50. 1033

IRVING, W. KNICKERBOCKER'S NEW YORK. 8vo, calf. 1820. $1.50. 1034 IRVING, W. The same. VIGNETTE BY CRUIKSHANK. Calf. Nice copy. London: Tegg, 1824. Steel Plates by Cruikshank. $3.25. 1035

IRVING, WASHINGTON. WORKS, RIVERSIDE EDITION. Steel Plates by F. O. C. Darley, and Woodcuts. 26 vols., 12mo, cloth new. New York, 1864. $35. The same. Cheap edition. 26 vols., cloth, new. $26. 1036

Containing Salmagundi, Knickerbocker, Sketch Books, Lives of Columbus and his Companions, Mahomet and his Successors, Oliver Goldsmith, Bracebridge Hall, Newstead and Abbotsford, Tales of a Traveller, Tales of the Alhambra, Conquest of Granada, Conquest of Spain, Conquest of Florida, Astoria, Tour on the Prairies, Adventures of Capt. Bonneville, Life of George Washington, Wolfert's Roost and Irving's Life and Letters by P. M. Irving. Any of these can be had separately at $1.75, per volume.

IRVING. LIFE AND VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS. Portrait and Map. Also Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. 2 vols., 18mo, cloth. 1831. $2.75. 1037 IRVING. KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK, illustrated by G. Cruikshank, 12mo, cloth uncut. 1839. $2.50.

1038 IRVING. THE BEAUTIES OF IRVING, Illustrated with woodcuts, engraved by Thompson From Drawings by G. Cruikshank. 18mo, cloth. 1866. $1.25.

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ISLE OF WIGHT. BARBER'S PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS of. Comprising Views of every Object of Interest on the Island, engraved from Original Designs by W. H. Bartlett, .T. Barber, and Winkles, &c. Profusely Il1041 lustrated. 8vo. n.d. $3.

"Of all the southern Isles she holds the highest place, And evermore hath been the great'st in Britaine's grace."-Drayton-Poly-Olbion.

ITALIAN SCHOOLS OF DESIGN. A Series of Select Studies, Engraved by F. Bartolozzi and others, from the Original Pictures of Guercino, Michael Angelo, Domenichino, Annibale Ludovico and Agostino Caracci, P. da Cartona, Carlo Marati, Elisabetta Sirani, Pellegrindo Tibaldi, Franceschino, &c., &c., now Preserved in the Collection of Queen Victoria. 91 examples. Half red morocco, gilt edges. Fine copy. 1842. $24.

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ITALY. SELECT VIEWS IN ITALY. With Topographical and Historical Descriptions in English and French. Proof impressions of the Plates, and a set of unfinished etchings. 2 vols., oblong folio, half russia uncut. 1792. $24. 1043

Very scarce in such remarkably choice condition. The Fonthill copy fetched £30.

IVES, LIEUT. REPORT upon the COLORADO RIVER, of the West, illustrated by 29 fine steel plates, and 41 woodcuts of scenery, coloured plates of costumes, and 36 plates of its geology and fossil remains, 4to, cloth boards. Washington, 1861. $4.50. 1044

ACKSON, JOHN. HISTORY OF WOOD ENGRAVING, including a Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical, impl. 8vo, with upwards of 300 beautiful woodcut illustrations, including facsimiles from the works of Albert Durer, half morocco, uncut, rare. 1839. $24. JACKSON. HISTORY OF WOOD ENGRAVING, new edition, with an additional chapter on the Artists of the Présent Day, with 445 wood engravings, 145 of which are now first added, imperial 8vo, cloth. 1861. $13. Half morocco. $16. 1046 "The History of Wood Engraving is a noble volume, unique in its way, and no library will be complete without it. Mr. Jackson's reputation rests upon a firm basis-his name is attached to some of the brightest and best of the modern engravings. He is one of the few living pupils of Bewick-and one who follows in the steps, and supports the reputation of his celebrated master."- Polytechnic Journal.

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JACOBS, W. PRECIOUS METALS; an Historical Inquiry into the Production and Consumption of the 2 vols., 8vo. 1831. $4.50. JACQUEMART, A. et Le Blant, HISTOIRE DE LA PORCELAINE, accompagnée de recherches sur les sujets et emblémes qui la décorent, les marques et inscriptions, les variations de prix et les collections où ils sont conservés, handsomely printed, with 28 admirably executed Etchings by Jules Jacquemart, sm. folio, new half morocco, uncut, top edge gilt. Paris, 1862. $37.50. JACQUEMART.

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Histoire de la Ceramique, etupe Descriptive et Raisonnee des Poteries de tous les temps et de tous les deuples. Par Albert Jacquemart. One handsome vol., royal 8vo, with 200 superb Etchings and fine woodcuts. Half morocco extra, gilt top. $12, The aame English edition (translatnd), same plates 8vo, cloth. $16. *1049

JACQUEMART, A. LES MERVEILLES de la CÉRAMIQUE OU L'ART de façonner et de décorer les Vases en terre cuite, Faïence, Grés et Porcelaine, depuis les temps antiques jusqu'à nos jours. Several hundred interesting Woodcuts. 3 vols., 16mo, cloth. Paris, 1868. $6.50. A charming little book on ceramics, pottery, &c., both oriental and occidental, profusely illustrated." JAMES, EDWIN. Account of an EXPEDITION from Pittsburgh TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS in 1819-20, map and coloured plates, 3 vols,. 8vo, newly bound in half calf gilt. 1823. $12. JAMES. THE LIFE OF HENRY IV, of France and Navarre. 2 vols., post 8vo, half morocco. New York, 1847. $4. 1052

JAMES. HISTORY of the LIFE OF RICHARD CŒUR DE LION, King of England. Portraits. 2 vols., post 8vo. 1856. $2.50. Half calf. $4.50. JAMES. A BOOK OF THE PASSIONS, Illustra ted by 16 splendid engravings from drawings by eminent artists, engraved by Heath, original copy, royal 8vo, cloth. 1839. $3.75.

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JAMES, W. NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRI TAIN; with Additions and Notes and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Capt. Chamier, fine portraits., 6 vols., 8vo, half bound calf gilt. 1837. $15. "A work which approaches as near to perfection as any historical work ever did."- Edinb. Review. JAMESON, MRS. BEAUTIES OF THE COURT OF CHARLES II., with 21 beautiful portraits after Sir Peter Lely, and contemporary artists. Imp. 8vo, cloth .1851. $10. Another copy, India Proofs, 4to. $20. Also a copy in folio, India paper proofs extremely rare. $55. 1058 This intesting volume gives us many piquant glimpses. into the life and manners of the "Merry Monarch" and his courtiers, not to be obtained elsewhere. It forms an admirable companion to the Diaries of Pepys and Evelyn, and all the contemporary historians. JAMESON. HISTORY OF OUR LORD. As Exemplifted in Works of Art. Completed by Lady Eastlake. Numerous Plates and Illustrations. Nice copy. 2 vols., 8vo, calf extra, gilt edges. Scarce, 1864, $27.50. Cloth. $18. JAMESON. LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA, Legends of the Monastic Orders; Sacred and Legendary Art, 2 vols.; History of Our Lord, -" as exemplified in Works of Art, 2 vols., together 6 vols., 8vo, illustrated by 80 etchings and 721 wood engravings, from Paintings, Mosaics, Ancient Ivory Carvings, etc. bound in morocco super extra,gilt leaves, a choice copy, 1865-72. $87.50. Polished calf, or tree calf gilt. $65. 6 vols., 8vo, half levant morocco, gilt 1060 top, uncut. $50. Cloth. $37.50.

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"Mrs. Jameson has done much to familiarize her countrymen with the noble works of early Italian. art, and with the origin and progress of the great revival now going on in Germany."-Lord Lindsay's “ Christian Art.

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JAMESON, R POPULAR BALLADS and SONGS from Traditions, MSS. and Scarce Editions, with Translations of Ancient Danish Ballards, and Glossary. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf, scarce. 1806. $7.50. 1060*

"An important work; the annotations are very valuable and preserve, some very curious illustrations of the old poets." Sir W. Scott.

JANIN, JULES. The AMERICAN IN PARIS; or Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1843 and 1844, with 36 finely engraved plates of Views in Paris, Characteristic Scenes, Interiors, etc. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, new half calf gilt extra. 18334. $10. 1061 JARDINE, SIR W.

NATURALISTS' LIBRAY, with 1200 coloured plates, and numerous portraits and memoirs of Eminent Naturalists. 40 vols., foolscap, 8vo, cloth. 1850. $55. Half morocco. $87.50. 1062

Sir W. Jardine's coadjutors in this admirable series were Swainson, Selby, Macgillivray, Waterhouse, Duncan, Hamilton, Smith, and others. "We could hardly have thought that any new serial would have obtained our approbation so entirely as the 'Naturalist's Library!" but the price is so low, the coloured plates so elegant, and the descriptions so very scientific and correct, that we cannot withhold from it our warmest praise; the whole is a perfect bijou, and as valuable as pretty."Literary Gazette.

JARVES, J. J. Art Studies. The "Old Masters" of Italy. Illustrations from the Works of Raphael,Leonardo, Massacio, Bazzi, Domenichino, Perugino, and others. Square 8vo, half morocco, scarce. New York, 1861. $12. 1063 JEAFFRESON, J. BOOK ABOUT THE CLERGY, Second Edition, handsomely printed. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. $4. *1063

"This is a book of sterling excellence, in which alllaity as well as clergy-will find entertainment as well as instruction, a book to be bought and placed permanently in our libraries. It is written in a terse and lively style throughout, it is eminently fair and candid, and is full of interesting information on almost every topic that serves to illustrate the history of the English clergy."-Times.

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JEAFFRESON, J. C. A BOOK ABOUT THE
CLERGY. Best edition. 2 vols., 8vo, uncut.
1870. $4.50.
JEAFFRESON.

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A BOOK ABOUT LAWYERS. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf gult, newly bound. Library edition. $5.50. 1065 JEAFFRESON.

A BOOK ABOUT DOCTORS. Crown 8vo, half calf. New York, 1861. $2.50. "This is a rare book, a compliment to the medical profession, a book to be read and re-read, fit for the study and the consulting room, as well as the drawingroom table and the library. But Mr. Jeaffreson does not merely amuse. The pages he devotes to the exposure and history of charlatanry are of scarcely less value to the student of medicine than the student of manners."London Lancet.

JEFFERSON, T. WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. Being his Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, &c. 9 vols., 8vo, cloth. Washington, 1853. $27. 1067 JEFFERSON. NOTES on the STATE OF VIRGINIA, with a Map. 8vo. 1787. $3.75. 1068 JEFFERSON, T. MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE, brought down to the Present Time, 12mo, cloth. New York, 1871. $1. 1069

JEFFERSON. MEMOIR, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of THOMAS JEFFERSON. Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph. 4 vols., 8vo, half morocco. Charlottesville, 1829. $12.

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JEFFREY, LORD. CONTRIBUTIONS to the EDINBURGH REVIEW, complete, Library Edition. 4 vols., 8vo, calf gilt, a fine copy. 1844 $15. 1071 JENNINGS. LANDSCAPE ANNUALS, a most beautiful series; including Roscoe's Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Andalusia, Morocco, Switzerland and Italy, Spain and Granada, France, Biscay, and the Castiles, illustrated by engravings in the first style of art, after Prout, Harding, Roberts &c., large paper copy, proof impressions, India paper, green morocco extra. 9 vols., royal 8vo. 1830-30. $45. .1072

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JEPHSON, R. in heroick verse, with Historical Remarks and Illustrations, portrait of the author and 18 medallion portraits of famous Romans. 4to, calf gilt. 1794. $3.50. 1074 JERROLD, DOUGLAS.

ROMAN PORTRAITS, a poem

WORKS WITH ME

MOIR by his Son, W. Blanchard Jerrold. Ilustrations by Leech, &c. 5 vols., post 8vo, newly half bound in morocco or calf. n.d. $17. JERDAN, W. AUTOBIOGRAPHY: with his 'Literary, Political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence during the last Fifty Years. Ports. 4 vols., post 8vo, cloth. 1852. $5.50. 1075 Comprising the most interesting Anecdotes, Sketches and Correspondence of the principal Statesmen, Poets. Authors, Artists, etc., of the age. JERDAN. MEN I HAVE KNOWN. (Sir Mark J. Brunel: Dean Buckland; Thomas Campbell; George Canning; S. T. Coleridge; Isaac D'Israeli; Sir John Franklin; Henry Hallam; James Hogg; Sir T. Lawrence; David Roberts; Sir Walter Scott; Richard Brinsley Sheridan; W. Wordsworth, and many others) illustrated by facsimile autographs. Post 8vo, cloth. $2. JERROLD, D. SHILLING MAGAZINE, complete from its Commencement, numerous spirited engravings, by Leech, 7 thick vols., post 8vo, half calf neat. 1845-8. $14,

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This amusing work contains the most popular Tales and Sketches by Douglas Jerrold, and his most celebrated literary friends and contemporaries. Valuable for the illustrations.

JERROLD, D. CAKES AND ALE. A Collection of very Amusing Tales. With Frontispieces and Vignettes by George Cruikshank. Original Edition. Scarce. 2 vols., 12mo, half morocco, gilt tops. 1842. $5.

Of toothsome cakes he made 'em cheer,
And eke of humming ale;

And bade 'em sit and lend an ear

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To many a passing tale."-Old Ballad. Dedicated to "Thomas Hood, whose various genius touches alike the spring of laughter and the source of tears."

JERROLD, D. A Man Made of Money. With 12 Illustrations on Steel by John Leech. 12mo, half calf gilt. 1849. $4. 1080 JERROLD. MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. By Douglas Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Keene. Sm. 4to, cloth gilt. 1866. $4. JESSE, CAPT. LIFE OF BEAU BRUMMEL. Portraits. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco extra, gilt tops, uncut, very scarce. $10. JESSE, E. ANECDOTES OF DOGS. Numerous beautiful Steel Engravings. 4to, half mo rocco extra, gilt top uncut. 1846. $5. Bohn's Edition 1858, post 8vo, cloth. $1.75. Half mo1082 rocco. $2.75.

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"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."- Pope.

JESSE, E. THE ANGLER'S RAMBLES. Cuts. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, newly bound London, Van Voorst, 1836, $2.50.

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JESSE, J. H. MEMOIRS of the COURT of ENGLAND during the Reign of the Stuarts, including the Protectorate. Portraits. 4 vols., 8vo, half calf. 1840. $10.50. 1084

JESSE, G. R. RESEARCHES INTO THE HISTORY of the BRITISH DOG. With Original Anecdotes and Illustrations of the Nature and Attributes of the Dog. Numerous fine steel Plates and Tail pieces. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. 1866. $7. 1085 Contains elaborate extracts from all the poets and prose writers, ancient, medieval, and modern, who have written on the subject of the dog, depicting in the brightest colors their faithfulness and good qualities. JESSE, J. H. The same. New Edition, revised. Plates. 3 vols., 12mo, half morocco. 1855. $10. Cloth. $7.

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JESSE. MEMOIRS of the LIFE and REIGN of KING GEORGE the THIRD. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut, new copy. 1867. $7.50. 1086

A handsome book by the highly esteemed author of the Courts of England under the Stuarts and the House of Hanover, George Selwyn, &c. This work will probably remain for a long time the most desirable Life of George III, and of course it belongs to an American library.

JESSE, J. H. Complete set of HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL and ANECDOTICAL WORKS, viz.: Memoirs of King Richard the Third, portraits, 1862; Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reigns of the Stuarts and the Houses of Nassau and Hanover, portraits and plates, 7 vols., 1840-3; Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Adherents, portraits, 2 vols., 1845;- Memoirs of the Life and Reign of George III, 3 vols., 1867,-George Selwyn and his Contemporaries, portraits, 4 vols., 1843;Literary and Historical Memorials of London, plates, 4 vols., 1847; together 21 vols., 8vo, beautifully bound in polished calf, gilt edges, a splendid set, very scarce. $175. 1087 JESSE. Another set handsomely bound in new half morocco extra, gilt edges, very fine uniform set. $126.50. 1088 Complete sets of this interesting series do not often occur for sale, it takes months of waiting and book-hunting in London, to make up a complete set.

JOHNSON. LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS, with Critical Observations on their Works. With Notes Corrective and Explanatory by Peter Cunningham. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut new copy. 1854. $6. Halfmo-. rocco, gilt tops, uncut. $9. American Edition. 2 vols., 12mo, cloth. $3. 1092 JOHNSON. LIFE BY JAMES BOSWELL. See Boswell, Nos. 186-190.

JOHNSON. DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers, first edition. 2 vols., large thick folio, calf. 1755. $15.

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This edition contains some curious explanations suppressed by subsequent editors; as, "Excise, a hateful tax levied upon the commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." แ "Lexicographer, a harmless drudge." "Pension an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to state hireling for treason to his country." Pensioner, a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master." &c. &c. JOHNSON. WORKS COMPLETE, with an Essay on his Life and Genius by Murphy, edited by A. Chalmers, portrait, 12 vols., 8vo, gilt tops, uncut, handsome copy newly bound calf, gilt, excellent library edition. 1823. $36. 1094 JOHNSONIANA; ANECDOTES and SAYINGS of DR. JOHNSON, not included in Boswell, 45 highly finished portraits, engravings and autographs by Finden. Thick 8vo, very scarce. 1836. $11.50. 1095

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Containing many hundred Anecdotes collected from a great variety of sources edited by J. W. Croker.

JONES. GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT, a series of
100 large and exquisitely coloured plates, ex-
ecuted in Chromo-Lithography, comprising
3000 examples of the Decorations of all ages
and nations, with descriptive letter-press, il-
lustrated with Woodcuts. Imperial folio,
half bound morocco, gilt leaves, by Zaehnsdorf,
the original and best edition, scarce. 1856.
$135.
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A very fine and choice copy of the original edition. JONES. The same, another edition, royal 4to, cloth extra, gilt edges. 1865. $30. 1097

JOE MILLER'S JESTS; or the Wit's Vade-
Mecum ; a collection of the most Brilliant Jests,
the Politest Repartees, the most Elegant Bont
Mots, and most pleasant short stories in the
English Language, a facsimile reprint of the
rare first edition. 8vo, half morocco. $3.50.
JOHNSON, J. TYPOGRAPHIA, or the Printer's
Instructor; including an account of the Origin
of Printing, with a series of Ancient and
Modern Alphabets, and Domesday Characters,
numerous engravings of printers' devices, etc.
2 vols., 16mo. $4.50. 12mo, $7.50. Or 8vo,
largest paper, calf. 1824. $15.
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Contains the essence of Dibdin's "Typographical An-
tiquities, "and other valuable works; a 66
"History of
Printing and Printers," etc.

JOHNSON, DR. S. WORKS COMPLETE, includ-
ing Debates in Parliament, the elegant "Ox-
ford Classic Edition," finely printed, portrait.
11 vols., 8vo. calf, elegant. Pickering, 1825.
$55. 9 vols. (without the debates), good sound
copy. $18.50.

1091 This edition has been carefully edited and re-arranged,! it contains sermons and other pieces not in any other edition.

One of the grandest and most useful works ever published.

The aim of the author is to present the student with a text book of design selected from the best works of all styles, and to show that, by returning to the works of Nature for fresh inspiration, we may yet go forward, and whilst availing ourselves of the experience of all time, may be enabled to produce works in harmony with our own times, instead of blindly following in the footsteps of the past.

JONES, OWEN. EXAMPLES OF CHINESE ORNAMENT, imp. 4to, 100 beautiful plates in rich colours, executed in chromo-lithography, comprising nearly 1000 objects in the South Kensington Museum, and other collections, extra cloth, gilt edges. 1867. $18.50.

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The companion or second series to the standard work, "The Grammar of Ornament." Only a small number of copies were printed, and no New Edition will ever appear the stones having been rubbed off.

JONES. INITIAL LETTERS: One thousand and One Initial Letters, designed and illuminated by Owen Jones, folio, cloth, gilt leaves, $12 (pub. £3. 108.) Day & Son, n.d.

1099 A remarkably beautiful volume, highly illuminated in gold and colours. No other volume of Initial Letters is so gracefully ornamented and so elaborately worked out

JONES. PLANS, SECTIONS, and DETAILS OF THE ALHAMBRA. From Drawings taken on the Spot in 1834, by the late M. Jules Goury, and in 1834, and 1837, by Owen Jones, Architect. With a Complete Translation of the Arabic Inscriptions, Historical Notices, etc., by Mr. Pasqual de Gayangos. Plates on India paper. 2 vols., elephant folio, half morocco, gilt edges. A splendid copy of this sumptuous work. The plates, colored and others, in exceptionally fine condition. 1842. $187. 1100 A full description of this truly magnificent work will be found in the American Bibliopolist for March, 1872, page 159. It is without exception one of the most sumptuous works ever executed in England and is of equal interest to the amateur, the architect, the sculptor, and the decorator, for nothing can exceed the number, variety, and beauty of the ornaments.

JONES, SIR WILLIAM. WORKS, with LIFE by LORD TEIGNMOUTH. 13 vols., 8vo, portrait, calf. 1807. $20.

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"There are few authors to whom Oriental literature is under more deep obligations than to Sir Will. Jones; few who, like him, have not merely pointed out original and important sources of knowledge, but continued in no inconsiderable degree to render them accessible. He was equally remarkable for his ardour and industry in philological pursuits from a very early period of his life, until his premature and lamented close." Welsford, Origin of the Engl. Lang.

JONSON, BEN. DRAMATIC and OTHER WORKS Complete with Life and Notes by Gifford. Portrait 9 vols., 8vo, calf gilt, scarce. 1816. $87.50

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JOHNSON, DR. S. WORKS COMPLETE, including the Debates in Parliament, and Life by Boswell the elegant "Oxford Classic Edition," with portrait. 15 vols., 8vo, bright calf gilt. Pickering, 1825 $60. 1104 JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS. WORKS. Translated by Whiston. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, new. 1871. $1.50. 1105 JOSEPHUS. Another edition. With 52 Illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, calf extra. 1862. $12. JOSEPHUS. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth. New York, 1869. $6. 1107

JOURNAL DE MENUISERIE, spécialement dessiné aux Architectes, aux Menuisiers et aux Entrepreneurs, numerous plates and woodcuts of Joiners' Work, etc., both Ancient and Modern, 9 vols., roy. 4to, half morocco. 1863-72. $60.

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KAEMPFER, E. THE HISTORY OF JAPAN giving an account of the Ancient and Present State of the Government of that Empire, of its Temples, Palaces, Castles, and other Buildings; of its Minerals, Trees, Animals, Birds, etc.; its Chronology, Religion, Manners, etc., numerous plates. 2 vols., folio, calf. 1727. $15. "He who possesses the famous book of Kaempfer, published in two folio volumes, has a work which, (according to Pinkerton), continues to the present day the best account of Japan. A copy of it is worth £4 48-. Dibdin.

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