£ 8 d. Elgood. Italian Gardens, drawings by GEORGE S. 1907 From the time of Pliny the younger Italy has been famous for its beautiful gardens; Mr. Elgood has gone about Pompei, Rome, Florence, and Northern Italy with a seeing eye and has made us to some extent sharers in his pleasure, by means of this charming book. 8vo., 2 2 0 1907 0 10 6 Eliot (G. F. Scott). Chile, its History and Development, vellum 1899 The Booke of Friendship of Marcus Tullie Cicero. Sir John Harryngton's Translation of the 'DE AMICITIA'. Edited by E. D. Ross. Svo., pp. 51; vellum Evans (A. H.). Birds. 8vo., pp. xvi, 635, with coloured frontispiece and 144 illustrations in the text; cloth The Cambridge Natural History, 1899 In this volume the author has essayed the difficult and apparently unattempted task of including in some six hundred pages a short description of the majority of the forms in many of the families, and of the most typical or important of the innumerable species included in the large Passerine order. Prefixed to each group is a brief summary of the structure and habits; a few further particulars of the same nature being subsequently added where necessary, with a statement of the main fossil forms as yet recorded. Eve (George W.). Heraldry as Art. An account of its development and practice, chiefly in England. 8vo., pp. v and 308, with 300 illustrations of typical heraldic design, old and new, from photographs and drawings; cloth 1907 The object of the book is to set forth, in a practical manner, the essential principles of Heraldic Art. Fischer (Joseph). The Discoveries of the Norsemen in America with Special Relation to their Early Cartographical Representation. Translated from the German by BASIL H. SOULSBY. Roy. 8vo., THE CHAPTER HEADINGS AND THE EPILOGUE PRINTED IN GOTHIC LETTERS, pp. xxiv, 130, with fine photographic title-page of the Wolfegg Ptolemy manuscript in facsimile, many woodcuts, and 10 facsimiles of ancient maps including Waldseemüller's map of the world, 1507, and his maritime chart, "Carta marina," 1516 (the former long missing, the latter unknown), discovered by the Author in the Waldburg-Wolfegg Library, and hitherto unpublished, save in the recent German edition of this work; cloth gilt, gilt top Dryden Press, 1903 Florence. The Women of Florence. By ISIDORO DEL LUNGO. Translated by MARY G. STEEGMANN, with Preface by DoCTOR GUIDO BIAGI. 8vo., pp. xxxii and 299, with two coloured and many half-tone plates; cloth 1907 The title of this book immediately suggests the name of Dante's Beatrice and it is interesting to note that a whole chapter is devoted to her. There is also a chapter dealing with the Renaissance as it affected the noblewomen of Florence. 0 16 0 0 12 0 0 17 0 0 12 6 080 076 Frehse (Ernst). Was muss man von Orient-Teppichen wissen? Ein Leitfaden für jedermann, der echte Teppiche kaufen oder verkaufen will. 8vo., pp. 67; sewed Kassel, (1907) 040 Frohner (W.). Les Medaillons de l'Empire Roman depuis le règne d'Auguste jusqu'a Priscus Attale. 4to., pp. xv and 396, with 1310 illustrations; sewed Paris, 1878 090 Folkard (Henry Coleman). The Sailing Boat. A Treatise on Philadelphia, 1902 Gambier-Parry (Major). Annals of an Eton House, with some notes on the Evans' family. With Portraits and Illustrations. 8vo. pp. xv and 472; cloth 1907 £ 2 2 1 12 1 15 0 15 "As the generations follow one another, and Eton grows older and older still, she will, we believe, carry in the corner of some page, the name of a House [Evans'] that once did something for her general weal."- From the last page. Garcia (Genaro). Documentos Ineditos o muy raros para la Historia de Mexico. 13 vols., cloth Mexico Genolini (Angelo). Maioliche Italiane, Marche e Monogrammi. Impl. 8vo., pp. 161, with 35 plates; sewed Milan, 1881 Gerring (Charles). Notes on Printers and Booksellers, with a Chapter on Chap Books. 4to., LARGE PAPER; PP. ix and 120; boards 1900 Gierke (Otto). Political Theories of the Middle Age. Green (C. A. H.). Notes on Churches in the Diocese of Gregorovius. The Roman Journals of Ferdinand Gre- 1907 "The record of an eye-witness of the eventful years that beheld the death struggles of the temporal power of the Papacy and the rise of United Italy."-Translator's Preface. Haggard (H. Rider). Rural England. Being an Account of Agricultural and Social Researches carried out in the years 1901 and 1902. New edition. 2 vols., 8vo., with 46 illustrations from photographs; cloth 6 0 016 ( 0 12 0 10 0 0.10 0 076 0.10 6 1906 0 12 0 1907 0 10 0 Hagopian (V. H.). Ottoman-Turkish Conversation-Gram- 1897 0126 Hamilton (A.). Maori Art. 4to., pp. 439, with many illustrations; Hamilton. Emma, Lady Hamilton. A Biographical Essay, with 1905 Hamilton (Archibald). The Red Deer of Exmoor, with Notes of those who Hunted them, from Robert D'Auberville, 1070, to Robert Arthur Sanders, 1906. With a Preface by LORD FORTESCUE. 8vo., illustrated; cloth 1907 "Mr. Hamilton has made a fascinating addition to the literature of Stag-Hunting."-Preface. Hardy (J. J.). Salmon Fishing. 8vo., with 33 plates; cloth 1907 Harris (J. Rendel). Further Researches into the History of the Ferrar-Group. 4to., pp. 78, with 7 plates (MSS. in facsimile); cloth 1900 Hawker. Life and Letters of R. S. Hawker (sometime Vicar of Morwenstow) by his Son-in-Law, C. E. BILES. 8vo., pp. xxviii and 689, with two sketches of the Earl of Carlisle, lithographs by J. Ley Pethybridge, portraits and views; cloth 1905 Heath (Dudley). Miniatures. 8vo., pp. xl and 329, with 42 plates and frontispiece; cloth 1907 15 0 Helleu. A Gallery of Portraits by Helleu, with an Introduction by FREDERICK WEDMORE. Cr. folio, 24 portraits; cloth The great popularity of Helleu's work at the present time is due to his success with women's portraits. The Duchess of Marlborough and the Comtesse De Noailles, both included in this volume, are amongst his greatest successes. Henessy (George). Novum Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense, or London Diocesan Clergy Succession, from the Earliest Time to the Year 1898. With copious notes. 4to., pp. vii and 509; cloth 1898 Hewitt (J. F.). Primitive Traditional History. The Primitive History and Chronology of India, South-Eastern and South-Western Asia, Egypt, and Europe, and the Colonies thence sent forth. 2 vols., 8vo., pp. xxviii-448, and v-575, with maps, plates and diagrams; cloth 1907 Mr. Hewitt was formerly Commissioner of Chutia Nagpur, and has been enabled to bring himself into that sympathy with the Eastern mind and its thought which is so necessary to any real insight. 1906 Hissey (James John). Untravelled England. 8vo., pp. xviii 1903 To explain away the difficulties presented by the many words and phrases in this substantial volume, or to facilitate the comprehension of their historical, geographical, or other meaning, the authors quote largely and frequently from those writers, British and foreign, modern and of several centuries ago, who throw any light on the subject. These quotations are in English, Latin, French, Portuguese, etc. All those who have studied the pages of Hobson-Jobson have agreed in classing it as unique among similar works of reference, a volume which combines interest and amusement with instruction, in a manner which few other dictionaries, if any, have done. 0 15 0 1 1 0 0 13 6 180 8vo., Leipzig, 1907 Hoerth (Otto). Das Abendmahl des Leonardo da Vinci. Holme. Modern Pen Drawings European and American. 1901 Homeri Iliadis Pictae, FRAGMENTA AMBROSIANA. PHOTOTYPICE EDITA CURA DOCTORUM ANT. M. CERIANI et Ach. RATTI. Praefatus est Ant. M. Ceriani. Oblong 4to., pp. 45, and 104 plates; bds. Milan, 1905 Housman (Laurence). Stories from the Arabian Nights. ILLUSTRATED WITH 50 PLATES IN COLOUR BY EDMUND DULAC. 4to., pp. xvi and 133; buckram 1907 Mr. Edmund Dulac, besides being a most accomplished draughtsman and a fine colourist, is gifted with great imaginative powers and originality, and he has thoroughly entered into the Oriental spirit of the stories A third volume will conclude the work. 1904 Howitt (A. W.). The Native Tribes of South-East Austra- 1904 Interesting sketches of the careers of members of the Society, with examples of The American Pilgrim's Way in England. 8vo., pp. xxvi £ s. d. 100 076 0 14 0 110 400 0 15 0 110 1 12 0 010 0 1907 100 330 1907 Raleigh, Hudson, the Pilgrim Fathers, Penn, Wolfe, and Washington—these are the names of but a few of the great English Colonists in America whose homes or memorials are described in this volume. It is safe to say that no early settler of importance has been overlooked by Mr. Huish. The book would be valuable for the pictures by Miss Chettle alone; as a whole it is one of the most acceptable works of its kind which has yet appeared. 1901 1905 Hurry (J. B.). Reading Abbey. 4to., pp. viii and 214, illustrated by 015 0 150 0 10 6 0126 Jacoby (Gustav). Japanische Schwertzieraten. Beschreibung einer kunstgeschictlich geordneten Sammlung, mit charakteristiken der künstler und schulen. 4to., pp. viii and 139, with a folio volume containing 37 plates; cloth Leipzig, 1904 "Bei der Charakterisierung der einzelnen Schulen und Kunstlerfamilien habe ich davon abgesehen, auf die europäische Literatur zurückzugreifen und mich einerseits auf Untersuchungen, kritische Studien und Forschungen an Schwertzieraten selbst, andrerseits auf vergleichung meiner Beobachtungen mit Japanischen Quellen und auf das Eindringen in deren Auffassung beschränkt."-Preface. Jacquemart (Albert). A History of Furniture, with Chapters on Tapestry, Bronzes, Glass and Ceramics, etc. Edited by MRS. BURY PALLISER. 8vo., pp. xvii and 470, with over 170 illustrations; cloth "No one . . . was so well acquainted as himself with the value of the State collections and with the rare and useful treasures that Paris contains . . . He studied the manufactures of which art is the spirit and essence, and these studies united, form the history of Furniture."-Prefacǝ. James (Montague Rhodes). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity Hall. 8vo., pp. viii and 47; cloth buckram £ 8. d. 7 10 O 0 15 0 1907 0 5 0 0 10 6 A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius College. VOLUME I. Nos. 1-354. 8vo., pp. xxxvi and 400; cloth Cambridge, 1907 A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. VOLUME IV, containing plates, addenda, corrigenda, and index. 8vo., pp. 40; Cambridge, 1904 05 0 Johnston (Sir Harry). Liberia. With an Appendix on the Flora of Liberia, by Dr. OTTO STAPF. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., pp. xxviii, 520, xvi, 663, with 28 coloured plates, 24 botanical drawings, 402 black and white illustrations, and 22 maps; cloth 1906 Kenilworth. Robert Laneham's Letter: describing a part of the entertainment unto Queen Elizabeth at the Castle of Kenilworth in 1575. Edited, with Introduction, by F. J. FURNIVALL. 8vo., pp. clxxxii and 87; cloth 1907 Lace. Pillow Lace. A practical Handbook by ELIZABETH MINCOFF, and MARGARET S. MARRIAGE. With Illustrations by ERNEST MARRIAGE, and fifty patterns. 8vo., pp. xii and 231; cloth 1907 The authors planned this book with the object of giving a thorough and graduated course of instruction in the easier kinds of pillow lace. Lacombe (Paul). Catalogue de Livres d'Heures imprimés au XVe et au XVIe Siècle conservés dans les Bibliothèques Publiques de Paris. 8vo., pp. lxxxiv and 439; sewed Paris, 1907 The Hours printed during the XVth and XVIth Centuries have long been classed, and with good reason, among the most notable products of ancient French typography." Introduction. Laking (Guy Francis). The Sèvres Porcelain of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Published by Command of HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII. Imperial 4to., half-leather, with the Royal Monogram impressed on the side Edition limited to 450 copies. 220 050 0 15 0 1 1 0 1907 10 10 0 "The supreme excellence of the collection has not hitherto been made known to any outside of the Royal circle, . . and it is only now through the solicitude of His Majesty that these hereditary treasures are here made known. . . The plates which are here given as illustrations of the superb specimens in this collection convey... an exact portraiture of the work of the various master minds whose genius has for two centuries made the products of the Sevrès Manufactory to occupy the highest place in the triumphs of Ceramic Art."-Publishers' Note |