Elliot's Historians of India : The History of India as told by its own Historians: the Muhammadan Period. The posthumous papers of the late Sir H. M. Elliot, edited and continued by Professor John Dowson, 8 vols. 8vo. (published at £8. 88) cloth, £3. 38 1867-77 A work so comprehensive and laborious that it can never be superseded. All future writers upon Indian history must inevitably come to this treasury of recondite information, in which 154 distinct works in Arabic and Persian, by authors belonging to many centuries, are described, criticised, calendared and extracted. There are besides references to a great many other books. The divisions are general works on India, general and particular works on the Muhammadan history and the Mughal Empire, special national historians, and early geographers, and the time-limits of the subject may be roughly described as A.D. 1000-1750, although the general and the local books frequently overstep the earlier boundary. It can hardly be expected that two such scholars as Sir Henry Elliot and Professor Dowson can ever again be found in combination in a single department of history. There are admirable Indexes in the last volume: bibliographical, geographical, and general. Oriental Translation Fund. New Series. The MAKAMÂT or ASSEMBLIES of HARÎRI, translated from the Arabic by the late Mr. THOMAS CHENERY and Dr. F. STEIN GLASS, with notes historical and grammatical, and full descriptive Index, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1. 10s Printed and published under the patronage of the Royal Asiatic Society. 1890-95 Giles's Chinese By HERBERT A. GILES, LL.D., Professor of Chinese in the University of "The second fascicule of Professor Giles' Chinese Biographical Dictionary having recently been published, we can the better appreciate the whole book, by no means the least useful of the author's numerous works. It is three times the size of the late Mr. Mayer's Chinese Reader's Manual, which, as we are told in a preface, held the field since 1874 in this department of literature, and which this work is designed to supersede. It has been stated that the mode adopted by Mr. Giles in transliterating the Chinese characters is not that in vogue among sinologists on the Continent, but for members of the British Consular service, and customs officials in China, who have nearly all learnt the language by means of what is known as Wade's System, Irish Art: 1889 and whose studies the present work is principally intended to assist, it is simply invaluable. "The index at the end of the volume, which contains the Chinese characters for all the literary and fancy names of those whose histories are recorded in the body of the work, is of the greatest importance, and must have cost Mr. Giles a vast deal of labour to compile. The whole book, in fact, will be hailed by every student of Chinese as supplying a long-felt want, and inasmuch as it gives the names of all the prominent Chinese statesmen of modern times it is thoroughly up to date."London and China Telegraph, March 14th, 1898. BOOK OF KELLS, Celtic Ornaments from the, 4to. 50 fine photographic plates of Illuminations in the celebrated Book of Kells, embossed cloth, gilt tops, £1. 15s 1895 This is the most celebrated and the most beautiful of the two or three early Celtic MSS. that have come down to us. The date of the MS. is most probably the early part of the eighth century. Only a very limited edition of the work was published. "The most beautiful book in the world."-Westwood. Westwood, Palæographia Sacra Pictoria : being a Series of Illustrations of the Ancient Versions of the Bible, copied from Illuminated Manuscripts executed between the IVth and XVIth Centuries, 4to. 50 plates in gold and colours, and woodcuts, half bound 1843-45 Professor Westwood has examined the Biblical Codices scattered in Europe, and has extracted for this work their pictorial Illustrations. Willshire (Dr. W. H.) An introduction to the study and collection of Ancient Prints, 2 vols. 4to. LARGE PAPER, half morocco, £3. 1877 Twenty-eight copies were printed on large paper at £6. 6s each, of which this is the entire remainder. Witch, Warlock and Magician: historical Sketches: of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland, by DAVENPORT ADAMS, 8vo. viii and 428 pp. (pub. at 12×), cloth, 6s 1889 A most interesting book showing how firmly and how long the belief in Witches, Witchcraft, Wizards, and Magicians was engrafted in the English mind. Wood's Index Entomologicus; or, a complete Illus trated Catalogue, consisting of upwards of 2000 accurately coloured figures of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain, the revised edition by WESTWOOD, royal 8vo. 59 coloured plates, hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, £2. 10s 1854 Still the handiest and best Manual for Entomologists. Wood. Index Testaceologicus; an Illustrated Catalogue of British and Foreign Shells, by W. WOOD, F.R.S. A new and entirely revised edition, with ancient and modern appellations, synonyms, localities, etc., with Supplement by SYLVANUS HANLEY, F.L.s., royal 8vo. pp. xx, 233, 46 hand-coloured plates containing about 2800 figures, £2. 16s 1856 "The large number of figures in so small a space and the circumstance that many of the shells have not been delineated. . . have rendered Wood's Index Testaceologicus a work of acknowledged utility and general popularity." Wyman's Bibliography of Printing, with Notes and Illustrations, compiled by E. C. BIGMORE and C. W. H. WYMAN, 3 vols. sm. 4to. double columns, with many Portraits, Colophons, Printers' Marks, and other typographical curiosities, Roxburghe, £5. 58 1880-86 This great work has been produced under the direction of its projector, Mr. Charles Wyman assisted by Mr. Bigmore, Mr. William Blades, Mr. Hessels of Cambridge, Mr. Goebel of Stuttgart, Mr. Mohr of Strassburg, Mr. De Vinne of New York, and Mr. John Southward. The memoirs of individuals and of printing firms have, in all cases where possible, been submitted to and corrected by the person most competent to perform the task in an authoritative manner, and hence, the quantity of material thus got together for the History of Printing and Printers is invaluable to the future historian. "This Bibliography has not been a mere record of the bare titles of books ; but the biographical, historical, and critical notes with which it is enriched are of permanent literary value; and, to the future historian of the Art preservative, the compilation now completed will prove of the utmost value, both in directing him to reliable sources of information, and also in affording him a storehouse of facts and data not to be met with elsewhere. In bringing the work to a close, we would avail ourselves of this opportunity to tender our best thanks to the many friends, at home and abroad, whose kind co-operation has so materially contributed to make our List of Books on Printing the fullest and most comprehensive that has ever been issned."-The Printing Times, December, 1885. Yarrell's Works: YARRELL (W.) BRITISH BIRDS, first edition, with both the two Supplements, Largest Paper, bound in 3 vols. imperial 8vo. half green morocco extra, gilt tops, uncut, by Bedford, £30. 1843-56 British fishes, first edition, with both Supplements, including a Memoir of Yarrell by Sir J. Richardson, with portrait, Largest Paper, 4 vols. impl. 8vo. cloth, £40. 1839-60 The beauty and delicacy of the wood-engravings in these books have never been surpassed, and the impressions appear especially brilliant in the Largest Paper state. Zoological Society of London. TRANSACTIONS of the Zoological Society, COMPLETE SET, from the beginning in 1833 to October 1897, inclusive, being Vols. I-XIII, and Vol. XIV parts 1-4, with General Index to the first ten vols. ;-royal 450. with an immense number of fine plates, many of them COLOURED (published unbound at £135.), the whole neatly half bound, VERY SCARCE, £52. 108 Zahn's (W.) Classical Ornament: 1833-97 ORNAMENTE ALLER KLASSISCHEN KUNSTEPOCHEN: nach den Originalen in ihren eigentümlichen Farben dargestellt. THIRD EDITION, folio, 100 plates in gold and colours. The text in French and German, in a portfolio, £3. 16s Berlin, 1870 Zahn's (W.) grand Work of Pompeian Or NAMENT; DIE SCHÖNSTEN ORNAMENTE UND MERKWÜRDIGSTEN GEMÄLDE AUS POMPEJI, HERCULANUM UND STABIAE, nebst einigen Grundrissen und Ansichten. 30 parts forming THREE SERIES. Imperial folio, 300 plates in outline and colours. The text is in French and German; hf. bd. £40.; or, hf. bd. red morocco, gilt tops, £45. Berlin, 1827-1859 the same, SECOND SERIES, separately, 100 plates in outline and colours. The text in French and German, 10 parts, unbound, as issued, Berlin, 1840-1845 rare the same, THIRD SERIES, separately, 100 plates in outline and colours. The text in French and German, 10 parts, hf. bd. £10. 10s It is impossible to overestimate the merits of this noble work. Apart from the accurate reproductions of the mosaics, mural decoration, statuary and frescoes of these wonderful buried cities, its general beauty must commend itself to the art amateur and student alike. Berlin, 1859 The small remaining stock having passed into my hands, I am prepared to assist my customers in completing their imperfect copies, whether on vellum paper, or in the ordinary state. The Bateman Museum: A descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities, and Miscellaneous Objects preserved in the Museum of Thomas Bateman, at Lomberdale House, Derbyshire, 8vo. numerous WOODCUTS and PLATES, cloth, 78 6d Bakewell, 1855 ROBINSON (V. J.) EASTERN CARPETS, Second Series, with descriptive notices by Sir George Birdwood, printed in colours by W. Griggs, after Water-Colour Drawings by E. Julia Robinson, royal folio, 12 superb chromoplates on eleven sheets, with text, ornamental cloth, £2. 128 6d The above consists of representations of the very finest specimens of Silk, Moultan, Spanish, Afghan, Sicilian, Shuster, Goa, and Laristan Carpets. Its production is the result of the success attending the publication of the now extremely rare First Series in 1882, which was undertaken at the instigation of Sir George Birdwood as a means of furnishing a record of some of the choicest productions of the Eastern looms. 1893 G. NORMAN AND SON, PRINTERS, FLORAL STREET, COVENT GARDEN Continued from page 54] 825 VERSAILLES: Relation de la Feste de Versailles, le 18 Juillet 1668, 9 suburb folding plates, engraved by Silvester, 1679-Les Divertissemens de Versailles, 1674, 11 fine large plates engraved by Le Pautre, 1676-in 1 vol. large folio, old French red morocco, gilt edges, Royal Arms on sides Paris, 1676-79 7 100 826 VEVES de beaux Batiments de France: an oblong folio volume of 270 fine views of French Palaces and their Ornamental Gardens, chiefly by Mariette, engraved by Perelle, fine old impressions, old calf Paris (? 1650) 10 0 Comprises all the famous Palaces and Gardens of the French Nobility of the 17th century. 827 another such Collection of Views in France, French Palaces and Gardens, oblong folio, 289 Views, old calf, neat Paris, Mariette, s.a. 12 828 WALPOLE'S Essay on Modern Gardening. Essai sur l'art des jardins Modernes, par M. Horace Walpole, traduit en françois par M. le Duc de Nivernois en 1784, 4to. hf. bd. green morocco 110 1638 0 2 Strawberry Hill, T. Kirkgate, 1785 With the book-plates of Colonel Grant, and Charles Wyman. 829 WHITAKER (Thos.) The Tree of Humane Life, or the Bloud of the Grape, 18mo. hf. bd. 830 Wilton Gardens. ISAAC DE CAUS, LE JARDIN DE WILTON, construict par très noble et très puissant Seigneur Philippe Compte de Penbroke et Montgomerie, Baron Harbert de Cardif, Seigneur Parr et Rosse de Candall, &c. Isaac de Caus, invent. Are to be sould by Thomas Rowlett att his shopp neare Temple Barre, oblong folio, the Artist's own copy, plates 24 and 25 in duplicate:-proofs and the finished plates. title, prel. leaf, and 2 plates in facsimile; hf. purple morocco The 1640 36 0 Of this extremely rare volume, it is believed that no perfect copy has hitherto appeared for sale. That in the British Museum has the title and engraved description in MS., and Bindley's copy, which sold for £56. 10s, was also imperfect and had all the plates mounted. The above copy is quite perfect according to Upcott's accurate description. 830* ISAAC DE CAUS, Le JARDIN de WILTON, oblong folio, with a prel. leaf in facsimile, red morocco extra 1640 52 10 830**ISAAC DE CAUS, Le Jardin de Wilton. The Facsimile Reprint, oblong folio, hf. bd. 100 copies printed. 1640 831 WOOLRIDGE's (J.) Art of Gardening, 12mo. fourth edition, plates, bd. 1700 Just out, price ls 6d Part XI of CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A DICTIONARY OF 1 1 03 ENGLISH BOOK COLLECTOR comprising their Lives, and Records of the principal Books in their Libraries CONTENTS OF PART XI CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD BURTON GENERAL RUSH CHR. HAWKINS, of New York JOHN DRYDEN GEORGE HIBBERT SIR MARK MASTERMAN SYKES RICHARD SMITH In my March Catalogue, page 41, the eleven parts issued were priced in e 10s 6d instead of 16s 6d. 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