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ABOUT (E.) La Question Romaine, les plébéiens, 9 A'KEMPIS, de Imitatione Christi, portrait, 64mo. la classe Moyenne, la Noblesse, &c. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, most exquisitely printed in the smallest conceivable 51 6d Bruxelles, 1859 diamond type, nicely bound in morocco, gilt leaves, 12× Bound up are: Pie IX. et la France en 1849 et en 1859 par le Parisiis, Tross, 1858 Comte de Montalembert, 1859- L'Empereur Napoléon III. et This is a marvel of Typography; and although the Type is Europe par E. de Girardin, 1859. extremely minute, it is quite legible.

ABOUT (E.) Rome Contemporaine, with several other Tracts as below, in 1 vol. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 5× 6d Paris, 1861

1. Le Pape et le Congrès, 18592. Villemain, la France Empire, et la Papauté, 1860-3. Lacordaire, de la Liberté de Italie et de l'Eglise, 1860-4. La Coalition, 1860.

ACKERMANN'S ILLUSTRATED TOPOGRAPHICAL WORKS Complete, containing Microcosm of London, 3 vols.-History of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 4 vols.-Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster, 2 vols.-Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster, with Charter House, Schools of St. Paul, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, Rugby, and Christ's Hospital, 1 vol.-with upwards of 500 BEAUTIFUL COLOURED PLATES, after Rowlandson, Pugin, Westall, and other eminent artists. Together 10 vols. impl. 4to. fine original set, handsomely bound in full green morocco extra, gilt leaves, £18. 18s (pub. £73. 168)

1×11-16 4 ACKERMANN'S CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; History of its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, with nearly 100 finely coloured engravings by Pugin, Mackenzie, Nash, &c. including Interiors and Costumes, 2 vols. impl. 4to. morocco extra, with borders of gold on the sides and gilt leaves, a very fine copy, £2. 15s (pub. £16.)

1815

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In addition to the above two very considerable Poems, are Lives of Alamanni by Count Mazzuchelli and G. Volpi. 13 ALDROVANDI OPERA OMNIA, BEST EDITION, complete, several thousand engravings of Birds, Quadrupeds, Insects, Fishes, Serpents, Monsters, &c. 13 vols. folio, vellum, fine and sound copy. £5. 153

1646-66

Comprising, Ornithologia-de Animalibus Insectis-de Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus-de Piscibus et Cetis-de Quadrupedibus-de Serpentibus et Draconibus, de Monstris, Museum Metallicum, Dendrologia.

14 ALFIERI (Vittorio) OPERE, ON VELLUM PAPER, with a very beautiful portrait by Raphael Morghen, 22 vols. 4to. very fine copy in hf. vellum, £3. 128 Italia (Pisa), 1805-15 "Belle Edition tirée à 250 exemplaires."-Brunet. It is splendidly printed on a FINE VELLUM PAPER.

"The tragedies of Alfieri are noble poems. He displays consummate skill in unfolding and conducting his plots; he is always eloquent, always able to keep the imagination alive; and the uniform dignity of his manner is in the highest degree imposing." Quarterly Review.

15 ALISON'S History of Europe, 1774 to 1815, complete, plates, 13 vols. post 8vo. cloth, £1. 16s (pub. £2. 128)

1853

16 ALKEN'S Analysis of the Hunting Field, a series of Sketches of the principal Characters that compose one, numerous illustrations by H. Alken, roy. 8vo. cloth, 1846 £1. 4s (pub. £1. 11s 6d)

17 ALLASON'S Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Pola in Istria, 14 fine engravings, by Cooke, H. Moses, &c. with History of Pola, Customs of the Inhabitants, &c. roy. folio, boards, 10s 6d (pub. 14.)

1819 18 ALLIBONE'S Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, living and deceased, very thick impl. 8vo. new cloth, £1. 1s 1859 This comprehensive and valuable work contains Thirty ThouBand Biographies of Authors and Literary Notices of their Works. It received high encomiums from Washington Irving, W. C. Bryant, Jared Sparks, G. Bancroft, W. H. Prescott, and other literary celebrities. The concluding volume will shortly appear. 19 ALLIONII (C.) FLORA PEDEMONTANA, sive Enumeratio methodica Stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii, portrait of Victor Amadeus III. and 92 plutes, 3 vols. folio, hf. bound, very neat, £1. 10s Aug. Taur. 1785 20 AMERICA.-Acts and Laws passed by the General Assembly of CONNECTICUT, with the Charter of Charles II. and Articles of Confederation and l'erpetual Union, &c. folio, calf, scarce, £1.48

New London, 1784-91 21 AMERICA.-Connecticut Historical Collections, the History and Antiquities of every Town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions, biographies, anecdotes, &c. by Barber, 200 engravings, thick 8vo. cloth, 108 6d New Haven, 1856 22 AMERICA.-DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, 13 coloured facsimiles of drawings in the XVth and XVIth Centuries in Spain, Portugal, and England, NEVER PUBLISHED BEFORE, elephant folio, with a 4to. volume of text, containing a Logbook of one of the ships of Sir Francis Drake's Third Expedition, now published for the first time, £5. 58 München, 1859

"This important work, it is believed, will excite a great interest amongst geographers as well as amateurs. The maps published here for the first time elucidate many points hitherto obscure in the History of the Discovery of America. As specimens of art, and perfeet facsimiles, the maps are also extremely interesting." 23 AMERICA.-Gordon (T. F.) History of New Jersey from its Discovery by Europeans to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, thick 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d Trenton, 1834 24 AMERICA.-Hall's (Capt. B.) Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828. Third edition, 3 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 7s (pub. £1. 118 6d) 25 AMERICA.-LECHFORD'S (T.) PLAIN DEALING, or NEWES FROM NEW ENGLAND: a Short View of New England's present Government, both Ecclesiasticall and Civil, sm. 4to. RARE, £2.15s

1830

Lond., N. Butter, 1642 A copy of this rare and curious work is offered in a bookseller's catalogue at £5. 5a. 26 AMERICA.-MATHER (COTTON) MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA; or, The Ecclesiastical History of NEW ENGLAND, from its first planting 1620, unto 1698, in seven books, complete, with the RARE MAP, Catalogue of Books, &c. folio, a good clean copy in old ca'f, RARE, £4. 10s

1702

"Oue of the most singular books in this or any other language. Its puns and its poems, its sermons and its anagrams, render it unique in its kind."-Quart. Rev.

27 AMERICA.-Montanus (A.) Niewe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America en t'Zuid-Land, etc. frontispiece, portrait, and 54 fine and curious plates and maps, folio, original stamped vellum, 168 Amst. 1671 28 AMERICA. - STODDART (S., Pastor of Northampton) THE WAY FOR A PEOPLE to Live Long in the Land that God hath given them, a Sermon preached before the Governor and Council of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, sm. 4to. olive morocco extra, gilt leaves, by F. Bedford, £2. 28 BOSTON, U.S. 1703 VERY RARE; the above has the title and two leaves very neatly repaired, but a few letters are deficient, which cannot be supplied, as this is the only copy at present known.

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31 AMERICAN Annual Cyclopædia and Register important Events occurring in the United State during the years 1861 to 1865, 5 vols. very thic impl. 8vo. cloth, £1. 5x 1862-6

Embraces Political, Civil, Military and Social Affairs; Pub

Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Liten ture, Science, &c., much like our "Annual Register." 32 AMENITATES Poetica; sive T. Bezæ, M.A Mureti et Joannis Secundi Juvenilia: tum J. Bone fonii Pancharis, J. Bellaii Amores, &c. fine portra by FICQUET, 12mo. French calf, gilt leaves, 10s 6d Lugd. Bat. (Paris), 177

A nice little volume, beautifully printed by Barbou. 33 ANACREON, FRANÇAIS-GREC, suivi de Pièces d Bion, Théocrite, Sapho, et d'un spécimen de l'Homèr Français-Grec et du Dante Français-Italien en Ve imitatifs par P. Rable, 8vo. sewed, 6s 6d Par. 185 A beautiful edition, printed in large and elegant type on fin and thick paper.

34 ANDERSON (W.) Scottish Nation, the Surnames Families, Literature, Honours and Biographical His tory of the People of Scotland, many fine portrait and plates of Arms, and woodcuts, 3 vols. impl. 8vo hf. morocco gilt, marb. edges, £1. 158

1863

35 ANNALES SAINCTES depuis la Création du Monde jusques à la Passion de Jésus Christ, a Manuscrip of the Seventeenth Century, 2 thick vols. folio bound in old French red morocco, with arms os the sides, from the celebrated library of Le Tellier de Courtanvaux, £2. 12s 6d. Sac. XVIL

The above is written in a clear hand on upwards of 1200 pages. tables. At the beginning are numerous marginal notes, some of and evidently intended for publication, with carefully prepared

which seem to be in the handwriting of Louis de Bourbon, the celebrated warrior called Le Grand Condé (see the "Isographie," Vol. L), who in the decline of life was disposed to be religious, 36 ANNALS of the KINGDOM OF IRELAND, by the FOUR MASTERS, from the earliest period to the year 1616, edited, with a translation and copious NOTES, by J. O'Donovan, complete with Index, LAST EDITION, 7 vols. 4to. hf. calf gilt, £4. 10s

1856

This valuable work contains the original Irish text on the opposite page to the translation. 37 ANNUAL REGISTER (DODSLEY's) complete set from its commencement in 1758 to 1864 with Index, 108 vols. 8vo. all new hf. calf gilt, £28. 10s

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An invaluable set of books for a Public Library, comprising in

concise style well adapted for reference, a detailed view of the Politics, Literature, Biography, Parliamentary History, Commerce, Statistics, &c. of the past century. All the State Papers of any interest are printed at length; the whole thus forming a body of data for the future Historian unparalleled either in extent or inportance.

38 ANSTIS' History of the ORDER OF THE GARTER, (from the "Black Book," &c. with Notes and Introduction, numerous engravings of Costumes, armis, &c. many of which are EMBLAZONED, 2 large vols, folio, a fine clean copy in hf. russia, £3. 38

1724

This copy contains 2 large folding engravings comprising original portraits of the Knights in their Robes, on their procession to the Altar, temp. Henry VIII., usually wanting. 39 ANTIQUARIAN REPERTORY of Topography, History, Biography, Customs and Manners of Old Times, by Grose, Astle, and other eminent Antiquaries, new ed. with valuable additions and many beautiful and interesting Views, Portraits, Processions, humourous etchings and other plates, 4 large vols. royal 4to. LARGE PAPER, full bound russia, marbled leaves, fine copy, £3. 58 (recently charged £7. 78) 1807-9

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ANTONINI (S. Archiep. Florentini) OPERA, 4 vols. Lugd. 1529-Ejusd. CHRONICA in tres partes diversa, ab ipso mundi exordio, usque ad Annum Christi 459, opera et studio PETRI MATURI, 3 vols. Lugd. Junta, His 1586-together 7 vols. folio, RICH OLD RED MOROCCO 6. BINDING, fine copy, £3. 38 Lugd. 1529-86 6d41 APPERLEY'S (Nimrod) Horse and the Hound, their various Uses and Treatment, with Instructions in gister Horsemanship, and a Treatise on Horse Dealing, nuSmerous coloured illustrations, thick post 8vo. hf. bound ry the 78 6d (pub. 10s 6d) 18:42 ARABIAN Nights' Entertainments, KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL EDITION, translated with Copious Notes by E. W. Lane, several hundred beautiful engravings by Harvey, fine impressions, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. cloth,£2. 128 C. Knight, 1841

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By far the best library edition of the Arabian Nights. "The Notes of Mr. Lane throw more light upon the mystery of Os 6 Arab Life than perhaps all other works in the language."

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1865

43 ARABIAN Nights' Entertainments, translated from
the Arabic, with upwards of 100 wood engravings,
drawn by S. J. Groves, roy. 8vo. cloth, 48
44 ARABIAN NIGHTS.-Les Mille et une Nuits,
Contes Arabes, traduits par GALLAND, avec une dis-
sertation par le Baron S. de Sacy, illustrated with
hundreds of spirited woodcuts, 3 vols. impl. 8vo. half
Paris, 1850
morocco, uncut, 188
45 ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Journal, com-
plete from its commencement 1845 to 1856, several
hundred engravings, many coloured, 13 vols. 8vo. hf.
calf, very neat set, £4. 15%

1845-56

Contains the writings and researches of the most eminent Archaeologists of the present day upon the Arts and Monuments ls of the Early and Middle Ages.

Tellin . I 120 pu

46 ARGOTE de Molina, NOBLEZA DEL ANDALUZIA, with numerous large woodcuts of Arms, some of which are coloured, fol. vellum, RARE, £1. 15s Sevilla, 1588

This rare work on the Spanish Nobility is valued by Mr. Salva At £3. It is interspersed with extracts from the Romanceros and other curious and scarce pieces in verse; also the Inscriptions urbon the Tombs. The present copy has the autographs of John Montresor and Peter Leneve, Norroy King at Arms.

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55 ARTHUR.-THE BYRTH, LYF, AND ACTES OF
KYNG ARTHUR, of his Knyghtes of the Rounde
Table, theyr mervyllous Enquests and Adventures,
&c. with Introduction and Notes by R. SOUTHEY,
2 vols. roy. 4to. LARGE PAPER, calf extra, marbled
leaves, £7. 10s
Caxton, 1485-rep. 1817
"Indisputably the best prose Romance the language can
boast."-SIR WALTER SCOTT.

A MOST SPLENDID WORK.
56 ARTS SOMPTUAIRES (Les); HISTOIRE
du COSTUME et de L'AMEUBLEMENT, et des Arts et
Industries qui s'y rattachent; sous la direction de
Hangard-Maugé, dessins de C. Ciappori; Introduction
générale et Texte explicatif par C. Louandre, 324
PLATES, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 5000 Costumes,
Arms, Armour, articles of Furniture, Jewellery, Ivory
Carvings, Architecture, Painted Glass, Illuminations
from Ancient Missals, and other valuable Manuscripts,
etc. ALL SPLENDIDLY EXECUTED IN COLOURS, GOLD,
AND SILVER, 4 vols. 4to. sewed, uncut, new, £13. 13s
Paris, 1858

This is one of the most beautiful and interesting works ever published. It presents a complete view of the Costume, Modes of Life, Architecture and Arts of the various countries of Europe, and of Byzantium from the Fifth to the Seventeenth Century, from contemporary paintings and other authentic monuments. The plates are unrivalled for beauty and finish, and received the most marked commendations at the Exposition at Paris. 57 ART UNION JOURNAL, from 1847 to 1856, including the ART UNION ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of the Great Exhibition of 1851, several thousand exquisitely beautiful engravings and woodcuts, 11 vols. 1847-56 royal 4to. half bound in red morocco, £5.58 58 ASTROLOGICAL TREATISES.-A Collection of Seventeen Curious Latin Treatises on Medical Astrology, of the XV Century, MANUSCRIPT, very neatly and distinctly written, with rubricated headings, and interspersed with carefully constructed Tables, Diagrams, etc. 8vo. in the original binding, £3. 38 Sæc. XV. (recently marked £5.58)

This is a very curious collection, from the library of the cele47 ARIOSTO, Orlando Furioso, e Rime, con Annota-brated Apostolo Zeno. Among the Treatises are the following:zioni, fine large type edition, portrait, 5 vols. roy. 8vo. hf. vellum, very neat, 158 Firenze, 1821-22 48 ARISTOPHANES' Comedies, translated from the Greek, with Notes, by Mitchell, 2 vols. 8vo. boards, 1820-2 scarce, 188

49 ARMIN'S (R.) Italian Taylor and his Boy, a very
curious Old Poem, several curious woodcuts, 4to. half
Reprint of 1609, 1810
bound, edges rough, 58 6d
50 ARMOUR-MUSEE des ARMES RARES, Anciennes,
et Orientales, de sa Majesté L'EMPEREUR de TOUTES
les RUSSIES, 108 tine large plates, comprising many
hundred figures of Armour and Weapons, &c. folio, h.
morocco, gilt leaves, £4. 108 (pub. £6. 68) Paris (1854)
A very elaborately executed work on this magnificent Armoury.
51 ARNOLD'S (Dr.) History of Rome, 3 vols.-His-
tory of the later Roman Commonwealth, 2 vols.-In-
troductory Lectures on Modern History, 1 vol.-Life
and Correspondence by A. P. Stanley, 2 vols.-toge-
ther 8 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, marb. edges, a fine uniform
1845, &c.
set, £5. 108
52 ARNOLD(Dr.) Miscellaneous Works, being Essays,
Lectures, Letters, &c. on Important Subjects, 8vo.
tree marbled calf extra, marbled leaves, 148
53 ARNOT'S Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland,
from 1536 to 1784, with historical and critical remarks,
Edin. 1785
4to. hf, russia, 88 6d

1845

Excerpta ex Ali Abenragel et Guido Bonato de Exitu MorborumLiber de Imaginibus super Signa Zodiaci-Marsiliensis de Urina visa et non visa-De Dominio Planetarum naturali super Membra Corporis humani-Liber de Astrologia Ypocratis-Capitula Almansoris oblata Regi Saracenorum-Tractatus Gentilis Perusin! de Diebus Creticis-and various others.

BEN JONSON'S COPY WITH AUTOGRAPH. 59 ATHENÆUS, Gr. et Lat, cura Casauboni, 2 vols. folio in one, calf, £3. 38 Lugd. But, 1612-57

BEN JONSON'S COPY, with his rare AUTOGRAPH and Motto on the title of each volume, and marginal notes evidently in his handwriting, showing this work to have been perused by him. 60 ATKINSON'S (T.) Oriental and Western Siberia, Seven Years' Explorations in, map and coloured plates of customs, scenery, &c. thick impl. 8vo. cloth, 188 (pub. £2.2x)

1858

61 ATKINSON'S Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower AMOOR, and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China, 83 engravings, impl. 8vo. cloth, 15s (pub. £2. 28)

1860

62 AUCTORES CLASSICI LATINI, cum Notis in usum DELPHINI et VARIORUM, complete in 141 vols. 8vo. bds. ONLY £10. 10s-Another copy, on LARGE AND FINE PAPER, bound in 190 vols. royal 8vo. neatly half bound calf, £17. 10s (cost nearly £300) Lond. Valpy, 1819-30 Contents:-Virgilius, Cæsar, Juvenalis, Persius, Sallustius, 54 ARTEAGA (S.) Le Rivoluzioni del Teatro Musi-Tacitus, Claudianus, Eutropius, Ovidius, Paterculus, Corn. Nepos, cale Italiano dalla sua Origine, 3 vols. 8vo. hf. vellum Phædrus, Florus, Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Justinus, Martialis, Venezia, 1785 Lucretius, V. Maximus Boethius, Ausonius, Terentius, A. Gellius, neat, 78 6d Prudentius, Apuleius, Horatius, Q. Curtius, Dictys Cretensis, P. Arteaga was an associate of the Academy of Science, Art, and Belles Lettres at Padua: this second edition was corrected by the Festus, Suetonius, Plinius, Livius, Manilius, Panegyrici Vet., AFrelius Victor, Plautus, Statius, Cicero. Author.

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