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No complete Collection of them has hitherto been published. 147 BOTTA (Carlo) Storia d'Italia dal 1789 al 1814, 4 thick vols. 8vo. hf. vellum, neat, 10s 6d Firenze, 1824 148 Bouchet (J.) LES ANCIENNES et MODERNES Généalogies des Rors de France et mesmement du Roy Pharamond, avec leurs Epitaphes et Effigies, WITH CURIOUS WOODCUT PORTRAITS, and initial letters, sm. 8vo. crimson morocco extra, gilt edges, bound by F. BEDFORD, £3. 38 - Paris, 1539 150 BOURRIENNE, Mémoires sur Napoléon, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire et la Restauration, 10 vols. 8vo. sewed, 158 Paris, 1829 151 BOUTELL'S (Rev. C.) MONUMENTAL BRASSES of England; a series of 149 Engravings upon Wood from these valuable Memorials, with Descriptive Notices, roy. 8vo. cloth, 128 (pub. £1. 88)-Another copy, LARGE PAPER, printed in folio, hf. morocco, £1. 10s (pub. £3. 38) 1849 152 BOYDELL'S PICTURESQUE SCENERY of NORWAY, from Drawings by J. W. 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