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807 Turberbile's (✪.) BOOKE of FALCONRIE OF HAWK-820 WADE'S (J.) BritisH HISTORY, chronologically ING, for the onely delight and pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen, with numerous woodcuts, including portraits of K. James I. and his Courtiers, sm. 4to. russia, gilt leaves, IN NICE CONDITION, £3. 10s

1870

T. Purfoot, 1611 808 TYERMAN'S (Rev. L.) LIFE and TIMES of the REV. JOHN WESLEY, Founder of the Methodists (1703-67), with 2 photographic portraits from scarce prints, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. £1. 48) 809 UTTERSON'S (E. V.) SELECT PIECES of EARLY POPULAR POETRY, chiefly rare old Black Letter copies, with Introduction and Glossary, woodcuts, 2 vols. post 8vo. boards, uncut, scarce, £2. 2s 1817 Includes, Syr Tryamour, Syr Isenbras, Syr Degore, Syr Gowghter, Schole house of Women, Defence of Women, Proude Wyues Paternoster, &c.

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"Cette édition contient plusieurs opuscules et nombre de lettres inédites de l'auteur."-Brunet.

812 VERSTEGAN'S (R.) RESTITUTION of DECAYED INTELLIGENCE in Antiquities, concerning the English Nation, engravings, 8vo. old calf, 10s 6d

1655

Contains many valuable particulars respecting the early History of Britain, the Etymology of the English Language, the Sirnames of English Families, &c.

813 VICARS' (J.) ENGLAND'S WORTHIES, under whom, all the Civill and Bloudy Wars since 1642 to 1647 are related, reprinted from the edition of 1647, with the 18 portraits, thin 8vo. boards, 7s 6d 1821

This work is so severe upon the Royalists, and so partial to the Republican party, that it was naturally obnoxious to K. Charles II., and was ordered to be burnt by the common hangman, after the restoration.

814 VICTORIA REGIA; a Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose, edited by ADELAIDE A. PROCTER, printed on toned paper, roy. 8vo. cloth extra, gilt edges, 6s (pub. £1. 1s)

1861

Contains contributions by Mrs. Grote, Tennyson, O. Meredith, Thackeray, Dean Milman, J. Forster, Tom Taylor, R. M. Milnes, A. Trollope, and others.

815 VIEWS.—The ITINERANT; a Select Collection

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1706

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1847

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1862

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21 AMERICA.-CARVER'S (J.) TRAVELS in the Interior Parts of NORTH AMERICA in 1766-68, with portrait, maps and plates, thick 8vo. old tree calf gilt, 78 6d

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1856

27 ANDERSON'S (J.) History of EDINBURGH, from the earliest period to 1850, with notices of above 200 eminent or remarkable individuals, plan of Edinburgh and Leith, thick 8vo. cloth, 5s (pub. 10s) 28 ANDERSON'S (W.) The SCOTTISH NATION; or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, with genealogies, and 261 fine portraits on steel and wood, 3 large impl. 8vo. vols. neatly half bound calf, 1863

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1865

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1860

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1851

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1832

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(1861) 81 BERKELEY'S (Hon. G. F.) My LIFE and RECOLLECTIONS, both series, with portrait, 4 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, £1. 8s 1865-6

82 BERRY'S (W.) Pedigrees of the Families in the COUNTY of KENT, collected from the Heraldic Visitations, MSS. in the Brit. Museum, and from Private and other sources; with a List of the Sheriffs of the County from 1066 to 1830, several hundred coats of arms, folio, hf. calf, VERY SCARCE, £4. 15s 1830 83 BEWICK'S (T.) History of BRITISH LAND and WATER BIRDS, with fair impressions of the famous woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. green morocco, super extra, gilt edges, FINE COPY, £3. 38 Newcastle, 1847 84 BIBER'S (Rev. G. E.) STANDARD of CATHOLICITY; an Attempt to point out certain Safe and Leading Principles, amidst the Conflicting Opinions by which the Church is at present agitated, with Appendix, 8vo. morocco, gilt edges, 98

1840

Presentation copy to the late Bishop of Exeter. 85 BIBLE.-The GREEK SEPTUAGINT VERSION of the OLD TESTAMENT, according to the Vatican edition, together with the real Septuagint Version of Daniel, and the Apocrypha, &c.; and the NEW TESTAMENT, Gr.; with Readings from Griesbach, Scholz, Lachmann, and Tischendorf, 2 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf antique, £1. 68 Bagster & Sons, n. d. 86 BIBLIA HEBRAICA, cum punctis, ad optimas editiones imprimis Van der Hooght, edidit C. Theile, thick 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, 9s Lips. 1859

A VERY SUPERIOR COPY.

87 BIBLIA SACRA POLYGLOTTA, ed BRIANUS WALTONUS, 6 vols. et Castelli Lexicon Heptaglotton, portrait and engravings, 2 vols. ; together 8 vols. fol. whole bound in morocco super extra, broad borders of gold, and gilt edges, by Clarke, £42. 10s Lond. 1655-86 Heath's copy sold for £73. 10s; Edwards' £61.; and Willett's

£53.

"On this wonderful performance the voice of criticism has been uniformly favourable. This Polyglot,' says Michalis, is of the utmost importance to a critic, not only on account of the extracts which it contains from a variety of important MSS., but particularly on account of the Oriental Versions, from which he ect various readings to the New Testament."-Dr. Dibdin.

88 BIBLIA SACRA, Vulgatæ Editionis, Sixti V. Pont. Max. Jussu recognita et Clementis VIII. 8vo, nes hf. calf antique, 98 Parisiis, 1862 89 BIBLE. OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS, and PSALMS in Metre by ARCHDEACON E. PRYS, both translated into WELSH, Sm. 8vo. new calf, old style, very rare, (several leaves mended and the title to the Old Testament a reprint,) 128 64 1654-6

90 BIBLIOTHECA GLOUCESTRENSIS; a Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts, relating to the City and County of Gloucester, edited with Notes by Washbourn, portraits, the three parts complete, 4to. boarde, £1. 168 Gloucester, 1823-5

These curious pieces are chiefly illustrative of the times of Charles I. and II. and Cromwell.

91 BILSON'S (Bp.) Perpetual GOVERNMENT of CHRIST'S CHURCH, new edition, with Life, by the Rev. R. Eden, 8vo. bright calf gilt, yellow elges, 5s Oxford, 1842 92 BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA; or the Lives of the most eminent Persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, 7 vols. folio, calf, £2. 10s 1747 93 BLAKEY'S (Dr. R.) HISTORY OF GENERAL LITERATURE viewed politically and historically from the earliest times, 2 vols. 8vo. in one, calf gilt, 7s 6d 1851 94 BLAKEY'S (Dr. R.) Old Faces in New Masks, with frontispieces by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, pest 8vo. cloth, 6s

1933

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98 BLUNT'S (Rev. J. J.) VESTIGES of ANCIENT MANNERS and Customs discoverable in MODERN ITALY and SICILY, 8vo. calf, scarce, 9s

1823

99 BOCALINI'S ADVERTISEMENTS from PARNASSUS, with the Politick Touchstone, translated from the Italian by Henry, Earl of Monmouth, portrait Faithorne, folio, calf, 5s 6d Thos. Guy, 1674 100 BOCCACCIO, IL DECAMERONE, nuovamente corretto et con diligentia Stampato, fine portrait by Auber, LARGE PAPER, folio, russia, gilt leaves, 158

(Firenze, Giunta, 1527) Lond. 1725

A verbatim reprint of the excessively rare uncastrated Junta

edition. of Boccaccio, from Villani; a Bibliographical Account of Editions; To this is added a Dedication by its Editor, Paolo Rolli; & Life and, at the end, 49 pages of "Osservazioni." 101 BOIARDO ed ARIOSTO, ORLANDO INNAMORATO Č FURIOSO, with an Introductory Essay, Memoir, Notes and Illustrations in English by A. PANIZZI, printed by Whittingham, 9 vols. post 8vo. cloth, scarce, £1.8s Pickering, 1834

This edition is highly praised by Hallam in his "Introduction to the Literature of Europe" The Poem as written by Bojarúð had never been reprinted since 1544.

102 BOLINGBROKE'S (Lord) LIFE (1678-1751), by Thomas Macknight, 8vo. cloth, (with a few penol marks), 68

1863

103 BONASONI (Julio, a Bolognese Artist) Soma Anecdotes of the Life of, with a Plan for the Iprovement of the Arts in England, by Cumberlans', post Svo. green morocco extra, gilt leaves, by Hollowe a choice copy, 7s 6d

1793

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