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168 CAVACII (J.) ANACHORETARUM ILLUSTRIUM ELOGIA, sive Religiosi Viri Museum, 30 portraits of illustrious HERMITS by VALESIO, with biographical Notices, 4to. calf neat, gilt leaves, £1. 58

Venetiis (Pinelli), 1625 169 Carton.-SIX BOOKES OF METAMORPHOSEOS in whyche ben conteyned the Fables of OVYDE, translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by WILLIAM CAXTON, woodcuts, 4to. a fine copy in calf extra, gilt leaves, £5. 58 Bulmer, 1819 Forty-three copies only printed under the editorlal care of Mr. G. Hibbert, for the members of the Roxburghe Club, from a MS. in the Pepysian Library, Magd. Coll. Cambridge. 170 CAYLUS (Comte de) RECUEIL D'ANTIQUITÉS Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines, avec Supplément, with upwards of 600 engravings, exhibiting several thousand figures, 7 vols. 4to. 6 in russia extra, gilt leaves, and the supplementary volume in old red morocco, £2. 15s Paris, 1761-7

L'Ouvrage du Comte de Caylus est précieux par le grand nombre des monumens qu'il reproduit.-BRUNET.

171 CERVANTES, VIDA Y HECHOS del ingenioso Hidalgo DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA Con Vida del Autor, 4 vols. 4to. calf, handsomely printed, only £1.88 Tonson, 1738 172 CHAMBERLAYNE'S (J.) PRESENT STATE of GREAT BRITAIN, with divers Remarks upon the ancient State thereof, portrait, 8vo. old calf, 5s 6d 1716 173 CHAMBERS' (R,) SCOTTISH BALLADS, with illustrative Notes, 12mo. hf. calf, 78 6d Edin. 1829 174 Champier (S.) et Balsac, La NEF des PRINCES et des Batailles de Noblesse, avec le chemin pour aller à l'ospital, et aultres enseignemens utiles et proffitables à toutes manières de gens pour cognoistre à bien vivre et mourir, (4 leaves are neatly facsimiled) with curious woodcuts, sm. 4to. old French calf gilt, with the Arms of Bullion, Chevalier of Malta, on the sides, £1.8s Paris, Philippe Le Noir, MDXXV. 175 CHANDLER'S (Dr.) Life of Bp. WAYNFLETE, High Chancellor of England, temp. Henry VI. and Founder of Magdalen College, Oxford, fine portrait and engravings, LARGE PAPER, royal 8vo. calf gilt, 58 6d 176 CHAP BOOKS.-History and Lives of the most notorious PIRATES and their Crews, with 20 rude woodcuts, 1787; The Golden Cabinet, or the compleat Fortune Teller, rude cuts, n. d.; The Kentish Miracle, or a warning to all sinners, n. d.; all small 12mo. sewed, 5s 1787, &c. 177 CHARLES I.-"We have fish'd faire and caught a frog," or the HISTORY of SEVERALL NEW FISHERMEN, who are in a short time, growne great proficients in that art, (6 pp.) sm. 4to. hf. bound, curious and rare, 9s "Printed in the yeare," 1649 An anonymous royalist effusion, censuring the deposition and execution of K. Charles.

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182 CHESS PLAYER'S CHRONICLE, from its commencement in 1841 to 1852 inclusive, consisting of many hundred Games, Problems, &c. with explana tory diagrams, 13 vols. 8vo. cloth, £3. 3s 1841-52 The Problems contained in this interesting magazine were designed exclusively for it by the most celebrated players of the day. The work contains also essays and sketches illustrative of the science. 183 CHILE.-UNITED STATES NAVAL Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the years 1849-52, by LIEUT. GILLIEE, large map of Chile, and 47 fine engravings of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, &c. most BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED, 2 vols. 4to. cloth, £1. 88 Philadelphia, 1856

Comprises the most extensive information obtainable about Chile, the Andes and Pampas, and a description of the Indian

Antiquities brought from Chile and Peru by the U.S. Expedition. 184 CICERONIS RHETORICA ad HERENNIUM et de Inventione, cum notis variorum et Burmanni, 8vo. FINE COPY, vellum, gilt, 6s 6d Lugd. Bat. 1761 This is the editio optima, comprehending the entire Notes of Lambinus, Ursinus, Gruter, Gronovius, the various readings and posthumous Notes of Grævius, &c."-Dibdin.

185 CICERO.-NIZOLII LEXICON CICERONIANUM, Ex recens. A. Scoti; acced. Phrases et Formulæ Linguæ Latinæ ex. Comment. Doleti, cura FACCIOLATI, 3 thick vols. 8vo. calf extra, marbled leaves, scarce, £1.88 Lond. 1820 186 CLARKE'S (Dr. Adam) MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, complete, with illustrations, 13 vols. fcap. 8vo. cloth,

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188 CLARKE'S (Mrs. Cowden) KIT BAM'S ADVENTURES, or the Yarns of an Old Mariner, illustrated by GEO. CRUIKSHANK, 12mo. calf gilt, scarce, 10s 6₫ 1849 189 CLAUDE'S LIBER STUDIORUM; consisting of One Hundred large and beautiful LANDSCAPES, BUILDINGS, COMPOSITIONS, STUDIES from NATURE, TREES, &c. now first engraved in facsimile of the originals in the British Museum, by F. C. LEWIS, impl. folio, hf. morocco, gilt leaves, £4. 4s (pub. £15. 158)

1840

This fine and interesting volume, by the celebrated engraver, Mr. Lewis, who devoted to its production the greater part of his life, is a necessary accompaniment to the "Liber Veritatis" of Claude, engraved by Earlom.

190 CLAUDE'S LIBER VERITATIS; 300 Prints after the Original Designs of CLAUDE LE LORRAIN, in the collections of the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Spencer, and others, engraved by EARLOM in the manner and taste of the Drawings, FINE EARLY IMPRESSIONS, with descriptive Catalogues of the prints, and portraits of Claude, Alderman Boydell (the original publisher of the work), and Earlom, 3 vols. folio, hf. bound, edges rough and wholly uncut, (the “Holland House," or the late Lord Holland's copy, with bookplate in each vol.) £8. 10s 1819, &c.

AN EXCELLENT COPY of the second issue of Vols. 1 and 2, with the third and subsequently published volume by Messrs. Hurst and Co. 191 CLEVELAND (J.) IDOL of the CLOWNES or Insurrection of Wat Tyler with his Priests, Baal and Straw, in 1381, 12mo. calf gilt, red edges, 7s 6d 1654 "This curious and rare volume details accounts exactly resembling the French Revolution; the reflections of the writer have peculiar force."

192 CLINTON'S (H. F.) FASTI ROMANI, the Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus, with the Appendix, 2 vols. 4to. bright calf extra, bevelled boards, fine copy, £2. 188 Oxf. Univ. Press, 1845-50

193 COBBOLD'S (Rev. R.) FRESTON TOWER; or the Early Days of Cardinal Wolsey, engravings, vols. post 8vo. cloth, 7s

1850

14s

194 COLERIDGE'S (S. T.) RIME of the ANCIENT MARINER, with 20 large tinted engravings from pictures by NOEL PATON, oblong folio, cloth, scarce, (wants plate 10,) 168 Art Union, 1863 195 COLLIER'S (J. P.) POETICAL DECAMERON; or Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry, particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. 2 vols. post 8vo. hf. morocco extra, gilt tops, uncut, 1820 196 COLLINGWOOD'S (Admiral, Lord) PUBLIC and PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE (1785-1610); a Selection from, with Memoir of his Life, by G. F. Collingwood, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, 6s 6d 197 COLLINS' (A.) PEERAGE of ENGLAND, Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, with numerous engravings of Arms, &c. fifth edition enlarged and continued, 9 vols 8vo. old tree calf gilt, £1. 158 1779 198 COLLINS' (Wilkie) THE MOONSTONE; a Romance, 3 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 6s (pub. £1. 11s 6d) 1868 199 COLLINS' (Wilkie) RAMBLES BEYOND RAILWAYS, or Notes in Cornwall taken afoot, illustrated edition, with 12 tinted plates, 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d (pub. 158)

1828

1851 200 COLLYER'S (D.) SACRED INTERRPETER, a practical Introduction towards a beneficial Reading and thorough Understanding of the Scriptures, maps, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 98 Oxford, 1821 201 COLONIZATION: a VIEW of the ART of, with present reference to the British Empire, edited from the original letters, by E. G. WAKEFIELD, 8vo. cloth,

73

1849

202 COMBER'S (Rev. Dr.) COMPANION to the TEMPLE; a Help to Devotion in the Use of the Common Prayer, 7 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, £1. 10s Oxf. Univ. Press, 1841 204 COMBERMERE (Viscount) MEMOIRS and Correspondence of, from his family Papers, by the Viscountess Combermere and Capt. W. Knollys, portraits, 2 thick vols. 8vo. cloth, 9s (pub. £1. 10s) 1866 205 CONCIONES et ORATIONES ex Historicis Græcis excerptæ, large paper, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. old blue morocco, gilt leaves, (from the library of Mr. Drury,) 5s Охоп. 1806 206 CONDE (J. A.) Historia de la DOMINACION de los ARABES en ESPANA, thick 8vo. hf. morocco neat, 68 Paris, 1840 207 CONDER'S (J.) MODERN TRAVELLER, a popular description of the Various Countries of the Globe, upwards of 150 maps and engravings, 33 vols. 18mo. bright calf gilt, only £2. 5s 1830, &c. A valuable and most instructive little work, containing more information on the actual state of the world than perhaps any ther in existence.

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Cotgrave's Dictionary is a very useful one for the old and obsolete terms in Early French and English Romances, Rabelais, Froissart, and other early writers.

212 COTMAN'S (J. S.) ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES of NORMANDY, with historical and descriptive Notices by Dawson Turner, 100 large and highly finished, etchings, 2 vols. impl. folio in one, hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, £2. 16s

1822

213 COTMAN'S (J S.) Specimens of ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS in various COUNTIES of ENGLAND, but chiefly in NORFOLK, 238 highly spirited etchings printed on stout drawing paper, with Architectural Descriptions by T. RICKMAN, and Indexes, (the five series of etchings,) 2 vols. impl. folio, hf. morocco, gilt tops, uncut, £4. 15s

1838 214 COTTON'S (H. Archdeacon) FASTI ECCLESIÆ HIBERNICE; the Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies in Ireland, 4 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco, uncut, £2. 10s Dublin, 1847 215 COURIER (P. L.) EUVRES COMPLÈTES, nouvelle édition, portrait, &c. roy. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 5s 6d Bruxelles, 1833 216 COUSIN'S (V.) HISTORY of MODERN PHILOSOPHY, translated by Wight, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d

1852

217 COWLEY'S (A.) WORKS in Verse and Prose, including Cutter of Coleman-street, fine portraits by Faithorne, folio, old calf gilt, 68 6d 1700

218 CRABBE'S (G.) POETICAL WORKS, illustrated by engravings from WESTALL's designs, 8 vols. 12mo. calf gilt, 188

1823

219 CRANMER'S (Archbp.) WORKS, collected and arranged with Preface aad Notes, by the Rev. H. Jenkyns, portrait, 4 vols. 8vo. bright calf gilt, £1. Is Oxf. Univ. Press, 1833 220 CUMBERLAND and WESTMORELAND; Tupography of, comprising their Ancient and Modern History, a General View of their Physical Character, Manufactures, Statistics, &c. by Wright, Cumming, and Martineau, edited by W. WHELLAN, 4to. hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, £1. 10s

1860 221 D'AGINCOURT (Seroux) HISTOIRE de L'ART par les Monumens, depuis sa Décadence au IVe Siècie jusqu'à son Renouvellement au XVIe, with 325 fine plates, 6 vols. roy. folio, hf. French red morocco gilt, Paris, 1823 uncut, £8. 10s

In this fine work, by a series of accurate engravings from celebrated monuments, we trace the transitions of Art from the classic period to our owu times. Sculpture, Painting, the Art of Engraving on Wood, on Gems, and on Metals are similarly repre222 DALLAWAY'S (J.) HERALDRY; Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of, in England, with numerous engravings, some coloured, thick roy. 4to. hf. morocco, 18s

208 CONSTABLE'S (J.) ENGLISH LANDSCAPE sented. SCENERY, comprising 40 mezzotinto engravings by Lucas, with Descriptions by LESLIE, folio, hf. morocco gilt, £2. 158 (pub. £5. 158)

1855

An exceedingly beautiful volume of Landscapes by this eminent Master, well deserving a place beside Claude's Liber Veri

309 CORNEILLE (P.) ŒUVRES complètes, avec le Commentaire de Voltaire, et des Observations par PALLISSOT, handsomely printed in large type by DIDOT, with broad margins, 12 vols. 8vo. French calf gilt, an excellent library copy, £2. 28 Paris, 1801 210 COSTUMES of SPAIN and PORTUGAL: Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume in Portugal and Spain, 55 large and finely COLOURED PLATES of the Costumes, ecclesiastical, civil, and military of those Countries, also a few Views, with descriptions in English and French, roy. 4to. old blue grained morocco extra, gilt edges, 18s

1809

&c.

1793

The Appendix includes Lives of Sir W. Dugdale and Gregory

King, a genuine copy of the Book of St. Alban's, printed in 1486, 223 DANCE of DEATH.-DANSE des MORTS, comme elle est dépeinte dans la VILLE de BASLE, dessinée et gravée sur l'original de M. MÉRIAN, 83 remarkable engravings on copper, with Descriptions in French and German, sm. 4to. calf, 18s Basle, 1756

224 DANIELL'S (W.) ANIMATED NATURE; Interesting Selections from, with Illustrative Scenery, 120 exquisite engravings of Animals. Birds, Fishes, Trees, fc. with Letterpress Explanations, 2 vols. folio. hf. (1812) morocco, uncut, £1. 10s

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226 DAVIDSON'S (Dr. S.) INTRODUCTION to the NEW TESTAMENT, containing an examination of the most important Questions relating to the Authority and Interpretation of the Canonical Books, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 18s Bagster, 1848 227 DAVY'S (Sir Humphry) WORKS, edited with Life by his brother, portrait, 9 vols. post 8vo. cloth, scarce, £2.58

1839-40 Contains, Consolation in Travel, Salmonia, Agricultural Lectures, Elements of Chemical Philosophy, Researches on Nitrous Oxide, Early Miscellaneous Papers, &c.

1828

228 DAVY'S (Sir Humphry) SALMONIA; or Days of Fly Fishing, 12mo. boards, 4s 6d 229 DEAKIN'S (Dr. R.) FLORIGRAPHIA BRITANNICA, or Engravings and Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Gt. Britain, with upwards of 1000 accurately engraved figures of flowers, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, (1 vol. coloured), £2. 2s

1841-8 230 DECKER'S (T.) GULL'S HORNBOOK, edited from the edition of 1609, with Glossary and Notes (by Dr. Nott), 4to. hf. bound, uncut. £1. 48 Bristol, 1812 Only 100 copies printed, and sold in boards at £1. 16s. It affords a greater insight into the fashionable follies and vulgar errors of Q. Elizabeth's days than perhaps any other book.

231 DEFOE'S (D.) MEMOIRS of CAPT. CARLETON, with Anecdotes of the War in Spain, under the EARL of PETERBOROUGH, 8vo. hf. russia, 78 6d

1808 Edited by Sir Walter Scott, who at the period believed it to be a genuine history.

232 DEFOE'S (D.) ROBINSON CRUSOE, with his Further Adventures and Account of his Travels round the Globe, twelfth edition, with map and numerous plates, 2 vols. 12mo. new mottled calf gilt, yellow edges, by Riviere, a pretty copy, £1.8s 1761

233 DEFOE'S (D.) ROBINSON CRUSOE, with Life of Defoe, by Chalmers, plates after Stothard, by Med land, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, (poor copy), 128 Stockdale, 1790 234 DELANY (Mrs. Mary Granville) AUTOBIOGRAPHY of, including her Correspondence with the most distinguished Persons, and presenting a Picture of the Court, and the Literary and Fashionable Society of the Last Century, edited by LADY LLANOVER, both series, portraits, 6 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, £2. 28

1861-2

THACKERAY'S SCHOOL BOOK. 235 DEMOSTHENIS et ÆSCHINIS Opera, Gr. 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, (from Mr. Thackeray's library, with his autograph and monogram in both volumes), £1. 10s Londini, 1824 236 DIABLE à PARIS. Paris et les Parisiens; Mocurs et Coutumes, Caractères, etc. ports. and se veral hundred spirited illustrations by Gavarni, in his best manner, the Text by Balzac, Sue, Sand, Karr, Musset, and others, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. hf. morocco gilt, £1. 5s Paris, 1845 237 DIBDIN'S (Dr.) BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, PICTURESQUE, and Antiquarian Tour in the Northern Counties and in Scotland, with upwards of 100 beautiful plates and woodcuts, illustrative of Ancient Architecture, facsimiles of rare prints, &c. 2 vols. royal 8vo. beautiful copy, full bound in purple morocco, with gilt leaves, £4. 15s 1838

238 DIBDIN'S (Dr.) BIBLIOMANIA; or Book Madness, a Bibliographical Romance, engravings, 8vo. russia, £1.48

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240 DIBDIN'S (Dr.) INTRODUCTION to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Classics; Polr glot, Hebrew, and Greek Bibles and Testamers. the Greek and Latin Fathers, &c. LARGE PAPEL, royal 8vo. morocco extra, marbled and gilt leares, £2. 28 Only 50 copies printed upon Large Paper. 241 DIBDIN'S (Dr.) LIBRARY COMPANION, or the Young Man's Guide and the Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library, second edition, LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. royal 8vo. in one, calf gilt, £2. 8s 1×25 Accompanied by a letter from the author to Mr. J. Poyndar, whose bookplate the volume contains. 242 DIBDIN.--LETTRE TRENTIÈME concernant l'Imprimerie et la Librarie de Paris, trad. de l'Anglais, avec des notes, par G. A. Crapelet, royal 8vo. LARGE PAPER, fine copy in russia, with joints and git linings, gilt edges, £1. 108 Paris, 1821

1838

RARE: very few copies printed. M. Crapelet imagines himself reflected on in Dr. Dibdin's Tour, and here vindicates himself. 243 D'ISRAELI'S (I.) CURIOSITIES of LITERATURE, portrait and front. royal 8vo. hf. calf, 88 6d 244 D'ISRAELI'S (I ) LIFE and REIGN of CHARLES I.; Commentaries on the, 5 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, £1. 158

1828-31 The most delightful work of this esteemed author, full t merely of his usual pleasant gossip of the olden time, but c curious personal and political history. 245 DISSENTERS.-A COLLECTION of CASES and other Discourses to RECOVER DISSENTERS to the Communion of the Church of England, "by some Divines of the City of London," 2 vols. sm. 4to, calf, 246 DIXON'S (W. H.) NEW AMERICA; comprising very neat, 10s 6d Sketches of the Prairie Indians, the Red Man, India Life, The Mormons, Salt Lake City, Manners, Customs, and Politics of the Americans, etc. sixth edi tion, with engravings from original photographs, 2 vols. 8vo. bright hf. calf gilt, 14s (pub. £1. 10s i cloth)

1685

1867

247 DÓDSLEY'S (R.) OLD ENGLISH PLAYS; Select Collection of, with additional Notes and Corrections by REED, GILCHRIST, and J. P. COLLIER, BEST EDITION, 12 vols. 1825, and SUPPLEMENT, edited by J. P. COLLIER, 1833-together with The Old English Drama, a Selection of Plays from the Old English Dramatists, 2 vols. 1825-in all 15 vols. post 8vo. boards, a fine clean uncut set, SCARCE, £8. 158 1825-33

This valuable work contains 60 of our best and scarcest Early

Plays, beginning with the first Dramatic Performances entitled "Moralities or Mysteries." Interspersed with much valuable information respecting our early Drama and Poetry. 248 DODWELL'S (E.) GREECE; a Classical and Topographical Account of, during a Tour in 1801-5 and 6, with map, numerous Views, engravings of Sculptures, Antiquities, &c. by Charles Heath and others, 2 vols. 4to. grained calf gilt, excellent copy, 148

1819

"By far the best book on Greece."-DR. E. D. CLARKE. 249 DOLLINGER'S (Prof. J.) The FIRST AGE of CHRISTIANITY and the Church, translated by H. N. Oxenham. 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d

1867

250 DOMESDAY BOOK, COMPLETE, with the Additaments and Indices, by SIR HENRY ELLIS, 4 vols folio, russia, new back, a good copy, £12. 1783-1816 Domesday Book is styled by Hume "The most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation;" it contains the only ab thentic account of the state of property in England immediately Domesday; the Inquisition Eliensis; the Liber Winton; and t after the Conquest. The additions by Sir II. Ellis include the Exen

Bolden Book; with very copious Indices.

252 DOMENECH'S (Abbé) NORTH AMERICA; Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of, with map and tinted illustrations, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d 1860 253 DOMESDAY BOOK of SOMERSETSHIRE, facsimiled in Photo-Zincography, under the direction of Sir H. James, thin folio, cloth, 78 1862 254 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE in England, from the Conquest to the end of the XVth Century, by TURNER and PARKER, with upwards of 300 engravings of existing Remains, BOTH SERIES, 4 thick vols. 8vo. cloth, gilt tops, scarce, £3. 15s Oxford, 1851-9 255 DOUBLEDAY (E.) and WESTWOOD'S (J. O) GENERA of DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA: their Generic Characters. Habits, and Transformations, and a Catalogue of the Species of each Genus. with several hundred BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED FIGURES of Butterflies and Moths, by W. C. HEWITSON, 2 vols. folio, new half morocco extra, gilt tops, uncut, £14. 14s

1846-52 This beautiful work is the first that has been published, giving a correct idea of the genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera. 256 DRAWING ROOM SCRAP BOOK for 1836, with Poetical Illustrations by Miss LANDON, 36 highly finished engravings on steel, 4to. embossed binding, gilt edges, 5s 6d-The same for 1840, 5s 6d

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Fisher and Co. 1836-40 257 DRAWINGS. A Collection of 100 HINDOO PAINTINGS in WATER COLOURS of Male and Female full-length Figures, habited in their COSTUMES, with implements of Trade, &c. in 2 volumes, sm. 4to. hf. bound, £2. 25

n. d.

These really elever native drawings represent male and female sellers of various commodities, workmen at their occupations, Domestic Scenes, &c. the whole very minutely finished, with the subjects of the pictures written in Hindostanee and English.

EXQUISITE DRAWINGS OF CHINESE FLOWERS. 258 DRAWINGS.-HORTUS HONGKONGENSIS: a Collection of 50 LARGE WATER COLOUR DRAWINGS of

the WILD FLOWERS of HONG KONG, the whole MOST BEAUTIFULLY and ACCURATELY PAINTED from Nature by a Native Artist in 1853; accompanied by 3 WATER COLOUR Drawings of Views in HONG KONG, roy. fol. Sumptuously bound in morocco, richly ornamented with gold and blind tooling, variegated leather linings, gilt edges, with loose leather cover, £21. 10s

1853

NOTHING CAN EXCEED THESE BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS in BRILLIANCY of COLOUR, in finish, and as specimens of rare artistic skill in Flower Painting.

259 DRAWINGS.-Seventy-three large and clever Sketches in PENCIL, and in CRAYONS, by F. C. LEWIS, chiefly of Female Figures, Children, &c., mounted on fine paper, in a demy folio volume, half bound, £2. 10s

These Sketches, by the author of the "Scenery of the Rivers of England and Wales," are executed with a freedom and perfection seldom seen in drawings of a like description.

260 DRAYTON'S (M.) WORKS complete (PolyOlbion, &c.) with Appendix, LARGE PAPER, folio, calf gilt, good copy, £1. 10s

Epistles;

1748

Contents:Battle of Agincourt; Barons' Wars; Heroical Miseries of Q. Margaret; Nymphidia; the Moon Calf; Legends of the Duke of Normandy, &c.; Quest of Cynthia; hepherd's Sirena; Poly-Olbion; Elegies; Ideas; and the Appendix of Miscellaneous Pieces (added in 1753, and sometimes Wanting).

261 DRYDEN'S (J.) WORKS, viz.-POETICAL WORKS with Notes by the Wartons and others, 4 vols. 1811— PROSE WORKS, with Life and Notes by Malone, portraits, 4 vols. 1800; BEST EDITIONS, 8 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, uniform, £2. 10s 1800-11

262 DUFFS (J.) HISTORY of the MAHRATTAS, map and engravings, 3 vols. 8vo. hf. bound, a clean and uncut copy, VERY SCARCE, £3. 5s

1826

263 DUCANGE (C.) GLOSSARIUM MEDIE et INFIME LATINITATIS. auctum à Monachis Ordinis S. Benedicti, cum Supplementis integris CARPENTERII, et Additamentis ADELUNGII et aliorum, digessit HENSCHEL, with plates of Coins, Monograms, &c. 7 large vols. 4to. boards, rough edges, £8. 88

Paris, Didot, 1840-50

preceding one and the Supplements are incorporated. The seventh

Dissertation on Byzantine Coins.

The present edition of this work is more complete than the vol. contains the French Glossary, revised and completed; the highly important Table of Technical Terms, omitted in the previous editions, and here doubled in extent: a Table of Foreign Words; Dissertations from Joinville and Villehardouin; and a 264 DUGDALE'S (Sir W.) HISTORY of ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, from its foundation, FIRST EDITION, with 43 plates of the Exterior and Interior Views, the Monuments, and Arms; also, a curious one of the Dance of Death, the whole engraved by HOLLAR, excellent impressions, (wants portrait) folio, old calf, (Horace Walpole's copy with his bookplate) £2. 28

1658

265 DUGDALE'S (Sir W.) MONASTICON ANGLICANUM, in English, with the Continuation by STEVENS, fine impressions of the engravings of Cathedrals, Costumes, &c. by HOLLAR and KING, LARGE paper, 3 vols. royal folio, calf neat, gilt leaves, FINE COPY, £7. 78 1718-23

To this excellent edition are added, Catalogues of all the Bishops of the several Dioceses, and other additions by an eminent hand.

266 DUNBAR'S (W.) POETICAL WORKS, now first collected, with Notes and Life by D. LAING, 2 vols. post 8vo. recently bound in dark green morocco extra, gilt leaves, best style, 1834, with the SUPPLEMENT, Edin. 1834-66 edited by LAING, sewed, 1866, £3. 5s Dunbar's writings exhibit a remarkable versatility of genius, from grave to gay, from witty to severe; and the author is considered one of the greatest of Scotland's Poets.

267 DUPUIS' (J.) Journal of a Residence in ASHANTEE, comprising Notes and Researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the Interior of Western Africa, with map and numerous large engravings of Views,and portraits of the Natives, 4to. hf. russia gilt, 7s 6d 1824 268 DU SOMMERARD (A.) LES ARTS AU MOYEN AGE, en ce qui concerne particulièrement le Palais Romain de Paris, l'Hotel de Cluny, et les Objets d'Art de la Collection de l'Auteur, 510 large and finely executed plates, many of which are BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED IN GOLD, SILVER AND COLOURS, after the originals, 5 splendid vols. impl. folio, and 5 vols. roy. 8vo. of Descriptions, together 10 vols. elegantly bound in maroon morocco extra, borders of gold and gilt leaves, £95. Paris, 1838-46

splendid works of Art every published in any country, and is a

This is undoubtedly one of the most interesting as well as

perfect Encyclopædia of the Arts of the Middle Ages taken from existing authorities. It exhibits choice specimens of Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Furniture, Stained Glass, Arms and Armour, Illuminated Manuscripts, Missals, etc., Enamels, Tapestry, Cos

tume, Gold and Silver Work, and other articles of virtu. 269 EARL'S (G. W.) THE PAPUANS; Native Races of the Indian Archipelago, with 6 coloured and other engravings, post 8vo. hf. morocco, top edge gilt, 6s 6d

1853

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RACCOLTA DI VARI EPIGRAMMI DIVISA IN SETTE LIBRI, Greco-Italiani da G. CARCANI, LARGE PAPER, beautifully printed, 6 vols folic, hf. morocco, top edges gilt, uncut, £2. 15s

272 EDWARDS' (G.) NATURAL HISTORY of BIRDS 285 EPIGRAMS. -
and other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadru- |
peds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c. with his Glean-
ings of Natural History, containing 362 FINELY CO-
LOURED engravings, 7 vols. 4to. in 4, whole bound
morocco, plain, gilt leaves, £5. 10s

Printed for the Author, 1743-64 273 EGAN'S (Pierce) BOXIANA; Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, with portraits of all the celebrated Pugilists, 5 vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, clean and good copy, SCARCE, £4. 48

1823 274 ELLIS' (G.) SPECIMENS of the EARLY ENGLISH POETS, with Notes and Historical Sketch of English Poetry and Language, and a Biography of each Poet. 3 vols. fcap. 8vo. morocco plain, red edges, 188 1845 275 EMBLEMS. ALCIATI (A.) EMBLEMATA, cum commentariis, with engraved title (mounted) and above 200 spiritedly designed woodcuts with borders after the style of LE PETIT BERNARD, thick 12mo. limp vellum, 6s 6d Parisiis, 1601 276 EMMONS' (Rev. Dr. N. of Franklin, Mass.) WORKS, with Memoir of his Life, edited by Dr. J. Ide, portrait, 6 vols. large 8vo. cloth, £1. 10s

Boston, 1842 277 ENCYCLOPÆDIA.-NATIONAL CYCLOPÆDIA of Useful Knowledge, published by Charles Knight, illustrated with numerous woodcuts, 12 vols. 8vo. cloth, 188 C. Knight, 1847 This is one of the best and most compact Cyclopædias for general use ever published.

278 ENCYCLOPÉDIE (Nouvelle) PORTATIVE, OU Tableau général des Connoissances Humaines, (par Roux) 2 vols. sm. 8vo. old French red morocco extra, gilt leaves, in good condition, 9s 6d Paris, 1766 279 ENGLISH MINSTRELSY: being a Selection of Fugitive Poetry from the best English Authors; with some original pieces, hitherto unpublished. 2 vols. 12mo. calf neat, 88

Edin. 1810

"An excellent selection, made by John Ballantyne, under the guidance of Sir W. Scott."

280 ENGRAVINGS. — BOYDELL'S (J.) COLLECTION of 100 ENGRAVINGS after the most Capital Paintings in England; consisting of magnificent plates of Historical, Domestic, Scriptural, Allegorical, and other subjects, executed in line and in mezzotint after celebrated Ancient and Modern Masters, by Basire, Earlom, Bartolozzi, and other eminent engravers, FINE IMPRESSIONS, a few before letters, with the margins generally perfect, 2 vols. atlas folio, hf. bound, £8. 8s

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From an inscription on one of the plates by Mr. Heath, this set appears to have been presented by him to Mr. Windus. 282 ENGRAVINGS.-One Hundred and Ninety-two VIEWS, LANDSCAPES, PASTORAL and MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECTS, chiefly from the designs of PERELLE, Silvestre, and Le Pautre, fine EARLY IMPRESSIONS, folio, vellum, £2. 5s Paris, vers 1675

A various and extensive series of pleasing and spirited compositions, principally representing Landscapes, all executed with neatness and taste.

283 EPIGRAMMATUM DELECTUS, ex omnibus tum Veteribus, tum Recentioribus Poetis accurate decerptus, sm. 12mo. calf, 5s 6d 1689 284 EPIGRAMS.[OLDYS'] COLLECTION of EPIGRAMS, with a Critical Dissertation on this species of Poetry, 2 vols. 12mo. calf gilt, 78 6d 1735-7

Napoli, 1788.55 "Très belle édition, dont on trouve difficilement des exen.

plaires complètes."-Brunet.

286 ERASMI (D.) STULTITIE LAUS, cum commen-
tariis G. Listrii, with portrait of Erasmus and nume
rous curious engravings, some folding, by Hans H
bein, together with 2 portraits of Holbein, sm. Svo,
old calf, 88 64
Basilea, 1676
287 ETTY (W. R. A.) LIFE of, (1787-1849, by A.
1855
Gilchrist, portrait, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 88
288 EXCISE ANATOMIZ'D and TRADE EPITOMIZD
declaring that unequal Imposition of Excise to be the
ruine of Trade, and the universall impoverishment of
this whole nation, by Z. G., sm. 4to. hf. calf neat, 5s
F. Cossinet, Tower Street, no date, about 1670
Not in Watt or Lowndes. An early book on this subject.
289 FABLES from Dante, Berni, Chaucer, and Ariosto,
imitated in English Heroic Verse by R. WHARTON,
printed by Bensley, 8vo. crimson morocco, gilt leares,
beautiful copy, with autograph of the Princess Eliza-
beth, 88

1804

290 FACCIOLATI (J.) et FORCELLINI Totius Latinitatis Lexicon, edidit J. BAILEY, 2 vols. 4to. calf neat, good copy, £2. 10s

1825

An excellent edition of this celebrated work, with the sigui cations translated into English, and numerous additions. 291 FAIRBAIRN'S (J.) CRESTS of the FAMILIES of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, revised by Butters, and edited by Maclaren, with 144 plates, comprising nearly 2000 neatly engraved crests and MONOGRAMS, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. new hf. red morocco gilt, marbled edges, £1. 168 (1860)

A most complete and valuable work, with copious alphabetical Index, the Mottoes with Translations, Glossary, &c.

292 FAIRHOLT'S (F. W.) COSTUME in ENGLAND: a History of Dress from the Earliest Period to the XIXth Century, with Glossary of Terms, and upwards of 600 useful and interesting wood engravings, thick 8vo. cloth, scarce, 168

1846

This excellent work comprises the history of the costume of the period of the Early Britons, the Romans in Britain, the AngloSaxons and Danes, the Normans, the Plantagenets the Houses of York and Lancaster, the Tudors, the Stuarts, and from William III. to 1800.

AN UNIQUE COLLECTION.

293 FEATHER WORK. AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION of 156 Representations of Birds, Buildings, Sportsmen, Musicians, Costumed Figures, &c. FORMED ENTIRELY of FEATHERS, the whole most ingeniously put together and laid down on steut paper, folio, a very thick volume in the original wooden binding covered with leather, brass corners and bosses, A GREAT CURIOSITY, £14. 14s

1619

The above was the work of D. Minassi. Gardener to the Governor of Milan in 1618. All the figures of the birds are formed of their natural feathers, and the entire assemblage of represen tations remarkably well designed, considering the difficulty inseparable from working up such materials as feathers into pictures.

AS AN UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF ART AND INDUSTRY IT IS WORTHY
OF A PLACE IN ANY PUBLIC MUSEUM.

294 FENTON'S (R.) PEMBROKESHIRE; Historical
Tour through, with appendix, portrait, map, and
numerous fine plates of Scenery, Ancient Castles,
Monumental Efigies, &c. by Storer, Greig, and Basire,
LARGE PAPER, roy. 4to. calf gilt, £1. 18

1810

Full of interesting and valuable matter relating to the History of Wales. 295 FIELDING'S (H.) WORKS complete, with an Essay on his Life and Genius by Murphy, portrait, BEST EDITION, 10 vols. 8vo. cloth, uncut, scarce, £4. 108

1821

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