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This valuable work, published for the ILLUSTRATION and DɛSCRIPTION of BRITISH FOSSIL ORGANIC REMAINS, comprises contributions by Owen, Jones, Milne Edwards, Wood, Darwin, Forbes, and other eminent naturalists.

565 PALGRAVE'S (Sir F.) The MERCHANT and the FRIAR (a Tale of the Middle Ages), 12mo. cloth, scarce, 5s

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568 PARIS.-NASH's (J.) PICTURESQUE VIEWS of PARIS and its Environs, with Descriptions, Eng. and Fr. by Scott and De la Boissière, 65 highly finished PROOF engravings by COOKE and GOODALL, 2 vols. impl. 4to. in one, morocco super extra, gilt edges, A FINE VOLUME, £1. 10s

1820

569 PARKER'S (Theodore) ADDITIONAL SPEECHES, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 58 Boston, 1853 570 PATERSON'S ROADS; a Description of the Direct and principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, and part of Scotland, eighteenth edition, revised by E. Mogg, maps, 8vo. boards, 6s 6d (1826) 571 PEEL'S (Sir R.) POLITICAL LIFE; an analytical Biography, by T. DOUBLEDAY, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d (pub. £1. 10s)

1856

572 PENLEY'S (A.) English School of PAINTING in WATER-COLOURS; its Theory and Practice, with the several stages of Progression, accompanied with 48 large and beautifully coloured illustrations in the first style of Chromo-lithography, royal folio, cloth, scarce, £3. 158 (1862) 573 PENNANT'S (T.) BRITISH ZOOLOGY, fourth edition, with numerous plates of Birds, Quadrupeds, &c. 4 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 158 1776-7 574 PENNANT'S (T.) JOURNEY from LONDON to DOVER, and from Dover to the ISLE of WIGHT, with portraits and numerous engravings of famous old Buildings and Antiquities, 2 vols. 4to. hf. russia, 123 6d 575 PEPYS' (S.) MEMOIRS, DIARY, and Correspondence, edited by Lord BRAYBROOK, portrait, facsimile autographs, and engravings, 5 vols. post 8vo. cloth, £1. Is

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576 PERCEVAL'S (G.) HISTORY of ITALY, from the Fall of the Western Empire to the commencement of the French Revolution, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 78 6d 577 PERRONET (J. R.) Description des Projets et de la CONSTRUCTION des PONTS de NEUILLY, de MANTES, d'ORLÉANS, et autres; des Projets du Canal de Bourgogne, etc. avec le SUPPLEMENT, containing a very fine portrait by Cochin, and 79 large and interesting line engravings of Views, the Methods of Centring, the various mechanical aids, Plans, Elevations, Sections, &c. FINE IMPRESSIONS, 3 vols. atlas folio, half calf, French binding, £3. 10s Paris, 1782-9 "Ouvrage très estimé et fort bien exécuté."-BRONET. 578 PHENIX: a Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces, Manuscript and Printed, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, scarce, 7s 6d 1707-8

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1848

580 PICTURES of the FRENCH, by themselves, with upwards of 200 spirited engravings by GAVARNI, &c. some on India Paper, royal 8vo. hf. calf, 8s 6d 1840 A most amusing work by Jules Janin, Balzac, Méry, A. Dela

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1868

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1853

601 RAPIN'S HISTORY of ENGLAND, with TINDAL'S CONTINUATION and MEDALLIC HISTORY, upwards of 100 portraits and engravings, beautiful impre sions, 5 vols. folio, rich old russia, fine copy, £5. 15 1732, &c.

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1840

610 RITSON'S (J.) Collection of ENGLISH SONGS and BALLADS, with the Music, illustrated with the beautiful vignettes by STOTHARD, BLAKE, and HEATH, 3 vols. post 8vo. calf, scarce, £1. 8s

1783

611 RITSON'S (J.) ROBIN HOOD, a collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads extant relating to this celebrated Outlaw, with Anecdotes of his LIFE, 58 woodcuts by BEWICK, 2 vols. post 8vo. A FINE COPY in old tree calf gilt, yellow edges, by Kalthoeber, scarce, £2. 10s

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1837

613 ROBERTS' (D.) VIEWS in the HOLY LAND, Syria, Egypt, Nubia. Arabia, &c. 250 large and exquisitely beautiful plates, with Historical Descriptions by CROLY and BROCKEDON, 4 vols. atlas folio, half mo rocco, gilt leaves (AN ORIGINAL COPY) ONLY £23. (pub. £48.) 1842-6

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1822

615 ROBERTSON'S (Dr. W.) WORKS complete, with Life, the elegant "OXFORD CLASSIC EDITION," por traits by Worthington, 8 vols. 8vo. calf neat, £1. 10s Pickering, 1825

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1852 624 RYMER et SANDERSON FEDERA, et CONVENTIONES, inter Reges Angliæ et alios, editio tertia, edidit G. HOLMES, 20 vols. folio in 10, hf. bound, uncut edges, £9. 98 Haga Com. 1739 An invaluable work, equally interesting to the Antiquary and Historian. It contains copies of treaties, leagues, manifestoes, capitulations, correspondence, and other public documents between this country and other states since the conquest.

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636 SCOTT'S (Sir W.) MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, 28 vols. and POETICAL WORKS, 12 vols.together 40 vols. fcap. 8vo. with engravings, hf. calf neat, £4. 15s 1834, &c.

The Prose Works comprise Lives of the British Novelists,

1839

627 SANDFORD'S (F.) GENEALOGICAL HISTORY of the Kings and Queens of England, and Monarchs of Gt. Britain, from the Conquest to the year 1707, BEST EDITION, enlarged by Stebbing, numerous fine engravinga by HOLLAR and others, of Monumental Effigies, Tombs, Seals, Armorial Bearings, &c. folio, FINE COPY, full bound in new panelled calf extra, gilt leaves, by Pratt, £7. 78 1707

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1829

639 SCOTT'S (Sir W.) LADY of the LAKE; Lay of the Last Minstrel; Marmion; and the Lord of the Isles, with all the Introductions, various Readings, and the Editor's Notes, ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS, with frontispieces on steel after Turner, &c. and above 300 beautiful engravings on wood from drawings by Birket Foster and John Gilbert, 4 vols. large post 8vo. cloth elegant, gilt edges, £1. 10s (pub. £3.) Edin. Black, 1854-7

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640 SCOTT'S (Sir W.) LIFE of NAPOLEON, with View of the French Revolution, illustrated by numerous fine engravings on steel, roy. 8vo. hf. calf neat, 78 6d 641 SCOTTISH HISTORICAL and ROMANTIC BALLADS, chiefly ancient, with explanatory Notes and a Glossary, by J. FINLAY, 2 vols. post 8vo. boards, scarce, £1. 10s Edin. 1808 642 SCOTTISH POEMS.-EARLY METRICAL TALES; including the History of Sir Egeir, Sir Gryme, and Sir Gray-Steill, edited with preface (by David Laing), portrait, and a vignette by Geikie, fcap. 8vo. grained maroon morocco, gilt top, uncut, VERY SCARCE. £2.158 Edin. 1826

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ONLY 70 COPIES PRINTED of this volume, which contains 48 pieces.

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648 SELDENI (J. Jurisconsulti) OPERA OMNIA, Latina et Anglica, tam edita quam inedita, recensuit D. WILKINS, portrait, 3 vols folio in 6, calf, £3. 3s 1726 The best and only complete edition of the works of this celebrated jurist, of whom it was said by Lord Clarendon that he "was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue."

649 SENECA.-ŒUVRES de SENEQUE, (le Philosophe) traduites en François avec des notes critiques et Vie de Sénèque, par LA GRANGE, 6 vols. 8vo. French calf gilt, 78 6d Paris, 1795 St. Jerome has not hesitated to rank Seneca among Christian writers, his style is nervous and abounds with ornament, and seems well suited to the taste of his age.

650 SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS, BOYDELL'S SPLENDID EDITION, printed in exceedingly large and beautiful type by Bulmer, with the fine series of 100 highly finished engravings by the best Artists, from Paintings by STOTHARD, WESTALL, SMIRKE, OPIE, NORTHCOTE, etc. 9 vols. folio, superbly bound in crimson morocco, with broad borders of gold and gilt leaves, a very handsome set, £18. 188 Bulmer, 1802 This edition is one of the 'most sumptuously printed books ever produced. It was published at £37. 16s unbound.

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653 SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS, with the Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators, a Life of the Poet, &c. by JOHNSON, STEEVENS, and REED, portrait, 21 vols. 8vo. calf neat, £3. 108

657 SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS and POEMS, Valpy's Cabinet Edition, with Life, Notes, &c. and 172 outline engravings after the great English masters, 15 vols. fcap. Svo. cloth, ORIGINAL EDITION, £1. 16s

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658 SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS and POEMS, revised with Notes and Life by the Rev. ALEX. DYCE, finely printed, with portrait, 6 lage vols. 8vo. cloth, £2 10s Moxon, 1857 "A minute examination has satisfied us that this is the best text of Shakespeare which has yet been given to the world.”

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1862

664 SHAKESPEARE.-KNIGHT'S (C.) Biography of Shakspere, PICTORIAL EDITION, with many beautiful woodcuts, roy. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, £1. 1s

1842 This forms the companion volume to Charles Knight's Pictorial Edition of Shakspeare's Plays in 7 vols. 665 SHAKESPERIANA.- [WILSON'S (J.)]. CATALOGUE of all the Books, Pamphlets, &c. relating to Shakespeare, post 8vo. boards, scarce, 78

1827

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671 SHORE'S (Hon. F.) NOTES on INDIAN AFFAIRS, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, SCARCE, 98 6d

1837

These valuable papers are the result of more than fifteen years' actual residence in India. 672 SIDNEY'S (Sir Philip) WORKS complete, in Verse and Prose, 3 vols. 12mo. calf, good copy, scarce, £1. As Dublin, 1739 673 SIDNEY'S (Sir P.) WORKS; Astrophel and Stella, Miscellaneous Poems, Defence of Poesie, &c. with Life and Notes by Gray, post 8vo. cloth. 158 Oxf. Talboys, 1829 674 SILVESTRE'S (J. B.) UNIVERSAL PALEOGRAPHY, or a Collection of Facsimiles of the Writings of all Nations and Periods, taken from the most authentie Manuscripts existing in the Libraries of France, Italy, Germany, and England, containing upwards of 300 large and most beautifully executed facsimiles, copied from Missals and other MSS. MOST RICHLY ILLUMINATED in the finest style of art in GOLD, SILVER, and COLOURS, new and improved edition, 2 splendid vols. impl. folio, with Descriptions by Champollion in English, edited by Sir F. Madden, in 2 vols. roy. 8vo.-together 4 vols. elegantly hf. bound morocco extra, gilt edges, £28. 10s (pub. £63.) 1850

675 SIMPSON'S (Sir G.) NARRATIVE of a JOURNEY ROUND the WORLD, during the Years 1841 and 1842, portrait and map, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 12s

1847

676 SISMONDI'S (Simonde de) HISTOIRE DES FRANÇAIS, complete and unabridged reprint of the ORIGINAL PARIS EDITION, 22 vols. royal 8vo. in 21, calf gilt, FINE LIBRARY COPY, £6. 158 Bruxelles, 1836

677 SISMONDI S. de) de la Littérature du MIDI de l'EUROPE, 4 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, very neat, 10s 6d

Paris, 1819 678 SISSON'S (Rev. J. L.) WAKEFIELD PARISH CHURCH; Historic Sketch of, with engravings, proofs on India paper, large papeR, 4to. boards, 148

Wakefield, 1824 679 SKELTON'S (J. Poet-Laureate to K. Hen. VIII.) POETICAL WORKS, with Notes and Account of the Author and his Writings, by the Rev. A. Dyce, 2 portraits inserted, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1. 1s

1843

1828

"Skelton attempted several kinds of poetry; about the larger part of which there is a heartiness, and a sense of enjoyment that are as evidently natural as they are pleasant." 680 SKELTON'S (J.) PIETAS OXONIENSIS, or Records of Oxford Founders, with 26 fine engravings of the Colleges, Monuments, and Portraits, LARGE PAPER, atlas 4to. hf. morocco, gilt top, £1. 8s 681 SLANG DICTIONARY (The); or the Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "Fast" Expressions of High and Low Society, post 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d 682 SLATYER'S (W.) PALE-ALBION; the History of Great Britaine from the first peopling of the Island, (in Latin and English Verse), engraved frontispiece, containing portrait of James I. and the Poetical Declaration of it, folio, fine copy, bright calf, gilt leaves, (Herbert's copy with his autograph,) £2. 10s 1621 The Biblotheca Anglo-Poetica has valued this rare volume at

£3. 3s.

1864

683 SMILES' (S.) Life of GEORGE STEPHENSON, Railway Engineer, fourth edition, revised, with portrait, thick 8vo. hf. russia, 128 6d

1857 684 SMITH'S (Albert) WASSAIL-BOWL, with numerous characteristic illustrations by JOHN LEECHI, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, scarce, 16s 6d

1833

1843 685 SMITH'S (Sir J.) Introduction to the STUDY of BOTANY, Seventh edition, edited by Sir W. J. Hooker, with 21 steel plates, thick 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d 686 SMITH'S (J. T.) ANTIQUITIES of WESTMINSTER, the Old Palace, the late Houses of Parliament, &c. with numerous FINE COLOURED and other engravings of Buildings, Antiquities, Paintings, &c. many of which no longer exist, impl. 4to. russia gilt, £2. 5s

1807 687 SMITH'S (Rev. W.) The Book of MOSES; or the Pentateuch in its Authorship, Credibility, and Civilisation, Vol. 1, 8vo. cloth, (all yet published,) 10s 6d, (pub. 15s)

1868