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CLAUDE'S LIBER VERITATIS. A Collection of 303 Prints after the Original Designs of CLAUDE. Engraved by RICHARD EARLOM. With a descriptive Catalogue of each Print, Lists of the Persons for whom, and the Places for which, the original Pictures were first painted, and of the present Possessors of most of them. Three Vols. folio, half-morocco extra, gilt edges, £10 10S. CLAUDE, BEAUTIES OF, containing 24 of his choicest Landscapes, beautifully Engraved on Steel, by BROMLEY, LUPTON, and others. With Biographical Sketch and Portrait. Royal folio, in a portfolio, £1 5s.

COLLINS' (Wilkie) NOVELS. New Illustrated Library Editions, price 6s. each, with Frontispiece and several full-page Illustrations in each Volume:

The Woman in White. II. lustrated by Sir JOHN GILBERT and F. A. FRASER.

Antonina ; or, The Fall of

Rome. Illustrated by Sir JOHN GIL-
BERT and ALFRED CONCANEN.

Basil. Illustrated by Sir JOHN
GILBERT and M. F. MAHONEY.
The Dead Secret. Illustrated
by Sir JOHN GILBERT and H.
FURNISS.

The Queen of Hearts. Illus-
trated by Sir JOHN GILBERT and
ALFRED CONCANEN.

The Moonstone. Illustrated by
G. DU MAURIER and F. A. FRASER.

Hide and Seek; or, The Mys

tery of Mary Grice. Illustrated by Sir JOHN GILBERT and M. F. MA

HONEY.

Poor Miss Finch. Illustrated by GEORGE DU MAURIER and EDWARD HUGHES.

Miss or Mrs. ? Illustrated by

S. L. FILDES and HENRY WOODS.

The New Magdalen. With
Steel-plate Portrait of the Author, and
Illustrations by C. S. R.

The Frozen Deep.

Illustrated by G. Du MAURIER and M. F. MAHONEY.

My Miscellanies.
by ALFRED CONCANEN.

Illustrated

Man and Wife. Illustrated by WILLIAM SMALL. THE LAW AND THE LADY, by WILKIE COLLINS, in Three Vols., crown 8vo, 31s. 6d., is now ready at all Libraries and at the Booksellers. "An exceedingly clever novel, full of admirable writing, abounding in a subtle ingenuity which is a distinct order of genius. The Law and the Lady

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"The author exhibits, in Miserrimus Dexter, a portrait which, for 'originality of conception and skill in depiction, exceeds anything of the kind. The book carries one irresistibly on from the first page to the last."-John Bull.

COLMAN'S HUMOROUS WORKS.-Broad Grins, My Nightgown and Slippers, and other Humorous Works, Prose and Poetical, of GEORGE COLMAN. With Life and Anecdotes by G. B. BUCKSTONE, and Frontispiece by HOGARTH. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d.

CONDÉ (THE GREAT), and the Period of the Fronde: An Historical Sketch. By WALTER FITZ PATRICK. Second Edition. Two Vols., 8vo, cloth extra, 158.

CONQUEST OF THE SEA (The). A History of Diving from the Earliest Times. By HENRY SIEBE. Profusely Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 4s. 6d.

"We have perused this volume, full of quaint information, with delight. Mr. Siebe has bestowed much pains on his work; he writes with enthusiasm and fulness of knowledge."-Echo.

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CONEY'S ENGRAVINGS OF ANCIENT CATHEDRALS,
Hôtels de Ville, Town Halls, &c., including some of the finest Examples of Gothic
Architecture in France, Holland, Germany, and Italy. 32 large Plates, imperial
folio, half-morocco extra, £3 135. 6d.

CONSTABLE'S GRAPHIC WORKS. Comprising 40 highly
finished Mezzotinto Engravings on Steel, by DAVID LUCAS; with descriptive
Letterpress by C. R. LESLIE, R.A. Folio, half-morocco, gilt edges, £2 25.
CORNWALL (PAROCHIAL HISTORY of the COUNTY of).
Compiled from the Best Authorities, and corrected and improved from Actual
Survey. Four Vols., 4to, cloth extra, £3 35. the Set; or, separately, the first
Three Vols., 16s. each; the Fourth Vol., 18s.

With the Parochial History are embodied the writings of Hals and Tonkin.
The work also comprises the Itineraries of Leland and William of Worcester-
the Valor of Bishop Veysey-an Historical Account of the personal Campaign of
Charles I. in Cornwall during the "Great Rebellion," illustrated with letters,
diaries, and other interesting documents never before collected together a com-
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published-Tales of the population, Domesday Manors, &c.

COTMAN'S ENGRAVINGS OF THE SEPULCHRAL
BRASSES IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. With Letterpress Descrip-
tions, an Essay on Sepulchral Memorials by DAWSON TURNER, Notes by Sir
SAMUEL MEYRICK, ALBERT WAY, and Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, and copious Index.
New Edition, containing 173 Plates, two of them splendidly Illuminated. Two
Volumes, small folio, half-morocco extra, £6 6s.; Large Paper copies, imperial
folio, half-morocco extra, £8 8s.

COTMAN'S ETCHINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS.
chiefly Norman and Gothic, in various Counties in England, but principally in
Norfolk, with Descriptive Notices by DAWSON TURNER, and Architectural Obser-
vations by THOMAS RICKMAN. Two Vols., imperial folio, containing 240 spirited
Etchings, half-morocco, top edges gilt, £8 8s.

COTMAN'S LIBER STUDIORUM.

A Series of Landscape

Studies and Original Compositions for the Use of Art Students, consisting of
48 Etchings, the greater part executed in "soft ground." Imperial folio, half-
morocco, 1 11s. 6d.

COWPER'S POETICAL WORKS. Including his Translation of
HOMER. Edited by the Rev. H. F. CARY. With Portrait and 18 Steel Engrav-
ings after HARVEY. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges, 10s. Ed.

"I long to know your opinion of Cowper's Translation. The Odyssey especially
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bow'?"-CHARLES LAMB, in a Letter to Coleridge.

CRUIKSHANK AT HOME. Tales and Sketches by the
most Popular Authors. With numerous Illustrations by ROBERT CRUIKSHANK
and ROBERT SEYMOUR. Also, CRUIKSHANK'S ODD VOLUME, or Book
of Variety, Illustrated by Two Odd Fellows-SEYMOUR and CRUIKSHANK.
Four Vols. bound in Two, fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 10s. 6d.

CRUIKSHANK'S COMIC ALMANACK.

Complete in Two
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A'BECKETT, ROBERT BROUGH, &c. With 2000 Woodcuts and Steel Engravings
by CRUIKSHANK, HINE, LANDELLS, &c. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, two very thick
volumes, 15s.; or, separately, 7s. 6d. per volume.

CRUIKSHANK'S

UNIVERSAL SONGSTER. The largest

With 8,

Collection extant of the best Old English Songs (upwards of 5000).
Engravings on Steel and Wood by GEORGE and R. CRUIKSHANK, and 8 Portraits,
Three Vols., 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 215.

CUSSANS' HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY.

With Instructions

for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient MSS.; Rules for the Appointment of Liveries, Chapters on Continental and American Heraldry, &c. &c. By JOHN E. CUSSANS. Illustrated with 360 Plates and Woodcuts. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt and emblazoned, 7s. 6d.

CUSSANS' HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE.

A County History, got up in a very superior manner, and ranging with the finest works of its class. By JOHN E. ČUSSANS. Illustrated with full-page Plates on Copper and Stone, and a profusion of small Woodcuts. Parts I. to VIII. are now ready, price 215. each.

*** An entirely new History of this important County, great attention being given to all matters pertaining to Family History.

CUVIER'S ANIMAL KINGDOM, arranged after its Organization forming a Natural History of Animals, and an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy. New Edition, with considerable Additions by W. B. CARPENTER and J. O. WESTWOOD. Illustrated by many Hundred Wood Engravings, and numerous Steel Engravings by THOS. LANDSEER, mostly Coloured. Imperial 8vo, cloth extra, 18s.

CYCLOPÆDIA OF COSTUME; or, A Dictionary of Dress-Regal, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military-from the Earliest Period in England to the reign of George the Third. Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, and preceded by a General History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe. By J. R. PLANCHÉ, Somerset Herald. To be Completed in Twenty-four Parts, quarto, at Five Shillings each, profusely illustrated by Coloured and Plain Plates and Wood Engravings.-A Prospectus will be sent upon application. [In course of publication.

"This, the first number of a Cyclopædia of Ancient and Modern Costume, gives promise that the work, when complete, will be one of the most perfect works ever published upon the subject. The illustrations are numerous and excellent, and would, even without the letterpress, render the work an invaluable book of reference for information as to costumes for fancy balls and character quadrilles."-Standard. "Destined, we anticipate, to be the standard English work on dress."-Builder. "One of the most magnificent publications of its kind ever put before the public." -Lloyd's News.

"Promises to be a very complete work on a subject of the greatest importance to the historian and the archæologist."-Tablet.

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'Beautifully printed and superbly illustrated."-Standard, second notice.

DICKENS' LIFE AND SPEECHES. Royal 16mo, cloth extra,

2s. 6d

DICKENS' SPEECHES, Social and Literary, now first collected. Royal 16mo, cloth extra, IS.

DISCOUNT TABLES, on a new and simple plan; to facilitate the
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Accounts, &c.; showing, without calculation, the number of days from every day
in the year to any other day. By THOMAS READER. Post 8vo, cloth extra, 75.
DODDRIDGE'S FAMILY EXPOSITOR; or, A Paraphrase and
Version of the New Testament, with Critical Notes. A New Edition, with
Memoir of the Author by JOB ORTON and Dr. KIPPIS. Imperial 8vo, with Por-
trait, cloth extra, 125.

DON QUIXOTE: A Revised Translation, based upon those of
MOTTEUX, JARVIS, and SMOLLETT. With 50 Illustrations by ARMSTRONG and
TONY JOHANNOT. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 10s. 6d.
DON QUIXOTE IN SPANISH.-EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO
DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA. Nueva Edicion, corregida y revisada.
Por MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA. Complete in One Volume, post 8vo,
nearly 700 pages, cloth extra, price 4s. 6d.
DRURY'S ILLUSTRATIONS of FOREIGN ENTOMOLOGY.
Containing, in 150 beautifully Coloured Plates, upwards of 600 Exotic Insects of
the East and West Indies, China, New Holland, North and South America, Ger-
many, &c.
With important Additions and Scientific Indexes, by J. O. WEST-
WOOD, F.L.S. Three Vols, 4to, half-morocco extra, £5 5s.

DULWICH GALLERY (The): A Series of 50 beautifully Coloured Plates, from the most celebrated Pictures in this Collection, executed by the Custodian, R. COCKBURN, and mounted upon Cardboard, in the manner of Drawings. Imperial folio, in portfolio, £16 16s.

DUNLOP'S HISTORY OF FICTION: Being a Critical and Analytical Account of the most celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Day, with General Index. Third Edition, royal 8vo, cloth extra, gs.

EDGEWORTH'S (Maria) TALES AND NOVELS, Complete. Including "HELEN" (her last work). With 38 highly-finished Steel Engravings after HARVEY and others. Ten Vols., fcap. 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, £1 105. The Volumes are sold separately at 3s. Ed. each, illustrated, as follows :— Moral Tales.

Popular Tales.

Belinda.

Castle Rackrent, Irish Bulls, &c.
Fashionable Life.

Madame de Fleury, &c.

Patronage.

Comic Dramas, Leonora, &c.
Harrington, Bores, &c.

Helen.

With an

"We do not know that Miss Edgeworth in the delineation of manners has, in the whole circle of literature, a rival, except the inimitable authors of Gil Blas and Don Quixote; and the discrimination with which the individuality of her persons is preserved through all the varieties of rank, sex, and nation, gives to her stories a combined charm of truth and novelty, and creates an interest more acute than fiction (if fiction it can be called) ever excited."-Quarterly Review. EDWARDS'S (Jonathan) COMPLETE WORKS. Essay on his Genius and Writings by HENRY ROGERS, and a Memoir by S. E. DWIGHT. Two Vols., imperial 8vo, with Portrait, cloth extra, £1 5s. "The Treatise on the Will' is, to a true philosophy of human nature, as the demonstrations of Leibnitz are to modern mechanical science."--ISAAC TAYLOR. ELLIS'S (Mrs.) MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN. A New Edition, with Illustrations by VALENTINE BROMLEY. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. EMANUEL ON DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONFS; Their History, Value, and Properties; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, F.R.G.S. With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. A New Edition, crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 6s. ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE (The): A Practical Guide to all interested in Selecting or Building a House, with full Estimates of Cost, Quantities, &c. By C. J. RICHARDSON. Third Edition. With nearly 600 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s. 6d.

*** This book is intended to supply a long-felt want, viz., a plain, non-technical account of every style of house, with the cost and manner of building; it gives every variety, from a workman's cottage to a nobleman's palace.

FARADAY'S CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A

CANDLE.

Lectures delivered to a Juvenile Audience. A New Edition, Edited by W. CROOKES, Esq., F. C.S., &c. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with numerous Illustrations, 4s. 6d.

FARADAY'S VARIOUS FORCES OF NATURE. A New Edition, Edited by W. CROOKES, Esq., F. C. S., &c. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with numerous Illustrations, 4s. 6d.

FIGUIER'S PRIMITIVE MAN: A Popular Manual of the prevailing Theories of the Descent of Man as promulgated by DARWIN, LYELL, Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, HUXLEY, E. B. TYLOR, and other eminent Ethnologists. Translated from the last French edition, and revised by E. B. T. With 263 Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, qs.

FINISH TO LIFE IN AND OUT OF LONDON; or, The Final Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic. By PIERCE EGAN. Royal 8vo, cloth extra, with spirited Coloured Illustrations by CRUIKSHANK, 215.

FLAGELLATION AND THE FLAGELLANTS.—A History of the Rod in all Countries, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By the Rev. W. COOPER, B.A. Third Edition, revised and corrected, with numerous Illustrations. Thick crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 12s. 6d.

FOOLS' PARADISE; with the Many Wonderful Adventures there, as seen in the strange, surprising Peep-Show of Professor Wolley Cobble. Crown 4to, with nearly 350 very funny Coloured Pictures, cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d. FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS: The Acts and Monuments of the Church. Edited by JOHN CUMMING, D.D. With upwards of 1000 Illustrations. Three Vols., imperial 8vo, cloth extra, £2 12s. 6d.

FULLER'S (Rev. Andrew) COMPLETE WORKS.
Memoir by his Son. Imperial 8vo, with Portrait, cloth extra, 125.

With

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GELL'S TOPOGRAPHY OF ROME AND ITS VICINITY.

A New Edition, revised and enlarged by E. H. BUNBURY. With a large mounted Map of Rome and its Environs (from a careful Trigonometrical Survey). Two Vols., 8vo, cloth extra, 15s.

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GELL AND GANDY'S POMPEIANA; or, The Topography,
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GEMS OF ART: A Collection of 36 Engravings, after Paintings by
REMBRANDT, CUYP, REYNOLDS, POUSSIN, MURILLO, TENIERS, CORREGGIO,
GAINSBOROUGH, NORTHCOTE, &c., executed in Mezzotint by TURNER, BROMLEY,
&c. Folio, in Portfolio, £1 11s. 6d.

GENIAL SHOWMAN; or, Show Life in the New World. Adventures with Artemus Ward, and the Story of his Life. By E. P. HINGSTON. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, Illustrated by W. BRUNTON, cloth extra, 7s. 6d. GIBBON'S ROMAN EMPIRE (The Decline and Fall of the). With Memoir of the Author, and full General Index. Imperial 8vo, with Portrait, cloth extra, 155.

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