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483 HOWARD'S (Hon. C.) Historical Anecdotes of some of the Howard Family, LARGE PAPER, post 8vo. new half antique calf, 78 6d 1769 484 HOWELL'S (J.) Parley of Beasts, or Morphandra, Queen of the Enchanted Island, portrait, sm. folio, calf, scarce, 10s 6d

1660 485 HOWITT'S (Mary) Pictures for the Young, with Descriptions, 21 highly coloured engravings, 4to. cloth, gilt

leaves, 6s 6d

1856

486 HOWITT'S (W.) Year Book of the Country, or the Field, the Forest and the Fireside, numerous engravings on wood by Birket Foster, post 8vo. cloth, 38 6d (pub. 128) 1852 487 HOWITT'S (W.) Rural Life of England, with beautiful vignettes by Williams, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 98 6d (pub. £1. 18) 1838 488 HUC'S (l'Abbé) Christianity in China, Tartary, and Thibet, from the Apostleship of St. Thomas, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d (pub. £1. 18) Longmans, 1857 489 HUET'S (V.) Studies of Cattle and Domestic Animals, 30 large and fine plates, engraved in the manner of Chalk Drawings, by this celebrated artist, oblong folio, 10s 6d 1805-9

490 HUGHES' (Rev. Hugh) Female Characters of Holy

Writ, in a course of Sermons, THE THREE SERIES COMPLETE, 3 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 98 (pub. £1. 18) 1845-7 491 HUMBER'S (W., C. E.) Practical Treatise on CAST and WROUGHT IRON BRIDGES and GIRDERS as applied to Railway Structures and to Buildings generally, with 57 large and fine plates, impl. 4to. new hf. morocco, £3. 38 1857 This valuable work exhibits the principles and means of the construction of the most famous engineering and architectural works in the kingdom.

492 HUMBOLDT'S (Baron) Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, translated by Williams, maps and plans, 7 vols. in 8, 8vo. bds. £2.58 1814-29 493 HUME and Smollett's History of England, with the Rev. T. S. Hughes' Continuation to the Death of William IV. large type, BEST LIBRARY EDITION, 17 vols. 8vo. new calf gilt, fine copy, £8. 88 1848

494 HUMPHREYS' (Noel) Art of Writing, History of the Origin and Progress of, illustrated with 28 plates containing several hundred specimens of writing, from the earliest to the latest periods, impl. 8vo. elegantly bound in a unique style in imitation of elaborately carved oak, 15s (pub. £1.58) 1853

A beautiful and interesting volume, many of the plates are finely executed in gold and colours.

495 HUMPHREYS' (Noel) Ocean Gardens, a History of the Marine Aquarium and the best methods adopted for its

Establishment and Preservation, 12 BEAUTIFUL COLOURED PLATES, sq. 8vo. cloth, gilt leaves, 4s 6d (pub. 68) 1857 496 HUMPHREYS' (Noel) River Gardens, a History of the Fresh Water Aquarium, &c. with beautifully coloured plates, sq. 8vo. cloth, gill leaves, 4s 6d (pub. 6s) 1857 497 HUSKISSON'S (W.) Speeches, with biographical Memoir, portrait, 3 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco gill, £1. 58 (pub. £2. 2s)

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499 IMPERIAL DICTIONARY, English, Technological, and Scientific, edited and greatly enlarged by J. OGILVIE, with upwards of 2000 engravings, 2 large and thick vols. impl. 8vo. new hf. morocco, marb. leaves, £3. 10s (pub. unbound £4. 10s) 1851 One of the most comprehensive, accurate, and useful works of the kind published.

500 INDIA.-Campbell's (G.) Modern India; the System of Civil Government, account of the Natives and Native In501 INDIA.-Campbell's (G.) India as it may be ; an outline stitutions, thick 8vo. cloth, 78 6d (pub. 168) 1852 of a proposed Government and Policy, thick 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. 128) 1853

502 INDIA.-Edwardes' (Major) Year on the Punjaub Frontier in 1848 and 49, portraits and engravings, the costumes beautifully coloured, 2 large vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. £1. 16s) 1851

503 INDIA.-Kaye's (W. J.) Administration of the East India Company, a History of Indian Progress, thick 8vo. 1853 cloth, 78 (pub. £1. 18) 504 INDIA.-My Escape from the Mutinies of Oudh, by a Wounded Officer, front. 2 thick vols. 12mo. cloth, 7s 6d (pub. 128)

1858

505 INDIA.-ROYLE'S (Dr.) Essay on the Productive Resources of India, royal 8vo. cloth, 6s (pub. 148) 1840 506 INDIA.-The Timely Retreat, or a Year in Bengal before the Mutinies, tinted plates, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d 1858 (pub. £1. 18)

507

INDIA.-TOD's (J.) Travels in Western India, including

a Visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the most celebrated Shrines of Hindu Faith, fine engravings, roy. 4to. cloth, £2. 28 (pub. £3. 138) 1839 508 INDIA. UPHAM'S Sacred and Historical Books of Ceylon: I. The Mahavansi; II. Rajah Ratnacari, and the Raja-Vali; III. Budhist Tracts, &c. translated from the Cinghalese-3 vols. 8vo. bds. £1. 1s (pub. £2.28) 1823 509 INGLIS' (H. D.) The Channel Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, post 8vo. hf. calf neat, 38 6d

1833 510 INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, Tenth Edition, with humourous plates by Cruikshank and Leech, 3 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 158 6d (pub. £1. 11s 6d)

1855 "We cannot open a page of the book that is not sparkling with its wit and humour, that is not ringing with its strokes of pleasantry, satire, &c."-EXAMINER. 511 INKERSLEY'S (T.) Romanesque and Pointed Architec. ture in France, an Inquiry into the Chronological Succession 512 IRELAND'S Mirror, or Chronicle of the Times (Biograof the Styles of, 8vo. new cl. 5s (pub. 128) Murray, 1850 phies, Tales, Sketches, Poetry, &c.), numerous engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco, 4s 1804-5

513 IRVING'S (Washington) Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 3 vols. 8vo. new cloth (Murray's beautifully printed library edition), 12s

1849

"This is an excellent book: it possesses all the interest of a novel, with the startling and thrilling assurance of actual truth and exactness." 514 IRVING'S (Washington) Bracebridge Hall, or the Humourists, 2 vols. post Svo. bds. 48 (pub. 16s) 1824 515 IRVING'S (Washington) Knickerbocker's History of New York, 2 vols. post 8vo. calf gilt, 58 516 JACOB'S (Brig.-Gen. J.) Views and Opinions on Civil Administrations, Military Matters, &c. collected and edited by Capt. Pelly, 8vo. cloth, 78 6d (pub. 12s)

1821

1858

For an able account of the great services rendered in India by Gen. Jacob (who is recently dead), see the "Times," Jan. 5, 1858. 517 JACOBS' (W.) The Precious Metals, an Historical Inquiry into the Production and Consumption of, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. scarce, 148 (pub. £1. 48)

1831

518 JAMES' (G. P. R.) Life of King Henry IV. King of France and Navarre, portrait, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, I' (pub. £1. 168)

519 JAMESON'S (Mrs.) Characteristics of Women (Shak- | 534 JOHNSON'S ENGLISH DICTIONARY, greatly enlarged, speare's Heroines), moral, political, and historical, 50 beau- and improved with the Addition of several thousand words tiful vignettes, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, scarce, 188 1833 by H. J. TODD, BEST EDITION, 3 thick vols. 4to. calf 1827 520 JAMES II.-Collection of Papers relating to the present neatly gilt, £4. 48 Juncture of Affairs in England, THE TWELVE PARTS COMPLETE, sm. 4to. calf neat, £1. Is

1689

OF GREAT RARITY. Sir James Mackintosh, who terms these Papers "very important," could never get more than nine parts.

Macaulay also made great use of these important Papers for his History of England, in many instances giving long quotations from them. 521 JAMIESON'S (Dr.) Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, likewise elucidating National Rites, Customs, &c. with the SUPPLEMENT, BEST EDITION, 4 vols. 4to. cloth, £4. 10s (pub. £8.8%)

1840

"Universally admitted to be one of the most important lexicographical works published in any country."

522 JAPAN and her People, a complete and authentic Account of, by A. Steinmitz, with numerous illustrations, thick post Svo. gilt cloth, 58

1859 523 JAQUES' (J.) History of Junius and his Works, and a Review of the Controversy respecting the Identity of Junius, post 8vo. cloth, 3s (pub. 10s 6d)

1843

1837

An excellent and comprehensive review of the pretensions of the various competitors for the authorship of the "Letters of Junius." 524 JEFFERSON'S (T., U. S. President) Life, with his Select Correspondence, notices of his Opinions, &c. by G. Tucker, port. 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 88 (pub. £1. 88) 525 JEFFREY'S (A.) History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire, and adjacent Districts, from the most remote period, numerous engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 148 (pub. 188) 1857 526 JEFFREY'S (Lord) Life, with Selections from his Correspondence, by Lord Cockburn, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 128 (pub. £1. 88)

1852 527 JESSE'S Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George II. fine engravings, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 148 (pub. £2. 28)

1843 "A most pleasant melange, giving us the home, private and personal memoirs of Royalty. The very spirit of Horace Walpole seems to have been transferred into Mr. Jesse's volumes."

1844

528 JESSE'S George Selwyn and his Contemporaries, with Memoirs and Notes (the complete series), with fine ports. 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, 16s (pub. £2. 168) 1843 "We do not know a more entertaining book than this." 529 JESSE'S (Capt.) Life of Beau Brummell, with anecdotes of his celebrated Contemporaries, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 78 6d 530 JESSE'S (E.) Scenes and Tales of Country Life, with Recollections of Natural History, numerous engravings, post 8vo. cloth, 58 (pub. 128) Murray, 1844 531 Jewell's (Br. of Salisburie) WORKES, newly set forth, with additions and Life, very thick folio, original stamped calf binding, scarce, £1. 10s (in a recent catalogue L4. 48) J. Norton, 1611 "The first and indeed much the best writer of Queen Elizabeth's time was Bp. Jewell."- BP. BURNET.

532 JOHNSON'S (Dr. Sam.) Letters to and from his Friends, edited by Mrs. Piozzi, 2 vols. 8vo. and others as under, 15 vols. 8vo. and 12mo. only £1. 58 1788, &c.

Johnson's Sermons on different subjects, 2 vols. 8vo. Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides, 1785.

Boswell's Journal of Johnson's Tour, Large Paper, 1785.

Johnson's Prayers and Meditations, 1807.

Johnson's Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, 2 vols. 1804.

Johnson's Journey in North Wales, 1816.

Tyers' Life of Dr. Johnson, 1775.

Piozzi's Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, 1786.

Murphy's Life and Genius of Johnson, 1820.

Beauties of Johnson, 1782.

Original Plan of Dictionary, addressed to the Earl of Chesterfield, 4to. 1747, &c.

533 JOHNSON'S (Dr.) Journey to the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, 8vo. hf. calf, uncut, 58

1775 First Edition, containing all the obnoxious passages relating to the nder, &c. which were afterwards suppressed.

NEW AND CHEAP EDITION.

535 JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN, by the author of "a Woman's Thoughts about Women," front. post 8vo. new 1859 cloth, 4s 6d

The reviews of this excellent Novel have been uniformly favourable. It is one of the most fascinating and interesting novels of the day. 536 JONES' (C.) Recollections of Royalty, from William Rufus in 1100 to that of Card. York, the last lineal Descendant of the Stuarts in 1807, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 58 6d (pub. £1. 58)

1828

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540 JOSEPHINE'S (Empress) Memoirs, with Anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre and Malmaison, 3 vols. post 8vo. hf. 1828 calf gilt, 88 6d 542 JOSEPHUS' Works; History and Antiquities of the Jews, &c. translated, with Life, by Whiston, numerous en(1858) gravings on wood, 4to. cloth, 5s 6d 543 JOURNAL of the GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY of London, complete from the commencement 1832 to 1857 inclusive, with vol. of Index, numerous engravings and maps, 27 vols. 1832-57 8vo. new hf. russia, fine set, £9. 158

This valuable Journal contains the best and most authentic geographical accounts of the various parts of the world, written by eminent men of the present day.

544 Joye's (G.) Exposicion of Daniell the Prophete gathered out of Melancthon, J. Ecolampadius, C. Pelicane, J. Dracomte, &c. thick 12mo. calf gilt, 10s 6d Lond. Jhon Daie, MDI

This rare edition is amply described in Herbert and Dibdin. 545 JUNIUS'S Letters, including those under other Signatures, and his Private Letters to Woodfall, with Notes, and facsimiles, BEST EDITION, (edited by Dr. J. Mason Good,) 3 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, scarce, £1. 88

1814

1813

1778

546 JUNIUS'S Letters, beautifully printed_and illustrated with 12 fine portraits of Statesmen, &c. by E. Bouquet, 4to. morocco, gill leaves and borders, 108 547 KAMES' (Lord) Sketches of the History of Man, enlarged edition, 4 vols. 8vo. calf, 58 548 KEEPSAKE, edited by F. M. Reynolds, LARGE PAPER, with nearly 60 exquisite engravings including original portraits by Heath, &c. INDIA PROOFS, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. watered silk binding, gilt leaves, £1.48 (pub. £7. 178 6d) 1829-31 Contains some very beautiful specimens of Turner, Landseer, Lawrence, Stothard, Eastlake, Flaxman, Westall, Smirke, Prout, &c.

549 KEITH'S Signs of the Times, as denoted by the fulfilment of Historical Predictions traced down from the Babylonish 1834 Captivity, 2 vols. post 8vo. hf. calf, 58 550 KELLY'S (J.) Scottish Proverbs, complete collection of, 1721 explained in English, 8vo. calf neat, 78 551 KEMBLE'S (J. M.) Saxons in England, a History of the English Commonwealth till the period of the Norman ConLongmans, 1849 quest, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, scarce, £1. 58 552 KENNETT'S (Bp.) Complete History of England, with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens, BEST EDITION, enlarged by Strype, fine portraits, 3 vols. folio, calf gilt,

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569 LA FONTAINE'S Fables now first translated (in Verse)
by Thomson, numerous engravings and vignettes, Large
Paper, 4 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 108
Paris, 1811

553 KENNETT'S (Bp. White) Memoirs of the Family of
Cavendish, 1708, and Five other scarce Pieces as under, 8vo.
hf. vellum, 88 6d
1708, &c.
Remarkable Passages relating to Archbp. Laud, 1712; Swift's (Dean)
Right of Precedence between Physicians and Civilians, 1720; Remarkable
Prophecies of Archbp. Usher, 1745; Human Ordure Botanically con-
sidered, 1748; &c.

1855

554 KEMP'S (Dr.) Phasis of Matter, being an Outline of the
Discoveries and Applications of Modern Chemistry, map,
2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 88 6d (pub. 188)
556 KILDARE'S (Marquis of) The Earls of Kildare and
their Ancestors from 1057 to 1773, 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub.
148)
1858
557 KING (Sir John) Memoir of the Life and Death of, writ-
ten by his Father in 1667, and now FIRST PRINTED, with
illustrative Notes, by G. H. Sawtell, printed by C. Whitting-
ham, portrait, post 8vo. 18 6d

1855
A very curious and interesting piece of Biography, "a cabinet picture
of a lawyer of the Stuart times, one of the most finished orators and pro-
found theologians of the period."
558 KING'S (Rev. S. W.) Italian Valleys of the Pennine
Alps; a Tour through all the romantic and less frequented
Vals of Northern Piedmont, from the Tarentaise to the
Gries, with illustrations, maps, &c. thick post 8vo. new cloth,
158 (pub. 188)

570 LAMARTINE (A. de) Raphaël, pages de la Vingtième Année, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 48 od

Paris, 1848

571 LAMARTINE (A. de) Toussaint Louverture, Poème Dramatique, 8vo. hf. calf neat, 38

Paris, 1850

572 LAMARTINE'S (A. de) History of the Constituent
Assembly of France 1789 and 1790, 4 vols. post 8vo. cloth,
88 6d (pub. £1. 48)
1855, &c.
573 LAMBALLE'S (Princess) Secret Memoirs of the Royal
Family of France during the Revolution, with portrait and
cypher, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 5s 6d (pub. £1. 58)
1826

574 LAMBERT'S Description of the GENUS PINUS, with
Directions as to the Cultivation, &c. nearly 100 large and
BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, impl. folio, the
letterpress impl. 8vo. 2 vols. newly bound hf. morocco,
£12. 128
1842

This beautiful and valuable work was published at upwards of 20 575 LANDER'S (R.) Records of Capt. Clapperton's last guineas. Expedition to Africa, with the subsequent Adventures of the Author, portrait, 2 vols post 8vo. bds. 5s (pub. £1.18) 1830 1858576 LANDON'S (Letitia E.) Life and Literary Remains by Laman Blanchard, portrait and jacsimile letter, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 58 (pub. £1. 18)

559 KINGSLEY'S (Rev. C.) Westward Ho! or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, temp. Q. Elizabeth, 3 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 98 6d (pub. £1. 118 6d) 1855 560 KINGSLEY'S (Rev. C.) Hypatia, or New Foes with Old Faces, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 8s (pub. £1. 1s) 1853 561 KIP'S BRITANNIA ILLUSTRATA, or Views of Royal Palaces and Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, 160 large and finely engraved Birds-eye Views, BRILLIANT ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, 2 vols. folio, hf. bound, £2. 10s

1707-16

These fine and interesting old engravings exhibit not merely the Buildings, but include, in large perspective, the grounds connected with

them.

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"No work in the English Language has done more than Kirby and Spence's learned and popular Introduction to spread the taste for the Natural History of Insects."

563 KNAPP'S GRAMINA BRITANNICA, or representations of
BRITISH GRASSES, with Remarks and Descriptions, SECOND
and BEST EDITION, comprising nearly 120 FINELY CO-
LOURED PLATES of the various Species, 4to. bds. £1. 16s
(pub. £3. 168)
1842
564 KNOX'S (John) Answere to a Great Number of Blas-
phemous Cavillations written by an Anabaptist and Adversarie
to Gods eternall Predestination, sm. 8vo. original vellum
wrapper, 78 6d
Lond. T. Charde, 1591
Rare edition, and one of the few books printed in England with the
Aldine device on the title.

565 KOCH'S The Crimea' and Odessa, a Journal of a Tour,
with an account of the Climate and Vegetation, map, post
8vo. cloth, 48 (pub. 108 6d)
Murray, 1855
566 KORNER'S (Carl) Life, written by his Father, with
selections from his Poems, Tales, and Dramas, transl. by
Richardson,portrait, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 58 (pub. £1. 18)

1845

A most interesting biography of the "Hero Poet of Germany." 567 LACROIX, TRAITE du CALCUL DIFFERENTIEL et du Calcul Intégral, 3 thick vols. 4to. sewed, uncut, SCARCE, 1810-19 £3.58

Best edition of one of the best works on the subject. 568 LA FONTAINE, ses Œuvres complètes, avec des Notes par Walckenaer, portrait, FINE LIBRARY EDITION, handsomely printed, Large Paper, 6 vols. large 8vo. hf. red morocco, £3. 38 Paris, 1822

1841

577 LANDSCAPE Album, or Great Britain Illustrated, with Descriptions by T. Moule, 60 highly finished engravings of 578 LANDSCAPE ANNUALS, complete series from 1830 to Scenery, Towns, Antiquities, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 1832 1839 inclusive, with upwards of 200 highly finished engravings by the best artists, from DRAWINGS by DAVID ROBERTS, PROUT, HARDING, &c. 10 vols. 8vo. green morocco, gilt leaves, £2. 10s (pub: £10. 10s) 1830-39

This beautiful work preserves the best Pictures of DAVID ROBERTS, and the other eminent painters: it comprises, Roscoe's Tourist in Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Granada, Andalusia, Castiles, Biscay, Spain and Morocco, Oporto, &c.

1853

579 LARPENT'S (F. S. Judge Advocate Gen.) Private Jour-
nal during the Peninsular War, &c. edited by Sir G. Larpent,
2 vols. post 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 58 (pub. £1. 18)
580 LASCARIS, de octo Orationis Partibus, una cum ejusd.
authoris et aliorum Opusculis atque Additionibus, Gr. et
Lat. thick sm. 8vo. vellum, 38 6d

Ven., 1540

Duke of Sussex's copy with bookplate. Sold in Hibbert's sale £1. 13s. 581 LATHBURY'S (T.) History of the Book of COMMON PRAYER and other Books of Authority, with an Attempt to ascertain how the Rubrics and Canons have been understood and observed from the Reformation to the Accession of George III. and the State of Religion and Religious Parties in England from 1640 to 1660, 8vo. new cloth, 9s This valuable and interesting work contains much curious bibliographical information. 582 LATIMER'S (Bp. Martyr A.D. 1555) Sermons, edited with Life by J. Watkins, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. boards, 1824

128

1858

583 LAUD'S (Abp.) History of his Troubles and Tryal, written by himself, with Diary of his own Life, and other Remains (edited by H. Wharton), portrait, 2 vols. folio, calf neat, £1. 48 1695-1700

Includes also Rome's Masterpiece, Land's Answer to Lord Say on Liturgies, History of his Chancellorship of Oxford, Annual Accounts of his Provinces, &c.

584 LAWRENCE'S (Sir T.) Choicest Works, 50 most beautiful plates engraved in the finest style by Cousins, Ward, C. PROOF IMPRESSIONS, with Biographical and Critical Notices, royal folio, hf. mor. gilt leaves, fine copy, £4. 10s (pub. 25 guineas)

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presenting the choicest pictures by this great master, the volume form One of the most beautiful volumes ever published; independently of likewise a desirable companion to Lodge's Portraits.

597 LEWIS' SKETCHES and DRAWINGS of the ALHAMBRA, 26 large and beautiful tinted Drawings on stone by Harding and Lewis, impl. folio, half morocco, £2. 58 (pub. £4. 48)

585 LAYARD'S MONUMENTS of NINEVEH; Both Series of these magnificent illustrated Works, comprising Drawings of the Buildings, Sculpture, Bas-Reliefs, and other Objects discovered during his Excavations among the Ruins of Nineveh, and other ancient Cities of Assyria, 170 large and curious outline and tinted plates, 2 vols. royal folio, in hf. morocco portfolios, £4. 10s (pub. £21.) 1849-53

"In this magnificent collection of engravings the figures of Assyrian Monarchs and rulers, pictures of their usages and customs, of their buildings, arms and art, their audiences, sieges, battles, lion hunts, the shapes of their Deities and Idols, are presented to us fresh from the chisel and the pencil of Assyrian Titians and Angelos, after having lain buried at least twenty-five centuries."

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586 LAYARD'S Nineveh and its Remains, with an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezids or Devil Worshippers, &c. numerous engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. new calf gilt, £1. 88 (pub. in bds. £1. 168)

Murray, 1849 587 LAYARD'S Discoveries, in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, the result of his Second Expedition, and Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert, numerous engravings, thick 8vo. cloth, 14s (pub. £1. 18) Murray, 1853 588 LE BRUN'S DRAWINGS, illustrative of the Relation between the HUMAN PHYSIOGNOMY and that of the BRUTE CREATION, 37 large plates, containing several hundred figures, atlas folio, bds. £1. 88

1827

A fine and remarkable work: some of these plates tend to illustrate the notion of the author of the "Vestiges of Creation" as to the affinity of men and monkeys.

589 LEIGHTON'S HISTORY of FIFESHIRE from the earliest period, with 50 highly finished engravings by J. SWAN, from Drawings made expressly for this work by J. Stewart, 3 vols. 4to. hf. morocco, gilt leaves, £2. 10s (pub. £3. 38) -Another copy, LARGE PAPER, India proofs, 3 vols. roy. 4to. hf. morocco, £3. 38 (pub. £4. 48) Glasg. 1840 One of the most beautifully illustrated County Histories published. 590 LEMPRIERE'S Classical Dictionary, greatly enlarged, corrected and improved by F. D. Lempriere, thick 4to. cloth, 108 6d (pub. £3. 38)

1839

This edition likewise notices the finest ancient Statues and Busts extant, with references to the Collections in which they may be found. 591 LEPEINTRE (M.) Quatre Mois dans les Pays-Bas; Voyage épisodique et critique de deux Littérateurs dans la Belgique et la Hollande, 3 vols. 8vo. hf. cf. neat, 58 Paris, 1830 592 LE ROY'S Interchangeable Course, or Variety of Things in the Whole World and the Concurrence of Armes and Learning, &c. translated by Ashley, folio, calf, 10s 6d 1594 "This work is a comparison of this latter age with all antiquity. There never was any mighty Empire, or Monarchy, or Kingdom, or Commonwealth, but is here represented."

593 LE SAGE'S Gil Blas, translated by Smollett, large type, with numerous engravings, 3 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 148 1819 594 LETTERE Edificanti scritte dalle Missioni Straniere, with numerous coloured plates, 6 large vols. royal 8vo. bds. £2.28 Milano, 1825-9

This interesting work contains the principal Letters written by the French Missionaries from China, Cochin China, Siam, and other parts of the East, giving an account of adventures and proceedings in establishing the Roman Catholic Religion.

595 LEYCESTER'S (Sir P.) Historical Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland, with particular Remarks concerning CHESHIRE, numerous heraldic engravings, folio, calf neat,

16

1673

This volume is more particularly valuable for its history and antiquities of Cheshire; included is a transcript of Domesday Book relating to that County. Heath's copy sold for £5. 178 6d. 596 LEWIS'S SCENERY on the DEVONSHIRE RIVERS, 26 beautiful Copper-plate "PAINTERS' ETCHINGS," by F. C. Lewis, from the Pictures painted by himself, in the Collections of the Duke of Bedford, Sir T. Acland, &c. INDIA PROOFS, with Introductory Remarks, fol. cloth, £1. 10s 1843 "These Etchings are altogether the most beautiful and instructive of their kind we have yet scen. Some are mellow and beautiful Etchings: others amot nt in value of execution to effective and finishel engravings."

ART JOURNAL.

1835

598 L'HERITIER, Stirpes Novæ aut minus Cognitæ Descriptionibus et Iconibus illustratæ, with 90 fine large coLOURED ENGRAVINGS, thick impl. folio, hf. russia gilt, uncut, £1. 158 Puris, 1784 Coloured copies as the above are very scarce as but few copies were so taken: and published at about 40 guineas each.

599 LILLY'S (W. the Astrologer) History of his Life and Times, from 1602 to 1681, written by himself, 12 fine portraits by Cooper, 8vo. calf gilt, fine copy, 88 1822 600 LINGARD'S (Dr.) History of England, from the first Invasion by the Romans, large type edition, 12 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, £2. 10s 1823-29 601 LINDSAY'S (Lord) Letters from Egypt, Edom, and the Holy Land, fronts. 2 vols. post 8vo. morocco, gilt leaves, scarce, 128 1838

602 LITHGOW'S Nineteen Years' Travels and Voyages through Europe, Asia, and Africa, (in the XVIIth Century), portrait, 8vo. bds. 58 1814

603 LIVERPOOL Dissenters.-Form of Prayer and a New Collection of Psalms for the use of the Protestant Dissenters in Liverpool, 8vo. calf, 3s

1763 604 LLOYD'S (Lodowick) Stratagems of Jerusalem, with the Martial Lawes and militarie Discipline as well of the Jews as of the Gentiles, sm. 4to. claret morocco, fine copy, scarce, 148 T. Creede, 1602 605 LOGAN'S (J.) Scottish Gael or Celtic Manners as preserved among the Highlanders, coloured and other engravings of Costumes, Arms, Antiquities, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 14s (pub. £1. 10s) 1831

606 LONGFELLOW'S Hyperion, ILLUSTRATED EDITION, elegantly printed on thick hot-pressed paper with nearly 100 beautiful engravings on wood from original Drawings of the Actual Localities by BIRKET FOSTER, 8vo. elegant gilt cloth, gilt leaves, 10s (pub. £1. 18)

1854

607 LONGFELLOW'S Voices of the Night and other Poems, ILLUSTRATED EDITION, elegantly printed on thick hotpressed paper, with upwards of 60 very beautiful engravings on wood by BIRKET FOSTER, 8vo. elegant gilt cloth, gilt leaves, 78 6d (pub. 158) 1854 608 LONGFELLOW'S Golden Legend, ILLUSTRATED EDITION, elegantly printed on hot-pressed paper, with 50 beautiful engravings on wood from designs by BIRKET FOSTER, 609 LONGFELLOW'S Evangeline, a Tale of Arcadie, ILLUS8vo. elegant gilt cloth, gilt leaves, 78 6d (pub. 12s) TRATED EDITION, elegantly printed on thick hot-pressed paper, with 45 beautiful engravings on wood from designs by BIRKET FOSTER, 8vo. elegant gilt cloth, gilt leaves, 78 6d 1854 (pub. 10s 6d)

1854

The above beautifully illustrated editions are well adapted for presents or the Boudoir.

610 LONGFELLOW'S Poems, Lyrical and Dramatic, with an Essay on his Genius and Writings by Gilfillan, sqr. post 8vo. hf. morocco, gilt, 4s 6d

1848

611 LOUDON'S (Mrs.) Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Green House Plants, with 42 very BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED plates, 4to. cloth, £1. 108 (pub. £2. 12s 6d) 1848

612 LOUDON'S (Mrs.) Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants, with 48 very BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED plates, 4to. cloth, £1. 88 (pub. £2. 128 6d)

1844

613 LOVEDAY'S Hymen's Preludia, or Love's Master-piece, the much admired Romance intituled Cleopatra, transl. from the French, thick folio, calf, 68 6d 1687

One of those famous old Romances in which our ancestors so much delighted; it contains commendatory verses by R. Braithwait, G. Whar

ton and others.

1858

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614 LOVES of the Poets, or Portraits of Ideal Beauty, a series (629 MACKNIGHT'S Literal Translation of all the Apostoof 12 very beautifully engraved portraits, from Drawings lical Epistles, with a Commentary and Notes, and Life, 4 vols. by the most eminent artists, with Poetical Selections, 4to. 8vo. bds. 10s 6d elegantly gilt embossed cloth, gilt leaves, 8s 6d (pub. £1. 18) Edin., 1820 "A luminous and valuable work."-PARKHURST. 630 MARGUERITE DE VALOIS.-Mémoires de la Reine Marguerite (par Auger de Moléon), 18mo. original vellum wrapper, rare, 6s 6d Goude, 1649 631 MAGUIRE'S (J., M.P.) Rome, its Ruler and its Institutions, portrait of the Pope, thick post 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d 632 MAITLAND CLUB BOOK.-Catalogue of Sir Walter (pub. 10s 6d) Longmans, 1857 Scott's library at Abbotsford, compiled by G. Cochrane, with Preface by J. G. Lockhart, thick 4to. hf. morocco, uncut, £1. 168

manner.

An elegant Drawing Room Table Book, with Poetry by Tennyson, Wordsworth, Moore, &c. 615 LOWNDES' Bibliographer's Manual, LARGE AND THICK VELLUM PAPER, 4 vols. roy. 8vo. hf. russia, gilt top, FINE UNCUT COPY, VERY SCARCE, £7. 108 Pickering, 1834 Only 50 copies of this valuable work were printed in this superior 616 Lyndewode (W.) Provinciale, seu Constitutiones Angliæ, cum Summariis atque justis Annotationibus, printed in red and black, folio, calf, gilt leaves and silk linings, fine copy, 168 Antv., 1525 617 LYON'S (Capt.) Private Journal during his Arctic Voyage with Capt. Parry, engravings of the manners and customs, &c. of the Eskimaux, map, 8vo. calf gilt, 58 1824 618 LYSONS' MAGNA BRITANNIA, and Environs of London, BOTH WORKS COMPLETE ON LARGE VELLUM PAPER, with numerous fine engravings, PROOFS, INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL SERIES of more than 100 beautiful plates engraved by Byrne, Landseer, Middiman, &c. from Drawings by J. M. W. Turner, Hearne, Nash, Farrington, &c. 13 large vols. royal 4to. half russia, FINE UNCUT SET, £14. 108 1800-22 This splendid and valuable set of books was published at nearly 1001. and is seldom met with complete on large paper with the additional plates, and the volume comprising the Middlesex Parishes, as the above.

A similar copy, but with the disadvantage of having the edges cut, is valued in a recent catalogue at £30.

619 LYSONS' CORNWALL, History and Antiquities of, LARGE AND THICK PAPER, with finest impressions of 24 engravings by Farrington and Byrne, impl. 4to. bds. £1. 5s (pub. £6. 6s)

1814 Inserted are a few MS. memoranda and drawings pertaining to the County. 620 LYSONS' GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANTIQUITIES, 110 fine large plates of the Ancient Remains, Churches, Ruins, Tombs, &c. many of them beautifully coloured, with Descriptions, roy. folio, hf. morocco, £1. 88

1804 621 MACAULAY'S (Lord) History of England, large type library edition, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2. 88 (pub. £3.88) 1849-55

622 MACAULAY'S Lays of Ancient Rome, large type edition, sm. 4to. newly bd. calf gilt, 98 Longmans, 1845 623 MACAULAY'S History of St. Kilda, the manners and customs of the Inhabitants, Religious and Pagan Antiquities, &c. 8vo. bds. 58 1764 624 MAC BEAN'S (Capt.) Character and Costume in CONSTANTINOPLE, the IONIAN ISLANDS, &c. 25 large COLOURED PLATES in imitation of the original Drawings, with Descriptions, impl. fol. hf. bd. £1. 58 (pub. £5.58) 1854 These are the most characteristic sketches of Character and Costume ever published, and give a much better idea of the various classes of society than any previous work.

625 MACCULLOCH'S Description of the Western Islands of Scotland including the Isle of Man, their Geological Structure, Antiquities, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. and 4to. atlas of engravings, bds. scarce, £1. 8s

1819

626 MACDONOGH S (Rev. T.) Prayer the Duty and Privilege of the People of God, with Six additional Sermons, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 38 6d Salisbury, 1833 627 MACHIAVEL'S Discourses upon the First Decade of Livy, translated with marginal Animadversions by E. Dacres, 18mo. calf, 4s 6d 1636

With C. KILLIGREW's '(temp. Charles II.) AUTOGRAPH on the title: it is not quite perfect at the end. 628 MACKINTOSH (Sir J.) Memoirs of the Life of, edited by his Son, R. J. Mackintosh, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. half morocco, 158 Moxon, 1835

Only 80 copies privately printed for the members.

1838

633 MAITLAND CLUB BOOK.— Henryson's (R.)
Moral Fables of Esop, &c. IN VERSE, 4to. extra boards,
168
1832

634 MALTHUS' Principles of Population, with View of its
Only 100 copies privately printed from the rare edition of 1621.
Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness, &c. 2 vols.
635 MALCOLM'S (Sir J.) Life and Correspondence, from
8vo. bds. 10s (pub. £1. 48)
1826
unpublished Letters and Journals, including much interesting
matter relating to India, by J. W. Kaye, portrait, 2 vols.
8vo. cloth, £1. 18 (pub. £1. 168)

1856

636 MALMESBURY'S (Earl of) Diaries and Correspondence, from 1767 to 1809, edited by his Grandson, portrait, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1. 58 1844 Includes accounts of his Missions to the Courts of Madrid, Frederick the Great, Catherine II,, the Hague, Special Missions to Berlin, Brunswick, and the French Republic.

637 MALVEZZI'S (Marquesse) Pourtract of the Politicke Christian Favourite, 18mo. calf, gilt leaves, 58 6d

1645 "A Piece worthy to be read of all gentlemen who desire to know the Secrets of State and Mysteries of Government."

638 MANSIONS of CHESHIRE Illustrated, with Historical and Topographical Descriptions, upwards of 100 large and beautifully executed Drawings on stone of the principal Mansions and Seats, 2 vols. impl. 4to. hf. morocco, £2. 10s (pub. £6.68) 1850

work.

The superior character of the illustrations and the interesting details of family history given in the descriptions, render this a most attractive 639 MANT'S (Bp.) History of the Church of Ireland, from the Reformation to the Union with the Church of England, with Catalogue of the Archbps. and Bps. to 1840, 2 thick vols. 8vo. cloth, 18s (pub. £1. 148) 1840

640 MANZONI'S I Promessi Sposi; The Betrothed, trans-
lated from the Italian, engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. olive
morocco, gilt leaves, 168
Burns, 1844
641 MAPS.- ORDNANCE SURVEYS of ENGLAND and WALES,
apparently the complete set, mounted on linen, and preserved
in 14 vols. roy. 4to. equal to new, £14. 148 (published at
nearly £50.)

v. y.

This magnificent series of Maps is engraved on a scale of 1 inch to the mile.

642 MARCO POLO'S Travels during the XIIIth Century, a
Description of Remarkable Places and Things in the Eastern
Parts of the World, transl. by MARSDEN, map, 4to. bds.
very scarce, £2. 10s
1818
"An admirable picture of the East at the end of the 13th century."
RETROSP. REV.
643 MARIANA (J. de) Historia General de Espana, con el
Sumario y Tablas, BEST EDITION, 2 thick vols. folio, calf
neat, £2. 28
Madrid, Ibarra, 1780
"This edition is very scarce and does much honour to the celebrated
printer Ibarra."-SALVA.
644 MARMONTEL, ses Œuvres (Contes Moraux, Bélisaire,
Les Incas, Mémoires d'un Père, Eléments de Littérature,)
large type edition, engravings, 12 vols. 8vo. hf. morocca
neat, £1. 1s
Paris, 182

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