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44 AUDEBERT (J. B.) et VIEILLOT, HISTOIRE 58 BARTON'S (Dr. W.) Vegetable MATERIA MEDICA NATURELLE et Générale des COLIBRIS, OISEAUXMOUCHES, Jacamars, Promeros, Grimperaux et Oiseaux de Paradis (Histoire des Oiseaux Dorés) with 189 delicately cOLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS of Humming Birds, Birds of Paradise, &c. 2 thick vols. roy. 4to. full bound, green morocco, gilt leaves, £5. 15s Paris, 1802

A SPLENDID WORK, in which the figures are executed with great precision, and in natura! and graceful attitudes. Though printed in colours, the illustrations are almost as good as if coloured by hand, and resemble highly finished water-colour drawings. 45 BAILEY'S (T.) ANNALS of NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ; History of the County of NOTTINGHAM, including the Borough, with map and engravings, 4 vols. roy. 8vo. in 2 thick vols. hf. calf, £1. 18 (1853) 46 BAILY'S MAGAZINE OF SPORTS and PASTIMES, from the commencement in 1860 to Dec. 1865, inclusive, with finely engraved portraits of some of the most eminent Patrons of the Turf, 10 vols. 8vo. half calf, scarce, £2. 128 1860-5 47 BAINES' (E.) HISTORY of LANCASHIRE, with Lives of eminent Natives, &c. by WHATTON, genealogies and numerous portraits and highly finished engravings, autographs, &c. 4 vols. 4to. hf. calf neat, £6. 10s 1836 48 BAKER'S (Sir R.) CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, with a continuation to 1660 by Phillips (nephew of Milton), and a second continuation to the Death of George I. frontispiece, BEST EDITION, folio, calf (slightly wormed), 10s 6d

1733

49 BALLADS. OLD SHEET BALLADS, SONGS, Tradesmen's Poetical Advertisements, and Pieces of Old Music, with the words of the Songs, in all 32 sheets, many printed on coarse paper, and a few illustrated by rude woodcuts, 188

London, Birmingham, Coventry, etc. v. d. 50 BANKS' (T.) DORMANT and EXTINCT BARONAGE of ENGLAND, from the Norman Conquest, with Genealogical Tables, 4 vols. 4to. boards, £1. 18s 1807-37 51 BARBIER'S (J.) JANUA LINGUARUM quadrilinguis, or a Messe of Tongues, Latine, English, French, and Spanish, neatly served up together, sm. 4to. bound, £1. 1s Londini, 1617

FIRST EDITION of this scarce and curious volume, which contains 1200 Proverbs in four languages. Inglis' copy sold for £3. 3s, and the same work has been marked £4. 4s in a Bookseller's Catalogue.

52 BARROW'S (Sir J.) History of VOYAGES to the ARCTIC REGIONS for the Discovery of a NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, from the year 861 to 1818, map, 8vo. boards, 6s 6d

1818 53 BARRY'S (Rev. Dr.) HISTORY of the ORKNEY ISLANDS, Second edition, with corrections and addi

tions, by Headrick, map and plates, 4to. hf. calf gilt (a highly valuable work), 10s 6d

1808

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of the UNITED STATES; or, Medical Botany, containing a Botanical, General, and Medical History of Medicinal Plants, indigenous to the United States, with 24 large and FINELY COLOURED PLATES, Vol. I. 4to. hf. bound, £1. 188 Philadelphia, 1817 58 BARWELL (R.) On the Causes and Treatment of LATERAL CURVATURE of the SPINE, post 8vo. cloth, 48 6d 1868

59 BARWELL'S (R.) Treatise on DISEASES of the JOINTS, illustrated by numerous woodcuts, 8vo. cloth, 78 6d 1861 60 BATE'S (J.) Cyclopædia of Illustrations of MORAL and RELIGIOUS TRUTHS; consisting of Definitions, Metaphors, Emblems, Analogies, Anecdotes, &c. &c. fourth and enlarged edition, thick 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d

1866

61 BATES' (H.) NATURALIST on the RIVER AMAZONS, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during eleven years of Travel, with numerous engravings on wood, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 128 1863

62 BATTY'S (Capt.) GERMAN SCENERY, 60 fine engravings by Finden, Heath, and others, excellent impressions, with Descriptions in English and French, impl. 8vo. hf. russia gilt, rough edges, 188

1823

63 BATTY'S (Capt.) HANOVERIAN, Saxon, and Danish Scenery, PROOF IMPRESSIONS of the 60 highly finished engravings by Letitia Byrne, Goodall, and others, with Descriptions in English and French, LARGE PAPER, 4to. hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, £1. 18s 1829 64 BAXTER'S (R.) A KEY for CATHOLICKS, to Open the Jugling of the Jesuits, sm. 4to. calf, (with autograph of the late DEAN MILMAN, dated May, 1815) London, Printed for N. Simmons, Bookseller in Kederminster, 1659 65 BAXTER'S (R.) Certain Disputations of RIGHT to SACRAMENTS, and the True Nature of VISIBLE CHRISTIANITY, sm. 4to. calf, 68 6d

68

1679

London, Printed for N. Simmons, Bookseller in Kederminster, 1658 66 BAXTER'S (R.) NONCONFORMIST'S PLEA for PEACE; or, an Account of their Judgment, 12mo. 67 BAXTER'S (R.) The CURE of CHURCH DIVISIONS; calf, 58 or, Directions for Weak Christians to keep them from being Dividers or Troublers of the Church, 12mo. calf, (with autograph of Archd. Wrangham) 5s 6d London, Printed for N. Symmons, at the 3 Crowns 68 BAYLE'S (P.) HISTORICAL and CRITICAL DICover against Holborn Conduit, 1670 TIONARY, translated, with additions and corrections, 4 vols. folio, in the original panelled calf, a good copy, £2. 28 69 BEALE (L. S.) On KIDNEY DISEASES, Urinary Deposits, and Calculous Disorders; their Nature and Treatment, third and greatly enlarged edition, with 70 plates, thick 8vo. cloth, 16s (pub. £1. 5s) 70 BEATTIE'S (W.) CASTLES and ABBEYS of ENGLAND, from the National Records, Early Chronicles, &c first series, illustrated by upwards of 200 beautiful engravings on steel and wood, Vol. I. impl. 8vo. hf. calf neat, 10s 6d

1710

1869

1842

71 BEATTIE'S (W.) WALDENSES, or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche, with portrait, map, and 71 highly finished engravings on steel, from drawings by W. H. BARTLETT and W. BROCKEDON, fine early impressions, demy 4to. hf. morocco extra, gilt edges, £1. 1s

1838

1838

72 BEATTIE (W.) SCOTLAND ILLUSTRATED in a Series of Views taken expressly for the work by T. ALLOM, BARTLETT, and others, upwards of 120 highly finished engravings, early impressions, with Descriptions, 2 vols. 4to. hf. calf neat, £1. 10s 73 BEAUTIES of ENGLAND and WALES, or original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive of each County, by J. Britton, Brayley, and others, with BREWER'S INTRODUCTION, illustrated by about 700 engravings of Mansions, Views, &c. and woodcuts by Bewick, 26 vols. 8vo. new hf. russia gilt,

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74 BEDE'S (the Venerable), WORKS complete, in the Original Latin, accompanied by a New English Translation of the Historical Works, and a Life of the Author, by the REV. DR. GILES, 12 vols. 8vo. hf. calf antique, red edges, contents lettered, £3. 5s 75 BELL'S (T.) History of the BRITISH STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA, with 174 beautiful engravings on wood, 8vo. cloth, £1. Is Van Voorst, 1853 76 BEMBO (Cardinale P.) OPERE (Gli Asolani, Rime, Istoria Viniziana, Lettere, della Volgar Lingua), fine portrait, 12 vols. 8vo. hf. vellum, £1. 16s Milano, 1808-10 "The high commendations bestowed upon the writings of Bembo, by almost all his contemporaries, have been confirmed by the best critics of succeeding times."-Roscoe.

77 BENNET'S (Dr. J.) Treatise on INFLAMMATION of the UTERUS and its Appendages, thick 8vo. cloth,

68 6d

1849

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79 BENNETT'S (Dr. J. H.) Clinical Lectures on the PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of MEDICINE, second edition, with 468 illustrations on wood, very thick 8vo. cloth, 12s

1858 80 BEWICK'S (T.) History of BRITISH LAND and WATER BIRDS, with fair impressions of the famous woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1. 16s Newcastle, 1847 81 BEWICK'S (T.) WOOD ENGRAVINGS of QUADRUPEDS, comprising 224 figures printed on separate leaves on one side only, without letterpress, demy 4to. half morocco, gilt top, rough edges, £3. 10s

Newcastle, 1824 82 BEWICK.-BEATTIE'S (J.) MINSTREL, and other Poems, with woodcuts by BEWICK, sm. 12mo. calf, 48 6d 1805 83 BEWICK-BEAUTIES of BRITISH POETRY, with numerous woodcuts by BEWICK, thick 12mo. calf, (wants title) 48 6d n. d. 84 BEWICK.-BLOOMFIELD's (R.) FARMER'S BOY, a Rural Poem, with woodcuts by BEWICK and his pupil Clennell, 12mo. calf, 58 6d

1811

85 BEWICK-BLOSSOMS of MORALITY, illustrated by 47 woodcuts by BEWICK, 12mo. bound, 6s 6d E. Newbery, 1796 The first edition of this popular little book, embellished with Bewick's famous cuts.

86 BEWICK.-BUTLER'S (S.) HUDIBRAS, illustrated by numerous woodcuts by C. Nesbit, pupil of Bewick, and containing one on the title by T. Bewick, 12mo. boards, 5s

1811 87 BEWICK.-COMPENDIUM of ZOOLOGY; being a Description of more than 300 Animals, with numerous woodcuts by Bewick and his pupils, fcap. 8vo. hf. calf, 53 6d 1818

88 BEWICK.-FISHER'S (J.) A SPRING-DAY; or Contemplations on several Occurrences which naturally strike the Eye in that delightful Season, with portrait of the Author, and several large woodcuts by the famous T. BEWICK, 8vo. old calf, scarce, 14s 89 BEWICK.-GOLDSMITH and PARNELL's Poetical Edin. 1808 Works, beautifully printed in bold type by Bulmer, with large woodcuts by BEWICK, excellent impres1795 sions, 4to. hf. morocco, £1. 10s

90 BEWICK.-NEW LOTTERY BOOK of BIRDS and BEASTS, for Children to learn their letters by as soon as they can speak, printed on thick paper, with 48 charming little cuts by Bewick, 32mo. in the original Dutch gilt paper binding, a beautifully clean copy, VERY SCARCE, £1. 10s

Newcastle, printed by T. SAINT, for W. Charnley, 1771 Particularly interesting to the collector as one of the first efforts of Bewick, having been executed during his apprenticeship to Mr. Beilby, who subsequently became his partner in business. It is the earliest known work of this artist excepting only the diagrams which he engraved for Hutton's Mensuration, published in 1770. 91 BEWICK.-SOMERVILLE'S (W.) THE CHASE, a Poem, with Life, Bulmer's magnificent edition printed on thick paper, illustrated by BEWICK's famous woodcuts, roy. 8vo. old blue morocco extra, gilt leaves, iss 92 BEWICK.-TANSILLO'S (L.) The NURSE, a Poem, translated by W. Roscoe, with Italian Text, and woodcuts by BEWICK, 12mo. calf, scarce, 6s 6d 1804 93 BEWICK.-THOMSON'S (J.) SEASONS, Bensley`s fine large print edition, embellished with engravings on wood by BEWICK, from Thurston's designs, roy. 8vo. calf, (rather defaced by pencil marks on some of 1805 the leaves), 10s 6d

1802

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95 Biblia Sacra Latina, cum Prologo et Præfacione S. HIERONYMI, 4to. fine copy, with the initials mostly in colours, smooth morocco antique, gilt leaves, by Pratt, (first and last leaves repaired), £7. 15s

Venetiis, per Leonardum Wild, MCCCCLXXXI 96 Bible and Apocrypha, nowe lately with greate industry and diligèce recognised (by Edm. Becke), translated by T. MATTHEWE, with TYNDALE'S PROLOGUES, MDXLIX; accompanied by the Book of C. PRAYER (of the Reign of K. James I.) thick folio, rough calf, £2. 28 Daye and Seres, MDXLIX

A RARE EDITION of the Bible, wholly printed in Gothic type, with numerous woodcuts, two (in the Psalms and in Isaiah), occapying the entire breadth of the page. Both the Bible and the Prayer Book are soiled, and very imperfect; but the former contains the titles to the third part, to the Apocrypha, and to the N. Testament, and both of them would be useful for completing inperfect copies. A perfect copy of this Bible sold for £29. 10s in Wilks' sale, and for £40. in Gardner's, in 1854.

97 BIBLE.-OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS, KNIGHT'S ORIGINAL PICTORIAL EDITION, with copious Explanatory Notes, and many hundred engravings on wood, representing Historical Events, Landscapes, Natural History, Costume, &c. 3 vols. impl. 8vo. cloth, £1. 48 1836-8

98 BIBLE.-OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS, PICTORIAL EDITION, with copious explanatory Notes by Dr. KITTO, and several hundred engravings on steel and wood, 4 vols. impl. 8vo. purple calf gilt, best style, £2. 28

1855 Last edition, containing additional Notes based on the discoveries of recent travellers.

TROUPES FRANÇOISES en POLOGNE, (a Narrative of the French Expedition to Dantzig in 1734), edited from the original MS., with Prefatory Notices, finely printed on thick vellum paper, with a few engravings of Arms, &c. 4to. boards, rough edges, £1. 4s Edin. 1831 ONLY 62 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED, at the expense of Mr. A.

99 BIBLE.-OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS and APO- | 115 BOENCOURT (Chevalier de) VOYAGE des CRYPHA, with marginal references, 4to. old blue morocco extra, with full gilt back, gold borders on the sides, and gilt leaves, 16s 6d Cambridge, 1769 100 BIBLE PRINTS.-LUYKEN (J.) ICONES BIBLICE VETERIS et NOVI TESTAMENTI, 62 fine large engravings illustrating the principal events recorded in the Scriptures, drawn and engraved by J. LUYKEN; also 29 smaller ones in vignette form, representing Scenes from the Life of Christ, with descriptions in French, roy. folio, hf. calf, £1. 148 Amst. 1732 101 BILLING'S (Dr. A.) Practical Observations on DISEASES of the LUNGS and HEART, 8vo. cloth, 5s

1852

102 BILLINGS' (R.) ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES
of the COUNTY of DURHAM, ecclesiastical, castellated,
and domestic, with 64 highly finished engravings on
steel by Le Keux and others, 4to. boards, £1. 1s 1846
103 BILLINGS' (R.) Architectural Illustrations and
Descriptions of the CATHEDRAL CHURCH at DUR-
HAM, with 75 highly finished engravings on steel, by
Le Keur and others, 4to. boards, £1. 1s
104 BLACKWELL'S (T.) Enquiry into the LIFE and
WRITINGS of HOMER, with map and vignettes after
Gravelot, &c. thick 8vo. calf, 68

148

1843

1735

105 BLAIR'S (Dr.) CHRONOLOGICAL and Historical TABLES, from the Creation to the Present Time, enlarged by Sir HENRY ELLIS, impl. 8vo. hf. morocco, 1844 106 BLAIR'S (H.) LECTURES on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, portrait, 3 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 58 6d 1812 107 BLAKE.-YOUNG'S (E.) NIGHT THOUGHTS, finely printed in large type, and illustrated with the 43 grand allegorical compositions by WILLIAM BLAKE, original impressions, atlas 4to. hf. bound, rough edges, SCARCE, £4. 4s

1797

1839

108 BLAKEY'S (R.) HISTORY of the PHILOSOPHY of
MIND; embracing the Opinions of all Writers on
Mental Science from the earliest Period, 4 vols. 8vo.
cloth, 10s 6d-Another copy, hf. calf neat, 15s 1850
A work of immense labour, the result of no less than twenty
years' study and research. "For the thorough student of the his-
tory of philosophy, this is the best guide."-ATHENÆUM.
109 BLESSINGTON'S (Countess of) The IDLER in
ITALY, large type edition, 3 vols. post 8vo. hf. calf
gilt, 98
110 BLIGH'S (Lieut. W.) Narrative of the MUTINY
of the BOUNTY, with charts, royal 4to. old tree calf
gilt, (the Duke of York's copy), 78 6d
1790
111 BLIGH'S (Lieut. W.) VOYAGE to the SOUTH SEA,
with an Account of the Mutiny on board the Bounty,
portrait and charts, 4to. old calf gilt, (the Duke of
York's copy), 78 6d
1792
112 BLOMFIELD'S (Bp.) SERMONS preached in the
Parish Church of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, 8vo. hf.
calf neat, 58 6d
113 BOCACE (J.) Le DECAMERON, (édition complète),
illustrated by numerous vignettes and 116 highly
finished engravings after GRAVELOT, EISEN, COCHIN,
BOUCHER, and others, EXCELLENT IMPRESSIONS,
5 vols. 8vo. A LARGE AND CHOICE COPY, remarkably
well preserved, in the original French red morocco,
super extra, with gold borders on the sides and gilt
leaves, £14. 148
Londres (Paris), 1757-61
114 BOECKLERN (G. A.) ARCHITECTURA CURIOSA
NOVA: das ist Neue Ergötzliche Sinn und Kunst-
reiche auch nützliche BAU-UND WASSERKUNST,
nearly 200 plates of Fountains, 4 parts, complete in
one vol. folio, a fine clean copy in white vellum,
£1.88
Nürnberg, no date (about 1664)
Dr. Watts calls this a curious work, but he does not mention
this edition, which is said to contain all the parts.

1829

Henderson, of Edinburgh.

116 Booke of Common Prayer, and Administration
of the Sacraments, and other Parts of Divine Ser-
vice FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND,
1637, and the PSALMS, (in verse, with musical notes),
translated by KING JAMES, London, 1636, folio, calf
gilt, a rather short, but remarkably clean copy, VERY
RARE, £5. 5s
Edwin R. Young, 1637

This is the edition of the Book of Common Prayer usually called "Laud's' and sometimes The Scotch Service Book." It was altered and adapted for the use of the Church of Scotland, and K. Charles I. and Archbishop Laud vainly attempted to force it upon the people. Its introduction was strenuously opposed, and most of the copies destroyed,

117 BOOK of Common Prayer, BASKERVILLE'S EDITION, beautifully printed, impl. 8vo. old red morocco, gilt leaves and sides, 18s

Camb. 1762

118 [BORLASE'S (Dr. E.)] HISTORY of the IRISH REBELLION, traced from many preceding Acts to the Grand Eruption, 1641, and thence pursued to the Act of Settlement, 1662, with copious Appendixes, BEST EDITION, folio, a fine copy in hf. calf gilt, 98 6d Dublin, 1743 119 BOSSOLI'S (C.) THE WAR IN ITALY, Scenery and Battles, 40 beautiful tinted plates, with descriptions by the Author of the " Times" Letters from the Allied Camp, sm. 4to. cloth extra, gilt edges, 12s 6d (pub. £1. 18)

1859

These forty pictures, from the spirited drawings of Carlo Bossoli, exclusive of maps, comprise all the scenes so familiar to our readers through the descriptions of our Special Correspondent, and constitute a panoramic view of the entire war, as interesting in its separate subjects, as it is clear and complete as a whole." TIMES. 120 BOSTOCK'S (Dr. J.) Elementary System of PHYSIOLOGY, 3 vols. 8vo. boards, 7s 6d 1828 121 BOSWELL'S (J.) LIFE of DR. S. JOHNSON, edited by Croker, with numerous portraits and engravings by Finden, 10 vols. fcap. 8vo. original cloth, £1. 88 1835 The most readable and convenient edition of the work pub122 BOTANIST (The); comprising representations of tender and hardy ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, with_Descriptions, edited by B. MAUND and the Rev. J. S. Henslow, 250 BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED plates, complete in 5 vols. sm. 4to. hf. calf neat, UNCUT, £2. 28 n. d.

lished.

of

general interest, but it comprises in its pages all the information of a popular character that is connected either directly or indirectly with the plants described.

The Botanist is not so much a work of a scientific character as

123 BOULTER'S (Abp.) LETTERS to several Ministers of State in England, and some others, containing an Account of the most interesting Transactions in IRELAND from 1724 to 1738, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 12s Oxford, 1769

"These letters, in all probability, will ever remain the most authentic history of Ireland for that space of time in which they were written."-PREFACE.

124 Bourbon (Frère Jacques Bastard de) LA GRANDE et MERVEILLEUSE et très CRUELLE OPPUGNATION de la NOBLE CITÉ de RHODES, prinse naguieres par Sultan Seliman à présent Grand Turcq, ennemy de la très saincte Foy Catholicque, with numerous large and small ornamental initial letters, (a small portion of the upper part of 10 leaves repaired, the reading supplied in MS.) FIRST EDITION, 4to. old calf gilt, RARE, £2. 28 Paris, par Pierre Vidoue, MDXXV This rare book is from the library of E. Waterton, Esq. of Walton, and contains his fine bookplate.

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128 BRIGHT'S (Right Hon. J.) SPEECHES on Questions of Public Policy, edited by J. E. T. Rogers, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 14s (pub. £1. 5s) 129 BRIGHT and ADDISON'S (Drs.) Elements of the Practice of Medicine, Vol. I, 8vo. cloth (all published), 78 1839 130 BRITISH FOSSILS.-MEMOIRS of the GEOLOGICAL SURVEY of the UNITED KINGDOM, or Figures and Descriptions of British Organic Remains, in 10 Decades, with upwards of 100 finely executed plates, exhibiting many hundred specimens, very thick roy. 8vo. new hf. calf neat, £1. 188 1849-61

Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.

131 BRITISH NOVELISTS.-Barbauld's excellent edition complete, comprising the works of the most esteemed Novelists, with Biographical and Critical Prefaces, portraits, 50 vols. 12mo. hf. calf neat, £7. 7s

1820

Includes the best novels of De Foe, Fielding, Richardson, Miss Burney, Johnson, Goldsmith, Mackenzie, &c. 132 BRITISH and FOREIGN MEDICAL REVIEW, or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, edited by Drs. Forbes and Conolly, from its commencement in Jan. 1836 to 1854, with plates, and Index, 39 vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, £5. 58 1836-54 133 BROCKEDON'S (W.) PASSES of the ALPS, 109 highly finished engravings by Finden and other eminent artists, including a map of each Pass, and a general map of the Alps, BRILLIANT INDIA PROOFS (attested impressions), LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. folio, hf. morocco extra, gilt edges, £4. 10s

1828-9

134 BROWN'S (Tom) WORKS in Prose and Verse, Serious and Comical, with his Life and Character, by J. Drake, plates, 4 vols. sm. 8vo. old calf gilt, good copy, £1. 18 1744

The life and popular manners of his time are vividly depicted in the pages of Tom Brown. His genius is acknowledged by Dr. Johnson.

135 BRUCE'S (J.) TRAVELS in Nubia, Egypt, Abyssinia, &c. to Discover the Source of the Nile, 7 vols. 8vo. and ATLAS of engravings, 4to. grained calf neat, £1. 58

1804

136 BRUCE'S (John) REPORT on the Arrangements made for the internal Defence of these Kingdoms, when SPAIN, by its ARMADA, projected the Invasion and Conquest of England; and application of the wise Proceedings of our Ancestors to the Present Crisis, chart of the Thames, 1798-REPORT on the Events and Circumstances which produced the UNION of ENGLAND and SCOTLAND, 2 vols. 1799-together 3 vols. 8vo. calf (not uniform), very scarce, £1. 15s PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1798-9

Both of these Reports were privately printed; the first, for the exclusive use of ministers at the time of Napoleon's threatened invasion, and the second was prepared by Mr. Bruce at the desire of the Duke of Portland, then Secretary of State. From the Duke of Sussex's library, with Book-plates.

137 BUCHANAN'S (G.) HISTORY of SCOTLAND, translated, with notes, and continued by J. AIKMAN, portrait, 6 vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, £1. 4s Edin. 1828

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One of the most valuable historical works of the age. 141 BUCKNILL and TUKE'S (Drs.) MANUAL of PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE; containing the History, Nosology, Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Insanity; with Appendix of Cases, 8vo. cloth, 12s 1838 142 BUDD (Dr. G.) on the Organic Diseases and Functional Disorders of the STOMACH, 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d 1855 143 BUFFON (G. L.) ses EUVRES COMPLÈTES, avec les Suites, illustrated by 300 vignettes representing more than 800 animals, a portrait of Buffon, &c. drawn by V. Adam, 6 vols. sm. folio, hf: bound, only 188 Paris, 1835 144 BUNYAN'S (J.) PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, with Life by G. CHEEVER, D.D., elegantly printed on fine toned paper, with numerous beautiful illustrations by DALZIEL after HARVEY, LARGE PAPER, sm. 4to. boards, 158 (pub. £2. 28)

(1856)

145 BUNYAN'S (J.) PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, with original notes, by the Rev. T. Scott, illustrated by numerous line engravings from beautiful designs by STOTHARD, Sq 8vo. calf neat, 9s 6d

1857

146 BUNYAN'S (J.) PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, with Life by Robt. Southey, MAJOR'S FINE EDITION, with portrait, engravings from Martin's pictures, and numerous woodcuts, 8vo. smooth morocco, antique style, gilt edges, £1. 18

1830

147 BURCKHARDT'S (J. L.) TRAVELS in NUBIA, with portrait and maps, 4to. grained calf neat, 15s

1819

148 BURGES' (W.) ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS; 75 finely executed lithographic plates containing several hundred facsimiles of Drawings of Architecture, with details and measurements, from the Cathedrals of France and Italy; and of English and Foreign Screens, Fountains, Doors, Windows, Furniture. Chalices, etc.; together with a few examples of ancient alphabets, and numerous specimens of COSTUMES, male and female, ecclesiastical, and military, from the Anglo-Saron Period to the XVIth Century, the whole accompanied by short Descriptions, impl. folio, hf. morocco, £3. 10s

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149 BURKE'S (E.) SPEECHES in the House of Commons and in Westminster Hall, 4 vols. 8vo. boards, uncut, £1. 12s

1816

150 BURNS (R.)-POEMS, LETTERS, and LAND of ROBERT BURNS illustrated; with Memoir, and Notices critical and biographical of his Works, and upwards of 80 highly finished engravings on steel, consisting of portraits, etc. (some rather foxed) 2 vols. 4to. hf. calf gilt, £1. 88 G. Virtue, n d 151 BURNS' (R.) POETICAL WORKS complete, with Glossary, Notes, and Life, by CURRIE and Gilbert Burns, 4 vols. 8vo. old mottled calf gilt, 128

1803

152 BURTIN'S (F. X. de) Treatise on the Knowledge necessary to Amateurs in PICTURES, translated and abridged from the French, by R. White, plates, 8vo. cloth, 5s

1845

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An entertaining literary and bibliographical work, dealing in a most delightful way with the nature and functions of the Bibliomaniac.

154 BURTON'S (R.) ANATOMY of MELANCHOLY,

1804

with Life and the Satyrical Preface, fronts. 2 vols. 8vo. hf. russia, 9s 6d 155 BURTON'S (Capt. R.) Explorations of the HIGHLANDS of the BRAZIL; with a full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines, with map, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d (pub. £1. 108) 1869

156 BUTLER'S (S.) HUDIBRAS, with Annotations by Grey; also GENUINE REMAINS in Verse and Prose, with Notes by Thyer, portrait by Vertue, and engravings after Hogarth, 4 vols. 8vo. old calf gilt, £1. 128 1759-64 "It is to Mr. Longueville that we are indebted for the publication of Butler's remains, which are quite worthy of the wit of Hudibras, and deserve to be more generally known. Butler was the greatest wit that ever wrote in verse."-Leigh Hunt, the Town, vol. 2. p. 141.

1822

157 BUTLER'S (S.) HUDIBRAS, with Life, and Notes, historical, biographical and explanatory, from Grey, and others, fine large print edition, with 12 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 188 158 BUTLER'S (S.) HUDIBRAS, with Notes by Dr. Nash, numerous quaint illustrations, 2 vols. post 8vo. in one, hf. calf, 10s 6d 1848 159 BUTLER'S (W. A.) Letters on the DEVELOPMENT of CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, edited by the Rev. T. Woodward, 8vo. calf antique, red edges, 12s 6d 1850

160 BYRON'S (Lord) POETICAL WORKS, with all the Notes, THE HANDSOME LIBRARY EDITION, in large type, portrait, 8 vols. 8vo. bright calf gilt, contents lettered, scarce, £3. 3s 1839 161 BYRON'S (Lord) WORKS complete, including his Letters, Journals, and Life, by T. Moore, and all the Variorum Notes, portraits and beautiful engravings | by Finden from drawings by Turner, Stanfield, &c. 17 vols, fcap. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, £3. 5s 1832-3 162 BYRON'S (Lord) CONVERSATIONS with the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON, interspersed with Poetry, portrait, 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, 6s 6d 1834 163 BYRON.-FINDEN'S (E.) Landscape and Portrait Illustrations to the Life and Works of LORD BYRON, comprising upwards of 150 highly finished steel engravings, fine and unspotted impressions, with Descriptions by Brockedon, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. green morocco, gilt leaves, £2. 16s 1835

These celebrated plates are from drawings by Stanfield, Roberts, Cattermole, J. M. W. Turner, Prout, Harding and other Artists.

164 CABINET of GENIUS; containing Frontispieces and Characters adapted to the most Popular Poems, &c., by Gray, Burns, Marvel, Gay, and others, upwards of 50 very pleasing and cleverly executed engravings by Shelley and C. Taylor, accompanied by the Songs and Poems, at length, 2 vols. sm. 4to. in one, hf. russia, 168

1787

165 CALMET'S (A.) DICTIONARY of the BIBLE, with the Biblical Fragments by the late Charles Taylor, greatly enlarged edition, illustrated by numerous maps and copperplate engravings, 5 vols. 4to. calf gilt, £1. 188

1838

This indispensably necessary work to every Biblical Student has been placed, by the united voice of the Literary World, at the head of Biblical Encyclopedias, and has been pronounced to be, in its present form, "an invaluable treasury of Biblical lore, and a stupendous monument of literary industry.

166 CAMBRIAN JOURNAL; published under the auspices of the Cambrian Institute, complete from the commencement to Sept. 1865, engravings, 10 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, and 3 parts, £4. 15s

1854-65

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"Camden's Annals of Elizabeth and Bacon's History of K.

Henry VII. are the only two Lives of the Sovereigns of England which come up to the dignity of the subject either in fulness of matter or beauty of composition."-SELDEN.

169 CAMPAN'S (Mad.) MARIA ANTOINETTE, Queen of France and Navarre; Memoirs of her private Life, with Anecdotes of the Reigns of Louis XIV, XV, and XVI, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 98 6d 1824 A faithful and impartial account of the Queen, with curious particulars relating to the old court of Louis XV. 170 CAMPBELL'S (A.) Picturesque JOURNEY from EDINBURGH through NORTH BRITAIN, with Remarks on Scottish Landscape, Manners, &c. and Biographical Sketches, with maps and 44 fine aquatinta engravings by Medland and others, 2 vols. 4to. in one, hf. calf, 98 1810

Includes a very interesting description of the physical, moral, political, religious, and literary state of the Scotch Metropolis. 171 CAMPBELL'S (Lord) LIVES of the Lord ChanCELLORS and Keepers of the Great Seal, third edition, Vols. 1 to 3, 8vo. calf antique, carmine edges, £1. 48 Murray, 1848 172 CANNING'S (Rt. Hon. G.) SPEECHES, edited with Life, by R. Therry, portrait, 6 vols. (1828)-POLITICAL LIFE, (1822-27) by his Private Secretary, A. G. STAPLETON, 3 vols. 1831-together 9 vols. 8vo. new bright hf. calf gilt, uniform, BEST LIBRARY EDITIONS, £3.5s

1828-31 173 CANTON (E.) On the ARCUS SENILIS, or Fatty Degeneration of the Cornea, engravings, 8vo. cloth, 58

1863

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175 CARADOC'S (of Lhancarvan) HISTORY of WALES, translated by H. Lhoyd, augmented and continued by D. Powel, reprinted from the rare edition of 1584, with facsimiles of the curious woodcut portraits, roy. 4to. calf gilt, 168 1811

176 CARLISLE'S (N.) TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of ENGLAND, 2 vols. 4to. russia gilt, fine copy, 10s 6d

1808 177 CARLYLE'S (T.) ESSAYS, Critical and Miscellaneous, 5 vols. fcap. 8vo. cloth, £1. Is 1842

178 CARON (F.) and JoosT SHORTEN'S True description of the Mighty Kingdoms of JAPAN and SIAM, translated from the Dutch by CAPT. afterwards SIR Roger MANLEY, chart and plates, 12mo. russia extra, gilt leaves, RARE, 15s

1663

At page 5 et seq. is a list of the Revenues of the Kings, Princes, Dukes and Lords of Japan, from which it would appear they were

enormously rich.

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