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accompanied with no less purity of moral, taste; an ardour panting equally after intellectual and virtuous excellence; and an uncommon capacity at once for that close and concentrated attention, which draws knowledge from books, and for that quick and varied observation, which collects it from the survey of men and things."-Field's Life of Parr, ii. 417.

12176 TWINING'S (R.) Answer to the E I. Directors respecting the Sale and Price of Tea, 1785.-Remarks on the Report respecting the Sale and Price of Tea, by the same, 1784.— Observations on the Tea and Window Act, by the same, 1784.-On the Receipt Tax, by the same, 1784. — In 1 vol. 8vo, (Presentation copies to Dr. Parr) slightly wormed, half-bound, 5s.

12177 Twiss' (FRANCIS) COMPLETE VERBAL Index to the PLAYS OF SHAKSPEARE, adapted to all Editions; 2 vols. 8vo, uncut, scarce, 41. 4s.

1805

12178 Twiss' (Richard) Travels through Portugal and Spain in 1772 and 1773; 4to, map and plates (including the Madonna and Child, by Bartolozzi) fine impressions, calf, 14s. 1775 Tour in Ireland in 1775; 8vo, Map and View of the Salmon-Leap at Ballyshannon, uncut, 5s. Chess; 2 vols. 8vo, uncut, scarce, 12s.

12179 12180

1776

1787-89

A most amusing work, full of anecdotes concerning chess and chess players. 12181 TWYSDEN'S (Roger) Historical Vindication of the Church of England, in point of Schism; sm. 4to, nt. scarce, 10s. 1663 12182 TYERMAN (Rev. D.) and G. BENNET'S Journal of Voyages and Travels while deputed from the London Missionary Society to visit their various Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c. between the years 1821 and 1829. Compiled from the original Documents by James Montgomery; 2 vols. 8vo, portraits and plates, calf gilt, 11. 10s.

1831

12183 TYERS' (Thos.) Political Conferences between several great Men in the last and present Century, with Notes by the Editor (including the Conference between the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Hardwicke, of which only 25 copies were printed) 8vo. hf-bd. uncut, top edge gilt, 1l. 1s. 1781 With the following note in the handwriting of James Boswell, Johnson's biographer: "A present from my excellent friend, James Bindley, Esq. Mr. Bindley informed me, upon the authority of Mr. John Nicholls, that only 25 copies of the eleventh conference were printed."

12184 TYLER's (Rev. J. Endell) Memoirs of Henry V, as Prince of Wales and King of England; 2 vols. 8vo, portrait (published at 17. 8s.) cloth, 17. 1s.

1838

12185 Tyndale and Frith. Works of the English Reformers William Tyndale and John Frith, edited by Thomas Russell; 3 vols. 8vo, (pub. at 17. 11s. 6d.) bds. 18s.

1831

12186 TYRRELL'S (James) General History of England, both Ecclesiastical and Civil. Taken from the most ancient Records, MSS, and printed Historians, with his Bibliotheca Politica; 4 vols. in 6, folio, fine and perfect copy, very neat, scarce, 51. 5s.

12187

1697

Bibliotheca Politica, or an Enquiry into the Ancient Constitution of the English Government. To which is added Dialogue XIV, containing an Account of the Civil War; small 4to, 5s. 1694-1702

12188 TYTLER's (Alexander Fraser, afterwards Lord Woodhouselee)

12189

12190

12191

12192

Account of some extraordinary Structures (Ancient Fortifications) on the Tops of Hills in the Highlands, with Remarks on the Progress of the Arts among the Ancient Inhabitants of Scotland; 4to, plates, 3s. 1783 Essay on the Principles of Translation; 8vo, calf gilt, 1797

10s.

This volume contains many excellent rules for the translation both of prose and of poetry, deduced from a comparative view of the structure of various languages, and illustrated by numerous examples from well-known writers, which are here collated with their originals.

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Henry Home, of Kames, containing Sketches of the Progress of Literature and general Improvement in Scotland during the greater Part of the 18th Century, with the Appendix and Supplement; 2 vols. 4to, portrait, (pub. at 31. 3s.) bds. 11. 4s. Edinburgh, 1807-9

Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern. New and Improved Edition, with Continuation by Dr. E. Nares; 3 vols. 8vo, maps, bds. 17. 1s.

the same, 3 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, 1711s. 6d.

1825

1825

12193 TYTLER'S (Patrick Fraser) Lives of Scottish Worthies; 3 vols.

12194 12195

foolscap 8ve, plates, bds. 12s.

1831-33

History of Scotland; 8 vols. 8vo, cloth, 47. 16s. 1824-42 England under Edward VI and Mary, with the Contemporary History of Europe, illustrated in a Series of Original Letters never before printed, with Introductions and Notes; 2 vols. 8vo, bds. 11. 7s.

1839

12196 TYTLER's (Wm.) Historical and Critical Inquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots; 2 vols. 8vo, BEST EDITION, neat, 7s.

12197

the same, 2 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, 12s.

1790

1790

12198 ULLOA'S (Don George Juan and D. Antonio de) Voyage to South America, translated by John Adams; 2 vols. 8vo, plates, neat, 8s.

3s.

1758

12199 the same, Fifth Edition; 2 vols. 8vo, plates, hf-bd. 12s. 1807 12200 UNDERWOOD'S (Dr. Michael) Treatise on the Diseases of Children; 7th Edition, 3 vols. 8vo (pub. at 15s.)bds. 6s. 1819 12201 UNION (The) or Select Scots and English Poems; 12mo, neat, 1759 12202 UNITARIANS. Brief History of the Unitarians called also Socinians; small 8vo, scarce, 10s. Privately printed, 1687 Thirteen Tracts by Tripp, Wyvill, Disney, Gorton, Lyons, Bentham, Stone, Fox, and Belshaw, relating to the Tenets of Unitarians; 2 vols. 8vo, hf-bd. 12s.

12203

v. y.

12204 UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL AND NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE, from its commencement in December 1828 to December 1838 inclusive; 121 Nos. 8vo (published at 211. 3s. 6d.) 91.

12205

the same, No. 89 to 96, each 1s. 6d.

1828-38

1836

12206 UNIVERSAL Catalogue for 1772, 1773, 1774; 3 vols. 8vo, with

1772-74

12207 UNIVERSAL HISTORY (ANCIENT) 7 vols. in 8, folio, maps and

autograph of Joseph Ritson, neat, 10s. 6d.

numerous plates, uncut, 31. 3s.

1736-44

12209

12210

12208 UNIVERSAL HISTORY, ANCIENT AND MODERN, with general Indexes, 24 vols. folio, maps and plates, calf, 187. 18s. 1736-66 the same, 65 vols. 8vo, maps and plates, calf, with full gilt backs, 187. 1747-65 the same, 60 vols. 8vo, fine copy in calf, 187. 1779-84 "I generally consulted the Universal History—a work of great merit, and perhaps not sufficiently valued."-CHARLES BUTLER (Hore Biblice). The Ancient Part, 20 vols. 8vo, maps and plates, uncut, 21. 8s. 1747 another copy with the Chronological Tables, 21 vols. 8vo, neat, 31. 3s. 1747 The Modern Part, 44 vols. 8vo, half-bound, 87. 1759-66 Various odd volumes, or the history of any country, may be had separately. 12214 UNIVERSAL Historical Bibliothèque, or an Account of Books printed in January 1686-7; 4to, stained, neat, 3s. 1687 12215 UPCOTT'S (William) Bibliographical Account of the principal Works relating to English Topography; 3 vols. in 1, 8vo, half-bound russia, scarce, 51.

12211

12212

12213

1818

12216 UPHAM'S (Edward) Translation of the Sacred and Historical Books of Ceylon : also a Collection of Tracts illustrative of the Doctrines and Literature of Buddhism; 3 vols. 8vo (published at 27. 2s.) bds. 17. 11s. 6d.

1833

12217 URE'S (Dr. Andrew) Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy, with their Applications; 8vo, BEST EDITION, plates, bds.

12218

12219

12220

12221

12222

18s.

1830

1830

Another copy, 8vo, calf gilt, 17. 1s.
Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines; 8vo, cloth,
21. 10s.

1829

1839 New System of Geology, in which the great Revolutions of the Earth and Animated Nature are reconciled to Modern Science and to Sacred History; 8vo, 7 plates and 51 cuts (published at 17. 1s.) bds. 10s. 6d. Philosophy of Manufactures, being an Exposition of the Scientific, Moral, and Commercial Economy of Great Britain. Second Edition, enlarged; 8vo, with woodcuts and steel plates (published at 10s. 6d.) cloth, 7s. 6d. 1835 Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain systematically investigated and illustrated by 150 original Figures on Wood and Steel: with an Introductory View of its comparative State in Foreign Countries, drawn chiefly from personal Survey; 2 vols. 8vo (published at 17. 1s.) cloth, 12s.

1836

12223 URE'S (D.) History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride; 8vo, plates, uncut, scarce, 10s. 6d.

Glasgow, 1793 12224 URINE. Here begynneth the seying of Urynes, of all the coloures that Urynes be of, and the Medycynes annexed to every Uryne: very necessary for every Man to knowe; small 8vo, fine copy in Turkey morocco, gilt edges, by Mackenzie, 21. 2s. Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, n. d.

This rare edition has escaped the notice of all bibliographers. It con sists of signatures A to H, in fours. Herbert and Dibdin both mention another edition by this same printer, entitled Judgement of all Urynes, with signatures A to J.

12225 URQUART'S (Rev. D. H.) Commentaries on Classical Learning, 8vo, (pub. at 9s.) bds. 3s.

12226

12228

the same, 8vo, calf gilt, 5s.

1803

1803

12227 USHER'S (James, Archbishop of Armagh) Works, now first collected, arranged, and edited, including several from the original and hitherto unpublished MSS. in Trinity College, Dublin, by C. R. Elrington, D.D. 21 vols. 8vo, cloth, 127. 12s. Dublin, 1842-44 Body of Divinitie, or the Summe and Substance of Christian Religion catechistically propounded and explained. To which is added Immanuel or the Mystery of the Incarnation; folio, portrait, hf-bd. 12s. 1653 Life and Letters: collected and published by R. Parr; folio, portrait, calf gilt, 17. 11s. 6d. 1686

12229

12230 UTTERSON'S (E. V.) Select Pieces of early Popular Poetry, 2 vols. crown 8vo, cuts, bds. scarce, 17. 1s.

12234

1817

1833

12231 VACCINATION, Plain Account of; 12mo, 1s. 12232 VALCAREN's (John Peter a) Relation or Diary of the Siege of Vienna; 4to, folding plan, fine copy, calf gilt, 8s. 1684 12233 VALENTIA'S (GEORGE VISCOUNT) VOYAGES AND TRAVELS to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, during the Years 1802-1806; 3 vols. royal 4to, early impressions of the plates, hf-bd. turkey morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, by Mackenzie (cost 121.) 41. 4s. Bulmer, 1809 the same, imperial 4to, LARGEST PAPER (on which only 12 copies were printed for Members of his Lordship's Family) with PROOF IMPRESSIONS OF THE PLATES (cost 317. 10s. unbound) hf-bd. morocco, uncut, 91.9s. 1809 Another Edition, 3 vols. 8vo, with a 4to Atlas of fine Plates (pub. at 47. 10s.) bds. 17. 10s. 1811 the same, 3 vols. 8vo, and 4to Atlas, calf gilt, 21. 1811 the same, 3 vols. 8vo, and 4to Atlas, hf-bd. turkey morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, by Mackenzie, 21. 2s. 1811 12238 VALLANCEY'S (Major Charles) Essay on the Antiquity of the Irish Language. Being a Collationof the Irish with the Punic Language, with a Preface proving Ireland to be the Thule of the Ancients, &c. 8vo, sd. 5s. Dublin,1772 Grammar of the Iberno-Celtic, or Irish Language; 4to, hf-bd. scarce, 17. 1s. ib. 1773

12235

12236 12237

12239

12240

Prospectus of a Dictionary of the Aire Coti, or ancient
Irish, compared with the Language of the Cuti, or an-
cient Persians, and with the Hindostanee, the Arabic
and Chaldean Languages; 4to, bds. 12s.
ib. 1802

12241 VALPY'S (Rev. Dr. R.) Sermons, preached on Public Occasions; 2 vols. 8vo, (pub. at 18s.) bds. 68.

12242

1811

Address from a Clergyman to his Parishioners; 12mo, bds. 2s.

n. d.

12243 VANBRUGH'S (Sir John) Plays; 2 vols. 12mo, portrait, calf,

12244 12245

10s.

Æsop, a Comedy; 4to, sewed, 3s.

1776

1697

The Pilgrim, a Comedy, altered from Fletcher, with a Prologue, Epilogue, Dialogue, and Masque, by J. Dryden (his last work) 4to, slightly wormed, 3s. 6d. 1700

12246 VANCOUVER'S (C.) Agricultural Survey of Devonshire; 8vo, map and plates (pub. at 15s.) bds. 8s.

1808

12247 VANCOUVER'S (Captain George) Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the World; 3 vols. royal 4to, fine impressions of the plates, calf, marbled edges, with folio atlas containing the charts and headlands, uniformly half-bound, 31. 16s.

12248

1798

the same, 6 vols. 8vo, and folio Atlas of charts and views, bds. 27. 8s. 1801 12249 VANDER WERFF'S (Adrian) Series of 66 Portraits, illustrative of the History of England; folio, fine impressions, 21.2s.1713 12250 VANE'S (Sir Henry) Tryal, Speeches, &c. Also his Speech and Prayer on the Scaffold; small 4to, 5s.

1662

Written by a sectarist much in favour of Sir Henry Vane. At the end of the trial are printed the following pieces: The People's cause stated,-The Valley of Jehosaphat considered and opened,—and Meditations,—all penned during his imprisonment.-The work was privately printed.

12251 VANE'S (Rev. John) Sermon before the House of Commons; 4to, 2s. 1838

12252 VAN MILDERT'S (William, D.D. Bishop of Durham) Theological Works, with a Memoir of the Author; 6 vols. 8vo, portrait, cloth, 31.3s.

12252*.

12253

12254 12255

Oxford, 1838 ib. 1838

1831

1831

the same, 6 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, 41. 4s. Boyle's Lectures: Historical View of the Rise and Progress of Infidelity, with a Refutation of its Principles and Reasonings; 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, 1/. 4s. the same, 2 vols. 8vo, calf extra, 17. 10s. Bampton Lectures: an Enquiry into the General Principles of Scripture Interpretation; 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. 1831 12256 Sermons at Lincoln's-Inn; 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, 17.4s. 1838 12257 Charges, with Life; 8vo, portrait, cloth, 12s. 1838 12258 VANSITTART'S (Henry) Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal, during his Government from 1760 to 1764; 3 vols. royal 8vo, LARGE PAPER, neat, 12s.

1766

12259 VANSITTART'S (Nicholas, Lord Bexley) Inquiry into the Finances of Great Britain; 8vo, 3s.

1796

12260 VARENIUS's (B.) Geography, improved by Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. Jurin, translated by Dugdale and Shaw; 2 vols. 8vo, plates, neat, 5s.

1733

12261 VARIETY, a Collection of Essays written in 1787; 12mo, calf, 3s. 6d.

1686

1788 12262 VARILLAS' (The Sieur de) Secret History of the House of Medicis made English by F. Spence; small 8vo. halfbound, 5s. 12263 VATTEL'S (E. de) Law of Nations; or, Principles of the Law of Nature, applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns. A new Edition, with Notes by J. Chitty, royal 8vo, bds. 17. 18.

1834

12264 VAUDONCOURT'S (General G. de) Memoirs of the Ionian Islands, considered in a Commercial, Political, and Military Point of View, including the Life and Character of Ali Pacha. Translated from the original inedited MS. by Wm. Walton; 8vo, map, (pub. at 15s.) bds. 8s. 1816

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