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ALDINE Edition of the British Poets, | AMERICA-The Model of the Govern-

edited, with Memoirs of the Poets,
notes, glossaries, etc., by distinguished
writers, including Dyce, Mitford, and
others, portraits, LARGE PAPER, 52 vols
8vo, cloth, now very scarce, £14

1866

Akenside, Beattie, Burns, Butler, Chaucer, Church-
ill, Collins, Cowper, Dryden, Falconer, Goldsmith,
Gray, Kirke White, Milton, Parnell, Pope, Prior,
Shakespeare, Spenser, Surrey, Thomson, Wyatt, and
Young.

ALFIERI (VITTORIO), Tragedies, trans-
lated from the Italian by Charles Lloyd,
1815
3 vols 12mo, calf, 6s 6d
ALFORD (Dean), New Testament for
English Readers, the authorized version,
with additional corrections of Readings
and Renderings, Marginal References,
and a Critical and Explanatory Com-
mentary, 2 vols in 4, 8vo, new cloth,

46s

1868

ALISON (Sir Archibald), History of Eu-
rope (1st portion) from the Commence-
ment of the French Revolution in 1789
to the Fall of Napoleon in 1815, 10 vols,
calf gilt; and (2nd portion) from 1815 to
the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852,
9 vols, cloth, Best Library Edition, large
type, 19 vols in all, 8vo, £8

1842-59

"Its merits are minuteness and honesty.
Whenever we have been led to compare the conflicting
accounts of any important event, in Mr Alison's His-
tory, we have almost invariably found that his narra-
tive steers judiciously between them, and combines
the most probable and consistent particulars contained
in each."-Edinburgh Review, lxxvi. 1.
ALISON (Sir Archibald), History of Eu-
rope, from the commencement of the
French Revolution in 1789 to the Re-
storation of the Bourbons in 1815, frontis-
piece, 13 vols post 8vo, cloth (pub. £2,
11s.), 24s
1853
ALLAN (John H.), Pictorial Tour in the
Mediterranean, including Malta, Dal-
matia, Turkey, Greece, Italy, etc.,
illustrated with 40 fine lithographic plates,
and nearly 70 wood engravings, folio,
1843
cloth, 10s 6d
ALPS-BEAUMONT (J. F. Albanis),
Travels through the Maritime Alps from
Italy to Lyons, also Views of the
Antiquities and Harbours in the South
of France, with Topographical and His-
torical Descriptions, maps, plans, and 33
aqua- tinta drawings, in 1 vol folio,
Spanish calf extra, marb. edges, 10s 6d
Bensley, 1794-95
AMERICA-UMFREVILLE (Edward), Pre-
sent State of Hudson's Bay, containing a
Description of the Settlement and of the
8vo, calf, 5s 6d
1790

ment of the Province of East-New-Jersey
in America; and Encouragement for
such as Designs to be concerned there.
Published for information of such as are
desirous to be interested in that place,
12mo, russia extra, very beautiful copy,
£18, 188
Edinburgh, 1685

Dr Laing's copy, which was not so fine as the above,
brought at his sale £28, 10s, in December last.
AMERICA-Avantures du SR. C. Le Beau,
ou Voyage curieux et nouveau parmi les
Sauvages de l'Amérique Septentrionale,
map of North America and curious plates,
2 vols in 1, thick 12mo, calf, scarce, 32s
Amsterdam, 1738

1728

With the inscription of the Author on the fly-leaf,
"Presenté à Monsieur Campdel, par son tres humble
et tres obeissant serviteur Ch. Le Beau."
AMERICA-BOYLE (Capt. Robert), The
Voyages and Adventures of, the Story of
Mrs Villars, History of an Italian Cap-
tive, and Voyage, Shipwreck, and Mira-
culous Preservation of Richard Castel-
man, with a Description of the City of
Philadelphia and Country of Pensylvania,
frontispiece, 8vo, calf, 6s 6d
AMERICA-HACKE (Capt. W.), Collec-
tion of Original Voyages, containing
Capt. Cowley's Voyage round the Globe,
Capt. Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus
of Darien, Capt. Wood's Voyage through
the Streights of Magellan, and Mr
Roberts' Adventures among the Cor-
sairs of the Levant, &c., maps and cuts,
8vo, calf, 10s 6d
1699
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tioni nel quale si con. Le Navigationi al
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woodcuts, folio, old Spanish calf, 15s
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AMERICAN POEMS, selected and edited
by W. M. Rossetti, post 8vo, half-mor.
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AMORY (THOMAS), The Life of John
1825
Buncle, 3 vols 8vo, calf, 12s 6d

"John Buncle is the ENGLISH RABELAIS. The soul
of Francis Rabelais passed into Thomas Amory."

AMOURS of Clitophon and Leucippe,
illustrated in six novels, viz. : The Force
of Love; The Disappointed Bride; The
Distressed Lovers; The Lascivious Wi-
dow, &c., by Achilles Tatius, now first
rend'red into English, 12mo, half-calf,
8s 6d
1720
ANALECTA SAXONICA-A collection
of Twenty-three pamphlets relative to
Saxon History, Biography, Philology,
&c., principally of the seventeenth cen-
tury, 2 vols sm. 4to, calf extra, 42s v.v.
From the Maidment Library.

ANCIENT SCOTTISH BALLADS, never before published, with notes, historical and explanatory, and appendix of music, edited by G. R. Kinloch, post 8vo, bds., 10s 6d 1827 ANCIENT BRITISH DRAMA, edited with Notes by Sir Walter Scott, vignettes, 3 vols roy. 8vo, russia, gt., £2, 10s 1810 ANCIENT METRICAL TALES, printed chiefly from Original Sources, edited by the Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, post 8vo, cloth, 12s 6d Pickering, 1829 ANDERSON (Christopher), The Annals of the English Bible, with portrait of Tyndale, one of the 12 copies printed on extra thick paper, and now very scarce, 2 vols thick 8vo, morocco extra, gilt edges, £3, 10s Pickering, 1845 "By far the best book on the subject."-Allibone. ANDERSON (JOHN), Dura Den, a Monograph of the Yellow Sandstone and its remarkable Fossil Remains, plates, map, and wood engravings, imp. 8vo, cloth, 12s 6d ANDERSON (W.), Genealogy and Surnames, with Heraldic and Biographical Notices, 8vo, cloth, 4s ANDERSON (William), The Scottish Nation; or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, illustrated by 20 portraits engraved on steel, 11 Tables of Pedigrees and 241 woodcuts, 3 vols royal 8vo, morocco extra, very fine copy, £3, 3s 1864

1859

1865

The same, 3 vols hf.-cf., marb. ed.,

35s ANDREW OF WYNTOUN'S Orygynale Metrical Cronykil of Scotland, printed from the Royal MS., edited by David Laing, LL.D., and illustrated with numerous facsimiles, 3 vols Svo, cloth, 50s 1872-79

This valuable work, upon which so much of the early history of Scotland rests, is printed entire in this edition for the first time.

ANGELO - Life and Works of Michelangelo Buonarroti, by Charles Heath Wilson, the Life partly compiled from that by the Commend. Aurelio Gotti, illustrated with plates, royal 8vo, new half-calf extra, 15s

1876

ANGELO-Life and Literary Works of Michel Angelo, by R. Duppa, portrait and outline engravings illustrative of his works, 4to, half-calf gilt, marb. edges, 10s

1806

ANGLING.

BARKER (Thomas), The Art of Angling, wherein are discovered many rare secrets, very necessary to be known by all that delight in that Recreation, 1651. Barker's Delight; or, The Art of Angling, wherein are discovered many rare secrets, both for catching the fish and dressing thereof, by Thomas Barker, 1659. The two treatises in 1 vol, 12mo, red morocco, 22s 1820

Of these only 100 copies were issued.-Barker was a thoroughbred angler, and we are told spared no expense, either in money or time, in furthering the object of his pursuit. Walton acknowledges that it is to Barker he owes the information given on flyfishing in his Complete Angler. BOWLKER (C.), Art of Angling, or Compleat Fly-Fisher, describing the different kinds of Fish, Account of the Generation of Fishes, frontispiece, 12mo, half-mor., 4s 6d

1792

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WALTON (Izaak), The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a discourse of Fish and Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers, 1878 crown 8vo, boards, 4s 6d Reprinted from the first edition of 1653. WALTONIANA - Inedited remains in Verse and Prose of Izaak Walton, author of the "Complete Angler," with Notes and Preface, by R. H. Shepherd, printed on Dutch hand-made paper, rough edges, 8vo, cloth, 6s 6d WHOLE ART OF FISHING (The), being a Collection and Improvement of all that has been written upon this Subject, with many New Experiments, also the Laws of Angling, frontispiece, sm. 8vo, calf, 12s 6d 1714 YOUNG

1878

(Andrew), The Angler and Tourist's Guide to the Rivers, Lakes, and remarkable places in the Northern Counties of Scotland, to which is added Instructions to young anglers, by Andrew Young, map, 12mo, cloth, 2s

1857

ANGUS (The) Album, 1833, Prose and Verse, 12mo, half-bound, 3s 6d 1833 ANNALER for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie udgivne af det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab, 1846, 8vo, halfcalf, 6s Kjöbenhavn, 1846 ANNALS DE MUSEE et de l'Ecole Moderne, des Beaux Arts par Landon, containing 1800 outline engravings of the best pictures, sculpture, and architecture, original edition, 23 vols 8vo, boards, uncut edges, £9, 9s Paris, 1800-9

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This set includes the "Paysages," Salons," and "Complementaire."

ANONYMIANA; or, Ten Centuries of

Observation on various Authors and Subjects, with copious Index, 8vo, boards, 6s 6d 1818 ANSTED (D. T.), Geology, Introductory, Descriptive, and Practical, many fine woodcuts, 2 vols 8vo, cloth, 10s 6d Van Voorst, 184 ANTHOLOGIA VETERUM LATINORUM, Epigrammatum et Poëmatum cura Petri Burmanni Secundi, 2 vols 4to, calf extra, marb. edges, 17s 6d

Amstelodami, 1759 ANTIQUARIAN REPERTORY : A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs, and Manners, intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of Old Times, chiefly compiled by Francis Grose, Thomas Astle, and other eminent Antiquaries, illustrated with 238 plates of views, portraits, monuments, &c., 4 vols 1807 4to, russia, £4, 4s

The best edition of this valuable work; it was edited

by Edward Jeffrey, who made a large number of valuable additions; it also has a very able preface by Edmund Lodge.

ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY-Records of the Priory of the Isle of May, edited with Copious Introduction by John Stuart, LL.D., plates and facsimiles, 4to, half-vellum, neat, gilt top, 18s 1868 APULEE-L'Amour et Psyché, gravures d'après natoire, notices par A. Pons, beautifully printed within ornamental borders, and illustrated with vignettes, 12mo, sewed, uncut, 10s Paris, 1878 APULEE-Les Métamorphoses; ou l'ane d'or d'Apulée, philosophe Platonicien, illustrated by a portrait and very curious copperplate engravings, 2 vols 8vo, halfcalf, 188 1787

APULEIUS Les metamorphoses ou L'Asne dor de L. Apulee (traduit par J. de Montlyard), illustrated with a number of very curious copperplates, thick post 8vo, vellum, 38s Paris, 1623 ARABIAN NIGHTS' (New) Entertainments, selected from the original Oriental MSS. by Joseph von Hammer, and now first translated into English by Rev. George Lamb, 3 vols pt. 8vo, boards, 8s 6d 1826 ABABIAN NIGHTS-The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called in England The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, a new translation from the Arabic, with copious Notes, by E. W. Lane, illustrated by many hundred fine engravings on wood from orginal designs by William Harvey, 3 vols roy. 8vo, best edition, uncut edges, £5, 5s 1839-41 ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS, translated, with copious Notes by E. W. Lane, illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, from designs by W. Harvey, new edition, from a copy annotated by the author, edited by E. S. Poole, 3 vols 8vo, cloth extra, 42s for 28s 1867 ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS, the Text revised by H. W. Dulcken, with upwards of 200 illustrations by eminent artists, engraved on wood by Dalziel, imp. 8vo, cloth extra, 21s for 10s 6d ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS (DALZIEL'S ILLUSTRATED EDITION), the Text revised and emendated throughout, by H. W. Dulcken, containing upwards of 200 illustrations by eminent artists, imp. 8vo, half green mor., gilt top, 158

N.D.

N.D.

ARBROATH AND ITS ABBEY; or, The Early History of the Town and Abbey of Aberbrothock, including notices of ecclesiastical and other antiquities in the district, by David Miller, frontispiece, 8vo, cloth, 10s 6d 1860

ARBROATH-History of Arbroath to the present time, with Notices of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Neighbouring District, by George Hay, with illustrations, 4to, cloth, 21s 1876 ARBUTHNOTT - Liber Ecclesie Beati Terrenani de Arbuthnott missale secundum usum ecclesiæ Sancti Andreæ in Scotia, edited by A. P. Forbes, Bishop of Brechin, 4to, cloth, £3, 3s

Burntisland, 1864

ARCHAICA AND HELICONIA, containing Reprints of scarce old English Prose Tracts, with prefaces, critical and biographical, and a selection of English Poetry of the Elizabethan Age, edited by Sir Egerton Brydges and T. Park, 5 vols 4to, new, panelled calf extra, yellow edges, £12, 12s 1815

Only 200 copies were printed of this learned and binding, and copies are now very rarely to be met with.

beautiful work. It was published at £25 without the

ARCHERY-MOSLEY (W. M.), Essay on Archery, describing the Practice of that Art in all Ages and Nations, frontispiece and plates, calf gilt, 4s

1792 ARCHIE ARMSTRONG'S JEST BOOK, printed from the Original Editions of 1632 and 1640, with Life by T. H. Jamieson, late Keeper of the Advocates' Library, crown 8vo, cloth, 30s 1872

A very beautiful volume, of which only a limited number of copies were printed.

ARCHITECTURE.

ADAMS (Louis), Recueil de Sculptures Gothiques, dessinées et gravées d'apres les plus beaux monuments construits en France, containing nearly 200 fine plates of architectural sculpture and ornaments, 2 vols imp. 4to, half-crimson_mor., gilt, gilt tops, £4, 10s Paris, 1866 ANDERSON (R.), Examples of the Municipal, Commercial, and Street Architecture of France and Italy, from the 12th, to the 15th century, containing upwards of 100 plates with descriptive letterpress, folio, half-mor., top edge gilt, 30s

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BILLINGS (R. W.), Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, with full letterpress descriptions by John Hill Burton, LL.D., beautifully engraved steel plates, FINE EARLY COPY, BEST IMPRESSIONS OF THE PLATES, 4 vols 4to, cloth, £11, 11s 1852

BRANDON (R. & J. A.), Parish Churches; being Perspective Views of English Ecclesiastical Structures, accompanied by Plans drawn to a uniform scale, and letterpress descriptions, numerous plates, 2 vols imp. 8vo, cloth, 38s 1858

In this work 63 buildings are described; from 2 to 4 plates illustrating each letterpress description. BRITTON (John), Chronological History

and Graphic Illustrations of Christian Architecture in England, containing 86 fine plates of plans, sections, elevations, and views, with historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice and subject, 4to, half-morocco, gilt top, 36s 1835 CAUMONT (M. De), Abécédaire ou Rudiment d'Archéologie, Architecture Religieuse, Civile, et Militaire, plates, 2 vols 8vo, half-morocco, uncut, 15s 1858 CHAMBERS (Sir W.), Treatise on the Decorative part of Civil Architecture, with illustrative Notes, and an Examination of Grecian Architecture, by J. Gwilt, revised by W. H. Leeds, portrait and plates, 4to, half-calf, 7s 6d 1862 CHURCH ARCHITECTURE - Rural Churches; their Histories, Architecture, and Antiquities, by Sidney Corner, with 18 [coloured illustrations from paintings by the author, roy. 4to, cloth, 6s 6d 1869 COTTINGHAM (L. N.), Plans, Elevations, Sections, Details, and Views, with Mouldings, full size, of the Chapel of King Henry VII. at Westminster, with History and descriptions, containing 72 plates, 2 vols atlas folio, half-russia, 42s 1822-29

COTTINGHAM (L. N.), Working Drawings for Gothic Ornaments, selected and composed from the best Examples, consisting of Capitals, Bases, Cornices, Finials, Mouldings, &c., and a design for a Gothic Mansion, in 36 plates, imp. folio, cloth, 14s

N.D.

CRUNDEN (John), Convenient and Ornamental Architecture, consisting of Original Designs for Plans, Elevations, and Sections, containing 70 plates, 4to, calf, 4s 1785

DOLLMAN (F. T.), Examples of Ancient Domestic Architecture, illustrating the Hospitals, Bede Houses, Schools, Almshouses, &c., of the Middle Ages in England, 40 plates, imp. 4to, hf.-mor., top edge gilt, 30s 1858 EASTLAKE (Chas. L.), A History of the Gothic Revival: An attempt to show how the taste for Medieval Architecture, which lingered in England during the last two centuries, has since been encouraged and developed, with 36 full page plates beautifully cut in wood, and 12 smaller woodcuts, sm: 4to, cloth, 31s 6d for 20s 1872 FERGUSSON (James), The Illustrated Hand-Book of Architecture; being a Concise and Popular Account of the different Styles of Architecture prevailing in all ages and countries, illustrated with 850 illustrations on wood, early impres1855 sions, 2 vols 8vo, cloth, 36s FERGUSSON (James), History of the Modern Styles of Architecture; being a Sequel to the Hand-Book of Architecture, illustrated with 320 plates, fine impressions, 8vo, hf.-bound, gilt top, 24s

1862

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