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Remittances may be made by Post-office Orders, or by Cheques on Bankers. 1 A Booke of Christian Praiers, commonly called QUEEN ELIZABETH'S PRAYER BOOK, with portrait of the Queen, and woodcut borders to every page, introducing illustrations from the designs of ALBERT DURER AND HANS HOLBEIN, Sm. 4to. calf, a very fine clean copy, original calf binding, £8. 88 Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1608 * 1 consider (says DR. DIBDIN, in his Bibliomania,) ELIZABETH as royal Bibliomaniac of transcendent fame. I see her in imagination taking an interest in the embellishments of the Prayer Book which goes under her own name, and which is decorated with woodcut borders of connderable spirit and beauty; representing, amongst other things, some of the subjects of HOLBEIN's Dance of Death." 2 Pickering's beautiful Reprint of Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book, containing the portrait, woodcut borders, and all the illustrations by ALBErt Durer anD HOLBEIN, thick post 8vo. new half morocco, uncut, 128-Or, morocco extra, antique style, 188 Pickering, 1853 This elegant and interesting volume, which is beautifully printed in the old style by Mr. Whittingham, contains exact fac-similes of all the woodcuis in Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book, mentioned above. It is for the first time published, Mr. Pickering's death having hitherto prevented it. 3 ABÆLARDI et Heloise Epistolæ, curante T. Rawlinson, LARGE PAPER, with autograph of T. Wagstaff, ROY. 8vo. calf, 58 1718 4 ACKERMANNI (Dr.) Archæologia Biblica breviter exposita, A curions, marvellous, but authentic narrative: the Notes are by Mr. A scarce work, treating likewise of the manner of making Distillations, Perfumes, Dyeings, Colours, Fusions, Meltings, &c. 10 ALISON'S (Archibald) Sermons, chiefly on particular occasions, 2 vols. 8vo. calf neat, good copy, 78 Edin. 1814 11 ALISON'S (Archibald) Essays on the nature and principles of Taste, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, neatly gilt, very fine copy, 78 6d Edin. 1817 12 ALLEN'S (T.) History of Yorkshire, including a History of the City of York from the earliest times, illustrated with upwards of 150 highly finished engravings from Drawings by Wittock, INDIA PROOFS, 3 vols. 4to. hf. russia, £2. 28 1828-31 58 A fine original eopy with all the engravings, also 12 extra plates containing 24 views. 13 ALLEN'S (Lieut.) Picturesque Viers in the Island of Ascension, 10 large plates, with descriptions, oblong folio, 1835 14 AMERICA.-The Documentary History of the State of New York, arranged under Direction of the Hon. C. Morgan, Secretary of State, by E. B. O'Callaghan, with a series of large and copious Maps, 4 very thick vols. 8vo. new cloth, £3. 38 Albany, U. S., 1849 A most valuable collection, consisting of Documents connected with the Early History of the Colony, the Indian Aborigines, and its affairs down to the year 1800; reprints of Historical Manuscripts, rare Memoirs etc. 15 ALMANACKS.-A collection of upwards of 60 Old Almanacks (for various years between 1706 and 1763) by Partridge, Gadbury, Moore, Wing, Saunders, Poor Robin, &c sm. 8vo. 78 6d 1706-63 Including the Almanack for 1386, transcribed verbatim from the antique illuminated Manuscript. 16 ANACHARSIS, Son Voyage en Grèce dans le milieu du qua'rième Siècle, par l'Abbé Barthélémy, numerous maps and engravings, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. russia gilt, fine copy, 158 1796 "One of those classic productions which have shed the greatest lustre on the literature of the eighteenth century."-Revue. Ency. 17 ANGELONI (B. Jesuit) Letters on the English Nation, 2 vols. 8vo. calf neat, 38 1756 18 ANGERSTEIN (now the NATIONAL) GALLERY of Pictures, containing a finished etching of every Picture, with historical and biographical Notices by J. Young, 41 plates, INDIA PROOFS, folio, LARGE PAPER, hf. bd. £1. 68 1829 19 ANGLING.-Chetham's Angler's Vade Mecum, a full Discourse of Angling, no plates, 12mo. calf, 28 6d 1689 20 ANNUAL REGISTER, "DODSLEY'S," or View of the History, Politics, and Literature of England, from its commencement in 1758 to 1845 inclusive, 90 vols. 8vo. all newly bound in half calf, full gilt backs, £18. 108 1758-1845 The most valuable record of historical and political events for nearly one hundred years. The above fine set contains the Index to 1819. 21 ANTONII (Nic.) BIBLIOTHECA HISPANA Vetus et Nova, cura Bayerii, 4 vols. folio, (the complete work), half russia, neatly gilt, scarce, a very fine copy, £4. 108 Matrili, Ibarra, 1788 "The master-key to unlock the treasures of Spanish Literature." Dr. Dibdin. 22 ARABIAN ANTIQUITIES OF SPAIN, by J. C. Murphy, 100 very large and highly finished engravings by Le Keux, &c. of the remains of Architecture, Sculpture, Paintings, Mosaics, &c. of the ALHAMBRA and other productions of the Spanish Arabs, a magnificent volume, atlas folio, new half morocco, £7. 78 (pub. at £42.) 1813-28 "For nobleness of design, splendour of execution, and richness of materials, this costly volume is, in every respect, a match for the mighty French work on the Antiquities of Egypt."—Dr. Dibdin. 23 ARBUTHNOT'S (Dr.) Miscellaneous Works, comprising all the Pieces of Wit and Humour by this celebrated man, 2 vols. 12mo. calf, very neat, 68 6d 1770 24 ARCHEOLOGIA, or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquities, published by the Antiquarian Society of London, 33 vols., with Index, Catalogue of Library, &c. in 1 vol. together 34 vols 4to. new tree-marbled calf gilt, bound by Rivière, £34. 1779-1849 Among the contributors to this most valuable work are the following distinguished authors:-Dr. Stukeley-Martin Folkes-R. Gough-T. Astle Sir. W. Hamilton-Capt. Grose-Sir. H. Englefield-Bp. PercyGen. Vallancey-S. Lysons- F. Douce-Sharen Turner-Sir H. EllisRev. R. Ruding-E. Lodge-Sir Humphry Davy-Dr. E. D. Clarke-Sir R. C. Hoare-T. Amyot--Sir S. Meyrick-J. Gage Rokewode--G. Ormerod-J. G. Nichols-Sir H. Nicolas-Sir F. Madden -J. M. Kemble -J. Y. Akerman-Albert Way-T. Wright-J. O. Halliwell--G F. Beltz -Lord Mahon-Sir F. Palgrave--W. Y. Ottley-J. P. Collier- Crofton Croker, &c. 25 ARCHEOLOGICA.-The Book of JASHER, translated by F. A. Alcuinis (a forgery by Iliff,) Bristol, 1829, and other scarce Pieces as below, in one thick vol. 4to. hf. calf, £1. 48 1797-1829 Contains likewise, Musans' Loves of Hero and Leander, Gr, and Eng. (by G. C. Bedford) PRIVATELY PRINTED, with translator's autograph. 1797. Christie's (J.) Disquisitions upon PAINTED GREEK VASES, 16 plates. 1825. Christie (J.) On the Worship of the Elements, large coloured plates, 1814. Monumenti Inediti, engravings, Napoli, 1820. 26 AREND (J. P.) Algemeene Geschiedenis des Vaderlands van de vroegste tijden top op heden, with a fine series of upwards of 50 portraits and historical engravings, 5 vols. imp. 8vo. half calf, £1. 18 Amst., 1840-9 An excellent history of Holland, from the Christian era to the present 27 ARIOSTO, Orlando Furioso, translated into English His torical Verse, by Sir J. Harington, with fine impressions o the numerous spirited engravings by G. Porri, (including the usually suppressed plate at book XXXIV) folio, half calf 188 1591 First Edition, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth: priced in the Bib. Ang Poetica at £3. 3. 28 ARISTOPHANES, Gr. et Lat. cum Scholiis Gr. et Notis Variorum, curavit Bekker, 5 vols. 8vo. newly bound hf. ca}) gilt, £1. 18 (pub. at £3. 158) Lond., 1829 29 ARISTOPHANIS Comœdiæ, recen. et Annotat. adj. F. H. Bothe, 4 vols. 8vo. bound in 2, fine paper copy of this very capital edition, bound in vellum extra by Hayday, 15s (cosi its late owner £1. 14s) Lipsia, 1845 30 ARISTOPHANES' Plays, translated into English Prose, 8vo. bds. 38 1830 31 ARISTOTLE'S Compleat Works, Master Piece, Compleat Midwife, Problems, his last Legacy, &c. woodcuts, 12mo. bound, 48 1749 32 ARNALD'S (G.) Scenery of the RIVER MEUSE, from Liege to Mezieres, 31 beautiful mezzotinto engravings by Reynolds, Turner, Lupton, &c. fol. cloth, £1. 48 (pub. at £5.5s) 1828 33 ARNOLD'S (Dr. T.) Life and Correspondence, by A. P. A beautiful work, worthy a place beside Claude's Liber Veritatis. 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ASSERII ELFREDI REGIS Res Gestæ, Anglo-Saxon and Latin.-Ypodigma Neustriæ vel Normanniæ per T. Walsingham, 1574-Historia brevis T. Walsingham ab Edwd. I. ad Henry V. curious woodcuts of the Kings, 3 vols. in 1, folio, calf, sound copy, RARE, £1. 148 Lond. Day, 1574 These rare and valuable works were edited by Abp. Parker. This copy was formerly priced £4. 48. 40 A THOUSAND Notable Things, wonderful, strange, pleasant, necessary, profitable and precious, in eleven books, sm. 8vo. calf, scarce, 78 6d 1670 41 ATLAS.-The Library Atlas of Physical and Political Geography, by Rev. T. Milner and A. Petermann, upwards of 100 new and finely engraved Maps, carefully coloured, with copious Descriptions, illustrated by numerous woodcuts, thick royal 4to. new half russia, gilt leaves, £1. 188 1854 An excellent Atlas, with the latest Discoveries, including a complete Maps of Countries. account of the Physical Phenomena of the Globe, and Descriptions to the 42 ATTERBURY'S (Bp.) Sermons and Discourses on several Subjects and Occasions, portrait by Vertue, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, 28 6d 1723 43 Augustine's (St.) Meditations, also his Manuell of Book of Contemplation of Christ, printed within engraved borders, square 18mo. calf, rare (a few leaves towards the end slightly damaged), 78 6d Lond. by the Assigners of R. Day, 1565 43 Augustine's (St.) Manuell, or Litle Booke of the Contemplation of Christ or of God's Woord, translated by Rogers, each page surrounded with broad woodcut borders, representing scriptural subjects, with mottos, (wants one leaf only) 12mo. hf. calf, rare, 128 Lond. J. Wolfe, 1586 46 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES; a collection of the most instructive and amusing Lives ever published, portraits, complete in 33 vols. 12mo. cloth, £2. 88 (pub. at £5. 158 6d) 1830, &c. Containing about thirty lives, including those of Gibbon, Benvenuto Cellini, Cibber, Voltaire, Marmontel, Bubb Dodington, Madame du Barri, Kotzebue, Lackington, &c. &c. 47 AYLOFFE'S (Sir J.) 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Les Vies des Saints et l'Histoire des Festes et des Mystères de l'Eglise, portrait, 4 vols. 8vo. calf gilt. 128 Paris, 1710 Baillet étoit d'une lecture vaste et profonde, et d'un travail assidu et pratigieux : il a donne d'excellentes Vies des Saints, et il est le premier qui les ait donné purgées de Fables, de faux Miracles et d'Histoires suppsáes.”—Moréri. 53 BAILLIE'S (Capt.) Prints and Etchings after the Old Masters, 106 plates after Rembrandt, Ostade, Teniers, G. Dow, Poussin, engraved from the originals by Capt. Baillie, roy. folio, £1. 158 n. d. 54 BAKER'S (Sir R.) Chronicle of the Kings of England, with continuation by Phillips, (nephew of Milton), and a second continuation to the death of George I., front., best edition, (with autograph of Lady Frances Fitzwilliam), fol. calf, 10s 6d 1733 The author has modestly informed us in his preface that if all other Chrouscles were lost, posterity would be sufficiently informed of any thing memorable in past times by reading his own." Anthony à Wood, Barrington, and Chalmers speak favourably of his labours. 55 Bale's (J.) Image of bothe Churches, after the most wonderfull and heavenly Revelacion of St. John, the three parts complete, numerous woodcuts, thick 12mo. calf, 10s 6d Lond., John Daye, (1550) 56 Bale's (J.) Actes or Unchaste Example of the Englyshe Votaryes, gathered out of their own Legendes and Chronycles, the two partes, 12mo. bound, very scarce (wants one sheet) 98 Lond. J. Tysdale, 1550-60 57 Bale's (J.) Declaration of Bonner's Articles concernynge the Clergie of London Diocese, rude woodcuts, 12mo. original binding, (wants title and one leaf), scarce, 8s 6d J. Tysdale, 1561 58 BALFOUR'S (Sir J.) Historical Works, edited from the Original MSS. (by James Haig), portrait, 4 vols. 8vo. bds. 12s (pub. at £3. 38) 1824 This valuable work comprises Annals of Scotland from 1057 to 1644, and Memorials and Passages in Church and State from 1841 to 1652, &c. 39 BANKES' (Rt. Hon. G.) Story of Corfe Castle and of many who have Lived there, collected from Ancient Chronicles, &c. sm. 8vo. cloth, 68 6d (pub. at 10s 6d) Murray, 1853 60 BARCKLEY'S (Sir R.) Discourse of the Felicitie of Man, or his Summum Bonum, sm. 4to. calf, fine copy, 128 1598 A fine clean copy of this rare work, wanting two leaves in the dedi cation, 61 BARCLAY'S (R.) Apology for the True Christianity, as held forth and preached by the Quakers, FIRST Edition, 1678 4to. calf, fine copy, 10s 62 BARNY BRYAN'S Sketch-Book, the Series of 25 very clever and humourous Etchings by R. R. SCANLAN, thick paper, royal 4to. hf. morocco, scarce, 128 Exeter, n. d. 63 BARROW'S (Dr.) Familiar Sermons on the Doctrines and Duties of the Christian Religion, 3 vols. 8vo. newly bound hf. antique calf, 148 1818-21 64 BARROW'S (J.) Voyage to Cochin China, including a Journey in the Boosuana Nation, numerous coloured engravings of Costumes, manners and customs, natural history, &c. by Daniel and Medland, 4to. calf gilt, 88 1806 65 BARRY'S (G.) History of the Orkney Islands, ancient and modern, map and numerous engravings by Scott, 4to. calf gilt, fine copy, 10s 6d 1805 MR. BARTLETT's Beautiful PICTORIAL WORKS. 66 BARTLETT'S Footsteps of Our Lord and his Apostles in Syria, Greece, and Italy, with 23 beautiful engravings on steel, and numerous woodcuts, imp. 8vo. gilt cloth, 138 1852 67 BARTLETT'S Walks about Jerusalem and its Environs, with 24 beautiful steel engravings and numerous woodcuts, imperial 8vo. gilt cloth, 128 1851 68 BARTLETT'S Forty Days in the Desert on the Track of the Israelites, with 27 beautiful illustrations on steel and numerous woodcuts, imperial 8vo. gilt cloth, 128 1851 69 BARTLETT'S The Nile Boat, or Glimpses of the Land of Egypt, with 35 beautiful engravings on steel, and numerous 1852 70 BARTLETT'S Gleanings, pictorial and antiquarian, on woodcuts, imperial 8vo. gilt cloth, 158 the Overland Route to India, with 28 fine engravings, and 23 woodetus, imperial 8vo. gilt cloth, 158 1851 71 BARTLETT'S Jerusalem Revisited, with 22 engravings on steel, and numerous woodcuts, imperial 8vo. gilt cloth, 128 Just pub., 1855 This is the last work of that excellent artist and pleasing writer, the late Mr. Bartlett, 72 BARTLETT'S The Pilgrim Fathers; or the Founders of New England in the Reign of K. James I, with 28 beautiful engravings on steel, and numerous woodcuts, imperial 8vo. gilt cloth, 128 1854 73 BARTLETT'S (J. R. U. S. Commissioner) Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in TEXAS, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, during the years 1850-3, extensively illustrated with woodcuts, lithographs, and large map, 2 thick vols. 8vo. new cloth, £1. 58 Just pub. 1854 An interesting and valuable work, with numerous illustrations. 74 BARTOLI, Picture Antique Cryptarum Romanorum et Sepulcri Nasonum, descripta a Bellorio et Causseo, containing 95 fine plates of the ancient Paintings, Mosaics, Arabesques, etc. in the Baths of Titus, Tombs of the Nasi, and other places in Rome, impl. folio, bds. 16s Roma, 1750 75 BATTY'S Welsh Scenery, 35 highly finished and beautiful engravings by Finden, original and fine impressions, with Descriptions, imp. 8vo. 10s 6d 1825 76 BEATTIE'S (Dr.) CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND, from the National Records, early Chronicles, &c. the two Series, complete, illustrated by upwards of 300 FINE ENGRAVINGS on steel and wood, from drawings by Allom, Delamotte, Bartlett, 2 large vols. imperial 8vo. handsomely bound in gilt cloth, £1.108 1844-50 A very beautiful and interesting national work. 77 BEAUTIES of the Bosphorus, by Miss Pardoe, with 80 highly finished engravings by Adlard and other eminent Artists, from Drawings by BARTLETT, fine impressions, 1to. hf calf, £1. 5s (pub. at £2. 28) 1 78 BEAUTIES of ENGLAND and WALES, or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive of each County, by J. BRITTON, BRAYLEY, &c. with Introduction by Brewer, with about 700 engravings of Mansions, Views, &c. FINE IMPRESSIONS, LARGE PAPER, 26 vols. royal 8vo. contents lettered, neatly bound, hf. calf, £7. 108 (pub. at £60.) 1801-23 This interesting work is still the only one which gives a description of every County of England and Wales: the plates are well known as being the most valuable and interesting productions of Storer, Greig, and other entinent artists, and many of the Vignettes are by the inimitable Bewick. 79 Becon's (T.) Relickes of Rome, woodcut capitals, late M 92 Biblía Cíeska.— Biblia Bohemica (a Thaborit PRIVATE. Daye and Seres, 154 Contains the large woodcut at the beginning of Psalms, the portrai Sir Mark Sykes' copy of this edition sold fo of the Evangelists, &c. £31 10%. 94 BYBLE in Englyshe after the Translacion (Parker's) ap This rare edition, according to Cotton, was certainly printed at tw different presses: the above wants title to the Old Testament, and 2 or leaves of Prologue, &c. 95 Byble; THE WHOLE BYBLE faythfully translated into Englyshe by MYLES COVERDALE, thick 4to. rough calf, £6. 108 (Zurich, 1550 Very rare edition; the type is the Francic or Alamauic character: in this edition are the three verses in Psalm xiv. with a marginal note inti 1843 before folio 17. 1844 82 BELL'S (J., Sculptor) Beautiful Compositions from the Liturgy, 36 fine outline engravings, some coloured, 4to. 78 6dinating that they are not in the Hebrew: the above copy wauls the matte (pub. at 188) 83 BERINGTON'S (J.) History of Abeilard and Heloisa, with their Genuine Letters, from the Collection of Amboise, 4to. calf gilt, 58 1797 "A valuable and accurate work, composed from authentic materials." 84 BEWICK'S History of Quadrupeds, with fine impressions of the celebrated woodcuts, 8vo. second edition, scarce, 1791 new hf. antique morocco, £1. Is 85 BEWICK'S History of British Land Birds, FIRST EDITION, with earliest impressions of the woodcuts, 8vo. calf, 148 Newcastle, 1797 Contains autograph of the eminent Painter, John Martin. 86 BIBLIA HEBRAICA, cum Notis criticis et Versione Latina : acced. Libri Græci, qui Deutero-Canonici vocantur, auctore C. F. HOUBIGANT, 4 vols. folio, calf gilt, good sound copy, £3. 38 Only 300 copies were printed. 1753 "A good copy of this most excellent edition, now becoming scarcer and scarcer, is worth 12 guineas."-Dibdin. 87 Biblia Sacra Latina, cum Prologo S. HIERONYMI, fine large copy, several pages and chapters illuminated in gold and colours, including Portrait of St. Jerome, thick folio, russia extra, RARE, £3. 108 Neapoli, M. Moravus, мCCCCLXXVI. The readings in this rare edition of the Vulgate are more correct than in most Bibles of this early period; it is printed in a handsome gothic type, and in the fine condition of the above is a very desirable specimen of this early press. 88 BIBLIA Sacra Latina, cum Argumentis, Indice et Hebræ- 90 BIBLE.-La Sainte Bible, the same elegant Version, with Wetstein, Amst. 1710 91 Bpble, and Apocrypha, with Prologue thereto by ARCHBISHOP CRANMER, large Gothic type, with woodcuts, thick folio, RUSSIA, wants part of the last Chap. of Revelation, and probably otherwise slightly imperfect, £7. 108 Grafton, July, 1540 THE SECOND EDITION OF CRANMER'S BIBLE, ordered by proclamation to be placed in every Parish Church: it has the same curious graved title to the New Testament as the first edition, only it is obable that the arms of Lord Cromwell are in this defaced, garter and having been beheaded in this year. 96 BIBLE and Apocrypha, ARCHBISHOP CRANMER'S VER SION, or Bishop's Bible, large gothic type, with engraved titles at Psalms I. and the New Testament, thick folio, original binding, with clasp, £3. 10s Rouen, R. Carmarden, 1566 A very fine and pompous edition: the above copy wants the title and preliminary matter to the Old Testament, and 2 chaps. of Revelation, &c. 97 BIBLE and APOCRYPHA, Archbishop Cranmer's Version, or Bishop's Bible, large gothic type, folio, calf, good sound Barker, 1588 copy, but deficient in 2 leaves, £2. 108 98 Bible (Holy), King James', or First Authorized 99 BIBLE, the Genevan Version, or BREECHES BIBLE, with 100 BIBLE, Genevan Version, or BREECHES BIBLE, with "His notes are selected with great judgment from the labours of 103 BIBLE and APOCRYPHA, the authorized version, finely border, which gives a beautiful appearance to the volume. 1851 The last edition of this valuable work, with the author's final cor rections, 105 BIBLE (Holy), and Apocrypha, the authorized translation, accompanied throughout with a brief Hermeneutic and Exegetical Commentary and revised Version, by T. J. Hussey, D.D., printed with large type, 3 large thick vols. imp. 8vo. new cloth, (A REMARKABLY CHEAP BIBLE) 148 (pub. at £2. 28) 1844 This handsome Bible is printed in a novel and very convenient manper in two columns, in such a way that the revi-ed Translation and Commentary occupy a place immediately parallel with the usual version. leo accompanied by Marginal Readings, the chronology of Dr. Hales, additions from the Samaritan Pentateuch, &c. It 106 BIBLE PRINTS.-ALBERT DURER's twenty beautifully engraved illustrations to the New Testament, but including one of Adam and Eve in Paradise, and two large woodcuts of the Crucifixion, in a 4to. Scap-Book, calf gilt, £2. 28 n. d. 107 BIBLE PRINTS.-A very singular Collection of ANCIENT WOODCUTS and Copper-plate engravings illustrative of Bible History, comprising 760 plates, (about half of which are coloured) many by Vischer, Brandt, &c. mounted in a volume, imp. 8vo. hf. calf, £1. 88 v. y. 108 BIBLE PRINTS.-A Fine Series of Old Engravings illustrative of the Old and New Testament, comprising 170 engravings by VISCHER, DE JODE, WIERIX, M. De Vos, HEEMSKERK, SADELER, &c. most beautiful impressions, rery neatly mounted, with ruled margins, folio, in a portfolio, £2.88 n. d. 109 BIBLE PRINTS.-Saurin, Discours sur les Evénémens les plus mémorables de la Bible, nearly 100 fine large engravings by HOET, HOUBRAKEN AND PICART, 4 vols. folio, calf gilt, £2. 58 1728 110 Bible Prints.-DE PONTE'S Der Zielen LustHof, with many very singular woodcuts illustrative of the New Testament by Van Sichem after Albert Durer, &c. thick 8vo. calf, not quite perfect, 158 1629 111 BIBLIOTHECA CLASSICA, or Classical Dictionary on a New Plan, by J. and T. Dymock, thick 8vo. hf. calf, 68 1833 112 BILLINGS'S BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND, 240 highly finished and interesting engravings of Ancient Castles, Abbies, Churches, &c. besides woodcuts, with Descriptions, 4 vols. imp. 4to. 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