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THE PICTORIAL EDITION OF Arabian Nights Entertainments, translated from the Arabic, with copious Notes by E. W. Lane, illustrated by many hundred beautiful engravings from designs by Harvey, 3 large vols. 8vo. new cloth, £1. 8s (pub. £2. 2s).— Another copy, new cf. gt. £1. 16s Murray, 1859 An entirely new and improved edition of Mr. Lane's standard translation, containing many corrections and additions from an annotated copy, very carefully edited by his nephew, E. S. Poole.

This is the first time that the Arabian Nights have been faithfully rendered into any European Language. But the most important part of this New Edition is the Notes. Mr. Lane's residence in Egypt enabled him to procure so complete a knowledge of the language, manners and customs of the Egyptian Arabs, that he has succeeded in giving us in a series of illustrative notes appended to the several chapters a faithful and as it were, a LIVING PIC

TURE of the EAST. His notes on the Baths, on Dress and Furniture, on the Meals, Manner of Eating, on Hunting and Hawking, &c. are invaluable; his Historical Illustrations are well selected. In fact the Book is the MOST COMPLETE MANUAL of EASTERN MANNERS ever PUBLISHED,

Eschylus.-LINWOOD'S LEXICON to Eschylus, containing a critical Explanation of the Difficult Passages in the Seven Tragedies, 8vo. new cloth, 1847 4s 6d (pub. 12s)

Adam's Exposition of the Four Gospels (of which those by St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John, have never before been published), by the Rev. T. Adam, author of " Private Thoughts on Religion," edited by the Rev. A. Westoby, 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 6s (pub. £1. 4s)

Hatchard, 1887 Akerman's Ancient Coins of Cities and PRINCES, Spain, France, and Britain, 24 plates, geographically arranged and described, 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d (pub. £1. 1s) Albucasis de Chirurgia, Arabice et Latine cura J. Channing, 2 vols. 4to. in one, bds. 16s, 1778 (pub. £1. 168)

1846

A valuable work: in Dr. Freind's History of Physic is a very elaborate analysis of Albucasis' works and practice.

and THROWS MORE LIGHT on the MYSTERY of ARAB LIFE Allen's (Capt.) Niger Expedition of 1841,

and MANNERS THAN PERHAPS ALL OTHER WORKS in our LANGUAGE."-ATHENEUM.

Alfred the Great, COMPLETE WORKS of, translated with preliminary Essays, JUBILEE EDITION, engravings of Coins, &c. 2 vols. impl. 8vo. new cl. gilt tops, £1. 5s (pub. £2. 2s) 1858

Best and only complete edition, with Essays on the History, Arts, and Manners of the IXth Century by Akerman, Bell, Britton, Bosworth, Giles, Paulí, Thorpe, Wright, &c.

A Picture Book of Birds and Beasts, for Young People, with 200 illustrations of Natural History, 4to. extra cloth, gilt leaves, 5s 6d (pub. 7s 6d)

1858

Abdollatiphi Bagdadensis Vita, auctore
Ibn Abi Osaiba, Arabice, e Codd. MSS. Bod-
leianis descripsit et Latine vertit J. Mousley,
4to. new bds. 5s
Oxon. 1808
Adair's (Sir R.) Historical Memoir of his
Mission to Vienna in 1806, with Selections from
his Despatches, 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. 18s) 1844
A history of the negociations for Peace under the Fox
Administration, by one of the most distinguished diploma-
tists of modern times.

NARRATIVE of the, with maps and plates, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d (pub. £1. 12s)

1848

Full of instructive and amusing details of African life. Ali Ebn Abi Talebi Sententiæ, Arabice et Latine, e Codd. MSS. descripsit, Latine vertit et Annotationibus illustravit C. van Waenen, Oxon. 1806 portrait, 4to. cloth, 8s 6d

"A correct and valuable edition."-Lowndes.

Alfieri and Goldoni, their Lives and Adven-
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Addey, 1857

Allibone's Critical Dictionary of Eng-
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Authors, living and deceased, very thick impl.
8vo. new cloth, £1. 1s

1859

THIS MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND VALUABLE WORK CON

tains THIRTY THOUSAND BIOGRAPHIES of AUTHORS and
LITERARY NOTICES OF THEIR WORKS, A subsequent vol.
will shortly be published.
Amos's Trial of the Earl and Countess
of SOMERSET, for the Poisoning of Sir Thomas
Overbury, in the Tower of London, and various
Matters connected therewith, from Contempo
rary MSS. portrait, 8vo. cl. 5s (pub. 15s) 1846

1854

Anadol, or the Turks in Asia (Travels in Armenia, etc.), by the author of "The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk," 8vo. cloth, 3s (pub. 12s) Ancient and Ornamental Alphabets, for the Use of Painters, Sculptors, Illuminators, Amateurs, &c. 24 large sheets of Alphabets of various centuries, drawn from authentic sources, and 1858 printed in colours, 4to. hf. bd. new, 12s 6d These Alphabets are elaborately executed, and printed in colours; they exhibit specimens of almost every style of letters of the various ages, taken from illuminated MSS. and early printed works, Monuments, &c. with many original designs made expressly for this work, adapted for Mural Inscriptions, and elegant modern decorative styles. Ancient Armour and Furniture.-Armes

et Armures, Meubles, et autres Objets du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, dessinés d'après nature par Asselineau, 144 fine lithographic plates of sumptuous and curious Furniture, Armour, Gold and Silver Plate, Porcelain, &c. thick royal folio, hf. morocco, £3. 15s (pub. £7. 4s) Paris, 1845 Ancient History from the EncycloPÆDIA METROPOLITANA, comprising History of Greece, Macedonia, Syria, Rome, Roman Literature, Introduction to the Study of Universal History, Tables of Universal Chronology, 9 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, £1 15s 1857, &c. Among the writers are Arnold, Pococke, Talfourd, Rutt, Lyall, Russell, Newman, Neale, Ottley, &c. Anderson's Annals of the Bible, from A.D. 1525 to 1848, with Memoirs of Tyndale and his Contemporaries and Successors, a copious History of the various Translations and Editions, portrait and facsimiles, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1. 1s (pub. £1. 16s).—The same, 2 vols. new calf gilt, £1. 10s Pickering, 1848 This is the only History of the English Bible, and of its progress in England and Scotland.

Andrews' History of British JourNALISM, from the Foundation of the Newspaper Press in England to the Repeal of the Stamp Act in 1855; with Sketches of Press Celebrities, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d (pub. £1. 1s) 1859

The most complete and authentic history of Newspapers yet published, with notices of many celebrated persons connected with them.

Andrews' The Eighteenth Century, or Illustrations of the Manners and Customs of Our Grandfathers, post 8vo. new cloth, 3s 6d (pub. 98)

1856

Andrewes (Bp.) Holy Devotions; with directions to Pray, also Expositions upon the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, the Commandments, &c. edited by the Rev. W. H. Hale, thick 12mo. new cloth, 2s 6d, rep. 1839

This is a facsimile reprint of the excessively rare edition of the Institutiones Piæ, Meditations and Devotions. A New Matrimonial Ladder, by E. Concanen, in Verse, with 20 characteristic and FINELY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, from Designs by Onwhyn, 4to. new cloth gilt, 12s (pub. £1. 1s) (1853) Anglo-Saxon.-CEDMON'S BIBLE POETRY, edited with Notes by Bouterwek, with copious Anglo-Saxon and Latin Glossary, 2 vols. 8vo. sewed, 8s

A very clever and amusing table book.

1851

This is the best text of the most interesting relic of Anglo-Saxon literature that has descended to us. With a copious Glossary extending over nearly 400 pages.

Anglo-Norman Poem on the Conquest of Ireland by Henry II. edited from an original MS. by Michel, with Historical Introduction by Wright, printed by C. Whittingham, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 58 6d Pickering, 1838 Antommarchi's Last Years of NapoLEON'S EXILE, Memoirs of the, with his Conversations on a Variety of Subjects connected with his Life, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. in one, new cloth, 1826 4s, or hf. calf gilt, 6s (pub. £1. 8s)

The most interesting and authentic personal record of the closing events of the great Napoleon, by his Physician. Archeological Album, or Museum of

National Antiquities, edited by T. Wright, with 26 fine plates, some in gold and colours, and upwards of 100 woodcuts by F. W. Fairholt, 4to. new cloth, 15s (pub. £1. 12s)

Chapman and Hall A very interesting and elegant national work. Archeological Institute.-Memoirs illus trative of the History and ANTIQUITIES of BRISTOL and the Western Counties of Great Britain, numerous engravings, SOME COLOURED, 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d (pub. £1. 18) 1853

Archeological Institute.-Memoirs illus trative of the History and Antiquities of Wiltshire and the CITY of SALISBURY, with Proceedings in 1849, numerous coloured and other engravings, 8vo. new cl. 6s 6d (pub. £1. 1s) 1851 Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, translated into English Verse by W. Stewart Rose, 8 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, £1. 8s (pub. £3. 16s).-The same, 8 vols. new calf gilt, £2. 18s

1823-31

"Never was such a close scrupulous fidelity of rendering associated with such light-dancing elegance of language."-BLACKWOOD.

Ariosto, Rinaldo Ardito Frammenti Inediti, now first published from the original MS. with Preface and Indices by Giampieri and Aiazzi, facsimile of writing, impl. 8vo. sewed, ls 6d 1846

Aristotelis Opera Omnia, Gr. ex recensione Bekkeri, acced. Indices Sylburgiani, finely printed, large type, 11 vols. 8vo. new cloth, £2. 8s (pub. £3. 6s) Oxon. Typ. Acad. 1887 The best modern edition of the complete works of Aristotle.

Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, consisting of Examples from the MANCHESTER ART TREASURES EXHIBITION of 1857, with Descriptive Essays by OWEN JONES, DIGBY WYATT, G. SCHARF, &c. 100 extremely beautiful PLATES, MOSTLY IN GOLD AND COLOURS, executed in the highest style of Chromo-Lithography, by F. Bedford, impl. 4to. calf extra, gilt leaves, the sides elaborately tooled and gilt, A VERY HANDSOME VOLUME, £10. 10s (pub. £19. 19s) 1857-8

This is unquestionably one of the most beautiful and interesting works on the Fine Arts ever produced: only 750 copies were printed, and the stones having been de stroyed no more can be produced.

Atlas.-LIBRARY ATLAS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 161 large coloured maps, with Index, atlas 4to. new hf. russia, £5. 15s (pub. £7. 78) 1859

Last and best edition of this most useful Atlas.

Audin's Life of Henry VIII, and History | Barry Cornwall's Poetical Works, with

of Schism in England, translated by E. G. Kirwan Browne, portraits, 8vo. new cloth, 4s (pub. 8s 6d) Dolman, 1852 Audin's Life of Luther, the Life, Doctrines and Writings of Luther, translated by W. B. Turnbull, 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 6s 6d (pub. 14s), Dolman, 1854 Auerbach's (Berth.) The Barefooted MAIDEN, a Tale, printed by Whittingham, with beautiful illustrations by Wehnert, fcap. 8vo. new extra gilt cloth, 3s (pub. 68) 1857

Austen's (Miss) Popular Novels, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, fronts. 5 vols. 12mo. new cloth, 15s

1856

Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the ANCIENTS, edited by Basil Montagu, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 5s Pickering, 1852 Badham's (Rev. Dr.) Fish Tattle, ANCIENT and MODERN, or Prose Halieutics, thick post 8vo. new cloth, 3s 6d (pub. 12s) Parker, 1854

An exceedingly entertaining book; comprising much curious information on Ancient and Modern Angling in various countries; Ancient Estimation of Fish, the varied Species, Habits, Localities; Etymologies, Uses, &c. of Fish; the different mode of Cookery, ancient and modern; The Vivaria, &c. with Anecdotes and Quotations, both ancient and modern.

Baikie's Exploring Expedition up the Rivers Niger and Tsaddi in 1854, engravings and map, thick 8vo. cloth, 5s 6d (pub. 16s), Murray, 1856 Containing much interesting and curious information regarding the little known regions of Central Africa. Bailey's (S.) Discourses on various Subjects, read before Literary and Philosophical Societies, 8vo. cloth, 6s 1852 Balbo's (Count) Life and Times of Dante, edited with Introduction by Mrs. Bunbury, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 5s 6d (pub. £1. 1s) 1852 Bancroft's (G.) History of the American REVOLUTION, maps and plans, 3 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 15s (pub. £1. 11s 6d) Banks' (Rt. Hon. G.) Story of Corfe Castle, and of many who have lived there, engravings, post 8vo. cloth, 3s 6d (pub. 10s 6d)

1852

1853

A very amusing work collected from Ancient Chronicles and Records, also from the Private Memoirs of a Family resident there in the time of the Civil Wars; including various particulars of the Court of Charles I. when held at Oxford and at York.

Baronial Halls of England, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices, with Descriptions by S. C. HALL, 71 large and finely executed tinted plates, from Drawings by Harding, Cattermole, Prout, Müller, Fairholt, and other eminent artists, 2 vols. impl. 4to. new hf. morocco, gilt leaves, £3. 3s (pub. £7. 78), or LARGE PAPER, 2 vols. roy. folio, new hf. morocco, gilt leaves, £6. 68 (pub. £14. 14s)

1858

This is unquestionably one of the most interesting as well as cheapest books ever offered to the public. The Drawings are executed in the highest style of art, by eminent living artists, and comprise the most ancient Castles and Mansions now existing in England.

Barrow's (J.) Life and Correspondence of ADMIRAL SIR SYDNEY SMITH, fine plate of Sir Sydney at the Breach of Acre, and plans, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d, or new hf. calf gilt, 10s 6d (pub. £1. 8s)

1848

"Mirandola," a Tragedy, 8vo. cloth, 2s (1849) Barry Cornwall's Dramatic Scenes and other Poems, 12mo. bds. 2s (pub. 7s), 1821 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, illustrated with woodcuts, 2 thick vols. 8vo. new 1854 cloth, 12s (pub. £1. 10s)

An interesting and valuable work, with numerous illustrations. Bassompierre's (Marshal de) Memoirs of his EMBASSY to the COURT of ENGLAND in 1626, translated with Notes, 8vo. new cloth, 38 6d (pub. 9s 6d) 1819 Bathurst's (Bp. of Norwich) Memoirs and CORRESPONDENCE, by his Daughter, Mrs. Thistlethwaite, thick 8vo. new cloth, 4s

1853 This highly interesting biography abounds with Anecdotes, and includes the celebrated Colloquies of J. J. Gurney, Bp. Bathurst, and Dr. Chalmers,

Baxter's British Flowering Plants, with the Scientific and English Names and Descriptions, copious Indexes, &c. 509 COLOURED PLATES, 6 vols. 8vo. new hf. morocco, £4. 10s (pub. £9.) Oxf. 1834-43 This excellent work is the only one which presents in a moderate compass the whole of the Genera of British Flowering Plants.

Beaumarchais and his Times, or Sketches of French Society in the XVIIIth Century, translated from the French by Edwards, 4 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 12s 6d (pub. £2. 2s) 1856 "The Life of Beaumarchais, the author of the Barber of Seville, the Marriage of Figaro, a Speculator, a Diplo matist, and Political Intriguer, is as interesting as any novel."

Beattie's Castles and Abbeys of EngLAND from the National Records, Early Chro. nicles, &c. BOTH SERIES, illustrated by upwards of 400 fine engravings on steel and wood, 2 large and handsome vols. impl. 8vo. gilt cloth, £1. 10 (pub. £2. 10s) Virtue (1855)

A beautiful and very interesting national work, illus

trating the oldest and most famous of our Castles and

Abbeys.

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1831

Belcher's (Sir E.) Narrative of the VoyAGE of H.M.S. SAMARANG, employed in Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, with Vocabularies of the principal Languages, &c. large map and tinted engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 12s (pub. £1. 16s) 1848 Beltz's (Lanc. Herald) Order of the Garter, MEMORIALS of, from its Foundation to the Present, including also Biographies of the Knights in the Reigns of Edward III. and Richard II. &c. woodcuts of Arms, thick roy. 8vo. hf. morocco, 78 6d (pub. £1. 10s) Pickering, 1841 Beltz's (Lanc. Herald) Chandos Peerage Claim, and the pretensions of Sir Egerton Brydges to designate himself Baron Chandos of Sudeley, 8vo. bds. 4s 6d Benecke's (W.) Exposition of St. Paul's EPISTLE to the ROMANS, translated from the German, 8vo. new cloth, 4s 6d (pub. 10s 6d) Longmans, 1854 "A very valuable work, by an excellent scholar and pious Christian." Bentley's (Dr.) Boyle Lectures, with other SERMONS, 8vo. new cloth, 38 (pub. 12s) Örf. 1809 "This is an incomparable work, well calculated to give a proper direction to a young man's mind in religious inquiry, and to guard him against infidelity."' Bernan's (W. Civil Engineer) History and ART of WARMING and VENTILATING Rooms and Buildings, 240 figures, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. 10s) 1845 Berncastle's (Dr.) Voyage to China, including a Visit to the Bombay Presidency, the Mahratta Country, the Cave Temples of Western India, Singapore, &c. tinted plates, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 5s (pub. £1. 1s) 1851 Bible Prints.-HISTORIC ILLUSTRATIONS of the BIBLE, with Descriptions, Eng. and Fr. 30 highly finished engravings from Pictures by the Great Masters, 4to. cloth, 8s 6d (pub. £1. 1s)

(1840)

Biblical Versions of Divine Hymns, with Annotations, collected by Wilmot Marsh, finely printed in large type, within ruled margins, very thick 8vo. new hf. morocco, red edges, 58 6d (pub. 128)

1845

"Here are specimens of the principal editions of EVERY ENGLISH VERSION of the Bible; the most remarkable Psalters, and Annotations in each century, from the days of Wiclif."

Biddulph on the Liturgy; Practical Essays

on the Morning and Evening Services, and on the Collects in the Liturgy of the Church of England, third edition, 3 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 98 (pub. £1. 78) Hatchards, 1822 Bigsby's (Dr.) The Shoe and the Canoe, or Pictures of Travel in the Canadas illustrative of their Scenery and Colonial Life, with Facts and Opinions on Emigration, State Policy, &c. 20 engravings on steel, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 6s (pub. £1. 4s)

- 1850

Blair's Chronological and Historical TABLES from the Creation to the present time, enlarged and corrected by SIR HENRY ELLIS, impl. 8vo. new hf. morocco, 18s (pub. £1. 11s 6d) Longmans, 1851 LAST and BEST EDITION of this most valuable Chronological History.

Blenkinsop's (Dr. Author of Paddiana) MėMOIRS, including his Travels and Adventures, with amusing Anecdotes, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. £1. 18) 1852

Blessington's (Countess of) Idler in FRANCE; & Journal of her Residence in Paris, and Tours in the Provinces, 2 vols. post 8vo. 1842 cloth, 4s (pub. £1. 1s)

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1830

The most piquant and delightful pictures of Paris and Parisian Society ever penned. Blunt's (J.) Jews in England, a History of their Establishment and Residence, with an Inquiry into their Civil Disabilities, 8vo. cloth, Boccaccio, Il Decamerone, con un Discorso Critico da Ugo Foscolo, portrait and beautiful engravings after STOTHARD's admired drawings, LARGE PAPER, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1.10s Pickering, 1825 Bodenstedt's Life in the Caucasus, or the Morning Land, translated by Waddington, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d (pub. £1. 1s) 1853 Bonar's (C.) Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria, illustrated with 12 beautiful tinted plates by T. Horschelt of Munich, 8vo. new cloth, 8s 6d (pub. 18s)

1853

Fresh, truthful and stirring records of some capital bits of active life among the Chamois Hunters of Bavaria. It may be placed on the same level in public favour with Scrope's Deer Stalking."

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1842

Bonnycastle's (Sir R. H.) Newfoundland, its political, general, and natural History, Agricultural Resources, Trade, Religion, &c. map and engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, Book of Battle Songs, a Collection of the 3s 6d (pub. £1. 1s) Songs of various Nations, with Remarks on the Poetry of Martial Enthusiasm, by C. Fanshawe, thick sm. 4to. extra cloth, gilt leaves, 10s fid (pub. £1. 1s)

(1860) Books of Beauty, or Court Albums for 1851 and 1852, with prose and poetical contributions by eminent writers, 26 highly finished Portraits of the Female Aristocracy, from Drawings by HAYTER, 2 vols. 4to. cloth extra, gilt sides and leaves, £1. 1s (pub. £3. 3s) 1852 Bossoli's Scenery throughout the CriMEA; within the City and Harbour of Sebastopol, Perekop, Eupatoria, Balaklava, Simfer opol, Bakchi-Sarai, Kerteh, Fort Arabat, &e. and on the Rivers Alma, Katcha, and Salghir, illustrating the Scenery and Customs throughout the Crimea, taken prior to the War, a series of 52 large and extremely beautiful lithographic drawings, in double tints, on 30 plates, impl. fol. new hf. mor. £3. 3s (pub. £5. 5s).-The same, COLOURED and mounted like original drawings, in hf. mor. extra, £5. 15s (pub. £10. 10s) 1855 The artist, Carlo Bossoli, resided for some time in the Crimea, in the suite of Prince Woronzoff. Bossoli's The War in Italy, Scenery and Battles, 40 beautifully tinted plates, with descriptions by the Author of the "Times" Letters from the Allied Camp, sm. 4to. gilt cloth extra, gilt leaves, 12s 6d (pub. £1. 1s) 1859

"These forty pictures, from the spirited drawings of familiar to our readers through the descriptions of our Carlo Bossoli, exclusive of maps, comprise all the scenes so Special Correspondent, and constitute a panoramic view! the entire War, as interesting in its separate subjects, as *: is clear and complete as a whole."-TIMES.

Boutell's Christian Monuments in ENGLAND, an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the various Classes of Monumental Memorials which have been in use in this country from the time of the Norman Conquest, numerous wood engravings, roy. 8vo. new cloth, 5s 1854 (pub. 15s) Boutell's Monumental Brasses of EngWood, LAND; a Series of 149 Engravings upon from valuable Memorials, with descriptive Notices, LARGE PAPER (a very handsome book), printed in FOLIO to range with Dugdale, &c. hf. 1849 morocco, £1. 10s (pub. £3. 3s) Bouterwek's History of Spanish LiteRATURE, with Notes by Ross, portrait, fcap. 8vo. Bogue, 1847 cloth, 1s 6d (pub. 3s 6d) Bowman and Crowther's Specimens of EARLY and MODERN POINTED ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS in GREAT BRITAIN, 125 large and very elaborate plates from actual admeasurement, with the scale of sizes to each, 2 vols. folio, 1849 hf. morocco, £4. 15s (pub. £9. 9s)

This valuable work contains the finest existing specimens of Early Church Architecture in nearly every County of England, with elaborate plates of Details, Interiors,

Ornaments, &c.

Brace's (C. L.) The Norse Folk, or a Visit to the Homes of Norway and Sweden, engrav1857 ings, post 8vo. cloth, 3s (pub. 6s) Braim's (T.) History of New South WALES, from the first establishment of the Colony, numerous engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. cloth, 3s 6d (pub. £1. 1s)

1846 Brandon's Analysis of Gothic ArchiTECTURE, with Seven hundred Examples of Doorways, Windows, &c. and Remarks on the several Details of an Ecclesiastical Edifice, 2 large vols. roy. 4to. cloth, £2. 10s (pub. £5.5s), 1849 Brandon's Open Timber Roofs of the MIDDLE AGES, illustrated by Perspective and Working Drawings of some of the best varieties of Church Roofs, with Descriptions, royal 4to. cloth, 188 (pub. £3. 3s)

1849

Brandon's Parish Churches; being Perspective Views, with Plans drawn to a Uniform Scale, and Letterpress Descriptions, 160 plates, 2 large vols. royal 8vo. cl. £1. 1s (pub. £2. 2s), 1849

Brayley and Britton's History of Surrey, including its Antiquities, Topography, Picturesque Beauties, &c. the Geological portion by Dr. MANTELL, with 400 beautiful engravings, 5 vols. 4to. new hf. russia, £4. 4s (pub. £16. 16s), 1841-8

The above is one of the superior copies of this highly valuable County History, printed in a larger type and on extra superfine paper.

The work is without exception the most beautifully illustrated County History ever published; and it has received the highest encomiums for accuracy and research. It is becoming a scarce book.

Brenton's (Capt.) Naval History of GREAT BRITAIN, greatly enlarged edition, numerous portraits of distinguished Officers, Plans of Battles, &c. 2 thick vols. 8vo. new cloth, 14s 1837 (pub. £1. 11s 6d) A standard and esteemed chronicle of the triumphant exploits of the British Navy.

Brenton's (Capt.) Life and CorrespondENCE of EARL ST. VINCENT, Admiral of the Fleet, port. 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 6s 6d (pub. 1838 £1.8s)

"One of the most interesting records of the achievements of our great naval heroes, which late years have produced."

Breton's Scandinavian Sketches, or a 1835 Tour in Norway, plates, 8vo. bds. 38 6d Brogden's Liturgy and Ritual of the Church of England and Ireland, ILLUSTRATIONS of the, selected from the Works of the most eminent Divines of the XVIIth Century, 3 vols. post 8vo. new cloth, 8s 6d (pub. £1. 78). -The same, 3 vols. new cf. antique, 18s 6d, 1842 Brogden's Catholic Safeguards against the Errors, Corruptions, and Novelties of the Church of Rome, large type edition, 3 large vols. 8vo. new cloth, 10s 6d (pub. £1. 16s.)— The same, 3 vols. new calf antique, red leaves, 1841 £1. 1s

A valuable selection of Sermons and Discourses from the works of the most eminent Divines of the XVIIth Century.

Brooke's (Rajah) Borneo and Celebes, Narrative of Events in, from his Journals, by Capt. Mundy, second edition, port, and numerous engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. new cloth, 10s 6d (pub. £1. 12s) Murray, 1848

1853

Brooke's (Rajah) Private Letters, narrating the Events of his Life, from 1838 to the present time, edited by J. C. Templer, 3 vols. post 8vo, cloth, 6s 6d (pub. £1. 11s 6d) Browne's (Rev. H.) Ordo Sæclorum; a Treatise on the Chronology of the Holy Scriptures, and the Indications therein contained of a Divine Plan of Times and Seasons, thick 8vo. Parker, 1844 new cloth, 38 6d (pub. £1.)

A valuable work: The Appendix contains a Compendium of the principal Institutes of Chronology; an Examination of Greswell's Scripture Chronology; Dissertations on the Ancient Chronographies of Asia and Egypt; Outlines of Chronological Harmony of the Four Gospels;

Essay on the Design and Structure of Prophecy. Brougham's Contributions to the EdinBURGH REVIEW, Political, Historical, and Misvols. 8vo. new cellaneous, now first collected, 1856 cloth, 16s (pub. £1. 168)

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Comprising his brilliant articles on the Greek, Roman, and English Orators, History and Historical Memoirs, Political Economy, Criminal Law, Physical Science, Foreign Policy, Constitutional Questions, and Miscellane

ous Subjects.

Brulliot, Dictionnaire

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GRAMMES, etc. avec lesquels les Peintres et Graveurs ont désigné leurs Noms, several thousand woodcuts of Monograms, &c. BEST EDITION, 3 vols. 4to. in one, hf. morocco, gilt top, £1. 16s, Munich, 1832

This is the best edition of a work of immense utility to Artists and Amateurs.

Bruno (Giordano) Opere, ora per la prima volta racolte e publicate da A. Wagner, fine portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. sewed, 10s 6d Lips. 1830

The first collected edition of the works of the EXTRAORDINARY GIORDANO BRUNO, which are of excessive rarity and high price. One of them alone, Spaccio de la Bestia Trionfante, has been sold as high as £50. An entire paper in the Spectator (No. 389), is devoted to the subject. He was burnt by the Inquisition in the year 1600.

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