25 00 Veris et genuinis hujusdem proprietatibus, theorematibus, &c., &c. Noriberga, 1683, royal folio, half calf, very fine copy, plates, very rare $3.00 4291 ŠAURIN (Jaques). Discours Historiques, Critiques, Theologique, et Moraux, sur les évènemens les plus memorables du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament. Avec des figures gravées sur les desseins de Messrs. Hoet, Houbraken et Picart. A la Haye, 1728, 5 vols. large folio, half calf, very fine copy, filled with many hundred beautiful large plates, fine impressions 4292 SCAMOZZI (Vincent). De Gront Regulen der Bouw-Konst ofte de vrytnementheyt van de vyf Ordens der Architectura. Amsterdam 1662, 4to. vellum, upwards of 40 plates 4293 SCHEUCHZERUS (Jo. Jac.) Herbarium Diluvianum Collectuma. Lug. Bat., 1723, folio, half calf, very fine copy, port., and 16 splendid large plates of fossils, &c., &c., very rare 3 00 4294 SCRIPTURE ATLAS (The); or, a Series of Maps to illustrate the Old and New Testament, drawn from the best Authorities, Ancient and Modern. London, 1812, royal 4to. half calf, very neat, 20 splendid colored plates, rare (pub. at £3. 38.) 1 00 500 4295 SEGARD AND TESTARD. Picturesque Views of the Public Edifices in Paris; aquatinted in imitation of the drawings by Rosenberg. London, 1814, 4to. boards, 19 fine colored plates, uncut 2 25 4296 SEGUINI (Petri). Selecta Numismata Antiqua, ex Museo Seguini, et ejusdem observationibus illustrata. Lut. Par., 1684, 4to. calf, neat, plates 2 00 4297 SELECT VIEWS of London, and its Environs; containing a collection of highly finished Engravings from original paintings and drawings of such objects in the Metropolis and the surrounding Country as are most remarkable for Antiquities, architectural grandeur, or picturesque beauty, with copious letter press descriptions. London, 1804, royal 4to. half calf, new, large paper, 40 beautiful large plates, proof impressions 3 50 4298 SHAW (Edward). Operative Masonry; or, a Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Building; with the fundamental rules of Geometry on Masonry and Stone Cutting. Boston, 1832, royal 8vo. cloth, 40 fine plates 1 75 4299 TARDIEU (Ambroise). La Colonne de la Grande Armée d'Austerlitz, ou de la Victoire, sur la Place Vendome; accompagnée de 36 planches, representant la vue générale, les médailles, piedesteaux, bas reliefs, et statue dont se compose ce monument. Paris, 1822, 4to. half mor. neat, fine impressions 3.00 4300 TOMKINS (Thomas). New Alphabets in Round, Text, and Small Hands. 26 fine sheets of copper plates. London, obl. 4to. wrapper 75 2.50 4 00 4301 TOTTEN (J. G.) Essays on Hydraulic and Common Mortars, and on Lime Burning, from the French of Treusart, Petot, and Courtois. New York, 1842, 8vo. cloth 1 00 4302 TREDGOLD (Thomas). Elementary Principles of Carpentry; with practical rules and examples; to which is added an Essay on the nature and qualities of Timber. Philadelphia, 1847, 4to. half calf, 30 fine plates 4303 TYPOTI (Jac.) Symbola, divina et humana, Pontificum, Imperatorum, Regum: accessit brevis et facilis Isagoge. Francofurt, 1642, 3 vols. folio in 1, calf, very neat, nearly 2000 large emblems, good impressions, rare 4304 VALERIANI (Jo. Pierii). Hieroglyphica; seu, de Sacris Ægyptiorum, aliarumque gentium literis commentarii; quibus additi sunt duo Hieroglyphicorum libri, Coelii Augustini Curionis. Ejusdem PIERII pro Sacerdotum Barbis declamatio, et poemata varia, cum diversis Hieroglyphicis Collectaneis; Accesserunt HORI APOLLINIS Hieroglyphicorum libri duo; item Hierogl. Emblematumque Medicorum Scaturigines, auctore Lud. a Casanova. Lugduni, 1626, large folio, (1200 pages), vellum, very fine copy, full of fine plates, rare 750 4305 VERDIER (Antoine du). La Prosopographie; ou, Description des Personnes Insignes, enrichie de plusieurs effigies. Lyons, 1573, 4to. sheep, neat, 150 curious heads, plates, &c. Patch by patch is good husbandry, but patch upon patch is plain beggary. 2 00 $200 4306 VERONENSIS (Francisci Blanchini). De Kalendario et Cyclo Cæsaris, ac de Paschali Canone S. Hippolyti Martyris dissertationes dua; cum decriptionc et explanatione basis nuper detectæ, etc.; necnon enarratione de Nummo et Gnomone Clementino. Roma, 1703, folio, calf, neat, numerous fine and curious plates, gems, coins, &c., &c., very rare 4307 VERSALIARUM Consecrata Memoria per thaumata loquacia Edium, Lucorum, Statuarum, Figurarum, Vasorum, etc., Metris Liberis Gallice scriptum a J. B. de Monicart; accessit Latina, eademque soluta Metrorum Versio. Paris, 1720, Vols. 1 and 2, 4to. calf, very neat, upwards of 100 fine plates, copies of the Old Masters, &c., fine impressions, rare 5.00 4308 VIGNE (D.) Spiegel om wel te Sterven, aanwyzende met prentverbeeldingen van het Lyden onzes Zaligmakers Jesu Christi; alles wat een Zieke betaamt om gelukkig te sterven. Verzierd met 42 syne geetste Kopere platen door Romein de Hoog. Expliquées par M. De Chertablon. Amsterdam, 1700, 4to. half calf, very fine copy, extremely rare; 42 beautiful copper plates, drawn in a masterly style, and fine impressions 3 00 4309 WALTER, (Thomas U.) and J. JAY SMITH: 200 Designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture; parts 1, 2, and 3. Philadelphia, 1846, 3 vols. 4to. half 5 25 morocco 4310 WALTER, (Thomas U.) and J. J. SMITH. A Guide to Workers in Metals and Stones for the use of Architects, Designers, Black and White Smiths, Brass Founders, Gas Fitters, Iron Masters, Plumbers, Silver and Gold Smiths, Potters, &c., &c. Philadelphia, 1846, 4 vols. 4to. half mor., consisting of a series of 100 sheets of designs 7 00 2 50 4311 WEST (Benj.) The Gallery of Pictures painted by, engraved in outline by Henry Moses, being a series of 17 beautiful plates with letter press description; fine impressions. London, 4to. half bound, very neat 4312 WHITLOCK (Nat.) The Art of Drawing and Coloring from Nature Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insects. London, 1830, oblong 4to. cloth, 24 fine plates, many colored 2 50 4313 WIGHTWICK (George). The Palace of Architecture; a Romance of Art and History. London, 1840, Imp. 8vo. cloth, new, containing 212 beautiful architectural plates, cuts, &c., &c. 6 00 4314 WOLFII (Johannis). Lectionum Memorabilium et Reconditarum Centenarii XVI. Habet hic Lector Doctorum Ecclesiæ, Vatum, Politicorum, Philosophorum, Historicorum, aliorumque Sapientum et Eruditorum, pia, gravia, mira, arcana, et stupenda; jucunda simul et utilia; Vaticinia item, vota, omina, mysteria, hieroglypica, miracula, visiones, antiquitates, exempla virtutum, vitiorum, abusuum, sed et ipsius Coeli ac Natura horrenda Signa, Ostenta, Monstra, atque Portenta, &c., &c., &c. Lavingæ, 1600, 2 vols. folio, hog skin, a very fine copy, filled with the most curious plates, very rare 8 00 4315 WRIGHT (Wm. H.) A Practical Treatise on Mortars, with an Account of the processes employed at the public works. Bost., 1845, 12mo. cloth, plates 75 4316 ZENTNER (L.) A Select Collection of Landscapes from the best old Masters, one of each; to which are added portraits of the Artists, and biographical accounts of each. London, 1791, obl. 4to. boards, 56 fine plates, rare Agriculture, Botany, and Rural Sports. 4 00 "Behold the original and primitive nobility of all those great persons, who are too proud now, not only to till the ground, but almost to tread on it. We may talk what we please of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles, in fields d'or or d'argent ; but if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms." 4317 ABERCROMBIE's Gardiner's Calendar and General Directory. 18mo. cloth 4318 AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST (The). Edited by A. and R. Allen. any vol. on hand, 8vo. cloth London, 1845, 38 New York, 75 One man may better steal a horse than another look over the fence. 4319 AMERICAN Turf Register and Sporting Magazine; edited by J. S. Skinner. Balti., 1830-4, 8vo. vols. 1-3-4-5 in all 4 vols. half russia, fine plates $6 00 4320 ARMSTRONG's Treatise on Agriculture, the Kitchen and Fruit Garden, &c. New York, 1845, 18mo. half calf 38 1 50 4321 BECKFORD (Peter). Thoughts on Hunting in a series of familiar letters to a friend. London, 1802, 4to. half calf, plate 4322 BERTOLONII (A.) Amoenitates Italicæ sistentes opuscula ad rem Herbariam et Zoologiam Italiæ spectantia. Bononiæ, 1819, 4to. half russia, neat 2 00 4323 BIGELOW (Jacob). Collection of the Plants of Boston and its vicinity, with Generic and Specific Characters, and a Glossary of Botanical terms. Boston, 1840, 12mo. cloth 1 00 4324 BOSWELL. Bees, Pigeons, Rabbits, and Birds, familiarly described. New York, 24mo. cloth 31 1 00 4325 BOUSSINGAULT (J. B.) Rural Economy, in its relations with Chemistry, Physics, and Meteorology; or, Chemistry applied to Agriculture, with notes by G. Law. New York, 1845, 12mo. cloth 4326 BRITISH HUSBANDRY: exhibiting the Farming Practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. London, 1847, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, illustrations 5 25 4327 BUEL (Jesse). The Farmer's Companion; or, an Essay on the Principles and Practice of American Husbandry. Boston, 1844, 12mo. cloth, illus. 50 4328 BUEL (J.) The Farmer's Instructor. Practical Directions and Hints on the Management of the Farm and Garden. New York, 1844, 2 vols. 18mo. half bound 4334 75 1 75 63 50 50 4329 CARPENTER (Wm. B.) Popular Cyclopedia of Natural Science, Vegetable Physiology, and Botany. London, 1844, 8vo. cloth, illustrations 4330 CHAPTAL (J. A.) Chemistry applied to Agriculture. Boston, 1839, 12mo. sheep 4331 CLARKE (John). A Treatise on the Mulberry Tree and Silk Worm, and on the Production and Manufacture of Silk. Philadel., 12mo. cloth, plates 50 4332 CLASSES Fossilium; sive, Characteres Naturales et Chymici Classium et ordinum in Systemate Minerali. Edinburgh, 1787, 8vo. boards 4333 CLATER (F.) Every Man his own Cattle Doctor: with notes and improvements by W. Youatt and J. S. Skinner. Philadelphia, 1845, cloth Every Man his own Farrier: containing the causes, symptoms, and cure of the diseases of Horses. Philadelphia, 1845, 12mo. cloth 4335 COBBETT (Wm.) The American Gardener; or, a treatise on the situation, soil, fencing, and laying out of gardens. 18mo. cloth 4336 COATES (George). A Supplement to the General Short Horned Herd Book;⚫ containing the pedigrees of short-horned bulls, cows, &c., of the improved Durham breed. Doncaster, 1829, 8vo. half russia, 20 fine portraits of celebrated cattle, rare 2 00 4337 COLE (S. W.) The American Veterinarian; or, Diseases of Domestic Animals, showing the causes, symptoms, and remedies. Boston, 1847, 18mo. sheep, plates 50 38 50 4338 COMSTOCK (J. L. and J. C.) The Illustrated Botany, comprising a treatise on Vegetable Physiology, Botany of Fossils, &c. New York, 1847, 8vo. half calf, many colored plates 2.00 4339 CONVERSATIONS on Gardening, with incidental notes on Natural History. London, 1838, 18mo. half morocco, gilt edges 50 4340 CYPRESS (J.) Sporting Scenes and Sunday Sketches, being the Miscellaneous Writings edited by Frank Forester. New York, 1842, 2 vols. 12mo. 1 00 4341 DANIEL (Rev. Wm. B.) Rural Sports. Lon., 1812, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 3 50 4342 DICK. (Wm.) Manual of Veterinary Science. Edinburgh, 1841, 12mo. wrappers 4343 DICKSON (Adam). A Treatise on Agriculture. plates 38 Dublin, 1766, 8vo. sheep, 50 Look not a gift horse in the mouth. 4344 DON (George). A General History of the Dichlamideous Plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; together with the characters of the genera and species, and an enumeration of the cultivated varieties; their places of growth, time of flowering, mode of culture, and uses in medicine and domestic economy; the scientific names, their etymologies, and the classes and orders illustrated by engravings, and preceded by introductions to the Linnæan and Natural systems, and a Glossary of the terms used: the whole arranged according to the natural system. London, 1831, 4 vols. 4to. cloth, numerous engravings $10 00 4345 DONALDSON (John). A Treatise on Manures; their nature, preparation, and application, with a description and use of the most approved British Grasses, &c. London, 1842, 8vo. cloth 4346 Down (James). Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or, an Accented Catalogue of Indigenous and Exotic Plants cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, with notes by Pursh, Lindley, and Sinclair. London, 1845, 8vo. cloth, illus. 2 50 4347 DOYLE (Martin). A Cyclopedia of Practical Husbandry, and rural affairs in general; revised and enlarged by Rev. W. Rham. London, 1844, 8vo. cloth, illustrations 1275 1 00 4348 DOWNING (A. J.) The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America; or, the Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees generally. New York, 1847, 12mo. cloth, illustrations 1 50 4349 DRAPER (J. W.) A Treatise on the Forces which produce the Organization of Plants, with an Appendix containing memoirs of Capillary Attraction, Electricity, and the Chemical Action of Light. New York, 1845, 4to. cloth, colored and plain plates 1 88 4350 DU MONCEAU (D.) La Physique des Arbres où il est traité de l'Anatomie des Plantes et de l'Economie Vegetale. Paris, 1758, 2 vols. 4to. calf, fine plates 2 50 4351 EATON (Prof. Amos). Manual of Botany for North America, containing the Indigenous Plants and Exotics growing north of the Gulf of Mexico. Albany, 1833, 12mo. sheep 4352 EGAN'S (Pierce). Book of Sports and Mirror of Life; embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage: with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men, &c. London, 1832, 8vo. half russia, plates 4353 1 00 75 1 50 Sporting Anecdotes, original and selected, including characteristic portraits of persons in every walk of life, with sketches of various animals of the Chase. Philadelphia, 1822, 8vo. boards, plates 4354 FALKNER (F.) The Farmer's Treasure; a Treatise on Manners: to which is added Productive Farming, by J. A. Smith. N. Y., 1844, 12mo. cloth 50 4355 FARMER'S CABINET (The); devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and Rural Economy. Philadelphia, 1837, 4 vols. 8vo. half calf, illustrations 3 00 4356 FARMER'S LETTERS (The) to the People of England: containing the sentiments of a practical husbandman on various subjects. Dub., 1768, 18mo. 50 4357 FARMER'S LIBRARY (The); and Monthly Journal of Agriculture, edited by J. S. Skinner. New York, 1845-47, 24 Nos. making 4 vols. 8vo. colored and plain plates 6 00 4358 FESSENDEN (T. G.) The New American Gardener: containing practical directions on the culture of Fruits and Vegetables. Boston, 1840, 12mo. 63 4359 FORSYTH (Wm.) A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees, with notes on all the diseases, defects, and injuries of fruit and forest trees with an Introduction and Notes, by Wm. Cobbett. Albany, 1803, Svo. sheep, plates 1 00 4360 GENTLEMAN FARMER (The): being an attempt to improve agriculture by subjecting it to the test of rational principles. Edinburgh, 1776, 8vo. calf 75 4361 GLEANINGS from the most celebrated books on Husbandry, Gardening, and Rural Affairs. Philadelphia, 1803, 8vo. sheep, plate Lawyers' houses are built on the heads of fools. 50 4362 GORE (Mrs.) The Rose Fancier's Manual. London, 1838, 8vo. cloth, colored title, best book on the subject $1.25 4363 GRAY (Asa). Elements of Botany. New York, 1836, 12mo. cloth, illus trations 63 4364 GUENON (F.) Treatise on Milch Cows; whereby the quantity and quality of their milk may be determined, &c. New York, 1847, 8vo. cloth, plates 44 The Same, in wrapper 4365 25 75 4366 HAMILTON (F.) Prodromus Flore Nepalensis; sive, enumeratio vegetabilium. London, 1825, 12mo. calf 4367 HANBURY (Rev. Wm.) A Complete Body of Planting and Gardening: containing the natural history and culture of Deciduous and Evergreen Forest Trees, Laying out Pleasure and Flower Gardens, Management of Kitchen Gardens, Planting Fruit Gardens and Orchards, &c. London, 1770, 2 vols. folio, calf, fine plates 6. 00 4368 HAYWARD (Joseph). The Science of Horticulture: containing a system for the Management of Fruit Trees, Cultivation of the Pine Apple, &c. London, 1824, 8vo. cloth, 13 plates 1.75 3.00 50 4369 HILL (John). The Construction of Timber from its Early Growth, explained by the Microscope and proved from experiments. London, 1770, folio, half calf, 43 plates 4370 HIND (John). A Compendious Pocket Manual of the Veterinary Art: being a description of all diseases incident to the Horse. London, 1832, 12mo. boards, plate 4371 HOOKER (W. J.) Botanical Miscellany: containing figures and descriptions of such plants as recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history. London, 1830, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 200 beautifully colored and plain plates 12 00 4372 HOOKER (W. J.) Flora Scotica; or, a Description of Scottish Plants, arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods. London, 1821, 8vo. boards 4373 HOOKER (W. J.) The Journal of Botany: being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany. London, 1834, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, 200 plates 5 00 4374 IRVINE (Alexander). The London Flora; a concise description of the Phonogamous British Plants which grow in the vicinity of the metropolis. London, 1838, 12mo. cloth 4375 JOHNSON (C. W.) The Farmer's Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Rural Affairs; embracing all the most recent discoveries in Agricultural Chemistry, adapted to the comprehension of unscientific readers, by G. Emerson. Philadelphia, 1844, 8vo. cloth, numerous plates 1 50 4376 JOHNSON (G. W.) A Dictionary of Modern Gardening. London, 1846, 18mo. cloth, pp. 700, illustrations 4377 JOHNSON (G. W.) 18mo. cloth 4378 KENRICK (Wm.) The American Orchardist; or, an account of the most valuable varieties of Fruit of all climates, adapted to the United States. Boston, 12mo. cloth The Principles of Practical Gardening. London, 1845, 4379 KENT (N.) Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property. London, 1779, 8vo. half calf, plates 63 4380 KÖLLAR (V.) A Treatise on Insects injurious to Farmers, Gardeners, Foresters, &c. London, 1840, 12mo. cloth, illustrations 88 4381 LAUREMBERGII (Petri) Horticultura in qua quicquid ad hortum proficue co lendum et eleganter instruendum facit explicatur. Franckfort, 1631, 4to. vellum, illustrations 4382 LAWRENCE (John). The Horse in all his Varieties and Uses; his breeding, rearing, and management. Philadelphia, 1830, 12mo. sheep 4383. LAWRENCE (B.) The Complete Cattle-Keeper; or, Farmer and Grazier's Guide. London, 12mo. boards, plates If the counsel be good no matter who gave it. 75 |