ABBOTSFORD CLUB BOOKS:

ARTHOUR and Merlin, a Metrical Romance, from the Auchinleck MS. front. by Sharpe, thick 4to. cloth, £1. 88, 1838 16

One of the most curious and extensive of the Romances connected with the Round Table.

GARDYNE'S (A.) Grave and Godlie Flowers; Garden's (A.) Theatre of Scottish Kings; Miscellaneous Poems, by J. Lundie, edited by W. Eyton, 4to. cloth, £1. 48, 1845 17

Only 100 copies of these curious pieces were privately printed for the members..

Guy of Warwick.-The Romances of Guy of Warwick and of Rembrun his Son, now first edited from the Auchinleck MS. with in

troduction, finely printed in Black letter, 4to. cloth, £1. 148, 1840

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SCOTLAND.-Inventaires Chronologiques des Documents relatifs à l'Histoire d'Ecosse conservés aux Archives du Royaume à Paris, 4to. cloth, 10s 6d, 1839 21 SIRE DEGARRE, a Metrical Romance of the XIIIth Century, from the Auchinleck MS. with facsimile woodcuts from Wynkyn de Worde's unique edition, 4to. cl. 14s-Another copy, new bright calf extra, gilt leaves, fine copy. £1. 18, 1849

22 Only 100 copies of this very curious Romance were printed. WILLIAMS' (Sir J.) Account of the Monastic Treasures Confiscated at the Dissolution of the various Houses in England, 4to. cl. 128, 1836 23 Only 70 copies privately printed for the members.

A Chaplet of PEARLS: Rhymes and Fragments of Ancient and Modern Verse, illustrated by Mrs. Randolph, impl. 8vo. new mor. gilt leaves, 168 (pub. £1. 11s 6d), Addey, 1852

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A very elegant volume, printed on thick drawing paper, every page surrounded by elaborately executed gold and coloured borders.

'ACKERMANN'S Westminster Abbey, its History, Antiquities, and Monuments, with 70 finely coloured engravings, from Drawings by Pugin, Mackenzie, &c. 2 vols. impl. 4to. calf extra, gilt leaves, £2. 10s (pub. in bds. £15.), 1812

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ACOSTA (C.) Droghe et Semplici del' Indie Orientali, upwards of 40 fine woodcuts, Ven., Ziletti, 1585-Prosperus Alpinus de Plantis Ægypti, numerous fine woodcuts, Ven. 1592, 2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. vellum, 68 6d, Ven., 1585-92

26 At the end of these early works on Oriental Plants is annexed Alpini de Balsamo Dialogus: the first work is deficient in the title.

ACTON'S (Mies) Modern Cookery, it all its Branches,

illustrated with numerous engravings and woodcuts, Last and Best Edition, fcap. 8vo. new cloth, 78, 1857

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ADAMS' (R. and J., Builders of the Adelphi) Architectural Works, containing Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Views of the principal Buildings in Great Britain, 80 fine large engravings by Burtolozzi, Piranesi, Vivares, Rooker, &c. original ressions, 2 vols. atlas fol. cf. £2. 10s, 1783 28

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ADAM'S Luxury and Eve's Cookery, with a large collection of Receipts for Cookery and Preserving, &c. 12mo. bound, scarce, 58 6d, 1744 ADAMS' (J.) Defence of the Constitutions and Government of the United States, with Comparisons to Ancient Republics, 8vo. cf. nt. 8s, 1787 ADDISON'S (C. G.) History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church and the Temple, sm. 4to. mor. gilt leaves and sides, 168, 1842 ADDISON'S (J.) Works (Poems, Plays, Travels, &c.) with Life by Tickell, large type, portrait and engravings, 4 vols. 8vo. tree calf gilt, fine copy, £1. 58, Tonson, 1763

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This edition contains nearly one third more than has hitherto been published in any collective form. ADDISON'S (J.) Miscellaneous Works (Poems, Plays, &c.), engravings, 4 vols. 12mo. bds. 7s 6d, Oxf., Tulboys, 1830 ADRICHOMII (Christ.) Theatrum Terræ Sanctæ et Biblicarum Historiarum, with a fine series of large maps of the countries of the twelve tribes, folio, vellum gilt, 108, 1593

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ADVICE to a Son, or directions for your better Conduct (on Studies, Love, Marriage, Travel, Government, Religion, &c.) 12mo. bound, 38, Oxf., 1656 ALFRIC'S (Abbot) Testimony of Antiquity, shewing the Ancient Faith of the English Church touching the Eucharist above 700 years ago (trans. from the Saxon), sm. 4to. hf. morocco, 58 Orf., 1675

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ESCHYLUS, Gr. et Lat. cum Scholiis Gr. et Comment. Stanleii; acced. Var. Lect. et Notæ Variorum, quibus suas passim intertexuit S. Butler, LARGE PAPER, 4 vols. 4to. cl. £1. 14s-Another copy, 8 vols. 8vo. russ. gilt scarce, £2. 5s, Cant., 1809-16 40*

"The most popular edition of Eschylus in this country; a copy in 4to. is worth £10. 10s; it is now becoming a scarce book."-DIBDIN.

AESCHYLUS, Gr. recens. Var. Lect. et Commentario perpetuo illustravit C. G. Schütz, cum Fragmentis et Scholiis Græcis, 5 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gt. 18s (pub. in bds. £2. 12s 6d) Hala, 1809-21 41

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S PRAYER BOOK.

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A BOOK of CHRISTIAN PRAIERS, collected out of the Ancient Writers and best learned in our time, with portrait of the Queen, and every page surrounded by very curious old woodcut borders by ALBERT DURER and HANS HOLBEIN, sm. 4to. new morocco super extra, gilt leaves and sides, in Riviere's best style, rare, £7. 7s, Yardley and Short, for the assignes of R. Daye, 1590

1 "I consider," says Dibdin in his Bibliomania, "ELIZABETH as a 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 considerable spirit and beauty, representing amongst other things some of the subjects of Holbein's Dance of Death." The Whole History of Christ, the Cardinal Virtues and their opposite Vices, &c.

A BOOKE OF CHRISTIAN PRAIERS, called Q. ELIZABETH'S PRAYER BOOK, Pickering's Beautiful Reprint, with port. of the Queen, woodcut borders, and all the illustrations of ALBERT DURER and HOLBEIN, thick post 8vo. antique cloth, 14s, Pickering, 1853

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This elegant and interesting volume contains the prayers suited to the present reign. It was got up regardless of expense by the late Mr. Pickering. Many of the Designs with which it is illustrated appear for the first time.

A MIRROR for MAGISTRATES, 3 vols.-PAINTER'S PALACE of PLEASURE, 2 vols. and the BYRTH, LYFF, and ACTES of KYNG ARTHUR, 2 vols. Edited with Introductions and Notes by HASLEWOOD and SOUTHEY, together 7 vols. 4to. newly and elegantly bound in olive morocco extra, antique style, gilt leaves, the sides tooled and gilt uniform, in Riviere's best style, £16. 16s, Longmans, 1813-17

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Only 250 copies of these famous works in verse and prose, of the Elizabethan age, were printed at the private press of Messrs. Longmans, and sold at nearly 20 guineas each unbound. Complete sets in such choice condition as the above are of very rare occurrence.

ABBOT'S (Capt.) Journey from Herault to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburg, during the late Russian Invasion of Khiva, portrait and map, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, 78, 1843

ABBOTT'S (Lieut.) Views of the Forts of Bhurtpoore and Weire, 13 fine Drawings on stone by J. D. Harding, oblong folio, bds. 78 6d, 1827 5

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ABDIAS (premier Evesque de Babylon) l'Histoire Apostolique, sm. 8vo. hf. cf. nt. scarce, (with autograph of Dean Conybeare) 4s 6d, Par. 1564 6 ABDOLLATIPHI Bagdadensis Vita, auctore Ibn Abi Osaiba, Arabice, e Codd. MSS. Bodleais descripsit et Latine vertit J. Mousley, 4to. new bds. 5s, Oxon. 1808 7

A learned and interesting work, forming an indispensable accompaniment to the works of this eminent writer. A'BECKET (S. THOME CANTUARIENSIS) OPERA

OMNIA, acced. Epistolæ Gilberti Foliot, et Herberti de Boseham Opera, edit. J. A. GILES, 8 vols. 8vo. cl. £1. 5s (pub. £4. 16s), Oxon. 1846 8

The only complete edition of the works of S. Thomas A'Becket, and contains a mass of valuable documents now first collected from Manuscript and other sources hitherto unknown to the public.

ABERCROMBIE'S (Dr. D.) Discourse of Wit, 18mo. calf gilt, scarce and curious, 5s 6d, 1685 9 ABERCROMBIE'S (John) Enquiries concerning the Intellectual Powers and the Investigation of 10 Truth, fcap. 8vo. new calf gilt, 78 6d, 1853 ABERCROMBIE'S (J.) Philosophy of the Moral Feelings, 12mo. new calf gilt, 5s 6d, 1853

11 A BLOODY Irish Almanack, with Astrological Observations by J. Booker, front. sm. 4to. hf. bd. VERY SCARCE, 188, Lond., for J. Partridge, 1646

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ABSTRACT of Certain Acts of Parliament of Certain of her Majesties (Q. Eliz.) Injunctions, of certain Canons, Constitutions and Synodalles provinciall, &c. sm. 4to. calf, fine copy, bound by Hayday, £1. Ss, Without place or date, (1580) 13

"This very rare Puritan Tract or collection of Tracts was replied to by Whitgift, and was the beginning of the controversy in which the "Counter Poyson," &c. were written."-MS. note by W. Maskell.

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) ANCIENT COINS of Cities and | Princes, Spain, France and Britain, with 24 plates, geographically arranged and described, 8vo. cl. 78 6d (pub. £1. 1s) 1846

72 This is perhaps the most generally interesting and useful of all Mr. Akerman's works Coins, and is now offered at an exceedingly low price.

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Tradesmen's Tokens current in London and its Vicinity between 1648 and 1672, 8 plates of coins, 8vo. cl. 10s (pub. 15s) 1849 73 ALBEMARLE'S (G. Monck, Duke of) Observations upon Military and Political Affairs, with large and rare port. inserted, fol. cf. gt. 88 1671 74 ALBEMARLE'S (Earl of) Marquis of Rockingham and his Contemporaries (temp. 1760-1782), with original Letters and Documents, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 78 6d - Another copy, new calf gilt, 12s (pub. £1. 10s) 1852

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ALBERT DURER'S Woodcuts of the Passion of Christ, with Biographical and Critical Introduction by H. Cole, 37 fine woodcuts taken from the Original Blocks preserved in the British Museum, on thick paper, sm. 4to. antique calf, gilt leaves, 10s 6d, 1844

76 From the superior manner in which these celebrated woodcuts are here printed, these fine impressions have all the sharpness and beauty of the original edition. ALBUM des Boiseries Sculptées du Choeur de Notre Dame de Paris, connues sous le nom de Voeu de Louis XIII. 34 large and very beautifully executed tinted lithographic Drawings, in the highest style of Art, by Benoist, impl. folio, hf. morocco, £1. 10s, Paris, 1855 77

ALBUCASIS de Chirurgia, Arabice et Latine, cura J. Channing, 2 vols. 4to. in 1, bds. 16s (pub. £1. 168) 1778

78 A valuable work: in Dr. Freind's History of Physic is a very elaborate analysis of Albucasis' works and practice. ALBIZI (A. Nobilis Florent.) Principum Christianorum Stemmata, with 45 Genealogical tables, with portraits, arms, views of towns, &c. folio, calf, scarce, 16s, Argent., 1627 79

ALCEDO'S Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies, translated and greatly enlarged by G. A. Thomson, 5 vols. 4to. 80 new hf. calf, £1. 10s, 1812 ALDRICH'S Elements of Civil Architecture according to Vitruvius and other Ancients, and the most approved Practice of Modern Authors, Lat. and Eng. 55 engravings, fine impressions, Best Edition, roy. 8vo. calf gilt, 58 6d-Another copy, LARGE PAPER, impl. 8vo. calf gilt, 78 6d, Oxon. 1789 ALDROVANDUS de Quadrupedibus, de Ornitholo- | gia, de Piscibus et de Insectibus, illustrated with numerous engravings of Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and Insects, 3 vols. folio, hf. cf. neat, 188, 1610-23

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ALEXANDER'S (Dr.) History of Women among all Nations, from the Earliest Antiquity, 2 vols. 4to. hf. calf neat, 10s 6d, 1779 83

This copy contains numerous able and interesting notes, beautifully written on the margins.

ALEXANDER'S (Sir J. E.) Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa, through the Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, engravings, 2 vols. post 8vo. new hf. calf gill, 6s ((pub. £1.18) 1828

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Only a few copies of this fine edition were printed on LARGE PAPER as the above, and sold at 23 guineas each.

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ALISON'S (Sir A.) History of Europe (1774-1815) complete, 20 vols. post 8vo. cloth, £4. 158-Another copy, new hf. russia, £6. 10s, 1847-8 ALISON'S (Sir A.) History of Europe epitomized, thick post 8vo. cloth, 58 6d, Blackwoods, 1848 93 ALISON'S (Sir A.) Essays, political, historical, and miscellaneous, large type library edition, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, £1. 88-Another copy, new calf gilt, £1. 88 (pub. £2. 5s), Blackwoods, 1850 ALISON'S (Sir A.) Military Life of the Great Duke of Marlborough, 8vo. newly bd. cf.gt. 128, 1848 ALLAN'S Mineralogical Nomenclature, alphabetically arranged with Synoptic Tables of the Che mical Analysis of Minerals, 8vo. bds. 3s, 1814 96 ALLASON'S Antiquities of POLA in ISTRIA, with 16 beautiful engravings after Turner and others, by Cooke, Moses, &c. impl. folio. hf. morocco, 128 (pub. £5. 58), 1819 97

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Full of instructive and amusing details of African life.

ALLIES' (Rev. T.) Journal in France in 1845 and 1848, with Letters from Italy in 1847 of Things and Persons concerning the Church and Education, post 8vo. new cloth, scarce, 58, 1849 101 VERY SCARCE, HAVING BEEN SUPPRESSED. Contains very remarkable accounts of Religious Worship and Doctrine by this "Tractarian" writer.

ALLIX'S (P.) Ancient Churches of the Albigenses, Remarks upon the Ecclesiastical History of the, 8vo. cloth, 38 6d, Oxf. Univ. Press, 1821 102 ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Maidstone, in Kent, History and Antiquities of, with Illustrations of its Architecture, and Observations on the Polychromatic Decoration of the Middle Ages, by J. Whichcord, LARGE PAPER, 13 large plates, INDIA PROOFS, some illuminated in gold and colours, impl. 4to. new cloth, 78 6d (pub. at 188), Weale,

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ALMA MATER, Original Pieces (verse and 'prose) | by Students in the University of Glasgow, 12mo. bds. 28 6d, 1828

104 ALMON'S Anecdotes of the Life of William Pitt Earl of Chatham, with his Speeches in Parliament from 1736 to 1778, 3 vols. 8vo. in two, hf. calf neat, 6s 6d, 1810 105

ALPHABET Annotated, for Youths and Adults, in doggrel Verse by an Old Etonian, each page surrounded with broad engravings by G. W. Terry, 4to. a curious and original work, new cloth, gilt leaves, 5s, Ackermann, 1850 106 AMERICAN Scenery, or Land, Lake, and River Illustrations, with Descriptions by N. P. Willis, 120 highly finished engravings by Bartlett, original impressions, 2 vols. 4to. morocco, gilt leaves and sides, £2. 58, Virtue, 1840

107 AMERICAN LITERATURE.-Seatsfield's Life in the New World, 1843; Seatsfield's Cabin Book, or Life in Texas, 1844; Kohl's Russia and the Russians; and Ireland, 1843-4; Putnam's Oration before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Boston, 1844; Hillard's Relation of the Poet to his Age, Boston, 1843; Lowell Offering, written and published by the Female Operatives, Lowell, 1844, &c. 4 vols. 8vo. hf. cf. uniform, 6s, 1844, &c. 108 AMES'S Typographical Antiquities, or History of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland, with Memoirs of Printers, and Register of Books, enlarged by Herbert, portraits and engravings, 3 vols. 4to. russia neat, £2. 88, 1785-90 109

"A very valuable and accurate work."-CLARKE.

AMHURST'S Terræ-Filius, or a Secret History of the University of Oxford (1721), post 8vo. calf, 110 38, 1754 "A curious satirical account of the state of Oxford when Jacobite Views ran high in the University." See MS. Note to Dr: Bliss. AMIRAULT (Moyse) La Vie de François Sr. de la Nouë dit Bras de Fer, sm. 4to. calf extra gilt, bound by Clarke and Bedford, fine copy, 128, Leyde, Elzevier, 1661

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The Poet GRAY's copy of this scarce and finely printed book, with his AUTOGRAPH on the title.

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Displays great research, and throws much light upon the darkest problem of English history. AMSINCK'S (P.) Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood, 42 fine engravings by Letitia Byrne, with Historical Descriptions, royal 4to. hf. morocco, gilt leaves, 18s (pub. £3. 138 6d), 1810 AMYRALDUS' Discourse concerning the Divine Dreams mentioned in Scripture, translated by Lowds, 12mo. calf gilt, scarce, 58, 1676 116 ANA, ou Collection des Bons Mots, Contes, Pensees détachées, Traits d'Histoire et Anecdotes des Hommes Célèbres, depuis la Renaissance des Lettres jusqu'à nos Jours, 10 vols. 8vo. bound, some vols. wormed, £1. 88, Amst. 1799

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The Ana contained in this collection are; Fureteriana, Poggiana, Menagiana, Vigneul-Marvilliana, Carpenteriana, Valesiana, Huetiana, Chevræana, Sevigniana, Bolæana. ANA-Arts and Artists, or Anecdotes and Relics of the Schools of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, by Elmes, portraits and engravings, 3 vols. sm. 8vo. cloth, 5s 6d, 1825 118 ANA.-Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes de traits Singuliers et Caractéristiques, Historiettes, Bon Mots, Réparties, &c. 2 vols. 12mo. hf. calf, 5s, 1774 119 ANA.-Lambeth and the Vatican; or Anecdotes of the Church of Rome, of the Reformed Churches, and of Sects and Sectaries, portraits and engravings, 3 vols. fcp. 8vo. hf. calf, 88, 1825 120 ANA.-Menagiana ou les Bons Mots et Remarques critiques, historiques, morales, d'Erudition, (publiés par La Monnoye) 4 vols. 12mo. calf gilt, 158, Paris, 1715

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ANACHARSIS' Travels in Greece during the Fourth Century before the Christian Era, translated from the French of the Abbe Barthélémy, LARGE PAPER, 7 vols. roy. 8vo. and 4to. Atlas of engravings and maps, new hf. cf. gt. £1. 158, 1807 124 ANACREON.-Le Odi di Anacreonte e di Saffo, da G. Caselli, with the Italian on the opposite page to the Greek,) beautifully printed with large type, on vellum paper, folio, bds. 78 6d, Firenze, 1819 125

A fine edition, of which but a limited number was printed.