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924 BRUCE'S TRAVELS through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Abyssinia, to dicover the Source of the Nile, portrait and plates, 8vo. hf. bd. 2s. 1812 925 BRUCE (J. The African Traveller) Life of, by Major F. B. Head, portrait, 12mo. calf, very neat, 2s. 1830 926 BRUTI (Petri) Episcopi Catherensis Victoria contra Judæos, folio, FINE COPY, in old red morocco gilt, gilt leaves, £1. 11s. 6d. RARE. Vicentia, 1489 Apparently unknown to Brunet, Santander, &c. "Ouvrage singulier, assez rare, et assez recherché des Curieux."-De Bure. 927 BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS and ENGRAVERS, new edition, corrected, greatly enlarged, and continued to the present time, with the addition of more than 1300 articles, by George Stanley, Esq. numerous plates of monograms, complete in 1 large vol. impl. 8vo. cloth, £1. 15s. or handsomely bd. calf gilt, marbled edges, £2. 2s. 1858 "No private individual has been more conspicuous in the annals of British art; and this book forms a compendium and index of arts and artists unequalled in any language."-Literary Gazette. 929 BRYANT'S (Jacob) Analysis of Ancient Mythology, wherein an attempt is made to divest Tradition of Fable, and to reduce the Truth to its original purity, portrait and 41 plates (including the Marlborough Gem) 6 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, marbled edges, £1. 18s. 1807

Another copy, LARGE PAPER, russia very neat, £2. 15s.

1807

934 BRYDGES' (Sir Harford Jones) Account of the Transactions of H.M. Mission to the Court of Persia in the Years 1807-11, with a History of the Wahauby, plates, 2 vols. in 8vo. cloth, 7s. 6d. 1834

"I must content myself with adding that Sir Harford succeeded in his great object, and concluded a treaty with Persia (when the French English agent-Sir John Malcolm), by which the influence had already baffled and driven away one French were in their turn, expelled, and our influence restored, at a time when, instead of cooperation, he experienced every counteraction from the British Government of India, and encountered all the rivalry of the active and able emissaries of France."-Morier.

935 BUCHANAN'S (Dr.) Journey from Madras, through Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, with map and numerous plates, 3 vols. 4to bds. 12s.

1807

Marquis Wellesley, for the purpose of investigating the state of the Agriculture, Arts, Religion, &c. of the natives.

This tour was undertaken by order of the

936 BUCHANAN (Rev. Dr.) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of, by the Rev. H. Pearson, portrait, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, very neat, 3s. Oxford, 1817

937 BUCKINGHAM'S (Duke of) Memoirs of the Court of George III. from original family documents, portraits, 4 vols Memoirs of the Court of England during the Regency, 1811-1820, portraits, 2 vols -Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-30, 2 vols. portraits, together 8 vols. 8vo. cloth, £3. 8s. or new calf gilt, marbled leaves, £4. 14s. 6d. 1853-59

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These volumes contain much valuable matter."-Times.

930 BRYANT'S (Jacob) Observations upon the Plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians, 8vo. calf, 4s. 1794 "In these volumes, details, then guarded with 931 BRYANT'S (Jacob) Observations and the most anxious care from all eyes but those of Inquiries relating to various parts of the privileged few, are now for the first time given. Ancient History, also on the Wind Euro-to the public. The most secret history of many of the transactions is laid bare. It is not possible clydon, the Island of Melite, Egypt in its to conceive contemporary history more completely early state, and of the Shepherd Kings, exemplified. From such materials it was not pos4to. bright old tree calf extra, yellow sible to form a work that would not possess the edges, 5s. 6d. very highest interest. Cambridge, 1767 has, however, moulded his materials with no ordi The Duke of Buckingham 932 BRYDGES' (Sir E.) Censura Literaria, nary ability and skill. The connecting narrative containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions is written both with judgment and vigour-not of Old English Books, with original dis- unfrequently in a style which comes up to the highest order of historical composition-especially quisitions, articles of biography, &c. 10 in some of the sketches of personal character. vols. 8vo. hf. calf, very neat, £4. 14s. 6d. There is scarcely a single individual of celebrity 1805-9 throughout the period from 1782 to 1800 who is Presentation copy, with Southey's autograph. besides the King and the various members of the not introduced into these pages; amongst others, "The lovers of ancient English literature are for the rich fund of information comprised in Burke, Portland, Sydney, Fitzwilliam, Tierney, in no common degree indebted to Sir E. Brydges royal family, are Rockingham, Shelburne, North, Thurlow, Loughborough, Fox, Pitt, Sheridan, these works. Their value is best attested by the Buckingham, Grenville, Grey, Malmesbury, Wilample prices they bear."-Horne. Cornwallis, the Beresfords, the Wellesleys, &c.”— berforce, Burdett, Fitzgibbon, Grattan, Flood, Herald.

933 BRYDGES' (Sir E.) Restituta, or Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature revived, 4 vols. 8vo. hf. russia, marbled leaves, 1814

£2. 2s. SCARCE.

"These memoirs are among the most valuable brought to light out of the archives of any of our materials for history that have recently been great families."-Examiner.

938 BUCKINGHAM'S (Duke of) Memoirs | 948 BUCKLAND'S (Dr.) Reliqiæ Dilu

of the Court of George III. from Original Family Documents, portraits, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2. 5s.

1853-55 939 BUCKINGHAM'S (Duke of) Memoirs of the Court of England during the Regency, 1811-20, portraits, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 12s. 6d. (pub. £1. 10s.)

1856 940 BUCKINGHAM'S (Duke of) Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830, portraits, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 8s. 6d. (pub. £1. 10s.) 1859 941 BUCKINGHAM'S (G. Duke of) Reasonableness of Men having a Religion 1685 Short Answer to His Grace of Buckingham, 1685, in 1 vol. 4to. hf. calf neat, 3s. 1685 942 BUCKINGHAM'S (John Sheffield, Duke of) Dramas, Speeches, Essays, Poems, &c. fine portrait engraved by Vertue, and numerous vignettes, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, 4s. 6d. 1729

943 BUCKINGHAM'S (J. S.) Travels in Palestine, through Basham and Gilead, maps and portrait, 1821-Travels among the Arab Tribes east of Syria and Palestine, map and engravings, 1825-Travels in Mesopotamia, with Researches on the Ruins of Babylon, Nineveh, &c. map and engravings, title mended, 1827-Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, with Researches in Ispahan and the Ruins of Persepolis, map and engravings, 1829, together 4 vols. 4to. hf. bd. £1. 8s.

1821-29 944 BUCKINGHAM'S (J. S.) Travels in Mesopotamia, with Researches on the Ruins of Babylon, Nineveh, &c. map and numerous illustrations, 4to. hf. russia, 8s. 6d. 1827

945 BUCKINGHAM'S (J. S.) Autobiography, including his Voyages, Travels, Adventures, Speculations, Successes, and Failures, Characteristic Sketches Public Men, &c. during a period of more than 50 years, portrait, 2 vols. thick post 8vo. cloth, 6s. 6d.

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vianæ, Observations on the Organic Remains, and other Geological Phenomena, attesting the action of an Universal Deluge, SECOND AND BEST EDITION, illustrated with 27 plates, some coloured, 18s.

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951 BUDD'S (H.) Infant Baptism, the means of National Reformation according to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Established Church, 12mo. bds. 2s. 6d. (pub. 6s.) 1827 952 BUFFON, HISTOIRE NATURELLE, classée par ordres, genres, espèces d'après le Système de Linné, par R. R. Castel, viz. Quadrupedes 7 vols.-Oiseaux 16 vols.-Histoire Naturelle des Minéraux 5 vols.-Reptiles 4 vols.-Crustacés 2 vols. des Vers 3 vols.-Coquilles 5 vols. -Botanique 15 vols. together 57 vols. 18mo. hundreds of plates, some coloured, French calf neat, £2. 10s.

Paris, 1799-1803 953 BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY, general and particular, translated and considerably enlarged by W. Wood, F.L.S. illustrated with upwards of 600 engravings, 20 vols. 8vo. bright calf gilt, £4.4s. BEST EDITION, 1812 954 BUHLE (J. G.) HISTOIRE de la Philosophie Moderne depuis la Renaissance des Lettres, jusqu'à Kant, précédée d'un abrégé de la philosophie Ancienne, depuis Thales jusqu'au XIVe. Siècle, traduite de l'Allemand, par A. J. L Jourdain, 7 vols. in 6, 8vo. calf gilt, very neat, £2. 10s. Paris, 1816 955 BUILDER'S (The) PRACTICAL DIREC TOR, or Building for all Classes, containing plans, sections, and elevations for the erection of Cottages, Villas, Farm Buildings, Dispensaries, Public Schools, &c. with detailed Estimates, Quantities, Prices, &c. illustrated by numerous plates and diagrams, thick 4to. cloth, £1. 11s. 6d. (pub. £2. 12s. 6d.)

1860 956 BULSTRODE'S Essay of Transmigration, in Defence of Pythagoras, or a Discourse of Natural Philosophy, sm. 8vo. calf, 4s. 6d. scarce.

1692

957 BULL'S (Bishop) WORKS, collected and revised by the Rev. Dr. Burton, with Life by Nelson (the only complete edition) 8 vols 8vo. newly bd. calf gilt, marbled edges, HANDSOME SET, £3. 13s. 6d.

Oxford, 1846

"Of the works of Bishop Bull, one of the soundest and shrewdest of our older divines, it is impossible to speak too highly. The life and labours of this able man, were published by the well-known Mr. Nelson in the English tongue."Dibdin.

958 BULWER LYTTON'S (Sir Edward) NOVELS. THE ORIGINAL LIBRARY EDITIONS, PRINTED IN LARGE TYPE, Complete Set, 53 vols. post 8vo. bds. £8. 18s. 6d. (pub. £27. 15s. 6d.) 1827-53

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Contents:-Falkland 1, Pelham 3, Disowned 3, Devereux 3, Paul Clifford 3, Eugene Aram 3, Godolphin 3, Last Days of Pompeii 3, Rienzi 3, Ernest Maltravers 3, Alice, or the Mysteries 3, Night and Morning 3, Zanoni 3, Last of the Barons 3, Lucretia 3, Harold 3, Caxtons 3, My Novel 4.

So complete a set as the above has rarely, if ever, been offered for sale at a second-hand price, many of them being at the present time, quite out of print and very scarce.

959 BULWER LYTTON'S (Sir E.) NOVELS, new edition, revised by the Author, frontispieces, 20 vols. post 8vo. cloth gilt, £2. 2s. (pub. £3. 11s. 6d.)

1849-55

Comprising Rienzi, Paul Clifford, Pelham, Eugene Aram, Last of the Barons, Last Days of Pompeii, Zanoni, Godolphin, Ernest Maltravers, Alice, Pilgrims of the Rhine, Night and Morning, Disowned, Devereux, Leila, Harold, Lucretia, the Caxtons, and My Novel.

960 BULWER'S (Sir E.) O'NEILL, or the Rebel, a Poem, post 8vo. bds. 7s. 6d.

VERY SCARCE.

1827 961 BULWER LYTTON'S (Sir E.) THE SIAMESE TWINS, a Satirical Tale of the Times, with other Poems, plates by W. H. Brooke, 8vo. bds. 2s. 6d. 1831 962 BULWER'S (Sir E.) Falkland, post 8vo.hf.bd.uncut, 4s. 6d. (pub. 93.6d.) 1834 Bulwer's first novel-it is very scarce, having been out of print for a number of years. 963 BULWER'S (Sir E.) PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE, illustrated by 27 exquisite line engravings after Roberts, Maclise, and Parris, by Goodall, Wilmore, and other first-rate Artists, royal 8vo. in its original bds. £1. 4s. 964 BULWER'S (Sir E.) PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE, illustrated by 27 exquisite line engravings after Roberts, Maclise, and Parris, by Goodall, Wilmore, and other first-rate Artists, 8vo. calf extra, gilt edges, 18s. 1840 965 BULWER'S (Sir E.) EUGENE ARAM, a Tale, frontispiece, fcap. 8vo. hf. morocco gilt, marbled leaves, 2s. 6d. 1836

1834

966 BULWER (Sir E.) Athens, its Rise and Fall, with Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 7s. 6d. (pub. £1. 11s. 6d.) 1837 967 BULWER (Sir E.) King Arthur, an Epic Poem, 8vo. cloth, 4s. 6d. (pub. 1851 10s. 6d.)

"One of the most remarkable poems of the present generation; remarkable in a threefold degree, its conception being strictly original, its language and imagery new, and its tendency eminently moral."-Sun.

968 BULWER'S (Sir E.) My Novel (by Pisistratus Caxton) or Varieties in English Life, 4 vols. post Svo. cloth, 10s. 6d. (pub. £2. 2s.)

1853

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979 BUNYAN'S Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come, new edition, with Notes by W. Mason and others, portrait and plates, 8vo. old calf gilt, marbled leaves, 5s. 6d.

SCARCE.

1816

980 BUNYAN'S Pilgrim's Progress, with Life of John Bunyan, by Robert Southey, portrait and plates after designs by Martin, also numerous very spirited woodcuts, 8vo. calf extra, gilt edges, 18s. 6d. VERY 1830 981 BUNYAN'S Pilgrim's Progress, with Life by Rev. T. Scott, illustrated with numerous engravings on wood, from designs by Harvey, Martin, and Corbould, post 8vo. cloth, 5s. 1850 982 BUNYAN'S Pilgrim's Progress, with Life of the Author, by Dr. Cheever, illustrated with numerous engravings on wood, by Harvey, 8vo. calf antique, carmine| edges, very neat, 12s. 1857 983 BUNYAN'S Pilgrim's Progress, a new and elegant edition, with Preface by Rev. C. Kingsley, and 120 characteristic engravings on steel and wood, by C. Bennett, 8vo. gilt cloth, gilt edges, 17s. or morocco extra, gilt leaves, by Hayday, £1. 7s.

1860

"The principle on which this book is illustrated gives it an entirely novel character, and makes it the most interesting pictorial BUNYAN that has yet appeared. The execution of the plates and woodcuts, and the style of typography are quite perfect. And has, we are persuaded, a high and more enduring place awaiting it."-Nonconformist.

984 BUNYAN'S Solomon's Temple Spiritualized, or Gospel Light fetched out of the Temple of Jerusalem, to let us more easily into the Glory of the New Testament Truths, portrait, 18mo. hf. bd. Edinburgh, 1760

3s. SCARCE.

985 BUNYAN'S Barren Fig Tree, or the Doom and Downfall of the Fruitless Professor, portrait, sm. 8vo. hf. calf neat, 4s. scarce. 1784 986 BUNYAN'S Profitable Meditations fitted to Man's different Condition, in a Conference between Christ and a Sinner, an hitherto unknown Poem, written during his confinement in Bedford Jail, edited by George Offer, sm. 4to. hf. morocco uncut, Roxburgh style, 6s. 6d. 1860 987 BURCKHARDT'S (J. L.) TRAVELS IN ARABIA, comprehending an Account of those Territories in Hedjaz, which the Mahommedans regard as Sacred, 2 vols. 1829-Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys, 2 vols. 1830, together 4 vols. 8vo. bds. £2. 2s. SCARCE.

1829-30

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989 BURCKHARDT'S TRAVELS in NUBIA, with Memoirs of his Life and Travels, portrait and maps, 4to. bds. very clean, 1822 second edition, £1. 1s.

990 BURCKHARDT'S TRAVELS in ARABIA, comprehending an Account of those Territories in Hedjas, which the Mohammedans regard as Sacred, 2 vols. 8vo. 1829 clean copy, hf. calf neat, £1. 1s.

991 BURCHELL'S (W.) TRAVELS in the interior of Africa, 20 large coloured plates, and nearly 100 engravings on wood, 2 vols. 4to. hf. calf gilt, £2. 10s. Another copy, calf gilt, marbled leaves, £2. 18s. 1822-24

992

BURDER'S Oriental Customs, or an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an explanatory application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, 2 vols. royal 8vo. bds. 8s. 6d.

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OF KNIGHTHOOD, and Decorations of Honour of all Nations, comprising an Historical Account of each Order, from the earliest to the present time, with Lists of the Knights and Companions, &c. 100 coloured plates, exhibiting many hundred illustrations of insignia, royal 8vo. cloth, 18s. (pub. £2. 2s.) 1858 1014 BURMEISTER'S (Dr. H.) Organization of Trilobites, deduced from their living affinities, with a Systematic Review of the Species hitherto described, edited by Professors Bell and Forbes, plates, folio, bds. 12s. Ray Society, 1846 1015 BURNES' (Lieut. A.) TRAVELS into Bokhara, being an Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia, with a Voyage on the Indua from the Sea to Lahore, in the years 1831-2 and 3, portrait and plates, 3 vols. 8vo. bds. 8s. 6d. or new hf. calf gilt, 14s. (pub. £2. 2s.)

1001 BURKE'S (E.) WORKS, with Bio- | 1013 BURKE'S (Sir B.) Book of ORDERS graphical and Critical Introduction, by H. Rogers, portrait, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. cloth, 17s. 6d. (pub. £2. 2s.) 1841 1002 BURKE'S (E.) Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful, 8vo. hf. calf 1787 neat, 2s. 1003 BURKE'S (E.) Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceeding in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event, 8vo. hf. calf neat, 2s. 1790 1004 BURKE'S (E.) Maxims, Opinions, and Characters, moral, political, and economical, with an Eulogy on Mr. Burke, by Dr. Laurence, portrait, 2 vols. 12mo. new hf. calf gilt, 5s. 6d. 1811 1005 BURKE'S (E.) Selections from his Speeches and Writings, with an Introductory Essay, by Robert Montgomery, post 8vo. cloth, 2s. 1853 1006 BURKE'S (E.) WISDOM and Genius, Illustrated in a Series of Extracts from his Writings and Speeches, with a Summary of his Life, by Peter Burke, portrait, post 8vo. calf gilt, marbled edges,

5s. 6d.

1845

1007 BURKE (E.) Life of, by J. Prior, portrait, post 8vo. cloth, 2s. 6d. 1854 1008 BURKE'S (Peter) CELEBRATED TRIALS Connected with the Aristocracy in the relations of Private Life, 8vo. cloth, 8s. 6d. 1849 1009 BURKE'S (J.) GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, many hundred cuts of arms, very thick vol. royal 8vo. cloth, 9s. 6d. (pub. £1. 18s.)

1843

1849

1010 BURKE'S (J. B.) ST. JAMES'S MAGA-
ZINE, and Heraldic and Historical Re-
gister, containing SINGULAR Trials, con-
nected with the UPPER CLASSES, plates,
3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 14s. (pub. £1. 15s.)
1849-50
1011 BURKE'S (J. B.) ROYAL FAMILIES
of England, Scotland, and Wales, 2 vols.
royal 8vo. hf. morocco uncut, gilt top,
£1. 11s. 6d. (pub. £2. 2s. unbd.)
1012 BURKE'S (Sir B.) ROMANCE OF THE
ARISTOCRACY, or Anecdotes and Records
of Distinguished Families, 3 vols. post
8vo. cloth, 14s. (pub. £1. 11s. 6d.) 1855
The most curious incidents, the most stirring
tales, and the most remarkable circumstances con-
nected with the histories, public and private, of
our noble houses and aristocratic families are here
given, and they read with as much spirit as the
tales of Boccaccio, and are as full of strange
matter for reflection and amusement.

1834

1016 BURNES' (Lieut. A.) TRAVELS into Bokhara, being an Account of a Journey from India, Cabool, Tartáry, and Persia, portrait and plates, 3 vols. 12mo. hf. calf gilt, 10s. 6d.

1835

volumes now before us, the adventurous author of "We hail with gratitude and pleasure the which, though not the first European who has crossed the Hindu Kush from Cabool to the Orus, account of that almost unknown country."— yet the first who has given us a circumstantial Edinburgh Review.

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1017 BURNET'S (Bp.) HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION of the Church of England, containing the Collection of Records, Letters, and Original Papers, from which the History was compiled, illustrated with 22 highly finished portraits and frontispiece, 6 vols. 8vo. bds. £1. 5s. or calf, £1. 10s.

1820 1018 BURNET'S (Bp.) HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION of the Church of England, containing the Collection of Records, Letters, and Original Papers, from which the History was compiled, edited by Rev. Dr. Nares, illustrated with 22 highly finished portraits and frontispiece, PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, 6 vols. thick impl. 8vo. cloth, LARGE PAPER, £1. 15s. (pub. £6. 6s.)

1830

1019 BURNET'S (Bp.) HISTORY of the
REFORMATION of the Church of England,
2 vols. HISTORY of his OWN TIME, 2 vols.
in 1, together 3 vols. impl. 8vo. illustrated
with 100 fine portraits, newly and hand-
somely bd. calf gilt, marbled edges,
1850
£3. 5s.
Contains all the Records, Original Papers
and SUPPRESSED PASSAGES.

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