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1244 BURN (Maj. Genl.) Memoirs of the Life of. 2 vols. in 1. Svo., half calf. Lond. 1815 1245 BURNES (Sir Alex.) Cabool; being a Personal Narrative of a Journey to and Residence in that city. 8vo., half calf. Lond. 1842

1246 BURKE (Right Honorable Edmund) Works complete, 14 vols. 8vo., calf fine library edition. Lond. 1822 1247 BUFFON'S Natural History Translated, with Notes and Additions and illustrated with numerous engravings. 18 vols. 8vo. half calf. Lond. 1793 1248 BURNS (Robt.) Works of, by Dr. Currie, 4 vols. in 2, 12mo. half calf. Edinb. 1818 1249 BURTON'S Cromwellian Diary, from 1656 to 1659, now first published from the original MSS., with Introduction and Historical and Biographical Notes, by Rutt, 4 vols. 8vo. half calf.

1828

"This is little short of a miracle, the recovery of the Debates of the Cromwell Parliament, taken on the spot by one of its very members." 1250 BYRON and some of his Contemporaries, by Leigh Hunt, with recollections of his past Life, his Correspondence, &c., portraits, 2 vols. 8vo. half calf.

1828

A most interesting and curious series of literary and personal sketches of the eminent literati of the day, including Moore, Campbell, Shelley, Coleridge, Lamb, Theodore Hook, J. and H. Smith, Landor, &c.

1251 BYRON'S (Lord) Conversations, noted by T. Medwin, during two years' residence with his Lordship at Pisa, facsimile of writing, 8vo. half calf.

1824 Highly interesting, from detailing in his own words the principal occurrences of his private life, his opinions on society, manners, literature, and literary men, &c. 1252 BYRON (Right Hon. Lord) Voyage of M. S. Blond to the Sandwich Islands, with 15 plates, 4to. half calf. Lond. 1826 Lord Byron was appointed to take home his Majesty Tamehameha, and Consort who died in England.

1253*BACON (Lord) Works Complete, with Life by Mallett, and portraits. 4 vols. folio, calf.

Lond. 1740

1254 BARNARD'S School Architecture; a series of designs, &c. &c. for School-houses. 8vo. cloth. 1255 BAILEY (N.) Etymological English Dictionary, complete edition. 2 vols. 8vo. calf.

Lond. 1853

Lond. 1782.

"Contains a great number of words expunged from modern use, terms of art dialect, cant terms, proverbs, &c., indispensable to understanding older English writers."

1256 BARBER'S Isle of Wight, illustrated by 45 fine steel plates (including a portrait of Her Majesty), with a map of the Island, and Dr. Mantell's Geological map. 8vo. cloth gilt.

1850

The present edition contains two new and very accurate views of Ryde from the sea, a new view of Osborne, &c.

1257 BARONETAGE of England; being a Genealogical and Historical Account of all the English Baronets now Existing, their Descents, Marriages, &c. Also, an Account of Nova Scotia Baronets, &c., &c. Complete in 8 vols. 8vo. beautiful copy, in calf, gilt edges. Lond. 1741

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A very beautiful and interesting work.

1258 BARONIAL Halls and Picturesque Edifices of England. Numerous woodcuts, with Descriptions by S. C. Hall, royal 4to. cloth. Lond. 1851 1259 BARROW (Sir J.) Travels in China, containing Descriptions and Observations, made and collected in the course of a Residence at the Imperial Palace, second edition, 4to. colored plates by Daniell and Alexander, cloth, Lond. 1812 1260 BEARD (J. R.) Biographical Dictionary, 4 vols. in 1, 12mo. cloth. Lond. 1851 1261 BEATTIE (Dr.) Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell (the Poet), second edition, with several unpublished poems. 3 vols. 8vo. portrait, cloth.

1262

Lond. 1849 and Collins' Poetical Works, with Memoirs of their Life and Writings, by T. Miller, with beautiful vignettes, square 8vo. cloth. Lond. 1846.

Gilfillan. 8vo. calf, gilt.

An elegant edition, printed in the style and size of Rogers's Italy and Poems. 1263 Blair, and Falconer's Poetical Works, edited by Lond. 1853 1264 BEDFORD's (John, Duke of) Correspondence, edited by Lord John Russell. 3 vols. 8vo. cloth.

Lond. 1842-3

An historical work of great interest and value. 1265 BEAUCHESNE's, Louis XVII., his Life, his Sufferings, his Death, translated and edited by W. Hazlitt. 2 vols. post Svo, autographs and plans, cloth. Lond. 1853 1266 BEAUMONT & Fletcher-The Works of, edited by Weber. 14 vols. 8vo. BEST EDITION, and now scarce, half_russia.

Lond. 1823

1267 BECKFORD (P.) Thoughts upon Hunting. 4to. half calf.

Lond. 1786

1268 BELCHER'S (Sir Edward) Voyage of H. M. S. Samarang, Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, in 18436, with Vocabulary of the Languages, Natural History, &c., large map and colored plates, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth.

Lond. 1848 "Of these volumes it is impossible to speak too highly. We can conceive no occupation likely to afford more authentic and important knowledge, or to yield at the same time more amusement and delight, than the perusal of the works before us,"

1269 BENTLEY-Views in the Interior of Guiana. 12 beautifully colored plates, to imitate the original drawings, with descriptive letter-press by Schomburk: folio. (Published at 41. 48.) hf. bound. Lond. 1846 Miscellany, complete from its commencement, 1837 to 1853 inclusive, illustrated with many humorous engravings by Cruikshank, portraits, &c, &c., 34 vols. cloth, fine uniform set, 1837-53.

1270

This, the most humorous and interesting Magazine of its class, contains the original editions, with all the plates, of the most famous of Dickens, Lever, Mackey, Ainsworth, Albert Smith, A. Crowquill, Miss Costello, W. E. Burton, W, H. Maxwell, Wm. E. Moodie, Longfellow, G. H. Boker, Tuckerman, Miss Sedgwick, &c,. Including Oliver Twist, Jack Sheppard, Colin Clink, Guy Fawkes, Ingoldsby Legends, Brian O'Linn, Periodical Literature of the North American Indians, &c., together forming a literary ollo podrida of great interest.

1271 BERGUER, (L. P.) Trifle in Verses; including some Experiments in Latin Rhyme. 8vo. morocco, extra gilt. Edin. 1817 1272 BOECKH'S Public Economy of Athens, with a Dissertation on the Silver Mines of Laurion, translated by Sir G. C. Lewis, thick 8vo. cloth. Parker, 1824

1273 BOILEAU Despreaux. Œuvreses Diverses, 12mo. calf.

Amst. 1702 1274 BIBLE and Apocrypha, illustrated with fine line engravings by Charles Heath, from designs by Rd. Westall, 3 vols. imp. 8vo. purple Turkey morocco, extra gilt sides and edges. Lond. 1815

1275 BOLINGBROKE (Lord) Letters and Correspondence of, by Gilbert Parke, 4 vols. 8vo. calf.

Lond. 1798

Lond. n. d.

1276 BOSWELL-Tour to the Hebrides with Dr. Johnson. Illustrated edition. 12mo. cloth. 1277 BOWLES (W. Lisle) Poetical Works, with Memoir, Dissertations, Notes, &c., by Gilfillan. 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt. 1855 1278 BOUTERWEK (F.) History of Spanish Literature, translated by Miss Ross, 12mo. cloth. Lond. 1847 1279 BRAITHWAITE (T. B.) Memoirs of Joseph P. Gurney, 2 vols. 8vo. sheep. Phil. 1855 1280 BREMER (F) The Neighbors, a story, translated by Mary Howitt. 2 vols. 12mo. Lond. 1843 1281 BRITISH CATALOGUE of all Books published in Great Britain from 1800 to 1853. 8vo. half russia.

Lond. 1854 1282 BRITISH POETS from Milton to Thomson, 19 vols. 18mo. calf. Edinb. 1773

Comprises Milton, Butler, Cowley, Waller, Dryden, Garth, Prior, Pope, Gay, Swift, Addison, Young, Parnell, and Thomson.

1283 BRODERIP's Zoological Recreations. New edition, with additions, 8vo. cloth.

1283* BROWNE, Philosophy of Physics; or, a Process of Creative Developement. 8vo. cloth. N. Y. 1854 1284 BUFFON'S Natural History. Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere, des Quadrupedes, Oiseaux, Mineraux, &c. par M. le Comte de Buffon, Daubenton, La Cepede, &c. Original and splendid "Louvre" edition, from the "Imprimerie Royale." 39 vols. 4to. with brilliant impressions of the some hundred beautiful plates, which according to M. Brunet, will always render this edition most desirable and recherche. Fine copy, in French calf, double-lettered, with Paris, 1774-1804

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1853

1285 BULLOCK's Rudiments of Architecture, 12mo. 1286 Rudiments of the Art of Building, 12mo. 1853 1288 BURNS' (R.) Poetical Works, 12mo. hf of antique.Phil. 1856 1289 BUTLER (Samuel), Poetical Works, with Life, Critical Dissertations, and Notes, by Gilfillan. 2 vols. 8vo. cloth.

Edinb. 1854 1290 BURKE'S (Peter), Wisdom and Genius of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, illustrated in a series of Extracts from his Writings and Speeches, front, post 8vo. cloth. Lond. 1845

1291 BURTON'S Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, a Humourous Poem in Hudibrastic Verse, with 16 highly characteristic coloured plates by Rowlandson, 8vo. cloth. Lond. 1818

A laughable description of the tricks played upon a young midshipman on his first entering the service. The illustrations are in Rowlandson's best and most humourous style.

1292 BUCKINGHAM (7) New Universal Gazeteer of the World, illustrated with maps, thick, Svo. cloth. Lond. n. d. 1293 BURKE'S Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, with their Descendants, as well Subjects as Sovereigns, 2 vols. royal Svo. (containing nearly 500 Pedigrees), cloth, frontispiece.

1851

Of this work only a small number remain; and, as the work is too expensive to reprint successfully, it must soon become scarce. There is no County in England in which some of the Families have not Royal Blood in their veins, and to these the work must be extremely interesting.

1294 BYLANDT and Addison; Manuscript Album, a Collection of Pen and Ink Sketches, 40 plates, 4to. cloth, gilt edges.

Lond. 1854 1295 BYRON; with a Life and Illustrative Notes, by Wm. Anderson, Esq., with upwards of 100 landscape and portrait illustrations, engraved on steel chiefly by W. and E. Finden, 2 vols. imp. Svo. cloth. Lond. n. d.

1297 BARRE (W.) Rise, Progress, Decline, and Fall of Bonaparte, Emperor of France. 8vo. half calf.

Lond. 1805

1298 BERGERAC (Cyrano) Œuvres. 2 vols. 12mo. calf, numerous

Paris, 1709

plates. 1299 BULWER LYTTON (Sir E.)-New Timon, a Poetical Romance, best edition, small 8vo. calf extra.

“One of the most remarkable poems of the present generation.”—Sun. King Arthur, a Poem. 8vo. calf extra.

1300

1846

Lond. 1851 1301 BURGHLEIGH (Lord) Life and Administration of, with Memoirs of the Times in which he Lived, by Dr. Nares, portraits, 3 large vols. 4to. half calf. ·

1828-31

"A publication of the highest national interest, and a great and valuable accession to our knowledge of English History, at a period when that history is most important."-Athenæum.

1303 CADELL (W. A.) Journey in Carniola, Italy and France in 1817-18. Engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. half calf. Edinb. 1820 1304 CAILLIE (Réne) Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo, and across the Great Desert to Morocco, in 1824-28. 2 vols. 8vo. half calf. Lond. 1830 1305 CALABRIA during a Military Residence of three years, 8vo. half calf. Lond. 1832 1306 CAMPBELL (Dr. John) Lives of the British Admirals, containing also a new and accurate Naval History from the earliest periods, by Dr. Berkenhout and R. Yorke, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1. half calf. Lond. 1812

1307 CAMPBELL (John), Maritime Discovery and Christian Missions, illustrated with Engravings by G. Baxter, 8vo. half calf. Lond. 1840 1308 CALAMY (Dr. Ed.) Historical Account of My Own Life, with some Reflection on the Times I have Lived In, 1671 -1731, Edited by J. T. Rutt, 2 vols. 8vo., hf cf. Lond. 1829 1309 CAMPAN (Madame) Conversations; comprising secret Anecdotes of the French Court, with Correspondence, &c., edited by Maigne, 8vo. half calf. 1310 CAMPBELL (T. the Poet), a Poet's Residence in Algeria, in a Series of Letters, with 11 Folding Plates of Scenery and Costume, 2 vols. 8vo. half calf.

1843

1845 "These admirable letters furnish us with by far the most interesting and picturesque sketches of Algiers and the adjacent districts that we have yet met with."-Sun.

calf.

1311 CARNE (J.) Letters from Switzerland and Italy, 8vo. half Lond. 1834 1312 CARNE (J.) Recollection of Travels in the East, 12mo. half calf. Lond. 1830 1313 CARPENTER (Rev. Dr.) Memoirs of the Life of, by his Son, 8vo. half calf. Lond. 1842 1314 CAMPBELL (Sir James) of Arkınglass, Memoirs of; 2 vols. 8vo. half calf. Lond. 1832 1315 CASKET (The) A Miscellany of Unpublished Poems, 8vo., half calf. Lond. 1829 1316 CASTLEREAGH, (Lord), Journey to Damascus, through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, with illustrations, 2 vols. post 8vo. half calf antique. 1847 Memoirs and Correspondence, edited by his Lond. 1848

1317

brother, 4 vols. 8vo. half russia. 1318 CAUNTER (Rev. H.) Romance of History.-India, 3 vols. 12mo. half calf. Lond. 1836

1319 CHATEAUBRIAND's Literature of England, Sketches of the; 2 vols. 8vo. half calf.

1841

"A most curious work, discussing the merits of Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, and the whole galaxy of ancient and modern English writers."

1320

Travels to Jerusalem and the Holy Land,

through Egypt, translated from the French, third ed. 2 vols. post 8vo. half calf.

1835

1321 CHATTERTON'S (Lady), Rambles in the South of Ireland, plates, 2 vols. post 8vo. new half calf gilt.

1322

1323

1839

Home Sketches, and Foreign Recollections, plates, 3 vols. post 8vo., new half calf gilt.

1841

1843

Pyrenees, with Excursions into Spain, plates, 2 vols. 8vo. new half calf, gilt. 1324 CHURCHILL'S (Colonel) Mount Lebanon, a Ten Years' Residence, from 1842 to '52, describing the Manners, Customs, and Religion of its Inhabitants, with a full and correct Account of the. Druse Religion, 3 vols. 8vo. hf cf gilt. 1853 1325 CLAPPERTON (Capt. A.) Journal of his Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa. 4to. half calf. Lond. 1829

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