VOYAGES and TRAVELS, continued :— 333 LANCASTER (Sir James), VOYAGES of, to 1889 337 MACKENZIE (Mrs. Colin) LIFE in the MISSION, the CAMP, and the ZENÁNÁ; or Six Years in India, with fronts. and plans, 3 vols. post 8vo. cl., 8s 6d 1853 Containing some interesting details of the Second Sikh War, 1848-9. 338 MITFORD (Gen. Reginald Colvil William Reveley) To CAUBUL with the CAVALRY BRIGADE: Experiences with LORD ROBERTS'S FORCE, maps and illustrations, 8vo. cl., 4s (pub. 98) 1881 339 MOORCROFT (William) and George TREBECK: TRAVELS in the HIMALAYAN PROVINCES of HINDUSTAN and the PUNJAB, LADAKH, KASHMIR, Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, and BOKHARA, ed. by HORACE HAYMAN WILSON, fronts. and map, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., 88 (pub. £1. 10s) 1841 340 POTTINGER (Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry; Govr. of Madras) TRAVELS in BELOOCHISTAN and SINDE, with Geographical and Historical Account, large map, and coloured front. 4to. tree-calf extra, by Riviere (fine copy), scarce, 158 1816 The important and much-wanted addition to our knowledge of the countries to the west of India was afforded by Pottinger's journey through Beloochistan and Sinde.-Murray's Travels in Asia. 341 PYRARD (François, of Laval) VOYAGE to the EAST INDIES, the MALDIVES, the MOLUCCAS and BRAZIL; trans. from the French Ed. of 1619, and edited, with Notes, by ALBERT GRAY and H. C. P. BELL, of the Ceylon C. S., with portraits, views of Laval, Goa, etc., and map, 2 vols. 8vo. in 3, el., £1. 10s Hakluyt Soc., 1887-90 342 REES (John David, C.I.E.) The DUKE OF CLARENCE in SOUTHERN INDIA, with Narrative of ELEPHANT-CATCHING in MYSORE by G. P. SANDERSON, 5 portraits and 27 other photogravures, and map, sq. roy. 8vo. cl., uncut, top edges gilt, 6s (pub. £1. Ils 6d) 1891 343 TORRENS (Lt.-Col. Henry D.) TRAVELS in LADAK TARTARY, and KASHMIR; with numerous chromolithographs and woodcuts, and map, post 8vo. cl., 78 6d (pub. £1. 8s) 1863 'Amusing and instructive.'-Times. INDIA, continued :— 344 VALLE (Pietro della TRAVELS in INDIA, from the old English Translation of 1664 by G. HAVERS, ed., with Life, Intro. and Notes, by EDWARD GREY, B.C.S., portrait, fs. maps, etc., 2 vols. 8vo. cl., £1. Hakluyt Soc., 1892 345 JENKINSON (Anthony) and other Englishmen, EARLY VOYAGES and TRAVELS to RUSSIA and PERSIA of, with Account of the first Intercourse of the English with Russia and Central Asia by way of the Caspian Sea, ed. by E. DELMAR MORGAN and C. H. COOTE, with portraits, fss., maps, other illustrations, and large folding plate, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., £1. Hakluyt Soc., 1886 346 KOTZEBUE (Otto v., Russian Navy NEW VOYAGE round the WORLD, 1823-6, fronts. and maps, 2 vols. post 8vo. boards, uncut, 4s 6d 1830 347 LABILLARDIÈRE (Jacques Julien Houton de) VOYAGE in SEARCH of LA PÉROUSE, 1791-4, trans. [with Malay and other Vocabularies], with map and 46 engraved plates, 4to. hf. calf (scarce), £1. 158 1800 351 NINEVEH and its REMAINS; with a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis or Devil-Worshippers, etc. with numerous views and other illustrations, maps, and plans, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut (slightly foxed), 10s 6d 1849 352 LESSEPS (- de, Consul of France, and Interpreter to the Count de la Pérouse) TRAVELS in KAMTSCHATKA, 1787-8; trans. from the French, map, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf. brown calf gilt, uncut, as good as new, 158 1790 Containing a Vocabulary of the Kamtschadale, Koriac, Tchouktchi, and Lamout languages. 353 'This narrative gives a lively picture of the inhabitants of the northern parts of Asiatic and European Russia.'-Lowndes. LEVANT, EARLY VOYAGES and TRAVELS in the I. Diary of MASTER THOMAS DALLAM, 1599-1600. II. Extracts from those of DR. JOHN COVEL, 1670-9; with Account of the Levant Co. of Turkey Merchants; ed., with Intro. and Notes, by J. THEODORE BENT, portrait of Dr. Covel, 8vo. cl., 10s Hakluyt Soc., 1893 354 MAGELLAN (Ferdinand) FIRST VOYAGE ROUND the WORLD, trans. from PIGAFETTA and other contemporary Writers, with Notes and Intro., by LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY, portrait and illuminated coat of Arms, fs., plates, and maps, 8vo. cl., 158 Hakluyt Soc., 1874 VOYAGES and TRAVELS, continued : 355 MISSON (François Maximilien) NOUVEAU VOYAGE d'ITALIE, avec Mémoire contenant des Avis utiles à ceux qui voudront faire le même Voyage; with numerous engraved plates (many folding), nearly all linen-mounted, 3 vols. 12mo. old mottled calf gilt (good copy), 10s 6d La Haye, 1702 The standard Handbook to Italy for many years, and much praised by Addison. The author was a Huguenot refugee to England at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. 356 MORIER (James) SECOND JOURNEY through PERSIA, ARMENIA, and ASIA MINOR to Constantinople in 1808-16, and Voyage to the Persian Gulf, with Account of SIR GORE OUSELEY'S EMBASSY to the Court of Persia, numerous fine coloured and other engravings of antiquities, views, costume, etc., 4to. original boards, uncut, £1. 5s 1812 357 PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND'S PUBLICATIONS, from the beginning in 1870 to 1900; comprising the QUARTERLY STATEMENTS, by SIR CHARLES WARREN, SIR CHARLES WILSON, etc., etc., from 1870 to 1900, 31 vols. 8vo. cl.: the SURVEY of WESTERN PALESTINE (as under), 12 thick vols. 4to. cl.; and MAP of WESTERN PALESTINE, and Warren's Excavations at Jerusalem, in Portfolio (as under)-together 45 vols., illustrated with a large number of plates, plans, maps, etc., £31. 10s 1870-1900 CONTENTS: Survey of Western Palestine: '81-3 ARABIC and ENGLISH Name Lists (about 10,000) by CONDER and KITCHENER, etc. '81 Archæological Researches in Palestine, 1873-4, by Charles Clermont-Ganneau, 2 v. '99 360 PASHLEY (Robert; Q.C.) TRAVELS in CRETE, with map, 10 fine plates, and many wood engravings of Views, Antiquities, etc., 2 vols. 8vo. el., uncut, 8s 6d Cambridge, 1837 Von Hammer, the great Orientalist, highly esteemed this well-known work. 361 RUDOLPH (H. I. and R. H., the late Crown Prince of Austria), TRAVELS in the EAST, including EGYPT and the HOLY LAND [trans. from the German], with 93 full-page and other illus. trations by Pausinger, etc., impl. 8vo. cl., 10s 6d (pub. £1. 11s 6d) Maps: THE GREAT MAP OF WESTERN PALESTINE. Scale 1 inch-a mile, giving every place, spring, ruin, and name (10,000 names alone), on 26 sheets, mounted on linen on rollers. 358 PARSONS (Abraham, Consul at Scanderoon) TRAVELS in ASIA and AFRICA, including from Scanderoon to Aleppo and over the Desert to Bussora, Voyage along Western India, and to Mocha and Suez, and Journey hence to Cairo and Rosetta, 2 aquatint plates, 4to. hf. calf extra, 12s 6d 1808 359 ROE (Sir Thomas), EMBASSY of, to the COURT of the GREAT MOGUL, 1615-19, as nar. rated in his JOURNAL and CORRESPONDENCE; ed. from contemporary Records by WILLIAM FOSTER, fine portraits, fs., and plates, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., £1. 5s Hakluyt Soc., 1899 MISCELLANEOUS 370 ACLAND (Sir Henry Wentworth, F.R.S.) The OXFORD MUSEUM: Remarks addressed to a Meeting of Architectural Societies, with LETTERS from J. RUSKIN and JOHN PHILLIPS. fine steel front. by Le Keux, and plans, second ed., post 8vo. hf. green morocco gilt, top edges gilt, 98 6d Oxford, Parker, 1860 1884 362 SANDYS (George; Treasurer of the Virginian Co.; poet) RELATION of a JOURNEY begun An. Dom. 1610. Foure Bookes containinga Description of the TURKISH EMPIRE of EGYPT, of the HOLY LAND, of the Remote parts of ITALY and Ilands adjoyning, third Edition, engraved title-page by DELARAM, map, and copperplates, folio, rough law calf (outer margin of engraved title and some notes shorn), £1. 11s 6d 1632 363 SCHILTBERGER (Johann) BONDAGE and TRAVELS in EUROPE, ASIA, and AFRICA, 13961427, trans., with Intro. and Notes, by COMMR. J. BUCHAN TELFER, R. N., with Notes by P. BRUUN, folding map, 8vo. cl., £1. ls Hakluyt Soc., 1879 364 STANHOPE (Lady Hester [Lucy]), TRAVELS of; forming the Completion of her Memoirs; narrated by her Physician [CHARLES LEWIS MERYON], with tinted lithographs and woodcuts, 3 vols. post 8vo. cl., 7s 6d 1846 Lady Hester, niece of William Pitt, for whom she kept house, became from her Eastern travels and residence in the Lebanon the most extraordinary personage of her time. The author of the above book served her with an almost Boswellian power of self effacement'. 365 TUDELE (Rabbi Benjamin, fils de Jona de Tudele) VOYAGES en EUROPE, en ASIE et en AFRIQUE, depuis l'ESPAGNE jusqu'à la CHINE, où l'on trouve plusieurs Choses concernant l'Histoire des JUIFS au XIIme SIECLE; traduits de l'Hebreu par J. P. BARATIER; engraved portrait, 2 vols. 18mo. hf. brown calf neat, 10s 6d Amst., 1734 366 URQUHART (David, M.P.) 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DICTIONARIES: 420 ARMSTRONG (Robert Archibald, LL.D.) GAELIC DICTIONARY, with Historical Appendix of Ancient Names; with a new GAELIC GRAMMAR, thick 4to. calf gilt, £1.5s 1825 The first Gaelic dictionary published, as there previously existed only vocabularies like those of Shaw and others. is a most meritorious work, which will always be prized by Gaelic scholars.'-D. N. B 421 FUERST (Julius) HEBREW and CHALDEE LEXICON to the OLD TESTAMENT, with short History of Hebrew Lexicography, enlarged with Grammatical and Analytical Appx.; trans. by SAMUEL DAVIDSON, D.D., roy. 8vo. (pp. 1546), hf. morocco, cl. sides, 15s (pub. £1. 6s) Leipzig, 1885 422 JAMIESON (John, D.D.) ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY of the SCOTTISH LANGUAGE, with Dissertation on its Origin: NEW EDITION, revised and collated, with the whole Supplement incorporated, by J. LONGMUIR and D. 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CATTERMOLE and PHIZ, 3 vols. impl. 8vo. finely bound in polished brown 14 calf extra, finely tooled backs, uncut, top edges gilt (CHOICE COPY, with all the original 88 weekly wrappers bound in), VERY SCARCE THUS, £6. 158 1840-1 MEMOIRS of JOSEPH GRIMALDI, edited by Boz,' first issue of the first edition, with portrait and 12 illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, 2 vols. post 8vo. crimson morocco extra, uncut, top edges gilt, with the original PINK cloth covers preserved (A MATCHLESS COPY, BEING IN ALL RESPECTS AS FRESH AS NEW; very rare thus), £12. 12s 1838 415 ANOTHER COPY, SECOND ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, the last plate having the PANTOMIMIC BORDERS by CROWQUILL, 2 vols. post 8vo. original brown cl., uncut, top edges gilt, £4. 10s 1838 The only authority for the facts of Grimaldi's life is the 'Memoirs ed. by Boz', extracted from Grimaldi's recollections and the notes and additions variously attributed to C. Whitehead and J. H. Horn.'-Joseph Knight. Paisley, 1879-87 This elaborate work illustrates the Words by examples from ancient and modern Writers; shows their affinity to those of other Languages, especially the Northern: explains many terms, now obsolete in England, but formerly common in both countries and elucidates National Rights, Customs, and Institutions, in their analogy to those of other nations. 423 LATHAM (Robert Gordon, LL.D.) DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, founded on DR. JOHNSON'S, as ed. by the REV. H. J. TODD, with numerous Emendations and Additions, 2 very thick vols. 4to. hf. morocco neat, cl. sides (nice copy), £1. 58 1872 Dr. Latham's is not only an English Dictionary in its strict meaning, but in many important respects a very valu able addition to our national Lexicography. It deserves to be studied by everyone interested in the language, and as a book of reference is admirably fitted for general usefulness.'Edin. Rev. 424 LEROUX (Phil.-Jos.) DICTIONNAIRE COMIQUE, Satyrique, Critique, Burlesque, Libre et Proverbial, avec une Explication très fidelle, etc. etc., nouvelle Éd., revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée, 2 thick vols. 8vo. buckram extra, uncut, 15s Pampelune [Paris], 1786 The final edition, containing a large number of additions. 'Leroux et ses continuateurs ont eu l'intention de donner un dictionnaire, non du vieux langage, mais du bas langage; et loin de les blamer de leur licence, on doit, malgré les critiques, leur savoir gré d'être resté dans de certaines limites." -Biogr. Univ. |