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855 LYSONS (Daniel, Rector of Rodmarton, and Samuel, F.R.S.) MAGNA BRITANNIA: a Topographical, Historical, and Biographical Account of the Counties of BEDFORD, BERKS, BUCKS, CAMBRIDGE, CHESTER, CORNWALL, CUMBERLAND, DERBY, and DEVON, with 266 fine plates (some COLOURED) by ROBERT SMIRKE, F. NASH, S. LYSONS, etc., of Churches, Mansions, Antiquities, etc., numerous woodcuts, and 9 maps, 6 vols. roy. 4to. in 14, Large Paper; with PROOF IMPRESSIONS of the plates; further illustrated with over 150 beautiful plates (all fine original impressions), INCLUDING BYRNE'S FINE SERIES ILLUSTRATING HEARNE'S ANTIQUITIES OF GT. BRITAIN' and JOSEPH FARINGTON'S SERIES OF VIEWS, SEVERAL PLATES FROM PYNE'S ROYAL RESIDENCES (PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER); etc.; sumptuously bound in crimson morocco super-extra, full gilt backs, broad gilt borders on sides, gilt edges, by MACKENZIE (in very choice condition), £60.

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1813-22

Few topographical works possess such merit as this, as no pains were spared to obtain authentic information, and the views include many buildings no longer existing or now much altered.

The above unusually choice set would form an ornament to any library.

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859 LYTTON (Edward Bulwer, Lord) NOVELS, LIBRARY EDITION, 26 vols. 8vo. new hf. polished blue Levant morocco extra, buckram sides, uncut, top edges gilt, £15. 15s

1877-8

CONTENTS:-Alice, or the Mysteries: The Caxtons: The
Coming Race, etc.: The Disowned: Devereux: Eugene
Aram: Ernest Maltravers: Godolphin: Harold: Kenelm
Chillingly Lucretia: The Last Days of Pompeii: Leila, The
Pilgrims of the Rhine, etc.: The Last of the Barons: My
Novel, 2 v.: Night and Morning: Pelham: Paul Clifford :
The Parisians, 2 v.: Rienzi: A Strange Story, etc.: What
will he do with it?, 2 v.: Zanoni.

860
NOVELS; NEW KNEBWORTH EDITION,
with portrait, 29 vols. post 8vo. new hf. crushed
olive morocco gilt, buckram sides, uncut, top
edges gilt, £10. 10s

1895-1900

CONTENTS:-Engene Aram: Caxtons: Night and Morning Devereux: Ernest Maltravers: Zanoni: Last of the Barons, 2 v.: Godolphir: Paul Clifford Pelham: Pilgrims of the Rhine: Harold: Lucretia: Strange Story: My Novel, 3 v. Last Days of Pompeii: Disowned: Kenelm Chillingly: Alice: Rienzi: Leila, etc.: Falkland, and Zicci: What will he do with it?, 2 v.: Parisians, 2 v.

861

KING ARTHUR, a Poem, revised Edition, illustrated, thick fcap. 8vo. cl., with presentation inscription from J. Hain Friswell, 5s (pub. 10s 6d) 1870 862 [LYTTON (Robert, Earl of] MARAH (last poems), by OWEN MEREDITHI, first edition, printed on fine paper, post 8vo. white vellum extra, uncut, top edges gilt, 6s 6d 1892 863 LYTTON (Rosina, Lady) LIFE of, with Extracts from her MS. Autobiography and other original Documents: in VINDICATION of her MEMORY, by LOUISA DEVEY, fine steel portrait, 8vo. cl., 12s 6d (pub. £1. 1s)

1887

'If one tithe of the statements here contained are true, Lady Lytton was for years the victim of cruel and persistent persecution.'-Athenæum.

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865 MCCLELLAN (John Brown; Principal of the Roy. Agr. Coll., Cirencester) The NEW TESTAMENT a new translation on the basis of the A.V., from a critically revised Greek Text: Vol. I, the FOUR GOSPELS, thick 8vo. cl., 7s 6d 1875 866 MACFARLANE (Charles) and the Rev. T. THOMSON: COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY of ENGLAND, to the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt, with steel plates and over 1000 woodcuts, 4 vols. roy. 8vo. hf. calf extra, 17s

1870

1861 867 MACGREGOR (John) The ROB ROY on the JORDAN, Nile, Red Sea, and Gennesareth: a Canoe Cruise in Palestine and Egypt and the Waters of Damascus, second Ed., with coloured illustrations, woodcuts, and maps, Svo. hf. red calf extra, uncut (as good as new), 12s 6d 868 [MACKY (John:)] A JOURNEY through ENGLAND, and SCOTLAND, in Familiar Letters from a Gentleman here, to his Friend abroad, second Ed., improved, 3 vols. post 8vo. green morocco extra, red gilt edges, by Riviere, with John Sheepshanks's bookplate, (vol. 3 slightly stilted): RARE, £1. 10s

1722-3

'DEFOE'S TOURS have been often confounded with this book.'-Lowndes.

1854

869 [MACNEILL (Sir John)] The PROGRESS
and present POSITION of RUSSIA in the EAST;
third Ed., continued to date, coloured map, 8vo.
hf. green morocco gilt, cloth sides, 5s
870 MAGNA CHARTA:-The EXCELLENT PRIV.
ILEDGE of LIBERTY and PROPERTY: being a
REPRINT AND FAC-SIMILE of the first American
edition of MAGNA CHARTA, printed in 1687
under the Direction of WILLIAM PENN by WIL-
LIAM BRADFORD [with Intro. by FREDERICK D.
STONE], finely printed on thick handmade paper,
with beautifully designed title in red and black,
and rubricated initials to the text, 4to. limp parch
ment, uncut (ONLY 155 COPIES PRINTED IN ALL),
£3. 10s Philadelphia, Philobiblon Club, 1897
One of the most beautiful examples of the recent great
revival of the art of printing in America, and of equal interest
to all those interested in American origins.
871 MAN (Isle of), TOUR through the, with a
Review of the MANKS HISTORY, by DAVID
ROBERTSON, 7 fine plates in aquatint, and map,
impl. 8vo., LARGE PAPER; calf gilt (SCARCE),
with Sir Robert Peel's bookplate, 18s
1794
Containing on the last page a violent democratic passage
for which the author was prosecuted and imprisoned by the
rigorous spirit of the time which provoked it; in the later
impression this was cancelled.

872 MAINE (Sir Henry [James] Sumner) ANCIENT LAW, corrected Edition, 8vo. cl., 6s (pub. 12s) 1876 873 MAITLAND (Samuel Roffey, D.D.; Lambeth Librarian) ESSAYS on Subjects connected with the REFORMATION in ENGLAND, 8vo. mottled calf extra, 10s 6d

1849

Including Puritan Veracity, Style (Bale, Ponet, etc.), and Politics: the Ribalds: and elucidations on Bps. Gardiner and Bonner.

874 M[ALL] (T[homas], M.A.; Pembroke Coll., Cantab.) A CLOUD of WITNESSES; or the SUFFERERS MIRROUR, made up of SWANLIKE-SONGS, and other Choice Passages of several MARTYRS and CONFESSORS to the end of the XVIth Century, 4 parts in 2 vols. 12mo., polished calf gilt (wants title to p. II), £1. 1s For the Author, 1665

Part IV. consists of an Appendix, entitled 'An Offer for

Farther Help to Suffering Saints, wherein the necessity, excellency, and means of preparations for Sufferings are clearly evinced, and prescribed in which the people may see how to dress for Death,' etc. etc.

875 MANSEL (Henry Longueville, Dean of St. Paul's) The LIMITS of RELIGIOUS THOUGHT EXAMINED (Bampton Lectures, 1858), post 8vo. cl., 48

1870 Celebrated for the severe criticism of them by the REV. F. D. MAURICE.

876 MARGUERITE, REINE de NAVARRE, Les NOUVELLES de; with numerous fine engravings by Longueil etc. after FREUDENBERG, with charming vignettes by DUNCKER (FINE IMPRESSIONS) WITH A DUPLICATE SET OF PLATES COLOURED, 3 vols. sm. 8vo. stamped morocco gilt, gilt edges (RARE), £8. 8s

Berne, Nouvelle Soc. Typographique, 1792 877 MARRYAT (Capt. Frederick, R.N.) The PIRATE, and the THREE CUTTERS, first illustrated edition, with fine portrait and 19 beautiful steel-engravings after CLARKSON STANFIELD (fine and clear impressions), roy. 8vo. original boards, uncut (SCARCE), £1. 15s 1836 878

POOR JACK, first edition, with numerous charming illustrations on wood (mostly fullpage) after CLARKSON STANFIELD, R. A., roy. 8vo. original cl. gilt, uncut (SCARCE), £2. 28 1840 879 MARTIN MARPRELATE CONTROVERSY : COLLECTION of PURITAN DISCIPLINE TRACTS (as under), reprinted from the original Black Letter Editions, with Intros. and Notes, 7 vols. post 8vo. cl., £1. 1s 1843-60

CONTENTS:-Epistle to the Terrible Priests of the Convocation House, by Martin Mar-Prelate: Admonition to the People of England against Martin Mar-Prelate, by Bp. Cooper: Hay any Worke for Cooper, a Reply by M. M-P.: Pap with a Hatchet, a Reply to M. M-P.: An Almond for a Parrot, a Reply to M. M-P. [by Thomas Nash]: Plaine Percevall, the Peace-Maker of England, a Reply to M. M-P.: Epitome of the first Book of Dr. John Bridge's Defence, by M. M-P. 880 MARTINEAU (James, D.D.) The SEAT of AUTHORITY in RELIGION, 8vo. cl., 7s 6d (pub. 148) 1890 881 MARVELL (Andrew, M.P.) COMPLETE POEMS (Fuller Worthies' Library), now first fully collected and collated with the original and early Editions, and enlarged with inedited POEMS, with Memorial Introduction and Notes, by ALEX. B. GROSART, printed on thick toned paper, with fs., 4 vols. roy. 8vo. cl., uncut (ONLY 106 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED), £2. 1872-7 882 MARY Queen of Scots: her LOVE LETTERS to James Earl of Bothwell explained by State Papers, etc., by HUGH CAMPBELL, portrait, and fs. Warrant; with engraved illustrations INSERTED, and author's presentation inscr. to WILLIAM JERDON, 8vo. hf. morocco gilt, £1. 5s

1824

UNIQUE:

883 MASKELL (William, Vicar of St. Marychurch) The DIVINE SACRAMENT of the HOLY EUCHARIST. A Sermon preached in the Church of the Parish of S. Mary Church, in the Diocese of Exeter on Thursday in Holy Week, 1849, square 12mo. (ff. 10) printed throughout upon vellum, WITH SOME MS. NOTES BY THE AUTHOR; purple morocco, uncut, by HAYDAY, £3. Not published (C. Whittingham, Chiswick, 1849)

Mr. Maskell's own copy, printed on vellum, and unique.-'This I suppressed. Altho' only intended for private distributn.-Six copies were printed on paper. W. M. June /49.'Autograph note on cover.

884 MASON (Arthur James, Canon of Canterbury) ST. AUGUSTINE'S MISSION to ENGLAND according to the Original DOCUMENTS, post 8vo. cl., 28 Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1897 885 MASSEY (Rt. Hon. William Nathaniel) HISTORY of ENGLAND during the Reign of GEORGE III.; LIBRARY EDITION, 4 vols. 8vo. cl. (SCARCE), £1. 17s 6d J. W. Parker, 1855-63

'The author's sympathies are with the Whigs. His condemnation of George III. has commonly been thought to be too severe.-Prof. C. K. Adams.

886 MASSON (David) British NovelISTS and their STYLES: a Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction, post 8vo. cl. (scarce), 12s Cambridge, 1859

887 MAURICE ([John] Frederick Denison, Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn) WORKS, as under, 27 v. cl., and 2 v. hf. morocco neat-together 29 vols. post 8vo., £3. 10s 1842-94

CONTENTS:-The Kingdom of Christ, or Hints to a Quaker respecting the Principles, Constitution, and Ordinances of the Catholic Church, 2 v., 42: The Church a Family, '50: Sermons on the Prayer Book, '52: Doctrine of Sacrifice, '54: Learning and Working, etc., '55: Epistles of St. John, '57: Lincoln's Inn Sermons, 6 v., '57-9: What is Revelation? with the Sequel, 2 v., '59-60: Lectures on the Apocalypse, '61: On Family Worship, '62: Claims of the Bible and of Science, '63: Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven, '64: Conflict of Good and Evil in our Day, 65: The Commandments, '66: Gospel of St. John, '67 Ground and Object of Hope for Mankind, '68: Theological Essays, '71: Prophets and Kings, '71: Sermons in Country Churches, 73: The Conscience, '83: Patriarchs and Lawgivers, 92: The Acts of the Apostles, '94. The UNITY of the NEW TESTAMENT, 8vo. cl., with the late Dean Boyle's auto., 58 J. W. Parker, 1854 CHRISTMAS DAY, and other Sermons, 8vo. calf gilt, with the late Dean Boyle's auto., 6s J. W. Parker, 1843 890 MAURITIUS (The):-DESJARDINS (Julien) RAPPORTS ANNUELS sur les Travaux de la SoCIÉTÉ d'HISTOIRE NATURELLE de l'ILE MAURICE-in 1 vol. 8vo. new hf. morocco, 10s 6d

888

889

Port Louis, et Paris, 1835-40 891 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, PROCEED INGS of the INSTITUTION of, COMPLETE from the beginning in 1847 to 1892, with GENERAL INDEX, 1847-73, with many diagrams, tables, etc., 44 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf extra (nice set), SCARCE, £21. Birmingham and London, 1847-92 The above is a good set of this valuable publication, which contains a great number of contributions by leading men during more than 30 of the most important years in the history of English mechanical development.

892 [MERIGOT (J.)] SELECT VIEWS and RUINS in ROME and its VICINITY, from Drawings made on the SPOT in 1791, 61 aquatinta plates, COLOURED in imitation of the Drawings, with Descriptions in English and French, roy. folio, LARGE PAPER; hf. bound, uncut, £3. 10s (pub. £15. 15s)

[1819] 893 MERIVALE (Charles, Dean of Ely) HISTORY of the ROMANS under the EMPIRE; LIBRARY EDITION, with maps, 7 vols. 8vo. cl., £4. 10s 1850-62

894 MÉNARD (René) La VIE PRIVÉE des ANCIENS (Peuples, Famille, Travail, Institutions); with over 3000 woodcuts by SAUVAGEOT, 4 thick vols. roy. 8vo. hf. French morocco gilt, £2. 10s 1880 895 MERRIFIELD (Mary Philadelphia) ORIGINAL TREATISES from the XIIth to the XVIIIth Centuries, on the ARTS of PAINTING, in Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass; of Gilding, Dyeing, and the Preparation of Colours and Artificial Gems; with Intro., Translations, Prefaces, and Notes, 2 vols. 8vo. cl. gt., uncut (scarce), £1. 10s 1849 FIRST EDITION, WITH THE PLATES HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD:

896 MEYRICK (Sir Samuel Rush, F.S.A.) CRITICAL INQUIRY into ANCIENT ARMOUR, from the Norman Conquest to Charles II., with GLOSSARY of Mediæval Military Terms, first edition, with 80 fine plates, 72 OF THEM FINELY COLOURED,

AND MOST OF THEM, AS WELL AS THE NUMEROUS FINE INITIAL LETTERS, HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD, 3 vols. folio, original hf. morocco, wholly uncut, £7. 10s

1824

The illuminations of this edition are far superior to those of the later ones, and it is preferred on this account.

The great authority on British Arms and Armour, styled by Sir Walter Scott this incomparable Armoury.'

This most superb archæological work is animated with numerous novelties, curious and historical disquisitions, and brilliant and recondite learning-Learning going to court in the full, rich costume of the Order of the Garter... Plates

as fine as the monuments of Westminster Abbey. Really and truly, the work is admirably executed, and deserves every eulogy.'-Gent. Mag.

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The above work is an essential companion to the former one: the first containing the history of Arms and Armour, and the second, beautiful engravings of all the details. 898 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI, LIFE of, based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence, by JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS; original edition, with etched portrait and 50 reproductions of his works (the Photo Etchings on JAPANESE VELLUM), including the large folding plate of the Sistine Ceiling, 2 thick vols. cr. 4to. cl. extra, uncut, top edges gilt (fresh copy), SCARCE, £3. 15s 1893 899

LIFE and WORKS of, by CHARLES HEATH WILSON, second Ed., finely printed, with portrait and illustrations, roy. 8vo. cl., 12s 6d (pub. £1. 5s) 900 MICROSCOPICAL

1881 SOCIETY (ROYAL), JOURNAL of the, containing its TRANSACTIONS and PROCEEDINGS, with other Microscopical Information, from its beginning in 1878 to 1892, numerous fine lithographs and woodcuts, 15 vols. roy. and demy Svo. hf. calf gilt, as good as new (NICE LIBRARY SET), £10. 10s

1878-92

901 MIDDLETON (Thomas) WORKS, now first collected, with Account of the Author, and Notes, by the REV. ALEX. DYCE, well printed, with portrait, on India Paper, and another portrait, beautifully copied in Sepia from Marshall's scarce print of 1657, inserted, 5 vols. 8vo., LARGE PAPER; brown calf extra, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD (VERY SCARCE), £9. 9s Lumley, 1840 The largest copy in existence; unique in this state'.-MS. Note.

902 MILDMAY FAMILY, MS. Pedigrees, Autograph Letters, Extracts from Registers and other Memoranda relating to the, by the REV. C. A. ST. JOHN MILDMAY, etc., addressed to DR. JOSEPH JACKSON HOWARD, in one vol., folio, cl., £1. 1s [1869]

904

903 MILMAN (Henry Hart, Dean of St. Paul's) HISTORICAL WORKS, LIBRARY EDITIONS: History of the Jews, 3 v., '63: History of Christianity, 3 v., '40: History of Latin Christianty, 6 v., 57-12 vols. 8vo. tree-calf extra (binding rubbed), £7. 78 1840-63 HISTORY of CHRISTIANITY, from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire, 3 v., '40: of LATIN CHRISTIANITY, to Pope Nicolas V., 6 v., '54-5-9 vols. 8vo., first edition, in large type; uniformly bound in green morocco extra, gilt red edges (nice set), £4. 15s HISTORY of LATIN CHRISTIANITY, including that of the Popes to Nicolas V., LiBRARY EDITION, 9 vols. 8vo. calf extra (a few vols. rubbed), £3. 10s

905

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1840-55

1864

906 MILLS (Rev. John, author of The British Jews) THREE MONTHS' RESIDENCE at NABLus, and Account of the MODERN SAMARITANS, post 8vo. cl., 5s (pub. 10s 6d)

1864

907 MILTON (John) POETICAL WORKS, edited with Notes Variorum, and LIFE, etc., by the REV. H. J. TODD, portrait (foxed) and fs., 6 vols. 8vo. brown calf gilt, £2. 58 1826

908

POETICAL WORKS, edited, with Memoir, Introduction, Notes, and Essay on his English and Versification, by DAVID MASSON; LIBRARY EDITION, with 3 steel portraits, and fs. signatures, 3 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut, £1. 1s (pub. £2. 28) 1890

909

MINOR POEMS: FACSIMILE of the ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT preserved in the LIBRARY of TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, consisting of 47 fine lithographic plates from photographs by A. G. Dew-Smith, with printed Transcript, and Preface by WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT, folio, in cloth case, with spring-lock and outer packing case, £1. 11s 6d

Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1899 910 MISSALE JUXTA RITUM ECCLESIE ROMANE multis in locis integritati sue recens diligenter restitutum & locupletatum; printed in red and black, with printer's device on title and numerous woodcuts, sm. 8vo. gothic letter; old vellum (SOUND COPY), RARE, £3. 38 Parisiis, Yolande Bonhomme, vidua T. Kerver. 1555 911 MOMMSEN (Theodor) HISTORY of ROME [from the earliest Period to the end of the Republic], trans. with the Author's sanction and Additions, by W. P. DICKSON; with Preface by LEONHARD SCHMITZ, with map, 4 vols. post 8vo. tree-calf gilt, £1. 11s 6d (pub. £3. 12s) 1862 912 MONRO (David Binning, Provost of Oriel) GRAMMAR of the HOMERIC DIALECT, 8vo. cl., 5s (pub. 10s 6d) Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882 913 MONSTRELET (Enguerrand de) CHRONICLES [of ENGLAND, FRANCE, and other Countries in continuation of Froissart], 1400-1516, trans. by COL. THOMAS JOHNES, with illuminated title and woodcuts, 2 vols. sq. roy. 8vo. new hf. green calf 914 [MOORE (Thomas)] The POETICAL WORKS gilt, gilt edges, £1. 18s of the LATE THOMAS LITTLE, ESQ., printed by Whittingham, fcap. 8vo. calf neat, 6s 6d 1819

1840

AN UNUSUALLY CHOICE AND COMPLETE SET: 925 MONUMENTA VETUSTA: ANCIENT MONUMENTS illustrative of the History and Topography of GT. BRITAIN, published by the SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES; 338 large and fine engravings of prehistoric, Roman, and Medieval remains, portraits, etc., by BASIRE, CARTER, and others, complete, with the 17 LARGE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS of the BAYEUX TAPESTRY, and the 9 chromolithographs of the Chair of St. Peter, Illuminations of Irish MSS., and Evangelia IV, with Descriptions by Members of the Society, 6 vols. atlas folio, with all the plates bound in full size; finely bound in brown morocco extra, UNCUT, top edges gilt (nearly new), £14. 148 1767-1885

Sets with the full number of plates seldom happen for sale,

and hardly ever in such choice condition. 926

A SHORTER SERIES, to 1835, 290 large and fine engravings of famous remains of Antiquity, etc., and woodcuts; with Descriptions, 5 vols. impl. folio, hf. russia gilt (title to v. II missing, and table of plates in MS.); very cheap, £4. 10s 1767-1835 927 MORLAND (George), LIFE of, with REMARKS on his WORKS, by GEORGE DAWE, with portrait and lithographs from his original drawings, 8vo. contemporary tree-calf gilt (SCARCE), £2. 28

1807

Written by a friend from his childhood, and giving many curious details of his extraordinary life. 928 MORLEY (Rt. Hon. John) The STRUGGLE for NATIONAL EDUCATION, first edition, 8vo. cl., uncut, 68 1873

929 MORRIS (William) The EARTHLYPARADISE, a Poem, LIBRARY EDITION, with vignette on titles, 4 v.: The LIFE and DEATH of JASON: a Poem5 vols. cr. Svo. handsomely bound in crimson morocco super-extra, gilt edges, £4. 10s 1870 930 MOSES, The ASSUMPTION of, trans. from the Latin VI. Cent. MS.; with the TEXT in two Forms, ed., with Intro., Notes, and Indexes, by the REV. R. H. CHARLES, post 8vo. cl., 4s 6d (pub. 78 6d nett)

AN ILLUSTRATED SET:

1897

931 MOTLEY (John Lothrop) HISTORICAL WORKS, first editions, printed in large type, with portraits,plate and map, extra-illustrated with a series of small etchings illustrating Dutch history, 9 vols. 8vo. finely bound in crushed crimson Levant morocco gilt, uncut, top edges gilt, inside tooled margins, joints, AS GOOD AS NEW (VERY SCARCE), £27. 10s 1856-74

CONTENTS: Rise of the Dutch Republic, 3 v., '56: History of the United Netherlands, to the Synod of Dort, 4 v., '67: Life and Death of John of Barneveld, 2 v., '74.

932

ANOTHER SET, with his CORRESPONDENCE, first editions throughout, printed in large type, with portraits, plates, and maps, 11 vols. 8vo. original cl., uncut (VERY SCARCE), £14. 14s 1856-89

CONTENTS:-Rise of the Dutch Republic, 3 v., '56: History of the United Netherlands, to the Synod of Dort, with the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and the Destruction of the Spanish Armada, 4 v. 60-7: Life and Death of John of Barneveld, 2 v., '74: Correspondence, ed. by G. W. CURTIS, 2 v., '89.

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935 MOURAVIEFF (A. N., Under-Procurator of the Holy Synod) HISTORY of the CHURCH of RUSSIA, trans. [with Preface] by R. W. BLACKMORE, Chaplain to the Russia Company, 8vo. cl., 6s 6d Masters, 1842 936 MOZLEY (James Bowling, Reg. Prof Divin.) RULING IDEAS in EARLY AGES and their Relation to OLD TESTAMENT FAITH, with LECTURES and other THEOLOGICAL PAPERS: LETTERS, edited by his Sister ANNE-3 vols. 8vo. cl., with Dean Boyle's auto, 15s 1877-85

937 MÜLLER (Friedrich Max) CHIPS from a GERMAN WORKSHOP, 4 vols. 8vo. cl. (scarce), £2. 15s 1867-75 CONTRIBUTIONS to the SCIENCE of MYTHOLOGY, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., 15s (pub. £1. 12s)

938.

939

1897

INTRODUCTION to the SCIENCE of RELIGION, with Essays on False Analogies, and the Philosophy of Mythology, post 8vo. cl., 4s (pub. 10s 6d)

1873

940 MUNRO (Robert, M.D.) The LAKE-DWELLINGS of EUROPE (Rhind Lectures in Archæology, 1888), with 199 woodcuts, and 13 plans and maps, impl. 8vo. hf. brown morocco gilt, top edges gilt, as good as new, £1. ls

1890 941 MURCHISON (Sir Roderick Impey) GEOLOGY and PALEONTOLOGY of RUSSIA in EUROPE and the URAL MOUNTAINS (assisted by E. DE VERNEUIL and COUNT A. VON KEYSERLING), with large coloured maps and numerous fine tinted views, geological plates, and woodcuts, 2 thick vols. 4to. cl. (SCARCE), with Sir Robert Peel's bookplate, £1. 16s 1845 In the above copy of this monumental work vol. II. (Palæontology) has been taken from the French edition.

'To the Right Honble Sir Robert Peel Bart. as a token of high esteem. ROD. I. MURCHISON.'-Inser, on flyleaf. 942 MUSES' LIBRARY (The): WORKS of ENGLISH POETS edited and annotated by competent Scholars, prettily printed, with portraits, fss., etc., 20 vols. fcap. 8vo. cl. gilt, uncut, top edges gilt (SCARCE), £5. 58 1892-9

CONTENTS:-Blake: William Browne, 2 v.: Carew: Coleridge: Donne, 2 v.: Drummond, 2 v.: Gay, 2 v.: Herrick, 2 v.: Keats, 2 v.: Marvell, 2 v.: Vaughan, 2 v.: Waller. MUSIC:

943 [BEYLE (Marie Henri), 'STENDHAL'; hic 'L. A. C. BOMBET':] The LIVES of HAYDN and MOZART, with Observations on METASTASIO, and on the present State of Music in France and Italy; trans. with Notes by the author of the Sacred Melodies, 8vo. hf. cl., uncut, 7s 6d 944 BUSBY (Thomas, Mus.D.) GENERAL HISTORY of MUSIC from the earliest Times, condensed from Sir John Hawkins and Dr. Burney, with Essays and a Continuation, 2 vols. 8vo. cl.,

148

1818

1819

945 DICTIONARY of MUSICIANS, from the earliest Ages, with over a hundred original Memoirs of living Musicians, and a History of Music [by various Authorities], 2 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut, 7s 6d

1827

946 HAWKINS (Sir John) GENERAL HISTORY of the Science and Practice of MUSIC, with numerous portraits, airs, and engravings of ancient musical instruments, 5 vols. 4to., calf, neatly rebacked, £4. 4s 1776

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949 NADEN (Constance Caroline Woodhill) INDUCTION and DEDUCTION, and other Essays, ed. by R. LEWINS, M.D. [with Memoir by M. M. DANIELL], steel portrait by Stodart, 8vo. cl., 48

1890 950 NAPIER (Adml. Sir Charles) The WAR in SYRIA [1839-40], 2 vols. post 8vo. cl., 5s 6d 1842 'I see Jerusalem and Madagascar,

And ADMIRAL NAPIER, K C.B.'-W. M. Thackeray.
NAPOLEON and the FRENCH RE-
VOLUTION:

951 ABRANTES (Duchess d', MME. JUNOT) AUTOBIOGRAPHY and RECOLLECTIONS, with her Life in Corsica, Paris, Spain, and Portugal, numerous portraits, 4 vols. post 8vo. cl., £1.4s 1893 952 ARNAULT (Antoine-Vincent) VIE POLITIQUE et MILITAIRE de NAPOLEON; with equestrian frontispiece, 2 other portraits, and 136 LARGE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, 2 vols. atlas folio, contemporary hf. morocco gilt, £5. 5s (pub. 400 francs unbound)

1822-6 953 COLLECTION COMPLÈTE des PORTRAITS des DÉPUTÉS à l'ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE de 1789 ; about 400 finely engraved portraits (lacking frontispiece), including that of Louis XVI., giving the arms as well as date and place of birth of each member, 6 vols. 4to. contemporary French calf (very scarce), £12. 12s (Dejabin, 1789 etc.) Copies with such a large number of plates are of very rare occurrence. The collection is very valuable as it forins in many cases the only pictorial record of the deputies to the first National Assembly. It forms an interesting companion to the opening portion of Carlyle's French Revolution. 954 DUMAS (Lt.-Gen. Count Mathieu) MEMOIRS of his OWN TIME; including the Revolution, the Empire, and the Restoration, portraits of Napoleon and Lafayette, 2 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt, buckram sides, £1. Is 955 HAY (Major Sir Leith) NARRATIVE of the PENINSULAR WAR, with 22 engravings by Lizars after the author's drawings, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. hf. cl., 4s 6d

1839

1834

The author served under Sir John Moore and the Duke, and kept a careful diary throughout the war. 956 KINCAID (Capt. Sir John) ADVENTURES in the RIFLE BRIGADE in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands, 1809-15: RANDOM SHOTS from a RIFLEMAN-2 vols. post 8vo. new mottled calf extra, uncut (SCARCE), with author's inscr., £2. 58 1830-5 'To Captain Eyre, with the kind regards of the Author.' 957 LAS CASES (Comte de) MÉMORIAL de STE.HÉLÈNE [trans.]: JOURNAL of the PRIVATE LIFE and CONVERSATIONS of the EMPEROR NAPOLEON at St. Helena, with view, plan and maps, 4 vols. 8vo. in 8, hf. cf., uncut (cheap copy),

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962 NAPOLÉON III et la CARICATURE ANGLAISE de 1848 à 1872; a Collection of over 220 humourous and satirical Caricatures of Napoleon III. and his Contemporaries, from PUNCH, FUN, JUDY, and the TOMAHAWK, including many of the best cartoons of JOHN LEECH, RICHARD DOYLE, SIR JOHN TENNIEL, and MATT MORGAN, besides other artists, and a large number of smaller woodcuts, the whole mounted on thick paper, bound in 2 vols. impl. 4to. hf. morocco, top edges gilt, with bookplate of Sir William Augustus Fraser (A STRIKING COLLECTION), £10. 10s 1848-70 DEVANT la PRESSE CONTEMPORAINE 963 en 1873 a HISTORY of the LIFE and REIGN of NAPOLEON III. as recorded at his Death in the Journals of England, France, Germany, America, and elsewhere, ILLUSTRATED with a number of portraits at various periods, views, and other illustrations, mounted on stout paper, bound in 3 large vols. impl. folio, strong hf. green morocco gilt, top edges gilt (A VERY INTERESTING COLLECTION), £7. 78

1873

964 NASH (Joseph, pupil of Augustus Pugin) VIEWS illustrative of PUGIN'S EXAMPLES of GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, with Descriptions by W. H. LEEDS, 23 fine plates on stone, roy. 4to. hf. morocco, uncut, 12s 6d

1830

Nash's first work, which led up to his celebrated 'Mansions of England in the Olden Time'. The views illustrate Croydon Palace, Merton College, Eltham Palace, and Oxburgh Hall, East Barsham Manor House, Thorpland Hall, and Great Snoring Parsonage, Norfolk. The MANSIONS of ENGLAND in the 965 OLDEN TIME; New Edition, consisting of 104 views, faithfully reproduced exactly half the size of the original work, and executed in the highest style of Lithography; with a new and complete History of each Mansion by J. CORBET ANDERSON, 4 vols. impl. 4to. cl. gilt, £5. 5s

NAVAL and MILITARY BOOKS:

1869

966 ANDERSON (Major-Gen. Robert Patrick) VICTORIES and DEFEATS: an Attempt to explain their Causes, 8vo. cl., 5s 6d (pub. 14s) 1873 967 BARTLETT (The late Sir Ellis Ashmead) The BATTLEFIELDS of THESSALY, with Personal Experiences in Turkey and Greece, portraits and maps, thick large post 8vo. cl., 4s 6d (pub. 9s) 1897 968 BRASSEY (Lord) The BRITISH NAVY: its Strength, Resources, and Administration, very fully illustrated with plates, plans, woodcuts, details, etc., COMPLETE, 5 thick vols. roy. 8vo. cl. (SCARCE), £2. 15s

1882-3

Containing Shipbuilding for the Purposes of War: Miscel laneous Subjects: Opinions on the Shipbuilding Policy of the Navy Dockyards, Reserves, etc.: and British Seamen (a reprint of the Ed. of 1877).

969 HAMLEY (Lt.-Gen. Sir Edward Bruce) The WAR in the CRIMEA, with 4 fine photograv ure portraits, 4 plans, and map, post 8vo. hf. pigskin, 3s 6d

1896

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