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ment in 1837 to the end of 1854, with portraits of the w eminent literary persons of the day, and many engravings a G. Cruikshank, 36 vols. 8vo. new cloth, £6. 65 18374 A complete set of this most amusing periodical, compris. writings of Dickens, Ainsworth, Lover, and all the most popular wind of the day. 126 BENTLEY'S Standard Novels and Romances, by M ryat, Cooper, Lover, Ingoldsby, Theodore Hook, B Albert Smith, James, Edgeworth, Trollope, Mitford, La Hunt, Irving, and numerous other of our most estea Modern Novelists, with numerous fine illustrations on un 115 vols. sm. 8vo. uniformly bound hf. calf, £10, 158 at £17. 108)

from the great body of the English readers."

1834.

"We know of no work that deserves so hearty an encourse:" 127 BERGERON, VOYAGES EN ASIE, dans les 12, 13, 15 Siècles, with maps and curious plates, 4to. calf gilt, La Hoyt,

"This collection of the early voyages contains the travels jamine de Tudela, Ascelin, De Rubruquis, Paul Venitien, Haiton, ville, and Contarini."

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128 BERRY'S Encyclopædia Heraldica, or complete Dictionary of Heraldry, numerous fine Heraldic Engravings, 3 vols. 4to. cloth £2. 88 (pub. at £14. 58) 1828 A most valuable work, embracing the essence of Guillim, Edmondson, and other heraldic authors, both scarce and expensive.

129 BETHAM'S (Sir W.) Irish Antiquarian Researches, facsimile of MSS. vol. 1, part 2, 8vo. bds. scarce, 6s

Dublin, 1827 Includes translations of the Ancient Book of Armagh, an Irish MS. of the VIIth Century, with Appendix of the original Latin.

1830

130 BETHAM'S (Sir W.) Dignities, Feudal and Parliamentary, and the Constitutional Legislature of the United Kingdom, 8vo. hf. calf, 78 6d (pub. at 15s) 131 BEWICK'S History of Quadrupeds, with excellent impressions of the celebrated woodcuts, 8vo. newly bound calf, gill leaves, fine copy, £1. 16s Newcastle, 1807 132 BEWICK'S History of British Land and Water Birds, with good impressions of the beautiful woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. newly bound calf, gilt leaves, £2. 88 Newcastle, 1816 133 BIBLIA SACRA HEBRAICA, ad Optimas Editiones imp. VANDER HOOGHT accurate recens. et expressa, curavit Argumentaque Notationem et Indices nec non Clavem Masorethicam addid. Prof. Theile, thick 8vo. calf neat,10s 6d Lips. Tauchnitz, 1849 134 Biblia Sacra, the VULGATE, printed in red

and BLACK LETTERS, with curious woodcut Initials, sm. folio, calf neat, marb. edyes, wormed, 128 Lugd. 1516 135 BIBLIA GRACA.-Vetus et Novum Testamentum, cum Libris Apocryphis, ex editione L. Bos, 4 vols. sm. 8vo. newly bound, calf gilt, carmine edges, £1. 1s

Oxon. Typ. Clarend., 1805 136 BIBLIA-Vetus Testamentum Græcum e Codice MS. Alexandrino cura H. H. Baber, cum Notis, sumptuously printed on thick plate paper, 4 vols. royal folio, complete in 9 parts, bds. uncut, £10. 10s (pub. at £36. 158)

Lond., 1816-28

An exact facsimile of the celebrated Alexandrian MS. now preserved in the British Museum, executed in a splendid folio size, and in such a manner as faithfully to represent every iota of the original MS. It was printed at the National Expense.

138 Bible (Holy).

137 BIBLIA PERSICA-THE Old Testament in Persian, edited by DR. ROBINSON, 4 vols. 8vo. calf extra, marbled edges, £1. 88 n. d. OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT AND APOCRYPHA, according to the Translation apoynted by the Queene's Majestie's Injunctions to be read in all Churches, large thick folio, newly bound in antique calf, a fine volume, £5. 58 Rouen, R. Carmarden, 1566 Archbishop Cranmer's Bible. The above is a good sound copy, but wants preliminary matter and last leaf of Apocalypse, and probably otherwise slightly imperfect.

139 BIBLE and APOCRYPHA, printed in large Gothic type, with numerous engravings, and PORTRAITS of the EARL of LEICESTER and LORD BURLEIGH, very thick folio, hf. calf neat, £1. 168 R. Jugge, 1568 FIRST EDITION of the Bishops' Bible; this Edition is so rare that neither Dr. Burnet nor Mr. Strype appears to have seen it. Wants title to the Old Testament, and all after the Epistle of S. James, Chap. V.

140 Bible. OLD and NEW TESTAMENT and Apocrypha, Genevan Version, or BREECHES Bible, printed in large Gothic type, with woodcuts, thick folio, original calf binding, £3. 38 C. Barker, 1578 One of the earliest and least common of the editions printed by Barker: it contains a double version of the Psalms, Cranmer's Prologue, Dedication to Queen Elizabeth, and Marginal Annotations, the above contains the two titles, but the margins of a few leaves are injured. 141 BIBLE.-The Old Testament, K. JAMES', or the present authorised Version interleaved throughout, thick folio, calf, fine clean copy, 158 Barker, 1616 WITH AUTOGRAPH of EDMUND WALLER, the POET. "Edm. Waller, Anno Domini 1626, July 11th,”

142 BIBLE and Apocrypha, with very copious marginal Notes, large maps and plan of Jerusalem, thick folio, original oak and russia binding, 158 (Amst.) 1715

A scarce and somewhat curious Edition; this copy contains the Book of Common Prayer, and the Psalms in Verse by Sternhold and Hopkins.

143 BIBLE. CLARKE'S (Dr. Adam) Old and New Testaments, with Marginal Readings, Parallel Texts, Commentary and Critical Notes, maps and tables, 6 large vols. impl. 8vo. 1857 new cloth, £2. 15s

LAST EDITION of this excellent Family Bible.

144 BIBLE PRINTS BY VAN SICHEM.-Bibels Tresoor ofte der Zeilen Lusthof uytgebeelt in Figuren, door verscheyden Meesters, nearly 800 fine woodcuts illustrative of the Old Testament, thick sm. 4to. original calf binding, fine copy, scarce, £2. 88 Amst. 1646

A very extensive and curious series: "the cuts to Pia Desideria Emblematis Hugonis 1668, are included in this volume." MS. Note in Mr. Douce's handwriting, whose copy it formerly was.

145 BIBLE Prints.-Biblia Veteris Testamenti et Historia artificiosis picturis effigiata, nearly 200 very curious old woodcuts, with descriptions, Lat. and Germ. 12mo. vellum, 10s 6d Frane. 1557

146 BIBLIOTHÈQUE Universelle des Voyages, ou Notice complète et raisonnée de tous les Voyages anciens et modernes, par BOUCHER de la RICHARDERIE, 6 thick vols. 8vo. sewed, £1. 48 Paris, 1808 This is not merely a bibliographical work giving an uninteresting list of titles and dates, but it contains also long extracts from the most esteemed works, and is highly recommended by Dibdin.

147 BIOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE, Ou Dictionnaire Historique depuis le commencement du Monde, par une Société de Gens de Lettres, sous la direction de M. Weiss, with a series of English and Foreign portraits, 6 large vols. impl. 8vo. hf. cf. gilt, £3. 88 Paris, 1841 148 BLAKE'S (W.) Sublime Illustrations to Blair's Grave, with the Poem, LARGE PAPER, WITH INDIA PROOFS of the 12 fine etchings by Schiavonetti, and portrail after Phillips, impl. 4to. russia, gilt leaves, by C. Smith, fine original 1808 copy, scarce, £1. 88 149 BLANCHARD'S (Laman) Life and Literary Remains of Letitia E. Landon, portrait by Finden, 2 vols. post 8vo. new half calf gilt, 78 6d

1841 150 BLESSINGTON'S (Countess of) Literary Life and Correspondence, by R. Madden, fine portraits, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 158 (pub. at £2. 28)

1855

Includes letters, anecdotes, and reminiscences of a host of the literary celebrities of the present day.

151 BLORE'S (E.) Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, with Historical and Biographical illustrations, 30 fine engravings by Le Keux, impl. 8vo. cloth, 188 (pub. at £1. 108)

1826

These interesting Monuments are selected from Westminster Abbey, Canterbury, Durham, and Winchester Cathedrals, Warwick, Arundel, and Battle Abbey, &c. 152 BOAISTUAU (P.) HISTOIRES PRODIGIEUSES les plus Mémorables qui ayent esté observées depuis la Nativité de Jésus Christ, numerous boldly executed and very curious woodcuts of monsters, &c., printed with very large and beautiful type, 4to. russia extra, gilt leaves, £1. 168

Paris, 1560

A fine copy of this rare, curious, and handsomely printed work. 153 BOCCACCIO, 11 Decamerone, handsomely printed library edition, portrait, vols. 8vo. in 2, newly bound, calf gilt, marb. leaves, £1. 168 Firenze, 1822 154 BOCCACCIO'S DECAMERON. The Modell of Wit, Mirth, and Eloquence and Conversation, framed in Ten Days (in a Hundred Pleasant Novels), FIRST EDITION, numerous woodcuts, 2 vols. fol. in 1, calf extra, gilt, scarce, £1. 158 1620-5

This copy contains the two different woodcut titles; the second being of the earlier date, it may be fairly presumed that it was cancelled on the completion of the work. The above, with the exception of having the corners of five leaves torn, is a very fine copy.

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