8979 MICHEL (Francisque) Les Ecossais en France, les Français en Ecosse, 2 vols. 8vo. woodcuts of Arms, (pub. at 32s) cloth, 25s 1862 8980 MONTROSE (Marquis of) Memoirs, from the Latin of Wishart, with Appendix, 12mo. calf, 7s 6d Edinb. 1756 8981 NICOLAS (Sir Harris) History of the Earldoms of Strathern, Monteith and Airth, with Report on the claims, of R. B. Allardice, to the Earldom of Airth, 8vo. cloth, a present from Sir C. G. Young, Garter, to Mr. Turnbull, with inscription, 18s 1842 8982 PINKERTON, Ancient Scotish Poetry, 1420-1586, never before in Print, now published from the MS. collections of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, with Essay on Scotch Poetry, Notes, Appendix, and GLOSSARY by PINKERTON, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. calf, 18s 32s 8983 1786 the same, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. facsimile, a very fine copy in old red morocco, 1786 8984 RAMSAY'S (Allan) Poems on several occasions, 2 vols. 12mo. hf. calf neat, uncut, Edinburgh, 1780 8985 9s the GENTLE SHEPHERD, a Pastoral Comedy, 4to. with a Glossary of Scots words, and 18 pages of MUSIC, portrait and 12 plates, calf, rare, 25s Foulis, 1788 8986 ROBERTSON'S Topographical Description of CUNNINGHAME, (Ayrshire); with a genealogical account of the FAMILIES, impl. 4to. plates, bds. 20s Irvine, 1820 8987 ROBERTSON (J. A.) Comitatus de Atholia: the Earldom of Atholl, its boundaries stated, the extent therein of the possessions of the Family of De Atholia, and their descendants the Robertsons, with proofs, 8vo. large folded map, cloth, presentation copy, PRIVATELY PRINTED, 36s Edinb. 1860 8988 SCOTTISH ELEGIAC VERSES, 1629 to 1729, with notes and appendix, 8vo. cloth, 12s Edinb. 1842 Only 115 copies printed. 8989 SCOTTISH TRACTS, a bundle of 19, 4to. and 8vo. mostly written about the time of the Union, 10s Edinb. 1775 1661-1787 8990 SHAW's History of the Province of MORAY, 4to. plates, bds. 18s "A most valuable publication, in which are united the labours of about nine hundred individuals." 8992 STEWART'S (Col. D.) Sketches of the Character, Manners, and present state of Fetched, 1860, Sotheby's, £3. 5s; 1862, £3. 10s, without Index. the Index separately, 8vo. cloth, 5s 1850 8995 8996 VIRGIL'S ENEIS translated into Scottish Verse by Gawin Douglass, with large Edinb. 1710 Glossary and account of the author's Life, sm. folio, calf, 28s "The completion of such a poem in eighteen months, at a time when no metrical version of a classic (excepting Boethius) had yet appeared in English, is really astonishing; for the work is executed with fidelity and spirit and is recommended by many beautiful specimens of original poetry, under the name of Prologues."— Ellis. 8997 WALLACE. METRICAL HISTORY of Sir WILLIAM WALLACE, Knight of Ellerslie, by Henry, commonly called Blind Harry, in Old Scotch, with Notes and Glossary, 3 vols. 16mo. portrait and two frontispieces inserted, old red morocco, Perth, 1790 8998 WILSON'S (Dan.) Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, royal 8vo. 6 plates and 195 woodcuts in the text, (pub. at 28s) cloth, new, 16s 1851 8998* the same, 2nd edition, 2 vols. 8vo. (pub. at 36s), cloth gilt, new, 30s 1863 "A comprehensive, learned, and well-written work."-Athenæum. 25s A most valuable work devoted to the elucidation of Scottish Antiquities, and to the recovery of the earliest traces of arts and civilisation. It is divided into four parts: I. The Primeval or stone period; II. The Archaic or bronze period; III. The Teutonic or iron period; IV. The Christian period. 8999 WALES. CAMBRIAN REGISTER, the complete series, 1795-1818, 3 vols. 8vo. frontispieces and maps, a rare and valuable periodical, illustrating the Language, Literature, History, and Antiquities of Wales, hf. calf, £2. 2s 1795-1818 9000 CAERNARVON. Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum, "The Record of Caernarvon ;' roy. folio, LARGE PAPER, bds. 30s Record Commission, 1838 9001 CARADOC of Llancarvan, History of Wales, translated by Powell, augmented by Wynne, with Price's Description of Wales, a new edition enlarged with Pedigrees of Families, 8vo. maps, bds. 12s 6d Merthyr Tydvil, 1812 9002 CATHRALL'S History of NORTH WALES, comprising topographical descriptions of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, and Montgomery, 2 vols. 4to. 16 plates of Views, etc. hf. calf gilt, 30s Manchester, 1828 9003 COXE'S (W.) Tour in Monmouthshire, 2 vols. in 1, 4to. with fine Views by Sir R. C. Hoare, map, etc. hf. calf neat, 22s 1801 9004 CYMMRODORION, or Metropolitan Cambrian Institution, Transactions, Vol. I, 8vo. various essays on Welsh Language, Literature, and Antiquities, 5s 9005 DILLWYN's Contributions towards a History of Swansea, 8vo. woodcuts, cloth, 5s Swansea, 1840 9006 DODRIDGE (Sir John) History of the Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornewall and Earldome of Chester, sq. 8vo. first edition, painting on vellum of the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall inserted, calf, gilt edges, RARE, 36s 9007 FENTON'S (Richard) Historical Tour through PEMBROKESHIRE, imp. 4to. fine impressions of the portrait and 30 plates, (pub. at £3. 13s 6d) fine copy in hf. russia neat, uncut, 32s 1810 Sold in Sir M. M. Sykes's sale for £3. 15s. 1822 1630 A book full of interesting matter relating to the history and antiquities of Wales; published under the patronage and with the literary assistance of the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare. 9008 GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS' Itinerary of Abp. Baldwin through Wales, A.D. 1188, with historical and topographical Illustrations, by Sir R. C. Hoare, 2 vols. 4to. map and 59 beautiful engravings, £2. 1806 "Giraldus is the oldest topographer of Wales; every where quoted at large by Camden as an author of undoubted credit and reputation."-Nicolson. 9009 HANES CYMRU, A Chenedl y Cymry, o'r Cynoesoedd hyd at Farwolaeth Llewelyn ap Gruffydd; gan y Parch. Thomas Price, thick 8vo. cloth, 10s 1842 This work is a History of England from a Welsh point of view; it extends from the earliest history to the time of Cromwell, 1653; it also includes notices of the Welsh in America. 1824 9010 HUGHES, Horae Britannicae, studies in Ancient British History, 8vo. bds. 6s 1819 9011 JONES (John) History and Antiquities of Wales, 8vo. portrait, bds. 7s 6d 9012 LHOYD'S (H.) History of Cambria, now called Wales, written in the Brytish Language, above two hundreth Years past, and now Englished by Lhoyd, augmented and continued by D. Powell, sq. 8vo. Black letter, woodcut portraits of the Kings, title neatly mended, otherwise a good copy in green morocco, joints, gilt edges, from Miss Currer's library, RARE, £4. 4s 1584 Priced, 1818, Longman's, £8. 8s; the Grafton copy fetched £8.; Hibbert's, £5. 2s 6d; and a copy at King's auction, 1810, £9. 9s. 1858 9013 MEYRICK (S. R.) History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan, stout 4to. many plates of Views, Antiquities, etc. calf neat, fine copy, £2. 5s 1810 9014 NASH'S TALIESIN, or the Bards and Druids of Britain, a translation of the Remains of the earliest Bards, and examination of the Mysteries, 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d 9015 PARRY'S Cambrian Plutarch, Memoirs of eminent Welshmen, 8vo. hf. calf, 5s 1824 9016 PHILLIPS's (Sir T.) Wales, its language, social condition, with treatise upon Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Man, etc. 8vo. (pub. at 14s) cloth, 6s 1849 9017 PRICE (Thomas Carnhuanawe, Vicar of Ciomdû, Breconshire) Literary Remains, 2 vols. 8vo. portrait and plates, cloth, 18s Llandovery, 1854 Full of facts relating to the History, Literature, and Language of Wales. 9018 PUGH'S (Edward) CAMBRIA DEPICTA, a Tour through North Wales, 4to 70 plates of views, etc. (pub. at £5. 5s) bds. 12s the same, 4to. calf extra, 24s 9019 9020 1816 1816 the same, roy. 4to. LARGE PAPER, with the plates coloured, russia extra, gilt edges, tooled on sides, £2. 1816 9021 ROWLAND's History of Anglesey, and Memoirs of Glendower, 4to. sd. 5s 1775 9022 STEPHENS' Literature of the Kymry; Essay on the History of the Language and Literature of Wales, 1080-1322, with specimens of Poetry, etc. 8vo. (pub. at 12s 6d) cloth, 10s 6d Llandovery, 1849 9023 SWANSEA Philosophical and Literary (afterwards Royal) Institution's Proceedings, 1835-50, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco, 7s Swansea, 1838-50 9024 THOMAS (J.) Cambrian Minstrel, a Collection of the Melodies of Cambria, with original words in English and Welsh, by J. Thomas, sq. 8vo. two leaves stained, hf. calf, 6s Merthyr Tydvil, 1845 9025 WILLIAMS (Owen) Royal Songs of Sion, or the new Welsh Harmony, con, sisting of Ancient and Modern British Melodies: Brenhinol Caniadan Sion neu Cynghanedd Newydd Cymraeg, Vol. I (? all published) 4 parts in 1 vol. oblong 8vo. calf neat, 20s London, W. Mitchell, ? 1800 Arranged for one, two, three, four, six and eight voices. The words are the metrical translation and composition of the two chief sacred WELSH POETS. 9026 WILLIAMS (Rev. Rob.) Enwogion Cymru, a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, 8vo. cloth, 13s 6d Llandovery, 1852 9027 WILLIAMS' (W.) Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, Genealogical account of Penrhyn families, etc. 8vo. bds. 10s 9028 YORKE'S (Ph.) Royal Tribes of Wales, 4to. an interesting Genealogical and Historical work, with 12 fine portraits, bds. 18s 9029 the same, 4to. with first impressions of the plates, bds. 25s ART AND ARCHITECTURE. 1802 Wrexham, 1799 1799 9030 BALDWIN'S 'Collection of GEMS, royal 4to. 44 plates, with letter-press descriptions, the whole finely lithographed by T. Bouvier, hf. morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, PRIVATELY PRINTED, £2. 2s ca. 1830 The possessor of this collection was, at the time of printing this volume, Egyptian Consul; his death prevented the completion of the work, which remains in an unfinished state, without title, etc. 9031 BEAUMONT (Vicomte A. de) Sketches in Denmark, Sweden, Lapland, and Norway, roy. folio, 25 large and beautiful plates, FINELY COLOURED (pub. at £4. 4s), hf. morocco, uncut, £2. 2s 1840 9032 BLAKE (William) THE GATES OF PARADISE, impl. 4to. LARGE PAPER, hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, £6. 15s Fetched, 1854, Sotheby's, £3. 10s; 1856, £3. There exist few works on Northern Art, Costume, and Scenery, 1793 Consisting of twenty engraved leaves, the first being the title with an etching headed "for the Sexes," and ten lines of verse. The second is the frontispiece, which represents man as a humanfaced Chrysalis developing into the Butterfly; then follow the Engravings, Nos. 1-16; concluding with 2 leaves containing an epilogue or Dedication, in 39 lines, "To the Accuser who is the God of this World," with etchings. Every engraving is followed by a line or two of verse. The wild sublimity and vast conceptions of the illustrations can only be equalled by the vague grandeur of the poetry. 1812-18 9033 BRITISH MUSEUM. (COMBE's) Description of the collection of Ancient Terracottas in the B. M., 4to. 40 plates by Alexander, (pub. at 31s 6d) bds. 20s 1810 9034 (COMBE, Cockerell, and Hawkins) Description of the collection of ANCIENT MARBLES in the B. M., parts I, II, III, 4to. 77 fine plates by Alexander and others, (pub. at £5. 17s 6d), bds. 25s 9035 CARTER'S ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE of England, including the Orders during the British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman Eras; also under the Reigns of Henry III and Edward III, chronologically arranged; new edition, with Indexes, alphabetical, chronological and systematic, and illustrative notes by Britton, 2 vols. in 1, roy. folio, 109 plates, (pub. at £12. 12s, reduced price, £4. 4s) hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, £2. 165 9036 1837 Specimens of Gothic Architecture and Ancient Buildings in England, 4 vols. 16mo. 120 etchings of views, bds. uncut, 16s Priced, 1837, Fayne and Foss, £2. 23. 1824 9037 COOKE (G.) Animals after the first Masters for examples in Drawing, oblong_sm. folio, 30 plates, finely etched, from designs by the most celebrated Artists (pub. at £2. 12s 6d) bds. 15s 1829 9038 DANCE OF DEATH, with a dissertation on the several representations, by DOUCE, 8vo. woodcut facsimiles of the 50 designs by HOLBEIN, cloth, 14s 1833 9039 DOLLMAN and JOBBINS, Analysis of ANCIENT DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE, 2 vols. roy. 4to. 160 plates of the best existing specimens in Great Britain, hf. bd. uncut, top edges gilt, price £5. 5s 1863 1863 9040 the same, 2 vols. impl. 4to. LARGE PAPER, price £10. 10s 9041 FALKENER (E.) Daedalus, or the causes and principles of the excellence of Greek Sculpture, roy. 8vo. 15 fine Photographs and Chromo-Lithographs of Greek Art, with woodcuts, cloth extra, gilt edges, 21s 1860 9042 FINE ARTS QUARTERLY REVIEW, Nos. I, II, May and October 1863, 2 stout Nos. roy. 8vo. plates, (pub. at 12s) sd. 7s 6d 1863 9043 GELL AND GANDY'S Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii, the result of Excavations before 1819, forming the first series, 2 vols. in 1, royal 8vo. containing 77 fine plates, by Cooke, Heath and Pye, original edition, morocco extra, gilt edges, scarce, £3. 38 1817-19 9044 GELL AND GANDY, POMPEIANA, the Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii, the result of Excavations since 1819, 2 vols. royal 8vo. SECOND SERIES, upwards of 100 fine plates (pub. at £6. 68) hf. morocco, uncut, £2. 2s 1832 9045 GWILT'S Encyclopædia of Architecture, historical and practical, thick 8vo. with more than 1000 wood engravings, (pub. at £2. 2s) cloth, 368 1859 9046 HARDING'S Elementary Art, or the use of the Lead Pencil advocated and explained, imp. 4to. 28 plates, (pub. at £2. 2s) cloth, 21s 1834 9047 HAVELL'S Picturesque Views of Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, roy. folio, a Series of 20 large engravings, beautifully COLOURED in exact imitation of the original Drawings by Turner, Fielding, De Wint, and other eminent Artists, with Descriptions, (pub. at £8. 88) hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, £3. 16s 1823 9048 JERDAN (W.) NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY of illustrious and eminent Personages of the XIXth Century, with Memoirs, 5 vols. impl. 8vo. about 180 fine portraits, green morocco, gilt edges, £4. 4s 1830-34 9049 LOUDON'S Encyclopædia of COTTAGE, FARM, and VILLA ARCHITECTURE and Furniture, new edition by Mrs. Loudon, very stout 8vo. 2342 woodcuts of Designs for Buildings, Garden Scenery, (pub. at £2.2s) cloth, new, £1.15s 1863 9050 MAJOR (J.) Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, 4to. portrait, plates and woodcuts (pub. at £2.) cloth, 15s 9051 NASH'S MANSIONS OF ENGLAND in the Olden Time, the FOUR SERIES COMPLETE, consisting of above 100 large tinted lithographic Drawings of existing Views, depicting the most characteristic features of the Domestic Architecture of the Tudor Age, and illustrating the manners of our ancestors, with descriptions, 4 vols. impl. folio, (pub. at £16. 16s) hf. morocco, £9. 9s 1839-49 the same, 4 vols. in 2, impl. folio, whole bound red morocco, gilt edges, tooled back and sides, £12. 12s 1852 1839-49 9052 9053 NEALE'S VIEWS of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, 6 vols. roy. 8vo. first series, with 432 plates, fine impressions, (pub. at £10. 8s) hf. calf, £2. 1822-23 9054 OTTLEY'S Collection of 129 Facsimiles of Scarce and Curious PRINTS by the early Italian, German, and Flemish Masters, illustrative of the History of Engraving from the Invention of the Art, impl. 4to. with the 12 duplicate Niellos finished in silver, (pub. £15. 15s) hf. mor. gilt top, uncut, £5. 10s 1828 9055 PIEROTTI (Erneste) Jerusalem Explored, being a description of the Ancient and Modern City, translated by Bonney, 2 vols. impl. 4to. upwards of 100 illustrations, consisting of Views, Ground-plans, and Sections, £4. 4s 186-1 The various remains of Jewish and Christian architecture are fully illustrated by engravings, and in particular the subterranean conduits, aqueducts, and cisterns. The appointment of Dr. Pierotti as architect-engineer to the Pasha of Jerusalem, involving his professional employment in the Haram-es-Sherif-The Temple Close, has allowed him free access to all the buildings and substructures within the sacred enclosure, to which the European traveller has been permitted, at the most, only a hurried visit; while his operations, in all parts of Jerusalem, as Surveyor for the various Christian communities, and agent for the purchase of land, have put him in possession of a fund of information bearing on the ancient topography of the city. 9056 PUGIN'S CONTRASTS, or a parallel between the Noble Edifices of the Middle Ages and buildings of the present day; shewing the decay of taste, 4to. 20 plates containing generally two engravings on each, cloth, gilt edges, 30s 1841 9057 9058 9059 9060 This very remarkable production is the rarest of all Pugin's works. True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture, 4to. original edition, 9 plates, and numerous woodcuts, cloth, gilt edges, 12s 1841 Apology for the Revival of Christian Architecture in England, 4to. 10 plates, cloth, 98 1843 Treatise on Chancel Screens and Rood Lofts, 4to 14 plates, cloth, morocco back, gilt edges, 10s 6d 1851 GLOSSARY OF ECCLESIASTICAL ORNAMENT AND COSTUME, setting forth the Origin, History, and signification of the Emblems, Devices, and Symbolical Colours, peculiar to Christian Design of the Middle Ages, with reference to the Decorations of the Sacred Vestments and Altar Furniture, formerly used in the English Church, impl. 4to. nearly 80 plates, splendidly printed in gold and colours by the new lithochromatographic process, of the Ecclesiastical Costume of the Roman, English, French, and German Bishops, Priests, and Deacons ; Altar Furniture, Embroidery, Bordures, Crosses, Emblems, Monograms, Palls, &c. &c. &c. (pub. at £7. 7s) hf. morocco extra, top edges gilt, back and sides ornamented, £3. 10s 1846 9061 RICHARDSON (C. J.) Studies from OLD ENGLISH MANSIONS, their Furniture, Gold and Silver Plate, etc. the FOUR SERIES complete, 4 vols. roy. folio, LARGE PAPER, 139 large and elegant plates, coloured and tinted, (pub. at £14. 14s) hf. mor. £5. 9062 ROBINSON'S RURAL ARCHITECTURE, a series of designs for Ornamental Cottages, 4to. 96 plates, original edition, (pub. at £4. 4s) hf. bd. uncut, 30s 1823 9063 9064 1841-48 New Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottages and Villas, being a sequel to the Rural Architecture and designs for Ornamental Villas, roy. 4to. 56 plates, (pub. at £2. 5s) hf. morocco, uncut, 20s 1838 Designs for Farm Buildings, roy. 4to. 56 plates, original edition, (pub. at £2. 2s) bds. 16s 1830 9065 TURNER'S (T. Hudson) Account of Domestic Architecture in England from the Conquest to the end of the 13th century, 3 vols. in 4, 8vo. about 400 plates and woodcuts, (pub. at £3. 12s) new in cloth, £3. Oxford, 1851-59 9066 WARING (J. B.) The Arts connected with Architecture, illustrated by Examples in Central Italy, of Stained Glass, Fresco Ornament, Marble and Enamel Inlay, Wood Inlay, etc. from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century, impl. folio, 41 beautiful plates in COLOURS, with descriptive text, (pub. at £6. 6s) hf. morocco, £5. 15s 1858 9067 the same, impl. folio, LARGE PAPER, (pub. at £10. 10s) hf. mor. £9. 10s 1858 This grand work, which has already appeared in my catalogue of Fine Arts, No. 6905, was there by mistake stated to be published at £10. 10s and reduced to £6. 6s. This error arose from ignorance that there existed a Large Paper issue, and that it was only this issue which had been published at £10. 10s. The book has not been reduced in price, and the publisher has entered into a bond that there shall be no reduction. 9068 YOUNG'S (John) PORTRAITS of the EMPERORS of TURKEY, from the founda tion of the Monarchy to the year 1815, atlas folio, consisting of 30 EXQUISITELY COLOURED proof plates, in imitation of the original paintings, with an historical vignette beneath each portrait, and biographical accounts in English and French, (pub. at £26. 5s) red morocco super extra, broad borders of gold, gilt edges, £8. 8s Bulmer, (1815) "This work was undertaken at the command of the late SULTAN SELIM, and completed under the orders of the present Emperor of the Turks. The whole of the impression was, I believe, sent to the Ottoman Court. It is a very magnificent work."-Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron, tome II. p. 39. It is said that only six copies were so coloured in imitation of the paintings. 9069 BRITISH MUSEUM. Librorum Impressorum qui in Museo Britannico adservantur Catalogus, 8 vols. 8vo. russia gilt, 30s 1813 9070 SOTHEBY (S. Leigh) PRINCIPIA TYPOGRAPHICA: the BLOCK-BOOKS, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History, issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, exemplified in connexion with the Origin of Printing, with Notices on the Paper-Marks of the period, 3 vols. impl. 4to. illustrated with 120 large engravings, some in colours, in exact similitude of the very rare Original Block Books, hf. morocco, uncut, £8. 1858 Only 215 copies of this work, out of the 250 printed, were sold. The remainder have been presented to Public Libraries and otherwise specially reserved, but not for sale. 9071 RICH'S Catalogue of Books relating principally to America, Parts I and II, (1500-1700) in I vol. 8vo. calf gilt, 32s Quoted by Lowndes with a valuation of £2. 12s 6d. 1832 9072 RICH, Bibliotheca Americana Nova: Catalogue of Books relating to America, Vol. II. books printed from 1801 to 1844, 1846- Supplement to Part I; 17011800, 1841-2 vols. in 1, 8vo. cloth, 25s 1841-5 These two articles compose the entire series of Rich's valuable Bibliography, and contain the books upon America from 1500 to 1844. GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVELS. 9073 ARROWSMITH (John) London Atlas of Universal Geography, impl. folio, 95 large folding maps, the outlines coloured (pub. at £17. 17s) hf. bd. £7. 10s 1842 There exists no set of Maps more carefully executed than those in Arrowsmith's Atlas. It is by far the most scientific and complete work of the kind, published in this country. 9074 ATLAS. THE GREAT and newly enlarged SEA ATLAS or Water-World, containing exact descriptions of all the Sea Coasts of the whole World, impl. folio, frontispiece or title, and 153 large COLOURED MAPS, double size, with a text in the beginning, an interesting and excellent Atlas in the original old calf gilt, stamped on the sides, £2. 10s Amsterdam, Van Keulen, 1682 |