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24 JAMIESON'S Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, SECOND EDITION, with the additional Words in the Supplement incorporated and their significations briefly given, 2 vols. 4to. (pub. at £3. 3s) cloth, £2. 2s Edinb. 1840 25 JARRETT'S New way of marking the Sounds of English Words, without change of spelling, applied in a series of progressive lessons for children, teachers, and foreigners, 8vo. 40 pp. stiff cloth covers, new, 1s Quaritch, 1858 the Holy Gospels and the Acts, in English, so printed as to show the Sound of each word, without change of Spelling, with Tables_representing English Sounds by each of the Alphabets of nineteen of the Languages of Europe and Asia. By the Rev. Thomas Jarrett, M.A., Regius Professor of Hebrew, and late Professor of Arabic, in the University of Cambridge, 8vo. cloth, new, 7s 6d Quaritch, 1857

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For the use of those whose native tongue is not English, this work is preceded by tables in which English sounds are represented by foreign words. These tables embrace the following languages: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, French, Gaelic, German, Hindustani, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Persian, Polish, Romaic, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Welsh.

This method will be found simple and efficient; it does not change the spelling of words, and therefore does not obscure their origin, and he who learns to read by books printed in this way will have nothing to unlearn when he proceeds to books printed in the ordinary manner.

The rules for pronunciation are also very simple, and will be readily acquired by any one who has learned to put letters together.

27 JENNINGS' Observations on the Dialects of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire, with Glossary, poems, and other pieces, 12mo. rare, 10s 1825 28 JOHNSON'S (Dr. Samuel) Dictionary of the English Language, with numerous corrections and with the addition of several thousand Words, by the Rev. J. H. Todd, 3 vols. 4to. best edition, calf gilt, £4. 10s

1827

In spite of the numerous rivals of Johnson's Dictionary, Todd's edition still remains "The Standard English Dictionary."

29 JUNII Etymologicum Anglicanum, edidit accessionibus multis E. Lye, cum vita Auctoris et Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica, folio, portrait from Vandyke by Vertue, old calf, 30s Oxon., 1743

"Ouvrage très recherché, mais difficile à trouver, 60 à 80 fr. Vend. 4 liv. 4 sh. Heber; en Gr. Pap. 6 liv. Sykes; 41 flor. Meerman."-Brunet. A valuable comparative and etymological Dictionary. "A work of uncommon erudition and vast merit."-Clarke.

30 KENNETT (Bp. White) Glossary to explain the Original, the Acceptation and Obsoleteness of Words and Phrases, 8vo. cloth, 58

1816

31 LEXICON Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence, by a member of the Whip Club, assisted by Hell-Fire Dick, 8vo. bd. 8s 6d

1811

32 MOOR'S (E.) Suffolk Words and Phrases; or an attempt to collect the Localisms of that County, 12mo. rare, 16s Woodbridge, 1823 33 MURRAY'S English Grammar, 2 vols. 8vo. fourth edition, hf. cf. neat, 9s York, 1819 34 NARES'S (Robt.) Glossary, or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, &c. illustrative of the works of English Authors, particularly Shakspeare and his Contemporaries, 4to. hf. bd. calf, 30s

1822

"Nares's Glossary is confined to the Elizabethan period, a valuable work, chiefly compiled from the notes to the variorum edition of Shakespeare."-HALLIwell. "Mr. Archdeacon Nares' Glossary is admirably adapted to make the study of our lingual archaisms popular.”—Hunter's Hallamshire Glossary.

35 PARKER (Geo.) Life's Painter of variegated Characters in public Life, 8vo. portrait, 12s 1789

A work which must have enjoyed an immense popularity to judge of the extensive list of subscribers, which is prefixed. Chapter XIV. contains: Original Cant Songs; the Slang Language in its modern terms; a Glossary, and a Key to the same. Chapter XV. Glossary.

36 PICKERING'S (John) Vocabulary, or collection of Words and Phrases peculiar to the United States of America, 8vo. 10s Boston, U. S. 1815 37 POTTER (H. T.) New Dictionary of all the Cant and Flash Languages, both ancient and modern, 8vo. 62 pp. 10s Printed by W. Mackintosh, s. a. (? 1790)

38 RICHARDSON'S Dictionary of the English Language, combining explanations with Etymology, and illustrated by quotations from the best authorities, 2 vols. with the SUPPLEMENT, 4to. (pub. at £4. 16s) bds. £3. 16s

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1856

1856

the Supplement separately, for possessors of the earlier issues, 4to. 126 pp. cloth, 10s Richardson's Dictionary appeared in 1833-7; since then there have been numerous issues with fresh titles and later dates. The book being stereotyped, there is no difference in the copies. The above Supplement should go with every copy, it is printed in such a manner as to correspond with each volume of the Dictionary, and to bind up with them.

40 ROGET'S Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, fourth edition, thick 8vo. cloth,

7s

1856

41 SCOUNDREL'S DICTIONARY (The), or an Explanation of the Cant Words, used by Thieves, Housebreakers, Street Robbers, and Pickpockets about Town, with Flash Songs, and a proper Glossary, sm. 8vo. 32 pp. frontispiece inserted (with the Coachman's and Footman's Catechism, eight pages), hf. bd. extremely rare, J. Brownnell, 1754

368

A copy fetched, 1857, at Sotheby's, £3. 78

42 SKINNER (S.) Etymologicon Linguæ ANGLICANE, seu explicatio vocum Anglicarum Etymologica ex 12 Linguis, folio, calf neat, 21s 1671 43 SMITH'S (Capt. Alex.) History of the Lives and Robberies of the most notorious Highway-men, Foot-Pads, Shop-Lifts, and Cheats, Vols. II. and III. only, 12mo. bd. 25s London, Briscoe, 1719, and Morphew, 1714

An early and valuable Etymological Dictionary of the English Language.

At the end of Vol. II. by the same author: "The Thieves' new Canting Dictionary of the Words, Terms, Proverbs and Phrases, used in the modern Language of the Thieves, etc. 1719." 44 SPORTSMAN'S SLANG, a New Dictionary of the Terms used in the affairs of the

Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Cock-pit, with those of Bon-Ton, and the
Varieties of Life, forming an original and authentic Lexicon Balatronicum et
Macaronicum, by Jon Bee, 12mo. coloured frontispiece, 7s 6d
1825

45 STERNBERG, the Dialect and the Folk-Lore of Northamptonshire, 12mo. (pub. at 5s) cloth, 2s 6d

1851

46 THOMSON'S (John) Etymons of the English Language, 4to. (pub. at 188) 98 1826 47 TOOKE (J. H.) Epea Pteroenta, or the Diversions of Purley, with the author's additions, and notes by Rd. Taylor, stout 8vo. cloth, Is

the same, 8vo. hf. morocco, 12s

1840 1840

48 "What an epoch in many a student's life has been his first acquaintance with 'The Diversions of Purley.'"-Trench on the Study of Words.

49 VAUX. Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux, written by himself, 2 vols. small 8vo. 12s

1839

1819 Pages 147-227 contain, by the same author, a new and comprehensive VOCABULARY OF THE FLASH LANGUAGE. "The author (a prisoner under sentence of transportation for Life) compiled the above work during his solitary hours of cessation from hard labour, 1812."-Preface. 50 WESTMORELAND and Cumberland Dialects; Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads, with a Glossary, 8vo. cloth, 10s 51 WITHALS (J.) A Shorte Dictionarie for yonge beginners, gathered of good authores, specially of Columel, Grapald, and Plini, sm. 4to. Black letter, title mounted, and a few leaves mended, calf extra, gilt leaves, rare, £2. 12s London, Henry Wykes, in fleetestrete, 1568 Collation: Title and Prologue, 4 leaves; the English-Latin Dictionary, arranged according to subjects, 83 leaves. Withals' Dictionarie was printed by Wynken de Worde, in the late house of William Caxton, without date, 4to. Herbert, p. 203. Printed again at London, in Fletestreete, by Henry Wykes, 1566, 4to. In the Bodleian imperf.; not known to Herbert. Again by Wykes, 1568, the present. Priced, 1840, Thorpe, £2. 12s 6d.

52 ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS (The): a new and greatly improved translation, with very copious Notes, illustrative of the Language, Manners, and Customs of the Egyptian Arabs, by Edward William Lane, Esq., many years resident in Arabia and Egypt, 3 vols. royal 8vo. ORIGINAL AND BEST EDITION, illustrated by upwards of one thousand woodcuts, by the most eminent artists, after designs by W. HARVEY; a superb copy, bound in VELLUM, most tastefully inlaid with green and red morocco leather, and embellished with elaborate

tooling, gilt and gauffré edges, one of the finest specimens of HAYDAY'S ABTWORKMANSHIP, £6. 6s 1839-41

"Much of the nightmare which has oppressed our judgment as to the supposed extravagance and impossibility of this collection has vanished with the darkness of past hours; the fidelity of the descriptions has been recognised as giving the best picture possible of Eastern manners; and this adherence to the truth on one, and so material a point, gives earnest of accuracy on others upon which we cannot be so well informed. Much of this information, however, Mr. Lane has supplied, and no one who is acquainted with his unrivalled and delightful volumes on Egypt, can doubt that he was ABSOLUTELY THE FITTEST OF WRITERS for the task he has undertaken. The doubtful and obscure becomes truth and elucidation in his hands; we are improved in spite of ourselves, and even by the very means we seek to avoid it; and customs, and manners, and habits of thought, become familiarised to us, even as amongst the chosen playthings of indolent recreation. The grossness, too, of Eastern manners is entirely avoided in this beautiful and useful edition of a work which must have readers so long as the heart is human. The parent need no longer fear, the maiden no longer blush, to take up the work, or place it in the hands of a child. Were this the only praise, it would be no ordinary recommendation; but the beauty of type, correct pictorial embellishment, and faithful expression, render this one of the most delightful of works :—a walking dream, to soothe and wile the listless and vacant hours that creep along during the long siesta of a summer's day !'" Foreign Quarterly Review, July, 1838

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"These three royal octavo volumes will satisfy and charm the most delicate and correct taste, and wherever they are seen they will be bought. The work will be a splendid addition to any library in the kingdom, and a complete treasure of Oriental lore. The conception of such a book is so excellent that we are only surprised that something of the sort should not have been undertaken long ago. The illustrations are most exquisite, and go to place Mr. Harvey still higher than he has hitherto stood. He is indisputably the first of book illustrators! We do not believe that there is a living artist in England, or in all Europe, that could equal some of these little gems! and in our eyes their effect is wonderfully heightened by their perfect truth and accuracy in costume, and all the accessories."-Metropolitan Magazine, July, 1838.

53 ARIOSTO, Orlando Furioso, translated into English Verse, with notes by W. STEWART ROSE, 8 vols. 8vo. (pub. at £4. 8s 6d in bds.) 20s 1823-31 54 ARTHUR (King): The Byrth, Lyf and Actes of Kyng Arthur; of his noble Knyghtes of the Round Table, theyr merveyllous enquestes and adventures, Thachyenyng of the Sanc Greal; and in the end LE MORTE DARTHUR, with an introduction and notes by ROBT. SOUTHEY, 2 vols. 4to. (pub. at £6. 6s) bds. uncut, scarce, £4. 4s London: printed from Caxton's edition, 1485, for Longmans, 1817 "This is goode stuffe for wise men to laugh at, or honest men to take pleasure at.

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Roger Ascham. "Sir Thomas Malory compiled from various French authorities his celebrated Morte d'Arthur, indisputably the best prose romance the language can boast."-Sir Walter Scott. 55 BACON (Francis) Twoo Bookes of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, small 4to. first edition, autograph of Rev. W. Maskell, cf. rare, 16s Tomes, 1605 On the margins are numerous valuable MS. notes, evidently by some learned lawyer, as is apparent from a mixture of court and round hand. See particularly folio 20, which exhibits the letter p in three distinct forms.

56 BADESLADE'S Chorographia Britanniæ, or a set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales, with a Chart of the Sea Coast, a general map, map of the Roads, account of the cities, market towns, rivers, etc. and an alphabetical Index, first compiled into a pocketbook for George I. all engraved, 16mo. calf,

3s 6d

1742

57 BANNATYNE CLUB: ROLLAND (John, of Dalkeith) The Seven Sages (or Wise Masters of Rome) in Scottish Metre, 4to. reprinted (from the edition of 1578) for the Bannatyne Club, at the expense of JAMES IVORY, Esq. hf. bd. morocco gilt, uncut, from Utterson's library, £2. Edinb., 1837

Only 100 copies printed.

58 BORROW (George) Works: the Gypsies of Spain, with a collection of their songs and poetry, etc. and a copious Dictionary of their language, 2 vols.-The Bible in Spain, 3 vols.-Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy and the Priest, 3 vols.— The Romany Rye, 2 vols.-together 10 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2.

1843-57

59 BRADY'S Clavis Calendaria, a compendious analysis of the Calendar, with ecclesiastical, historical and classical Anecdotes, 2 vols. 8vo. cuts, bds. 9s 1812-13 60 BRITISH ESSAYISTS, with Prefaces, critical and biographical, by Alex. CHALMERS, 45 vols. 12mo. portraits, calf gilt, marbled edges, a remarkably nice fresh_set, contents lettered, £6. 10s

Published at £10. 10s, cost of binding £7. 178 6d.

1808

61 BROWN (Sir Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into many received Tenets and commonly presumed Truths: (Vulgar Errors)-Religio Medici, with observations by Sir Kenelm Digby-2 vols. in 1, small 4to. half bd. hogskin,

12s

With curious pencil notes.

1672

62 BRYANT'S Antient Mythology, 6 vols. royal 8vo. LARGE PAPER, 41 plates, russia, marbled edges, £2. 5s 1807 "The popularity of Bryant's System (if anything so futile may be so called) must be considered as an indelible disgrace to our national good learning and good sense."-Whiter's Etymologicon. To this bitter remark I have to add, that "Bryant" still enjoys a steady sale amongst the curious enquirers of Ancient Religious Systems.

63 BRYDGES' (Sir Egerton) Restituta; or Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature revived, 4 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 36s

1814-16

64 BULSTRODE'S Memoirs and reflections on the reign and government of King Charles I., Charles II., and the Commonwealth, 8vo. good copy in old calf, 5s 1721 65 BUTLER (Chas.) Philological, Biographical, and other Works, together 14 vols. 8vo. several presentation copies to the late Sharon Turner, hf. cf. marbled edges, VERY SCARCE, £5. 1817-26

Contents of this set: Vol. I. Hora Biblicæ, 1817; II. Horæ Juridica, Revolutions of Germany, 1817; III. Lives of Eminent Persons (Fenelon, Bossuet, Boudon, Dr. Ramé, Kempis, A. Butler), 1817; IV. Accounts of Confessions of Faith, Formularies, &c., Essays on various Subjects, 1817; V. Historical Memoirs of Church of France, from Louis XIV. to the Revolution, 1817; VI. Memoirs of the Church of France, 1817; VII. Memoirs of the English, Irish, and Scottish Catholics, 4 vols. 1822; XI. Continuation of Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints, 1823; XII. Letter on the Book of the Roman Catholic Church, 1825; XIII. Book of the Roman Church; XIV. Vindication, 1826.

66 BYRON'S Complete Works, with biographical and critical notice by Lake, 7 vols. With an EXTRA VOLUME, containing FINDEN'S Byron Illustrations, comprising 120 line engravings of Portraits, Views, etc. 1 vol. bound uniform-together 8 vols. 8vo. fine portrait, calf, very neat, £4. 10s Paris, 1825

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A remarkably fine and handsome library edition.

Don Juan, Cantos 1 to 5, 12mo. first edition, bds. rare, 10s Benbow, 1821 68 CAMDEN'S Britannia, or a Chorographical Description of England, Scotland, and Ireland, new edition, much enlarged, with additions by Gough, 3 vols. large folio, best edition, numerous maps and copperplates of Antiquities, (pub. at £21.) calf neat, £6.

1789

"A learned English Antiquary. He received his early education at Christ's Hospital, and subsequently studied at Oxford, where he took his B.A. degree. After filling the situations of second and chief master of Westminster School, his proficiency in antiquarian lore procured him the honourable and lucrative office of Clarencieux King at Arms. In addition to his great and wellknown work, 'The Britannia,' he published 'Annals of Queen Elizabeth,' a Greek Grammar, &c. Born 1551, died 1623."-" The common sun, whereat our modern writers have all lighted their little torches."-Nicholson.

69 CATALOGUE of the Lords, Knights and Gentlemen that have compounded for their Estates, with some names formerly omitted, 16mo. old morocco gilt, 3s

Reprinted, Chester, 1733 70 CHALMERS (G.) Caledonia, Vol. III. only, impl. 4to. large paper, hf. bd. calf, £2.2s

1824

The third volume is wanting to many copies; complete copies are scarce now. 71 CHAPPELL (W.) Popular Music of the Olden Time; a Collection of ancient Songs, Ballads, and Dance Tunes, illustrative of the National Music of England; with short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, also a short account of the Minstrels; the whole of the airs harmonized by G. A. Macfarren, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. with the Music of all the Songs, (pub. at £2.8s) new in cloth, £2. London, 1859

A most valuable publication, comprising a complete History of English Minstrelsy, Songs, and Ballads, from the Saxon Period to the time of George II. The work contains a large number of Old Songs and Ballads, here printed for the first time, and which are not to be had elsewhere. To the collectors of the English Local Ballads these volumes will be welcome. (See, for instance, in the ancient Kentish dialect, "I have house and land in Kent," p. 90; and "In Taunton Dean che were bore and bred" (p. 672) for Somersetshire, &c. &c.) To Shakespeareans, the Music of Shakespeare's plays (see from page 204 to 240) will prove attractive.

"We can scarcely over-estimate the industry and zeal shewn by Mr. Chappell in his valuable

and interesting work. He has produced, not an essay, not a history, not a music-book, but something that combines the nature of all these at once. The main body of the book consists of a mass of erudition, no less copious than well digested, that can only be appreciated by a careful perusal."-Quarterly Review, July, 1859. 72 CHAUNCY (Sir H.) HISTORICAL ANTIQUITIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE, faithfully collected out of Public Records, Leiger Books, Ancient Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, and other Select Authorities, folio, QUITE PERFECT, with all the plates mentioned by Lowndes, a superb copy, morocco extra, gilt edges, £20. 1700 Only 500 copies were printed, most of which usually want the plan of Hertford; view of Standon Lordship; the view of New Sills-bury. Nassau's copy sold for £26.; Gen. Dowdeswell's for £26. 16s 6d; and Dr. Heath's for £35. 148; White Knights', £26.58; 1856, Lane's, £16. 58. Priced 1829, John Bohn, russia, £24.; 1843, Jas. Bohn, mor. £23.; 1845, Payne and Foss, old binding, £16. 168; and 1848, russia, £18. 188.

73 CHAUNCY'S Antiquities of HERTFORDSHIRE, folio, map and plates, old English red morocco, gilt edges, very fine tall copy, £5. 5s

1710 This beautiful copy is unfortunately imperfect: No. 2. the Map being slightly damaged; 6. New Sills-bury-wanting; 10. damaged; 25. Standon Lordship-wanting; 26. damaged; 27. North Prospect Hertford-wanting; 33. Town of Hitchin-wanting; 34. Hitchin Church -wanting. Both the text and the plates are otherwise very well preserved.

The author of this work was descended from a family which came into England with William the Conqueror, and was a native of the county of which he has given the history; he died in 1700, and was buried at Yardley in Hertfordshire. Sir Henry Chauncy was well qualified for writing this work; in the preface he observes, "that the near affinity historical antiquities have to that science which he had studied (the law) and all along practised, obliged him to be conversant in authors that treat thereof."

74 CID (The): a short Chronicle founded on the early poetry of Spain, by Dennis, 12mo. cuts, 1s 6d

1845

75 CLARENDON'S (Edward Earl of) History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, 6 vols. 8vo. calf, 20s

Oxford, 1819

76 CONGREVE'S Works, consisting of his Plays and Poems, 3 vols. in 2, 12mo. old calf gilt, 188

1730

77 CORNWALL. LYSONS' History of Cornwall, 2 vols. impl. 4to. with all the usual plates, LARGE PAPER, and illustrated with 84 WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS, executed in a masterly style by JOHN COLES, Esq. of Devonport, a beautiful book, calf extra, gilt edges, £31. 10s

1814 THE DRAWINGS ARE EXTREMELY ACCURATE, and deserve the fullest attention of CORNISH GENTLEMEN, The value of each Drawing being about one guinea, makes this illustrated copy of Lysons' Cornwall A VERY CHEAP BOOK. At the recent sale of the late Mr. John Coles's library, these volumes were eagerly contended for, and they were knocked down to the advertiser for £25. 10s. The Drawings include Views of the noted Stone in Madern, Rialtoun (four, very beautiful), Baptistery at Dupath, Ludguau, Godolphin, Chapel at Golden, Trefay Castle, Chapel Carn Brea, Bodmin Church, Trelawnhouse, Gwarnyke, Pengersick, Treretho House, St. Columb Church, Trelowarren, St. Anthony in Mencage, Probus Church, St. Blazey, Nanswiden, Grampound Chapel, Trefreoke in Endelyon, Tresungar, St. Erth, St. Eval, Fowey, St. Germoe, Gerrans, the Chapel at Gorran Haven, St. Just, Lanreath, Polkuan, Linkinghorne, Lestwithiel, Prideaux, Medrose, Ruins near Trevose Head, St. Enodoc, Morval, Bray, etc. etc.

THE ADVERTISER WAS INformed upon GOOD AUTHORITY THAT FIVE YEars ago Mr. COLES REFUSED 120 POUNDS FOR THESE VOLUMES. 78 DRAWINGS (Miscellaneous), including one of St. MICHAEL MOUNT, CORNWALL, and probably others, in all 23, from the library of the late John Coles, 24s 79 COWPER'S COMPLETE WORKS, edited by Southey, comprising his Poems, Correspondence, and Translations, with a life of the Author, 15 vols. 12mo. beautifully printed by Whittingham, embellished with numerous exquisite engravings, after the designs of Harvey, (pub. at £3. 15s, reduced to £2. 5s in cloth) calf gilt, a pretty set, £3.

1835-37

This is the only complete edition of Cowper which has ever been given to the world. The early poems addressed by Cowper to his cousin Theodora Cowper, to whom he was attached, are exclusively copyright, and consequently cannot appear in any other edition. It contains all the letters which had been previously published, examined with the originals, and passages restored, that either from error in judgment, or reasons connected with individuals then living, were left out by Hayley, many of which passages are important, and highly illustrative of the mind of Cowper. It comprehends, in addition, upwards of one hundred and twenty letters never before printed in any shape, and of the most interesting description. In the Life of the Poet, Dr. Southey has introduced much of the Literary History of England during half a century, with biographical sketches of many of his contemporaries.

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