MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. 77 Silvestre's Universal Paleography; or a Collection of Facsimiles of the Writings of every Age; taken from the most authentic Manuscripts existing in the Libraries of France, Italy, Germany and England, containing UPWARDS OF 300 LARGE AND MOST BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED FACSIMILES, TAKEN FROM MISSALS AND OTHER MSS., RICHLY ILLUMINATED IN THE FINEST STYLE OF ART, new and improved edition, arranged under the direction of Sir FREDERICK MADDEN, Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum, 2 vols. atlas folio, elegantly half bound morocco extra, gilt edges, £31. 10s 1850 This is, perhaps, the finest book in the world, and the most interesting to the scholar and the man of taste. Three hundred facsimiles, of the choicest Manuscripts in Europe, need no other recommendation than to state the fact. The work cost nearly twenty thousand pounds in getting up, and the expense was chiefly defrayed by His Majesty the late Louis Philippe, who subscribed at the outset for sixty copies, at about £75. each. THE HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE LETTERPRESS to the Preceding Work, by CHAMPOLLION FIGEAC and CHAMPOLLION, Jun. translated into English, with considerable additions and corrections, by Sir FREDERICK MADDEN, 2 vols. royal 8vo. half morocco extra, gilt edges, (uniform with the folio work), £2. 88 1850 These Descriptive Volumes, containing a great deal of general information on the subject of ancient manuscripts, may be studied independently of the work to which they are an accessory. Smith's (C. J.) Historical and Literary Curi OSITIES; containing Facsimiles of interesting Localities, Engravings of Old Houses, Birth-places, Portraits, Illuminated and Missal Ornaments, Antiquities, &c. 4to. with 100 plates, some illuminated (pub. at £4. 48) elegantly half bound olive morocco, uncut, £2. 1847 A singularly amusing and interesting Repertory, of which the contents are too multifarious to describe. We will only note that the Autograph Letters are chiefly of a literary character, and include such important ones as Coverdale, Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Isaac Newton, Cowley, Pope, Addison, Gray, Milton, Prior, Smollett, Sterne, Locke, Burns, Steele, Hume, Dr. Johnson, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, etc. Smith's Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the most eminent DUTCH, FLEMISH, and FRENCH PAINTERS, 9 vols. royal 8vo. Vols. 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 are sold separately at 26s each; Vol. 9, the Supplement x, and 884 pp. for 30s 1829-42 Spanish Grammar: ALONSO'S Elementary Grammar and Guide to Conversation for the Use of Travellers in Spain, 12mo. 176 pp. cloth, 18 6d 1867 "In publishing this 'Handy Book,' I have endeavoured, as far as it has been in my power, to attend exclusively to the necessities of the traveller who is ignorant of the language and customs of the country, and wishes to make himself understood in the easiest manner possible" Romancero del Cid. Romancero é Historia general del muy valeroso caballero el Cid Ruy Diaz de Vibar, en lenguage antiguo recopilado por JUAN DE ESCOBAR, edicion completa añadida con una version Castellana de la Vida del Cid por el historiador Aleman, Müller, 12mo. frontispiece, pp. xii and 368, FINE PAPER, half morocco, top edge gilt, Francoforto, 1828 108 These famous Ballads are so excessively rare in any of the old editions that one is glad to meet The Romancero of the with a good reprint like the above, which is besides most complete. Cul is a combination of the Ballads in which the hero's life used to be told or sung amongst the people of Spain; and is thus a far more national, valuable, and poetical series of pictures than the old Poema del Cid can claim to be; it contains the perfect poetic life of a hero, who, whatever he may have been in reality, is one of the most noble and attractive figures in all legendary history. Surtees' Society's Publications: a complete set from the commencement, 64 vols. 8vo. all consecutive, cloth, £60. Many of the volumes are quite out of print, and very scarce. 1835-75 The Society is still, after thirty-six years, in a highly flourishing condition; its List of Members (limited to 350, and now full) includes the names of many of the most eminent Antiquaries, Topographers, and Genealogists, and in a recent volume a list is given, which comprises thirty-three works intended for future publication. The volumes described below speak for themselves: to all who take an interest in Northern Antiquities, their importance and value are well known. 43. The Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels, part III: S. Luke, 148 1864 Parts I and II of the above (Nos. 28 and 39 of the Series) cost 24s. 44. The Priory of Hexham, its Chroniclers, Endowments, and Annals, edited by Reine, Vol. I, comprising ancient Chronicles and other documents, numerous plates and wood1865 cuts of Monuments, etc. £2. 12s 6d 45. Testamenta Eboracensia, a selection of Wills from the registry at York, Vol. III, 8vo. cloth, 258 1864 46. Priory of Hexham, by Raine, Vol. II, containing Title Deeds, Black Book, etc. 168 1865 47. Remains of Dean Granville, Vol. II, selections from his correspondence, diaries, etc. 168 1865 Vol. I was contained in No. 37. MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. Surtees' Society's Publications-continued. 1865 49. The Survey of the various Fees and Manors within the County of York, taken by John de Kirkby in the reign of Edward I, and usually known as Kirkby's Inquest, 258 1868 50. The Diary of Ambrose Barnes, an Alderman of Newcastle-on-Tyne in the seventeenth Century, 218 1868 79 57. Register of the Guild of Corpus Christi in York, edited by Skaife, facsimiles of Seals, 158 1872 58. Fodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, a survey of the Estates of the Prior and Convent of Durham, 158 1872 59, 60. Missale ad Usum Insignis Ecclesiæ Eboracensis, 2 vols. 278 1874 61. The York Pontifical. Liber Pontificalis Chr. Bainbridge Archiepiscopi Eboracensis, edited for the Society by Dr. Henderson, 8vo. containing the music with square notes 1875 on four lines, cloth, 158 62. Thornton (Mrs. Alice, of East Newton, co. York) Autobiography, edited by Jackson, pedigrees, 158 1875 63. Manuale et Processionale ad usum Insignis Ecclesiæ Eboracensis, edidit Henderson, music with square notes on four lines, 258 1875 64. Ripon Charter Acts: Acts of Chapter of the Collegiate Church of SS. Peter and Wilfrid, Ripon, 1452 to 1506, edited by the Rev. J. T. Fowler, thick 8vo. facsimile of seals, cloth, 158 1875 Strutt's Dresses and Habits of the English, from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time, with an historical and critical Inquiry into every branch of Costume, and a General Description of the Ancient Habits in use among Mankind, new and greatly improved Edition, with Critical and Explanatory Notes, by J. R. Planché, Esq., F.S.A., 2 vols. royal 4to. with 153 engravings, taken from the most authentic sources, preserved in the British Museum, the Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge, the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, &c. &c., with the plates coloured, half bound morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, £6. 6s 1842 the same, with the plates splendidly illuminated in gold, silver, and opaque colours, in the Missal style; faithfully copied from the originals, 2 vols. royal 4to. hf. bound morocco, top edges gilt, in the Roxburghe style, £15. 15s 1842 Strutt's Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities OF ENGLAND, containing the most authentic Representations of all the English Monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; together with many of the Great Personages that were eminent under their several Reigns, taken from coeval Authorities preserved in the Public Libraries and Cathedrals of Great Britain, new and greatly improved edition, with critical and explanatory Notes by J. R. Planché, Esq. F.S.A., in 1 vol. roy. 4to. with 72 engravings, carefully copied from ancient Manuscripts, Monuments, &c., with the plates coloured, hf. bound morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, £3. 3s 1842 the same, with the plates splendidly illuminated in gold and colours, exact facsimiles of the Ancient Manuscripts and Missals from which they are copied, half-bound morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, uniform with the Dresses, as described above, £10. 10s 1842 "The amusing pages of Strutt entitle his memory to great respect, and, borrowing the idea of Dr. Johnson, I will boldly affirm that he who wishes to be informed of the curious and interesting details connected with Ancient Manners and Customs, Costume, Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities, must devote his days and his nights' to the volumes of STRUTT."-Dibdin's Decameron, Stephens (George) the Old Northern Runic MONUMENTS of SCANDINAVIA and ENGLAND, now first collected and deciphered, Parts, I, II, folio, containing pp. lxx and 1038, many hundred woodcuts of Sculptured Crosses and Pillars, Weapons, Ornaments, etc. and numerous large plates of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Art relics, executed in gold and silver, (pub. at £5.) sewed, £4. Cheapinghaven [Copenhagen], 1866-68 "It is, indeed, with some degree of pride that we, as Englishmen, can refer to this work as the modern, as we can to Hickes's great Thesaurus as the old standard authority on Northern literature."-The Athenæum, London, Aug. 3, 1867. The best and finest of all existing books upon a most interesting subject. The archa ologist will prize it no less highly than the ethnologist, for it concerns both equally. Certain theories of race and language held by the author will not be acceptable to all students, but no one can fail to appreciate the thorough and scholarly manner in which the antiquarian and historical features of the work are developed. It is a repository of facts and monuments in wich every one who studies the ancient history and civilization of Northern Europe will be obliged to seek for information. The linguistic portion of the volume, which "Never before have these runes the author calls "Old Northern Word-Row been investigated with a like amount of skill, and Scandinavian Runic Word-List," occupies care and judgment."-The Reader, London, pp. 825-1019 in double columns. Aug. 4, 1866. "The deep erudition displayed in this great work, and the splendour, variety, and artistic excellence of its illustrations, were unequalled anywhere."-Journ. of the Histor. and Archaol. Association of Ireland, April 1869. Texier and Pullan's Principal Ruins of ASIA MINOR, illus trated and described, royal folio, map and 51 large plates of the Architecture and Ornaments of the Temples of Apollo Branchidae; the Temple of Jupiter, Aizani; the Augusteum, Ancyra; the Temple of Venus, Aphrodisias; Details of the Remains at Myra, Patara, Pergamus, etc. (pub. at £4. 4s) cloth extra, gilt edges, £1. 10s 1865 CONTENTS.-Introduction; Elia; Towns of Elia: Elaea, Grynium, Myrina, Cyme; Teos: An historical account of Teos; The Troad, Assos, and Pergamus: Assos, List of Coins of Mysia and the Troad; Priene, Branchidae, and Heracleia; Priene, Sabranda, The City of Myus, Colophon and Erythræ. An indispensable study-book for Architects, as it contains carefully drawn and measured examples of pure Greek and Græco-Roman Architecture selected from M. Texier's large work on Asia Minor: the plates were executed by the best engravers in France, and are therefore of the highest class. Altogether it is a work interesting and useful to the Architect, and attractive to the man of refined taste. Turkish. English - Turkish Dictionary. REDHOUSE'S ENGLISH-TURKISH LEXICON, showing in TURKISH, the various significations of the ENGLISH TERMS; royal 8vo. xvi. and 844 pp. printed with small but clear types, hf. bound, 208 Turner Gallery (The); a Series of Sixty Engravings from the 1862 Principal Works of JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, with a Memoir and Illustrative Text by RALPH NICHOLSON WORNUM, Keeper and Secretary, National Gallery, LARGE PAPER, Artists' India Proofs, elephant folio (pub. at £20.), half morocco, £14. 14s 1875 "To those whose memories are old enough to go back through any considerable portion of Turner's life, or who may have seen the majority of the pictures he painted during so many years of loving labour, it will be at once manifest that no better selection could have been made of paintings which could be got at by any reasonable means. Many of his grandest productions are in this series of engravings, and the ablest landscape engravers of the day have been employed on the plates, among which are some that, we feel assured, Turner himself would have been delighted to see. These proof impressions constitute a volume of exceeding beauty, which deserves to find a place in the library of every man of taste. The number of copies printed is too limited for a wide circulation, but, on that account, the rarity of the publication makes it the more valuable. It is not too much to affirm that a more beautiful and worthy tribute to the genius of the great painter does not exist, and is not likely to exist at any future time."-Art Journal. Turner's England and Wales: PICTURESQUE VIEWS in ENGLAND AND WALES, from DRAWINGS by J. M. W. TURNER, R. A. engraved under the superintendence of Mr. CHARLES HEATH, with Descriptive and Historic Illustrations by H. E. LLOYD, Largest Paper, 2 vols. colombier folio, 96 superb engravings, Proofs before Letters, unbound, £90.; or, 2 vols. red mor. extra, by BEDFORD, £120. 1827-38 the same, Large Paper, 2 vols. imperial 4to. 96 plates, Proofs on India paper, brilliant impressions, in parts, £60.; or, hf. morocco extra, by Bedford, £63. 1827-38 the same, Large Paper, 2 vols. impl. 4to. 96 plates, Proofs, red morocco, £28. *** The copper plates are destroyed. 1827-38 The grand and picturesque effects of this great master of the school of English Landscape Painters are truthfully exhibited in this, which, after the Liber Studiorum, may be considered his finest work; the engraving was executed by the best English Artists, and possess all the fidelity to nature of the original drawings. Collectors of really fine works of art should lose no time in securing copies, as they will soon disappear from the market. Interesting and valuable books on America and India, privately printed at the expense of Baron PORTO SEGURO: Vestiarium Christianum: MARRIOTT'S (Rev. W. B.) VESTIARIUM, the Origin and gradual development of the Dress and Holy Ministry in the Church, stout royal 8vo. 84 and 254 pp. with 63 plates, (sells 388) cloth, 158 1868 A trustworthy work on the History of Ecclesiastical Costume, free from religious bias, and based upon careful Archæological researches. Very few copies remain for sale, and no new elition could be produced at the present reduced price. All interested in the Church questions of the day should secure a copy of the "Vestiarium Christianum." (Varnhagen, Baron of Porto Seguro) Historia dasLutas com os HOLLANDEZES NO BRAZIL, 1624-51, 8vo. pp. xxxi, xv, 401, xiii, and iv, sd. 15s Lisboa, 1874 A work of great value and importance for the history of the Portuguese in America, but unfortunately written in a language which is but little known out of the countries of its use. DEL ALMIRANTE DON CRISTOBAL COLON, dando cuenta de su gran Descubrimiento a D. Gabriel Sanchez. Acompana al texto original castellano el de la traduccion latino de Leandro de Cosco segun la primera edicion de 1493, y precede la noticia de una nueva copia del original MS. y de las antiguas ediciones en Latin, hecha por G. H. de Volafan (i.e. Varnhagen), sın. 4to. 12s Valencia, 1859 Garcia de Orta, Colloquios dos Simples e Drogas e Cousans medicinaes da India, e assi, de algumas fructas achadas nella, sm. 4to. reprinted page for page from the original edition of Goa, 1563, with preface by F. A. Varnhagen, sd. 158 Lisboa, 1872 The original edition, one of the earliest books printed in India, is of extreme rarity. Trovas e Cantares de um Codice do XIV Seculo ou antes; mui provavelmente "o livro das Cantigas do Conde de Barcellos," (com uma introducção por Varnhagen), 16mo. 2 facsimiles, sd. 78 6d Madrid, 1849 Printed from the original MS. Cancioneiro written in the Portuguese or Gallician language. Columbus, Primera Epistola |