(Varnhagen, Baron of Porto Seguro) Historia das Lutas com of HOLLANDEZES NO BRAZIL, 1624-51, 8vo. pp. xxxi, xv, 401, xiii, and iv, sd. 10s 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. 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. 7s 6d Madrid, 1849 Printed from the original MS. Cancioneiro written in the Portuguese or Gallician language, for the Count of Barcellos in the 14th Century. 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Varnhagen's American Tracts: 1 Examen de quelques points de l'histoire géographique du Brésil, sur le second Voyage de Vespuce, etc. 10s 2 O Tabaco de Bahia. . cultivo de Planta, etc. 28 Par. 1859 Caracas, 1863 3 Indicação de alguns MSS. importantes respectivos ao Brazil, 28 Habana, 1863 4 Os Indios Bravos, a curious work upon the natives, 18 Lima, 1867 Vedder's Illustrated Edition of the RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, translated by EDWARD FITZGERALD, with fifty illustrations, by ELIHU VEDDER, and an ornamental title-page and cver designed by Mr. Vedder, 1 vol. 4to. £5. 5s This is unquestionably the most original and striking illustrated book ever produced in America. For many years the wonderful verses of the Persian poet have haunted Mr. Vedder, and pictured themselves in his imagination; and now he has caught and reproduced the pictures in this volume. There are fifty full-page illustrations, largely figure-pieces, drawn with a force and grace altogether unusual. There is not a commonplace or petty picture in the book, but all have an originality of conception and a masterly sweep of execution which are in the highest degree impressive. The binding of the book is admirably in harmony with the artist's designs, and the whole forms a gift-book of unsurpassed attractiveness. Watson (H. C.) Topographical Botany: being local and personal Records towards showing the Distribution of British Plants traced through the 112 Counties and Vice-Counties of England, Wales and Scotland, second edition, corrected and enlarged with a Memoir of the Author, by J. G. BAKER, Esq., F.R.S., etc., and an entirely new coloured map showing the distribution of British Plants, thick 8vo. xlvii and 612 pp. cloth, 168 1883 The first edition, privately printed at Thames Ditton in 1873, having become very rare, this one has been edited from the Author's interleaved copy, which he kept constantly at hand, and entered all records of the occurrence of plants in additional vice-counties that came to his notice. "Those interested in British botany will feel thankful to the publisher for undertaking its publication. "It would be difficult to find a work which has been looked forward to with more anxiety than this new edition of Topographical Botany;' difficult, too, to find a book which more thoroughly fulfils the anticipations formed of it. That these anticipations were high it is unnecessary to assert. In the whole range of British botanists it would have been impossible to find two so well fitted for the task of editing the work as those whose names are attached to the short preface with which it opens. United to Mr. Watson by strong ties of personal friendship, Mr. Baker and the Rev. W. W. Newbould are otherwise singularly well adapted to carryon his work, possessing, as they do respectively, the faculty of generalization and the critical mind which were combined in Mr. Watson with such happy results. "The evidences of care and steady work may be traced on every page. The segregates have received much attention-Ranunculus aquatilis, for instance, represented by only 3 in the 1st edition, has here 10 placed under it. Prof. Babington contributes the distribution of the fruticose Rubi; the Roses remain much as before. Detailed distribution of the Callitriches is given, 6 species being enumerated. The Hieracia have received much attention, no fewer than 20 segregates being added. Galinsoga parviflora is inserted as naturalized in Surrey and Middlesex. To all who are interested in County Floras, or in the general subject of plant distribution in Britain, Topographical Botany' is indispensable.”—Journal of Botany, Sept. 1883. ་ Welsh Dictionaries : 1852-8 EVANS (D. S) English and Welsh Dictionary, adapted to the present state of Science and Literature; in which the English Words are deduced from their originals, and explained by their synonyms in the Welsh Language, 2 vols. cloth, 35s PUGHE (Owen) Welsh and English Dictionary: the National Dictionary of the Welsh Language, with English and Welsh Equivalents, third edition, edited and enlarged by R. J. PRYSE, 2 vols. 8vo. portrait, cloth, 258 Denbigh, 1866-73 SPURRELL'S English-Welsh and Welsh-English PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY, 2 vols. in 1 thick 16mo. cloth, the best and most handy compact Welsh Dictionary, equally well adapted to Travellers and Students, 8s 1861-66 Welsh and English: Hengwrt MSS. 1-3. Y SEINT GREAL, being the Adventures of KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE in the Quest of the HOLY GREAL, and on other occasions, in Welsh and English, edited by the Rev. Robert Williams, 3 parts in 1 volume, 8vo. cloth, 158 1874-76 The Welsh MS. from which this is printed dates from the early part of the fifteenth century (it may have been copied from one of greater age), and contains in its first part a translation from the Queste du Saint Greal. The second part is taken from the second part of the Histoire du Graal. This Welsh translation has an independent value as showing what Welsh names correspond to the French ones, and as containing traces of the concurrent British legends of King Arthur and his Knights. Hengwrt MSS. No. 4, 8vo. sd. 158 1808 THE GESTS OF CHARLEMAGNE; Campeu Charlymaen, in Welsh, pp. 1-188, in English, 435-482 Hengwrt MSS. No. 5, 8vo. sd. 15s 1880 PURDAN PADRIC, Bushed meir wyry, etc. in Welsh, pp. 189-340, in English Down of Hamtoun, etc. pp. 483-570 The issue of Parts 6 and 7, completing the work, is in contemplation. Welsh Grammar: SPURRELL'S Grammar of the Welsh Language, 12mo. cloth, 3s Welsh Manuscript Society 1870 1840 LIBER LANDAVENISIS, Llyfr Teilo, or Ancient Register of the Cathedral Church of Llandaff, in Latin, with English Translation and Notes, by Rev. W. J. Rees, royal 8vo. facsimiles, cloth, 36s REES (W. J.) Lives of the Cambro-British Saints of the Fifth and immediate succeeding Centuries, roy. 8vo. frontispiece and facsimiles, cloth, 288 1853 IOLO MANUSCRIPTS. A selection of Ancient Manuscripts in Prose and Verse, from the Collection made by E. 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The Arts Architecture, illustrated by examples in Central Italy, from the 13th to the 15th Century; comprising examples of stained glass, fresco ornament, marble and enamel inlay, and wood inlay, 1 vol. impl. folio, LARGE PAPER, 41 plates executed in gold, silver and colours, with descriptive text (pub. at £10. 108), hf. bd. morocco, gilt edges. £4. 4s 1858 Nearly ready for the Subscribers in a most carefully collected bibliographical work on Early printed Roman Missals: Weale's Bibliographia Liturgica: MISSALIA ECCLESIARUM ET ORDINUM, by W. H. JAMES WEALE. To form one volume of about 220 pages; price to Subscribers, in demy 8vo. cloth, 218; or, LARGE PAPER, one volume royal 8vo. cloth, £1. 11s 6d M. Bernard Quaritch,'de Londres, prépare nne intéressante publication qui aura pour titre La Bibliographia liturgica; Missalia ecclesiarum et ordinum, par W.-H. James Weale, et formera un beau volume in-4o d'environ 200 pages. Ce catalogue droit être signalé aux bibliophiles. Si l'on se rappelle que, presque partout où l'invention de Gutenberg avait pénétré, avant 1530, le premiere livre dû à l'imprimerie naissante était un bréviaire ou livre d'heures, on comprendra l'attrait d'un pareil travail pour quiconque s'intéresse aux débuts de l'art typographique. La Bibliographia liturgica peut aussi fournir d'utiles renseignements concernant les miniatures, l'enluminure et la gravure sur bois, presque tous les livres de piété étant ornés de nombreuses illustrations. L'ecrivain biographe ou liturgique y puisera des indications précieuses. Chaque église, cathédrale ou collégiale, chaque ordre religieux jouissant d'un rituel particulier, y trouvera la liste de ses missels imprimés. Le catalogue, précédé d'un index des ouvrages consultés, sera suivi de trois appendices, contenant: 10 L'énumération, par ordre chronologique, de tous les missels imprimés antérieurement à l'année 1531; 2o Les noms, par ordre alphabétique, des imprimeurs et des éditeurs d'oeuvres de liturgie; 30; L'indication de tous les lieux où ont été imprimés des missels.—Chronique de la Librairie. PROFESSOR WESTWOOD'S MAGNIFICENT ART PUBLICATION; published at £21., extra cloth-offered at £10. 10s. The Subscription List has absorbed the entire edition of 200, and the THE MINIATURES AND ORNAMENTS OF ANGLO-SAXON & IRISH MANUSCRIPTS; ONE VOLUME, IMPERIAL FOLIO, ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF FIFTY-FOUR SUPERB PLATES, MOST ELABORATELY EXECUTED IN EXACT FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINALS IN GOLD AND COLOURS; With a descriptive text to each Plate, serving as a History of Branch Palæography and Pictorial Art, by J. O. WESTWOOD, M.A., F.L.S., &c., OXFORD. the same, royal folio, superbly and elaborately whole bound in MOROCCO Keltic ornaments on sides, gilt edges, a binding expressly designed for this work, a masterpiece of BEDFORD's skill, £20. 1868 By most persons this "dark age," as it has been termed, will scarcely be supposed capable of affording materials for such a history; and indeed, with the exception of a very few examples given by Strutt, Astle, and Shaw, no opportunity had been afforded to the public of judging of the marvellous beauty and excessive intricacy of the ornamentation and designs of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts, until the publication of my "Palæographia Sacra Pictoria," in which I devoted many plates to these marvels of Art. Westwood (J.O.) Palæographia Sacra Pictoria: a series of Illustrations of the Ancient Versions of the Bible copied from Illuminated Manuscripts executed between the Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries, royal 4to. 50 beautiful plates of Miniatures and Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts, executed in gold and colours (pub. £4. 10s), half morocco, £3. 16s 1849 The valuable collection of facsimiles of Manuscripts included in Mr. Westwood's work, comprises examples of 113 MSS. in the Original Languages of Scripture, and in the Greek, Oriental, Ancient Irish, Anglo-Saxon, Welsh, Frankish, Lombardic, Sclavonian, and Theotisc Styles; from MSS in the Cottonian, Royal, Harleian and other Collections in the British Museum; the Duke of Sussex, Trinity College, Dublin, and the Libraries at Oxford, Cambridge, Munich, Paris, Vienna, Upsal, Rome, and Verona. Wight's Indian Botany: ICONES PLANTARUM INDIÆ ORIENTALIS or Figures of Indian Plants. By Dr. Robert Wight. 6 vols. 4to. 2101 plates, including all those given in the author's "ILLUSTRATIONS" and "NEILGHERRY PLANTS," but plain instead of coloured (pub. £27. 10s), cloth, £9. 108 CLEGHORN'S Index, 4to. cloth, rare, £2. 28 1838-53 Madras, 1856 "The Volumes form the most important contributions, not only to Botany, but to Natural Science, which have ever been published in India, and they have been of the greatest service to us throughout our labours. It is admitted that Dr. Wight has accomplished a great work, which is as essential to the student of the Indian Flora, as Sowerby's English Botany is in Britain.”— HOOKER AND THOMSON. Weisse's English Language and 8vo. 701 pp. (pub. at 21s), cloth, 15s New York, 1879 "It is a book of really vast learning. The large quantity of facts gathered together and indexed, and the useful tables with which the book abounds, will always give to it a certain value. "Justice compels us to say that it will be found a useful addition to any philological library."-Academy, May 3, 1879. Wyman's Bibliography of Printing with Notes, and Illustrations, compiled by E. C. BIGMORE and C. W. H. WYMAN, double columns, with many Portraits, Colophons, Printers' Marks, and other typographical curiosities, Roxburghe, £6. 6s 1880-86 This great work has been advancing steadily under the direction of its projectors, Mr. Charles Wyman and Mr. Bigmore, assisted by Mr. William Blades, Mr. Hessels of Cambridge, Mr. Goebel of Stuttgart, Mr. Mohr of Strassburg, Mr. De Vinne of New York, and Mr. John Southmard. The memoirs of individuals and of printing firms have, in all cases where possible, been submitted to and corrected by the person most competent to perform the task in an authoritative manner, and hence, the quantity of material thus got together for the History of Printing and Printers is invaluable to the future historian. Wyman's Bibliography of Printing : BIGMORE and C. W. H. WYMAN'S Bibliography of Printing, with notes and illustrations, Vol. III, T-Z, inclusive, sinall 4to. hf. bd. 218 1886 This volume completes this excellent work. Vols. I and II may still be had at £2. 12s 6d each. "With the present number is completed the BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTING," the last instalment of the work appearing in this issue. It is exactly ten years ago (January 15, 1876), since this Bibliography was commenced, and it affords us much gratification to have been thus able to bring this laborious and comprehensive work to a successful issue. This Bibliography has not been a mere record of the bare titles of books; but the biographical, historical, and critical notes with which it is enriched are of permanent literary value; and, to the future historian of the Art preservative, the compilation now completed will prove of the utmost value, both in directing him to reliable sources of information, and also in affording him a storehouse of facts and data not to be met with elsewhere. In bringing the work to a close, we would avail ourselves of this opportunity to tender our best thanks to the many friends, at home and abroad, whose kind co-operation has so materially contributed to make our List of Books on Printing the fullest and most comprehensive that has ever been issued. It should be added that the Bibliography of Printing now completed is published in book form, in three handsome volumes, by Mr. B. Quaritch, of Piccadilly."-The Printing Times, December, 1885 |