9535 POPE'S (John) Observations on the Miraculous Conception, and the Testimonies of Ignatius and Justin Martyr on that Subject; 8vo, calf neat, 7s. 6d. 9536 POPERY. 1792 History of Popery to the End of the Council of Trent, by several Gentlemen; 2 vols. 4to, plates, neat, scarce, 1735-36 1. 4s. 9537 POPISH PLOT. An extraordinary and unique Collection of Tracts, Broadsides, &c. relative to the POPISH PLOT and other Political Convulsions in the Reign of Charles II, including the so-called PROTESTANT PLOT, bound in 3 very thick vols. folio, 4/. 10s. v. y. This extensive collection must have been made at the time, the tracts being uniformly UNCUT The autograph of “Mr. Johnson's Booke, 1679," occurs on several. Among them are upwards of fifty trials, several curious accounts of murders, speeches on the scaffold, and numerous interesting narratives. 9538 POPISH PLOT. The whole series of all that has been transacted in the House of Peers concerning the Popish Plot; 8vo, 1681 neat, 3s. 9539 PORCELAIN AND GLASS. Treatise on their Origin, Progressive Improvement, and present State; foolscap 8vo, bds. 5s. 1832 9539*PORCHESTER'S (Lord) The Moor, a Poem; 8vo (pub. at 14s.) bds. 7s. 1825 9540 PORNY'S (Mark Anthony) Elements of Heraldry; 8vo, plates, neat, scarce, 10s. 6d. 1771 9541 PORPHYRY's Select Works: containing his Four Books on Abstinence from Animal Food; the Homeric Cave of the Nymphs; and his Auxiliaries to the Perception of Intelligible Natures. Translated from the Greek, by Thomas Taylor; 8vo, bds. 10s. 9541* 1823 1823 the same; 8vo, LARGE PAPER, bds. scarce, Il. 1s. 9542 PORSON'S (RICHARD) CRITICAL WORKS, viz. Letters to Archdeacon Travis: Tracts and Miscellaneous Criticisms (with a Life of Porson, by the Rev. T. Kidd): Adversaria sive Notæ et Emendationes in Poetas Græcos: Aristophanica, sive Notæ et Emendationes in Aristophanem : et Photii Lexicon, e Codice Galeano; 6 vols. 8vo, portrait, calf extra, marbled edges, 31. 16s. 1790-1826 9543 9544 9545 another copy; 6 vols. 8vo, half-bound morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, 31. 138. 6d. 1790-1826 "Mr. Porson is a giant in literature, a prodigy in intellect, a critic, whose mighty achievements leave imitation panting at a distance behind him, and whose stupendous powers strike down all the restless and aspiring suggestions of rivalry into silent admiration and passive awe.-Enough, and more than enough, have I heard of his little oversights, in the hum of those busy inspectors, who peep and pry after one class of defects only; in the prattle of finical collectors, and the cavils of unlearned and half learned gossips, But I know that spots of this kind are lost in the blaze of this great man's excellencies. I know that his character towers far above the reach of such puny objectors. I think that his claims to public veneration are too vast to be measured by their short and crooked rules, too massy to be lifted by their feeble efforts, and even too sacred to be touched by their unhallowed hands."-Parr's Reply to Combe. Eloisa in Dishabille, being a Parody on Pope's celebrated Epistle of Eloisa to Abelard; with the Notes and Dedication to the Loungers; 4to, the original Edition, scarce, 88 the same; 12mo, (not published) sewed, 2s. 1780 n. d. 9544 PORSON'S (Richard) Letters to Archdeacon Travis, in Answer to his Defence of the Three Heavenly Witnesses, 1 John v. 7; 8vo, uncut, scarce, 15s. 9545 9546 9547 9548 9549 the same; 8vo, calf gilt, 16s. 1790 1790 "I consider Mr. Porson's answer to Archdeacon Travis as the most acute and accurate piece of criticism which has appeared since the days of Bentley. His strictures are founded in argument, enriched with learning, and enlivened with wit; and his adversary neither deserves nor finds any quarter at his hands."-Gibbon. Tracts and Miscellaneous Criticisms, collected and arranged, with Memoir of his Life prefixed, by the Rev. T. Kidd ; 8vo, portrait by Fittler (pub. at 14s.) bds. 8s. the same; 8vo, calf gilt, 11s. 1826 1826 the same; 8vo, hf.-bd. mor. uncut, top edge gilt, 12s. 1826 the same; royal 8vo, large paPER, portrait (published at 11. 4s.) boards, 14s. 1826 9552 PORTER'S (Sir Robert Ker) Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Year 1805 to 1808; 2 vols. royal 4to, with 41 plates (pub. at 5l. 5s.) bds. 17. 11s. 6d. 1813 Narrative of the Campaign in Russia during the Year 1812; 8vo, plans, calf extra, 8s. 9553 9554 9555 1815 TRAVELS IN GEORGIA, PERSIA, ARMENIA, ANCIENT BABYLONIA, &c. during 1817-20; 2 vols. 4to, numerous beautiful Engravings, those of Costume finely coloured (pub. at 91. 9s.) bds. 61. 6s. 1821-22 the same; 2 vols. 4to, half-bound Turkey morocco; uncut, top edge gilt, 71. 7s. 1821-22 "The plates (not fewer than 75 in number) relate to portraits, costume and antiquities. The narrative is executed in a pleasing and lively style; and these volumes form, on the whole, a valuable addition to our stock of knowledge of the countries described."-Dibdin. 9556 PORTER'S (G. R.) Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the Silk Manufactures; foolscap 8vo, cuts, cloth, 5s. 1831 Treatise on the Manufacture of Porcelain and Glass ; foolscap 8vo, cuts, 5s. 1832 9557 9558 PORTEUS' (Beilby, successively Bishop of Chester and London) Works (Sermons, Lectures, Evidences of the Christian Religion, Charges, and Tracts); with his Life, by Robert Hodgson; 6 vols. 8vo, portrait, (published at 27. 10s.) boards, 17. 4s. 1823 9559 the same; 6 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, 21. 2s. 1823 9560 Lectures on the Gospel of St. Matthew; 2 vols. 8vo, (published at 16s.) cloth, 8s. 1823 1823 9560*——the same; complete in 1 vol. 8vo, cloth, 5s. 9561 PORTEUS' (Capt. John) Trial; 8vo, calf gilt, 8s. Newcastle,1736 Scarce. See Sir Walter Scott's Heart of Mid Lothian. 9562 PORTLOCK's (Captain Nathaniel) Voyage round the World, but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America; 4to, portrait, charts and plates, calf neat, 14s. 1789 9563 PORTRAIT GALLERY of Distinguished Females, including Beauties of the Courts of George IV and William IV; with Memoirs, by John Burke ; 2 vols. in 1, royal 8vo, 72 fine Portraits (pub. at 37. unbound) half-bound green morocco, extra, gilt edges, 11. 16s. 1833 9564 PORTRAIT of Charles I, painted by Van Dyck, engraved by A. Lommelin, 4s. 9565 9566 9567 9568 9569 9570 9571 9572 9573 9574 9575 9576 Queen Henrietta Maria, holding a Laurel Branch, etched from Van Dyck's Painting, 4s. Elizabeth Villiers, Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, painted by Van Dyck, engraved by Hollar, 4s. Lucia Percy, Countess of Carlisle, painted by Van Dyck, engraved by Baillue, 4s. Charles Lewis, Count Palatine, painted by Van Dyck, engraved by Hollar, 4s. Prince Rupert, painted by Van Dyck, engraved by Snyers, 58. Maria (Frances) Stuart, Countess of Portland, painted by Henry Rich, Earl Holland, Lord Kensington, &c. painted Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, painted by Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, in Armour, Anna Wake (afterwards Countess of Sussex) painted by 9577 PORTRAITS OF THE BRITISH POETS, FROM CHAUCER TO COWPER AND BEATTIE, 23 Parts royal 8vo, complete, containing 138 highly-finished Portraits, engraved by Fittler, Warren, Worthington, &c. (pub. at 167.) 51. 9578 9579 1824 THE SAME, 23 Parts in 2 vols. imperial 4to, Large paper, PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER (pub. at 327.) 71. 1824 the same; 2 vols. in 1, imperial 4to, LARGE Paper, India PROOFS, hf-bd. morocco, uncut, top edge gilt, 87.18s.6d. 1824 9580 PORTRAITS of the whole of the Royal Family, engraved from the original Pictures, by Sir William Beechy, Sir T. Lawrence, Gainsborough, &c. folio, containing 21 highlyfinished Portraits by Harding, finely coloured (pub. at 107. 10s.) bds. 21. 2s. 9581 1806 the same, uncoloured; folio (pub. at 51. 5s.) bds. 17.4s. 1806 9582 PORTRAITS (39) of Reformers and Early English Bishops; 8vo, (published at 15s.) bds. 5s. n. d. 1825-26 9582* PORTRAITS (24) of the principal Leaders and Personages (including Lords Byron and Cochrane) in the Greek Revolution; folio, INDIA PROOFS (pub. at 41. 4s.) 17. 4s. 9583 PORTRAITS. Gallery of English and Foreign Portraits published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, containing a Series of 168 Portraits engraved on Steel, accompanied by Memoirs written by various distinguished Biographers; 7 vols. imp. 8vo, fine impressions (pub. at 71. 7s.) cloth, 41. 4s. 1833-37 the same; 7 vols. imperial 8vo, fine impressions, halfbound morocco, gilt edges, 51.10s. 1833-37 9583* 9585 9584 PORT-ROYAL General and National Grammar, containing the Fundamental Principles of the Art of Speaking, from the French; 12mo, neat, 5s. Logic 1753 9586 or, the Art of Thinking, in four Parts, 8vo, neat, scarce, 10s. Moral Essays; 2 vols. in 1, 8vo, neat, 10s. 6d. "Very excellent indeed."-Dr. Parr. 1685 1696 9586* 9587 Treatise upon Greek Accents; 8vo, 3s. 1729 1746 9587* 9588 9588* 1803 9589*. 9590 Latin Grammar, transl. by T. Nugent; 2 vols. 8vo. 7s. 1797 the same; 2 vols. 8vo, 8s. the same; 2 vols. 8vo, boards, 14s. 1816 9589 POTE'S (Joseph) History and Antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College and Chapel of St. George: with the Institution, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Order of the Garter; small 4to, plates, half-bound russia, 10s. Eton, 1749 the same; 4to, LARGE PAPER, neat, 15s. ib. 1749 the same, with the Appendix; 4to, LARGE PAPER, uncut, 11. 10s. ib. 1749-70 9591 POTT's (Archdeacon J. H.) Charge to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of London: the Rights of Sovereignty in Christian States defended in some Chief Particulars, with Dissertations and Collections illustrating the same Subject; 8vo, boards, 4s. 1821 9592 The Rule of Faith considered in a Charge to the Clergy; 8vo, sewed, 2s. 1839 9593 POTTER'S (Archbishop John) Archæologia Græca: or, the Antiquities of Greece, with a Life of the Author, by Robert Anderson, M.D. and an Appendix, containing a concise History of the Grecian States, and an Account of the Lives and Writings of the Greek Authors, by Professor George Dunbar; 2 vols. 8vo, plates (published at 17. 6s.) boards, 16s. Edinburgh, 1827 ib. 1827 the same: 2 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, 17. 1s. The Bishop of Oxford's Charge at his Primary Visitation; 4to, 2s. 6d. 1716 9598 Discourse of Church Government. Third Edition; 8vo, 9601 POTTER'S (Francis) Interpretation of the Number 666; small 4to, frontispiece by Marshall, neat, 5s. Oxford, 1642 "This discourse is the happiest that ever yet came into the world, and such as cannot be read without much admiration."--Mede. 9602 POTTER'S (Rev. J. P.) Letter to J. Hughes, on the Popular Systems of Education; 8vo, 2s. 6d. 9603 1828 Essay on the Means of Discovering the Senses of Words; 8vo, bds. 9s. 1828 9604 POTTINGER'S (Lieut. Henry) Travels in Belouchistan and Sinde; 4to, map, bds. very scarce, 3l. 3s. 1816 9605 POULSON's (George) Beverlac: or, the Antiquities and History of the Town of Beverley; 2 vols. in 1, 4to, LARGE PAPER, Proof Impressions of the plates on India paper (pub. at 27.16s. unbound) calf extra, 17. 18s. 1829 9606 POUQUEVILLE'S (F. C.) Travels in the Morea, Albania, and other Parts of the Ottoman Empire, translated by Ann Plumtre; 4to, with Engravings of Scenery and Costume (published at 21. 2s.) bds. 188. 1813 "Dr. Pouqueville's volume on the Morea, being collected by himself during a long residence in the country, and being the last account written on the subject, is deserving of every attention."-Sir John Cam Hobhouse. 9607 POWDER-PLOT. Discourse concerning the original of the PowderPlot, together with a Relation of the Conspiracies against Queen Elizabeth; small 4to, scarce, 8s. 8s. 1674 9608 POWELL'S (Professor Baden) Elements of Curves; 8vo, boards, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1828 9608* Differential and Integral Calculus; 2 vols. 8vo, boards, 9609 9609* 12s. ib. 1829-30 ib. 1830 Geometry of Curves, &c. 8vo, boards, 9s. 1834 9610 Powis's (JOHN) CHRONICLE OF ENGLANDE AND SCOTLANDE, AND DIVERS OTHER FORRAINE NATIONS, &c. folio, MANUSCRIPT, very distinctly written, 5l. 5s. 1580-1602 This curious manuscript commences with Brute, and concludes with "The truthe of the recoverie of ye distressed estate of Mary Glover of Thames Street, the 16th of december 1602. shee is about 14 yeares of age." The author (John Powis, of the county of Salop, whose daughter married John, the son of John Young, bishop of Rochester, who died at Bromley in 1605) has appended a letter addressed by him to the Earl of Pembroke, Lord President, and the inhabitants of Wales, exhorting them "to labour earnestly to hear the preachinge of the Gospell planted amonge them." 9610* POWNALL'S (Governor Thomas) Topographical Description of the Middle British Colonies, &c. in North America; folio, with the map, uncut, scarce, 12s. 9611 9612 9613 9614 1776 Notices and Descriptions of Antiquities of the Provincia Romana of Gaul, now Provence, Languedoc, and Dauphiné; 4to, plates, bds. 7s. 1788 Administration of the British Colonies; 2 vols. in 1, 8vo, very neat, 5s. 1774 Intellectual Physicks: an Essay concerning the Nature of 9615 Treatise on the Study of Antiquities; 8vo, bds. 9s. 1782 9618 1808 1808 9619 PRACTICAL PREACHER; consisting of select Discourses from the Works of the most eminent Protestant Writers ; with Forms of Devotion for the Use of Families; 4 vols. 8vo, calf neat, scarce, 18s. 1762 |