10649 SELDEN'S (John) Titles of Honor. Third Edition, with Additions and Amendments by the Author; folio, BEst ediTION, portrait and plates, neat, 17. 10s. 10650 10651 1672 the same; folio, portrait and plates, calf extra, marbled edges, 21. 1672 the same; folio, portrait and plates, very fine copy, rough russia, super extra, gilt edges, 3l. 13s. 6d. 1672 "Let me commend one book to you, the Titles of Honor, a book of so much use and learning, that I know no other extant in our language more befitting a gentleman and a scholar to read, and read again, till he be well versed in it, not only to furnish himself with ingenious matter concerning all titles of honour, but with many excellent things, especially about that grand question of the original nature and constitution of parliaments. In short, it is the best book Selden ever writ."— Dr. J. Taylor's Directions for the Study of English History. 10652 SELECT VIEWS of London and its Environs, containing a Collection of highly-finished Engravings from original Paintings and Drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press Descriptions of such objects as are remarkable for Antiquity, Architectural Grandeur or Picturesque Beauty; 2 vols. imperial 4to, LARGE PAPER, containing above 50 beautiful Engravings by Storer and Greig, PROOF IMPRESSIONS (pub. at 67. 6s.) bds. 31. 3s. 10653 1804 another copy; 2 vols. in 1, royal 4to, 10 plates deficient, bds. 17. 4s. 1804 10654 SELECT Collection of Poems, from the most approved Authors; 2 vols. 8vo, neat, 4s. Edinburgh, 1768 10655 SELECTION of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine; 3 vols. 8vo, half-bound russia, 17. 4s. 1809 10656 SELKIRK's (Earl of) Observations on the present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a View of the Causes and probable Consequences of Emigration; 8vo, hf-bd. 4s. 1805 10657 SEMEDO's (F. 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Steevens; 4 vols. 8vo, neat, 17. 4s. 1766 Edinburgh, 1767 Works; 10 vols. 12mo, neat, 10s. 10700 SHAKSPEARE'S (William) Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, with Introduction, Notes, and various Readings, by E. Capell; 10 vols. 8vo, calf, 21. 10700* 10701 10702 10703 10704 10705 10706 10707 10708 10709 10710 10711 1767 Plays, with the Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators; to which are added, Notes by S. Johnson and George Steevens, revised and augmented by Isaac Reed; 10 vols. 8vo, portraits, fine copy in old calf, 41. 48. 1785 Supplement to the Edition of Shakspeare's Plays, published in 1778 by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, containing additional Observations by several of the former Commentators. To which are subjoined, the genuine Poems and seven Plays ascribed to him, with Notes by the Editor (E. Malone) and others; 2 vols. 8vo, Gifford's copy, with his MS. 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Valpy; 15 vols. foolscap 8vo, with 171 Illustrations reduced from Boydell's Plates (published at 31. 158.) cloth, 21. 5s. 1832-34 Plays, accurately printed from the Text of the corrected Works, comprising the Plays and Poems, the Text A good library edition of Shakspeare is apparently a desideratum not likely to be supplied. Of the two recent publications, by Mr. Knight and Mr. Collier, the less said the better. The utilitarian principle carried out in the ILLUSTRATED SHAKSPEARE of Mr. Knight can never satisfactorily elucidate the beauties of the Poet; whilst Mr. Collier's labours but confirm the truth of "How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun." WHY DOES NOT MR. DYCE GIVE US AN EDITION WORTHY OF THE POET? Works, Vol. VII, containing Venus and Adonis, Tarquin and Lucrece, and Miscellany Poems: with an Essay on the Art, Rise, and Progress of the Stage; 4to, 5s. 1725 |