A CATALOGUE OF A SELECT COLLECTION OF VALUABLE BOOKS; CONTAINING Mos of the Standard and Splendid Works which are essential in the formation of a Library, (many of them at very reduced Prices,) and also Numerous, Rare, and Curious, Articles, iù various! Departments of Literature, ANCIENT and MODERN. I The Books are chiefly in fine Condition, and in superior Bindings. Scarce and Curious Books are constantly adding to this Collection, and all Modern Works, of whatever Description, may be had of J. M. as soon as published. PRICE ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE. To be had of the Publisher, or of any Bookseller in the Kingdom. OF Rare, Curious, and Useful, BOOKS, FOR 1818; NOW ON SALE AT No. 18, SKINNER-STREET. History, Antiquities, Biography, and Miscellanies. 1 BARET'S FOLIO. ARET's Alvearie, or Quadruple Dictionarie; containing four sundrie Tongues, namelie, English, Latine, Greeke, and French, best edition, very scarce, wormed, otherwise a fine copy, in the old oak covers, 21. 2s. 1580 2 Bacon's Works, with Life, by Mallet, 3 vols. fine portrait, by Vertue, &c. calf, 51. 5s. 1753 3 Baker's Chronicle of the Kings of England, best edition, with frontispiece, and 32 portraits on 2 sheets inserted, calf, neat, il. 15s. 1730 4 Brady's Introduction to the Old English History, Mr. Brand's copy, 7s. 6d. 1684 5 Bridges's History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, new edition, with large additions, &c. by G. Baker, preparing for publication, Part I. 6 Ditto, large paper, Part 1. 7 Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, good copy, with fine impression of the frontispiece, calf, very neat, 21. 5s. 1660 8 Another edition, printed in double columns, fine copy, in the old binding, with the frontispiece, 21. 2s. 1676 9 Camden's Britannia, by Gough, 4 vols. pls. bds. 91. 9s. 1806 10 Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspeare, in 20 plates, engraved by Bartolozzi, (published at 61. 6s.) boards, 41. 4s. 1793 11 Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, with Life and Continuation, fine set, uniformly half bound, russia, 61. 16s. 6d. [J..MAJOR, 18, SKINNER-STREET.] B 1702-59 12 Cromwelliana; a Chronological Detail of Events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged from 1642 to his Death, 1648, plates, boards, 11. 1s. 1810 13 Cuitt's (Geo. of Chester,) Etchings, large folio, viz. eight of old Buildings in the City of Chester, 11. 5s. 14 15 16 Six of Saxon and Gothic Buildings now remaining in the City of Chester, 11. 5s. Six of Castles in North Wales, 11. 5s. &c. on China paper, 11. 5s. 17 Clarke's Martyrology, with the Lives of 32 English Divines, curious plates and portraits, fine copy, dark calf, very neat, 21. 12s. 6d. 18 Davila's Historie of the Civill Warres of France, very in calf, 11. 4s. 1677 fine сору, 1647 19 Dillettanti Society's Specimens of Ancient Sculpture, imperial folio, (published at 181. 18s.) boards, 101. 10s. 1809 20 Douglas's (Sir Robert) Peerage of Scotland, edited by Wood, 2 vols. with plates of arms, &c. (published at 10l. 10s.) boards, 41. 4s. Edin. 1813 21 Ditto, LARGE PAPER, with Sir Robert Gordon's Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, LARGE PAPER, plates, 3 vols. uniformly half bound, red backs, uncut, 121. 12s. ib. 1813 22 23 Monasticon Anglicanum, new edition, Part I. to XI. with Dugdale's History of St. Paul's Cathedral, Parts I. to VI. LARGE PAPER, very rare. History of St. Paul's Cathedral, Parts I. to V. an early subscription copy, 21. 12s. 6d. each. 24 Ditto, LARGE PAPER, Parts I. to V. 51. 5s. each. 25 Enfield's History of Liverpool, plates, boards, 9s. 26 Another copy, wants title, 6s. 1744 1744 27 Dunn's Atlas, large folio, coloured, half bound, calf, 21. 12s. 6d. 1800 28 Englefield's (Sir Henry) Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, and Geological Phenomena of the Isle of Wight, illustrated with 50 plates, by W. and G. Cooke, boards, 71. 7s. 29 Enderbie's Cambria Triumphans, or Britain in its perfect Lustre, plates, new, in boards, 21. 2s. 1810 30 Another copy, LARGEST PAPER, (published at 61. 6s.) boards, 31. 13s. 6d. 31 Gregson's Fragments of the History and Antiquities of Lancashire, numerous very fine wood-cuts, 3 parts sewed, with the additional pedigrees, 51. 5s. Liverpool, 1817 32 Gordon's Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, LARGE PAPER, plates, (published at 71. 17s.6d.) half bound, red back, uncut, 41. 4s. Edinb. 1813 -- 33 Guicciardin's Wars of Italy, &c. by Fenton, good copy, 15s. 1599 34 Hakluyt's Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries, of the English Nation, with Supplement, 5 vols. LARGE PAPER, only 75 copies printed, boards, 181. 18s. 1809-12 35 Havell's Picturesque Views of Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, coloured in close imitation of the original drawings, by Turner, Havell, &c. Nos. I. to VII. containing 14 views, 15s. each. 36 Historical and Critical Dictionary, including Bayle, 10 vols. rough calf, (some a little stained,) 71. 7s. 1734 37 History of the Reigns of Henry VII. and VIII., Edward VI., and Queen Mary, by Lord Bacon and Bishop Godwyn, fine copy, with portrait of Bacon, calf, neat, 12s. 1696 38 The History of the late Wars in Denmark, by R. M. (anly,) maps and plans, 7s. 6d. 1670 39 Hollinshed's Chronicles of England, Ireland, and Scotland, 3 vols. in 2, Black Letter, 181. 18s. 1587 40 Hope's (T.) Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decorations, with Descriptions, boards, 21. 12s. 6d. 1807 41 Another copy, on large paper, boards, (published at 101. 10s.) 31. 13s. 6d. 1807 42 Ireland's (Samuel) Works complete, LARGE PAPER: River Thames, 2 vols.; Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth, 2 vols.; Tour in Holland, &c. 2 vols. ; Rivers Wye, Avon, and Medway, and Antiquities of the Inns of Court, each 1 vol. ; in all 10 vols. boards, or half bound, uncut, very rare in this state, 361. 15s. 1796, &c. 1660 43 Le Blanc's famous Voyages and Travailes, 7s. 6d. 44 Life of the Earl of Clarendon, with Continuation of his History of the Rebellion, boards, uncut, 11. 15s. Oxford, 1759 45 Lhoyd's History of Cambria, now called Wales, by Powel, crown folio, (published at 41. 4s.) extra boards, only 75 copies printed, 21. 2s. 46 1811 1811 LARGEST PAPER, of which only 25 copies were printed, half bound, red back, uncut, 41. 4s. 47 Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, Parts I to XIII. 21. 12s. 6d. each, an early subscription copy, No. 48. To be completed in 20 Parts, which are published Quarterly. 48 Loutherbourg's Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, 18 plates beautifully coloured, with descriptions in English and French, (published at 51. 5s.) boards, 31. 13s. 6d. 1805 49 Lysons's Mosaic Pavements found at Horkstow, in Lincolnshire, with fine coloured plates, boards, 21. 12s. 6d. 1801 Gloucestershire Antiquities, on 110 plates, with descriptions, boards, 41. 4s. 1804 50 51 Madox's History and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings and Queens of England, calf, 15s. 1711 |