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Oriental Translations-continued. 32 ALFIYYA; ou, La Quintessence de la Grammaire Arabe; Ouvrage de Djemal-ed-din Mohammed, connu sous le nom d'Ebn-Malec, publié en Original, avec un Commentaire, par le Baron Silvestre de Sacy, 8vo. 8s

Paris. 33 NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA, in the Seventeenth Century, by Evliya Efendi, translated from the Turkish, by Von Hammer, Part I. 4to. 12s

34 A DESCRIption of the BURMESE EMPIRE; compiled chiefly from Native Documents, by the Rev. Father Sangermano, and translated from his MS. by William Tandy, 4to. 16s Rome. 35 ESSAY ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS, by Rám Ráz, Native Judge and Magistrate at Bangalore, with 48 plates, royal 4to. £1. 11s 6d 1834 36 ANNALES DES EMPEREURS DU JAPON, traduites par M. Isaac Titsingh, ouvrage revu, complété et corrigé, par M. J. Klaproth, 4to. £1. 10s 1834 37 MISCELLANEOUS TRANSLATIONS FROM ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, Vol. II. 7s 38 HARIVANSA; Ou, Histoire de la Famille de Hari; Ouvrage formant un Appendice du Mahabharata; et traduit sur l'Original Sanscrit, par M. A. Langlois, 2 vols. 4to. £2. 16s 3 THE DIDASCALIA; OR, APOSTOLICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE ABYSSINIAN CHURCH, translated from the Ethiopic, by Thomas P. Platt, 4to. 10s 40 LES ADVENTURES DE KAMRUP, par Tahcinuddin; traduites de l'Hindoustani par M. Garcin de Tassy, &c. 8vo. 41 THE CHRONICLES OF RABBI JOSEPH BEN JOSHUA BEN MEIR, THE SPHARDI, translated from the Hebrew, by C. H. F. Bialloblotzky, 2 vols. 8vo. £1. 4s

1834

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42 THE POLITICAL AND STATISTICAL HISTORY OF GUJERAT, translated from the Persian, by James Bird, 8vo.

43 LE LIVRE DES RECOMPENSES ET DES PEINES, traduit du Chinois, par Stanislas Julien,

8vo. 12s

44 HAJI KHALFE LEXICON

Paris ENCYCLOPEDICUM ET Gustavus Fluegel, Leipzig

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46 LAIL AND MAJNUN; a Poem. From the ori

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50*RIG VEDA SANHITA; Sanskritè et Latine, edidit Frederick Augustus Rosen, Ph. D. 4to.

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1814

AKHLAK-I-MOHSUNEE, the Manners of Mohsunnee, a treatise on good Manners, folio, Persian MS. finely written on 250 pages, very legibly written, Oriental binding, £1. 5s ANVARI SOHAILI: The Lights of Canopus, thick 8vo. a Persian Manuscript, beautifully written, each page surrounded with gold lines, and the first pages illuminated in gold and colours, slightly wormed; in the original Persian binding, sides covered with gold, £2. 5s

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DICTIONARY of Terms, explained in Persian, legibly written MS. folio, 320 pages, Persian binding, fl. 10s DIIVAN-I-ASA FI, a Persian MS. 110 pages, 8vo. hf. hd. wormed, 10s 6d

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DIWANI Kalim, a Collection of Poems, in Persian, 8vo. written on 368 pages, native binding, 9$ DIWANI Mulai Rumy; small folio, Persian Manuscript, very neatly written, of the Works of this highly popular Poet. It occupies 560 pages (with four columns to each page) ruled, and embellished with Anwams; slightly wormed; native binding, £1. 5s

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These Poems appear to be of a moral and instructive nature, and the style partakes of the simplicity of the early Poets.

FAFTAZANI, Commentary on Talkhes Almeftab,
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FORTY (The) Celebrated Aphorisms of Mo-

hammed, which have given rise to the innumerable Kadis now extant. These sentences contain much morality and instruction, and were probably written in imitation of the tenth and following Chapters of the Book of Proverbs, 4to. Persian MS. neatly written in the Nisk character, on 738 pages, a beautifully clean volume, native binding, £1.5s HINDOSTANEE Grammar, in Persian; an Arabic

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JAMI, Salsalal Aldtrab, Chain of Gold, a Persian Poem, small 4to. an old MS. of nearly 500 pages, Oriental calf, 18s

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Timur, a beautifully written Arabic MS. royal 8vo. upwards of 500 pages, calf neat, £1. 5s KANZULLOGHAT (The), a Dictionary of Arabic words explained in Persian, folio, unadorned Manuscript, on 582 pages, very legibly written, Persian binding, £1. Is

AMARA COSHA. A Dictionary of the Sanscrit Language, written in the first Century before Christ, with a translation in English by Sir Wm. Jones, containing 790 pages written in a large bold hand, folio, russia, £8. 8s

ARABIC and Persian Dictionary in Persian, very plainly written, with a blank column for additions, or a translation, 6 vols. folio, in the original native binding, neal, £8. 8s

BAHĀRA DANISH, A Collection of Tales by Inayat ullah. Persian Manuscript on 451 pages, small 4to. old red morocco, £1. 11s 6d

KORAN (The), in Arabic, a beautifully illuminated Manuscript, written on glazed paper, each page surrounded by gold lines, the Divisions of the Suras or chapters richly gilt, small 8vo. Oriental binding, massive gilding on the sides, £5. 5$ Assubbuut ool Mooullukutt, MUALLAKAT ;

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ROUZ NAMEH.-Calendar of the Persians and Arabians, a small roll, on very fine vellum, richly illuminated-Containing: 1, the five Canonical Hours; 2, the Days of the Week; 3, the Lunar Months; 4, the Solar Months; 5, the Phases of the Moon; 6, the Days of the Solstices; 7, the Days of the Equinoxes; 8, the Religious Feasts, etc., 4 feet 5 inches in length, by 4 inches in breadth, £2. 2s BURMAN Manuscript, every page illustrated with several singular drawings; 15 feet long, folded up in 28 compartments, by 16 inches in width; the drawings are of a very rude character, consisting of Deities, Groups of Figures, Architectural Ornaments, Idols, etc. executed in body colours, the copious explanations are in the Burman Language, £10. 10s PALI Manuscript, written on 26 leaves of the Palmira, measuring 21 inches by 33 inches in square characters, profusely ornamented with gold, the writing extends to the whole length of the leaf and occupies both sides, there are four lines on each page, the margins are all gilt, and the characters are japanned in black. A hole is passed through each leaf, which serves by means of string to connect the whole into a volume, the wooden coverings are japanned, highly ornamented with gold, £3. 3s

Manuscripts of this description are of exceeding rarity; the Royal library at Paris contains very few, and those few are imperfect; the Bibliotheca Sussexiana mentions three Pali MSS., containing fewer leaves.

SADI'S Bostan, the Rose-Garden, a Persian MS. large 8vo. 350 pages, beautifully written on glazed paper, surrounded by red, black, and gold lines, the chapters and headings likewise marked with black and gold lines, in the original red morocco binding, full gilt sides, the whole executed with remarkable neatness, £5. 5s

PANCHARATNA, or the Five Gems, consisting of five favourite Poems, beginning with the Bhāgavad Gita, a very beautiful Sanscrit Manuscript on 744 pages, with gold borders to each page, illustrated with 22 large and exquisite Illuminations, in gold and colours, and very numerous smaller ones, 16mo. silk, £5. 5s

SIAMESE Manuscript. A very curious Manuscript, written in yellow ink, on black paper, 22 feet long by 14 inches wide, bound up in a long narrow volume, £2. 2s

NORTHERN LITERATURE.

Works on the History and Mythology of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Lapland, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, etc.

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ADLERFELD, Histoire de Charles XII.-See French | COCHLEI Vita Theodorici Regis Ostro-Gothorum

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A collection of Documents, published by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, to prove the early Discovery of America by the Northmen. The Foreign Quarterly Review calls it "A volume every way worthy of M. Rafn and his coadjutors, (Finn Magnussen, &c.). It contains the original Icelandic Text, accompanied by translations in Danish, Latin, and English." ARCHENHOLTZ, Memoires concernant Christine,

Reine de Suède, 4 vols. 4to. portrait and plates of Medals, neat in old gilt calf, (from Horace Walpole's library), £1. 8s Amst. 1751-60 ARII Thorgilsis Filii cognom. Froda, Libellus de Islandia, Islendinga-Bok dictus; Islandice et Latine; cum Lex. Vocum Antiquarum. Item Periplus Ohtheri et Wulfstani Angli secundum eorum Narrationes, etc. cura Bussæi; in 1 vol. 4to. FINE PAPER, old calf, 18s Hauniæ, 1733 the same, 4to. bds. vellum back, 10s 6d ib. 1733 another edition, 4to. hf. bd. morocco, gilt edges, 16s ib. 1744 BENZELII Monumenta Historica Vetera Ecclesiæ Sueo-Gothicæ, 4to. neat in calf, rure, 15s Upsala, 1709 BEOWULF, De Danorum Rebus Gestis, Poema-See page 346. BIOERNONIS de Skardsa, Annales Biornonis de Skardsa, Islandice et Latine, cum notis et Indice; edid. Olavius et Magn. Ketilson, 2 vols. in 1, 4to. hf. bd. morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, 18s Hrappesey, 1774 BIOERNERI Introductio in Antiquitates Hyperboreo-Gothicas, præsertim prærogativam Linguæ, et cognitionem Historiarum Gothicarum, Suecice et Latine, folio, calf, 18s

Stockholmia, 1738 CHRONICA Duo Rythmica de Rebus Gestis veterum Sueciæ Regum, cura J. Hadorph, accedunt Variæ Regum, Suecia Diplomaticæ Transactiones (in Swedish) 2 vols in 1, thick 4to. vellum, rare, £1. 5s Stockholm, 1674-76 CHRONIKA, Konung Johann III.-Chronica Regis Johanni III., a Ægidio Girs olim collecta, nunc primum ab A. A. von Stiernman edita; accedit Historia Liturgica cura Raimundii et Stiernman, (in Swedish) in 1 vol. 4to catf, 10s 6d

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et Italiæ cum additamentis et Annotationibus Peringskiöldi, 4to. fine paper, plates, old calf, 14s Stockholm, 1699 CRANTZ'S History of Greenland-See English Books. DENMARK. Beskrivelse over Bornholm og Christiansoe: Description of the Danish Island of Bornholm and of the Fortress Christiansoe, by Thurske, 4to. map and 30 plates of Runic Stones, and other Antiquities, curious Buildings, etc. hf. bd. 7s 6d Kiobenhavn, 1756 EDDA Islandorum, anno MCCXV. Islandice conscripta per Snorronem Sturlæ, nunc primum Islandice, Danice et Latine, in lucem edita, opera Joan. Resenii, 4 parts in 1 vol. sm. 4to. complete, red morocco, gilt edges, £3. 13s 6d Hauniæ, 1665-73

the same, in 1 vol. sm. 4to. old calf, £3. 38

"Livre très rare et important pour l'histoire du Nord; vendu, sans les deux dernières pièces qui manquent presque toujours, 71 fr. Gouttard, et avec ces deux pièces, 295 fr. Caillard."- Brunet.

Semundar hinns Froda, etc. Edda Rhythmica seu antiquior, vulgo Sæmundina dicta, Islandice et Latine, cum variis Lectionibus, Notis, Glossario Vocum et Indice Rerum, Hafniæ, 1787Eddæ Sæmundinæ sive Antiquioris Carmina mythico-historica de Volsungis, Budlungis, et Viflungis vel Giukundis, et Rebus gestis Danorum, Suecorum, Norwegorum, Finnorum, Suevorum, Fran., Burg., Goth., Hunn., Islandice et Latine, cum Notis, Glossario Vocum, etc. 2 vols. Hafnia, 1818-28-together 3 vols. 4to. bds. £5. 15s 6d

the same, 3 vols. 4to. hf. bd. olive morocco, uncut,
top edges gilt, £6. 6s
ib. 1787-1828
the same,
3 vols. 4to. calf gilt, by Clarke, £6. 6s

ib 1787-1828 the same, Vol. I. separate, 4to. bds. 18s ib. 1787 the same, Vol. I. 4to. writing paper, bds. £1. 8s ib. 1787

den ældre, en Samling of de Nordiske Folks ældeste Sagn of Sange, vel Sæmund Sigfussön kaldet Hinc Frode, oversat og forklared ved Prof. Finn Magnussen, 4 vols. 8vo. sd. £1. 8s Kopenhagen, 1821-23 of Sæmund, translated into English Verse, by A. S. Cottle, 8vo. bds. 7s Bristol, 1797 the same, 8vo. yellow morocco, 10s 6d ib. 1797 EGILS-SAGA, sive Egilii Skallagrimii Vita, Islandice et Latine, cum Notis, 4to. sd. stained, 10s 6d Havnia, 1809 the same, 4to. fine paper, hf. bd. olive morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, £2.2s ib. 1809

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