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312 DRYDEN (John).

Complete Works, now first collected. Illustrated with Notes, Critical, Historical and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author by SIR WALTER SCOTT. Fine portrait. 18 vols. 8vo, elegantly bound in calf gilt, sprinkled edges. London, 1808

A superb copy.

'The public voice has assigned to Dryden the first place in the second rank of our poets-no mean station in a table of intellectual precedency so rich in illustrious names. It is allowed that even of the few who were his superiors in genius, none has exercised a more extensive or permanent influence on the national habits of thought and expression. His manner is almost perfect. Magnificent versification and ingenious combinations rarely harmonize with expressions of deep feeling; in Juvenal and Dryden, alone, we have the sparkle and the heat together."-MACAULAY.

313 DUYCKINCK (Evert A. and George L.). Cyclopædia of American Literature; embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections from their Writings. From the earliest period to the present day. With portraits, autographs and other illustrations. 2 vols. royal 8vo, N. Y., 1856

cloth.

This first edition is printed on thicker paper than that of a later date. The work contains personal and critical notices of authors and selections from their writings, with 225 woodcut portraits, 425 facsimile autographs, and 75 views of colleges, etc.

"It well deserves a place in every American library."-ALLIBONE. 314 DUNCKER (Professor Max). The History of Antiquity, from the German, by EVELYN ABBOTT, M.A. Vols. I to 5 inclusive. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Bentley, 1877-81 Each volume of the above is sold separately by the publishers at a guinea per volume. In the preface to his work Professor Duncker states:-" My narrative embraces those independent civilizations of the ancient East which came to exercise a mutual influence on each other. First we follow the kingdom on the Nile and the kingdoms of Hither Asia as far as the point where the nations of Iran began to influence their destinies. Then I attempt to set forth the peculiar development of the Aryan tribes in the valleys of the Indus and the Ganges, down to the times of Chandragupta and Açoka. Then follows the history of the Bactrians, the Medes, and the Persians, until the period when the nations of the table-land of Irana were united by Darius with the countries of Western Asia, when Aryan life and Aryan civilization have gained supremacy over the whole region from Ceylon to the Nile and the Hellespont. The forms of life among the kingdoms of Asia are finally brought face to face with the more youthful

civilization attained by the Hellenes in their mountain cantons.

This

new development we follow down to the first great shock when East and West met in conflict, and the Achæmenids sought to crush the Hellenes under the weight of Asia. With the failure of this attempt my history of the ancient world concludes."

315 DUNLOP (John). HISTORY OF FICTION; being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the

Present Age. Second edition. 3 vols. post 8vo, calf gilt (one back damaged). Edinburgh, 1816

BEST EDITION. This pleasant and esteemed work gives an analytical account of the principal romances and works of fiction of all ages and countries, from the earliest writers of Greece and Rome (Heliodorus, Longus, Apuleius, etc.), down to the age of Boccaccio and Bandello, in Italy; Cervantes, in Spain; Rabelais, Le Sage and La Fontaine, in France; and Fielding and Smollett, in England; with especial attention to the ancient Romances of Chivalry, Heroic and Pastoral Romances and Fairy Tales.

316 DUNLOP. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to and during the Augustan Age. Elegant vignette

heads. 3 vols. 8vo, calf, marbled edges. London, 1823-28 A fine copy of this very scarce and valuable edition, and including the now rare third volume.

317 DURER (Albert). PASSIO CHRISTI: the Little Passion of Albert Durer, edited by W. C. PRIME. 37 wood engravings by this celebrated master, exactly reproduced in facsimile from the rare originals, with portrait of DURER. Royal 4to, cloth, uncut.

N. Y., J. W. Bouton, 706 Broadway, 1868 Printed on heavy, glazed paper, and a splendid example of J. W. Bouton's art publications.

The Little Passion of Albert Durer, consisting of thirty-seven woodcuts, has long been regarded as one of the most remarkable collections of illustrations known to the world. Complete sets of the entire series are excessively rare. The editions which have been published in modern times in Europe are defective, lacking more or less of the plates, and are of an inferior and unsatisfactory class of workmanship.

318 DURER. HIS LIFE and WORKS, including Autobiographical Papers and Complete Catalogues, by W. B. SCOTT. Portraits, etchings and woodcuts. Square 8vo, cloth, red edges. London, 1869

319 DURER. The History of the Life of ALBRECHT DURER, of Nurnberg. With a Translation of his Letters and Journal and some Account of his Works. By Mrs. CHARLES HEATON. With numerous illustrations, full page. 4to, cloth, bevelled sides, gilt edges. London, 1870

Ten of the 31 illustrations in the above, and which are mostly specimens of Durer's works, are reproductions by the autotype process. 320 DWIGHT. History of the Hartford Convention: with a Review of the Policy of the United States Government, which led to the War of 1812. By THEODORE Dwight, Secretary of the Convention. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1833

321 DYCE (Rev. Alexander). Specimens of English Sonnets, selected, with Notes. Square 12mo, cloth, uncut.

SCARCE. Printed by C. Whittingham.

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London, Pickering, 1833

'Mr. Dyce's notes are peculiarly delightful."-Literary Gazette. 322 DYER (Thomas H., LL.D.). POMPEII: its History, Buildings and Antiquities. Map, plan, and 300 woodcuts. 8vo, polished calf extra, marbled edges.

London, 1871

Third edition, and gives—“an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors."

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323

ASTLAKE (C. L.). HISTORY of the GOTHIC REVIVAL; an Attempt to show how the Taste for Medieval Architecture has since been encouraged and developed. With 48 beautiful engravings on wood. 4to, cloth gilt, bevelled sides, top edge gilt. London, 1872

An attempt to show how the taste for medieval architecture and æstheticism has been encouraged and developed, and of which Oscar Wilde is but a comparatively recent apostle.

324 EDGEWORTH (MARIA). WORKS, i. e. :—

I. EDGEWORTH. TALES AND NOVELS. With highly finished frontispieces and vignettes. 18 vols. foolscap 8vo, yellow calf extra, contents lettered, gilt top edges, others uncut, by R. W. SMITH. London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1832

Best edition, including-Moral Tales, 2 vols; Popular Tales, 2 vols; Belinda, 2 vols; Castle Rackrent and Irish Bulls; Tales of Fashionable Life, 5 vols; Patronage, 3 vols; Ormond; Harrington and Thoughts on Bores; Leonard and Letters.

II. EDGEWORTH. Helen, a Tale. 3 vols. 8vo, yellow calf extra, gilt top edges, others uncut and bound by R. W. SMITH to match the "Tales and Novels."

London, Bentley, 1834

Second Edition. Never published precisely to match the above set of eighteen volumes.

III. EDGEWORTH. A duplicate set of the 36 frontispieces
and vignette titles on INDIA PAPER to the 1832 edition of
the "Tales and Novels" (some foxed). Royal 8vo, calf
gilt. top edge gilt, others uncut (not uniformly bound with.
the preceding).
London, Bentley, 1832
TOGETHER 22 VOLS. CALF GILT, TOP EDGES GILT, OTHERS
London, 1832-54

UNCUT.

VERY SCARCE. A beautiful set of the best and elegant edition.
"She [Miss Edgeworth] is the author of works never to be for-

gotten; of works which can never lose their standard value as 'English classics,' and deserve their honorable name more than half the dull and licentious trash bound up in our libraries under that title."-EDWARD EVERETT.

325 EDWARDS (E., Librarian). LIBRARIES and FOUNDERS of LIBRARIES. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1865

LARGE PAPER, and 50 copies only printed on thick paper. Now out of print, and scarce.

This valuable bibliographical work is in a large measure based upon documents hitherto unused, and upon personal examination of the principal collections which are described.

325* EDWARDS. MEMOIRS OF LIBRARIES, including a Handbook of Library Economy, with numerous engravings of early MSS.; facsimiles of types, bookbindings, etc. 2 vols. royal 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, Roxburghe style.

LARGE AND THICK PAPER. Only 50 copies printed. This important work was in preparation during upwards of thirteen years. Neither France nor Germany can boast of a work treating the subjects with a similar comprehensiveness, and in England the work has certainly had no predecessor.

326 EDWARDS (EDWARD). Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England (intended as a continuation of WALPOLE'S ANECDOTES of Painting). Illustrated with 34 plates, portraits, etc. Royal 4to, half calf.

London, 1808 LARGE PAPER and very scarce. The author was teacher of Perspective at the British Royal Academy.

327 ELLIS (GEORGE). Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, Chiefly Written During the Early Part of the XIVth Century, with an Historical Introduction, intended to Illustrate the Rise and Progress of Romantic Composition in France and England. 3 vols. crown 8vo, London, 1805

calf.

LARGE PAPER, cut down. With autograph of "Jas. Hamilton Stanhope" on the titles.

Sir Walter Scott addressed the Fifth Canto of Marmion to Ellis and in his "Diary " wrote :-"George Ellis was the first converser I ever saw. His patience and good-breeding made me often ashamed of myself, going off at once upon some favorite topic."

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