70 BECKER (Prof. W. A.). GALLUS or Roman Scenes of the Times of AUGUSTUS, translated by METCALFE; and CHARICLESIllustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks. Front. and cuts. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1853-54 71 BECKMANN (John). HISTORY OF INVENTIONS and Discoveries, translated by WILLIAM JOHNSTON, enlarged. 4 vols. 8vo, calf. London, 1814

Best edition of a very interesting and valuable work. "This work is the result of the most extensive, varied and profound research and learning."-McCULLOCH.

72 BECKFORD (Wm.). VATHEK. Vignette portrait. 16mo, cloth,

gilt edges.

London, 1868

Printed at the Chiswick Press and verbatim from the first edition, with the original prefaces and Notes by HEALEY.

The Tale of "Vathek," originally written in French, and published before the author had closed his twentieth year, has for more than half a century continued in possession of all the celebrity which it at once commanded. Vathek is, indeed, without reference to the time of life when the author penned it, a very remarkable performance.

73 BEHN (Aphra). Plays written by the Late Ingenious MRS. BEHN. Portrait. 4 vols. 16mo, elegantly bound in calf gilt, edges gilt. London, 1724

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"Mrs. Behn was a woman of so celebrated a fame while she lived, and so esteemed, that to give a perfect draught of her, one must write like her."-CHARLES GIBBON.

....

'She has been accused, and that not without great justice, of interlarding her comedies with the most indecent scenes, and giving indulgence in her wit to the most indelicate expressions. The best and perhaps the only true excuse that can be made for it is, . . . . as she wrote for a livelihood, she was obliged to comply with the corrupt taste of the times. And as she was a woman, and naturally, moreover, of an amorous complexion, and wrote in an age and to a court of gallantry and licentiousness, the latter circumstances, added to her necessities, compelled her to indulge her audience in their favorite depravity; and the former, assisted by a rapid flow of wit and vivacity, enabled her so to do; so that both together have given her plays the loose cast which it is but too apparent they possess."

2

74 BELL (J., of Antermony). Travels in Russia and Asia, including Persia, China, Siberia, &c. Finely printed by FOULIS. vols. 4to, calf. Glasgow, 1763

BEST EDITION. 'The best model of travel-writing in the English language."-Quarterly Review.

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75 BELOE (Rev. William). ANECDOTES of Literature and Scarce Books. 6 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1808-14

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76 [BELOE.] SEXAGENARIAN; or, the Recollections of a Lit2 vols. 8vo, calf gilt. London, 1817

erary Life.

First Edition with all the virulent passages, and superior to the second, in which his caustic, "malignant" and objectionable criticisms were suppressed.

The above copy has many manuscript explanatory notes.

77 [BELOE and PARR]. BELLENDENUS. A Free Translation of the Preface to BELLENDENUS; containing animated strictures on the great political characters of the present time. With inserted plates and cuttings. 8vo, half calf. London, 1788

VERY SCARCE. This celebrated preface, written by Dr. Parr and translated by Rev. Wm. Beloe, gave rise to a series of political tracts. Rare portraits of Fox, Burke and North, also two caricatures by Gillray are inserted, making the above an unique copy.

78 BEWICK (T. and J.).

Select Fables, with cuts designed and engraved by THOMAS and JOHN BEWICK, and others, together with a Memoir and Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of MESSRS. BEWICK. 8vo, calf, gilt. Newcastle, 1820

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79 BEWICK (T.). MEMOIRS, written by himself, and including his hitherto unpublished Work on British Fishes. With numerous beautiful woodcuts by this inimitable Artist. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top edge.

Newcastle-on-Tyne and London, 1862

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80 BEWICK COLLECTOR (THE). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of THOMAS and JOHN BEWICK, including cuts, in various states, for books and pamphlets, private gentlemen, public companies, newspapers, etc.- With an Appendix of Portraits, Autographs, etc. The whole described from the originals, contained in the collection of T. HUGO, M.A. Illustrated by upwards of 112 cuts. Imperial 8vo, cloth.

London, 1866

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81 BEWICK (T.). A General History of Quadrupeds, with the figures engraved on wood by T. BEWICK. Imperial 8vo, russia elegant, marbled edges. Newcastle, 1800

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82 BEWICK. Vignettes. A Collection of Woodcuts by THOMAS BEWICK, ALL PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, with portrait of the celebrated engraver by BURNET after RAMSAY. Mounted and bound in one vol. 4to, half morocco, and lettered "Bewick's Vignettes, India Proofs."

An unique collection of India Proofs of many of the best works of this distinguished "Father of the Art."

83 BENTHAM (JEREMY). WORKS. Published under the Superintendence of his Executor, JOHN BOWRING.

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84 BEOWULF. ANGLO-SAXON POEMS of the Scôp or Gleeman's Tale, and the Fight at Finnesburg, with a literal Translation, Notes, GLOSSARY, etc., by B. THORPE. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1855

The translator Benjamin Thorpe was one of the most eminent AngloSaxon scholars in England.

85 BEOWULF, an Epic Poem. Translated from the Anglo-Saxon into English Verse by A. DIEDRICH WACHERBARTH, A.B. Fcap, 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, W. Pickering, 1849

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86 BERJEAU (J. Ph.). Catalogue Illustre des Livres Xylographiques. Facsimiles. 8vo, half crushed morocco, uncut, top edge gilt, others uncut. Londres, 1865

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87 BERJEAU. Early Dutch, German and English Printers' Marks. With Indices of Printers, Towns and Books. 100 plates. Royal 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut, Roxburghe style. London, Rascol, 1866

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88 BERJEAU. Le Bibliophile Illustré par J. PH. BERJEAU. Jan., '63-Dec, '63, and Jan., '65. Facsimile illustrations.

8vo,

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Portraits.

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Phila., 1881

90 BIBLIA PAUPERUM, reproduced in facsimile from one of the copies in the British Museum, with an Historical and Bibliographical Introduction, by J. PH. BERJEAU. Atlas 4to, half bound. London, 1859

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91 BIOGRAPHIA DRAMATICA; or, a Companion to the Playhouse; containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, with Account of the Rise and Progress of the British Stage. 4 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt. London, 1812

BEST EDITION greatly enlarged. Compiled by D. E. Baker, Isaac

Reed, and Stephen Jones. The
the grandson of Daniel Defoe.
youngest daughter.

original compiler of this work was His mother was Sophia, Defoe's

92 BLAKE (W., pictor ignotus). LIFE of, with Selections from. his Poems, and other Writings, by A. GILCHRIST. Extensively illustrated from BLAKE's own Works in facsimile and in Photolithography (including the whole of the Book of Job, and Songs of Innocence), and with a few of BLAKE's original plates. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1863

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93 BOCCACCIO.

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94 BOECKH (Augustus). Public Economy of Athens; to which is added a Dissertation on the Silver Mines of Laurion.

Translated by GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS. 8vo, half calf, gilt. London, 1842

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95 BOETHIUS.

KING ALFRED's Version of BOETHIUS de Consolatione Philosophiæ: with an English Translation and Notes by J. S CARDALL. 8vo, cloth, uncut.

London, W. Pickering, 1829

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97 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER PICKERING'S MAGNIFICENT REPRINTS and comprising the Seven various Editions from EDWARD VI. to the Present Time, reprinted in Black Letter at the CHISWICK PRESS, like the originals, in black