397 VASSALLO (Dr. Cesare) Catalogo dei libri nella pubblica Biblioteca di MALTA, 4 vols. in 1, royal 8vo. hf. bd. neat, 21s Valletta, 1843-44 A carefully classified Catalogue of an excellent and very useful library. 398 VATER'S Litteratur der Grammatiken, Lexika, und Wörtersamlungen aller Sprachen, von Jülg, 8vo. sd. 58 Berlin, 1847 399 VAUCHER (L.) Catalogue de la Bibliothèque Publique de GENÈVE, 2 vols. 8vo. avec une table alphabétique de 134 pp. des noms d'Auteurs, half mor. 128 Génève, 1834 400 VERARD. Renouvier, Gravures en Bois dans les lives d'Anthoine Vérard, 1485-1512, 8vo. cuts, sd. only 200 printed, 68 Paris, 1859 401 VINCENT'S Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Institution, with Indexes of Authors and Subjects, and list of Historical Pamphlets, stout 8vo. 928 pp. hf. bound, 6s 1857 402 VRIES (A. de) Eclaircissement sur l'Histoire de l'Invention de l'Imprimerie, et Arguments des Allemands en faveur de leur prétention à l'Invention, trad. par Noordziek, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 16s La Haye, 1843-45 403 WALCHII Bibliotheca Theologica, cum litterariis adnotationibus, 4 vols. 8vo. vellum, 16s Jena, 1757-65 "All who are conversant with sacred lite- and research of Walch."-Horne. rature have borne testimony to the correctness 404 WARMHOLTZ, Bibliotheca Historica SUEO-GOTHICA, 15 vols. in 7, 8vo. a bibliographical account of books relating to Swedish history, with critical notes in Swedish, hf. bd. £2. 10s Stockholm, 1782-1817 405 WARTON'S History of English Poetry, from the XI to the XVIII century, with PRICE's preface and notes, 3 vols. 8vo. portrait, calf, £2. 18s | 1840 morning, willing to execute any undergraduate's thesis to entice him to fishing and badger-hunting."-Greene's Diary. "The prodigious extent and depth of Warton's researches astonish me the more, as I have been told by a brother collegian, who knew him well, that he was a lounger and idler in the 406 WATT'S Bibliotheca Britannica, or General Index to British and Foreign Literature, including an account of upwards of 40,000 Authors, as well as the works they have written, 2 parts (Authors and Subjects) in 5 vols. 4to. (pub. at £11. 11s), half calf, £5. Edinb. 1824 "Let me not forget to notice that wonderful | concentration of labour was hardly ever beheld; work of Dr. Watt, both father and son FELL and it should never fail to be the LIBRARY COMVICTIMS to their zeal in its completion such a PANION of all collectors."-Dibdin. 407 WALTON. Westwood's Chronicle of the " Compleat Angler" of Walton and Cotton, being a bibliographical record, sq. 8vo. hf. morocco, 58 the same, parts 29-33, 8vo. sd. Ös 1854 408 WEIGEL (R.) Catalog von Kunstsachen und Büchern, Parts 1-28, in 4 vols. 8vo. a classified catalogue containing about 30,000 articles, with alphabetical Indices, bds. 30s; or half bound, 36s Leipzig, 18(38)-55 4.09 1859-64 410 WELLER, Repertorium Typographicum; die Deutsche Literatur im ersten Viertel des XVI Jahrh., im Anschluss an Hain und Panzer, large Svo. xviii and 506 pp. double columns, sd. new, 10s Nördlingen, 1864 411 --- Annalen der poetischen National-Literatur der Deutschen im XVI und XVII Jahrhundert, 2 vols. 8vo. a classified catalogue, with collations, and a GENERAL INDEX, hf. calf, gilt tops, uncut, 18s Freiburg, 1862-64 412 WILLET. Catalogue of the Library at Merly, sold at Sotheby's, December 1813, 8vo. prices and purchaser's names added in MS. hf. bd. 38 6d 1813 418 WILSON. BIBLES, Testaments, Psalms and other Books of the Holy Scriptures, in English, in the collection of Lea Wilson, sm. 4to. vellum, uncut, rare, £9. 98 Privately printed, 1845 414 WOLFII (J. C.) BIBLIOTHECA HEBREA, sive notitia tum Auctorum Hebraeorum cujuscunque ætatis, tum Scriptorum quæ Hebraice primùm exarata vel ab aliis conversa sunt, cum Gaffarelli Indice Codicum Cabbalistic. MSS. 4 vols. stout sm. 4to. vellum, £2. 16s Hamb. 1715-33 415 WOLFII (J. C.) Monumenta Typographica, 2 vols. stout 12mo. hf. vellum, 58; or, russia neat, 98 Hamb. 1740 416 WOOD (Anthony à) ATHENE OXONIENSES: An exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their education in the University of Oxford; to which are added the Fasti, or Annals of the said University; new edition with additions, and a CONTINUATION by Dr. Bliss, 4 vols. roy. 4to. (pub. at £15. 158) calf neat, £12. 1813-20 "More care, attention, accuracy, and valu- | has rarely been witnessed, than in the editorial able enlargement, from an inexhaustible stock labours of Dr. Bliss." of materials (some of them contemporaneous) | 417 WRANGHAM (Archd.) Catalogue of the English portion of his Library, 8vo. bds. only 70 copies printed, unpublished, 10s Malton, 1826 418 WURDTWEIN (S. A.) Bibliotheca MOGUNTINA Libris sæculo primo Typographiæ Moguntiæ impressis instructa, hinc inde additâ inventa Typographiæ Historia, 4to. plates of Printers' Marks, etc. with exact bibliographies of the first productions of printing, FINE PAPER, calf gilt, 128 Ulmæ, 1791 419 YOUNG (Sir C.) Catalogue of the ARUNDEL Manuscripts in the College of Arms, royal 8vo. not published, bds. 128 1829 420 ZACHARIA (F. A.) Bibliotheca Pistoriensis: I. Manuscripti Bibliothecarum Codices; II. Pistorienses Scriptores, impl. 4to. vellum, 10s Aug. Taur. 1752 421 ZAPF, Annales Typographiæ Augustanæ, 1466-1530, cum Veith de origine et incrementis Artis typogr., sq. 8vo. facsimile, old calf gilt, 10s 422 423 Aug. 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Historia_critica Philosophiæ, a mundi incunabulis ad nostram usque ætatem, 6 vols. 4to. portrait, vellum, 32s; hf. calf, uncut, Lipsia, 1742 368 Still the standard book for the best view of all the ancient systems of philosophy of the East and West, and descending also to Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, and the moderns. 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Cousin, 11 vols. 8vo. plates, sd. £2. 16s 435 DRUMMOND ([Sir W.]) Academical Questions, Vol. I, 4to. (all published), calf gilt, fine copy, 258 1805 Origines, or Remarks on the Origin of several Empires, States, and Cities, 4 vols. 8vo. £2. 28 436 Paris, 1824-26 1824-29 437 DUPUIS, Origine de tous les Cultes, ou Religion universelle, 3 vols. 4to. original edition, numerous curious plates, hf. bd. 258 437*. Paris, 1794 nouvelle edition, avec la vie par Auguis, 7 vols. 8vo. with 4to. Atlas of 21 curious plates, comprising the Symbols of the Ancient Religions, £2. 108 Paris, 1822 concluded that Christianity was only an emanation of the philosophichl school which had flourished in the East long before its divine founder appeared. An Atheistical work, which resolves the system of Christian belief into zodiacal symbols. Dupuis collected every passage which could make the resemblance of Christianity and the Oriental religious systems more marked, and 438 FABER'S ORIGIN OF PAGAN IDOLATRY, ascertained from historical testimony and circumstantial evidence, 3 vols. 4to. calf, £5. 5s; or fine copy in bds. uncut, RARE, £6. 158 1816 439 FORBES LESLIE, the Early Races of Scotland and their Monuments, 2 vols. 8vo. 60 plates of Monuments, Hieroglyphics, etc. to illustrate the history and ancient races of the British isles, (pub. 32s) cloth, new, 27s Edinb. 1866 Based upon the immense recent increase of to the author's great breadth of view and depth scientific knowledge, this work testifies strongly of learning. 440 FRANCKENBERG, Raphael oder Artzt-Engel, sm. 4to. plate and symbolical cuts, bds. a very singular work, bds. 4s 6d Amst. 1676 441 GACHET, Recherches sur les Noms des Mois et les grandes Fêtes Chrétiennes, 8vo. sd. 4s Bruxelles, 1865 442 HOPE'S Essay on the Origin and Prospects of Man, 3 vols. 8vo. calf extra by Lewis, from the Earl of Clare's library, £2. 10s 1831 This admirable philosophical work is devoted to prove the eternity of the soul. 443 HUME (David) PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS, including all the essays, with the important alterations, 4 vols. 8vo. portrait, calf, £2. 10s Edinburgh, 1826 444 LECKY'S (W. E. H.) History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of RATIONALISM in Europe, 2 vols. 8vo. (pub. at 25s) cloth, 21s 1865 "Mr. Lecky has written an admirable book, | exceedingly instructive.”—Pall Mull Gazette, full of learning and acute criticism, on the mo- April 5, 1865. dernization of the Christian theology; it is exceedingly full of facts illustrative of the vitality and decay of dogmatic ideas. His account of the belief in witchcraft, for instance, and of the persecution which that belief entailed at the period when the minds of men were first disturbed by the encroachments of modern scepticism, is 445 MACKAY (Charles) Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, 3 vols. 8vo. (pub. at £2. 12s 6d) portraits, hf. calf neat, 248 "Mr. Lecky receives in the fifth article, [Edinburgh Review, April, 1865], the praise he so well deserves for the boldness of his opinions and the beauty of his style. It is said of him, that no other Irishman since Burke, has devoted his talents with equal success to political philosophy."-The Reader, April 22, 1865. 1811 446 (MARTIN) Explication de divers Monumens singuliers, qui ont rapport à la Religion des plus anciens peuples, sm. 4to. plates, hf. bd. 10s Par. 1739 A learned work, treating on the Zend, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, with descriptions of Druidic, and other religions as well as those of talismans and other singular relics. 447 MAURY (Alfred) Essai sur les Légendes Pieuses du Moyen-Age, 1843Hallucinations Hypnagogiques-Recherches sur la Religion et Culte des populations primitives de la Grèce, 1855-in 1 vol. 8vo. 98 ib. 1843-55 Histoire des Religions de la Grèce Antique, 3 vols. 8vo. 248 448 419 ib. 1857-59 - la Magie et l'Astrologie dans l'Antiquité, et du Moyen Age, les Superstitions Païennes qui se sont perpétuées jusqu'à nos jours, 8vo. 78 ib. 1860 "This very obscure branch of the subject | I have derived great assistance.”—Lecky's Ṛahas been most admirably treated by Maury;- tionalism, Vol. I, 1865, p. 20. an extremely learned and able work, from which 450 MONBODDO (Lord) Antient Metaphysics, or the Science of Universals, with an appendix examining the principles of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy, 6 vols. in 3, 4to. £2. 10s Priced, 1839, Longman, £3. 38; fetched, 1860, Sotheby's, £2. 108. Edinb. 1779-99 the ourang-outang a degraded form of the human species, a belief in the existence of syrens, etc. He maintained that all imaginable objects, however odd or monstrous, had their archetypes in nature; an assertion to which Johnson retorted that he believed it, since nature had produced a Monboddo. Fine copy of a celebrated work by the creator of a vast and astonishing, though paradoxical system, which won from Herder the highest testimony to the genius of Lord Monboddo. 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