Palestine-continued. 8205 MANDEVILLE. Itinerarius domini Johānis de Madeville militis, sq. 8vo. black letter, old red morocco extra, gilt edges, £10. 8. l. et a. (circ. 1480) Fine copy of this rare edition of the Latin version. It consists of 71 leaves, with signatures a to i 7. 8206 MANDEVILLE. Liber pñs cui' auctor fert' iohanes de madeville, sq. sm. 8vo. gothic letter, red morocco extra, gilt edges, £10. 10s s. 1. et a. (circ. 1490) COLLATION: Table, 3 leaves, the above | leaves of text. The signatures are a to h vi. in title appearing on the verso of the third; and 58 eights, beginning with a ii. 8207 7251 Johannis de Monte Villa Itinerarius, sq. 8vo. 48 leaves, gothic letter, some ancient MS. notes, otherwise a fine large copy, with rough leaves, almost UNCUT, vellum, £9. 98 s. 1. et a. (circ. 1495) 8207*MAUNDEVILE (Sir John) Voiage and Travaile, which treateth of the way to Hierusalem and of marvayles of Inde, with other islands and countryes, 8vo. best edition, calf extra, 36s 8208 MAUNDRELL'S Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, 1697, SVO. LARGE PAPER, plates, calf neat, 21s Oxford, 1740 8208*MILLS (Rev. J.) Three Months Residence at Nablus, and account of the Modern Samaritans, sm. 8vo. (pub. at 10s 6d) cloth, 88 6d 1864 8209 RELANDI (H.) Palæstina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata, 2 vols. 4to. LARGE PAPER, portrait, maps and plates, hf. calf, uncut, RARE, 288 Traj. Bat. 1714 Priced, 1818, 35s; morocco, £3. 3s. Large | "One of the most valuable and elaborate works Paper, Hibbert's copy, mor. fetched £3. 5s. on Sacred Geography ever published.”— Orme. 8210 TOBIN'S (Lady) Land of Inheritance; or, Bible Scenes Revisited, a handsome large impl. 8vo. volume, viii and 438 pages, beautifully printed, with the PORTRAITS of Lady Tobin and Sir Thomas Tobin, and 8 original VIEWS in Palestine and Egypt, extra cloth gilt, gilt edges, 258 1863 TURKEY. 8211 Boué, la Turquie d'Europe, sa Géographie, Géologie, Histoire Naturelle, Statistique, Moeurs, Archéologie, etc. 4 vols. 8vo. (pub. at 32 fr.) map, sd. 178 6d 1840 8212 CRESSY'S History of the Ottoman Turks, stout 8vo. frontisp. (pub. 7s 6d) cloth, 58 1858 8213 D'OHSSON (Mouradja) Tableau general de l'Empire Othoman, comprenant la Législation Mahométane et l'histoire de cet Empire, 2 vols. roy. fol. 137 fine plates, hf. bd. calf, £3. 108 Paris, 1787-90 the same, with the scarce THIRD vol. impl. folio, 233 plates, whole bound russia, borders, gilt edges, binding of first volume one side cracked, £10. 8214 The third volume is wanting to most copies. | Knight's, £15. Col. Stanley's copy, 2 vols. only, fetched £29. 88; 1787-1820 8215 GEORGIEVIZ, de Origine imperii Turcorum, cum libello de eorum moribus, praefatione Melanthonis, et Parricidio Soltani Solymauni, 12mo. 35 woodcut portraits of the Turkish Sultans, specimens of Turkish and Slavonic, orange morocco, rare, 258 Witeberg. 1560 8217 Meusel cites the edition of 1562 as the first. 8216 HAMMER (Joseph von) Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches, aus unbenützten Handschriften und Archiven, 10 vols. stout 8vo. maps and plans, calf neat, £2. Pest, 1827-35 Histoire de l'Empire Ottoman depuis son Origine jusqu'à nos jours, ouvrage puisé aux sources les plus authentiques et rédigé sur des Documents et des Manuscrits la plupart inconnus en Europe, traduit par HELLERT, 18 vols. 8vo. without the Atlas (pub. £5. 58) sewed, 308 Paris, 1835-51 the same, 18 vols. 8vo. sd. with the folio Atlas of 21 maps and 15 plates, representing the principal Battles and Sieges of the Turks (pub. £6.68) £2. 168 8218 1835.43 Turkey-continued. 8219 HAMMER (Joseph von) Geschichte der Chane de Krim unter Osmanischer Herrschaft, (Anhang zur Osman. Geschichte), large 8vo. finely printed on writing paper, hf. morocco, 98 Wien, 1856 8220 MELLING (M.) VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE CONSTANTINOPLE ET DES RIVES DU BOSPHORE, PAR MELLING, atlas folio, VELLUM PAPER, containing 41 extremely large and magnificent Views, line engravings of the highest quality, ARTIST'S PROOFS BEFORE THE LETTERS, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, by Simier, from the library of the Duchesse de Berry, with her arms on the sides, £18. Paris, 1807-19 book depends not merely upon its high artistie merit, great as that is. The present copy is Artist's Proofs, and undoubtedly UNIQUE; it was worked off expressly for that great patroness of the Fine Arts, the-Duchess of Berry. Published at 1950 francs unbound, by subscription; a copy was priced, 1831, Bohn, £52. 10s; and the identical copy mentioned above was also sold formerly for the same sum. So few works of the kind have been published upon Constantinople that this magnificent SANDYS-See ante No. 7912. 8221 TURKISH EUROPEAN CAMPAIGNS in the XVIIth Century, a collection of 14 scarce and curious pieces in 1 vol. sq. 8vo. calf, uncut, £6. 6s CONTENTS. Learne of a Turke, Advice from the Turkish | Conquest of Buda, 68 pp. 1660-89 1686 Actions of the Confederate Princes against the 1685 Travestin, Siege of Newheusel, 56 pp. 1685 1687 1663 1684 ORIENTAL LAW. 8222 COLEBROOKE'S (H. T.) Digest of HINDU Law on Contracts and Successions, with a Commentary by Jagannátha Tercapanchánana, transl. from the Sanscrit, 3 vols. 8vo. very scarce, £4. 4s Priced, 1831, £5. 15s 6d; 1837, £9. 9s; 1841, £5. 158 6d. 1801 1776 8223 GENTOO LAWS. Code of Ordinations, in English by Halhed, from a Persian translation of the Shanscrit, 4to. plates, calf, 78 6d 8224 HEDAYA (The) or Guide; a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws, translated by order of the Governor-General and Council of Bengal, by Charles Hamilton, 4 vols. 4to. in old red MOROCCO, from the library of Sir W. Ouseley, RARE, £7. 7s For the original of this work, see post, Arabic. 1791 8225 HOANG-VIET-LUAT-LE; Code Annamite, Lois et Règlements du royaume d'Annam, traduits du Chinois par Aubaret, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. sd. 9s 8227 Paris, 1865 8226 MACNAGHTEN'S Considerations on the Hindu Law, as it is current in Bengal, 4to. scarce, £3. 3s Serampore, 1824 PRINCIPLES and Precedents of Moohammudan Law, including the tenets of the Schia sectaries, with Arabic appendix of 77 pp. containing extracts of authorities, etc. large 8vo. hf. calf, £2. Calcutta, 1825 Principles and Precedents of Hindu Law, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. £4.4s 8228 ib. 1828 Oriental Law-continued. 8229 MACPHERSON'S Procedure of the Civil Courts of Fort William, roy. 8vo. cloth, 78 Calc. 1850 8230 MARSHMAN. DAROGAH'S Manual, comprising the duties of Landholders in connection with the Police, compiled by Marshman, 8vo. cloth, 58 Serampore, 1850 8231 MARSHMAN's Guide to the Civil Law of the Presidency of Fort William, 1793-1849, English and Bengali, 2 vols. stout 4to. hf. calf, 20s Serampore, 1848-49 8232 MORLEY'S Analytical Digest of all the Reported Cases decided in the Supreme Courts of Judicature in India, in the Courts of the E. I. Company, and on Appeal from India by Her Majesty in Council, 2 vols.Analytical Digest of Indian Cases, new series, 1 vol.-together 3 vols. roy. 8vo. (pub. at £10. 10s) cloth, £6. 68 1849-52 8233 NORTON (J. Bruce) Law of Evidence applicable to the Courts of the East India Company, large 8vo. sd. 8s Madras, 1858 8234 STRANGE'S Elements of Hindu Law, referable to British judicature in India, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. calf, 24s 1825 Madras, 1856 Calcutta, 1855-56 8236 CIRCULAR Orders of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, 1795-1852, with Index, by Carron, 8vo. hf. calf, 58 Calcutta, 1853 8237 SUDDER DEWANEE ADAWLUT: Summary Decisions, Calcutta, 1834-55; Circular Orders, Calcutta, 1795-1855; Constructions, Lower and N. W. Provinces, 1793-1856, 3 vols. 12mo. cloth, 12s 8238 DECISIONS of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, Nos. 1 to 10, for 1857, and 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, for 1858, 16 Nos. 8vo. sd. 12s ib. 1857-58 8239 RULINGS of the Court of Sudder Udalut, 1850-57, by Chetty, 8vo. hf. calf, 58 Madras, 1858 8240 YAJNAVALKYA, Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma Sastra, English, by Röer and Montriou, 8vo. half calf, 58 Calc. 1859 ORIENTAL DRAWINGS and Illuminated Manuscripts. The ordinary MSS. will be found grouped with the printed books under the heading of their respective languages. القرآن Arabic. 8241: THE KORÁN, atlas 4to. with all the Surat headings elegantly ILLUMINATED, boldly and well-written in the Neskhi character, a fine MS from the library of the Malta Protestant College, native bdg. rebacked, £15. circ. 1700 Burmese. 2 SUMANGALA-VILASINI: BURMESE MS. on 301 narrow folio palm leaves, containing the second half (pp. 325-625) of a Burmese translation. of the commentary called SUMANGALA VILASINI on the SUTTAPÎTAKA, or moral portion of the sacred Scriptures of the Buddhists, the leaves measuring 19 inches by 2, all consecutive, and in excellent preservation, between two thick oak boards of the same size, gilt all round, £3. 1801 Chinese. 8243 DRAWINGS. 14 Native Sketches in Indian Ink, a little coloured, of Landscapes, etc. with short descriptions in Chinese MS. folded in royal 8vo. size, occupying 28 pp. mounted, the outer leaves attached to wooden bds. 36s ca. 1830 Taken from the Summer Palace in Pekin; | tive than is usually shown by native artists. and exhibiting a better knowledge of perspec 8244 CHINESE MYTHOLOGY, a volume royal folio, containing 100 beautiful DRAWINGS BY NATIVE ARTISTS, painted on the finest cotton-paper, and mounted on thick drawing paper, all COLOURED in the most elaborate and artistic manner, representing the Deities, Demi-gods, Sages, and Heroes, of the various systems of Chinese Mythology, with an explanatory Index in MS. by Dr. John R. Morrison, son of the Lexicographer, and, equally with his father, a profound Chinese scholar, bound in red morocco extra, gilt edges, £100. A SUPERB VOLUME. It forms such a Gallery of Chinese Mythological Paintings, as could scarcely be collected now in China. The work is done with admirable taste and skill, and could not have cost the original possessor less than £200. It would now be more expensive still, as the number of real artists is daily diminishing in China; and the distracting civil wars of late years have worked so much destruction amongst the public monuments and collections, all over the empire.-Independently of the pictorial and ornamental attractiveness of this volume, it possesses a high value for the student of Races and Religions. There is a singular interest in examining the ideas embodied in the figures that represent the divinities of the Chinese mind; and in noting how frequently they differ from the ordinary type of Chinese humanity. The obliquity of eyesight peculiar to the Mongolian Hebrew. China, cir. 1830 race is not visible in more than half of these drawings, and it would seem likely that much of the modern Chinese faith or superstition is derived from a source still more ancient than the earliest ages of that ancient people itself—that is, from the aboriginal inhabitants of the country who still hold an independent footing there, and harass the imperial government under the name of the Miao-tsze Mountaineers. This race is also found in Formosa and some others of the islands in the Chinese seas. The demi-gods and deities, who appear in the above drawings, are not taken from the calendar of any one religion; but comprise alike Buddhistic figures, Confucian sages, and the idols of the Taou-sze, or Rationalists-the least numerous sect of the three that divide China amongst them. 8245 PRECES ET PRÆCEPTA HEBRÆORUM, Hebraice, sm. 4to. a beautiful specimen of Caligraphy, written in very elegant Romano-Jewish Characters, with points, and having the commencing words in LETTERS OF GOLD, sur rounded by ornamental borders, painted in various colours, upon vellum, richly bound in green velvet, the sides and edges protected with centres, (having a lion rampant and three stars, as arms, engraved upon them), corners and clasps of solid silver, £35. Saec. XV. Illuminated Hebrew MSS. by Italian Ar- | is in the purest state of preservation. Some of tists are of very rare occurrence. This elegant the Prayers are intermixed with Benedictions in specimen of Italian Art was a marriage gift, and Italian, but written in Hebrew characters. Indian. 8246 MYTHOLOGIE ICONOLOGIQUE DES BRAMES, par le Chevalier ARTAUD DE BEAUVILLETTE, sm. folio, 52 COLOURED AND ILLUMINATED DRAWINGS of Hindoo Deities, copied "avec la plus servile exactitude" by this French savant from native originals, the names of the divinities all added, with a MS. title and prefatory notice, old French green morocco extra, gilt edges, £10. 1790 This is not the work of a mere copyist; but of the original drawings, rather than lose ar that of a scholar and man of learning, who would possible symbolism that might have an interes preserve faithfully even the defects and rudeness for the student of Mythology. 8247 HINDOO MYTHOLOGY: A FULL SERIES OF ALL THE DEITIES AND INCARNATIONS OF THE HINDOO RELIGION, with some PORTRAITS OF INDIAN AND PERSO-INDIAN PRINCES, together 111 EXQUISITE DRAWINGS, compris ing about 250 subjects, the largest measuring 14 inches by 10, carefully designed and executed in RICH COLOURS AND GOLD, by most accomplished Indian-continued. Native Artists during the last Century, Persian and Sanscrit notes above each Drawing, with unarranged English explanations made in India; all the Drawings mounted, and bound in 4 vols. folio, old blue morocco, gilt edges, £50. (ca. 1750) universal, and likely to remain so, in spite of civilising and missionary efforts. To all students of the Vedantic philosophy the above collection will be highly instructive: it ought to find a resting place in some Public Library in England or on the Continent. A Collection important for its artistic and Mythological value. The Hindoo Pantheon surpasses that of Greece by the extraordinary variety in the forms of its Gods, and by their still more wonderful achievements. The belief of the Hindoos in these Heroes of the Vedas is Pali. 8248 THE KAMMAVACHA, a code of Regulations concerning the admittance of novices to the Buddhist priesthood, chapters 1 and 4, a beautiful MS. written on fourteen leaves of the Palmyra Tree, in the square Pali character, richly lacquered, gold ground, in fine condition, 21 inches long and 4 wide, £2. 10s Persian. SHAH NAMEH. The Book of شاهنامه لفردوسی و دیباجه بايسنغري 8219 Kings, by Abû 'l-Qásim el-Tûsî, called FIRDUSI, folio, SUPERB ILLUMINATED MS. written in a fine Táliq character upon paper powdered with gold, illustrated with 23 PAINTINGS, bound in red MOROCCO extra, gilt edges, £40. Sec. XVI. With the long and famous preface written by Báîsinghar Khán, grandson of Tamerlane. 8250. SHAH NAMEH, with short Introduction and list of Kings, stout folio, well written in Tâlîq, within golden borders, with richly illuminated Anwáns to the preface and the different Books, and 28 magnificent PAINTINGS, executed in the highest style of Persian Art, native gilt binding, from the library of the late Mr. Morley, £52. Sec. XVIII. The Miniatures in this volume exhibit so much spirit, grace, and artistic finish, and are in a state of preservation so perfect, as to render it, in this respect, ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SHAH NÁмÈн. 8251: FARS NAMEH. The Book of the Horse, by Abdallah Khán, a Persian work composed in the fifteenth century, 8vo. illuminated Anwán, and 21 fine spirited Miniatures, representing horses of various colours and kinds, with instructions how to distinguish good and bad breeds, directions for curing their diseases, etc. native gilt binding, 368 Transcribed circ. 1700 8252 SÁDI. The Gulistán and the Bûstán, folio, fine Persian MS. in elegant Táliq characters, with illuminated Anwán, and 19 MINIATURES, morocco, gilt back and edges, £5. 58 Sec. XVIII. Sanscrit. 8253 SRI BHAGAVAT. LIfe of Krishna, in SANSCRIT, stout sm. 4to. a fine Brahminical MS. of 960 pp. written in a bold and plain hand, in the Devanagari character, WITH 147 LARGE DRAWINGS, each the full size of the page, all brightly coloured and many of them silvered, representing the incidents of this incarnation or Avatar, oriental stamped binding, from the library of Dr. Clarke, £27. 1233 (A.D. 1817) The style of the illustrations is rude, the | character of the incidents depicted singular and grotesque; but this MS. forms nevertheless a remarkable specimen of Indian Art from the great number, freedom, and variety of the drawings. |