DIBDIN. Reminiscences of a Literary Life. London, 1836. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf., PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. $15.00. Contains the "Index," which is often lacking. DICKENS, CHARLES. Bleak House. Original edition. London, Bradbnry & Evans, 1853. 8vo, half calf. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. $5.00. DRAYTON, JOHN. Memoirs of the American Revolution, as relating to the State of South Carolina, and occasionally referring to the States of North Carolina and Georgia. Charleston, 1821. 2 vols., 8vo, bds., uncut. Plates. $16.00. EDWARDS, EDWARD. Libraries and Founders of Libraries. London, 1865. 8vo, uncut. $6.00. THE ENGLISH SPY; an Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in every Rank of Society, being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminently Eccentric, and Notorious. Drawn from the Life, by Bernard Blackmantle. Illustrations designed by ROBERT CRUIKSHANK. London, 1825. vols.,large 8vo. Profusely illustrated with colored plates and numerous woodcuts. $18.00. 2 FERGUSSON, JAMES. True Principles of Beauty in Art, more especially with reference to Architecture. London, 1849. Impl. 8vo. PLATES. Part first complete. $10.00. FIELDING, Complete Works of. Memoir by Roscoe. London, 1869. 2 vols., 1. 8vo, Roxburghe binding. Portrait, and twenty etchings by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. $8.50. GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER. Life of William Blake, with Selections from his Poems and other Writings. Illustrated from Blake's own Works, in fac-simile, and photolithography, with some of Blake's own plates. London, 1863. 2 vols., 8vo, brown morocco, gilt edges. $10.00. $5.00. GEOLOGY OF MARYLAND. Volume of Reports, half morocco. GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY. Final Report by Henry P. Rogers. Trenton, 1865. $1.00. GEOLOGICAL RECONNOISSANCE of the State of Indiana, made in the year 1837. By D. D. Owen. Part First. Indianapolis, 1859. $1.00. GORTON, JOHN. General Biographical Dictionary. New edition. London, 1851. 4 vols., 8vo, half calf, good copy. $15.00.. HALL, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Ireland; its Scenery, Character, &c. 8vo. Over 600 Plates, engraved by eminent artists. $21.00. London. 3 vols., rl. HAMILTON, SIR WM. Lectures on Metaphysics. Edited by H. L. Mansel, and John Veitch. Edinburgh, 1859. 2 vols., 8vo, calf, gilt. $7.00. HARLEIAN MISCELLANY; or a Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, found in the late Earl of Oxford's Library. London, 1808. 12 vols., half calf, gilt. $45.00. HAY, D. R. The Laws of Harmonious Coloring, adapted to Interior Decorations, Manufactures, and other useful Purposes. 3d edition, Edinburgh, 1836. 8vo, colored plates. $1.75. HAY. Laws of Harmonious Coloring adapted to Interior Decorations, with Observations on the Practice of House Painting. Sixth edition. Edinburgh, 1847. P. 8vo, cloth. Colored diagram. $2.00. HAY. HAY. The Natural Principles and Analogy of the Harmony of Form. Edinburgh, 1842. 4to, Plates. $2.75. On the Science of those Proportions by which the Human Head and Countenance as represented in Works of Ancient Greek Art are distinguished from those of Ordinary Nature. Edinburgh, 1849. 4to. Numerous Plates. $5.00. HAY. The Nomenclature of Colors, applicable to the Arts and Natural Sciences, to Manufactures and other purposes of general utility. Edinburgh, 1846. 8vo. $12.co. Second edition, improved, with 228 examples in colors. "We have formerly stated the high opinion we entertain of Mr. Hay's previous exertions for the improvement of decorative art in this country. We have already awarded him the merit of invention and creation of the new and beautiful in form. In his former treatises he furnished a theory of definite proportions for rhe creation of the beautiful in form. In the present work he proposes to supply a scale of definite proportions, for chromatic beauty. For this purpose he sets out very properly with a precise nomenclature of color. In this he has constructed a vocabulary for the artist—an alphabet for the artizan. He has gone farther-he constructs words of three syllables. From this time it will be possible to write a letter in Edinburgh about a colored composition, which shall be read off in London, Paris, Petersburgh, or Pekin, and shall so express its nature that it can be reproduced in perfect identity. This Mr. Hay has done—or at least so nearly as to deserve our thanks on behalf of art, and artists of all grades, even to the decorative artizan; not one of whom, be he housepainter, china pattern drawer, or calico printer, should be without this simple manual of 'words for colors.' -Athenæum. HAYDON, B. R. Lectures on Painting and Design. With Designs on Wood. London, 1844. 2 vols., 8vo. Portrait. $6.00. HELPS, ARTHUR. The Spanish Conquest in America, and its relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of Colonies. London, 1855. 4 vols., 8vo, uncut. $16.00. HEWITT, JOHN. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe; from the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century; with Illustrations from Cotemporary Monuments. Oxford, 1855. 3 vols., 8vo, gilt top. $11.00. IRELAND, JOS. N. Records of the New York Stage. New York, 1866. 2 vols., 8vo, uncut. $24.00. JORDAN and PRYOR. The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N. B. Forrest, and of Forrest's MONTAIGNE, MICHAEL DE. Works of, with notes by W. Hazlitt and O. W. Wight. THE MONTH. A View of Passing Subjects and Manners. By Albert Smith and JOHN LEECH. 2 vols., 16mo, half morocco. $5.00. PATTERSON, R. H. Essays in History and Art. Edinburgh, 1862. 8vo (new), $3.50. PAUL'S LETTERS to his Kinsfolk. 2d edition. Edinburgh, 1816. 8vo, half mor., $2.00. RUSCHENBERGER, W. S. Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, during the Years 1835, 36, and '37; including a Narrative of an Embassy to the Sultan of Muscat and the King of Siam. London, 1838. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf. $4.00. SHIRLEY, JAMES. The Dramatic Works and Poems of. With Notes by GIFFORD and DYCE. London, Murray, 1833. 6 vols., 8vo, bds., uncut. Portrait. Fine clean copy, scarce. $42.00. SMITH, JNO. THOS. Nollekens and his Times; comprehending a Life of that celebrated Sculptor; and Memoirs of several Contemporary Artists from the Time of Roubiliac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake. London, 1828. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf. Portrait. $4.50. SMOLLETT, Complete Works of, with Memoir by Roscoe. Plates by GEO. CRUIKSHANK. London, 1869. 2 vols., Roxburghe binding, new. $8.50. STILES, HENRY R. A History of the City of Brooklyn. Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh. Brooklyn, Published by Subscription, 1869. 2 vols., impl., 8vo, uncut. Numerous Steel Plates and Illustrations. Large paper, $20.00. Small paper, $10.00. SWIFT. Works of, containing interesting and valuable Papers, not hitherto published. Memoir by Roscoe. London, 1868. 2 vols., large, 8vo. Portrait. $8.50. Uniform with Fielding & Smollett. SWIFT, JONATHAN. The Poetical Works of, with copious Notes and Memoir, by Thomas Roscoe. New York, 6 vols., 12mo, half morocco, good copy. $15.00. Cloth copy, new. 12.00. THOMAS, ISAIAH. The History of Printing in America. ers, and an account of Newspapers. Worcester, 1810. With a Biography of Print2 vols., 8vo, half morocco, Beautiful clean copy in uncut condition; with the fac-simile plates, and a portrait of the Author, inserted. THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, commonly called, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Lane's translation. Illustrated by many hundred Engravings on Wood, from designs by Harvey. London, Charles Knight & Co., 1839. 3 vols., large 8vo. half calf. ORGINAL EDITION. $30.00. $18.00. 3 thick vols., impl. 8vo, $30.00 in cloth.) $35.00. New York, 1853. 8vo. The same, second edition from a copy annotated by the translator, edited by E. S. Poole. London, 1865. 3 vols., 8vo, half calf. TOMLINSON, CHARLES. Cyclopedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering. London, 1868. half (new) russia. Copiously illustrated. (Published at VALENTINE, DAVID T. History of the City of New York. $3.50. WALPOLE, HORACE, Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vertue. Printed at Strawberry Hill, 1762-3. 5 vols., logue of Engravers, 1 vol, 4to. Polished calf. good condition. $38.00. WALPOLE. Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors of, England, Scotland, and Ireland; with a List of their Works. Enlarged and continued by Thomas Park. London, 1806. 5 vols., 8vo, polished calf. Fine copy, with all the Portraits, in fine condition. $30.00. Another copy, half calf, $25.00. collected by Mr. George 4to, including the cataWith the numerous Portraits, in WORNUM, RALPH NICHOLSON. Some account of the Life and Works of Hans ANDRE AND ARNOLD. Holbein, Painter, of Augsburg. Portrait and numerous Illustrations. London, 1867. Impl., 8vo, uncut. $9.00. HENRY, JOHN JOSEPH. An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes, who traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec, in 1775. Lancaster, 1812. 12mo, sheep. Original Edition. $2.50. MINUTES OF A COURT OF INQUIRY, upon the case of John André, with Accompanying Documents, published in 1780, by order of Congress. With additional Appendix containing copies of the Papers found upon Major André when arrested, and other Documents relating to the subject. Albany, 1865, 4to, half morocco. Portrait. $5.50. Ninety copies privately reprinted for "M'C." ARNOLD AND ANDRE. An Historical Drama. 16mo. $1.00. An Historical Drama. By G. H. Calvert. Boston, 1864. COMPLOT D'ARNOLD et de Sir Henry Clinton contre les Etats-unis, et contre le Général Washington. Sept. 1780. Paris, 1816. 8vo, uncut. Map and Portraits of Washington and Arnold. $4.50. Written by Barbé Marbois, re-printed in 1831. VINDICATION OF THE CAPTORS OF MAJOR ANDRE. A private re-print of the original (suppressed) edition of 1817. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. $4.00. Printed from the private copy of the author, containing his own corrections. With memoir prefixed. [By Ebert Benfon..] New York: Rich & Mercein, 1817. Large Paper, $4.00. Small Paper, $2.00. THE COW CHACE: An Heroick Poem. By Major André. Reprinted, Cincinnati, 1869, from the London edition, 1781. 8vo. 75c. impl. 8vo, $1.50. LARGE AND THICK PAPER, BENEDICT ARNOLD. A Biography by Geo. Canning Hill. Philada., 1865. 16mo, cl., new. Pen Portrait of André, sketched by himself the day before his execution, and other illustrations. $1.25. SMITH, JOSHUA HETT. An Authentic Narrative of the Causes which led to the Death of Major André. To which is added a Monody on the Death of André, by Miss Seward. London, 1808. Svo, sheep. Portrait and Plates. $15.00. Another copy in extra morocco binding, gilt top, uncut. $30.00. Twelve EXTRA PLATES inserted, including one portrait of Miss Seward, one, Bartolozzi's "Serena," Washington, Lord Auckland. Arnold, (rare,) Hamilton, Jay, Greene, Knox, Charles Thompson, (Secretary to Congress,) Jefferson, Franklin, and a plate of Washington's headquarters at Tappan, the house where André was tried. "At length the awful period arrived; and on the morning of the 2d of October, this unhappy victim of the errors of others, was led out to the place of execution. As he passed along, the American army were astonished at the dignity of his deportment, and the manly firmness, and complacency of countenance, which spoke the serene composure of his mind; a glow of sympathy pervaded the breast of the soldiers, and the tears of sensibility were visible in every eye. He bowed himself, with a smile to all he knew in his confinement. When he approached the fatal spot, and beheld the preparations, he stopped, and paused, as if absorbed in reflection; then quickly turning to the officer next him, he said-'What! must I die in this manner? Being told it was so ordered, he instantly said, 'I am reconciled, and submit to my fate, but deplore the mode ;—it will be but a momentary pang; and with a calmness that, while it excited the admiration, melted the heart of every spectator, performed the last offices to himself. He then requested that all around him would bear witness to the world,-THAT HE DIED LIKE A BRAVE MAN!'"-Pages 166–167. PUBLICATIONS OF THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME I. Journal of a Voyage to New York, and a Tour in Several of the American Colonies in 1679-80. By Jaspar Dankers and Peter Sluyter. Translated from a Dutch Manuscript in the collection of the Society, and edited by Hon. Henry C. Murphy. Octavo, pp. xlvii., 440; with twelve Lithographic Illustrations of Old New York. Brooklyn, 1867. VOLUME II. The Battle of Long Island, with Connected Preceding Events, and the Subsequent American Retreat. Narrative by Thomas W. Field, with Authentic Documents. Octavo, pp. ix., 549, with Maps and Engravings. Brooklyn, 1869. Price of each volume in cloth, gilt tops, $5; or, in half morocco, Roxburghe style, $6. A few copies in royal octavo, uniform in size with the publications of the BRADFORD CLUB, may be had, sewed, in paper covers, at $10. ADDRESS Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, N. Y. For Sale in February, 1870, BY BANGS, MERWIN & Co. A CHOICER COLLECTION OF BOOKS Than ever offered under the hammer, in this country, consisting mostly of Rare and Fine Books, Including many works in unique condition, and embracing Specimens of the Finest Workmanship OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BINDERS, Being the Library belonging to Mr. JOHN A. RICE, of Chicago. We can unhesitatingly speak of it as by far the finest Library of the Northwest-the wealth, taste and liberality of the owner resulting in the collection of rare and valuable works in the finest condition. An examination of the catalogue will show that he possessed a thorough appreciation of the value and importance of clean tall uncut copies. We can speak but to little purpose of the binding, as that, to be appreciated, must be seen. Mr. Bedford, the well-known binder of London, has covered and adorned many of the books with dresses and decorations worthy their "precious bodies." As a specimen of elegant workmanship we specially remark a copy of the first edition of André's Cow-Chace, bound in red levant morocco, with inside panelling of green morocco, exquisitely tooled inside and out. This binding cost nearly $75. A brief list selected from the nuggets of the collection will sufficiently testify the value and importance of the library. First we shall mention the book famous as having sold for the largest sum ($1,130.00) that any single volume ever brought in America. INDIAN BIBLE-Translated by John Eliot, the Apostle of the Indians. A beautiful perfect copy-a duplicate from the Bodleian library, Oxford. The Eliot's Bible is, however, not the most costly work in the collection, for the Dibdin, which we describe following, cost Seven Hundred Dollars more than the amount paid for the great Indian book. DIBDIN (T. F.). A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUARIAN, AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. Containing numerous beautiful Portraits, Plates, Vignettes, and Wood-Cuts, ALL CHOICE PROOFS with an Extraordinary Series of the Plates in various stages of engraving, and the same plate very frequently in two, three, and four different states, viz.: ETCHING, UNFINISHED PROOF, PROOF BEFORE THE LETTERS, PROOF UPON INDIA PAPER, and Impression after the Plates were canceled, with the Faience Plate Colored after the original Drawing. It has also the Series of Groups illustrating the Physiognomy, Manners, and Character of the People of France and Germany, by G. R. LEWIS. 60 Plates, |