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VINSAUF (G. de).—See Devizes, Richard of.

VINTON (A. H.).-See Rice, N. L.

VIRGILIUS MARO (P.). The Works of Virgil translated into English Prose. As near the Original as the different idioms of the Latin and English Languages will allow. With the Latin Text and Order of Construction on the same Page; and Critical, Historical, Geographical, and Classical Notes, in English, from the best Commentators both Ancient and Modern, beside a very great Number of Notes entirely New. A new edition. London: For T. Longman. MDCCXCIV. 8vo.

* Vol. II. only. Usually called Davidson's edition.

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The Works of Virgil. Literally translated into English Prose with notes, by Davidson. A new edition, revised, with additional notes, by Theodore Alois Buckley. London: MDCCCLIV. 8vo. pp. 404. port.

Virginie, Histoire de.-See Beverley, R.

Virtue the Source of Pleasure.-See Barnard.

Vision of Piers Ploughman.-See Piers Ploughman.

Le VITE Delli Piv Celebri et Antichi Primi Poeti Provenzali Che fiorirno nel tempo delli Ré di Napoli, & Conti di Prouenza, liquali hanno insegnato à tutti il Poetar Vulgare. Raccolte dall'opere de diuersi excellenti scrittori, ch'in quella lingua le scrissero: in lingua Franzese da Gio: di Nostra Dama poste: & hora da Gio: Giudici in Italiana tradotte, e date in luce. Per le quali, oltra le memorand' istorie contenute in esse, si dimonstra l'antiquità di molte illustri, & Nobil Case tanto di Prouenza, Linguadocha, & altre Prouincie della Francia, che d'Italia, & d'altroue. Con la Tauola delle cose più notabili. In Lione, Appresso d'Alesandro Marsilij. L'anno M. D. LXXV. 16mo. pp. 254, 14.

VITE e Ritratti di Illustri Italiani. Bettoni MDCCCXII. 4to.

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Padova, Tipografia

Engravings and descriptions of the medals struck to commemorate Napoleon's Italian campaign.

VOLNEY (C. F.). Tableau/du / Climat et du Sol / des EtatsUnis d'Amérique. / Suivi d'éclaircissemens sur la Floride, sur la colonie / Française au Scioto, sur quelques colonies Canadiennes et sur les Sauvages. / Enrichi de quatre Planches

gravées, dont deux Cartes / Géographiques et une coupe figurée de la chûte de / Niagara. /. . ./A Paris, /. . . an XII-1803. 2 vols.

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4to.

** Beautiful uncut copy, with portrait of the author inserted.

VOLTAIRE (François Marie Arouet de). La / Henriade / de / Mr. de Voltaire. / A Londres, MDCCXXVIII. 4to, pp. (6), 202. pls.

VOSE (Reuben). Wealth of the World Displayed. New York: 1859. 8vo. pp. 122. port.

Voyage dans la haute Pensylvanie.-See Crevecœur, J. H. St. John.

Voyage de Lafayette.-See Barbaroux, O.

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VOYAGE de Robertson, aux Terres Australes, traduit sur le Manuscrit Anglois. A Amsterdam MDCCLXVII. 12mo. pp. 474. * An imaginary voyage. "First ed. of this work was published in 1766. In that, pp. 145-154, was a tirade against parliaments, which it was necessary to suppress, in order to obtain entry for the book into France. M. Mercier substituted for this tirade a text against the authors of the 'Encyclopédie,' designated under the name of 'pansophistes;' and the latter text is found in his edition."-Querard.

Voyages dans les parties.-See Anburey, T.

VOYAGES et Avantures du Chevalier de ***.

Aux Isles

Caraïbes de Saint-Vicent, Sainte-Lucie & la Dominique, aux fins d'en faire évacuer les Anglois & les François qui y étoient répandus; à la Barbade, Isle Antille du vent de l'Amérique Septentrionale, appartenante aux Anglois; à la Grenade, Isle Antille Françoise; a Curaçao, Isle de la mer du Nord, appartenante aux Hollandois; à Cayenne, Isle de l'Amarique Méridionale, dans la Guyanne, appartenante aux François; à Surinam, pays de la Guyanne, en terre ferme, appartenante aux Hollandois; à Lisbonne, Capitale du Royaume de Portugal, & son troisieme voyage à la Martinique. Troisieme Partie. A Londres, Et se trouvent a Paris, Chez Dessain Junior, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bonne-Foi. M. DCC. LXIX. 2 vols. 16mo.

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** Only volumes III. and IV.

Voyages Intéressans.-See Bourgeois.

Voyageur Américain, Le.-See Mandrillon, J. "Un Voyageur."-See Coyer, G. F.

"Vrai Hollandais, Un."-See Cerisier, A. M.

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ADDINGTON (Ch.).

Des Erreurs et des Préjugés Populaires. Paris: 1866. 24mo. pp. 52.

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WAFER (Lionel). A new / Voyage / and / Description / of the / Isthmus of America, / giving an Account of the / Author's Abode there, The Form and Make of the Country, the Coasts, Hills, Rivers, &c. Woods, / Soil, Weather, &c. Trees, Fruit, Beasts, / Birds, Fish, &c. The Indian Inhabitants, their Features, / Complexion, &c. their Manners, Customs, Employments, Marriages, Feasts, / Hunting, Computation, Language, &c.'/ With Remarkable Occurrences in the South/ Sea, and elsewhere. By Lionel Wafer. Illustrated with several Copper-Plates. London: / Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1699. / 8vo. 224, (16). I map and 3 pls.

WAINWRIGHT (Howard). Rhymings.

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New York: 1860.

A presentation copy from the author to Mr. Graham.

WAINWRIGHT (Jonathan Mayhew). A Memorial Volume. Thirty-Four Sermons. Edited by his widow. New York: 1856. pp. 565. port.

8vo.

WALDEN (T.).-See Mott, V.

WALFORD (E.).—See Berville, G. de.

WALKER (Alexander). The Anthropological Works of Alexander Walker. A new edition. New York: 1843- 3 vols. 12mo. pls.

Beauty illustrated by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in woman, with a critical view of the hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc. And of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. Illustrated by drawings from life by Henry Howard, Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy; drawn on stone by M. Gauci and R. J. Lane. London: MDCCCLII. 8vo. pp. xxiii, 372. 24 pls. WALKER (George). La Dette Américaine et Les Moyens de

l'Acquitter par George Walker, ancien Commissaire des Banques du Massachusetts. Paris: 1865. 8vo. pp. 31.

WALKER (John). A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language. London: 1828. 8vo. pp. 813.

[-] The Palmetto Dictionary; in which the meaning of every word is clearly explained and the sound of every syllable distinctly shown; exhibiting the principles of a Pure and Correct Pronunciation. A new edition, carefully revised, corrected, and enlarged. Richmond, Va.: 1864. 12mo. pp. 730, (1). -port.

Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, adapted to The Present State of Literature and Science. By B. H. Smart. Seventh Edition. London: 1865. 8vo. pp. cxxviii. 792.

A Rhyming Dictionary: answering at the same time the purposes of, Spelling and Pronouncing The English Language, on a plan not hitherto attempted. To which is prefixed a copious introduction to the various uses of the work, with critical and practical observations on orthography, syllabication, pronunciation, and rhyme; and for the purpose of poetry, is added An Index of Allowable Rhymes, with authorities for their usage from our best poets. A New and Revised Edition. London: 1851. 12mo. pp. xxiv, 684.

Revised,

The Rhyming Dictionary: answering at the same time the purposes of Spelling, Pronouncing, and Explaining the English Language, on a plan not hitherto attempted. enlarged, and prefaced By J. Longmuir. Third edition, improved. London: [n. d.]. 12mo. pp. lxvi., 720.

WALKER (Mary Adelaide). Through Macedonia to the Albanian Lakes. With Illustrations by the Author. London: 1864. 8vo. pp. 274. pls.

WALKER (Robert J.). American Slavery and Finances. London: 1864. 8vo.

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Contents: Jefferson Davis. Repudiation, Recognition and Slavery. Letter No. I. 3d ed., with appendix. 1863. pl. 70.-Jefferson Davis [etc.] Letter No. II. 1863. pp. 14.

American Thanksgiving Dinner, at St. James' Hall London, Thursday, Nov. 26th, 1863. pp. 94.

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WALKER (Robert J.). American Finances and Resources. 1862-64. pp. 26, 45; 24; 26; 45; 26, 17.

Letters No. I.-V.

Walks and Talks.-See Olmstead, F. L.
WALLACE (E.).-See Mott, V.

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WALLER (Edmund). Poems, &c. / Written by Mr. Ed. Waller of Beckonsfield, Esquire; Lately a Member of the Honourable House of Commons. And Printed by a Copy of / his own hand-writing. All the Lyrick Poems in this Booke / were set by Mr. Henry Lavves, Gent. / of the Kings Chappell, and one of his Ma-/jesties Private Musick. Printed and Published according to Order. / London, / Printed by I. N. for Hu. Mosley, at the Princes / Armes in Fauls Church-yard, / 1645- / 16mo. pp. (8) 189, (4).

A Panegyrick on Oliver Cromwell, and his Victories: By Edm. Waller, Esq. With Three Poems on his Death. Written by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Sprat, and Mr. Waller. London: Printed by H. Hills and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1709. 8vo. pp. 24.

The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq.; in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand. MDCCXXX. 12mo. pp. (16) 295, clxiii. ports.

WALLER (John Francis). Poems. Dublin: 1854. 12mo. pp. 278.

[WALPOLE (Horace)]. Edes Walpolianæ: or, a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, The Seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. The Second Edition with Additions. London: Printed in the Year M DCC LII. 4to. pp. 143. ports. pl.

[-] The Castle of Otranto; a Gothic Story. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Company, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. 1811. 4to. pp. xliii, xii, 152. pl.

* A portrait and book-plate of the author and one plate inserted. The introduction was written by Scott.

See Beckford.

WALTON (Izaak). The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson. Boston: 1866. 24mo. pp. 403. ports.

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