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DICTIONARY of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete
Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs from the reign of
Edward I. by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, F.R.S., F.S.A.,
&c. 2 vols. 8vo. CONTAINING UPWARDS OF 1000 PAGES,
CLOSELY PRINTED IN DOUBLE COLUMNS, cloth, £2. 28

This work, which has occupied the Editor some years, is now completed; it contains above 50,000 words, (embodying all the known scattered glossaries of the English language) forming a complete key for the reader of the works of our old Poets, Dramatists, Theologians, and other authors whose works, abound with allusions, of which explanations are not to be found in ordinary Dictionaries and books of reference. Most of the principal Archaisms are illustrated by examples selected from early inedited MSS. and rare books, and by far the greater portion will be found to be original authorities. 2 A BRIEF Discourse of the troubles begun at Frankfort in the year 1554 about the Book of Common Prayer and Ceremonies, reprinted from the Black Letter Edition of 1575, with Introduction, post 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d 1846

3 A COLLECTION of Humourous Police Reports from Newspapers, mounted on 4to. paper, cloth, 5s

4 A CURIOUS and Uncommon Account of the Great Eclipse of the Moon, Oct. 10, 1725, with a New Theory of the Orbs of Heaven, with some very strange Poetry, 1725-Address to the Clergy, concerning the First Article of the Church of England, 1724, in 1 vol. 8vo. a curious volume, 2s 6d

5 A MANUSCRIPT in Dutch (Religious), thick 12mo. with rubricated. capitals, 38

6 A NEW Discovery of the Prelate's Tyrranny in their late persecutions of Mr. Pryn, Dr. John Bastwick, and Mr. Henry Burton in the Star Chamber, the proceedings against the Chester men, the York Commissioners' decree to deface Mr. Pryn's pictures at Chester Cross, &c. 4to. half calf, 4s 6d 1641 7 ABBOT'S (Capt. J.) Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, 2 vols. 8vo. map, &c. bds. 10s 6d

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8 ABDIÆ, Babylonia Primi Episcopi ab Apostolis Constituti, de Historia certaminis Apostolici, libri decem, Julio Africano interprete, 12mo. half bound, Paris, 1566

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9 ABELL'S (Mrs.) Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon during the three first years of his Captivity on the Island of St. Helena, including the time of his residence at her father's house, "The Briars," post 8vo. plates, cloth, 58 6d 10 ABINGDON.-Chronicle of the Monastery of Abingdon, 1218 to 1304, now first published by Halliwell, with an English translation by a Graduate of Oxford, 4to. facsimile, cloth, 78 6d Berks Ashmolean Soc. 1844 11 ABULCACIM Tarif Abentarique (Alcayde) Verdadera Historia del Rey Don Rodrigo, traduzia de la lengua Aribiga par Man. de Luna, 2 vols. 4to. neat in vellum, gilt leaves, (vol. 2 wants a leaf) 98 Granada, 1592-1600 12 ACCOUNT of the Gifts and Legacies belonging to the Town of Ipswich, 8vo. calf, 38

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