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2483 WALKER, JOHN. A Critical pronouncing Dictionary, a tor of the English Language, etc., etc. Interspe observations, etymological, critical, and grammat edit., 4to, old tree calf, Lon

2484 WALKER, J. A Rhyming Dictionary. Answering at time the purposes of Spelling and Pronouncing the Language. To which is added an Index of Allowable Abridged from the Fourth Lond. Edition. 12mo,

New Y

2485 WALPOLE, HORACE. A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble of England, with lists of their Works. blue panelled borders,

2 vols. sm. Strawberry

Original Strawberry Hill edition, privately printed. ton's copy, with his autograph.

Lo

2486 WALPOLE (Horatio, Earl of Orford). A Catalogue of t and Noble Authors of England, Scotland and Irelan lists of their Works. Enlarged and Continued to t ent Time, by Thomas Park. Fine impressions of the Portraits. 5 vols. 8vo, half mor. gilt tops,

Lond

2487 WARTON, THOMAS. Observations on the Farie Queen. edition corrected and enlarged. 2 vols. 12mo, calf,

2488*WARTON, THOMAS.

Lond

History of English Poetry. The edition of 3 vols. with the supplementary volume. 4 mor. gilt,

London, 1774-8

Scarce in this form. Very beautiful copy.

2489 WARTON, THOMAS. The History of English Poetry from th of the 11th century to the commencement of the 18th c etc. Superintended by the late Richard Price, in Notes by Ritson and others. Further improved by t rections and additions of several eminent Antiquaries. 8vo, half green mor., gilt tops. Portrait,

2490 WEBB, DANIEL. Remarks on the Beauties of Poetry. calf, neat,

London

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London

2491 WEBSTER, NOAH. Dissertation on the English Language Notes Historical and Critical. To which is added by Appendix An Essay on a Reformed mode of Spelling wi Franklin's argument on that subject. 8vo, half mor., Boston

Scarce example of Webster's early philological labors. Very c Dedicated to Dr. Franklin.

2492 *WEBSTER, NOAH. An American Dictionary of the E Language; to which are prefixed, an introductory dis tion on the origin, history and connection of the lang of Western Asia and of Europe, and a concise Gramm

nary, and er aterspersed ammatical London

the English language. 2 vols. 4to, half russia, marbled edges, New York, 1828

The last genuine "Webster's unabridged." Noah Webster died in 1843.

2493 WEBSTER, NOAH.

An American Dictionary of the English Language; etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. Revised and enlarged by Chauncey A. Goodrich. 4to, russia gilt, marble edges, muslin hinges. Portrait, Springfield, 1850

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2495 WELSFORD, HENRY.
8vo, half calf,

London, 1859 Mithridates Minor: an Essay on Language. London, 1848

2494 WEDGWOOD, HENSLEIGH, M. A. A Dictionary of English Etymology. 3 vols. in 4 vols., 8vo, uncut,

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2496 WESCOTT, B. F. A General View of the History of the English Bible. 12mo,

2497 WHATELY, RICHARD.

Elements of Logic, and
Rhetoric. 2 vols., 8vo, calf, gilt, marbled edges,

Lo don, 1868

Elements of
Oxford, 1828

2498 WHITE, RICHARD GRANT. National Hymns. How they are writ-
ten and how they are not written. A lyric and National
study for the times. 8vo, half mor., gilt tops, frontispiece,
New York, 1861

2499

2500

The same.

Out of print.

Author's own copy, with letters from Holmes, Curtis, Norton, Willis and others, agreement with the publishers, extracts from newspapers, etc., upon the appointment of a committee to offer a prize for a National Hymn.

The same with a letter to "The Saturday Review." 12mo, tinted paper, in sheets, New York, 1862 Only thirty copies printed in this form, and with this letter. 2501 WHITE, RICHARD GRANT. Words and their Uses, Past and Present. A Study of the English Language. Cr. 8vo,

New York, 1870

2502 WHITNEY, W. D. Language and the Study of Language. 8vo, New York, 1867

2503 WHEELER, W. A. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction. Sm. 8vo, Boston, 1865 2504 WILLIAMS, BISHOP JOHN. Essay toward a real Character. Folio, old calf, worn, London, 1668

2505 WILLIAMS, JOHN. The Readable Dictionary; or, Topical and Synonymic Lexicon. 8vo, mor., Columbus, 1860

2506 WILSON, JOHN. A Treatise on English Punctuation, with an appendix, etc., etc. 2nd edition, 12mo,

Boston, 1850

2507 WITHALS, JOHN. A Shorte Dictionarie for Yonge B gathered of good authours, specially of Columel, Grap Plini. 4to, crim. mor., gilt, by Mackenzie,

Scarce, fine clean copy, handsomely bound.

Lond

2508 WORCESTER, JOSEPH E. A Comprehensive Dictionary English Language. Revised with important addition

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2509 WRIGHT, THOMAS. Essays on subjects connected with the ture, Popular Superstitions, and History of England Middle Ages. 2 vols. 12mo, half calf, antique, red e Matthews, Londo

2510 WRIGHT, THOMAS. Dictionary of Obsolete and Pr English, containing words from the English writers p to the eighteenth century, which are no longer in use, not used in the same sense, and words which are used the Provincial dialects. 2 vols. 16mo,

Londo

2511 WRIGHT, THOMAS. Biographia Britannica Literaria; or raphy of Literary Characters, arranged in Chrono order. Anglo-Saxon Period. 2 vols. 8vo, gilt, calf, ne Londo

2512 WRIGHT, THOMAS. Popular Treatises on Science, during the middle ages in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norma English, edited from the original manuscripts. 8vo,

London

2513 WYCLIFFE, JOHN. The Last Age of the Church. Now printed from a manuscript in the University Library, I edited with notes by J. H. Tood. 4to, half morocco, black letter,

London

2514 Yorkshire Words and Phrases, a Glossary of, by an inhal

16mo,

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LDI. Serie Dell' Edizioni Aldine per Ordine Cronologica ed Alfabetico. Terza edition, con emendazione e giunte. 12mo, half levant mor., gilt tops,

Florence, 1803

Fine portraits (line engravings) of Aldo Manuzio and Paolo Manuzio inserted.

2516 Astor Library. Alphabetical Index to the, or Catalogue, with Short Titles, of the books now collected, and of the proposed accessions, etc. 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops, New York, 1851

Scarce.

Second

2517 Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'Amour, aux Femmes, au
Mariage, contenant des titres détaillés de ces ouvrages, les
noms des auteurs, un aperçu de leur sujet, leur valeur, et
leur prix dans les ventes, l'indication de ceux qui ont été
poursuivis ou qui ont subi des condamnations, etc.
Edition with Index. 8vo, half mor., gilt tops, Paris, 1864
2518 Bibliophile Illustré. Texte et Gravures, par J. P. Bergean.
8vo,
London, 1862
2519 Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare
and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry, in the posses-
sion of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Illustrated
by occasional extracts and remarks, critical and biographical.
8vo, half calf, uncut, illustrated,
London, 1815

2520 Biographical Dictionary of Living Authors of Great Britain,
with Literary Anecdotes, Memoirs, and Lists of their Pub-
lications, etc. 8vo, half calf, gilt,

London, 1816

An important Bibliographical Work, by Wm. Upcott, Librarian to the London Institution.

2521 BOHN, JOHN. A Catalogue of an extensive collection of English

Books, etc., etc. 8vo,

levant mor., gilt tops,

London, 1829

2522 BOSSANGE, HECTOR. La Bibliothéque Française. 16mo, half red

Paris, 1855

2523 British Catalogue of Books. publi hed from 1837 to 1 taining the date of Publication, size, price, publishe and edition, compiled by Sampson Low. General a Svo, half mor.,

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2524 BRUGGEMANN, D. W. View of the English Editions, Tran and Illustrations of the Ancient Greek and Latin with remarks. Thick 8vo, 836 pages, half mor Matthews, Stet

A most useful book. It contains much information to be no other bibliographical work.

2525*BRUNET, JACQUES CHARLES. Manuel du Libraire et de l' de livres, contenant, 1mo, une Nouveau Dictionnaire graphique, etc., etc.; 2me, une Table en forme de Ca Raisonné. Last and best edition. 6 vols. 8vo, half levo gilt tops, by Matthews. India proof portrait of Brunet Paris,

Very fine copy.

2526 BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON. British Bibliographer (3 vol England's Helion. 4 vols. 8vo, bright calf, gilt, n

portraits,

Extremely scarce. Very fine copy.

Londo

2527 BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON. Restituta; or Titles, Extract Characters of old books in English Literature Revi vols. 8vo, half mor., gilt tops,

Scarce. Fine copy.

Londo

2528 BURTON, JOHN HILL. The Book Hunter, etc., with add Notes, by Richard Grant White.

Cr. 8vo, gilt tops,

New York

Mr. Grant White has been misrepresented as having edit book, and even as being responsible for the index, although distinctly said in the Preface to be by another hand. He did n read the proofs, and is responsible for the additional notes on these he did not undertake to write until the first four form been struck off.

2529 BURTON, JOHN HILL. The Book Hunter. 2nd edition. Sm half mor., uncut., London

2530 BURY, RICHARD DE. Philobiblon, a Treatise on the Lo Books, written in 1344, and translated from the first e 1473, with some collations. 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops,

2531*Catalogue of the American Bible Society,

London, New York,

2532*Catalogue de la Bibliothéque d'une Amateur. 8vo, boards,

Paris,

An uncut copy of this celebrated catalogue, which is often re to by Bibliographers.

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