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2295 EULER'S True Principles of GUNNERY, translated, with explanations, by Brown, 4to. Large Paper, plates, old red morocco, gilt edges, 188 2296 FIREWORKS (Recreative and Military). SIMIENOWICZ, the Great Art of Artillery, translated by Shelvocke, folio, plates of Fireworks and Fire-Arms, calf, 20s 1729 2297 BIRINGUCCIO, Pirotechnia, nella quale si tratta delle Minere, e di quanto s'appartiene all' Arte della Fusione, ò Getto di Metalli, far Campane, Artegliere, Fuochi artificiati, &c. thick 16mo. curious woodcuts, fine copy in vellum, 12s Venetia, 1559 2298 FORTIFICATIONS DE FRANCE. Plans (89) in Colours, of Fortified Towns and Cities in France and its Colonies, neatly executed, sm. 8vo. old French red morocco, dentelle borders, gilt edges, 21s (1740) 2299 FOY (Général) Histoire de la Guerre de la Peninsule, sous Napoléon, 4 vols. 8vo. folding table and facsimiles, hf. calf neat, 10s Paris, 1827 2300 FREDERIC le Grand: Tactique Prussienne, ou Systéme Militaire de la Prusse, 93 plates and plans, calf gilt, 78

Paris, 1789

2301 GUIBERT, Oeuvres Militaires, 5 vols. 8vo. numerous plans, calf, plundered from a French chateau in the march from Waterloo to Paris, 12s Paris, 1803 2302 Essai général de Tactique, 4to. large plates, hf. bd. uncut, 6s 1773 2303 GUISCHARDT, Mémoires militaires sur les Grecs et les Romains, 2 vols. 4to. numerous plates and plans of the great battles, calf neat, 7s 6d La Haye, 1758 2304 HISTORICAL Record of the East India Company's First Madras European Regiment, 8vo. plates, cloth, 88 1843

1862

2305 JOHNSTON (KEITH) Plans of Countries, Battles, Sieges, and Sea Fights, illustrative of the History of Europe, from the French Revolution to Waterloo, with Vocabulary, crown 4to. 109 plates. (pub. at 31s 6d) new, 26s 6d 2306 another edition, demy 4to. (pub. at £3. 3s) new, £2. 12s 6d 2307 JOMINI, Histoire critique et militaire des Guerres de Frédéric II. 3 vols. 8vo. calf neat, 78 6d Paris, 1818

2308

1862

1820-22

Histoire critique et militaire des Guerres de la Revolution, 10 vols. 8vo. no maps, bds. 20s 2309 LABAUME, Relation de la Campagne de Russie, 8vo. plates, cf. 38 6d Paris, 1815 2310 MCCLELLAN (the Federal General) Report of the Sec. of State communicating the report of Capt. McClellan, one of the officers sent to the Seat of War in Europe, 1855-56, 4to. large plan of Sevastopol and several plates, cloth, 15s Washington, 1857 2311 MACDOUGAL's Campaigns of Hannibal, arranged and critically considered, sm. 8vo. cloth, 5s

2312

1858 the Theory of War, illustrated by examples, 12mo. with description of the great battles of Napoleon, Moreau, Marlborough, Turenne, Condé, plates, cloth, 78 6d 1862 2313 MACHIAVEL (Nicholas) The Arte of Warre; set forth in English by Peter Withorne, sq. 12mo. elaborate woodcut title and two woodcuts, Black letter with neat MS. notes, in the autograph of G. Harvey, a very fine large copy in calf extra, by Bedford, £2. 10s 1573 2314 MADRAS ARTILLERY. Repository Exercise, compiled by Colonel FrithProceedings of the Artillery Select Committee, 1824-32, 2 vols. folio, lithographed, with 125 plates, containing an infinite number of fine sketches to illustrate valuable experiments and improvements in Artillery, half bd. not uniform, 30s Fort St. George, 1830-32 2315 MALLET On the Physical Conditions in the CONSTRUCTION of ARTILLERY, the materials employed, and causes of the destruction of Cannon in service, royal 4to. 9 large plates, (pub. at 30s) cloth, 7s 6d

1856

A very important work, explaining the varied and perplexing forms of molecular structure of cast-iron wrought-iron and steel-it must prove valuable in practice not only to the Gun-Founder and Forgeman, but to the (ivil and Mechanical Engineer generally, and to every scientific worker in metals.

2316 MAUVILLON sur l'influence de la Poudre à Canon, 8vo. hf. bd. 6s Dessau, 1782 2317 MOORSOM's Historical Record of the 52nd Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry), from 1755 to 1858, roy. 8vo. portraits, coloured plates and plans, cloth, 18s 1860 2318 MÜFFLING, Aus meinem Leben, 8vo. hf. cf. neat, 5s Berlin, 1851 2319 MULLER's Elements of Mathematics: Attack and Defence of Fortifyed places; Practical Fortification; Treatise of Artillery--6 vols. 8vo. plans and plates, calf, 98

1747-65

2320 NAPIER'S History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, 1807-17, 6 vols. 8vo. numerous plates, calf gilt, £4. 10s

1835-40 Paris, 1846

Amst. 1675

2321 NAPOLEON III., Etudes sur l'Artillerie, 4to. sd. 58 2521*NETHERLANDS HISTORIAN (The) an exact relation of the late Warrs between Great Britain and the French King against the States Generall, 1671-74, stout 16mo. numerous portraits and plans, calf, rare, 10s 2322 NOTICE historique des Descentes dans les isles Britanniques, depuis Guillaume le Conquérant, 8vo. map, hf. bd. 5s Pas de Calais, 1798 2323 POLYBE, Histoire de, nouvellement traduite par Thuillier, avec un Commentaire, etc. 6 vols. 4to. numerous plans and plates, calf, 12s

2324

Paris, 1727-30

A later edition appeared, Nürnberg, 1729, with inferior impressions of the plates.

2328 ROYAL ENGINEERS.

Paris, 1749

Histoire avec le Supplement commentaire de De Folard, ete. 7 vols. 4to. many plans, hf. bd. 20s Amst. 1774 2325 PUFENDORFUS de Rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sueciæ Rege gestis, 2 vols. folio, with upwards of 100 plates of Portraits, Battles, Pageants, Sieges, and Views in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Poland, original and beautiful impressions, a very fine copy in russia, gilt edges, 32s Norimb. 1696 2326 PUYSEGUR, Art de la Guerre, par principes et par règles, 2 vols. 4to. numerous plans, calf, 78 6d 2327 ROCQUANCOURT, Cours d'Art et d'Histoire Militaires, 2 vols. large 8vo. plates, cloth, 78 6d Bruxelles, 1836-38 Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 10 vols. 4to. numerous maps, plans, and plates, (pub. at £15. 2s) cloth, £2. 14s 2329 SAXE (Maurice, Comte de) Mes Rêveries, ouvrage posthume, avec sa vie etc par Pérau, 2 vols. 4to. 83 coloured plates, old calf gilt, 15s Amst. 1757 2330 SPECTATEUR (le) Militaire, recueil de Science, d'Art et Histoire Militaires, Vols. XXIV-XXX. 7 vols. 8vo. maps and plates, hf. calf, 12s Paris, 1838-41 2331 STRADA (Famianus) de Bello Belgico, ab excessu Caroli V usque ad annum 1590, folio, BEST EDITION, frontispieces, containing a Map of Holland within the form of the Belgian lion, and numerous fine plates by Baur, of Battles, Sieges, etc. old calf gilt, 15s Romæ, 1640-4 History of the Low-Country Warres, in English by Stapylton, folio, portraits, bound, 7s 6d 1650

2332

1844-49

1593

2333 SURIREY DE SAINT REMY, Mémoires d'artillerie, 2 vols. sm. 4to. portrait and about 170 plates, calf gilt, very neat, 36s Amst. 1702 2334 SUTCLIFFE, Practice, proceedings, and Lawes of Arms, out of the doings of most valiant Captaines, sq. 8vo. closely cut, calf, 18s 2335 TARLETON'S History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America, 4to. plans, calf gilt, 24s 1787 2336 TURPIN DE CRISSÉ, Essai sur l'Art de la Guerre, 2 vols. 4to. plans of military operations, a SUPERB COPY in pale olive MOROCCO extra, gilt edges, Arms on sides, 18s Paris, 1754 2337 VEGETIUS Renatus et alii Scriptores Antiqui de Re Militari, stout sm. 8vo. old russia, 10s Vesal. Cliv. 1670 2338 WELLINGTON'S Despatches during his Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France, 1799-1818, by Gurwood, with General Index, 13 vols. 8vo. BEST EDITION, (pub. at £13. 10s) calf, £7. 15s 1837-39 2339 WELLINGTON'S Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda: India 17971805, edited by his son, the Duke of Wellington, Vols. 3 and 4, 8vo. (pub. at £2.) cloth, 18s 2340 GURWOOD's Selections from the Wellington Despatches, 8vo. hf. rus, gt. 6s 1851 2341 WELLESLEY'S (Marquess) DESPATCHES, Minutes, and Correspondence during his administration in INDIA, 5 vols. 8vo. portrait, maps, etc. calf gilt, £3. 10s; or a very beautiful copy, calf extra, with the author's autograph, £5. 1836-37 2342 TRACTS on Military Affairs. 12 Tracts relating to the Campaigns in Flanders and Germany, etc. sm. 4to. 15s

Sawle on the last Campaign in Flan

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1691-1704

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German and French Journals of the late Campaign

Paris Relation of Landen

Letter from St. Germains

1693
1697

Necessity of a Landforce, in peace

1698

Tallard's Account of Blenheim 1701 Account of the last Campaigns 1704 1704

NAVAL AFFAIRS.

2343 BAYFII Annotationes de Captivis in quibus tractatur de Re Navali, etc. sm. 4to. large woodcuts, bd. curious, 78 6d Paris, 1536 2344 CRESCENTIO (Bartolomeo) Nautica Mediterranea, della fabrica delle Galee, Galeazze, e Galeoni, coi lor armamenti, l'error delle Charte, il Calendario Nautico, un Archibugio che tira senza fuoco, et un Portolano di tutti i porti, etc. 2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. large folding Chart, plans, cuts, and tables, limp vellum, rare, £2. 10s Roma, 1602-7

A copy fetched at the Libri sale, 1859, £2. 12s. This work describes all the Nautical Instruments then in use, the ordnance, etc. including a curious Air-gun. 2345 HARRIS on the effects of Lightning on Floating Bodies, 4to. bds. 7s 6d 1823 2346 JAL, Archéologie Navale, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. numerous cuts, and Index of Nautical

Expressions in various languages, cloth, 10s

Paris, 1840

2347 VOCABULARY of Sea Phrases and Terms of Art, used in Seamanship and Naval Architecture, 2 vols. 16mo. calf gilt, 7s 1799

2348 TRACTS on English NAVAL AFFAIRS, an interesting collection of 11, all of

them scarce, £2.

Life of Arthur Earl of Torrington,

with remarks on his Tryal (1690) 1691 Account by Admirals Ashby and Rooke of the Engagement between the Fleets The Great Sea-Fight with the French Fleet, Barfleur, May 19, 1692 1692 2349 TRACTS, a collection of,

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ORIENTAL HISTORY AND POLYGLOTTS,

TRANSACTIONS OF

1825-56

THE ORIENTAL SOCIETIES OF EUROPE AND ASIA.

Translations from Oriental Languages have been inserted after their respective originals. For ORIENTAL BIBLES see ante. Works on Assyria, China, Egypt, India, Japan, and Turkey, are grouped separately.

2350 ADELUNG, Mithridates oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde, 4 vols. 8vo. the "Lord's Prayer," in 500 Languages and Dialects, a bargain, 16s; bd. 21s Berl. 1806-17 Vols. I and III, are devoted to the Asiatic and American languages, and the fourth contains the supplements by Vater and Humboldt.

2351 ALFRAGANI Elementa Astronomica, Arab. et Lat. à Golio, Amst. 1669-Peritsol, Itinera Mundi, Hebr. et Lat. et Bobovii Turcarum Liturgia, à Hyde, Oxon. 1690-91-Verbiest, Astronomia Europea sub Imp. Tartaro Sinico Cam Hy, Diling. 1687-Mentzel, Sylloge minutiar. Lexici Lat. Sin. characteristici, Norimb. 1685-5 vols. in 1, stout sq. 8vo. vellum, 10s 1669-91

2352 ALPHABETS. BALLHORN's Grammatography, a Manual of reference to the ALPHABETS of ANCIENT and MODERN LANGUAGES, impl. 8vo. 102 ALPHABETS, with ample and valuable information on the nature and mechanism of each language, cloth, 7s London, 1861 2353 the same, the 8th GERMAN edition, royal 8vo. cloth, 5s Leipzig, 1859 2354 AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY: JOURNAL of the above, 5 vols. 8vo. plates of facsimiles, etc. in 11 parts, sd. £3. 10s; or 5 vols. neatly half bound calf, £4. 4s Boston, New York, &c. 1817-56 This periodical contains learned articles by Burnouf, Lassen, Whitney, and other eminent Orientalists. 2355 ANNALS of Oriental Literature, 8vo. hf. russia, rare, 6s 1821 Containing articles by Bopp, and translations from the Persian, and Sanscrit, Reviews of the Mahabharata, the Kamus, Edrisi's Africa, etc.

A series of very interesting Eastern tales.

2356 ANTAR, a Bedoueen Romance, translated from the Arabic by Terrick Hamilton, 4 vols. sm. 8vo. bds. 10s; hf. calf, 15s 1820 2357 ARABIAN NIGHTS' (The) Entertainments, a new translation from the Arabic, with copious notes by LANE, 3 vols. impl. 8vo. genuine and BEST EDITION, first impressions of the MANY HUNDRED WOODCUTS by Harvey, cloth, £2. 10s 1839 2358 THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, by Lane, a new edition, edited by E. S. POOLE, 3 vols. 8vo. woodcuts, cloth, 25s 1859

2360 Armenia. SAINT-MARTIN, Mémoires historiques et géographiques sur l'Armenie, avec l'histoire des princes Orpélians par Orpélian, Armenien et Français, etc. 2 vols. large 8vo. cloth, 28s Paris, 1819 2361 ASIATIC RESEARCHES, or Transactions of the Society instituted in England for inquiring into the History, the Antiquities, the Arts and Sciences, and Literature of Asia, A PERFECT UNMIXED SET, 20 vols. and Index, 1 vol.-together 21 vols. royal 4to. many plates, calf gilt, £30. Calcutta, 1788-1836

2362 another set, 20 vols. and Index, 4to. somewhat wormed, cloth, cut edges, £18. Calcutta, 1788-1836 2363 ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL: BENGAL JOURNAL. JOURnal OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, complete from the beginning to the present, Nos. 1-284, forming 31 vols. 8vo. with all the numerous plates and Tables of Contents, excessively rare both in India and Europe, £36. Calcutta, 1832-62 2364 ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: Transactions, complete, 3 stout vols. 4to. plates of facsimiles, etc. (pub. at £9.7s) sd. 20s; or hf. calf, 24s 1827-35 Sets completed at a moderate rate. 2365 ASIATIC SOCIETY: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, from the beginning to 1861, 8vo. complete as far as published, Vols. I.-XX. part 1, many plates, (pub. £11. 8s) sd.*£10. 1834-62

Sets completed at moderate charges.

2366 ASIATIC MISCELLANY, consisting of Original productions, translations, extracts from curious publications, &c. 2 vols. 1785-86-New Asiatic Miscellany, Vol. I. 1789—3 vols. 4to. hf. bound, not uniform, 20s Calcutta, 1785-89 2367 BATAVIAN ACADEMY TRANSACTIONS: VERHANDELINGEN van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Vol. I, III-IX, XII-XIV., with a separate vol. containing the "Javaansche Spraakkunst, door De Groot en Gericke," together 12 vols. 8vo. plates, not uniform, Dr. Horsfield's copy, very rare, £7. Batavia, 1771-1833 2368 BELÑOS (S. C.) the Sundhya, or the Daily Prayers of the Brahmins illustrated, atlas folio, 24 coloured plates, shewing the Attitudes, and different Signs and Figures performed by the Brahmins during their devotions; with a descriptive text, half morocco, 36s

2371

Privately printed and sold to Subscribers only.

1851

2369 BIRD (James) Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Buddha and Jaina Religions; embracing the leading Tenets of their System, with Accounts of the Sculptures in the Caves of Western India, folio, 54 plates of Buddhistic Monuments and Inscriptions, hf. bound, 24s Bombay, 1847 2370 BOCHARTI Opera: Phaleg, Chanaan et Hierozoicon, ed. Relandus, 3 vols. folio, best edition, maps, calf, 20s; or, fine copy in vellum, 25s Lugd. Bat. 1712 Hierozoicon, sive de Animalibus Scripturæ, recensuit Rosenmüller, 3 vols. 4to. old calf neat, 288 Lips. 1793-96 2372 BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY: TRANSACTIONS and Proceedings of the Bombay Geographical Society, from the beginning, in 1836, to 1856, Vols. I.-XII. (XI. wanting) 11 vols. 8vo. nine vols. hf. bound, edges cut, and two unbound, £7. 10s Bombay, 1836-56 2373 BOMBAY LITERARY SOCIETY Transactions; translations from the Chinese, the Persian, etc. dissertations on Hindoo Mythology, Ethics, Antiquities, Mahomedan Mysticism, comparison of the Gipsy and Hindostanee languages, plan of a comparative Vocabulary of Indian Languages by Sir J. Mackintosh, on Cuneiform Inscriptions, etc. numerous plates of Antiquities, facsimiles, etc. 3 vols. 4to. half russia, £2. 16s

1819-20-23 1819-20

2374 the same, Vol. I, II, 4to. plates, not uniform, 25s 2375 BRETON'S Vocabulary of Medical and Technical terms in English, Arabic, Persian, Hindee and Sanscrit, 4to. water stained, hf. bd. 10s Calcutta, 1825 2376 BRYDGES (Sir H. J.) Dynasty of the Kajars, the reigning Royal Family of Persia, 8vo. map and plates, cloth, 9s

1833 2377 BURNOUF, Commentaire sur le YACNA, l'un des livres religieux des Parses, ouvrage contenant le text Zend, les Variantes des quatre manuscrits de la bibliothèque royale et la version Sanscrite inédite de Nériosengh, tome I. 4to. all published, £2. 16s

Paris, 1833

2378 CALCUTTA JOURNAL, from 1818 to 1821, 14 vols.--Asiatic Department, 1821 to 1823, 7 vols.-together 21 vols. royal 4to. maps and plates, not uniform, very rare, £6. Calcutta, 1818-23 2379 CALCUTTA JOURNAL of Natural History, Nos. 11-16, 19-21, 8vo. plates, sd. 25s Calcutta, 1842-45

An important Indian periodical, almost unknown in Europe.

2380 CALCUTTA MAGAZINE and Miscellany, for 1814-15, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. bd. 20s Calcutta, 1814-15 2381 CALCUTTA REVIEW, from the beginning in 1844 to Dec. 1859, being Nos. 1-66 (without No. 39-40, intended for the Index), complete; together 33 vols. 8vo. 7 volumes neatly bound, half calf, the remainder in quarterly parts, uncut, £10. Calcutta, 1844-59 2382 CALCUTTA MEDICAL and PHYSICAL SOCIETY'S Transactions, 7 vols. 8vo. bds. £4. Calcutta, 1825-35 2383 CASTELLI (E.) LEXICON HEPTAGLOTTON: hebraicum, chaldaicum, syriacum, samaritanum, aethiopicum, arabicum et persicum, 2 vols. royal folio, portrait, slightly stained, a good serviceable copy in old calf gilt, £3. London, 1699 2384 CATALOGUE des MANUSCRITS et Xylographes Orientaux de la Bibliothèque Imp. publique de ST. PETERSBOURG, stout roy. 8vo. xliv. and 719 pp. presentation copy, hf. morocco, 30s St. Pétersb. 1852 2385 CATALOGUS Codicum Manuscriptorum ARABICORUM in Bibl. Bodleianâ, confecit Nicholl, royal fol. bds. 7s 6d

1821

2386 CATALOGUS Codicum ORIENTALIUM Musei Britannici, tres partes, in 4 vols. royal folio, facsimiles, (pub. at £2. 10s) bds. £2.

1838-47 Contents: I. Codd. Syriaci et Carshunici; II. Arabici, 2 parts; III. Aethiopici. Sets completed. 2387 CHÉNIER, Recherches sur les Maures, et histoire de Maroc, 3 vols. 8vo. maps, hf. calf, 6s Paris, 1787 2388 CHURCHILL'S (Col.) MOUNT LEBANON: a Ten Years' Residence, from 1842 to 1852; describing the Manners, Customs, and Religion of its Inhabitants, with a full and correct account of the Druze Religion, and containing Historical Records of the Mountain Tribes, from Personal Intercourse with their Chiefs and other Authentic Sources, by Colonel Churchill, Staff Officer on the British Expedition to Syria, third edition, 3 vols. 8vo. with a large folding Map of the Mountain Range of the Lebanon, portraits and views, 1853-Vol. IV. The DRUZES and the MARONITES under the Turkish Rule, 1862— together 4 vols. 8vo. with a General Index to the 4 vols. printed uniformly, (pub. at 35s) cloth, 21s 1853-62

2389 CHURCHILL'S DRUZES and MARONITES, under the Ottoman Turks, showing the policy of the Turkish government in Syria from its restoration to the Sultan in 1840 down to 1861; exposing the feelings and principles which have actuated the Druzes and Maronites during that period, and containing a correct account of the late civil war between these two sects, and of the MASSACRES IN THE LEBANON AND IN DAMASCUS ; with comments on the French occupation, and on the proceedings of the European International Commission in Syria, by COLONEL CHURCHILL, Author of Ten Years' Residence in Mount Lebanon, 1 vol. 12mo. 296 pp. cloth, 5s

1862

2390 COLEBROOKE'S (H. T.) Miscellaneous Essays, 2 vols. 8vo. BEST EDITION, numerous facsimiles from early Indian MSS. and Inscriptions, rare, £2. 16s 1837 the same, new edition of all the important Vedantic papers, 8vo. cloth, (pub. at 10s 6d) 88 6d

2391

A rich assemblage of Materials for the History and explanation of the Vedas.

1858

1832

2392 COLEMAN'S (C.) MYTHOLOGY of the Hindus, 4to. with 39 plates illustrative of the principal Hindu Deities, cloth, rare, £2. 12s 6d 2393 CRAWFORD'S History of the Indian Archipelago, 3 vols. plates, hf. calf, 24s

2394

1859

1820 Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Ava, 1827, 4to. map and plates, hf. bound, 7s 6d 2395 CUNNINGHAM'S LADÁK, physical, statistical and historical, with notices of surrounding countries, roy. 8vo. large map and numerous fine plates, some coloured, (pub. at 36s) cloth, 30s; or, hf. calf neat, 33s

2396

1854

the Bhilsa Topes: or Buddhist Monuments of Central India, comprising a sketch of the rise, progress and decline of Buddhism, 8vo. 33 plates, (pub. at 30s) cloth, 24s 1854

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