BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, ETC. 
MOYEx\ AGE PITTORESQUE, a new and fine 
litbographic work on tbe Architecture and Orna- 
ments of the Middle Ages, 2 vols, folio, 180 
plates, India Proofs, (pub. at £15. 15s) reduced 
to £8. 18s 6d . 1837 
■ the same, hf. mm:, top edges gilt, £10. lOs 
MURPHY'S ARABIAN ANTIQUITIES of 
SPAIN, representing, in 100 v^ery highly 
finished line Engravings by Le Keux, Finden, 
Landseer, G. Cooke, &c. the most remark- 
able Remains of the Architecture, Sculp- 
ture, Paintings, and Mosaics, of the Spanish 
Arabs, now existing in the Peninsula, in- 
cluding the magnificent Palace of Al- 
HAMBiiA ; the celebrated Mosque and Bridge 
AT Cordova ; the Royal Villa of Gene- 
kaliffe; and the Casa de Carbon: accom- 
panied by Letter-press Descriptions, in 1 vol. 
atlas folio, original and brilliant impres- 
sions OF THE PLATES, half morocco, (pub. at 
£42.) reduced to £12. 12s 1813 
MURPHY'S ANCIENT CHURCH of BATAL- 
HA, in PORTUGAL, Plans, Elevations, Sec- 
tions, and Views of the, with its History and 
Description, and an Introductory Discourse on 
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, impl. folio, 27 
fine copperplates, engraved by Lowry, half morocco, 
(pub. at £6. 6s) reduced to £2. 8s 1795 
" The Royal Monastery of Batalha is one of the most 
celebrdled edifices ia Europe. Its beautiful arches are 
fretted and pinnacled and crocketed in tbe best style of 
Gothic at its best period, and the graceful arching of 
the roof, unsupported by console or column, is un- 
equalled. The Plantagenet cast of tbe whole building 
conveyed home to my bosom a feelinj; so interesting, so 
^ccngenial, that I could hardly persuade myself to move 
a« ay ."— Beckford. 
NOLLEKENS and his Times, comprehendino- his 
Life and Memoirs of Contemporary Artists, by 
J. T. Smith, second edition, 2 vols. 8vo. portrait, 
cloth, (pub. at £1, 4s) reduced to 12s 1829 
NICOLAS'S (Sir Harris) HISTORY of the 
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD of the 
BRITISH EMPIRE; with an Account of 
the INIedals, Crosses, and Clasps which 
have been conferred for Naval and Alili- 
tary Services ; together with a History of the 
Order of the Guelphs of Hanover, 4 vols. impl. 
4to. splendidli) printed U7id illustrated by numerous 
fine wwd-cuts of Badges, Crosses, Collars, Stars, 
Medals, Rilibauds, Clasps, etc. and many large 
plates, illuminated in gold and colours, in- 
cluding FULL-LENGTH PORTRAITS OP QuEEN 
Victoria, Prince Albert, the King of Ha- 
nover, and the Dukls of Cambridge and 
Sussex, strongly boarded in cloth, with morocco 
backs, (pub. at £14. 14s) reduced to £7. 7s 1842 
— — the same, with the plates richly coloured but 
not illuminated, and without the extra portraits, 
extra cloth, £4. 14s 6d 1842 
" Sir Harris Nicolas has produced the first coniprt- 
bensivc History i.t the Brlll^ll Oidirs of Knighthocid ; 
and it is one of the most elaborately prepared and 
tplendidly printml works thai ever issued from the 
press. Tlie Author appiars to us to have iiei;lecte(l no 
•ouices of inlorniaiii.il, an<l to have exhausii-d iheiu, as 
far as rtgiirds the general scope and puipose of the 
inquiry. The Graphical llluslr.ilioii3 are such as become 
a work of this character upon such a subject; at, of | 
course, a lavish cost. The nsoiiices of the recently 
revived art of wooil-cngra^iu'^ h.ive been coinbiiied 
with the new ait oi piintin;; in culours, so as to pro- 
duce a rich elleci, alino-i ii\alliiij; iliat of the iiioiiaMic 
illiiiii.nadons. Svch a hook in sure of a place in errry I 
great library, it cut iins iii.ilter calculated in interest j 
exit u-ive cla-see u\ reail. rs. anil we hope li) .,iir spe- 
ciiiii.n 10 excite their cunosiiy." — Quarterly lieview. 
NICOLAS'S SIEGE of CARLAVEROCK, by 
King Edward I., a.d. MCCC, a Norman French 
Poem, with the Arms of the Earls, Barons, and 
Knights who were present on the occasion ; 4to. 
illustrated by upwards of two hundred armorial 
bearings, cloth, (imh. at£2.2j)red. tofl.ls 1828 
the same, with all the arms most beau- 
tifully ILLUMINATED BY Mr. DoWSE, THE 
Herald Painter, 4to. hf. bd. morocco extra, 
uncut, £4. 4s 
NICHOLSON'S ARCHITECTURE, Principles 
and Practice of, 3 vols. 8vo. fourth edition, 218 
plates by Lowry, cloth boards, (pub. at £3. 3s) 
reduced to £1. 16s . 1841 
The text book of the Profession, the most useful 
Guide to the ArchiiecturMl Student, and the best com- 
pendium for the Amateur. This work has always been 
so hisihly appreciated, and its reputation is now so well 
established, ili.a quotations in its praise woidd teem 
superfluous, but it may be peimitied to adiluce the 
opinion recently ^iven of it by an einincnt Arrhiteci, 
who declared it to be "not only ihe nios; useful l)u,,l; 
of the kind ever published, but absoliiielv iiidi=()eiisabl.- 
to the student," and added, that "he "always Kept ,i 
copy on his own table, as well as another in ihe Olhce 
for the Use of his pupils." 
NORTHCOTE'S LIFE of TITIAN, with Anec- 
dotes of the Distinguished Persons of his time, 
2 vols. 8vo./7ie portrait, cloth, (pub. at£l. Is) 
reduced to \0s6d . 1830 
NUMISMATA.— Eckhel Doctrina Numorum ^^ete- 
rum, 9 vols. 4to. complete, portrait and plates of 
coins, bds. (pub. at £13.) reduced to £7. 17s 6d 
Vindob. 1792-1826 
The best and most complete work on Ancient Coins; 
no Collector can do without it. 
O' NEIL'S DICTIONARY of SPANISH 
PAINTERS, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. cloth, (pub. at 
£2. 2s) reduced to 16s 1834 
ORAM'S PRECEPTS in the ART of COLOUR- 
ING in Landscape Painting, 4to. plates, cloth 
lettered, (pub. at 15s) reduced to 6s 1810 
ORNEMENSoEsANCIENSMAITRESdesXV^ 
XVI. XVll. et XVIII. Siecles, recueiUis par 
Ovide Reynard, et graves sous sa direction par 
les meilleurs Artistes, containing \08fnelu exe- 
cuted lithographic engravings of Urnaments,'Cups, 
Vases, Candelabra, Mosaics, 6;c. of the Ancient 
Masters, folio, 18 parts, sewed, (pub. at £5. 8s) 
reduced to £4. 4s Paris, 1844 
PHILLIPS'S {Portrait Painter) LECTURES on 
PAINTING delivered at the Royal Academy, 
Bvo. cloth, (pub. at I3s) reduced to Qs 6d 1833 
PHILLIPS'S PRINCIPLES of EFFECT and 
COLOUR in Landscape Painting, illustrated 
by Examples for the Amateur and Professional 
Student, third edition, oblong 4to. 10 coloured 
plates; hf. bd. (pub, at £1. Is) reduced to 8s 
1838 
PICTORIAL HLSTORY of PALESTINE, the 
HOLY LAND, and the JEWS, by John Kitto, 
editor of the Pictorial Bible, 2 vols, super royal 
8vo. with above GOOfne wood-cuts, elegantly bound 
in cloth, xuith new derices in gold on back aiid sides 
(pub. at £1. 15s) reduced to £1. 5s 1844 
A work which no family should be without. It will 
interest the child, and instruct the philosopher. 
" The eiiijravings are beautiful little pictuies, repre- 
senting actual scenery, costume, manners, monuments 
and object.s of Natur.il History."— .Vpectefor. 
PICTORIAL HLSTORY of NAPOLEON, by G. 
M. Bussey,2 vols. impl. d\- o. illustrated by nearlif 
500 beautiful engravings by Horace Vernet; gilt 
cloth, (ptib. at £2. 2s)red. to £1. Is Thomas, 1840 
the same, hf l,d. morocco, full gilt, £1. 4« 
