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Biography. Chalmer's Biographical 

 Dictionary containing an Historical 

 and Critical Account of the Lives and 

 Writings of the Most Eminent Persons 

 in Every Nation, from the Earliest 

 Accounts to the Present Time. New 

 Edition, 1812, London, in 32 vols, 

 half calf, marbled boards, uncut, in 

 fine condition £1 15s 



Biography. Life of Edward, Lord 

 Herbert, of Cherbury. Written by 

 himself. Third Edition. Dodsley. 

 London, 1778, 4*0, paper boards. 

 Portrait of author 5s 



Biography. The Letters and Works 

 of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. 

 Edited by her Great Grandson, Lord 

 Wharncliffe. With additions by W. 

 Moy Thomas. Swan Sonnenschein 

 Co., 1893, 2 vols > clotn - G - T - 



1 os 6d 



Book of Common Prayer and Adminis- 

 tration of the Sacraments, and other 

 Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, 

 &c, &c. London: Printed by John 

 Bassett, Printer to the King's most 

 excellent Majesty, 1739. Tooled 

 russia, gilt 5s 



Botany. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 

 or The Flower Garden Displayed. In 

 which the most Ornamental Foreign 

 Plants cultivated in the open ground, 

 the greenhouse and the stove are ac- 

 curately represented in their natural 

 colours. Coachman, London, 1 793- 

 98, 12 vols bound in four, half calf, 

 boards. (A few plates missing from 

 each vol) £2 10s 



Botany. Evelyn's Silva, or a Discourse 

 of Forest Trees and the Propaga- 

 tion of Timber in His Majesty's 

 Dominions. The fifth edition. Lon- 

 don, 1729. Folio, old calf, rubbed, 

 clean copy 10s 6d 



Botany. Floral Emblems. By Henry 

 Phillips. With 20 coloured plates. 

 London, printed for Saunders and 

 Otley, 1825, cloth, very scarce 10s 6d 



Botany. Ilortus Gramineus Woburn- 

 ensis : or an Account of the Results 

 of Experiments on the Produce and 

 Nutritive Qualities of different Grasses 

 and other Plants, used as the Food of 

 the more Valuable Domestic Animals ; 

 Instituted by John, Duke of Bedford. 

 Numerous coloured figures of the 

 plants and seeds upon which these 



experiments have been made. By 

 George Sinclair, F.L.S., F.H.S. 

 Third Edition, London, 1826, Paper 

 boards 10s 



Botany. Johns' Flowers of the Field. 

 27th edition. 1892. Cloth, almost 

 new 3s 



Botany. M'Alpine's Botanical Atlas. 

 Vol. II., Cryptogams. Containing 26 

 plates beautifully coloured. Edin- 

 burgh, 1883, 4to, out of print, scarce 



1 os 6d 



Botany. Paxton's Magazine of Botany 

 or Register of Flowering Plants. The 

 first 3 vols. Orr and Smith, 1834- 

 1836. Cloth gilt. Many coloured 

 plates £2 23 



Botany. Turner's (Dawson) Fuci ; or 

 Seaweed. Coloured figures and de- 

 scription of the Plants referred by 

 Botanists to the Genus Fucus (in Latin 

 and English), 2 vols, royal 4to, with 

 129 very beautiful plates of Marine 

 Plants, finely coloured from Nature. 

 Full calf (rubbed) £3 3s 



(Only a few copies were colomed, and are 

 consequently very scarce. This splendid 

 work has called forth the commendations 

 of Naturalists in all parts of Europe.) 



Botany. Very rare Black Letter Her- 

 bal. Translation by Henrie Lite of 

 D. R. Dodcen's New Herball or 

 Historie of Plants, containing the 

 whole discourse and perfect descrip- 

 tion of all sorts of Herbs and Plants, 

 their divers and sundry kinds, their 

 names, natures, operations and virtues. 

 The designed title page is missing. 

 The curious dedication reads " To 

 the most high, noble and renowned 

 Princesse, our most dread redoubted 

 Soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth, by the 

 grace of God, Queene of England, 

 France, and Ireland, defender of the 

 faith, &c," and concludes "From 

 my poore house at Lytescaiie within 

 your Majesties Countie of Somerset, 

 the first day of Januarie, 1578. Your 

 Majesties most humble and faithfull 

 subject Henrie Lite." Thick small 

 4to £2 17s 6d 



In addition to the missing title page, a few 

 pages of the Index are frayed and broken 

 at the edges and there are a few worm- 

 holes ; otherwise a good copy with well- 

 preserved binding. Copies of later edi- 

 tions of this very rare book with as many 

 as 22 pages missing have been sold for two 

 guineas. 



