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BOHN'S ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY.

12. WHITE'S NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE, with Notes by SIR WM. JARDINE and others, edited, with large additions, by E. JESSE, Esq. With 40 highly-finished Wood Engravings (Coloured, 7s. 6d.)

13. DIDRON'S CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY. With 150 Engravings. Vol. I. 14. REDDING ON WINES. New and Revised Edition, with 20 beautiful Woodcuts. 15 & 16. ALLEN'S BATTLES OF THE BRITISH NAVY. New Edition. Enlarged by the Author. Numerous fine Portraits on Steel. 2 Vols.

17 & 18. ROME IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Fifth Edition, in 2 Vols., with 34 fine Steel Engravings, and Index.

19. MAXWELL'S VICTORIES OF WELLINGTON AND THE BRITISH ARMIES, with Engravings on Steel.

20. LIFE OF WELLINGTON, by "AN OLD SOLDIER," compiled from the materials of Maxwell; with an Account of the Funeral. 18 highly-finished steel Engravings. 21. MARY AND WM. HOWITT'S STORIES OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LIFE, with 20 beautiful Steel Engravings.

22. BECHSTEIN'S CAGE and CHAMBER BIRDS, including SWEET's Warblers. New Edition, greatly enlarged, numerous Plates (or Coloured, 7s. 6d.)

23. NORWAY AND ITS SCENERY, comprising PRICE's Journal, with large Additions and a Road Book. Edited by THOS. FORESTER, Esq. With 22 Illustrations, beautifully Engraved on Steei by Lucas.

*** The Road Book is sold separately, price 28.

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24. CHINA: PICTORIAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND HISTORICAL, with some account of Ava and the Burmese, Siam and Assam. Illustrated by early 100 Engravings on Wood.

25. PICTORIAL HANDBOOK OF LONDON, comprising its Antiquities, Architecture, Arts, Manufactures, Trade, Social, Literary, and Scientific Institutions, Exhibitions, and Galleries of Art. With 205 Engravings on wood, and large Map. 26. MARY HOWITT'S PICTORIAL CALENDAR OF THE SEASONS Upwards of 100 Illustrations.

27. DANTE, translated into English Verse by I. C. WRIGHT, M.A. Third Edition, carefully revised. Portrait and 34 Illustrations on Steel, after FLAXMAN.

28 & 29. MUDIE'S BRITISH BIRDS, or History of the Feathered Tribes of the British Islands. Fifth Edition, revised by W. C. L. MARTIN, Esq. Complete in 2 Vols., with 52 figures of Birds, and 7 additional Plates of Eggs. (Or, with the Plates Coloured, 7s. 6d. per Vol.)

30. TASSO'S JERUSALEM DELIVERED, translated into English Spenserian verse, with a Life of the Author by J. II. WIFFEN. Fourth Edition. 24 Engravings by THURSTON on Wood, and 8 on Steel.

31 INDIA: PICTORIAL, DESCRIPTIVE, and HISTORICAL, from the Earliest Times to the Present. Illustrated by upwards of 100 Engravings on Wood, and Map of Hindoostan.

32. NICOLINI'S HISTORY OF THE JESUITS. Portraits of Loyola, Lainez, Xavier, Borgia, Acquaviva, Pere la Chaise, Rieci, and Pope Ganganelli.

33. ROBINSON CRUSOE, with Illustrations by STOTHARD and HARVEY, 12 beautiful Engravings on Steel, and 74 on Wood.

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34. WALKER'S MANLY EXERCISES; containing Skating, Riding, Driving. Shooting, E Sailing, Rowing, Swimming, &c. Revised by "CRAVEN." Tenth Edition, with 41 Plates and numerous Woodents.

35. MILLER'S HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS, on the basis of SHARON TURNER. With Index, Portrait of Alfred, Map of Saxon Britain, and 12 Engra vings on steel after Harvey.

36. MICHAEL ANGELO AND RAPHAEL. By DUPPA and QUATREMERE DE QUINCY. With 13 highly-finished Engravings, including the Cartoons.

37. WALTON'S COMPLETE ANGLER; with Notes practical and historical. Edited by ED. JESSE and HENRY G. BOEN. Embellished with 203 Engravings on Wood, price 58.5-or with the addition of 26 Engravings on Steel, 7s. 6d.

38. MARRYAT'S MASTERMAN READY; complete in 1 vol., with 93 Engravings on wood. Post 8vo.

39. TALES OF THE GENI!. With numerous wood cuts, and 12 steel engravings. 40. GUIDE TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN; comprising the BERNAL CATALOGUE, with the Auction Prices and Names of the present Possessors. To which is added, an Introductory Essay on Pottery and Porcelain, and an Engraved List of all the known Marks and Monograms. By HENRY G. BOHN. Numerous wood engravings.

THE

BIBLIOGRAPHER'S MANUAL

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF RARE, CURIOUS, AND USEFUL BOOKS, PUBLISHED
IN OR RELATING TO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, FROM THE
INVENTION OF PRINTING; WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL
NOTICES, COLLATIONS OF THE RARER ARTICLES, AND THE PRICES
AT WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN SOLD IN THE PRESENT CENTURY

BY

WILLIAM THOMAS LOWNDES.

NEW EDITION, REVISED, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED.

VOL. I.

Η ΣΟΦΙΑΣ ΠΗΓΗ ΔΙΑ ΒΙΒΛΙΩΝ PEEL

LONDON:

HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

OXFORD

J. Billing, Printer and Stereotyper, Guildford, Surrey.

NOTICE.

LOWNDES' BIBLIOGRAPHER'S MANUAL having become an extremely scarce and expensive work, selling at auction for upwards of seven pounds, with a prospect of its increasing in price, the present Publisher thought he should render an acceptable service to the Book-collector, and especially to Booksellers, by reissuing it in a cheap and popular form. With this view he purchased the copyright from the late Mr. Pickering's executors, intending to confine himself to a verbatim reprint, with the exception only of such corrections and additions as had already been made in his own business copy, or might chance to be communicated by friends. But, on examining the first few proofs, he unexpectedly found so much to correct and complete, that he felt it necessary to change his plans, and bestow considerably more care upon the editing than he originally contemplated. Accordingly every sheet has been read over at least four times, once by himself, the others by his assistants; notwithstanding which, he has reason to fear that many errors and omissions will remain.

It has not been attempted to make the book perfect, but merely to amend and improve it, by supplying manifest deficiencies, and completing the accounts of such works as were in progress when Lowndes wrote. Some of the additions are marked by brackets; but this plan having, in many instances,

been found inconvenient, by far the greater number are without any indication; such, for instance, as the articles 'Bible,' 'Blake (Wm.),' and 'Breviaries,' which have been entirely rewritten.

New editions of old or standard works are frequently, though not invariably, mentioned; but entirely new works, first published since the time of Lowndes, are intentionally excluded, being reserved for a Supplementary Volume of Modern Literature; on this principle Macaulay's History of England will be omitted, while new editions of Hume, and the elder historians, will be duly noticed.

Who have hitherto assisted, or may hereafter assist, either continuously or occasionally, must remain to be stated at the conclusion of the work; in the mean time, the communication of any corrections or additions will be thankfully received by

YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN,

Nov. 28, 1857.

HENRY G. BOHN.

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