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; — (V CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, INCLUDING SEVERAL OF INTEREST AND VALUE, IN THE ORIENTAL, GREEK, LATIN, ITALIAN, SPANISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, FLEMISH. AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF MANY CELEBRATED PERSONS; AND AN ASSEMBLAGE OF BOOKS CONNECTED WITH THE STUDY OF MANUSCRIPTS AND ANCIENT WRITINGS. The Proofs of History cannot be built on a more solid foundation than Manuscripts and Charters. ASTLE. ON SALE, AT THE PRICES AFFIXED, BY CONTENTS. Page Oriental Manuscripts 1 Greek 4 Latin 6 Italian 19 Spanish and Portuguese 24 French w 27 Sclavonic, German, Flemish, Dutch 32 English, Theological 34 Philosophical 39 Poetical and Literary 43 Historical, Legal, and Antiquarian 48 Topographical 62 Scotish History 76 Irish History 77 Heraldic and Biographical 79 Literary Correspondence, Autograph Letters, &c.... 88 Books on the Study of Palaeography, Catalogues of Col- lections, &c 107 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. ORIENTAL. 1 EGYPTIAN Papyrus, being a large fragment of a ritual care- fully laid down and framed and glazed, a neat specimen, £3 10s 2 Adversaria ^Egyptiaca; a few notes on Hieroglyphics, 8vo, Is 6d HEBREW. 3 Lamentationes et Liber Job. In versiculos metrice divisit, a Schulteus et Grey, Hebrew in roman characters, 4to, 3s 6d 4 Book of Esther, an ancient roll, on vellum, 8 feet long by 2 feet broad, written in a fine bold character, 15s 5 EvANGELIUM S. MattHjEI, Hebraice; very neatly written about 1650, in the Rabbinical character, folio, sewed, 5s 6d 6 Hebrew Manuscript of the XV century, on vellum, con- taining readings from the Bible and Prayers, written in a beautiful small character, 16mo, £1 5s 7 Rabbi Levi Ben Gerson, Commentariain liber Proverbiorum, a beautiful MS. of the XV century, ON vellum, the text in a large bold band, and the comment in a small neat character, small 4to, £2 2s %* This SIS. is said to be an autograph, and unpublished. 8 Advice to the Jews to embrace the Christian Religion, in Hebrew, from the library of Bp. Beveridge, whose writing it is supposed to be, 4to, 3s 6d 9 The Hebrew Grammar abridged, in the hand-writing of the late Mr. Heber, 4to, Is 6d 10 Catalogue of several Syriac Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, 1718 19, 4to, 2s 6d ARABIC. 11 Koran. A Copy of the Koran' in the African Character, written in the year of the Hejira 1232, or A.D. 1816, 4to, 18s 12 Prayers from the Koran, neatly written, 8vo, 3s 6d 13 Ali. Sentences of Alee Arabic, Ebn Abee Taleb ; written in with an English translation by the celebrated Oriental Scholar Simon Ockley, who has prefixed a preliminary discourse on the Arabians, the first pages of which are wanting. Autograph tn a fine legible character, 4to, calf, £2 6s B 2 Catalogue of Manuscripts. Persian and Turkish. 14 Dialectus Arabica. A Grammar of the Arabic language, written in the XVII century, apparently by an English scholar, in a beautiful Italian hand, 8vo, 4s 15 Two Theological Treatises, in Arabic and Persian, 4to, 4s 6d 16 Arabic Grammar, written in the Neshki character, small 4to, 7s 6d 17 Treatise of the Mahometan Religion, Arabic and Turkish, 8vo, 2s 6d 18 Menelai Spherica, in Arabic, with diagrams, 8vo, 3s 6d 19 Grammatica di lingua Arabica, 8vo, 2s 6d 20 Misbah, Arabic Grammar, bad state, 4to, Is 6d 21 An Essay on Arabic Syntax, translated, folio, 2s 6d 22 Adip Almaluk, in a beautiful hand of the XVI century ? 4to, red morocco , 16s PERSIA N. 23 Psalter, in Persian and Turkish. A modern Manu- script, written in parallel columns, folio, red morocco, gilt leaves, £3 3s 24 Monafae al Doweieh. A treatise of Physical Terms and Medicine, in Persian, 4to, calf, from Swinton’s collection, 10s 6d 25 Persian and Turkish Vocabulary, written in the Neshki cha- racter, stained, 8vo, 4s 26 Inshai Herkern. Forms of Letter Writing, in Persian, 8vo, 4s 27 Riyaz al Mohsani. Forms of Letters, &c. in Persiau, 4to, 3s 6d 28 Persian Grammar in Taalik, containing a complete paradigm of all the forms of the Persian verb, 8vo, 4s 29 Diwani Hafiz. Poems of Hafiz, 4to, calf, from Swinton’s collection, 10s 6d 30 Poems of Hafiz, written A.H. 1027, 8vo, 6s 31 Boostan, in Persian, with the commentary of Soudi, written in a very neat character, 4to, 10s 32 Muferreh al Koloub. A series of Tales, trans. from Hindoui, by Taj al Meleki, imperfect at the end, 8vo, 5s 33 Fragments, in Persian, 4to, Is 6d in 34 'lhe Gulistan ; an old Manuscript a good hand, 4to, 3s 6d TURKISH. 35 Gul-u-Bulbul. The Rose and Nightingale, a Turkish Poem, written in a beautiful hand of the XVII century, small 8vo, 7s 6d 36 Arithmetick and Merchants’ Accounts, in Turkish, 4to, 2s [T. Rodd, . ; Catalogue of Manuscripts. Tartarian anil Jhudostan 3 37 Kalendar, in Turkish. A most elegant specimen of Oriental Penmanship. Each page is divided into eight compartments, by lines of gold, and the whole of the text is written in different coloured inks, viz. black, scarlet, crimson, blue, green and yellow, upon charta bombycina, small folio, 16s 38 Seaman. Januas Latinitatis vestibulum Turcice redditum opera Gul. Seaman, ( author of the. Turkish Grammar) an autograph of this celebrated orientalist, 8vo, 2s 6d 39 Poems in Turkish, written in black and red, within a gold border, 4to, 3s 6d 40 Treatise on curing Diseases, in verse, with other Treatises in Turkish, 4to, stained, 4s 6d 41 Wakay-Al-Othman (the Wars of the Ottomans), by Sejevi a tine Manuscript in Turkish, written A.H. 1098, folio, £2 10s TARTARIAN. 42 Jaghatai Poetry, with various extracts in the Usbeck and other Tartarian dialects, 4to, 4s 6d 43 Tartarian Language ; a small collection of works, in six vol. 4to the collection Dr. Henderson, the Biblical scholar, in , from of poor condition, 1 6s 11 INDOS TA N LA NG UA GES. 44 Sanscrit. An Astronomical and Astrological Roll, upon paper, upwards of thirty feet long and eight inches broad, with diagrams and figures, in colours, mounted upon rollers, enclosed in a neat mahogany box, £4 4s 45 A Treatise on Music, in Sanscrit verse, by Soma, called Sacalaeala, beautifully written in the Bengal character upon paper made from silk, from the library of Sir W. Jones, who has written some notes and partial translations in it, fol. russia, /T 10s 46 Cingalese Manuscripts, written on the bamboo, from the collection of the late W. Upham, 16s 47 Singalese and English Vocabulary, 4to, 3s 48 Cingalese Almanac and the Horoscope of a child ; two small Manuscripts ou the leaf of the bamboo, 3s 49 Malayan Language. A Theological work in the Arabic character, with Arabic sentences interspersed, 8vo, 3s 6d 50 Sankarruppatni Soot’ra, a Discourse of Buddhoo to Sankarruppatni, a very noted tutelary Demon : in Pali and Singa- lese, in deal covers, 19 leaves, 16J inches long, 2£ wide, 9s 51 Burmese Manuscript, written upon the leaf of a tree about 22 inches long, in the character of the country, black upon a red ground, highly ornamented with gold, a fine and curious specimen, 2 2s 2, Great Newport Sirret.] 4 Catalogue of Manuscripts. Hindostani, Sfc. 52 Burmese Manuscript, written upon 201 leaves of the palm tree, within a deal case, £1 5s 53 Government Dispatches, in Burmese, written on several sheets of black paper, enclosed in a deal case, £1 Is 54 Inscription in Burmese, upon a block of metal, 9 inches by 4£in., and 1 in. thick. It is inscribed on both sides, and appears of great antiquity : the metal is copper, but alloyed, very curious, £2 5s 55 Bugguese. “A translation, or rather Paraphrase of Mat- thew into the Bugguese language, very imperfect, but may be aidful to Missionaries in after times, done by me and my Moonshee, F. C. Danah, 1834-5,” thick Alo, on paper, 7s 6d 56 A Laos Manuscript, on leaves of the bamboo, oblong, 7s 6d 57 Manuscript, in the Bali character, on leaves of the bamboo, 7s 6d 58 Siamese. Form of Common Prayer, translated into Siamese by the celebrated Missionary Gutzlaff, on paper, the four first leaves damaged by a nail, 7s 59 Siamese. The tale of Mohosol, in the Siamese character, on a paper, copied at Singapore, 1834, 4to, 7s 6d 60 Siamese. Elementary School-book, in Siamese, oblong, 5s 6d 61 Siamese. Treatise on Diseases and their remedies, in Siamese, in yellow ink, on a black paper, oblong, 8s 62 Siamese Manuscript, written in yellow ink, upon black paper, oblong form, 15s 63 Siamese Manuscripts, a collection, written on papers of an oblong shape when folded, £1 14s 64 Siamese. Adventures in the Jungle ; this book is a Siamese Classic, 7s 6d 65 Siamese. Manuscript, said to be the Laws of Siam, written in yellow ink, upon a black ground, 7s 6d 66 A Love Story in Cambodian, written in yellow ink, on a black ground, on paper, oblong, 10s 67 A Romance in the Cambodian Language, written in yellow ink, on a black ground, oblong, 7s 6d 68 Book of Common Prayer, in Cambodian, on leaves of bamboo, oblong, 7s 6d 69 Dictionary of the Kameh, or Cambodian Lauguage, with the English translation to every word, folio, 15s GREEK MA MJSCRIPTS. 70 Liturgia Gr^eca, early part of the XVI century, 4to, 14s Guilford 71 IFormula Precum, Greece, anni 1557? from the collection, 4to, 12s Catalogue of Manuscripts. Creek. 5 fine 72 Evangelia Quatuor, Greece ; a Manuscript of heads of the chapters and the X 1 11 CENTURY, ON vellum. The marginal references are written in letters of gold.