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A new account and description of the statues, bustos, relievos, paintings, medals, and other antiquities and curiosities in Wilton House; with a dissertation on sculpture among the Greeks and Romans. Thirteenth edition. 8vo. Salisbur}', 1798. AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION. Eighteen plates of ornamental tiles collected by the Afghan Boundary Commission. Folio. N. p., n. d. AGAUNE.—Tresor de I'abbaye de St. Maurice d'Agaune. Aubert, E. AGRICOLA, GEORG. Libri quinque de mensuris et ponderibus, in quibus plaeraque a Budseo et Portio parum animaduersa diligenter excutiuntur. i2mo. Paris, 1533. De ortu et causis subterraneorum, libri V. De natura eorum quae effluunt ex terra, libri 1 1 II. De natura fossiUum, libri X. De veteribus et novis metallis, libri II. Bermannus, sive De re metallica Dialoeus. Folio. Basileae, 1546. 2 ; AGRICOLA, GEORG—condnued. De re metallica, libri XII. De animantibus subterraneis. Illustrated. Folio. Basilcae, 1561. Illustrated. Folio. Basilese Helvet, 1621. 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Allen, Bergherzn, Gewercken, Berg- meistern, Geschworner, Schichtmeistern, Steigern, Berghawern, Waschern, und Schmaltzern nicht allein nutzlich und dienstlich sondern auch zu wissen hochnohtwendig. Illustrated. Folio. Frankfort, 1580. AIKIN, A. AND C. R. A dictionary of chemistry and mineralogy. 2 vols, and appendix. 4to. London, 1807-14. AIRY, G. B. Extracts of papers laid before the Commission appointed to consider the steps to be taken for restoration of the standards of weight and measure arranged by G. B. Airy, Astronomer Royal. Printed by order of the Treasury. 4to. London, 1840. AKERMAN, JOHN Y. Coins of the Romans relating to Britain. Illustrated. 8vo. London, 1844. ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTA. See Vinci, Leonardo da. 3 ALBERTOLLI, FERDINANDO. Fregi trovati nel 1812 negli scavi del Foro Trajano, opera del celebre Ateniese Apollodoro; disegnati e pubblicati dall' egregio F. AlbertoUi. Riprodotti in litografia da Gio: Batta Ferrari con aggiunte. Illustrated. La. fol. Firenze, 1833. ALBERTOLLI, GIOCONDO. Ornamenti diversi inventati, disegnati ed eseguiti da Giocondo AlbertoUi. Incisi da Giacomo Mercoli Luganese. Illustrated. La. fol. Milan, 1782. Alcune decorazioni di nobili sale ed altri ornamenti. Incisi da Giacomo Mercoli e da Andrea De Bernardis. Illustrated. La. fol. Milan, 1787. ALDEGREVER, HEINRICH. (1502-58.) An engraving representing a winged figure of a woman standing on a globe and holding in the right hand a cup and a bridle, in the left hand a serpent; dated 1555. (La Fortune, Bartsch, 143.) ALDROVANDUS, ULYSSES. Musaeum metallicum, in libros IIII distributum. Folio, Bologno, 1648. ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM, THE, EGYPT. Breccia, E. Iscrizioni greche e latine. 191 1, La Necropoli di Sciatbi. 191 2. See Cairo Museum, The. ALL THE YEAR ROUND. The Art Treasures of the City of London. Vol. V. Nos. no, 114, 115, 116. La. 8vo. London, 1891. ALDRIDGE, W. J. The goldsmith's repository. 8vo. London, 1789. ALLEN, J. ROMILLY. Celtic art in Pagan and Christian times. 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Le regime corporatif des metiers en Autriche et en Allemagne au 19* siecle. La. 8vo. Bordeaux, 1907. AMERICAN SILVER. The work of seventeenth and eighteenth century silversmiths, exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts 1906. With an introduction by R. T. H. Halsey, and a technical description of the various pieces by J. H. Buck. Illustrated. La. 8vo. Boston, 1906. See also Starr, Theodore, B. AMMAN, JOST. nANOIlAIA, omnium illiberalium mechanicarum aut sedentariarum artium genera continens, . carminum liber primus, . Accesserunt etiam venustissimse Imagines omnes omnium artificum negociationes ad vivum lectori representantes, antehac nee visse, nee unquam aeditae: per Hartman Schopperum. Illustrated. i6mo. Francofurti ad. Mcenum, 1568. 6 ANDERSON, WILLIAM. The pictorial arts of Japan: with an historical sketch of the associated arts, and