~fil~ ~ No.150. l I I CATALOGUE I OF VALUABLE BOOKSJ \ Comprising:- Jmporta nt 1beralc,f c &<Ben ea log fcal 'Umorhs, TOPOGRAPHICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN PUBLICATIONS, WORKS RELATING TO AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, IN DIA, A~--,RIC.A, CI-I IN A, &u., EXCESSIVELY RARE ENGLISH POETRY; FIRST EDITIONS . OF DICKENS, THACKERAY, AINSWORTH, LEVER, CRUIKSHANK, &c. RICHLY ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATIONS; ~rrohs of ®n,gnthings ; MEZZ01r'"ERT POBTRAET~, INCLUDING SOME VERY FINE PORTRAITS OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS. COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS & AUTOGRAPHS RELATING TO IRELAND ; i Mu interc~ting W~unt%tri~fa, dr. LIBRARY EDITIONS OF STANDARD WORKS BY ENOLTSH AND FOTIEWN WRITERS. ON SALE :SY ASHTON NIELD, ~~,~~-3-0,~PA_R_K~ ST_R_EE_T,~B-RI_sr_o_L.~ ~~ri® 2 CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS. America: (see also Nos. 96-577) 2334: HENNEPIN (Louis) A NEW DISCOVERY OF A VAST COUNTRY IN AMERICA Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between NEW FRANCE and NEW MEXICO, with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants and Animals. Also the Manners, Customs and Languages of the several NATIVE INDIANS, and the Advantage of Commerce with those different Nations with a Continuation, giving an Account of the Attempts of the Sieur De la Salle upon the Mines of St Barbe, &c. The 'faking of Quebec by the English, &c., BOTH PARTS illustrated with maps and en- gravings; thick 8vo, calf, FINE LARGE COPY, rare 1699 8 8 0 2335 SMITH (Capt. John, sometymes Governour of Virginia, and Admiralt of New England) THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA, NEW ENGLAND AND THE SUMMER IsLES, with the names of the Adventurers, Planters and Governours, from the first beginning, Anno. 1584 to this present 1626, A FINE CLEAN COPY, with a brillia,nt impression of the beautiful title-page engraved by John Berra, and the four maps mounted on linen/ folio, calf gilt, neatly rebacked Printed by I. D. and I. H. for Michael Sparkes, Lond., 1627 24 0 0 2336 WARD ( Sir H. G.) MEXICO, comprising a Personal Narrative of Travels, History of the Revolution from 1810 to 1824, present state of the Country, &c., plates, wood engravin,qs and folding maps; SECOND EDITION enlarged, containing account of the Mi11ing Companies, &c., 2 vols, 8vo, nice copy in calf 1829 2 18 0 2337 ANNUAL REGISTER (Dodsley's) COMPLETE FROM THE COMMENCEMENT IN 1758 to 1882; 125 vols, 8vo, the first 61 vols bound 1'n half morocco, the remainder in boards, as published 17 58-1883 21 0 0 The scareity of complete sets of this work is becoming greater year by year, and the recognition of its value as a book of reference is increasing in a like degree. No politician or other man interested in the history of the last century, whether as regards Politics, Literature, Commerce, and Statistics in general, - should fail to have this work ready to his hand. 2338 ARCHlEOLOGICAL JOURNAL of the INSTITUTE of Great Britain and Ireland, complete from its commencement, 1844 to 18i7, witli index to vols 1 to 25, several hundred engravings, many coloured; 35 vols, 8vo, half calf gilt, GOOD SET 184:4-77 10 10 0 Contains the writings and researches of the most eminent Archreologists of the present day upon the Arts and Monuments of the Early and Middle Ages. Australia and New Zealand: (see also Nos. 1719-1922). 2339 DAMPIER (Cupt.) COLLECTION OF VOYAGES, describing particularly the ISTHMUS OF AMERICA, and A VOYAGE TO NE\v HOLLAND, &c., in the year 1699, numerons engr:avings and maps, BEST EDITION; 4 vols, 8vo, calf, SCARCE 1729 6 10 0 1 A complete copy of the Best Edition, comprising the entire Voyages of Dampier and his associates among the Buccaneers, and Voyages of vVafer, Funnell, Sharpe, &c. 23i0 GULLY (John) NEW ZEALAND SCENERY, Ohromo-litlwgraplied after original Water-Colour Drawings, with Descriptive Letterpress by Dr. J. Von Haast, 15 LARGE COLOURED PLATES; atlas folio, cloth, gilt edges (pub. at £5 5s.) lt577 1 15 0 234:l HOCHSTETTER (Dr. F. Von) NEW ZEALAND, its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History, with special reference to the results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of AucKLAND AND NELSON, nume,.ous fine coloitred plates, 1naps and engravings; thick royal Svo, cloth Stuttgart, 1867 1 16 0 2342 WHITE (J.) VoYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES, with 65 FINE COLOURED PLATES of nondescri'pt Animals, Birds, L1'za1·ds; -Serpents, &:~.; royal 4;to,' old green morocco, gilt ba_ck and sides - 1790 _ 6 6 0 FOREIGN ORDERS through Aglntjshoitld b_eliuplicated by direct acf.:p_ide (nanzi11g Agmt employed); tlze post tlius saved often securing the books, . ASHTON-NIELD, ..A CA.TALOG "UE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS, COMPRISING Standard and Valuable Works in History, Antiquities, Biography, Natural History, Travels, Sporting, Heraldry, Family History, Poetry, Illustrated Books, &c. LIBRARY EDITIONS OF STANDARD AUTHORS, ON SALE 13Y ASHTON NIELD, English · and Foreign Bookseller, 30, Park Street, Bristol. 1 A VALUABLE COLLECTION OE' ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, WITH £ s. d. AUTOGRAPHS, RELATING TO IRELAND, viz.: 72 Certificates from the Lieutenants General and Governors of Ireland to the King of England, each praying that a Bill annexed may be certified in the English Chancery and returned to Dublin to be enacted by the Irish Parliament; all written on parchment and boitnd in two large volumes, half russia 15 15 0 They run from William III., 1697, to George III., 1776-Twenty-two are in English, and fifty are in Latin-each having many Autograph Signatures of the Lieutenants General and Lords Spiritual and Temporal of his Council-The Vice­ roys are, Lords Winchester, Wharton, Dorset, Devonshire, Harrington, Halifax, Hertford, and Harcourt-Some are signed by Joseph Addison, who was Secretary -The Acts originally accompanying are of course absent, having been returned to Dublin Castle, while the Certificates would remain in England. 2 A VoYAGE TO CACKLOGALLINIA, with descriptions of the Religion, Policy, Customs, and Manners of that Country, by Capt. Samuel Brunt, curious f1·ontispiece; original sheep binding, rebacked 1727 0 9 0 A very scarce imitation of Gulliver's Travels. 3 ABBOTSFORD EDITION OF SCOTT'S WAVERLEY NOVELS, embellished with 120 highly-finished engravings on steel, and 2000 fine wood engravings, brilliant impressions; 12 vols, imp. 8vo, cloth gilt, uncut 1842-7 11 11 0 A VERY FINE, CLEAN, AND SPOTLESS COPY, the beautiful illustrations comprise portraits and views from the designs of Stanfield, Turner; Wilkie, Martin, Allom, &c., with many facsimiles of Autographs. 4 ABBOTT ( Archbp. of Canterbury) Briefe Description of the whole World, engraved title by MARSHALL, containing portrait of the A. bp. ; l 2mo, sheep 1636 0 10 0 Contains long and interesting account of "America, or the New World," and early notice of the South Continent, or Australia. 5 AcosTA (E.) Rerum a Societate Jesu in Oriente Gestarum, ad MDLXVIII., Com­ mentarius, Accessere de J aponicis Rebus Epistolarum libri IIII. ; sm. 8vo, vellitm, FIRST EDITION, RARE .Dilingce, MDLXXI. 1 12 0 Although this valuable book pertains almost entirely to the East, yet there is reference to Brazil and the vVest Indies. The 5 parts appear to have been col­ lected by John Peter Maffams, and was dedicroted by him to Cardinal Otho, Rome, 1570-Emmanuel Acosta's Commentaries upon the Indies extend to leaf 52. The Letters from Goa, Amboyna, Malaca, Tanaa, Cochin, &c., to leaf 228. Bound with it is G. Wicelii Insigirium Locorum utriusque Testamenti Com­ prehensio de Absoluta Necessitate Bonorum a Fide, Colona:, 1576, also RARE AND VALlTABLE. 6 ADAMS (G.) Essays on the Microscope and General History of Insects, their Transformations, Habits, and Economy, Species and Properties of Hydne and Vorticellre, description of 383 Animalculre, Organisation of Timber, Configuration of Salts, enlarged by Kanmacher, several hundred figures on 32 folded plates; thick 4to, new half calf, scarce 1708 0 16 0 30, Park Street, BRISTOL. 4 CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS. 7 lEtna (Mount, or Monte Gibello) Relation of the late prodigious E~rthqtiake and Eruption, in a Letter to his Majesty from Naples, by L~rd Wmchelsea, an eye-witness, with a Narrative collected from other relat10ns, 2 contem- porary views inserted.; sm. 4to, half morocco 1669 0 7 ,6 8 JESOP'S FABLES with Life, STOCKDALE's FINE EDITION, printed in large type, with 112 eng~avings by BLAKE, STOTHARD, LANDSEER, &c.; 2 vols, imp. 8vo, whole bound calf extra, VERY FINE AND TALL COPY 1793 3 18 0 Agriculture : · . 9 .AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (Royal) of England, Journal of the, COMPLETE FROM THE COMMENCEMENT IN 1 840 TO 1885, engravings/ 16 vols, calf, rest clean in parts, WITH THE INDEX VOLS COMPLETE 184:0-85 4 18 0 'l'his work (the early volumes of which are quite out of print) contains the con- tributions of the most eminent scientific men of the day. 10 BILLINGSLEY's General View of the .Agriculture of Somerset, with coloured maps.-Rev. David Wre's View of the Agriculture of Dumbarton.-Letter from the Earl of Winchilsea to the President of the Board of Agriculture on the Advantage of Cottagers Renting Land.-Erskine's View of the Agriculture of Stirling ; bound in 1 vol, 4to, lialf calf . 1 794, &c. 0 8 6 · 11 CARDIGANSHIRE LANDLORD'S Advice to his Tenants, with Account of the mode and expense of Cultiv~ting Moss and Peat Lands; 8vo, boards, uncut Bristol, 1800 0 3 0 12 COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE relating to the Husbandry and Internal Improvement of the Country, numeroitS plates.; 2 vols, 4to, calf gilt · 1797-1800 0 18 0 Valuable papers by SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, MR. BEATSON, MR. BARCLAY, SIR CHAS. MIDDLETON, and other eminent agriculturalists. 13 HoLDWH (B.) Essay on the Weeds of Agriculture, with their Characters and Qualities, and Practical Remarks on their Destruction; 8vo, sewed, uncut, 1825 0 2 0 14 [MARKHAM, G.J MAISON RusTIQUEE, or the Country Farm, compiled in French by C.