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1835 384 HOUSEHOLD Books, edited by Bp. Percy, Sir F. Madden, and Sir Harris Nicolas, complete series, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, scarce, £2. 28 (pub. £4. 48) Pickering, 1830-7 Comprising, Earl of Northumberland's Household Book; Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York, Queen of Henry VII.; Privy Purse Expenses of Henry VIII.; Privy Purse Expenses of Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII., afterwards Queen Mary.

385 HOWARD'S (C., tenth Duke of Norfolk) Historical Anecdotes of the Howard Family, new edition, post 8vo. calf, neatly gilt, 58

1817 386 HOYLAND'S The Gypsies; Historical Survey of the

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48 6d 387 HUGO'S (H.) Siege of Breda, translated, folding engravings, 1627-MILITARIE INSTRUCTIONS for the CAVALLRIE, collected out of ancient and modern authors, rectified according to the present practice of the LowCountrey Warres, folding engravings, 1632, 2 vols. folio in one, hf. antique calf, 128 1627-32 Both these works are scarce: they exhibit curious illustrations of the mode of warfare in the XVIIth Century.

388 HUMBOLDT'S (Baron) Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, translated by Williams, maps and plans, 7 vols. 8vo. new hf. cálf, £2. 15

1818-29 389 HUMBOLDT (Baron) et DEGENHARDT, Pétrifications recueillies en Amérique, décrites par L. de Buch, large plates containing 30 figures, impl. folio, bds. 88 Berlin, 1839 Presentation copy, with inscription: this work was probably printed for private circulation only.

390 HUME'S (D. of Godscroft) History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, comprising the most Memorable Passages of the History of Scotland from A.D. 767, folio, new calf gilt, £1. 8s 1648 391 HUMPHREYS' (Noel) Ten Centuries of Art, its Progress in Europe, from the IXth to the XIXth Century, 12 finely coloured and illuminated plates, 4to. extra cloth, gilt leaves, 10s 6d

1852 392 HUNT (Dr.) On the Severer Forms of Heartburn and Indigestion, especially those which arise from Constitutional Causes, 8vo. cloth, 38 6d

1854

393 HUNTER'S (H.) Sacred Biography, or History of the Patriarchs, 5 vols. 8vo. bds. 10s 6d 1820 The originality of the design, the animated and spirited reflections with which it abounds, and the popular style with which it is written, have secured for this work a very favourable reception.

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396 Hutten (Ulrich) Of the WOOD called GUIACUM,
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1845

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1855 424 JONSON'S (Ben) Dramatic Works, with his Masques, Epigrammes, &c. with AUTOGRAPH LETTER and NOTES by W. GIFFORD and J. BOADEN, thick folio, old calf neat, £1. 148

1616 First Edition containing the names of the Actors, Le SHAKSPEARE, BUBBADGE, and others.

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1769

438 KENT.-New and Complete History of the County of Kent, from the earliest Records, with an extensive series of highly finished engravings of famous Buildings from Drawings by Shepherd, &c. 4 thick vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, £1. 48 Virtue, 1828 439 KENTFIELD'S (E.) Game of Billiards scientifically explained and practically set forth, with nearly 100 engravings of difficult and masterly strokes, folio, cloth, 18s (pub. £1. 118 6d) 1839

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1856

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1826

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1840

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