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445. PAINTING AND ENGRAVING. The Grammar
of.
Transl. from the French of Blanc's Grammaire des
Arts du Dessin. By K. N. Doggett. Numerous illusts.
Royal 8vo, cloth.
N. Y. 1874

✔ 446. PALEY (WM.) Works, with Extracts from his
Correspondence, and a Life of the Author. By Rev. R.
Lynam. Portrait. 5 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt (first vol. little
water-stained).
Lond. 1823

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447. PAMPHLETS. Documents and Proceedings relat✓ ing to the Improvement of the Indians, N. Y. 1829; Discourse commemorating the First Settlement of New England, by Dan'l. Webster, Bost. 1825; and several others. In one vol. 8vo, half sheep.

448.

Historic Harpswell, Me., 1758-1903, by Rev. C. N. Sinnett, 1903; Sketch of Chesterfield, N. H, 17701900, by C. N. Sinnett, 1902; History of Town of Houlton, Me., 1884; History of Andover Center, N. H., 1901; and others. 8vo, etc., paper. (13 pieces.)

449. A volume containing, The Royal Lover, or a Duke Defeated [by John Agg], Lond. 1812; Canning's Letter relating to the Duel with the Earl of Castlereagh, Lond. 1809; Clarkson on the Impolicy of the Slave-Trade, Lond. 1788; Ball Room Votaries, 1810; and The Whim, a Periodical Paper by a Society of Gentlemen, 7 Nos., 1810– 1811 (both edited by Lt. Hunter); and others. In one vol. Svo.

450. A volume containing, The Wife of Auchtermuchty, and Ancient Scottish Poem, with a rhymed Latin translation, Edinburgh, 1803; Trial of R. Fergusson for Crim. Con. with Lady Elgin, Lond. 1807; Bonaparte, an Heroic Ballad with a Sermon in its Belly [by G. Huddesford], Lond. 1803; Plain Questions to the Working People of Scotland, 1793; and others. 8vo.

451. A volume of pamphlets containing Anticipation, the Substance of His M. . . .'s Speech on the Opening of the Session, Lond. 1778 (by Richard Tickell, and containing References to Franklin and Washington); Speeches of Sheridan, Fox, Burke, and others, on the charges against Warren Hastings, etc., Lond. 1787; Woodfall's Sketch of the Debate in the House of Commons, Ireland, on the Treaty of Intercourse with Gt. Britain, Lond. 1785; Burke's Speech on the Independence of Parliament, Lond. 1780; Belhaven's Speeches in the last Scottish Parliament, 1706, Edinburgh, 1779; and others. 10 pieces in one volume.

Svo.

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452. PANAMA CANAL (THE): its History, etc. [Rodrigues], 1885; Illustrated History of the Panama Railroad [Otis], 1862; Geography; Historical, Political, etc. [Keith Johnston], 1881; and others. 15 vols.

453. PARIS. The Anglican Mysteries of Paris revealed in the Stirring Adventures of Captain Mars and his two Friends. By J. M. Smith and J. B. Payne. A series of humorous pictures. Folio, original cloth (trifle spotted). Lond. 1870 ✓ 454. Album of 25 Photographic Views of Churches, Public Buildings, etc., in Paris. Oblong folio, half morocco, gilt edges. [Paris, 188-]

455. PARIS EXHIBITION. The Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition of 1867. Plates of sculpture and hundreds of engravings of examples of industrial art. Royal 4to, brown morocco, gilt edges (spotted throughout).

Lond. Art Journal [186]

456. PARIS IN DECEMBER, 1851 [Adams and Brandon], 1870; Life and Campaigns of Napoleon [Arnault, etc.], illust., 1847; General Butler in New Orleans [Parton], 1864; and others. 12 vols.

✔457. PARSON BROWNLOW'S BOOK, 1862; Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army, 1862; History of Texas [Thrall], 1876; Politics for Young Americans [Nordhoff], 1875; and others. 15 vols.

458. PENNELL'S PEN DRAWING. Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen, their Work and their Methods: a Study of the Art of To-day, with Technical Suggestions. By Joseph Pennell. Copiously illust. Small folio, original boards, uncut.

Lond. 1889

FINE COPY. VERY SCARCE. The finest book on the subject, containing under the heading of Pen Drawing of To-Day the accounts of Spanish, German, French, English, and American work, with the best examples of the work of the foremost artists of each country, also Pen Drawing for Book Decoration, etc., etc.

459. PENNSYLVANIA AT GETTYSBURG. Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the Positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the Battle. Numerous views of monuments. 2 vols. royal 8vo, half roàn (joints split). [Harrisburg], 1893

460. PENNSYLVANIA FORTS. Report of the Commission to locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania. Numerous maps and COLORED PLATES of old fortresses, etc. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. [Phil.] 1896

461.

Detailed descriptions of the various forts erected prior to 1783 as a defense against the Indians.

Another copy of the same. 2 vols. half calf, gilt top edges (name on title).

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462. PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal: a History, 1608-1903. Edited by Ioward M. Jenkins. 3 vols. royal 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Phil. 1903 Fine copy, copiously illustrated with portraits, views, maps, etc., etc., many from old and rare prints.

✓463. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD (THE): its Origin, Construction, Condition, and Connections. By W. B. Sipes. Numerous illusts. Imp. 8vo, cloth.

Phil. 1875

464. PICTURESQUE IN ART (THE). Sir Uvedale Price on The Picturesque. With an Essay on the Origin of Taste, and much additional matter by Sir Thos. D. Lauder. Vignette title and numerous illusts. 8vo, full calf, gilt (small name on title). Edinburgh, 1842

465. PICTURESQUE WORLD (THE); or, Scenes in Many Lands: a Series of over 1,000 illusts. on steel and wood of picturesque views from all parts of the world, comprising Mountain, Lake, and River Scenery, Parks, Cathedrals, Churches, Castles, Abbeys, etc., etc. Edited by Loe de Colange. 2 vols. thick royal 4to, half morocco, gilt edges (name on titles). Bost. 1878

466. PINKERTON'S Voyages and Travels: a General Collection of the best and most interesting Voyages and Travels in all parts of the World, many of which are now first transl. into English. By John Pinkerton. Numerous plates. 17 vols. thick 4to, full russia (poor copy, some vols. broken). Lond. 1808

Three of the vols. are devoted entirely to America, and comprise Smith's Virginia, Burnaby's Travels, Kalm's Travels, Lahontan's Travels, Discoveries and Settlements made by the English in America, Life of Colon, Ulloa's Voyage, etc., etc. 467. PIONEERING IN FORMOSA. By W. A. Pickering. Illust. 8vo, cloth and gilt. Lond. 1898

468. PISTOLS, GUNS, ETC. American Inventions and Improvements in Breech-Loading Small Arms, Heavy Ordnance, Machine Guns, etc., etc. By Gen'l C. B. Norton.

Full-page plates, illuminated and in colors, and other illusts. 4to, cloth (cover somewhat damp-faded).

✓ 469. PLAYBILL.

1220/671

Bost. 1882

Edwin Booth, in various characters,

1871; others of Wallack's Theatre, Niblo's Garden, etc.

(50 pieces, as a lot.)

470. PLUTARCH'S LIVES. With Life and Notes. Engraved portrait and title. 8vo, sheep.

Balt. 1835

471. [POE (EDGAR A.)] The Baltimore Book for 1838. (Containing "Siope: a Fable," by Poe.) Plates. Post 8vo, stamped leather gilt, gilt edges (a little rubbed-otherwise fine copy). Balt. 1830

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472.

POE (EDGAR A.).

The Gift for 1843. (Containing "The Pit and the Pendulum," by Poe.) Plates. Post 8vo, stamped leather gilt, gilt edges. Clean copy. Phil. [1843]

473. POMPEII. Its History, Buildings, and Antiquities: an Account of the City, etc. Edited by Thomas H. Dyer. Fully illust. Thick post 8vo, half morocco. N. Y. 1870 474. Its Destruction and Re-Discovery. By Sir William Gell and J. P. Gandy. With numerous illusts. 4to, cloth, gilt edges. N. Y. [circa 1880]

475. POOLER (L. A.) Studies in the Religion of Israel. Post 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1904

PORTRAITS FOR EXTRA-ILLUSTRATING.

✓ 476. PORTRAITS. ENGLISH PAINTERS, ETC.: Geo. V
Romney, Robt. Smirke, J. Hoppner, David Wilkie, Martin
A. Shee, and others. Finely engraved in stipple by
H. Meyer, C. Picart, and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER
PROOFS. 1812-1817. (7 pieces.)

477. ENGLISH AUTHORS, etc.: Geo. Colman, Sr., John Boydell, Wm. Cowper, Mrs. Montague, Sir Jas. Mackintosh, Rich. Payne Knight, Earl Spencer, Mrs. Trimmer, and others. Finely engraved in stipple by H. Meyer, Vendramini, C. Picart, Scriven, and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1809-22. (14 pieces.)

478. ENGLISH PAINTERS, etc.: Jas. Barry, Sir Wm. Beechey, Jos. Nollekens, Henry Tresham, Philip James de Loutherbourg, and others. Finely engraved in stipple by H. Meyer, Vendramini and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1809-16. (8 pieces.)

479.
ENGLISH SCIENTISTS, etc.: James Watt, Mat-
thew Boulton, Wm. Hunter, Sir H. M. Wellwood, John
Ferrier, M.D., and others. Finely engraved in stipple by
G. Bartolozzi, C. Picart and others. Small folio. OPEN
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480.
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Adam Ferguson, Joseph Planta, Sir Lucas Pepys, John
Playfair, and others. Finely engraved in stipple by H.
Meyer, G. Bartolozzi, R. Cooper and others. Small folio.
OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1809-16. (7 pieces.)

481. ENGLISH CLERGY: Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, Tomline of Lincoln, Watson of Landaff, Shute Barrington of Durham, Rev. Wm. Mason (Gray's friend), Sydney Smith (foxed), and others. Finely engraved in stipple by H. Meyer, R. Cooper, Scriven and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1809-16. (10 pieces.)

/482.

PORTRAITS.

ENGLISH CLERGY: Bishop Lowth of London, Douglas of Salisbury, the Rev. Samuel Parr, Hugh Blair, Isaac Milner, and others. Finely engraved in stipple by H. Meyer, G. Bartolozzi, Scriven and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1809-16. (9 pieces.)

483. ENGLISH GENERALS: Sir John Hope, Sir Geo. Aug. Eliott, Sir Galbraith L. Cole, Sir H. B. Neale, Lord Hutchinson. Finely engraved in Stipple by Vendramini and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1809-22. (5 pieces.) 484. ENGLISH ADMIRALS: Sir J. T. Duckworth, Sir Samuel Hood, Sir T. Trowbridge, Viscount Keppel, Earl St. Vincent, Sir Hyde Parker, Lord Radstock, Lord Barham, Lord Gambier. Finely engraved in stipple by G. Bartolozzi, Vendramini, Miss M. Bourdier, Caroline Watson and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1809-17. (9 pieces.)

485. ENGLISH NOBILITY: Viscount Castlereagh, Earls Bathurst, Grosvenor, Malmesbury, Lord Grenville, Hon. Geo. Ponsonby, and others. Finely engraved in stipple by H. Meyer, Cheeseman and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1810-15. (9 pieces.)

486. ENGLISH NOBILITY: Duke of Bridgewater, Viscount Melville, Earl of Darnley, Earl of Charlemont, Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Mulgrave, and others. Finely engraved in stipple by H. Meyer, C. Picart and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1810-17. (10 pieces.) 487. ENGLISH JURISTS: Lords Mansfield, Thurlow, Camden, Hon. C. Abbott, Speaker, Baron Loughborough, Alex. Frazer Tytler, John Eardley Wilmot, John Philpot Curran. Finely engraved in stipple by H. Meyer, C. Picart and others. Small folio. OPEN LETTER PROOFS. 1809-15. (8 pieces.) 488. ENGLISH MISCELLANEOUS: Judge Littleton, the famous English Lawyer (rare old line, cut down); John Wickliff (rare old line), Culpepper, Sir I. Newton, Earl of Chatham, John Hunter, Nollekens, etc., together with a number of rare old line portraits cut down; also some modern. 4to and smaller. (43 pieces.)

✓489. ENGLISH MISCELLANEOUS: Engraved portraits by Nicholls (the printer, 1797), John Jackson, nephew of Samuel Pepys; Sir Francis Bacon (fine line, 1784), John Lettsom, Capt. Pierce (in carmine, by I. Cruikshank), Wellesley Pole, Hugh Blair; also a number of colored and plain photogravures of Dr. Johnson and his intimate. friends. 4to and 8vo. A VERY DESIRABLE LOT. (27 pieces.)

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