On a Sheet, 22 Inches by 30. Price 7s. 6d.
MAGNA CHARTA SUB SIGILLO REGIS JOHANNIS, An. Dom. M.CC.XV.
London: Henry Kent CAUSTON, at the Printing Offices, Nag's Head Court,
Gracechurch Street.
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Twenty Day's Sale of the First Portion of the valuable and extensive
Stock of Books of Messrs. Payne and Foss.
MESSRS. S. LEIGH SOTHEBY and Co., Auctioneers of Literary Property and
Works illustrative of the Fine Arts, will sell at their House, 3.
Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, March 18th, 1850, and Nine
following Days, and on Monday, April 8th, and Nine following days, at
One o'Clock precisely, the First Portion of the extensive and valuable
STOCK of BOOKS of Messrs. Payne and Foss, retiring from Business:
comprising interesting Publications in the Infancy of Printing, first
and best Editions of the Classics, Productions of the Aldine Press,
Theology and best Editions of the Fathers, French and Italian Books,
Voyages and Travels, fine Books of Prints, English History and
Miscellaneous Literature. Many of the Books are on Large Paper, and in
Morocco and Russia bindings. To be viewed Two Days prior, and Catalogues
had.
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In 1 vol. royal 4to., with 18 Plates. Price 1l. 1s.
THE DODO AND ITS KINDRED, or the History of the Dodo, the SOLITAIRE, and
other extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands. By H.E. STRICKLAND, M.A.,
and A.G. MELVILLE, M.D. For reviews of this work see _Blackwood's
Magazine_, Jan., 1849; _Athenæum_, Feb. 10., 1849; _Westminster Review_,
April, 1849; _Silliman's American Journal_, Jan., 1849; _Revue
Zoologique_, Oct., 1848; _Zeitung für Zoologie_, May 20, 1849, &c.
London: REEVE, BENHAM, and REEVE, King William Street, Strand.
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VALUABLE QUARTO CLASSICS, in good condition and at reduced
prices--Æliani Varia Historia, Gr. et Lat., Gronovil, vellum, 10s.;
Æschylus, Gr. et Lat. Butleri, 4 vols., new, cloth, 2l. 2s.; Aurelius
Victor, Aratzenii, calf, gilt, 8s. 6d.; Ausonius, Delphini, calf, gilt,
10s. 6d.; large paper, rare, 15s.; Demosthenes et Æschines, Gr. et Lat.,
Taylori, 2 vols., calf, neat, 10s.; Euripides, Gr. et Lat., Beckii, 3
vols., russia, extra, 1l. 15s.; Homerus, Gr. et Lat., Barnnessil, 2
vols., calf, neat, 15s.; Horatius, edidit Combe, 2 vols., calf, gilt,
1l. 5s. russia, extra, 1l. 15s.; Lucanus, Oudenorpil, 2 vols., calf,
neat, 12s. 6d.; Lucanus, Burmanni, calf, neat, 10s. 6d.; Lucretius,
edidit Keats, calf, extra, 6s., russia, extra, large paper, 10s.;
Maximum Tyrius, Gr. et Lat., Marklandi et Davisit, calf, gilt, 10s.;
Minuciux Felix, Ouzelii, vellum, 5s.; Phædrus Hoogstratani, calf, gilt,
plates, scarce, 12s.; Plautus, Delphini, 2 vols., calf, neat, 18s.,
vellum, fine copy, 1l. 5s.; Plinii Historia Naturalis, Delphini, 6
vols., calf, neat, 1l. 5s.; Plinii Epistolæ, Cortii et Longolii, vellum,
12s.; Plinii Panegyricus, Schwarzli, sewed, 6s., russia, 12s.;
Propertius, Brouckhusii, 1727, calf, gilt, or vellum, 6s.; Quintillanus,
Burmanoi, 4 vols., calf, neat, 1l. 1s.; Quintus Curtius, Snakenburgii, 2
vols., calf, neat, 12s., calf, gilt, 15s.; Sallustius, Havercampi, 2
vols., calf, gilt, 1l. 4s.; Suetonius, Pitisci, 2 vols., calf, gilt,
15s.; Terentius, Delphini, calf, neat, 7s.; Thucydides, Gr. et Lat.,
Gottleberi et Dukeri, 2 vols., russia, 14s.; Tibullus, Brouckhusii,
calf, gilt, or vellum, 5s.; Vilgilius, Masavicii, 2 vols., calf, neat,
10s. 6d.--A Catalogue, containing upwards of 2000 Articles, including
Translations, Commentaries, Lexicons, &c., will be sent on receipt of
two postage stamps.
R. SAYWELL, 193. High Holborn, opposite New Oxford Street.
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The highly-interesting Collection of Autograph Letters of George
Linnecar, Esq., of Liverpool; a Picture by Hogarth; various articles
formerly in the possession of John Evelyn, &c.
PUTTICK AND SIMPSON, Auctioneers of Literary Property, will SELL by
AUCTION, at their Great Room, 191. Piccadilly, on TUESDAY, March 19, and
following day, the very select and interesting collection of AUTOGRAPH
LETTERS of GEORGE LINNECAR, Esq., of Liverpool. The greater part of this
collection has been selected from the extraordinary assemblage of
letters formed by the late William Upcott, Esq., and consists mainly of
interesting letters of English literary characters from the time of
Alexander Pope to the present period. A volume of unpublished poems in
the autograph of James Thompson, some miscellanies from the collection
of John Evelyn, including his well-known drinking cup; a plaster cast
from Thorwaldsen's bust of Byron (only two taken), a picture by Hogarth,
miniature of Voltaire by Sir J. Reynolds, &c.
May be viewed the day before the sale. Catalogues will be sent on
application.
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