LYSONS. The History of the three Choirs of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford, by S. Lysons, 7s 6d Reliquiæ Britannico Romano, containing figures of Roman Antiquities discovered in various parts of England, in four large folio volumes, 48/ This is an indispensible part of an antiquarian's library. GIRALDI. Cambrensis Itinerarium, edited by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2 vols. quarto, 81 8s This is a curious and elegant work. BRAND. Observations on Popular Antiquities, with additions, by Henry Ellis, 2 vols. quarto, 4/4s, octavo, 15s CAPPER. A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, in octavo, maps, 1825, 1l 11s 6d. A useful manual of reference. PENNANT. Tours in Wales, by Thomas Pennant, Esq. plates, 3 vols. octavo, 21 5s 15s Tour from Chester to London, plates, Account of London, plates, octavo, 171s This is the most popular history of modern Babylon, which might be advantageously printed in a smaller and cheaper form. Tour from London to the Isle of Wight, 2 vols. quarto, 31 Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, quarto, 17 11s 6d 18s Tour from Alston Moor to Harrowgate, Tour in Scotland, 3 vols. quarto, 3113s 6d quarto, ll Is Dr. Johnson observes, Pennant is the best traveller I ever read; he notices more things than any one else does. BRITISH ANTIQUITIES AND TOPOGRAPHY. 65 RUDING. The Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain, by the Rev. Rogers Ruding, 4 vols. quarto, 14/ BRITTON. The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, by John Britton, many fine engravings, 4 vols. quarto, 217, large paper 321 GILPIN. Remarks on Forest Scenery, by the Rev. W. Gilpin, plates, 17 10s Tour of the Highlands of Scotland, 2 vols. with plates, 17 12s Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 2 vols. plates, 1/ 16s Western Tour, plates, 17 5s Tour through Cambridge and Norfolk, plates, 18s Southern Tour, octavo, 10s 6d River Wye, octavo, plates, 17s JOHNSON. Journey to the Western Isles, by Dr. Samuel Johnson, octavo, 8s 88 STORER. The History and Antiquities of the Cathe drals of Great Britain, in four elegant volumes, illustrated with 257 plates OWEN and BLAKEWAY. The History of Shrewsbury, by the Rev. Hugh Owen, and the Rev. J. Blakeway, 2 vols. quarto, numerous engravings This work is now publishing in parts. Beauties of England and Wales, 25 vols. octavo, 201 This is a complete library of British topography. BATTY. Views in Wales, from drawings, by Captain Batty, imperial octavo, 21 2s, quarto, 41 4s MEYRICK. A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour, by Dr. Meyrick, illustrated with many coloured plates, 3 vols. quarto, 211 K As it is impossible to do justice to the extensive department of British Topography in this volume, I must refer the reader, seeking information, to the list published in the Beauties of England and Wales. Biography. From no other works, if written with even a tolerable degree of talent, can so much knowledge be derived, regarding the formation of the intellectual power of man, and the circumstances which usually decide the direction and use of those powers. Works thus combining a high degree of interest, find their way into every library. But even in respect to them, a classification is advisable. Some readers prefer the lives and memoirs of statesmen, as often shedding light on history, or exhibiting in all the familiarity of their undress, and in their domestic circle, men who directed the mighty machinery of the whole civilized world. Other readers eagerly take up the lives of those by whose science or genius they have been instructed, astonished, benefitted, or delighted; and love to trace them from the first dawn of their minds till they shone forth in all their splendour and power. Biographical works should, therefore, be classed according to the character, condition, and pursuits of the men to whom they relate. Dr. Johnson. Anecdotes of Booksellers. LONDON BOOKSELLERS. The book trade of London divides itself into four branches. The general retail bookseller; the dealer in old or second-hand books; the wholesale bookseller, who executes country and foreign orders; and the publishing or manufacturing bookseller; the second class is now scattered over the town, but they formerly resided in Little Britain, which was famous for them. The wholesale have always resided in and near Paternoster Row, but the chief house of this class was for many years on London Bridge. Osborne lived under the gateway of Gray's Inn. Tonson, opposite the Strand Bridge. Millar, first opposite St. Clement's Church, and afterwards opposite Catherine Street. Dodsley on the scite of the Shakspeare Gallery, in Pall Mall. Dilly, in the Poultry. Many booksellers formerly lived on London Bridge, and the chief house for publishing was for many years on that spot. As a specimen of their books, I select the following titles, as they occur in the list of Edward Midwinter, at the Lookinge Glasse, on London Bridge. The Lives of Jonathan Wyld, Blueskin, and Shepherd. The Triumph of Love, containing the Surprising Adventures, Accidents, and Misfortunes, that many persons have encountered in the eager pursuit of their Amorous Inclinations, and fifteen Pleasant Relations or Histories for the recreation of Gentlemen, Ladies, and others who are pleased with such innocent diversions and amusements. into English. Written originally in French, and now done N. B. Where likewise all country chapmen may be furnished at the very lowest prizes, with Bibles of all sorts, Common Prayers, Testaments, Primmers, Psalters, Horn Books, And also with all sorts of Garlands and old Ballads. Three sheet and sheet and half Histories, and Godly Books. Every bookseller had his sign swinging before his. door, as was the case with other trades at that period. Among a large collection of publishers lists I select another as a specimen of the taste of the age, and the kind of literary specu lations they embarked in. Books printed for William Crooke, Bookseller, at the sign of the Greene Dragon, without Temple Bar, nigh unto the passage into the Middle Temple, from the Strand, through Devereuux Court. -1683. The King-killing Doctrine of the Jesuits, in a sincere discourse to the French King, written by a Roman Catholic, in quarto, price 1s Du Moulin's Reflections Reverberated, being a full answer to the damning doctrine of Dr. Lewis Du Moulin, also a confutation of Edmund Hickeringell's railing against the Ecclesiastical Court, by E. Lane, in quarto, price 1s 6d A Sermon preached at the funeral of a sober religious man found drowned in a pit, in octavo, price, bound, Is The Spirit of Prophecy, proving that Christ and his Apostles were Prophets; written by the direction of, and recommended to the press by, the Right Reverend Father in God, Peter, Lord Bishop of Ely, in octavo, price 3s Popish Cruelties, being an Account of the Treason of Dr. Parr against Queen Elizabeth, with his confession of it at his tryal, and his denial at his execution, in folio, price 1s The Travels of Ulysses, how he went to hell and came back again, &c. |