III. — Hitherto Unknown Writings.

A most valuable contribution to English history and English literature.
For many years it has been well known in literary circles that the gentleman to whom the public is mdebted for this valuable addition to the knowledge of DeFoe^s Life and Works has been an inde- £iitig>ible collector of everything relating to the subject, and that such collection had refereace to a more full and correct Memoir uian had yet been given to the world.
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History of the Eod,
In all Countries, from the Earliest to the Present Time. By the Rev. Wm. M. COOPER, B.A. I stout volume, i2mo, with numerous spirited illustrations. Cloth, $3.50.
*0* A very curious work upon a hitherto neglected chapter of our sodal annals. The work is adorned with numerous characteristic En^avings ; and the author assujnes the reader that his sole aim has been to give (to the best of his abihty) a true History of the Rod a» aa instrumeat fin- correc- tional purposes in the Church, the State, and the Family.
The Eosicrucians ;
Their Rites and Mysteries. With chapters on the An- cient Fire and Serpent- Worshippers, and Explanations of the Mystic Symbols represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the primeval Philosophers. By Hargrave Jennings. Crown 8vo, 316 wood engravings, $3.75.
**«! A volume of startling facts and opinions upon this very mysterious subject
The Shyp of Fooles.
Translated by Alexander Barclay, Preste. Being a faithful Reprint of the Pynson EDITION of 1 509, with IN- TRODUCTION, Notes, and Glossary. One hundred and twelve engravings, executed on wood. 2 vols., crown 4to (upwards of 600 pp.), uncut, $17.50.
The publisher has great pleasu|e in calling the attention of book-lovers to the reproduction of this extivmelv curious, interesting, and once widely-popular Satire, which, under the allegory of a ship, freighted with fools of all kinds, held the mirror up to the prevailing vices and follies of every rank and prolessioa at that imporunt and suggestive period of history immediately preceding the Refonnaaoo.
ONLY ONE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED.
Duyckinck's Cyclopaedia of American Literature.
Printed by Alvord, on a hand-press, and on tinted paper of extra weight and finish, prepared expressly for the work. For the convenience of persons desirous of il- lustrating the work, for which purpose it is admirably adapted, it has been issued in five parts, with separate rubricated titles, each of the two original volumes being divided into two parts, of about three hundred and fifty pages each, and the new Supplement forming the fifth. A finely engraved portrait printed on India paper is given with each part. The subjects of these portraits are Ben- jamin Franklin, James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, William Hickling Prescott, and, with the Supple- ment, a portrait of the late George L. Duyckinck, newly engraved in line, by Burt, after an original painting by Duggan. 5 vols. 4to, uncut, $25.00. Half morocco, gilt top, $50.00.
Only thirteen sets of this edition now remain.
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Payiie Knight's Worship of Priapus.
A discourse on the Worship of Priapus, and its connec- tion with the Mystic Theology of the Ancients. By Richard Payne Knight, Esq. A new edition. To ^hich is added an essay on the worship of the generative powers during the middle ages of Western Europe. Il- lustrated with 138 engravings (many of which are full- page), from Ancient Gems, Coins, Medals, Bronzes, Sculpture, Egyptian Figures, Ornaments, Monuments, etc. Printed on heavy toned paper, at the Chiswick Press, I vol. 4to, half Roxburghe morocco, gilt top, $35.00.
" R. P. Knight, the writer of the first ' Essay/* was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the British Parliament, and one of the most learned antiquaries of his time. His museum of Phallic objects is now most carefully preserved in the Ix>ndon British Museum, llie second ' Essay,' bring- ing our knowledge of the worship of Priapus down to the present time, so as to include the noore recent discoveries throMnng any light upon the matter, is said tn be by one of the most distingui^ed English antiquaries — the author of numerous works which are held in high esteem. He was assisted it is understood, by two prominent Fellows of the Royal Society, one of whom has recaady pretented a wonderful collection ot Phallic objects to the Uriti^ Museum authorities."
Gesta Eomanorum.
Or, Entertaining Moral Stories. Invented by the Monks as a fireside recreation ; and commonly applied to their Discourses from the Pulpit, whence the most cele- brated of our Poets and others, from the earliest times, have extracted their Plots. Translated from the Latin, with Preliminary Observations and Copious Notes, by the Rev. Charles Swan. New edition, with an Introduc- tion by Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. 2 vols. 8vo, vellum cloth, uncut, printed on large and heavy paper, $10.00. Full calf, extra, $17.50.
A limited edition only was printed, of which now only 14 copies remain.
** They ** (the Monks) " might be disposed occasionally to recreate their minds with subjects of a U^t and amusing nature ; and what could be more innocent or delightfiil than the stones of the (Jbsta Romanokum ! **—D
Jones' (Owen) Grammar of Ornament.
A Series of 112 exquisitely colored Plates, executed in Chromolithography, comprising 3000 examples of the Dec- oration of all Ages and Nations, with Descriptive Letter- press, illustrated with Woodcuts. Folio, cloth, extra, gilt edges. $30.00.
^ Tlis new edition ^is a reproduction of the larger woric on a smaller scaU \ a few of ^ PJAtet
whidi could not be reduced have been printed on a larger icak^ and the same artutic matter has been extended from loo to zu plates.
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Dibdin's Bibliomania ;
Or, Book-Madness : A Bibliographical Romance. With numerous Illustrations. A new Edition, with a Supple- ment, including a Key to the Assumed Characters in the Drama. 8vo, half-Roxburghe, $6.CX) ; a few Large Paper copies. Imp. 8vo, half-Roxburghe, the edges altogether uncut, $12. cx).
"I have not yet recovered from the delij^tful delirium into which your ' Bibliomania' has com- plefedy thrown me. Your book, to my taste, u one of die most extraordmary gratificatiops I have en- loyed for many years." — Isaac Disrabu.
Greville's Memoirs.
Journal of the Reign of King George IV. and King William IV. By the late Charles C. F. Greville, Esq. Edited by Henry Reeve. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, $7.50-
No equally important contribution to the political historv of the last generation has been made by any previous writer. As a roan of 'ank and lashion, Mr. Greville associated* on terms of equalit)*. wiU) all the sutesmen of his time, and his long tenure of a permanent office immediately outside of the circle of politics compelled him to observe a neutrality which was probably ooDgenial to his character and indmation. — Saturday Revie^v,
Archie Armstrong's Banquet of Jests.
Reprinted from the original edition, together with Archie's Dream (1641), handsomely printed in antique style, with red line borders. Square i2mo, new vellum cloth, uncut, $6.50.
The same, printed on Whatman's paper (limited to 25 copies). Square i2mo, new cloth, $9.00.
«*4i The edition (of all kinds) was limited to 35a copies. It is completely exhausted, and ot^ies are now difficult to obtain. \
*' A mure amusing budget of odd stories, clever witticisms, and lau^ter-moTing tales, is not to be found in Jester's Library."
Nares^ Glossary.
Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, etc., which have been thought to require Illustration in the Works of English Authors, par- ticularly Shakespeare and his contemporaries. New Edition, with additions, etc., by J. O. Halliwell and Thomas Wright. 2 vols. 8vo, new cloth, $6.50.
Gavin Douglas' Poetical Works.
With Memoir, Notes and Glossary, by J. Small, M.A., F.S.A. Illustrated by specimens of the Manuscripts, and the title-pages and woodcuts of the early editions in facsimile. Handsomely printed in 4 vols, post 8vo, cloth. $18.00. 1874.
The same. Large Paper. Fifty copies only printed.
4 handsome demy 8vo vols, cloth, $25.00, (Published ® £6,6.0.)
The distinguished poets WOliam Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkdd, and Sir David Lindsay of ihc Mount, form a trio of whom Scotland has every reason to be proud: but, as the M'orks of the second of these have not hitherto been coUecCedi an Edition of tfaem nas kmg been a deskUir. atum in Scottish Litcratiu^.
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Walford's County FamUies.
The County Families of the United Kingdom ; or, Man- ual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. Containing a Brief Notice of the Descent, Birth, Marriage, Education, and Appointments of each person ; his Heir Apparent or Presumptive ; as also a Record of the Offices which he has hitherto held, with his Town Address and Country Residence. By Edward Walford, M. a. I vol. thick imperial octavo. Cloth, gilt edges. i,2CX) pages, $8.CXD.
Caxton's Statutes of Henry VII., 1489.
Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by JOHN Rae, Esq. , Fellow of the Royal Institution. The earliest known volume of Printed Statutes, and remarkable as being in English. It contains some very curious and primitive Legislation on Trade and Domestic Matters. In remark- able fac-simile, from the rare original. Small folio, half morocco, uncut, $7.50.
Owen Jones' Alhambra.
Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Alhambra, with the elaborate details of this beautiful specimen of Moor- ish Architecture, minutely displayed in 100 beautifully engraved plates, 6^ of which are highly finished in gold and colors, from Drawings taken on the spot by JULES GOURY and OwEN JONES, with a complete translation of the Arabic Inscriptions, and an Historical Notice of the Kings of Granada, by Pascual DE Gavangos. 2 vols, imperial folio (pub. at ;^24), elegantly half bound morocco, gilt edges, full gilt backs. $
The same work on Large Paper, 2 vols, atlas folio, 100 plates, 67 of them in gold and colors, the engraved plates on India paper (pub. at £z(>)^ half bound morocco, gilt edges. %
For practical purposes, to architects the small paper copies will suffice ; but gentlemen desirous of adding a noble book in its finest appearance to their library, mu-^t have a I^argc Paper copy.
" III spite of earth(^uakes, mines and cuuntcr-minci« — spite of Spanish convicts, French soldiers, Spanish bi;;otry, and Flemish barbarism of thieves and cipsy^, contral>an pers, charcoal-burners and snow-gathcrer«, the Alhambra still cxisis— one of the most recent of Kurupcan ruins. It is the m>si perfect in repair and the richest in design ; it has suffered lc*s from man. or the elements, and has fallen more gently into decay. It was not molten like Nineveh in an hour, or buried in a day like Pompeii : it was nut smitten down at a blow like Corinth, ur sapped for centuries like Athenv Though it has been alternately a bnrrrtck. a prison, a tea carden, and an almshouse — t|}ough its harem nas been a hen-house, its prisons i)ens for *hcfp : the Alhambra is >iill one of the mo^t wontlerful productions of Kastern splendor, lingering in Kunjjic kujg .ifter the Mos- lem waves h.ive rolled b.ick into Asia, like a golden cup dropped on the sand, ur like tlie last i«nt of 5:)me dea t tbered their camels, ani sought their new homes in the far dcaert"
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The K3S403SliK3£]^ of the Egyptians and the Greek Canon of Propor- tion :
The Normal Law of Being and of Beauty, applied to Art, Sculpture, Architecture, Symbolism, Language, Natural Law and Science, and the deciphering of the Hidden Meaning of the sculptured and written Egyptian and Hebraic Religious Records. By Geo. Henry Felt.
J. W. Bouton begs to announce that he has now in press, and will shortly publish, a work of deep and ex- traordinary interest, to which he invites the particular attention of all students of Art, ARCHITECTURE, SCULP- TURE, Language, Theology, Physics, Natural Law AND Science, as well as of all those who, like Alphonso the Wise of Castile, ** live and learn.*'
Many persons skilled in the exact sciences, and in the application of Science to Art, as well as in the profound and more subtle relations of Theology and Ontology ; and of acknowledged scholastic ability in very many special branches thereto pertaining, have critically and carefully examined, and cordially approved, Mr Felt's method of demonstrating his system of original and inti- mate investigations into the true meaning of the monu- mental symbolism of Egypt, in which he claims to have discovered the true geometrical system of the Egyptians, the long-lost and eagerly sought for key wherewith Egypt unlocked the mysteries of Nature and Art.
" Mr. Felt has made the architecture of the Egyptians and Greeks, their statuary, as they arc preservtrd. a >tudy, and shows conchisivcly that all the ancient monuments, pyramids, temples, and figures were erected and formed according to certain well-esublishcd geometrical proportions, venfied throughout the entire artistic and intellectual creations of thr ancients. He traces with a wonderful perspicuity the progress of the scientific principles first established by the Eg>'ptian e entire ancient w^rld, their adoption by the Greeks Chaldeans, Hebrews, and their influence oo the symbolism in worship and the growth of language.
** l*his work, when a)mpleted, will shed a new light on archaeological studies, furnish explanations where obscurity prevailed until now, and his book will take rank side by side with the epoch-making lat)ors of SeyfFcrt, Bunsen, Champollion, and other Egyptologians.
" Wc look forward with great interest to the puoiicatioa of this remarkable book.**-— T''**^''^ Times.
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The " Kaballah " will be printed upon superior paper, of imperial 4to size, with over i,ooo illustrations, i)iain and colored, embracing many of large size and great elaboration. It will be completed in ten parts at $2.50 each, and supplied to subscribers only. Parts I., IT and III., nearly ready.
THE NEW FBENCH ART JOURNAL.
L'Art.
Revue Ilebdoinadaire Uliistree. (M. Eugene Veron et Adolphe Ballue, redacteurs.) Hand8omely printed on heavy toned paper, and illustrated with several hundred engrav- ings on wood from drawings and pictures by celebrated cotemporary artists, examples of antique and modem sculp- ture, objects of Art Industry in all branches, and a series of superbly executed etchings by the best li\nng etchers, executed expressly for this work; being principally from the more noticeable pictures exliibited in the Salons of Europe, carefully printed on Holland paper. Forming four volumes a year. Royal folio (17^ x 12 in.) of about 500 pp. each, with nearly 200 woodcuts, fac-similes, etc., and upwards of twenty etchings in each volume. 4 vols, folio. Stitched, paper covers, uncut, $36.00. In cloth, gilt top, uncut edges, $45.00. Ilandsomely bound in half red mo- rocco (Jansen style), gilt tops, uncut edges, $65.00.
Edition de luxe.
A special issue (limited strictly to one hundred copies, each of which is numbered) is carefullj printed throughout on heavy Holland paper, the larger engravings being printed separately on Lidia paper. The etchingfs are in two states, the print on Holland paper, and a proof impression on Japan paper mounted on Bristol board, making four very large folio volumes. Paper, uncut, $125.00.
^*^ Only a few copies have been secured for this market, and are offered at the above low figure, for a short time only. A set of the proof etchings similar to those included in these volumes would cost (if bought sepa- rately) quite as much as is asked for the work complete.
•• There has, up to the jiropcnt time, been no snch spirited venture as the Art Jonmal, Cfltab- lifhcd in Paris nt ilie bcf^ii.niiif; of the present yenr (1«75) unr^er the liic«'nic name of * I/Art.' It haH defects, but it has ihe tinui nitrit ol being fiill of life and enerjrj'. The wonder in, how a jour- nal on Much an important wnle can find the degree of public aupport which must Ijenecewary to ita exi!«tence. The proprietors of *L'Art' do not reat paMsfled with an api)eal to their own fellow- citizens or even fellt/W-countryraen : they have ajrenta all the world over, even at puch places aa Duchareiit and CouKtantinople. The proprietora of ' LMri ' evidently intend to give it aa coflmo- tK>litan a chanirter as they }>ofisibly can. The list of writera includes men of three or four different nationa. and the subjects treate dent that the proprietom of * //.1r
always lively and interesting, though not povcmed by much severity of taste. It is full of what the French call mtnaliU. The proprietors seem dctcrmini»d to spare no effort, and we cordialiy wiuh them fucccsa."— Philip Gildebt Hamebton, in '* Por^folio^^ September, 1676,
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The advertiser having concluded satisfactory arrangements with the pnblishera of ** Z\4ri," is enabled to offer the volumes for the current year at a figure that will place it more generally within the reach of students and lovers of art.
The former subscription price for America was Fifty Dollars, Gold, or nearly sixty dollars currency. Present reduced price, 4 vols, folio, stitohed, $36.00, currency ; or, neatly bound in cloth, gilt, $45.00, oorrenoy.
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The Works of William linger.
A Series of Seventy-two JEtchlngs after the Old JUtisters, With Critical aiid Descriptive Notes by C. VosMAEB. Comprising the most celebrated paintings of the following artists: Tintoretto, Rcysdael, REMBRANiyr,
GUIDO, POUSSIN, KUBENS, OsTADE, JaN StEEN, VaX DycK,
WouvERMANS, Paul Potter, Frans IIals, Veronese, Jor- DAENs, Van der Velde, Brouwer, etc., etc.
" No engraver who erer lived has ao oompletqljr idcntiileil himBolf with painten he had to in- terpret afl Professor linger in the seventy-two plates which compose his * Works/ He can ado^a at vrlll the most opposite styles, and work on each with eaite, a fluency such as other men can only attain in one manner— their own— and after half n lifetime. Indt^. one would mit bo jir^in^ far wrung to describe Profewor Unger as an art critic of very uncunnnou inAifrht. who czplaind the sentiment and execution of great painters with an etching needle instead of a pen.
*' It has been said of engraving that It is an nnintcllectnal occupation^ because it is simply oopyism ; but such engraving as this is not unintellcctual. for it proves a delicacy and keenness of understanding which are bi>th rare among artists and criticH. Unrer han not the nnrrovmess of the ordinary artist, for be can enter into the most opposite styles : nor ha^ he the technical Ifmo- ranoe of the ordinary critic, for he can draw— I will nut say like a great master, bat like twcucy different great masters.
" Mr. Vosmaor. the now well-known Dutch critic, who wrftes in English and French as well ns in his own language, has much increased the interest in Ungcr's etchings by accuinpanying them with a valimble biographic e«myof his own, much suinrrior to the ordinary * letter preu,* which publishers in general appear to coutuder as a neocbsary companion to engraving.
" The seventy-two etchings before ns are. on the whole, the most remarkable snt of studies from old inaatcrs which has been iftiued by tbo (!nten>rise of our modem publishers, and they can hardly fail to make fine work better appreciated both by artists and amateurs.
*' A few words of praise are due to the spirited publisher, Mr. SljthofI, of Loyden, for the manner in whioh these etchings of Unger have been pubtisbcd. They are printed on fine Dutch IHipcr, and mounted (pasted by the upper edge only) on sufflciently go OS to enter into the most oaref ally arranged collections without further change. They are aot^m- ])anicd by a text printed with the greatest taste, on very fine Dutch paper. This scries ix printed in one class of proof only, and issued at a price that is most rea«ionable, and Itfr. Sijthoff de-ierves our thanks for placing works of real art, thoroughly well got up, within the roach of cultivated l)eople who have limited inoomca.
" We recommend them strongly to all artists an cation and a aooroe of enduring pleasure.** — Uavkbton in the IntemaUonal RevUw for Jan., 1876.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
After several years of preparatiozi, this important Art work is now com- pleted and readj for delivery, It has been produced in a style of excellence commensurate with the sabject and regardless of cost.
The plates, by M. Unoer, have been printed at Munich, by Frederic Felstno. The paper made expressly for the work, by MM. Van G elder, PiLS, of Amsterdam. The type founded expressly, by MM. John Enscheidb ft FtLS, of Haarlem. The text printed by A. W. Suthoff of Leyden.
A translation of the text into English has been carefully made, lor its better adaptation to the American public, and what is, perhaps, of more importance, the price has been fixed at a figure that will place it within the reach of art lovers generally.
It will be supplied in Ten parts — 16x22^ inches — at $6.00 per number, payable on delivery.
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