Volume 1
The bibliographer's manual of English literature : containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing; with bibliographical and critical notices, collations of the rarer articles, and the prices at which they have been sold / by William Thomas Lowndes.
- William Thomas Lowndes
- Date:
- 1871
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The bibliographer's manual of English literature : containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing; with bibliographical and critical notices, collations of the rarer articles, and the prices at which they have been sold / by William Thomas Lowndes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![newest and choisest Songs a la Mode, both amorous and jovial. London, 1669. 12mo. With frontis- piece, 10s. to 15s. Frequently reprinted. Edition 1671, Nassau, Pt. i. 6, 14s. 1681. Stanley, 679, 11. Is. Academy of Compliments, or whole Art of Courtship, being the rarest and most exact way of wooing a Maid or Widow, by the way of Dialogue or complimental Expres- sions. London, 12mo. An abridgment of the ' Jardin d’Amour.’ White Knights, No. 7, 5s. Academy ^of Pleasure, fUrnished with all kinds of comphmental Letters, Discourses, and Dialogues, with a variety of new Songs, Son- nets, and witty Inventions. Lon- don, 1656. 12mo. A rare work, with engraved title, by Vaughan, containing portraits of Drayton, Quarles, Wither, and Jonson, and a portrait of the author ? in the dress of a book chap- man. Nassau, Pt. i. 3. russia, 81.18s. 6d. I’ownley, 1665, 21. 5s. Accedence (Latin). Printed in Caxon’s Hous by W. de Word’ at Westmynstre. 4to. (No date, but before 1497.) Contains A viij. B vi. Dr. Dibdin says W. de Worde printed an edition of 'The Long Accydence’ in 1513, 4to. Accum, Frederic. System of theoretical and practical Chemistry. London, 1803. 8vo. 2 vols. 10s. Of this edition there were a few copies printed on paper manufactui’ed from straw. Accum published many other treatises on Chemistry, Mineralogy, &c., mostly com- pilations from other works. Acebbi, Joseph. Travels through Sweden, Ilnland, and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the years 1798 and 1799. London, 1802. 4to. 2 vols. with 17 engravings, 17 5s.; copies with the plates of natural history coloured, 17 15s. This work has been attacked by Rihs, a Swede, for misrepresenting the Swedes, and for having borrowed largely without acknowledgment from Leemius; and also by his fellow-traveller, Skioldebrand, for having appropriated his views and designs. Drury, 129. russia, 11. 14s. Fouthill, 427, il. Earl of Kerry, 177, 31, Acharta, Bhascara. Lilawatij or, a Treatise on Arithmetic and Greometry, translated from the San- scrit by John Taylor, M.D. Bom- bay, 1816. 4to. Achelte. See Atchelte. Acheelet, Eoger. The Bri- tannic Constitution, or the funda- mental Form of Grovemment in Britain, demonstrating the original Contract entered into by King and People. London, 1727 orl741.fol. 10s. 6d.—L. P. 18s. This writer likewise published, “The Free Parliament,” 1731, 8vo. 3s. 6d., and in 1780 appeared: ‘ Reasons for Uniformity in the State, being a Supplement to the Bri- tannic Constitution,’ 8vo. Achesone, James. The Mihtarie Grarden, or Instructions for all young Souldiers. Edinb. 1629. 4to. with a folding plan. Gordonstoun, 72,13s. Inglis, 97,17s. Achilles Tatitjs. The History of Chtophon and Leucippe, from the Greek, by W. B. [urton]. Lond. by Tho. Creede, 1597. 4to. A translation mentioned by Ant. a Wood, and also by Warton, but unknown to Ames or Herbert. — The loves of Chtophon and Leucippe, Enghshed by A. H. [An- thony Hodges]. Oxford, 1638. small 8vo. with a frontispiece. According to Ant. k Wood, ‘ There were two impressions of this translation made in that year (1638), and in one of them are commendatory copies of verses made by several poets of the university.’ Bindley, Pt. i. 25, li. 8s. An abridged translation was published in 1720. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Ackeemann. See Bepository of Arts. Oxford. Microcosm. West- minster, &c. Aclakd, Hugh Dyke. A brief Sketch of the History and present Situation of the Vaudois. London, 1825. 8vo, Plates by Finden. An interesting article on the History of the Vaudois, with a notice of this work, will be found in the Quarterly Review, xxxiii. 134-176. Acme and Septimus, 4to. 9s. Thirty-six copies printed. See Boswell, 3082.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24872155_0001_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
