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MASSINGER. PLAYS from the Text of W. Gifford. Edited by E. Cunningham. 12mo, cloth. London, 1868. $2.75. Tree calf extra. $5.25. 1408

MASSINGER, P. DRAMATIC WORKS complete, with introduction and notes critical and explanatory, by W. Gifford. Best edition, with portrait. 4 vols., 8vo, calf gilt, fine copy. Scarce. 1813. $30. Half calf. $24. 1409 "A more perfect edition of an old poet than this never issued from the press."

MATTHEW PARIS'S CHRONICLE, Roger of Wendover's Flowers of English History, from the Descent of the Saxon, to A. D. 1235. Translated by Dr. Giles. 2 vols., post 8vo. Second Section containing the History of England, from 1235 to 1273. 8 vols. Five vols., post 8vo. 1842. $6. 1410

For sincerity of narration, truth of coloring, and extent of information, the Historia Major of the Monk of St. Albans, may be justly deemed as valuable a work as this or any other age has produced."- Berington. MATTHEW OF WESTMINISTER.

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FLOWERS OF HISTORY, especially such as relate to the Affairs of Britain, from the beginning of the World to the Year 1307. Translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. 2 vols., post 8vo. $4. 1411 MATHEWS. MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, Comedian, by Mrs. Mathews. Portraits and Engravings. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. 183839. $10.

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"A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome."-DRYDEN.

MAUNDER.

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TREASURIES OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE IN LITERATURE, History, Geography, the Arts and Sciences. Last edition. 9 vols., 12mo, numerous engravings, uniform in full. calf, neat, fine set. $38. Sold separately in cloth each. $2.50. Calf extra. $4.25. 1413 Comprising:

Bible Knowledge, by Ayres....
Biography, by Cates.

Botany, 2 vols., by Lindley and Moore.
Geography, by Hughes

History, by Cox.

Knowledge, by Woodward.
Natural History, by Cobbold.
Science and Literature, by Johnson.

MAURICE, REV. T. HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN, as connected with other Great Empires of Asia during the most ancient Periods, numerous plates. 3 vols., 4to, half calf. 1795. $7.50. 1415 MAURICE. INDIAN ANTIQUITIES, or Dissertations relative to the Topography, Theology, Laws, Literature, &c., of Hindoostan, compared throughout with those of Persia, numerous engravings. 7 vols., 8vo, calf. 1800. $10.

"Maurice has written with uncommon success on the wonderful Mythology of the Hindoo Religion.' -PEN

NANT.

MAXIMILIAN. PRINCE OF WIELD. Travels in the Interior of North America, translated from the German by H. E. Lloyd, with large map and numerous woodcuts, roy. 4to, half russia. 1843. $10. 1417

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MERRIFIELD, WM. ART OF FRESCO PAINT-MICHAUX AND NUTTALL'S NORTH AMERICAN
ING as practised by the Old Italian and Span-
ish Masters, &c. 8vo, cloth. 1846. $1.25. 1431
MÉRIMÉE, M. J. F. L. ART OF PAINTING IN
OIL and in Fresco. Colored frontispiece.

Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. 1839. $3. 1432 MERIVALE, C. HISTORY OF THE ROMANS under the Empire. Best library edition. 7 vols., 8vo, newly bound by the best tree calf binder in England, Riviere, very scarce. Longmans, 1852-63. $60.

MERIVALE, CHARLES.

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SYLVA; or Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, with a description of the most useful of the European Forest Trees. Nearly 300 magnificently colored engravings. Original and Best English Edition. Together 6 vols., imperial 8vo, half morocco gilt, gilt tops. Philadelphia, 1853. $55. 1442

The best works on the subject and beautiful picture books beside.

MICHAUX.

HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES, translated by Robson. Portrait. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth. $4. MICHELET, J.

1443 HISTORICAL VIEW of the French Revolution. Translated. Post 8vo. 1848. $1.25.

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MICROCOSM, THE, OF LONDON. 75 highly finished Plates, correctly Designed and Colored from Nature. 3 vols., 4to, old calf. $30. 1445

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1433 HISTORY OF THE ROMANS under the empire. New edition. vols., post 8vo, tree calf, m. 1. 1865. $30. 1434 MERIVALE, H. HISTORICAL STUDIES. 8vo, new half calf. 1865. $3.75. 1435 MERLIN, R. ORIGINE DES CARTES A JOUER Recherches Nouvelles sur les Naïbis, les Tarots et sur les autres espéces de cartes. Accompa nied with an Album containing 74 Plates and more than 600 Subjects for the most part un-MIDDLETON, DR. C. Life of Cicero. 2 vols., known and entirely new. 4to, half morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, newly bound. Paris, n. d. $15. METZ, C. M. IMITATIONS OF ANCIENT and Modern Drawing, from the Restoration of the Arts in Italy to the Present Time. With a Chronological Account of the Artists and Strictures on their Works in English and French. 109 Plates in aqua-tint. Royal folio, half morocco. 1798. $50. 1437 "Rough sketches are the most genuine effusions of the genius of an artist, and it must be interesting to every lover of art to see the various changes and numerous pentimentos in the designs for some celebrated picture.' MEXICO ILLUSTRATED, with Descriptions, Eng-MILL, JOHN STUART. A SYSTEM OF LOGIC, lish and Spanish, by J. PHILLIPS. 26 large tinted Drawings on Stone. Impl. folio, half morocco. 1848. $15.

1438 MEXICO: LANDSCAPES and Popular Sketches; by C. Sartorius, edited by Dr. Gaspey, with 18 highly finished engravings on steel from original sketches by M. Rugendas. 4to, new half morocco extra, gilt top, nice copy. n. d. $5.50.

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MEYER. BRITISH BIRDS and their Eggs, a complete history and description of, illustrated by 422 Finely Executed Plates of Birds and of their Eggs, beautifully colored after Nature, complete. 7 vols., 8vo, half morocco, gilt edges. 1853. $67.50.

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This beautiful publication is the only complete History of British Birds and their Eggs with colored plates; it comprises accurate figures both of migratory and indigenous birds, and in most instances both male and female, accompanied by their curious or rare nests.

MEYRICK, SIR S. R. ANCIENT ARMS and Armour. History of, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest. Illus trated with 81 fine Plates, 73 of which are Splendidly Illuminated in Gold and Colors, and 27 Illuminated Initial Letters. 3 vols., impl. 4to, half morocco, gilt edges. 1842. $65. 1441

"This most superb archeological work is annotated with numerous novelties, curious and historical disquisitions, and brilliant and recondite learning. Plates as fine as the monuments of Westminster Abbey. Really and truly the work is admirably executed and deserves every eulogy."

8vo, new half calf gilt. 1823. $5. One of the best written biographies in the language, MIDDLETON, THOMAS. WORKS. How first Collected, with some Account of the Author, and Notes by Alexander Dyce. Portraits. 5 vols., 16mo, half morocco. 1840. $45. 1447 "Best and only complete edition of this celebrated Elizabethan Dramatist. Unfortunately some of his plays are open to the objection made to other writers of this class, obscenity was wit, indecency was plot." MIGNET. HISTORY OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. $4.25. Half calf gilt. $6.50.

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Ratiocinative and Inductive. Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. Last edition. $9.

1449

MILL, J. STUART. PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL
ECONOMY, with some of their Applications to
Social Philosophy. Best edition, 2 vols., 8vo.
Boston, 1872. $11.50..

etc.

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MILL. CONSIDERATIONS ON REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT. Nice copy, 8vo, half calf gilt,
gilt top, newly bound. 1861. $5.
MILLER, HUGH. POPULAR WORKS, com-
1. prising Geological Researches, Tales and
Sketches, Historical and Biographical Essays,
12 vols., crown 8vo, new half calf neat.
1869. $32.50 Cloth. $21.
Includes: The Testimony of the Rocks, The Old Red
Sandstone, Footsprints of the Creator, The Cruise of the
Betsey, My Schools and Schoolmasters, Sketch Book of
Popular Geology, First Impressions of England and its
People, Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland,
Tales and Sketches. The Headship of Christ, Essays, and
Edinburgh and its Neighborhood Geologically considered.
MILLER, THOS. HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-
SAXONS from the Earliest Period to the Nor-
man Conquest. Steel Plates by Harvey.
Post 8vo, new half calf gilt. 1852. $2.50. 1453
MILLER, DR. HISTORY, philosophically consi-
dered, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to
the French Revolution. 4 vols., 8vo, half calf
1454
gilt. 1832.

MILMAN, DÉAN. HISTORY OF LATIN CHRIS TIANITY, including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V. 8 vols., crown 8vo, cloth new. New York, 1862. $13. 1455

MILMAN, H. H. THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS from the Earliest Period down to Modern Times, 3 vols., 8vo, calf, m. 1. 1863. $24. 1456 MILMAN, H. H. HISTORY OF LATIN CHRISTIANITY, including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V. 6 vols., 8vo, calf gilt, gilt tops, uncut, 1854. $48. 1457 A very fine copy of the best edition of this most excellent and learned history,

MILMAN, DEAN. HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY, from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire. Library edition in large type. 3 vols., 8vo, bright calf gilt. 1840. $24. A complete set of this fine edition of Milman. $90. 1458 MILMAN, DEAN. WORKS, viz: History of the Jews-History of Christianity and History of Latin Christianity in all 15 vols., small 8vo, cloth. $30. The same in 15 vols., 8vo, calf extra, gilt edges. 1863-4. $125. 1459 These works are written in a very interesting manner, in a more philosophical spirit, and with more depth of reflection than is generally found in histories of this nature. It is not wanting in historical condensation, and the coloring of the style is lively and picturesque. MILL. HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA, with a Continuation to 1835, with Notes and Illustra tions, by H, H. Wilson, Boden Prof, of Sanscrit at Oxford, large type edition, 10 vols., post 8vo, cloth. 1820-48. $8. Tree calf elegant, bound in 5 vols. $20.

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Mr. Mill's History of India is a work of great research, and in consequence of the knowledge and ability, displayed in his History, the East India Company intrusted to him the chief conduct of their correspondence with India, and afterwards raised him to the head of the department of the India House.

MILNER. HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, corrected and enlarged by Dean Milner. 4 vols., 8vo, boards. Cadell, 1834. $7.50. The same, Grantham's edition. Half calf. 1847. $12. 1461

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"Includes, particularly in the Life of Luther, the best account of the more intellectual part of the history of the Reformation, in other words the progress of the Reformation in Luther's own mind; a very curious subject."Prof. Smyth

MILNER, T. GALLERY OF GEOGRAPHY. A Pictorial and Descriptive Tour of the World. With hundreds of Illustrations, Maps, etc. 2 vols., royal 8vo, cloth. $3.75. Calf extra (suitable for presentation to a youth). $12. 1462

This is a capital book, presenting in an attractive and intelligible form to the general reader the constitution and laws of the physical universe.

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MILLS, C. HISTORY OF CHIVALRY, of Knighthood and its Times, 2 vols. History of the Crusades, 2 vols. History of Mohammedanism, with Life of Mahomet IV. Portrait, Map and Plate. Sale's Koran, 2 vols., best edition. Together 7 vols., 8vo, half morocco extra, newly bound uniform. Handsome set, scarce. v. d. $25. 1465

MILLS, C. HISTORY OF MOHAMMEDANISM : Life and Character of the Prophet, and Inquiry into the Theology, Laws, Usages, etc., of the Musselmans, second edition augmented. 8vo, cloth. 1818. $2.25. 1466

MILLS, JOHN. THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY. Portrait on India Paper, and tinted Illustrations. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1845. $2.50.

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See also Leech. MILTON, JOHN. WORKS IN VERSE AND PROSE, Printed from the Original Editions, with a Life of the Author, by Rev. John Mitford. 8 vols, 8vo, new polished calf, tops gilt, uncut. Beautifully printed on types cast expressly for the books. Wm. Pickering. 1851. $100. 1468 The best printed and most complete edition of the whole works of Milton. Scarce. MILTON, J. The same. Tree calf elegant. 1867. $50. Cloth uncut. $30. 1468.* Printed from the very type used in Pickering's edition, making a splendid edition of Milton, offered at a low price. Just about as fine as the original, but not as rare. MILTON, JOHN. THE POETICAL WORKS OF. With a Life of the Author by William Hayley. Plates after Westall, with 3 fine portraits of Milton, after Jansen, Vertue and an unknown Artist. 3 vols., royal folio, good binding. 1794. $45. Boydell's magnificent edition, with plates after Westall, published at £15. 158. By many, thought to be the finest production of Mr. Bulmer's press.

1469

This edition has been rightly called "The noblest monument raised by England to the genius of her greatest poet,"

MILTON, JOHN. POETICAL WORKS, with Notes of various Authors, with some Account of his Life and Writings, by the Rev. HENRY TODD, second edition, with a Verbal Index. Fine portrait. 7 vols., 8vo, calf, good set, gilt edges. 1809. $22.

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MILTON. POETICAL WORKS, edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, with portraits, frontispieces by Westall, and beautiful vignettes, by Turner. 6 vols., fcap. 8vo, beautifully bound in light polished calf, gilt edges, choice set, scarce. $28. Half morocco. $16.50. 1471 Uniform with the handy edition of Byron, Shakespeare, Burns, &c.

MILTON, J. POETICAL WORKS, with Critical Remarks by Montgomery, and illustrated with 120 fine woodcuts by Harvey. 2 vols., 8vo., cloth. 1843. $6. 1472 MILTON. PARADISE LOST, portrait and plates by Burney, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, &c., some from Fuseli's designs. 2 vols., small 8vo, Du Roveray's Beautiful Edition, beautifully bound in polished calf extra, yellow edges, fine copy. $8.50. 1473

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