2152 THE PLAYS OF W. SHAKSPEARE, with the Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators, to which are added Notes by Johnson and Steevens. 23 vols. gr. in 8vo. Basil 1800-1802

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One of the most curious articles in this catalogue, copies of which may be obtained from the London Agent for the sale, Mr. Nutt, of the Strand, is No. 1965, a copy of Lilly's Sixe Court Comedies, which had belonged to Oliver Cromwell, and appears to contain his autograph.

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JONES' (EDMUND) GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS ACCOUNTS OF ABERYSTWITH, 8vo. Trevecka, 1779.

CARTARI.—LA ROSA D'ORO PONTIFICA, ETC. 4to. Rome. 1681.

SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS—The Fourth Volume of WHITTINGHAM'S Edition, in 7 vols. 24mo. Chiswick. 1814.

M.C.H. BROEMEL, FEST-TANZEN DER ERSTEN CHRISTEN. Jena. 1705.

BUDDEN'S DISCOURSE FOR PARENT'S HONOUR AND AUTHORITIE. 8vo. 1616.

THE TWO WOLVES IN LAMB'S SKINS, OR OLD ELI'S LAMENTATIONS OVER HIS TWO SONS. 8vo. 1716.

AVERELL'S FOUR NOTABLE HISTORIES, ETC. 4to. 1590.

NATURE, A POEM. Folio. 1736.

BARNEFIELD'S PLOWMAN'S COMPLAINT. 4to. 1580.

GILL'S INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN, in Verse. 1709.

JERMIN'S FATHER'S INSTITUTION OF HIS CHILD. 1658.

COOPER'S (C.P.) ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC RECORDS. 8vo. 1832.—The First Volume of.

PASSIONAEL EFTE DAT LEVENT DER HELLIGEN. Folio. Basil. MDXXII.

LIVY.—Vol. I. of Crevier's Edition. 6 vols. 4to. Paris. 1739.

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