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Aristotelis Poetica, gr. lat. edid. T. Tyrwhit. Oxon 1794.

Of the Largest Paper, in Folio, only thirty copies were printed, these were intended as presents to crowned heads, public libraries, and distinguished personages, twenty of which have been dispersed.

At the Duke of Roxburghe's Auction, in 1814, a Copy sold for 377. 16s.

Museum Worsleyanum, or a Collection of Antique Basso

releivos, Bustos, Statues, and Gems; with Views of Places in the Levant, taken on the spot in the years 1785-6-7. (By Sir R. Worsley,) 2 vols. folio. London. Printed by Bulmer, 1794.

Of this work 250 Copies were printed, none of which were ever sold during the life of the author. In the beginning of the year 1804, no more than twenty-seven copies had been presented by him to particular friends, and such was his anxiety to prevent its being offered for sale, that he purchased a Copy for 2001. from the executors of one of the gentlemen to whom he had presented it, in order to hinder its falling into the hands of a bookseller. The expences attending this publication, including the author's travels, are said to have amounted to upwards of 27,000l.

There is a very good analysis of it in the first volume of Savage's Librarian.

Grenville, 1810, sold for 571. 15s.

Sir W. Hamilton, 521. 10s.

Townley, 967. 12s.

Disquisition upon Etruscan Vases, displaying their probable connection with the Shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese Feast of Lanterns. Plates, 4to. 1806.

This privately printed and unpublished book was written by Mr. Christie of Pall Mall, its merit and rarity give it a fair place in any library, and the price it has brought in the following sales sufficiently evince its estimation among collectors.

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Stedman's (Captain J. G.) Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, from the year 1772 to 1777, elucidating the History of that Country, and describing its Productions. 2 vols. 4to. with a Portrait of the Author, engraved by Bartolozzi, and 80 Engravings from Drawings by the Author.* Lond. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1806.

Copies, with the plates coloured, of which I believe very few exist, are rarely met with; a Copy of this description sold among the books of J. Follett, Esq. in 1814, for 71.

* At the end of each volume is a List of Plates and directions for placing the same.

John Gabriel Stedman was a native of Scotland, and died at Tiverton, Devon, March 1, 1797, at the age of 52. He was buried at Bickley, near Tiverton, with this Epitaph, written by himself, and at his own desire, placed over his tomb.

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Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland; etched by the Marchioness of Stafford, with Descriptions. Folio. 1807.

A limited number of these views were struck off to present to particular friends, after which all the plates were broken up.

At the Hon. C. F. Greville's Sale, 1810, a copy sold for 167. 16s.

Duten's Sale, 1813 ... £14 3 6
Pinkerton's, 1813......... 15 15 0
Stewart's, 1814 ........... 10 10 0

Engravings and Etchings of the Principal Statues, Busts, Bas Reliefs, Sepulchral Monuments, Cinerary Urns, &c. in the Collection of Henry Blundell, Esq. at Ince, 2 vols. imperial folio, 1809.

Not printed for Sale, and only Twenty Copies said to have been struck off.

"This Collection purchased from the Villas Mattei and Este, was transferred from thence by the late proprietor to Ince Blundell, near Liverpool, where he erected, as a repository for them, a rotunda of great architectural beauty, upon the plan of the Pantheon at Rome."

The only Copy which has hitherto occurred for public sale, was in Payne and Foss's Catalogue for 1815, where it is marked at 731. 10s.

There is a Copy in the British Museum. See Clarke's Repertorium, p. 30.

The Antient Paintings of the Baths of Titus, done from the Originals, by Carloni. Atlas Folio. 61 Coloured Drawings, various sizes.

Not more than Twelve Copies were executed. One of these sold at M. Paris's Sale, in 1791, for 1741. 2s.

CHINE-Les Grandes Batailles de la Chine, gravées sous la Direction de M. Cochin. Atlas Folio, and Description in Quarto.

The original designs of these prints were sent by the Emperor of China to be engraved in France. When they were done, the plates were sent to China, and very few impressions remained in Europe.

At M. Paris's Sale in 1791, a copy sold for 54l. 12s.

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