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2883 JAMIESON'S Hermes Scythius, or the Radical Affinities of the Greek and Latin to the Gothic, 8vo. bds. 58, 1814-Another copy, royal 8vo. Large PAPER, bds. 68

2884 JANEWAY'S (Rev. James) Token for Children, 18mo. first edition, and very scarce, extra cloth, 38 1672 2885 JANEWAY. Invisibles, Realities, demonstrated in the Holy Life and Triumphant Death of John Janeway, Fellow of King's College in Cambridge, by James Janeway, 12mo. neat, 38 6d

1677 2886 JANI'S Art of Latin Poetry, by an M.A. of Cambridge, 8vo. bds. 3s 6d 1828 2887 JACQUES' Account of Goodwood, near Chichester, the Seat of the Duke of Richmond, royal 8vo. illustrated with many portraits and plates, russia, gilt leaves, 10s 6d

1822

2888 JANSON'S (C. W.) Stranger in America, containing Observations made during a long Residence in that Country, 4to. plates, bds. 4s 1807 2889 JASHER.-The Book of Jasher, [Joshua x. 13.] with Testimonies and Notes by Alcuin of Britain, 4to. bds. scarce, 7s 6d Bristol, 1820 2890 JAY'S (Rev. W.) Domestic Minister's Assistant; or Prayers for the Use of Families, 8vo. bds. 3s 6d 1837 2891 JEANNIN (President) Negociations Diplomatiques et Politiques sous Francis I. Henri IV. et Louis XIII. 3 vols. 8vo. sewed, 68 1819 2892 JEFFERSON'S (President) Memoirs, Correspondence, and Papers, 4 vols. 8vo. bds. 18s (pub. at £2. 128) 1829 2893 JEFFERSON'S History and Antiquities of Allerdale Ward, above Derwent, in the County of Cumberland, 8vo. fine plates, bds. 88 1842 2894 JEFFERY'S Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America, folio, maps and plans of Canada, Quebec, Montreal, Nova Scotia, New Orleans, Louisburg, the West India Islands, &c. neat in calf, 188

1760

2895 JENKINS' (Alex.) History and Description of the City of Exeter, 8vo. 12 plates, bds. 4s 6d

1806 2896 JENKINS' (Judge) Works on Prerogative, Privilege of Parliament, &c. 18mo. curious portrait, clean and neat, 58 2897 JENKINS' (R.) Memoirs of the Bristol Stage, post 8vo. bds. 28 6d 1826

1681

2898 JENKYN'S Sermon at the Funeral of that eminent Servant of Christ Dr. William Gouge, 4to. new, half calf, 38 6d 1654

2899 JENOWAY'S (R. O.) Selection of Antiquarian and Historical Notes, 8vo.

bds. 38

2900 JENYNS' (L.) Manual of British Vertebrate Animals, thick vol. 8vo. bds. 78 6d

1823

2902 JERMIN'S (Mic.) Paraphrasticall Meditations by way

1835 2901 JEPHSON'S Roman Portraits, a Poem in Heroick Verse, with Historical Illustrations, 4to. plates from Busts and Gems, fine copy in calf, gilt edges, from Hanrott's Collection, 128 of Commentarie upon

1794

the whole Booke of the Proverbs of Solomon, folio, (wants two leaves), neat and clean, 98

1638

2903 JERSEY.-A Code of Laws for the Island of Jersey, 12mo. PRIVATELY PRINTED, neat, 58

1771

2904 JESSE'S (Edward) Gleanings in Natural History, 3 vols. post 8vo. plates and woodcuts, cloth, 8s 6d

1832

2905 JESSE'S Gleanings in Natural History, complete in 2 vols. 12mo. cloth, 88 6d

1838

2906 JESSE'S (Edw.) Anecdotes of Dogs, 4to. many fine plates, cloth, as good as new, 12s (pub. at 21s)

1846

2907 JEWEL'S (Bp.) Apology for the Church of England, 12mo. bds. 1s 6d

A VERY SINGULAR COLLECTION OF JEST BOOKS AND
DROLLERIES.

2908 ANECDOTIANA, being select Gems of Anecdote and Wit, 24mo. bds. Is 1827 2909 BEN JONSON'S Jests, 12mo. (no title), half calf, 68 6d 2910 BOYER'S Wise and Ingenious Companion, English and French, or a Choice Collection of the Wit of Illustrious Persons, 8vo. new, half calf, 58 1700 2911 CIBBER'S (Colley) Jests, or the Diverting Witty Companion, 12mo. new, half calf, 58 6d Newcastle, W. Charnley, 1761 2912 CIRCLE OF HUMOUR, or Comic Gleanings for 1824, 18mo. half calf, 28 1824 2913 COLLECTANEA, or an Assemblage of Anecdotes, Aphorisms and Bon Mots, selected from the Works of Foreign Authors, post 8vo. calf gilt, 3s 2914 CUNNINGHAM'S (Peter, assisted by Bet Rigby, President of a Club of Female Wits), New Jest Book, or Modern High Life below Stairs, 12mo. front. neat, 68 London, Printed for Funny Joe, n. d. 2915 DROLLERY SONGS and Sonnets, being a Collection of divers excellent Pieces of Poetry of several eminent Authors, 12mo. very clean in brown calf, Sir F. Freeling's copy, £3. 138 6d

1802

1656

**This is one of the very rarest, most curious, and intrinsically valuable of all the drolleries, if only for the very interesting poem in which characters are given of the following poets namely, Shakspeare, Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Massinger, Chapman, Daborne, Sylvester, Quarles, May, Daniel, Drayton, Wither, Shirley, Ford, Middleton, Heywood, Churchyard, Decker, Brome, Chaucer, Spenser, Basse, and finally, John Shank, the actor, who is said to have been famous for dancing a jig. It also contains poems on the Spanish Armada, Gunpowder Plot, Lady Carnarvon, Maid of Tottenham, Queen Elizabeth, King James 1., &c. "This volume gave such great offence, that it was ordered by the Protector's Council to be burnt immediately after its publication."-Ant. à Wood. This will account for its excessive rarity. I have been able to trace the existence of only one other copy, which sold in Mr. Heber's sale for £6. 16s. 6d.

2916 JESTS BOOKS.-Jack Sprit Sails Frolic, or Sailor's Humourous Cruize, 1789-Covent Garden Jester, or Lady and Gentleman's Treasure, by the Earl of Funsborough, portrait-New London City Jester, front. 1797Fun and Frolic, or a Comic Journal of Wit, front. in 1 vol. 12mo. new, half calf, 6s 6d

2917 JESTS of Beau Nash, late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath, 12mo. new, half calf, 58

1763 2918 JOE MILLER'S Jests; the genuine edition, small 8vo. new, half calf, 68 London, H. Setchel, N. D.

2919 JOE MILLER'S Jest Book, 18mo. cloth, 1s 2920 JOLYANA, ou Choix de Bons Mots, Reparties ingenieuses Plaisanteries de Joly, acteur du theatre du Vaudeville, 18mo, sewed, 28 Paris, 1816 2921 LANGIO (J. P.) Democritus Ridens sive Narrationum Ridicularum Centuria, Ulma, 1667-Antidotum Melancholia Joco serium inspice volve vale, Francf. 1668; in 1 vol. 18mo. calf, 4s 6d

2922 LAUGH AND BE FAT, or the Merry Companion, containing a variety of Comical Stories, Poems, Epitaphs, and a long string of out o'th'way Conundrums, 12mo. calf neat, 58 Lond. N. D. 2923 LAUGHING Philosopher's Legacy to Dull Mortals, 12mo. front. and woodcuts, new, half calf, 38 6d Lond. C. Sheppard, N. D. 2924 LAUGHTER.-Thoughts on Laughter by a Chancery Barrister, 12mo. bds.

18 6d

1830

2925 LONDON JESTS; or, a Collection of the Choicest Joques and Repartees, 12mo. new and very neat in antique binding, 88 6d London Bridge, 1712

2926 LOVES OF HERO AND LEANDER, a Mock Poem, with Marginal Notes, and other choice Pieces of Drollery, got by heart and often repeated by divers witty Gentlemen and Ladies that use to walk in the new Exchange, and at their recreations in Hide Park, 1653-Certain Verses, written by severall of the author's friends, to be re-printed with the second edition of Gondibert, with Hero and Leander, the Mock Poem, 1653-The Incomparable Poem, Gondibert, vindicated from the Wit Combats of Four Esquires, Clincias, Dametas, Sancho, and Jack Pudding, 1653; in 1 vol. 12mo. Sir F. Freeling's copy, brown calf, very rare, £2. 28

The Hero and Leander edition, 1651, was purchased at Lloyd's sale by Mr. Perry for £1. 11s 6d. This volume also contains certain verses, &c. in ridicule of D'Avenant's Gondibert, and the incomparable Poem of Gondibert vindicated. These two are priced £7. 78 in Longman's Bib. Ang. Poetica. It is there stated that the two latter is so uncommon, that it is believed only one more is at present known."-Note by Sir F. Freeling. Strettel's copy of the two last pieces sold for £4. 68

1764

1809

2927 MEIR'S (G. T.) Merry Philosopher, or Thoughts on Jesting, with Instructions for improving the taste of those who have a natural turn for pleasantry and good humour, 12mo. (title torn) neat, 2s 6d 2928 MERRIE Conceited Jests of George Peele, Gentleman, (the Dramatist), Reprinted by S. W. Singer, 4to. half blue morocco extra, 58 2929 NEW HELP to Discourse, or Wit, Mirth, and Jollity intermixed with more serious matters, by W. W. 12mo. neat, scarce, 98 1672 2930 OXFORD JESTS Refined and Enlarged, being a Collection of Witty Jests, Merry Tales, and Pleasant Jokes, by Capt. W. Hicks, 12mo. front. neat, rare, 12s Printed on London Bridge, 1706 2931 PILKINGTON'S (the celebrated Mrs.) Jests; or the Cabinet of Wit and Humour, 12mo. new half calf, scarce, 78 1764 2932 PLEASANT COMPANION, or Merry and Complete Favourite Jester, 12mo. new, half calf (this is a jest book not often met with) 5s Lond. Bailey, N. D. 2933 POLITE COMPANION, or Wit-a-la-Mode, adapted to the Recreation of all Ranks and Degrees, 8vo. front. neat and clean, 8s 6d 1760 2934 POLITE JESTER, or Theatre for Wit, interspersed with Comic Poetry, 12mo. new, half calf, 4s 6d Lond. J. Drew, 1796

2935 POLITEUPHIA, Wit's Commonwealth, newly corrected and amended, 12mo. new, half calf, 38

1674

2936 PUNSTER (The), an Elegant Selection of Jests, Anecdotes, &c. 12mo. half calf, 28 Gainsboro', N. d. 2937 SHAKSPEARE'S JEST BOOK.-I. Tales and quicke answeres very mery and pleasant to rede. II. Mery Tales, Wittie Questions, and quicke answeres. III. A C. Mery Talys. Three Parts, edited by Singer, post 8vo. ONLY 250 PRINTED, half green morocco, gilt top, £1. 8s8 Chiswick, 1814-15

The Hundred Merry Tales is supposed to have furnished Beatrice in "Much Ado about Nothing" with her ready wit. A book, by the by, which no lady would like to be found reading now-a-days. 2938 STEVENSON'S (Matthew) Norfolk Drollery, or a complete Collection of all the newest Songs, Jovialls, Poems, and Catches, 12mo. FINE COPY, green morocco, gilt edges, VERY RARE, £2. 128 6d 1673

This is one of the scarcest and most humorous of all the Drolleries. It contains many Poems on the principal Norfolk Families; His Majesty's Progress into Norfolk, 1671; upon the Norfolk Largess; Farewell to Sharrington; and various others: also Elegies upon R. Doughty of Greyes Inn; Dr. Crofts, Dean of Norwich; Herbert Ashley, Dean of Norwich; Sir Joseph Payne, Colonel of the Norwich Trained Bands; Henry Terné, Captain of the Triumph; Sir Thomas Rant; Miles Hobart, Esq.; Dr. John Porter, Prebend of Norwich; and various other persons and places.

2939 THEATRE of Ingenuity, or the Gentleman's and Lady's pleasing Recreation and delightful Pastime, containing the Quintessence of the Wits and Learned Men of Past Ages, Poems, Songs, Odes, Elegies, Drolleries, &c. the Mysteries of Love, Directions for Courtship, 12mo. very neat, scarce, 14s 1704

2940 TOM GRIN'S Jests, or the New London Joker, front. Lond. W. Lane, 1788 -New British Universal Jester, or Wit's Companion, front. Lond. T. Sabine, N. D.-The Funny Jester, compiled by Sir Toby Tickleside, Gainsbro', N. D. -Jolly Sailor's Jester, together with the best things ever said by Ben. Block, front. Southwark, N. D-The Rational Humourist, Beverley, 1815, in 1 vol. post 8vo. new, half calf, 10s 6d

2941 TOWN AND COUNTRY JESTER, or Wit's best Companion, 12mo. front, half calf, 4s 6d Lond. J. Robson, N. D. 2942 TOWN AND COUNTRY JESTER, or a New Fund of Genuine Wit and Good Humour, 12mo. front. half calf, 4s 6d Lond. A. Hogg, N. D. 2943 WIT AND DROLLERY; Jovial Poems Corrected, Amended, with new Additions, small 8vo. neat in brown calf, RARE, £2. 28

1682

Heber's copy sold for £2. 18s, Bib. Heber. Part IV. No. 660.-See an account of it in that Catalogue. A copy sold in Knight's sale, in August last, for £3. 2944 WITTY APOPHTHEGEMS, by King James, King Charles, the Marquis of Worcester, Lord Bacon, and Sir Thos. More, 12mo. front. (wants last three leaves), half calf, 38 6d

1658

2945 WITTY APOPHTHEGEMS.-Another copy, 12mo. very clean, with the frontispiece, new half calf, 10s 6d 1669

2946 JESUITS' (The) Catechism, according to St. Ignatius Loyola, wherein the Impiety of their Principles, Perniciousness of their Doctrines, and Iniquity of their Practices are declared, portrait, 1685—Sure and Honest Means for the Conversion of all Heretics, and wholesome Advice and Expedients for the Reformation of the Church, writ by one of the Communion of the Church of Rome, and translated, in 1 vol. 4to. half calf, 5s 1688 2947 JESUITS.-Chamieri (Dan.) Epistolæ Jesuitica, Geneva, 1599- Introductio in Artem Jesuiticam, in eorum gratiam qui ejus artis mysteriis aut jam initiati, aut propediem initiandi sunt, conscripta à Gabriele Bariaco Larmeo, nobili Volca, 8vo. neat, scarce, 58 sine loco, 1599 2948 JESUITS.-Il est tems ne Parler, ou Compte rendu au Public, à l'Occasion de l'Affaire des Jesuites, (A defence of the Jesuits,) 2 tomes en 1, 12mo. neat, 38 6d Anvers. 1763 2949 JESUITS.-Regula Societatis Jesu, Lugduni, 1607-Ravenspergero, Artificium Mosaicum quo descriptum exstat Opificium totius mundi sex dierum spatio absolutum, Groninga, 1615- Ibid. Adamus Prosper-Adamus Miser -Abrahamus Miles-Isaacus Hæres-Jacobus Exul-Josephus Præsul, ib. 1617, in 1 vol. 18mo. calf, 58

V. Y.

2950 JESUITS.-The Abominations of the Jesuits Exposed, translated from the Abbé Gerthier, by Geo. Russell, 12mo. bds. 28

2950*JEWS.--Decreta Romana et Asiatica pro Judæis ad cultum divinum per Asia Minoris urbes secure obeundum, ad Josepho collecta. Accedunt Suidæ aliquot loca ab vitiis purgata ex MSS. ab J. Gronovio, 8vo. neat, 3s Leyden, 1712 2951 JEWISH PRAYER BOOK.-Prayers for Shabbath, Rosh-Hashanah and Kippur, or the Sabbath, the beginning of the Year, and the Day of Atonement, translated by Isaac Pinto, 4to. 5s New York, 5526

Translated for the use of the Jews in America.

2952 JOHN NOAKES and Mary Styles, a Poem, exhibiting some of the most striking lingual localisms peculiar to Essex, with a Glossary, by CHARLES CLARK, Esq. of Great Totham Hall, Essex, post 8vo. cloth, 28

2953 JOHNES' (A. J.) Philological Proofs of the original unity and recent origin of the Human Race, derived from a comparison of the languages of Asia, Europe, Africa, and America, 8vo. cloth, 128 6d-REDUCED TO 68

1846

Printed at the suggestion of Dr. Prichard, to whose works it will be found a useful supplement.

2954, JOHNSON'S (John, Vicar of Cranbrook) Clergyman's Vade Mecum; the Ancient and Present State of the Church of England, the Duties and Rights of the Clergy, with the Canonical Codes of the Primitive and Universal Church, 2 vols. 12mo. calf, 98 1700-14 2955 JOHNSON (Dr.)-Towers on the Life and Character of Dr. Johnson, 1786 -Murphy on the same, 1792-in 1 vol. 8vo. half calf, 38

2956 JOHNSON'S (Dr.) Life of Richard Savage, Sir F. Drake, and Admiral Blake, 12mo. neat, 3s

1777

2957 JOHNSON'S Diary of a Journey into North Wales, 1774, now first printed with notes by Duppa, post 8vo. half calf, 3s

1816

2958 JOHNSON'S (Edward Lewis) Literary Remains, 8vo. PRIVATELY PRINTED, cloth, 38

1844

2959 JOHNSON'S (G. W.) Memoirs of John Selden and his Times, 8vo. port.

bds. 3s 6d 1835 2960 JOHNSON'S Typographia, or the Printer's Instructor, including an Account of the Origin of Printing, with biographical Notices of English Printers from Caxton to the close of the XVth Century, with Alphabets, Domesday Characters, &c. 2 vols. post 8vo. LARGE PAPER, bds. 128 (pub. at £3.)— ANOTHER COPY, 2 vols. 18mo. SMALL PAPER, boards, 78 6d 1824

The first volume may be considered a copious abstract of Ames's Typographical Antiquities. It is also a good practical work.

2961 JOHNSON (R.) Aristarchus Anti-Bentleianus quadraginta Sex Bentleii Errores super Horatii, 8vo. neat, 3s 1717 2962 JOHNSON'S (Henry) The Invisible Universe Disclosed; or the real Plan and Government of the Universe, 8vo. bds. 4s 1843 2963 JOHNSTONE'S (Chevalier de) Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746, 8vo. plates, neat, half calf, 4s 6d 1821

2964 JOHNSTON'S (J.) History of the Wonderful things of Nature, folio, half calf, (wants three leaves,) very curious, 38 6d 1657 2965 JOINVILLE Histoire de Saint Louis, aussi les Annales de son Regne par Gul. de Nangis et sa Vie et ses Miracles par le Confesseur de la Reine Marguerite, d'apres les MSS. de la Bibliotheque du Roi, avec un Glossaire, folio, BEST EDITION, FINE COPY, in russia, marbled leaves, £1. 18s Par. 1761 2966 JOINVILLE.-Memoirs of Lord de Joinville, by Himself, containing the History of Louis IX. and of his Expedition to Egypt 1248; translated with Notes by Johnes, 2 vols. 4to. bds. scarce, £1. 15s Hafod Press, 1807

"The unquestionable fidelity of the writer, his situation near the presence of the king, the simplicity in which he relates all that he beheld-quorumque pars magna fuit; and, above all, the perspicuous and interesting picture which is exhibited of the manners of that period, render these Memoirs, in an English dress, peculiarly valuable.”—British Critic. 2967 JOLLEY'S (J. of Bug Lawton, Ches.) Head Constable's Assistant, or a Maize Book for the County Palatine of Cheshire, 12mo. neat, 38 1726 2968 JONSON'S (Ben) Works, folio, portrait, neat, 108 6d 2969 JONSON'S (Ben.) Dramatic Works, 6 vols. 8vo. plates, neat and clean, 12s

1692

1716 2970 JONSON'S (Ben.) Dramatic Works, edited by Gifford, 9 vols. 8vo. very neat in half russia, £3. 3s

1816

2971 JONSON'S (Ben.) Sad Shepherd, a Tale of Robin Hood, with large notes by Waldron, 8vo. neat, 3s 6d 1783 2972 JONES'S (Inigo) Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain restored, folio, folding plates, neat, 88 6d

1655

According to Gough, there were but few copies printed, most of which were lost in the fire of London.

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