The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-14 00:00:00

This day is published. Parts I. an 4 11. of
MONUMENTAL REMAINS of NOBLE and
EMINENT PLBSONS: comprising the Sepulchral An-
ticuities of Great Britain.
By EDWARD BLOR?, F.S.A.
This Work is publishing in Quarterly Parts, each Part contain-
'-'); five Plates, finely engraved in line, with historical and bio-
grsphieal Memoirs. Imperial octavo, price I2s. 6d. ; royal quarto,
proofs, 20s. ; ditto, proofs, on India paper, 30s.
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the line manner. are from the faithful pencil, and in part from the
burin, of Mr.Blore ; and more brillicat, or rather characteristic per-
formatives, have never yet been witnessed."—Dibdin's Library
Companion.
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This day is published, in one very large octavo volume, to be di-
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sets of Title Pages are delivered, rice 475. boards,
THE LIBRARY COMPANION; or, the Young
Man's Ouide and the Old Men's Comfort, in the Choice of
a Library.
By the Rev. T. F. DIBDIN, F.R.S. F.A.S.
.• • In this Work the Author has endeavoured to furnish his
countrymen with a Manual towards the acquisition of useful and
valuable, as well as rare and curious works, in the several depart-
ments of Divinity, History. Biography, Voyages, and Travels, the
Belles Lettres, -Poetry, and the English Drama- Prices of the
more valuable and unclmmon works are noticed, for the conve.
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This day is published, in 2 vols. Bvo. with a fac-simile of the rare 11
whele.lenzh Portrait of Henry, by Gaultier. Price Ws. boards, I
E ohe f RtT ofof HENRY tiliwito pregnantGßEAT, '
epoch itnth4 .
with even.s of consequence to subsequent relations of society, as
the Reigns of Elizabeth of England and of Henry the Great of
France, contemporaneous in period, and rivals in the splendor and
genius of their respective Courts. 31153 Aikin's elegant volumes
have introduced us to a close acquaintance with the polio z and in-
trig to of the great officers who directed the councils of Elizabeth,
and those of the Cant of France during the same period are recorded
only in the works of Sully, Pretixe, and the lighter productions
which develcip the Alemoires Secrets during the reign of Henry
the Great, and which form the basis of the present history of his reign.
" That the present work is ably written, and exhibits a spirited
hsnative of face, will be manifest from the extracts which follow.'
'the account of the massacre of St. Bartholomew is the fullest in
our language, and on curious that we have judged it proper to trans-
fer the entire article, for its own sake, as well as to exhibit the
talents of the author."—Monthly Meg.
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This day is published, in 3 vol.. esown Bvo. with Portraits anp
Autogra RS
rice IL Ns.
ORIGINAL LETTERS,p illustrative of English His-
tory ; including numerous Royal Letters, from Autographs
in the British Museum, end one or two other Collections. With
Notes sad Illustrations.
By Il EN RY ELLIS. F.A.S. Sec. S.A
&nose of the Manuscripts in the British Museum.
This Week contains Portraits of King Henry the Eighth and his
Jester, Will Somers, from an Illumination in that Monarch's own
Psalter, still preserved among the Royal Manuscripts in the British
Museum; a facsimile of the Plan drawn by Lord Burghle_y's own
Land, for the arrangement of the Trial of Mary Queen or soots ; '
and a facsimile of the Seal and Signature to the Carte-blanche
which Prince Charles sent to the Parliament to save his father's I
life; also front Autographs in the British Museum.
" Mr. Ellis has performed his task in a manner so satisfactory
and so able, that our respect fur his judgtnsmt and intelligence, high
ait was before, has been greatly raised. The letters are cbosen
rith much discrimination, anal not only throw strong lights upon
many interesting points of our natiood history, but In a remark-
able manner illustrate a number of prlitical questions hitherto in.
valved in inezpllcahle intriewcy."—literary Gazette.
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