W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858 — John Shaqi
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W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858
W. Kent and Co.
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=Heath's Waverley Gallery.= Portraits of the principal Female
Characters in the Writings of SCOTT. Thirty-six highly-finished
Plates. Super-royal 8vo, splendidly bound in morocco, 31s. 6d.;
with coloured Plates, L3.
=Gallery of the Graces=; or, Beauties of British Poets. Thirty-six
beautiful Female Heads by LANDSEER, BOXALL, F. STONE, &c.,
illustrating Tennyson, Campbell, Rogers, Landon, &c. Super-royal
8vo, 31s. 6d. morocco; with coloured Plates, L3.
=Curiosities of Glass-making=: A History of the Art, Ancient and
Modern. By APSLEY PELLATT, Esq. With Six beautifully coloured
Plates of Antique Vases, &c. Small 4to, cloth, 12s.
=Museum of Painting and Sculpture=: A Collection of the principal
Pictures, Statues, and Bas-reliefs in the Public and Private
Galleries of Europe. This work, which contains Engravings of all
the chief works in the Italian, German, Dutch, French, and English
Schools, includes TWELVE HUNDRED PLATES, and is an indispensable
_vade-mecum_ to the Artist or Collector. In 17 handsome volumes
small 8vo, neatly bound, with gilt tops, L4 14s. 6d.
=The Bible Gallery=: Eighteen Portraits of the Women mentioned
in Scripture, Engraved from Original Drawings, with Letterpress
Descriptions. Imperial 8vo, handsomely bound, 21s.; with Plates
beautifully coloured, 42s.
=The Women of the Bible.= Eighteen Portraits (forming a Second
Series of THE BIBLE GALLERY). Handsomely bound, 21s.; coloured, 42s.
=The Language of Flowers=; or, The Pilgrimage of Love. By THOMAS
MILLER. With Eight beautifully coloured Plates. Second Edition,
small 8vo, cloth, 6s.; morocco, 7s. 6d.
=Milton's Poetical Works.= Paradise Lost and Regained, Comus,
Samson Agonistes, L'Allegro, &c.; with Essay on Milton's Life and
Writings, by JAMES MONTGOMERY. Illustrated with One Hundred and
Twenty Engravings, by THOMPSON, WILLIAMS, ORRIN SMITH, &c., from
Drawings by WILLIAM HARVEY. Two volumes, crown 8vo, 24s. cloth;
34s. morocco.
=Cowper's Poems.= With Life and Critical Remarks by the Rev. THOMAS
DALE; and Seventy-five fine Engravings by J. ORRIN SMITH, from
Drawings by JOHN GILBERT. Two vols. crown 8vo, 24s. cloth; 34s.
morocco.
"The handsomest of the editions of Cowper."--_Spectator._
=Thomson's Seasons and Castle of Indolence.= With Life and Critical
Remarks by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM; and Forty-eight Illustrations by
SAMUEL WILLIAMS. 12s. cloth; 17s. morocco.
=Beattie and Collins's Poetical Works.= With an Essay on their
Lives and Writings; and Illustrations, engraved by S. WILLIAMS,
&c., from Drawings by JOHN ABSOLON. Crown 8vo, cloth, 12s.;
morocco, 17s.
=Sir Walter Scott's most Popular Works=--
_Tilt's Illustrated Editions._
1. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
2. THE LADY OF THE LAKE.
3. MARMION: A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD.
4. ROKEBY.
These elegant volumes are uniformly printed in fcp. 8vo, and
Illustrated with numerous Engravings on Steel. Price 7s. cloth;
10s. 6d. morocco elegant.
BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, ETC.
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