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MEMOIRS OF THE COURT AND CABINETS OF GEORGE THE THIRD. From Original Family Documents. By the DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, K.G., &c. The Third and Fourth Volumes, comprising the period from 1800 to 1810 and completing this important work. 8vo., with Portraits. 30s. bound.
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HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF HENRY IV., KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE. From numerous Original Sources. By MISS FREER. Author of “The Lives of Marguerite d’Angoulême, Elizabeth de Valois, Henry III,” &c. 2 vols. with Portraits, 21s.
LECTURES ON ART, LITERATURE, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. By HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL WISEMAN. 1 vol. with Portrait. (In Preparation.)
HENRY III. KING OF FRANCE AND POLAND; HIS COURT AND TIMES. From numerous unpublished sources, including MS. Documents in the Bibliothèque Impériale, and the Archives of France and Italy. By MISS FREER. Author of “Marguerite d’Angoulême,” “Elizabeth de Valois, and the Court of Philip II,” &c. 3 vols. post 8vo. with fine portraits, 31s. 6d. bound.
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