The prejudice is gradually decaying which assigned an inferior status in Art to every production not a picture or a statue; and in this book a choice selection of the finest specimens of virtù is made to combat those narrow ideas of the subject which are still popular. The æsthetic value and practical utility of such art is proved thus in a most attractive and magnificent way. The above is one of the most magnificent volumes of Ornamental Art (Ancient Jewellery, Carvings in Wood and Ivory, Cashmere Shawls, Ancient Metal-Work, Sculpture, Glass-Work, &c. &c.) ever produced in any country.
⁂ The stones have been destroyed, and Mr. Hotten has the few remaining copies.
Petrarca. The exquisite Diamond type Edition, 48mo. (sells at 6s.), only 1s. 6d. Artistically bound in morocco, with exquisite taste and neatness, 10s. 6d.; or, with the sides delicately tooled, 12s. 6d.
Pansie; the Last Literary Effort of Nathaniel HAWTHORNE.
⁂ All that remains of Hawthorne’s unfinished Romance—a little sketch full of that quaint and delightful genius which gave to the world “The House with the Seven Gables” and “Twice-told Tales.”
Philobiblon. Excellent Traite sur l’Amour des Livres, par Richard de Bury. Small 8vo, half-morocco, very neat, exquisitely printed on ribbed paper, 12s. 6d. 1856.
Only a small number of copies were printed. This edition contains numerous notes on the ancient manuscript copies existing in the old Cathedral Libraries.
This day, in 2 vols., 8vo, very handsomely printed, price 16s.,
THE HOUSEHOLD STORIES OF ENGLAND.
Popular Romances of the West of England; or, the DROLLS OF OLD CORNWALL. Collected and Edited by ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S.