Pursuivant of Arms (The); or, Heraldry founded upon Facts. A Popular Guide to the Science of Heraldry. By J. R. Planché, Esq., F.S.A., Somerset Herald. To which are added, Essays on the Badges of the Houses of Lancaster and York. A New Edition, enlarged and revised by the Author, illustrated with Coloured Frontispiece, Five full-page Plates, and about 200 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, bound in cloth extra, gilt, 7s. 6d.
Practical Assayer: A Guide to Miners and Explorers. By Oliver North. With Tables and Illustrative Woodcuts. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d.
⁂ This book gives directions, in the simplest form, for assaying bullion and the baser metals by the cheapest, quickest, and best methods. Those interested in mining property will be enabled, by following its instructions, to form a tolerably correct idea of the value of ores, without previous knowledge of assaying; while to the young man seeking his fortune in mining countries it is indispensable.
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Rabelais’ Works. Faithfully translated from the French, with variorum Notes, and numerous characteristic Illustrations by Gustave Doré. Cr. 8vo, cl. extra, 700 pp. 7s. 6d.