tain to the Emperor of China; taken chiefly from the Papers of the Earl of Macartney, &c. by Sir George Staunton, Bart. Lond. 1797, 4to. 2 vols. and folio atlas of plates. Garrick, 2368, 17. 13s. Bindley, pt. iii. 310, 27. 9s. Drury, 4047, russia, 27. 10s. Fonthill, 3450, 27. 18s. 6d. Heath, 2606, 41. 3s. Gough, 3580, 41. 4s. White Knights, 3989, 47. 4s. LARGE PAPER. Duke of York, 4947, 31. 3s. Earl of Kerry, 611, 47. 16s. Steevens, 1895, 6l. 10s. Hibbert, 7722, with proofs and etchings of all the plates, and proofs and etchings of four plates, not published with the work, of headlands taken during the voyage, a set of proofs and etchings of the vignettes printed without the letter-press, also prints of the large plough and urn which were cancelled, russia, 71. 7s. Reed, 5823, 77. 15s. Gardner, in 1854, 21. 3s. 1797, 8vo. 3 vols. Duke of York, 4856, 17. 18. The second Edition corrected, Lond. 1798, 8vo. 3 vols.--Dublin, 1798, 8vo. 2 vols.-1802, 8vo. 3 vols. An abridg. ment appeared in 1797, 8vo. 1 vol. 7s. 6d. In Barrow's Life of the Earl of Macartney is his Lordship's own journal. STAUNTON, Sir George Thomas. Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of Tourgouth Tartars in 1712-15, translated from the Chinese; with an Appendix of Miscellaneous Translations. Lond. 1821, 8vo. map, 18s. Notes and Proceedings during the British Embassy to Pekin in 1816. Havant Press, 1821-24, 8vo. 2 vols. Printed for private circulation. Sotheby's, in Feb. 1827, 17. 11s. 6d. Eyton, in 1848, 8s. 6d. Miscellaneous Notices relating to China and our commercial Intercourse with that Country; including a few Translations from the Chinese Language. Lond. 1822, 8vo. Second edition, enlarged, Lond. 1822, 8vo. Duke of York, 4857, 5s. 6d. Drury, 3971, 8s. 6d. A second volume, containing, among other pieces in the Chinese character, 'On Vaccine Inoculation,' &c. Havant, 1825, 8vo. Privately printed. With Appendix. Eyton, 12s. Memoir of the Life and Family of the late Sir George Leonard Staunton, Bart. With Illustrations and Authorities. Havant Press, 1823, 8vo. Privately printed. Pp. xiii and 400, with a portrait and vignette. Hanrott, 17. 9s. Ta Tsing Leu Lee, the Fundamental Laws of China. See CHINA, p. 438. Remarks on the British Relations with China, and the Proposed Plans for im- Memoirs of the chief Incidents of the public Life of Sir Geo. T, Staunton. Lond. 1856, 8vo. portrait. Privately printed. STAVELEY, Thomas. History of Churches in England. Lond. 1712, 8vo. Gough, 3328, 7s. Dent, pt. ii. 555, 8s.The second Edition with Improvements. Gough, 3329, Lond. 1773, 8vo. plates. plates, 7s. 6d. Baker, 656, 11s. Nassau, pt. ii. 536, 13s. Heath, 4553, 19s. Stowe, 10s. Puttick's, July, 1862, rusHanrott, 17s. sia, 17s. Singer, pt. iii. interleaved in 2 vols. 4to. with MS. notes by Craven Ord, and illustrated with prints and drawings, 67. 10s. The Romish Horseleach, or an Impartial Account of the intolerable charge of Popery to this Nation. Lond. 1674, 8vo. This is by some attributed to William Stanley. But in a second edition, Lond. 1769, 12mo. an address to the Reader attributes it to Thomas Stavely of Cussington, Leicestershire, admitted of the Inner Temple, 2nd July, 1647, called to the Bar, 12th June, 1654; died, 1683. Bliss, 1858, 2s. Three historical Essays, Lond. 1703, 4to. Contains 39 pages. In Nichols' History of Leicestershire is a curious historical pedigree of the Staveley Family, drawn up in 1682 by this antiquary. STAVORINUS, John Splinter. Voyages to the East Indies, translated from the Dutch by S. H. Wilcocke, with Notes and Additions by Lond. 1798, 8vo. the Translator. 3 vols. The Life and Bartlett. Lond. Hall and Co., 1847, 4to. STAYLEY, George. Opinions of an Actor. 1762, 2 vols. Reed, 8556, 1. 2s. STEBBING, Henry, D.D., Archdeacon of Wilts. Polemical Tracts; or a Collection of Papers in defence of the doctrines and discipline of the Church of England. Camb. 1727, folio. Brief Account of Prayer and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Lond. 1739, 8vo. Christianity Justified on a Christian Foundation. Lond. 1750, 8vo. Sermons on Practical Christianity. Lond. 1760, 8vo. 2 vols. Dr. Stebbing wrote several pamphlets opposed to Bishop Hoadly on the Bangorian controversy. Family History of the Church. Lond. Hall and Co., 1848, 8vo. 2 vols. 16s. Christian Graces in the Olden Time. Lond. Bogue, 1852, imperial 8vo. 17. 1s. STEDMAN, C. The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War. Lond. 1794, 4to. 2 vols. with plans. This work was compiled by Wm. Thom17. 15s. Dent, pt. ii. 1059, 9s. Heber, pt. son, LL.D. Marquis of Townshend, 3010, x. 17. Holland, in 1860, calf gilt by Hering, 17. 19s.-Dublin, 1794, 8vo. 2 vols. Observations on Mr. Stedman's History of the American War, by Sir Henry Clinton. Lond. 1794, 4to. 2s. With portraits and 80 engravings. In this work, which bears very much an air Henry, D.D. (son of the pre-tained of Surinam and its inhabitants. of romance, a lively picture may be obceding). Sermons (115) on prac- Hibbert, 7724, 118. Bindley, pt. iii. 1996, tical Subjects, with some Account 21. 4s. 6d. Roxburghe, 8933, 31. 3s. LARGE of the Author, by his Son. Lond. PAPER, COLOURED PLATES. Dent, pt. ii. 1058, russia, 41. 4s. Sotheby's in 1821, 1788-90, 8vo. 3 vols. morocco, 47. 17s. A copy has produced 71. Henry, D.D. Lives of the Italian Poets. Lond. 1831, post 8vo. 3 vols. with 20 medallion portraits, pub. at 17. 11s. 6d. History of Chivalry and the Crusades. Edinb. (Constable's Miscellany), 1830, 18mo. 2 vols. History of the Christian Church. Lond. (Lardner's Cyclopedia), 1832, 12mo. 2 vols. History of the Reformation. Lond. (Lardner's Cyclopedia), 1836, 12mo. 2 vols. History of the Church of Christ from the Diet of Augsburgh, 1530, to the Eighteenth Century. Lond. Cadell, 183942, 8vo. 3 vols. 1. 16s. reduced, H. G. Bohn, 12s. This forms a continuation to Milner's Ecclesiastical History. Sermons. Lond. Rivington, 1839, 12mo. 1841, 8vo. History of Christ's Universal Church during the Primitive Times. Lond. Virtue, 1845, 8vo. Second edition, Lond. 1806, 4to. 2 vols. pub. at 51. 5s. LARGE PAPER, COLOURED PLATES, pub. at 71. 7s. STEEL, David. Elements of Punctuation, containing Remarks on an Essay on Punctuation, and critical Observations on some Passages in Milton. Lond. 1786, 12mo. 3s. - David. Ship-masters' Assistant and Owners' Manual. Lond. 1803, 8vo. Fifteenth edition, revised by W. Dickenson, Lond. 1821, 8vo.-Twentieth edition, newly arranged and corrected down to 1832, by J. Stikeman. Lond. 1832, 8vo. New edition, revised and enlarged by G. Wilmore and G. Clements,, Lond. 1846, 8vo.-Lond. 1852, 8vo. 11. 88, Elements of Rigging Seamanship in Naval Tactics. Lond. 1794, 4to. 2 vols. 17. 18. Atlantic and West Indian Navigation. Christian in Palestine, illustrated by Lond. 1804, 8vo. STEELE, Elizabeth. The Memoirs | cerning the Bill for the Prevention of of Mrs. Sophia Baddeley, late of Schism. Lond. 1714, 4to.—Second edition, Drury-Lane Theatre. Lond. 1787, 12mo. 6 vols. 10s. 6d. James. See BADDELEY. Philosophy of the Evidences of Christianity. Edinb. 1834, 8vo. Joshua. Prosodia Rationalis; or, an Essay towards establishing the Melody and Measure of Speech by Symbols. Lond. 1779, 4to. A very ingenious method, in which Mr. Steele 'has shewn how the recitation of Garrick and other eminent speakers might be transmitted to posterity in score.'-1775, 4to. This edition was entitled 'An Essay toward establishing the Melody and Measure of Speech to be expressed and perpetuated by peculiar Symbols.' See Nichols' Lit, Anecdotes, vol. 2, p. 358, and vol. 3, p. 208. Sir Richard. Dramatic Works. Lond. 1761, 12mo. portrait. Steevens, 1401, 4s. 6d. Nassau, pt. ii. 538, 78.-1712, 12mo. with portrait. Reed, 8558, 3s. 6d.-1717, 12mo. with portrait. Heath, 1956, 5s. 6d.-1734, 12mo. 1736, 12mo. with port. Reed, 8557, 58.-Dublin, 1737, 12mo.—Lond. Tonson, 1755, 12mo. plates. The Christian Hero, an Argument proving that no Principles but those of Religion are sufficient to make a great man. Lond. 1701, small 8vo.-Lond. Ton son, 1766, small 8vo.-Oxford, 1802, small 8vo. 2s. 6d. A valuable little manual, frequently reprinted. Predictions for the Year 1708, written to prevent the people of England from being further imposed upon by vulgar Almanac-Makers. By Isaac Bickerstaff. Lond. 1708, 4to. Bickerstaff's Almanack for the Year 1710. Lond. 1710, 8vo. Poetical Miscellanies, consisting of Original Poems and Translations by the best Hands, published by R. Steele. Lond. 1694, 8vo.-Lond. Tonson, 1714, small 8vo. frontispiece. Ib. 1727, 12mo. The Romish Ecclesiastical History of late Years. Lond. 1714, 8vo. Written to unveil the errors and idolatry of popery, and to excite an abhorrence of its gross rites and superstitions. The Crisis; or a Discourse representing from the most authentick records the just cause of the late happy Revolution. Lond. 1714, 4to. Letter to a Member of Parliament con 1714. The Case of Richard Steele, Esq., being an impartial Account of the Proceedings against him. Lond. 1714, 8vo. Mr. Steele's Apology for himself and his Writings; occasioned by his expulsion from the House of Commons. (De dicated to Robert Walpole.) Lond. 1714, 4to. He was expelled for writing the Englishman' and the Crisis,' as conProtestant succession was in danger under taining expressions insinuating that the Queen Anne's administration. Letter from the Earl of Mar to the King before his Majesty arrived in England. (Anon.) n. p. 1715, 8vo. Reprinted in Somers' Tracts, vol. 4, p. 246. Account of the State of the Roman Catholic Religion throughout the World. Written for the use of Pope Innocent XI. Lond. 1715, 8vo. The Dedication is supposed to have been written by Bishop Hoadly. Roxburghe, 7848, 3s.-1716, 12mo. Heath, 534, 3s. Political Writings, the Crisis, the Importance of Dunkirk considered, &c. Lond. 1715, 12mo. Account of the Fishpool, consisting of a Vessel so called, lately invented and built for the importation of Fish alive. Lond. 1718, 8vo. Thinker, occasioned by the dispute beThe Antidote in a Letter to a Free tween Dr. Woodward and certain other physicians. (Anon.) Lond. 1719, 8vo. the later actions between Dr. Woodward The Antidote, &c. No. 2, occasioned by and Dr. Mead, 1719, 8vo. Letter to the Earl of O(xfor)d, concerning the Bill of Peerage. Lond. 1719,8vo. -Second edition, 1719. Inquiry into the manner of creating Peers. Lond. 1719, 4to, The Spinster; in defence of Woollen Manufactures. No. 1. (Anon.) Lond. 1719, 8vo. The Theatre and the Anti-Theatre. fol. Bindley, pt. iii. 2081, No. 1 of the Theatre wanting, 5l. 5s. No. 1 of the Theatre, pub. under the name of Sir John Edgar, appeared Jan. 2, 1720, No. 28 and last, April 5, 1720. Of the Anti-Theatre, Malone observed of Bindley's copy, he never saw another. The Theatre, by Sir Richard Steele; to which are added, the Anti-Theatre; the Character of Sir John Edgar; Steele's Case with the Lord Chamberlain; the Crisis of Property, with the Sequel, two Pasquins, &c.illustrated with literary and historical Anecdotes, by John Nichols. Lond. 1791, 12mo. 2 vols. 6s. South Sea scheme. A Nation, a Family; being a Sequel to the Crisis of Property.' Lond. 1720, 8vo. Grammar of the English Tongue. With the arts of Logic, Rhetoric, Poetry, &c. (Anon.) Lond. 1720, 12mo. The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele. Illustrated with literary and historical Anecdotes by John Nichols. Lond. 1787, 12mo. 2 vols. 7s. Fonthill, 1567, 2s. 6d. Bliss, 2s. 6d.-Second edition, corrected and enlarged, Lond. 1809, 8yo. 2 vols. portrait. Town-Talk, the Fish-pool, &c., by the Authors of the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, now first collected, with Notes and Illustrations (by John Nichols). Lond. 1789, 12mo. Bindley, pt. iii. 905, 58. The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff. See TATLER. Extracts of Remarkable Fassages out of Mr. Steele's Writings. n. p. or d. 4to. The Character of Richard St-le, Esq., with some Remarks by Toby Abel's Kinsman. Lond. 1713, 8vo. portrait of Toby. (Attributed by Smedley to Dean Swift, but supposed to be chiefly written by Wagstaffe.) See ENGLISHMAN. LADIES' LIBRARY, p. 1297. LOVER, p. 1402. SPECTATOR, TATLER, and GUARDIAN. TOWN-TALK. STEELE, Lieut. Robert. Tour through part of the Atlantic, Madeira, the Azores and Newfoundland. Lond. 1810, 8vo. chart of the Ship's Track. STEHELIN, Rev. John Peter. The Traditions of the Jews, or the Doctrines and Expositions contained in the Talmud and other Rabbinical Writings, with a preliminary Preface. Lond. 1732-34, 8vo. 2 vols. 27. 12s. 6d. Gosset, 2778, 16s. 6d.-Lond. 1742, 8vo. 2 vols. frontispiece.-Lond. 1748, 8vo. 2 vols. frontispiece. Williams, 1648, 47. 98. Bright, 5404, 27. 6s. Mitford, April, 1860, calf extra, by Lewis, 31. 7s. STEINMAN, George S. History of Croydon. With an Appendix of Ancient Instruments, &c. Lond. 1834, 8vo. wood-cuts, pub. at 12s. STELLA, F. Diego de. The Contempte of the World, and the Vanitie thereof, written by F. Diego de Stella of the Order of S. Fr. translated out of Italian into Englishe. Anno-Domini, 1584, 8vo. A copy is in the Lambeth Library.S. Omers, 1622, 12mo. with portrait. Methode unto Mortification, called heretofore the Contempt of the World and the vanitie thereof, translated by Tho. Rogers. Lond. 1586, 24mo. Jvl. Cæs. Jvlii Caesaris Stellæ Nob. Rom. Columbeidos Libri priores duo. Londini, apud Johannem Wolfium, 1585, 4to. Bright, 5446, with Scipii Gentilis Nereus, 1585, 27. 11s. Sign. A, two leaves, B to G 3, in fours, together 25 leaves. A copy of this Latin poem, dedicated 'D Waltero Raelleo Equiti aurati &c.' is in the British Museum, STELLA Clericorum. (Rich. Pynson), 4to. The volume contains sign. C 6 in sixes, without catchword, running title, or numbers to the leaves. There is another edition by Pynson, without date, having a II, b II, and c II, on the third leaf of each signature. Heber, pt. v. 2820, with 4 other rare pieces, 67. STENDHAL, Count de. Rome, Naples, and Florence, in 1817. By the Count de Stendhal. Lond. 1818, 8vo. pub. at 10s. 6d. The true name of this writer was Henry Beyle. STENOGRAPHY. See SHORT-HAND, p. 2388. "The phraseo STENT, Peter. Book of Flowers, | ford, April, 1860, 17. 68. Fruits, Beasts, Birds and Flies. in this work than in any other book exlogy of Shakspeare is better illustrated Lond. [1660], 4to. 4 In Hearne s edition of Leland's Itinerary. See FITZ-STEPHEN, William. W. Stephanidis Vita S. Thomæ Cantuariensis. In Sparke's Collection of English Historians. isting."-Caldecott, Beloe, in his Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, vol. 6, p. 231-41, gives an account of this work, stating that the Edinburgh edition is classed among English books of rarity, adding, "I am not acquainted with many books which are more replete both with curious anecdote and entertion." The original French work, 'L'Intaining information than this transla troduction au Traitte de la Conformité des Merveilles anciennes avec les Moderpunishment. STEPHANUS, Carolus. Dictionarium historicum, geographicum, nes obliged the author to fly to avoid poeticum, Auctore Carolo Stephano, recensuit, supplevit, &c. Nicolaus Lloydius. Oxonii, 1670 vel 1671, folio. Dedicated by Lloyd to the Bp. of Ox Henricus. Thesaurus Græcæ Linguæ, editio nova auctior et emendatior curante E. H. Barker. Lond. A. J. Valpy, 1816-28, folio, 39 parts, forming 8 vols. Published at 39 guineas, but now generally sold at from 57. 58. to 107. 10s., according to condition. Sotheby's, January, 1860, 8 vols. 51, 12s. 6d. LARGE PAPER. Published at 78 guineas. Drury, 4081, 30l. Hibbert, 7791, 12 vols. russia, 481. 6s. Gardner, in 1854, 12 vols. russia, 157. Sotheby's, May, 1859, 97. 78. 6d. This new edition, which contains much additional matter, incorporates the Appendices of Askew and Scott, and includes Labbai Glossaria Græco-Latina, Appendix ad Thesaurum Græcum H. Stephani et ad Lexica Constantini et Scapulæ, a D. Scott. Lond. 1745-6, fol. 2 vols. See SCOTT, Daniel, p. 2219. Robertus. Thesaurus Lin- guæ Latinæ. Best edition, but superseded by Facciolati. Duke of Grafton, 246, 17. 18s. LARGE PAPER. Roscoe, 147, 47. 10s. Willett, 2362, 67. 10s. Drury, 4082, morocco, 6l. 10s. Dictionariolum Puerorvm, tribus Lin 4to. guis Latina, Anglica et Gallica conscrip tum. Lond. apud Regin. Wolfium, 1552, There are two signatures of A 1, on the second of which the dictionary commences. It concludes on the reverse of the first leaf after sign. Gggg v. STEPHEN, James. The Slavery of the British West India Colonies delineated, as it exists both in Law and Practice, and compared with the Slavery of other Countries, ancient and modern. Lond. 1824-30, 8vo. 2 vols. The most valuable of all the publications on this important subject. An examination of the work will be found in Alex. Barclay's View of the State of Slavery in the West Indies. England enslaved by her own Slave Colonies. Lond. 1826, 8vo. STEPHEN STEPLE. Steven Steple A World of Wonders, or an Introduc- to Mast Camell. Lond. by Rich. tion to a Treatise touching the Conformitie of anciente and moderne Wonders, or a preparative Treatise to the Apologie for Herodotus, translated by R. C. Lond. 1607, fol. Dedicated to the Earle of Pembroke. Reed, 4027, 8s. 6d. Bindley, pt. iii. 823, 11s. 6d. Bright, 3s. 6d. Edinb. Andrew Hart, 1608, fol. Constable, 1141, russia, 188. Nassau, pt. ii. 1223, 21. 28. Halliwell, 1859, 17. 188. Mit Lant. A small doggerel of 24 lines, in a rude STEPHENS, Alexander. The History of the Wars which arose out of the French Revolution: to which is prefixed, a Review of the Causes |