original edition of one of the most extraordinary and curious productions of the fifteenth century and a work which can never fail to be in the highest degree interesting to the lover of ancient engraving and printing. The fine woodcuts present the first successful imitation of the cross-hatchings of a pen-drawing. If Koberger had printed but this chronicle he would have done enough to have placed his name among the most distinguished of the profession of the typographical art, but he has many other claims to a very marked celebrity. In the "Bibliotheca Spenceriana" no less than twenty-six pages are devoted to an account of the work accompanied by many fac-similies of the very singular woodcuts. Hearne in his preface of "Robert of Gloucester" says; "For my part, the oftener I consult this chronicle the more I wonder at the things in it, and I cannot but esteem the book as extremely pleasant, useful, and curious, by means of those very odd cuts." SCOTT, Sir W. Novels. Waverly, Guy Mannering, Antiquary, Old Mortality, Rob Roy, Black Dwarf, Legend of Montrose, and the Bride of Lammermoor, in 1 vol., thick 8vo, half calf, gilt. Edinburgh, 1866. $2.00 SHAKESPEARE. Works revised from the Best Authorities, with a Memoir and Essay on his Genius by Barry Cornwall. Illustrated with a great number of very clever designs on Wood by Kenny Meadows. 3 vols., royal 8vo, russia, extra, gilt edges. London, 1843. $36.00 A splendid copy of the original edition, with fine impressions of the beautiful cuts. SHAKESPEARE. The Same. A later Edition, further Illustrated with 200 extra Plates inserted, including a set of Cruikshank's clever delineations of Sir John Falstaff, and some rare Portraits, &c., inserted. 3 vols., royal 8vo. London, n. d. $35.00 STOKES, J. LORT. Discoveries in Australia, with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers explored, WASHINGTON, GEORGE. The Writings of. Being the Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and other Papers, Official and Private. With a Life of the Author by Jared Sparks. 12 vols., 8vo, cloth. New York, 1847. $18.00 WATERTON, CHARLES. Wanderings in South America, the Northwest of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, 1824. With Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, &c., for Cabinets of Natural History. 2 vols., 12mo, half morocco, $6.00 gilt. London, 1866. WILSON, J. Noctes Ambrosians. Notes by Shelton Mackenzie. 5 vols., 8vo, half calf, gilt. New York, 1863. $15.00 WOOD, Rev. J. G. The Natural History of Now Ready, and to be had of the Auctioneers, or of J. SABIN & SONS. Linguistics, Oriental Literature, Poetry, Fiction, Voyages & Travels. EXECUTOR'S SALE. Catalogue of the Books BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MR. WILLIAM GOWANS, (BOOKSELLER OF 115 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,) WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION ON MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1871, AND FOLLOWING DAYS, AT 4 O'CLOCK, P. M., BY BANGS, MERWIN & CO., AT THEIR AUCTION ROOMS, 694 & 696 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 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