Volume II is the first edition.
NEVE, PHILIP.--Cursory Remarks on Some of the Ancient English Poets, particularly Milton . . . London. M.DCC.LXXXIX. _8vo, half calf gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
Large paper copy.
NEW BALLAD.--A New Ballad. To the Tune of, London is a fine Town, &c. London: Printed for J. Smith . . . MDCC XXVI. _Folio, boards, by The Club Bindery._
NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS.--Travels and Discoveries in the Levant. By C. T. Newton, . . . With numerous illustrations. . . . Day & Son, . . . 1865. . . . _8vo, two volumes, half russia, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
Two maps, thirty-nine plates, and thirty-eight woodcuts.
NEW YORK CHARTER.--The Charter And the Several Laws, Orders & Ordinances Established by the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Assistants of the City of New-York Conven'd in Common Council, For the good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants of the said City. Published this first Day of December, in the Mayoralty of Jacobus van Cortland, Esq; Annoq; Domini 1719. Printed and Sold by William Bradford in the City of New-York, 1719. _Folio, brown levant morocco, back and sides richly tooled, silk linings, gilt edges, by Riviere._
The first printed Laws and Charter of the City of New York, with the revised ordinance "prevention of fire" on the fifth page.
NEW YORK CITY during the American Revolution, being a Collection of Original Papers (now first published) from the Manuscripts in the possession of the Mercantile Library Association of New York City [with an Introduction by H. B. Dawson] Privately printed for the Association [by C. A. Alvord] 1861. _4to, brown morocco, back and sides in gold and mosaic, gilt top, uncut edges, by Pawson and Nicholson._
Map of New York and plan, also (inserted) fifteen views and six portraits.
NEW YORK DIRECTORY.--The New-York Directory, containing, A Valuable and well Calculated Almanack; . . . Tables of the different Coins, suitable for any State, and digested in such order, as to render an Exchange between any of the United States plain and easy.
Likewise,
1. The names of all the Citizens, their occupations and places of abode.
2. The members in Congress, from what state, and where residing.
3. Grand departments of the United States for adjusting public accounts, and by whom conducted.
4. Members in Senate and Assembly, from what county, and where residing.
5. Judges, Aldermen, and other civil officers, with their places of abode.
6. Public state-offices, and by whom kept.
7. Counsellers at law, and where residing.
8. Ministers of the gospel, where residing, and of what Church.
9. Physicians, Surgeons, and their places of abode.
10. President, Directors, days, and hours of business at the Bank.
11. Professors, &c. of the university of Columbia college.
12. Rates of porterage, as by law established.
13. Arrivals and departures of the mails at the Post-Office.
By David Franks.
New York: Printed by Shepard Kollock, corner of Wall and Water Streets, M, DCC, LXXX, VI. _16mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, with the original grey covers bound in, by F. Bedford._
First edition.
NEW YORK LAWS.--Laws, Statutes, Ordinances, and Constitutions, ordained, made and established, by the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Assistants, of the City of New-York, Convened in Common-Council, for The good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants and Residents of the said City. Published the Twenty-Seventh Day of January, and the First Day of February, in the Twenty Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, . . . Annoque Domini 1748. And in the Mayoralty of Edward Holland, Esq;
To which is added, An Appendix, Containing Extracts of sundry Acts of the General Assembly of the Colony of New-York, immediately relating to the good Government of the said City and Corporation. Printed and Sold by J. Parker, at the New Printing Office, in Bever Street, 1749. _Folio, bound with WILLIAM LIVINGSTON'S "Independent Reflector" and "The Occasional Reverberator."_
One of four copies on record. The other three are in the Lenox Library, the Philadelphia Public Library, and the Tower collection of American Laws in the library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
NEW YORK PARKS.--First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks for the year ending May 1, 1871. New York: William C. Bryant & Co., 1871. _Royal 8vo, half red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._
Fifty illustrations.
NICHOLS, JOHN.--Biographical and literary Anecdotes of William Bowyer, Printer, F. S. A. and of many of his learned friends. Containing an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom from the beginning of the present century to the end of the year M DCCLXX VII. By John Nichols, his apprentice, partner, and successor . . . . London: printed by and for the author. MDCCLXXXII. _4to, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._
Second edition. Portrait of Bowyer by J. Basire.
NICHOLS, JOHN.--Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century; comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F. S. A. and many of his learned friends; an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom during the last century; and biographical anecdotes of a considerable number of eminent writers and ingenious artists; with a very copious index. By John Nichols, . . . In six volumes. . . . London: printed for the author, by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, . . . 1812-15. _8vo, nine volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
The title-page of Volume VII reads "in seven volumes," 1813, and the volume contains a second part, dated 1816, although the pagination is continuous; Volume VIII is dated 1814, and Volume IX, 1815.
Fourteen portraits and one facsimile.
NICHOLS, JOHN.--Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century. Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and intended as a Sequel to The Literary Anecdotes. By John Nichols, . . . London: printed for the Author, by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, . . . 1817-58. _8vo, eight volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._
Sixty-two portraits and one other plate in two compartments.
Volumes I and II are dated 1817; Volume III, 1818; IV, 1822; V, 1828; VI, 1831; VII, 1848; and VIII, 1858. The title-page reads "To which are appended Additions to the Literary Anecdotes and Literary Illustrations."
Volumes VII and VIII were written by John Bowyer Nichols; Volumes V and VI were posthumous publications.
NICHOLS, JOHN.--Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth; with a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; and occasional remarks. The third edition, enlarged and corrected. London: printed by and for John Nichols, . . . MDCCLXXXV. _8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
Engraved title.
NICHOLS, JOHN.--See Hogarth, William.
NICHOLS, T.--A handy-book of the British Museum, for every-day readers. By T. Nichols, . . . London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, . . . 1870. _Crown 8vo, cloth._
Sixteen plates and numerous woodcuts in the text.
NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS.--Memoirs and Remains of Lady Jane Grey: by Nicholas Harris Nicolas . . . New [second] edition. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, . . . 1831. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
Large paper copy, with India proof portrait of Lady Jane Grey by Dean after De Heere, and forty inserted plates, including a coloured drawing and several proofs.
NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS.--The Lives of Walton and Cotton by Sir Harris Nicholas London William Pickering 1837. _Imperial 8vo, half brown morocco, uncut edges._
Four portraits on steel.
One of twenty-five copies printed. The sheets are the same as in Volume I of the Pickering edition of "The Complete Angler," 1836, with a new title-page.
NIGHTINGALE.--The Nightingale: a choice selection of the most admired popular Songs, heroic, plaintive, sentimental, humourous, and bacchanalian. Arranged for the Violin, Flute, and Voice. By the editor of the "Skylark" and "Thrush" . . . London: published by Thomas Tegg, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges._
Engraved frontispiece-title with vignette, by Freeman after Corbould.
NIGHTINGALE VALLEY.--Nightingale Valley. A collection, including a great number of the choicest Lyrics and Short Poems in the English Language. Edited by Giraldus . . . London: Bell and Daldy . . . 1860. _Post 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt and mosaic back panels, gilt edges, by Holloway._
NOBLE, J. ASHCROFT.--The Sonnet in England & other Essays by J. Ashcroft Noble London Elkin Mathews and John Lane. 1893. _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._
No. 26 of fifty large paper copies printed.
NODIER, CHARLES.--The Bibliomaniac by Charles Nodier with forty-five illustrations from designs by Maurice Leloir, engraved on wood by F. Noel, and a Preface by R. Vallery-Radot. Translated by Mabel Osgood Wright J. O. Wright & Company New York MDCCCXCIV. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._
No. 64 of one hundred and fifty copies printed on Japan paper, with a duplicate set of the illustrations.
NODIER, CHARLES.--The Bibliomaniac. 1894. _8vo, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt top, uncut edges._
Another copy, one of five presentation copies printed upon India paper.
"NORTH, CHRISTOPHER."--See Wilson, John.
NORTH, ROGER.--The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under King Charles II. and King James II. The Hon. Sir Dudley North, Commissioner of the Customs, and afterwards of the Treasury, to King Charles II. and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Clerk of the Closet to King Charles II. By the Hon. Roger North. A new edition. With notes and illustrations, historical and biographical. . . . London: Henry Colburn, . . . 1826. _8vo, three volumes, boards, uncut edges._
Three portraits by R. Cooper.
NORTHALL, W. K., _editor_.--Life and Recollections of Yankee [George Handel] Hill: together with anecdotes and incidents of his travels. Edited by Dr. W. K. Northall. New York, published for Mrs. Cordelia Hill, by W. F. Burgess, . . . 1850. _Small 8vo, cloth._
Portrait and woodcuts.
NORTHCOTE, JAMES.--Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt. . . . late President of the Royal Academy. Comprising Original Anecdotes of many distinguished persons, his contemporaries; and a brief analysis of his discourses. To which are added, Varieties on Art. By James Northcote, . . . London: printed for Henry Colburn, . . . 1813. _4to, half calf, uncut edges._
Portrait by Robert Cooper after John Jackson.
NORTHCOTE, JAMES.--(I.) One Hundred Fables, original and selected, by James Northcote, R. A. &c &c embellished with two hundred and eighty engravings on wood London, Geo: Lawford . . . printed by J. Johnson 1828 (II.) Fables, original and selected. By the late James Northcote, R. A. Second Series. Illustrated by two hundred and eighty engravings on wood. [portrait] London: John Murray, . . . MDCCCXXXIIL _Royal 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru._
Large paper copy. Rubricated title. Portrait of Northcote inserted, by Worthington after Barlow, India open letter proof.
NORTHCOTE, JAMES.--Fables. Second Series. 1833. _Crown 8vo, half brown morocco, uncut edges._
Another copy, printed on India paper.
NORTHCOTE, JAMES.--Proof Illustrations to Northcote's Fables; and of the Ornamental Letters and Vignettes by William Harvey. London: Geo: Lawford . . . printed by J. Johnson 1828. _Royal 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, by Chambolle-Duru._
Printed entirely on India paper, with title-page rubricated.
NORTHCOTE, JAMES.--The Life of Titian: with Anecdotes of the distinguished persons of his time. By James Northcote . . . London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . . . 1830. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._
Portrait of Titian engraved by Dean.
Written chiefly by William Hazlitt.
NORTON, JOHN.--The Redeemed Captive. Being a Narrative Of the taking and carrying into Captivity The Reverend Mr. John Norton, when Fort-Massachusetts Surrendered to a large Body of French and Indians, August 20th 1746.
With a particular Account of the Defence made before the Surrender of that Fort, with the Articles of Capitulation &c. Together with an Account, both entertaining and affecting, of what Mr. Norton met with, and took Notice of, in his travelling to, and while in Captivity at Canada, and 'till his Arrival at Boston, on August 16. 1747. Written by Himself. [Ten lines of Biblical quotations] Boston: Printed & Sold opposite the Prison. 1748. _12mo, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, side compartments in a conventional floral and foliage design, uncut edges, in an olive levant morocco case, by Cobden-Sanderson._
NUGENT, GEORGE GRENVILLE, LORD.--Legends of the Library at Lilies, by the Lord and Lady there. . . . London: printed for Longman, Rees, &c . . . 1832. _Post 8vo, two volumes, original boards, uncut edges._
NURSERY RHYMES.--See Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O.
NUTTALL, THOMAS.--The North American Sylva; or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux, and containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the Territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States. Illustrated by 122 fine [coloured] plates. By Thomas Nuttall, F. L. S., . . . Philadelphia: J. Dobson, . . . 1842. [1846, 1849.] _Royal 8vo, three volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._