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THE IMPERIAL CYCLOPÆDIA;

To be continued in Monthly Parts, price Half-a-Crown, Super-royal 8vo.

The Work now announced is the commencement of a NEW SERIES OF CYCLOPÆDIAS, FOUNDED UPON THE VAST TREASURY OF ORIGINAL MATERIALS IN "THE PENNY CYCLOPÆDIA."

The publication commences with

THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE;

To form Two Volumes, with Steel Engravings and numerous Coloured Maps; And to be completed in Twelve Monthly Parts, at Half-a-Crown.

"The Part now before us is the commencement of the 'Cyclopædia of Geography.' The articles which appear in the present number convey a large amount of useful information in a compact and intelligent form. They are evidently the productions of competent writers, well acquainted with the present state of geographical science. The Maps are beautifully distinct. Fulness, compactness, and clearness--the great requisites of a Cyclopædia--are here combined in a high degree."--_The Athenæum_, No. 1175.

"The Part before us promises well. Books published subsequently to the 'Penny Cyclopædia' have been consulted, to bring down the information to the latest date; and many contributions from local residents of places in this country enrich particular articles with full knowledge."--_The Spectator_, No. 1140.

LONDON: CHARLES KNIGHT, FLEET STREET.

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Now ready, containing 149 Plates, royal 8vo. 28s.; folio, 2l. 5s.; India Paper, 4l. 4s.

THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES of ENGLAND: a Series of Engravings upon Wood, from every variety of these interesting and valuable Memorials, accompanied with Descriptive Notices.

By the Rev. C. FOUTELL, M.A. Rector of Downham Market. Part XII, completing the work, price 7s. 6d.; folio, 12s.; India paper, 24s.

By the same Author, royal 8vo. 15s.; large paper, 21s.

MONUMENTAL BRASSES and SLABS: an Historical and Descriptive Notice of the Incised Monumental Memorials of the Middle Ages. With upward of 200 Engravings.

"A Handsome large octavo volume, abundantly supplied with well-engraved woodcuts and lithographic plates; a sort of Encyclopædia for ready reference.... The whole work has a look of painstaking completeness highly commendable."--_Athenæum_.

"One of the most beautifully got up and interesting volumes we have seen for a long time. It gives in the compass of one volume an account of the History of those beautiful monuments of former days ... The illustrations are extremely well chosen."--_English Churchman._

A few copies of this work remain for sale; and, as it will not be reprinted in the same form and at the same price, the remaining copies are raised in price. Early application for the Large Paper Edition is necessary.

By the same Author, to be completed in Four Parts, CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS in ENGLAND and WALES: an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the various classes of Monumenta Memorials which have been in use in this country from about the time of the Norman Conquest. Profusely illustrated with Wood Engravings. Part I. price 7s. 6d.; Part II. 2s. 6d.

"A well conceived and executed work."--_Ecclesiologist._

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MATERIALS for making RUBBINGS of MONUMENTAL BRASSES and other Incised Works of Art.

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Also, RICHARDSON'S METALLIC RUBBER, in cakes price 1s. l6d.; Double cakes, 2s. 6d.

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THE ROMANCE of the PEERAGE; or, Curiosities of Family History. by GEORGE LILLIE CRAIK. Vols. I. II. and III. Post 8vo., cloth, 10s. 6d. each.

"A book of strange facts."--_Atlas._

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