Books published by W. Simpkin & R. Marshall.

  • Simpkin and Marshall.
Date:
[1825]
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Credit: Books published by W. Simpkin & R. Marshall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hooks Published by W. SIMPK1N & R. MARSHALL. A MANUAL OF CLASSICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; comprising a copious detail of the various Editions, Translations into the English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and, occasionally, other Languages; Commen- taries, and Works, critical and illustrative, of the Greek and Latin Classics. By Joseph William Moss, B. A., of Magdalene Hall, Oxford, &c. &c. in 2 vols. 8vo. comprising nearly 1300 pages, closely printed, 30s. boards. The Author has inserted numerous Extracts, Colophons, and Anecdotes, which, while they augment the utility of the Work, and assist the Collector in the recognition of doubtful, and in the collation of early editions, serve to enliven the tedium which the endless and unavoidable sameness of Biblio- graphical detail excites, even in a Bibliomaniac. The distinguishing cha- racteristics of the various Aldine, Elzevir, and other editions, which have been counterfeited, have boon carefully and fully noted. The sums pro- duced at the sales of celebrated Collections have been particularly specified ; nor have the present prices been omitted; which, though liable to fluc- tuation, will enable the Collector to form a general notion of the value of the editions so priced. This Work will render the acquisition of any other on the subject of 'Classical Bibliography, (as far as relates to the various Authors comprised in it,) unnecessary: it combines the advantages of the Bibliotheca Spenceriaua,’ and ‘ Introduction’ of Dibdin, the ‘ Catalogues Raissonnds’ of De Bure, and the ‘ Manuel’ of Brunet, &c. &c.; and when it is known, that upwards of 3,000 volumes of Bibliographical and Critical Works, Reviews, &c. (exclusive of the innumerable Editious, Translations Commentaries, &c. described in these volumes,) have been consulted ; no- tices have been extracted from, and references made to, them ; the public will be enabled to estimate the no trivial labour bestowed upon this Work. ~ COOKERY AND CONFEC’ITONARY, By John Conrade Cooke. An original Work, comprising the varieties of English and Foreign Practice, with Fourteen illustrative Engravings, 6s. boards —7s. bound and lettered. “ This work is, in every sense, calculated to obviate the general com- plaint of the majority of our treatises on Cookery, viz. that after the novice has carefully weighed aud measured out his ingredients, in the mode and manner directed, he, at last, finds the product at variance with the promise. Mr. Cooke has, however, not only specified the measure of quantity of each article, but, as far as it could be done with certainty, he has given the re- quisite time for the cookiug of each dish, whether plain or compounded. “ This,” observes the Author, “ is altogether a novel feature;” and, as he is an eminent professor of his art, his work is materially enhanced, by his uniting elegance with every-day practice and experience. In Confection- ary, Mr. Cooke displays twofold excellence iu illustrating his receipts in that department, by a scries of etchings of tasteful designs in ornamental pastry, and drawings of confectionary implements.”—Monthly Critical Gazette, April, 1825. This Day is Published, in Three Volumes, small 8vo. 30s. boards. TALES BY THE O’HARA FAMILY, Containing Crohoorc of the Bill-Hook, the Fetches, and John Doe. “ We will endeavour to give some account of these admirable Tales, and select a specimen of the writer’s powers—powers which we predict require but Public encouragement to ripen into a splendid maturity, aud to yield a rich harvest of amusement to the world, and of fame and profit to the owner.”—Gentleman's Mag. July, 1825. “ Since the first productions of the author of Waverly, we have seen no- thing of the kind that, in our judgment, equals these Tales.—Monthly Critical Gazette, June, 1825.