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Cruikshank's Comic Almanack.

Complete in Two Series: The First from 1835 to 1843; the Second from 1844 to 1853. A Gathering of the Best Humour of Thackeray. Hoop, Maruew, AtnertT SautH, A'BECKETT, Roserr Broven, ec. With 2,000 Woodeuts and Steel Engravings by Crcixsuann, Hine, LANDELLS, &c.

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Cussans' History of Hertfordshire.

By Joun E. Cussans, Jilusteated with full-page Plates on Copper and Stone, and a profusion of small Woodcuts.

" Dr, Cussans Aas, from sources nat accessible fo Clutterbuck, made most valwable additions to the manorial Aistary of the county from the earliest period dmwutoardt, cleared mp many doubtful points, and pion original details concerning various subjects untouched or imperfectly treated by that writer, The pedigrees seem to have been constructed mith great care, ond area valuable addition to the genealogical Aistory of the county. Mr, Cussans ov to haw done Als work conscientiously, and to have shared nefther time, + kor expense to veader his volumes worthy ef ranking in thepiwhest clas af County Histertes." —ACApEMY.

Two Volumes, demy to, handsomely bound in half-morocco, gilt, profusely Nlustrated with Coloured and Plain Plates and Woodcuts, price £7 74

Cyclopedia of Costume; or, A Dictionary of Dress —Regal, EKeclestastical, Civil, and Military— from the Earliest Period in England to the reign of George the "Third. Incinding Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, amd a General History of the Costumes of the Principal Countrics of Europe. By J. R. PLANCHE, Somerset Herald. The Volumes may also be had seAarafely (each Complete in itself at £3 15.60. each: Vol. I. THE DICTIONARY, Vol. Il, A GENERAL HISTORY OP COSTUME IN EUROPE. Also in 25 Parts, at gz, each, Cases for binding, 5s, cach,


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