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MEMOIRS of the ADMINISTRATION of the Right Hon. HENRY PELHAM, chiefly drawn from Family Documents, and illustrated with Original Correspondence, never before published. By the Rev. Archdeacon CoxE. 2 Vols. 4to. with Portraits from Original Paintings in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, price 51. 5s. A few Copies are printed on large paper, uniform with the Author's preceding Works, price 101. 10s.

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RISE of the MAHOMEDAN POWER in INDIA, till the Year 1612. Translated from the original Persian of MAHOMED KASIM FERISHTA, by JOHN BRIGGS, M.R.A.S. Lieut.-Colonel in the Madras Army. To which is added, an Account of the Conquest, by the Kings of Hydrabad, of those parts of the Madras Provinces denominated the Ceded Districts and Northern Circars. With copious Notes. 4 Vols. 8vo. 41. 4s.

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A SYNOPSIS of the BRITISH FLORA, arranged according to the Natural Orders; containing Vasculares, or Flowering Plants. By JOHN LINDLEY, F.R.S. L.S. & G.S. Assistant Secretary of the Horticultural Society, Professor of Botany in the University of London, &c. &c. 12mo. 10s. 6d. bds.

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