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BOOKS printed for BERNARD LINTOT.

The Rape of the Lock, an Heroi-comical Poem, in five Cantos. Written by Mr Pope. The fifth Edition. To which is added a Key to the Lock, or a Treatise proving beyond all Contradiction the dangerous Tendency of a late Poem entituled the Rape of the Lock to Government and Religion. By Esdras Barnévelt Apoth. The third Edition, with Cuts. Price 1 s. 6 d.

An Essay on Criticism. Written by Mr. Pope. The fifth Edition. To which is added an Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia's Day, written by Mr Pope. The third Edition, with curious Frontispieces to each, design'd by Cheron, and engrav'd by Mr. Gribelin. Price 1 s.

Windsor-Forest, A Poem: To the Right Honourable George Lord Landsdown, by Mr. Pope. The fourth Edition: To which is added Messiah, a sacred Eclogue; in imitation of Virgil's Pollio, with Notes. To Mr. Pope on his Windsor-Forest, by the late Reverend Mr. Francis Knapp Dean of Killala in the County of Mayo in Ireland, with a Frontispiece. Price 1 s.

The Temple of Fame, a Vision, a Poem, by Mr. Pope. The second Edition, with a Frontispiece. Price 1 s.

Eloisa to Abelard, a Poem. Also Verses to the Memory of an unfortunate Lady. Both by Mr. Pope. To which is added, Florelio, a Pastoral; lamenting the Death of the late Marquis of Blandford. By Mr. Fenton. Upon the Death of her Husband, by Mrs. Elizabeth Singer. A pastoral Ballad, by Mr. Gay. Richy and Sandy, a Pastoral, on the Death of Mr. Joseph Addison, by Mr. Allan Ramsay, a Scotch Poem. An Explanation of Richy and Sandy, with a Poem to Mr Allan Ramsay on his Richy and Sandy. Both by Josiah Burchet Esq; Secretary to the Admiralty: with the Picture of Eloisa and her Convent prefix'd. Price 1 s.

N. B. The above five Books of Mr. Pope are finely Printed in Octavo Editions.

The poetical Works of Mr. Alexander Pope.

Hæc studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant; secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium & solatium præbent; delectant domi, non impediunt foris; pernoctant nobiscum; peregrinantur, rusticantur,

Cicero pro Arch.
Price 14 s.

The Iliad of Homer, translated by Mr. Pope, in six Volumes Folio. Large Paper Price one Guinea, and small Paper 14 s. each Vol.

Fresnoy's Art of Painting, a Poem, with Remarks, translated by Mr. Dryden; and an original Preface, concerning a Parallel between Painting and Poetry, by Mr. Dryden. As also an Account of the most eminent Painters, ancient and modern, much enlarg'd by Richard Graham Esq; The second Edition. To which are prefix'd Verses from Mr. Pope to Mr. Jervas, occasion'd by this Edition. Price 5 s.

The diverting History of the Count de Gabalis. Containing, I. An Account of the Rosicrucian Doctrine of Spirits, viz. Sylphs, Salamanders, Gnomes, and Demons, thewing their various Influence on human Bodies, II. The Nature and Advantage of studying the occult Sciences. III. The carnal Knowledge of Women to be renounc'd. IV. Adam's Fall not occasion'd by eating the Apple, but by his carnal Knowledge of Eve. V. The Rise, Progress, and Decay of Oracles. VI. A Parallel between ancient and modern Priestcraft: To which is prefix'd, Monsieur Bayles's Account of this work, and of the Seat of the Rosicrucians. The second Edition. Price 1 s. 6 d.

The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry; with some Letters to Dr. Lister and others, occasion'd principally by the Title of a Book publish'd by the Doctor; being the Works of Apicius Cœlius concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Ancients: With an Extract of the greatest Curiosities contain'd in that Book. To which is added Horace's Art of Poetry in Latin. By Dr. King. Price bound 2 s. 6 d.

The Art of Love; in Imitation of Ovid de Arte Amandi: With a Preface containing a more particular Account of the Life of Ovid than has been hitherto published by the Latin French or English Authors. By Dr. King. Price 3s. 6 d.

Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. Viz. Animadversioms on the pretended Account of Denmark. A Journey to London in the Year 1698. after the ingenious Method of that made by Dr. Martin Lister in the same Year. The Frumetary, a very innocent and harmless Poem. A Letter to the Honourable Charles Boyle Esq; Dialogues of the Dead relating to the present Controversy concerning the Epistles of Phalaris, By Dr. King. Price 5 s.

Useful Miscellanies. Containing, I. A Preface of the Publisher of the Tragi-Comedy of Joan of Hedington. II. The Tragi-Comedy of Joan of Hedington, in Imitation of Shakespear III. Some Account of Horace's Behaviour during his stay at Trinity College in Cambridge; with an Ode to entreat his Departure thence; together with a Copy of his Medal taken out of Trinity College Buttery. By Dr. King Price 6 d.

Miscellany Poems, published by Mr. Fenton. Price 3 s. 6 d.

The Tragedies of Jane Shore and the Lady Jane Gray. By N. Rowe Esq; Poet Laureat. Price 1 s. 6 d. each.

Callipædia, or the Art of getting pretty Children. Translated by Mr. Oldisworth.

The Iliad of Homer, translated from the Greek into Blank Verse, by Mr. Ozel, Mr. Broom, and Mr. Oldisworth. To which are added, a Preface, the Life of Homer, and Notes by Madam Dacier; Illustrated with 26 Cuts copy'd by the best Gravers from the Paris Plates design'd by Coypel, in 5 Vol. 12°. The second Edition. Price 12 s. 6 d.

The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace in Latin and English, with a Translation of Dr. Bentley's Notes. To which are added, Notes upon Notes: By several Hands. Price 10 s.

The Works of Virgil, translated by the Right Honourable the Earl of Lauderdale, Printed in 2 Vol. with a new Elzevir Letter. Price 6 s.

Prælectiones Poeticæ in Scholâ naturalis Philosophiæ Oxon habitæ, Authore Jofepho Trapp. A. M. Price 2 s. 6 d. per Vol. in 3 Vol.

A second Edition of an Historical Account of the heathen Gods and Heroes; necessary tor the understanding of the ancient Poets. Being an Improvement of whatever has been hitherto written by the Greek, Latin, French, and English Authors upon that Subject. By Dr. King. For the Use of Westminster and all other Schools. Illustrated with Variety of Copper Plates. Price 2 s.

Quintus Curtias's History of the Wars of Alexander, with a large Map of the Countries he conquer'd, and an Index. Printed in 12° on a fine Paper and new Elzevir Letter, in 2 Vol. Price 6 s.

The Tragedies of Ajax, Elettra, and OEdipus, translated from the Greek of Sophocles into Blank Verse. In 12° Price 12 d. each.

The celebrated Works of Monsieur de Moliere, containing all his Comedies, Interludes, &c. with a large Account of his Life and remarkable Death; who, as he was acting the Part of Death in one of his Plays, was taken ill and dyed a few Hours after. To which are added, Extracts out of divers Authors, concerning several Circumstances relating to the Life of Moliere; as likewise Judgment upon some of his Pieces: Also his Effigies engrav'd on Copper from an Original by Mr. Vertue. Printed in 6 Vol. 120 on a fine Paper and Elzevir Letter. Price 15 s.

The Lives of illustrious Men done into English from the original Latin of C. Nepos. Non pluribus impar. Price 2 s. 6 d.

A critical Discourse upon the Iliad of Homer, translated from the French of Mr. de la Motte, a Member of the French Academy. By Mr. Theobald Prices.

The Works of Mr. Edmund Smith, late of Christ-Church, Oxford; Containing, l. Phædra and Hippolytus. II. A Poem on the Death of Mr. John Philips. III. Bodleian Speech. IV. Pocockius, &c. To which is prefix'd his Character by Mr. Oldisworth; and his Epitaph by the Reverend Mr. Adams of Christ-Church. Price 1 s. 6 d.

PLAYS by the Right Honourable the Lord Lansdown, (viz.) The She Gallants, a Comedy: Heroick Love, a Tragedy, and the Jew of Venice, a Comedy. Price 3 s.

The Works of Mr. George Farquhar, containing all his Letters, Poems, Essays and Comedies publish'd in his Life Time, viz. Love and a Bottle, The Constant Couple, or a Trip to the Jubilee. Sir Harry Wild Air. Inconstant, or the Way to Win him. The Twin Rivals, The Recruiting Officer, and The Beaux Stratagem, with Cuts prefix'd to each Comedy. Price 6 s.

The Works of the celebrated and ancient English Poet Geoffrey Chaucer; carefully compared not only with former Editions of Value, but with many rare and ancient Manuscripts: from the collating of which the Text is in a great measure restor'd and perfected; many Errors and Corruptions that have crept in and continued in all the Editions hitherto printed, are amended; and many whole Lines omitted in all the printed Editions are inserted in their proper places. Three entire new Tales of this Author in Manuscript (never yet printed) have been recover'd, and will be added to this Edition. By which Alterations, Additions and Amendments, this work is in a manner become new. A most useful and copious Glossary for the better understanding of this Poet than has yet been printed, will be added at the End. Begun by John Urry late Student of Christ-Church, and compleated by the Care of the Students of Christ-Church.

Poems on several Occasions by his Grace the Duke of Bucks. Mr. Wycherly, Lady Winchelsea, the Reverend Mr. Ward, Sir Samuel Garth, Mr. Rowe, Mrs. Singer, Bevil Higgons, Esq; &c. Price 3 s.d.

The What-d'ye-call it, a Tragi-comi-pastoral Farce. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. By Mr. Gay. The third Edition. Price 1 s.

Trivia: Or the Art of walking the Streets of London. By Mr. Gay. Price 1 s.

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Burlington, an Epistle in a Journey to Exeter, a Poem. To her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales on her Arrival in England, a Poem. Both by Mr. Gay. Price 6 d.

A Collection of Poems, in 2 Vol. being all the Miscellanies of Mr. William Shakespear which were published by himself in the Year 1609. and now correctly printed from those Editions. Price 3 s.

The Mottos in the five Volumes of the Tatlers, and of the eight Volumes of the Spectators, and 2 Volumes of Guardians. Price 2 s.

Muscipula sive Cambro-myo-machia; proving from Antiquity the Welsh to be the first Inventors of Mouse-Trapps; a Latin Poem. Price 6 d.

Poemata Theodori Bezæ. Vezelii; quibus continentur, Syloæ, Elogiæ, Epitaphia, Icones, Epigrammata. Quæ juvenis adhuc ingenii exercitandi gratia conscripsit, & divulgari passus est. Price 1 s.

Poetæ Rusticantis Literatum Otium: Sive Carmina Andreæ Francisci Landesii. Secunda Editio prior Auctior. Price 1 s.

Oxford and Cambridge miscellany Poems. Chiefly written by Mr. Fenton, Mr. Prior, Mr. Charles Hopkins, Mr. Philips, Mr. Gardiner, Sir John Denham, Lord Halifax, Dr. Sprat, Dr. Yalden, Mr. Woldern of All-Souls, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Jackson, Dr. Chetwood, Mr. Boyle, Col. Henningham, Mr. Otway, Jo. Haynes, Mr. Milton, Mr. Trapp, Mr. Duke, Mr. Hall, Mr. Barnaby, and Mr. Warmstry. Price 5 s.

A Dialogue upon Colouring; discovering several Secrets belonging to that Part of Painting, and the Excellencies of the best Masters in that kind; being necessary for all who would judge well of Pictures, especially of Works of the Ancients. Translated from the Original of Monsieur Dupile, printed at Paris. By Mr. Ozel. Price 6 d.

The Clergyman and Gentleman's Recreation; shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening; viz. concerning the preparing the Ground for planting and sowing. Of the Method of planting Fruit-Trees in your Gardens. The most agreeable Disposition of a Garden, Of Nurseries. Of Pruning. Of pruning the Vine, Peach, and Nectarine, the Pear and the Fig. Of Grafting and Inoculating. Concerning the proper Dispositions of Trees against a Wall, the best Kinds of each; their Order and time of ripening. The first, second, third, and fourth general Cause of Barennels. Concerning the great Use and admirable Qualities of untry'd Earth. To which is added a new Method of building Walls with horizontal Shelters. Also the Fruit-Garden Kalendar: Or, a Summary of the Art of managing the Fruit-Garden: Teaching in order of Time what is to be done therein every Month in the Year. Containing several new and plain Directions more particularly relating to the Vine. To which is added an Appendix of the Usefulness of the Barometer, with some short Directions how to make a right Judgment of the Weather: By John Laurence, M. A. Rector of Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire. Price 6 s.

Publish'd with his Majesty's Royal Licence.

The Embassador and his Functions, written by Monsieur de Wicquefort, Privy Counsellour to the Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg Zell. In two Books. Book I. Shewing the Right Sovereigns have to send Embassadors. The several Orders of publick Ministers. Of the Birth, Learning, and Age of Embassadors, and the Trust reposed in them. Their Instructions, Letters of Credence, Powers, Pasports, Entries, Audiences, Ceremonies, Visits, Apparels, Expences, Domesticks, Privileges, &c. The Competition between France and Spain, and several other Princes and States, about Rank. II. Treating of the Function of Embassadors: Their manner of negociating: Their Liberty of Speech: Their secret Services, Letters, Dispatches: Of their mediatory Treaties: Of the Treaty of Westphalia, and all other Treaties in the last Century. Of Ratifications. The Lives and Characters of the most illustrious Embassadors, and of several splendid Embassies: (viz.) 1. That of Sir Francis Walsingham from Q. Elizabeth to France. 2. The Duke of Buckingham to Spain and France. III. Sir Robert Shirley, Embassador from the King of Persia to King James I. 4. Mr. Lockart Minister of the King of England at the Pyrenean Treaty. 5. The Lord Falconbridge to the French King at Dunkirk. 6. The Duke of Crequi to Oliver Cromwel. 7. Sir John Trevor to France. 8. The Lord Holles to France. 9. The Earl of Essex to Denmark. 10. Sir William Temple to the Hague and Nimeguen. With many other Embassies from England, France, Spain, which afford useful historical Relations no where else to be found. Also a large Account of the Constitution of the German Empire, the manner of electing their Emperor, of the Electoral College of the Golden Bull, of the Election of a King of the Romans, the Rights and Prerogatives of the several Electors, and the Laws and Usages of the Empire. Printed on a new Letter in Folio on a very fine Paper. Translated by Mr. Digby. Price 25 s. the small, and 35 s. the large Paper.

The History of the Saracens. Containing the Lives of Ababeker, Omar, Ottoman, Othman, Ali, Hasan, Moawiyah I, Yezed I. Moawiyah II. Abdolla, Merwan I. and Abdol-melick, the immediate Successors of Mahomet; giving an Account of their most remarkable Battles, Sieges, &c. Particularly those of Aleppo, Antioch, Damascus, Alexandria, and Jerusalem; illustrating the Religion, Rites, Customs, and manner of living, of that warlike People. Collected from the most authentick Arabick Authors, especially Manuscripts, not hitherto publish'd in any European Language. By Simon Ockley, B. D. Professor of Arabick in the University of Cambridge. In 2 Vol. 8vo Price 10 s.

A chronological History of England; Or, an impartial Abstract of the most remarkable Transactions, and the most considerable publick Occurrences, both civil and military, domestick and foreign, that have happen'd in the several Kings Reigns, since the first Attempt of Julius Cæsar upon the Southern Part of Great Britain, down to the End of Queen Anne's Reign. In 2 Vol. By John Pointer, M. A. Chaplain of Merton College, Oxford. Price 5 s. And since continued to the End of the third Year of King George's Reign; being a History of bare Matters of Fact, with the Series of Affairs in their proper Order, care fully and faithfully collected from the most authentick Authors, without the least Reflections or Remarks throughout the whole Work. To be publish'd every Year at 1 s. per An.

A cruising Voyage in the Ships Duke and Dutchess to the South Sea, and from thence round the World. Containing a Journal of things as they were really transacted: With a full Account of Alexander Selkirk's being in an Island four Years and four Months; and a brief Description of the most remarkable Places for Commerce, especially what may relate to the South Sea Trade. Illustrated with Views of several Ports in Mexico, Peru, and Chili. Draughts of all the Sea-Coasts frequented by the Spaniards, collected from the best manuscript Spanish Draughts never yet published. By Captain Woode Rogers who commanded in chief in that Expedition. The second Edition. Price 6 s.

Mr. Joutel's Journal of his Voyage to Mexico: His Travels eight hundred Leagues through forty Nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada; His Account of the great River Missisippi: To which is added a Map of that Country; with a Description of the great Water-fall in that River. Translated from the French, publish'd at Paris. Price 3 s. 6. d.

Letters of Love and Gallantry. Written in Greek by Aristenetus. Discovering the Air of Courtship and Address among the Quality of Greece.

This Book will show
How Women lov'd a thousand years ago.

Price 2 s.

Memoirs and Reflections on the principal Events of the Reign of King Lewis XIV, and on the Character of those who had the greatest Share therein. by Monsieur L.M.D. L.F. Price 2 s,