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paring for Publication, in One Vol. 8vo. ILLUSTRATIONS of the REMAINS of ROMAN ART in CIRENCESTER, the SITE of ANCIENT CORINIUM. By JAMES BUCKMAN, F.G.S. and C.H. NEWMARCH, Esq. The work will have reference principally to the illustration of the following subjects: 1. The remains of the architecture of Corinium, including detailed drawings and descriptions of the fine Tesselated Pavements, especially the one recently discovered, as also the beautiful specimen on the estate of the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst. 2. The specimens of Roman Pottery--Vases, Urns, &c. 3. Works in Metals--Statuettes, Ornaments, &c. &c. 4. Coins. In order that due justice may be done to the Illustration of these Remains, it is intended to have them executed in the first style of art, and only a limited number of impressions will be taken. To secure early copies, orders must be addressed at once to Messrs. BAILY and JONES, Cirencester, or Mr. GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street. Price to Subscribers, 12s. *** After the close of the Subscription List, the price will be raised to 15s. N.B.--Any person possessing Roman Antiquities from Cirencester, will confer a great favour on the Authors by communicating intelligence of them to Messrs. Baily and Jones. London: GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street. * * * * * Nearly ready. THE PRIMEVAL ANTIQUITIES of DENMARK. By J. J. A. WORSAAE, Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Copenhagen, and a Royal Commissioner for the preservation of the National Monuments of Denmark. Translated and applied to the Illustration of similar Remains in England. By WILLIAM J. THOMS, F.S.A., Secretary of the Camden Society. Illustrated with numerous Woodcuts. While so many publications illustrative of the Archaeology of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, have appeared in this country, few attempts have been made to give a systematic view of the early Antiquities of the British Islands. The work, of which the present volume is a translation, was originally written by Mr. Worsaae, for the Copenhagen Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge, and intended in the first place, to show how the early history of the country might be read through its monuments, and in the second, to awaken a greater interest for their preservation. It has been translated and applied to the History of similar Remains in England, in the hope that it will be found a useful Handbook for the use of those
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