J. S. REDFIELD, CLINTON HALL, Corner of Nassau and Beekman streets, PUBLISHES, AND HAS FOR SALE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, THE FOLLOWING POPULAR BOOKS:
Reading edition
Ladies’ Hand-Books.
A Series of Hand-books for Ladies, edited by an American Lady—elegantly bound with fancy covers and gilt edges. Imperial 32mo.
No. 1. BABY LINEN—
Containing Plain and Ample Instructions for the preparation of an Infant’s Wardrobe; with engraved patterns.
“Indispensable to the young wife.”—World of Fashion.
No. 2. PLAIN NEEDLEWORK—
Containing Clear and Ample Instructions whereby to attain proficiency in every department of this most Useful Employment; with engravings.
“It should be read by every housekeeper, and is highly useful to the single lady.”—Ladies’ Court Circular.
No. 3. FANCY NEEDLEWORK AND EMBROIDERY—
Containing Plain and Ample Directions whereby to become a perfect Mistress of those delightful Arts; with engravings.
“The directions are plain and concise, and we can honestly recommend the volume to every reader.”—New La Belle Assemblee.
No. 4. KNITTING, NETTING, & CROTCHET—
Containing Plain Directions by which to become proficient in those branches of Useful and Ornamental Employment; with engravings.
“A more useful work can hardly be desired.”—Court Gazette.
No. 5. EMBROIDERY ON MUSLIN AND LACEWORK, AND TATTING—
Containing Plain Directions for the Working of Leaves, Flowers, and other Ornamental Devices; fully illustrated by Engravings.
“It should find its way into every female school.”—Gazette of Education.
No. 6. MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING—
Containing Plain Instructions for making the most useful Articles of Dress and Attire; with engraved patterns.
“In this age of economy, we are glad to welcome this practical book.”—La Belle Assemblee.
The whole forming a useful and attractive series of Books. Each Work complete in itself. Any number sold separately.
A NEW AND SPLENDID FAMILY BIBLE.
The Pictorial Bible—Being the Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized version, with more than one thousand Engravings, representing the Historical Events, after the most celebrated pictures of West, Raffaelle, Rubens, Michael Angelo, Guido, Poussin, and Carracci. The Landscape Scenes, from original drawings, by Meyer, Cassas, Forbin, Frazer, Laborde, and others; and the subjects of Natural History, of Costume, and of Antiquities, from ANCIENT SCULPTURE, and from the best sources, ancient and modern.—With full Marginal References; the latest and most authentic Maps; an elegantly-engraved Family Record; and the Text, from the Standard Edition of the American Bible Society.
Pictorial New Testament.
The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with views of places mentioned in the text, and accurate delineations of the costumes and objects of Natural History.—With an authentic Map of Palestine, from recent surveys.
The Pictorial New Testament with the Book of Psalms.
Criminal History of England.
Criminal History of the English Government, from the first massacre of the Irish to the poisoning of the Chinese. By E. Regnault. Translated from the French by an American, with notes.
A vivid picture of the wrongs perpetrated by England upon the rights of nations.
WARDLAW ON MAGDALENISM.
Lectures on Magdalenism; its Nature, Extent, Effects, Guilt, Causes, and Remedy. By Rev. Ralph Wardlaw, D. D. Delivered and published by special request of forty Ministers of the Gospel, and eleven hundred fellow-Christians. From second Glasgow edition.
ROLLIN’S ANCIENT HISTORY.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians; including a history of the Arts and Sciences of the Ancients. By Charles Rollin; with a Life of the Author by James Bell. 2 vols, octavo—with maps and plates.
GUIZOT’S GIBBON.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq. A new edition, revised and corrected throughout, preceded by a preface, and accompanied by Notes, critical and historical, relating principally to the propagation of Christianity: by M. F. Guizot, Minister of Public Instruction for the Kingdom of France. 2 volumes, octavo.
SEARS’ PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIBLE.
The Pictorial Illustrations of the Bible and Views in the Holy Land. Illustrated with 600 Engravings. By Robert Sears. Three volumes.
Twenty-five thousand copies of this Work have been sold within two years.
EASTERN ARTS AND ANTIQUITIES.
Eastern Arts and Antiquities—Being Illustrations of Manners, Customs, Costumes, &c., &c., of the inhabitants of the Holy Land.—130 Illustrations.
BIBLE QUADRUPEDS.
Bible Quadrupeds—An account of the Quadrupeds mentioned in the Bible, with sixteen splendid Engravings.