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[DECEMBER 5TH AND TWO FOLLOWING DAYS, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. HENRY ARCHER AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 1132; amount realised, £1,383 8s.)

[A large number of books were catalogued and sold in "parcels." These are omitted in the following report, as no indication of value is afforded by such entries.-ED.]

(a) The Portion of Mr. Archer's Library.

1334 Addison (C. G.)

Damascus and Palmyra, a Journey to the East, 10 coloured plates by W. M. Thackeray, 2 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1838, 8vo. (219)

Thorp, £1 12s.

1335 Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, edited by John O. Donovan, 7 vol., half morocco extra, g. t., uncut, 1856, 4to. (283) Sotheran, £7 155. 1336 Baillie (W.) Works after Paintings and Drawings by the Greatest Masters, 107 plates, russia (cracked), n. d., folio (332) E. Pearson, LI 12s. 1337 Borrow (G.) The Zincali, or an Account of the Gypsies of Spain, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1841, 8vo. (211) Pickering, £175. 1338 Brees (S. C.) Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, 22 plates, 1849-Bowler (T. W.) The Kafir Wars, and the British Settlers in South Africa, 20 plates, 1865, folio (352) Edwards, £4 18s. 1339 Burns (R.) Works, with his Life by A. Cunningham, portrait and plates, 8 vol., uncut, 1835, 8vo. (218) Zaehnsdorf, £1 5s. 1340 Carlyle (T.) History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great, portraits, 6 vol., uncut, 1849 65, 8vo. (209) Sotheran, 1 6s. 1341 Caulfield (J.) Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the end of the Reign of George II., upwards of 150 plates, 4 vol., LARGE PAPER, uncut, 1819-20, 4to. (289) W. Daniell, £2 Is. 1342 Constable (J.) English Landscape Scenery, 40 mezzotinto engravings by David Lucas, half morocco, g. e., 1855, folio (358) E. Parsons, £2 14s. 1343 Costumes. Modes et Costumes Historiques dessinés, et gravés par Paquet frères, 96 coloured plates, morocco, g. e., Paris, n. d., 4to. (291) Dobell, £2 2s. 1344 Costumes. Illustrations of English and Foreign Costume from the Fifteenth Century to the present Day, 96 coloured plates, half morocco, g. e., 1875, 4to. (292) Clague, £1 18s. 1345 Finden (W. and E.) Portraits of the Female Aristocracy of

the Court of Queen Victoria, 73 plates, 2 vol., half morocco, g. t., 1849, folio (355) Hornstein, £1 12s. 1346 Gambado (G.) Annals of Horsemanship, 17 coloured plates by Bunbury, half calf, 1811, 8vo. (188) Hornstein, £2 IS. 1347 Gerning (J. F. von). Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, map and 24 coloured plates, half calf, g. e., 1820, 4to. (299) Pickering, 1 125. 1348 Grindlay (R. M.) Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, chiefly on the Western Side of India, 36 coloured plates, half morocco extra, g. e., 1830, folio (359) Thorp, £1 18s. 1349 Grose (F.) Antiquities of England and Wales, numerous plates, views, antiquities, etc., 8 vol., half morocco, g. e., n. d., 4to. (282) Thorp, £1 14s. 1350 Grose (F.) Antiquities of Scotland, numerous plates, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, original boards, uncut, 1797, folio (370)

Hopkins, 1 IOS. 1351 Grote (G.) History of Greece from the earliest Period to the Close of the generation contemporary with Alexander the Great, portrait, maps and plans, 12 vol., uncut, 1869, 8vo. (223) Farrer, £17s. 1352 Hallam (H.) Introduction to the Literature of Europe, 4 vol. --Europe during the Middle Ages, 3 vol.-Constitutional History of England, 3 vol., together 10 vol., uncut, 1855, 8vo. (229) J. Grant, £1 5s. 1353 Holbein (H.) Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII., with Memoirs by E. Lodge, 82 portraits, half morocco extra, g. e., 1828, folio (354) Maggs, £3 11s. 1354 Howitt (S.) The British Sportsman, 70 plates, morocco, g. e., 1812, 4to. (295) Hornstein, £1 18s. 1355 Hunt (L.) Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods, from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, portrait, original boards, uncut, 1820The Feast of the Poets, original boards, uncut, 1814, 2 vol., 8vo. (201) Maggs, £1 8s. 1356 Jesse (J. H.) Memoirs of King Richard the Third, portrait and plate, cloth, 1862, 8vo. (181) Hill, £4 18s. [Another copy, half bound, sold for £2 105.-ED.] 1357 Kavanagh (Julia). Woman in France during the Eighteenth

Century, portraits, 2 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1850French Women of Letters, 2 vol., original cloth, uncut, (titles defective), 1851, together 4 vol., 8vo. (200)

Maggs, £1 16s. 1358 [Lever (C.)] Confessions of Con Cregan, the Irish Gil Blas, illustrations by H. K. Browne, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, Orr, n. d., 8vo. (226) Hornstein, £3 7s. 6d. 1359 [Lever (C.)] Diary and Notes of Horace Templeton, Esq., 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1848-The Fortunes of Glencore, 3 vol., first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1857, together 5 vol., 8vo. (227) Spencer, £3 158.

1360 Lodge (E.) Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs, 240 plates, 12 vol., half morocco, g. t., Harding and Lepard, 1835, imperial 8vo. (222) Hill, £3

1361 Loutherbourg (P. J. de). Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, coloured plates, half morocco. g. e., 1805, folio (347) Spencer, £2 4s. 1362 Madden (R. R.) The United Irishmen, their Lives and Times, the three series complete, portrait, 7 vol., uncut, 1842-6, 8vo. (199) Zachnsdorf, £3 12s. 1363 Meyrick (S. R.) Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour by J. Skelton, 150 plates, 2 vol., half morocco extra, g. e., 1854, folio (356) W. Daniell, £2 16s. 1364 Monstrelet (E. de). Chronicles, translated by T. Johnes, plates, 2 vol., half morocco, 1840, royal 8vo. (195)

Jefferies, £2 6s. 1365 Musée Français, ou recueil complete des Tableaux, Statues et Bas-reliefs qui existaient au Louvre avant 1815, avec descriptions par M. Duchesne, 4 vol., Galignani, n. d.Musée Royal Publié par Henri Laurent, 2 vol., Didot, 1818, together 6 vol., upwards of 500 plates, half morocco, g. t., folio (331) Foulard, £10 2s. 6d. 1366 Nicolas (Sir N. H.) History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire, coloured plates and woodcuts, 4 vol., half morocco, g. e., 1842, folio (351)

Walford, £2 16s. 1367 Petty (Sir W.) Hiberniae Delineatio quoad hactenus licuit perfectissima, 36 maps, no portrait, half bound (1683), folio (345) Maggs, £3 1368 Pugin (A. and A. W.) Examples of Gothic Architecture, selected from various Ancient Edifices in England, plates, 3 vol., half morocco, g. t., 1850, 4to. (293) Hill, 1 5s. 1369 Rabelais (F.) Euvres avec des remarques historiques et critiques de M. le Duchat, portrait and plates by B. Picart, 3 vol., old calf, Amsterdam, 1741, 4to. (287) Fontaine, £2 4s. [Contains very fine frontispiece by Tanjé after Folkema, engraved title by Picart for vol. i. and iii., fleurons on each title, 3 topographical plates, portrait of Rabelais by Tanjé, 9 vignettes and 8 tailpieces by Picart, and 12 plates after Du Bourg. About 20 copies were printed on large paper, and of these several remain to be accounted for. At the Maglione sale, held at Paris in 1894, a fine large paper copy, bound by Padeloup, realised 7,000 francs.-ED.] 1370 Sandby (P.) Collection of English and Foreign Views, 86 plates bound in I vol., half calf, n. d., folio (341)

W. Daniell, £8 Seine, from Paris to the Sea, 24 coloured plates, half calf, 1821, 4to. (311)

1371 Sauvan (M.) Picturesque Tour of the

Maggs, £2 10S. 1372 Selected Pictures from the Galleries and Private Collections of Great Britain, a series of Engravings of the Best Works of the Best British Artists, 150 plates, proofs before letters on India paper, 4 vol., half morocco, g. t., Virtue, n. d., atlas folio (330) Maggs, £4 19s.

1373 Scott (Sir W.) Border Antiquities of England and Wales, plates, proofs on India paper, 2 vol., morocco extra, g. e., 1814, folio (357) Thorp, £2 4s.

1375 Thackeray (W. M.)

1374 Shakespeare (W.) Works. Knight's Pictorial Edition, numerous illustrations, 8 vol., morocco extra, g. e., n. d., royal 8vo. (220) Maggs, 3 10S. Esmond, a Story of Queen Anne's Reign, 3 vol., first edition, original cloth, 1852, 8vo. (213) Hornstein, £2 18s. 1376 Thompson (W.) Natural History of Ireland, portrait, 4 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1849-56, 8vo. (207) Edwards, £1 16s. 1377 Thucydides. The History Writtene by Thucidides the Athenyan of the Warre betweene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans translated oute of French into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls, black letter, engraved title, repaired, old calf, 1550, folio (368) Maggs, 16 5s. 1378 Trollope (T. A.) History of the Commonwealth of Florence, 4 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1865, 8vo. (210)

Hatchards, £I 16s. 1379 Turner Gallery. A series of Engravings from the Principal Works of J. M. W. Turner, with Memoir and Text by R. N. Wornum, 60 plates, half morocco, g. e., Virtue, n. d., folio (348) Hill, LI 10s 1380 Ulster Journal of Archæology, maps and plates, vol. i. to iv., in 2 vol., morocco, g. e.-vol. vi. and vii., uncut, and some numbers, 1853, a parcel, 1853-62, 4to. (329) Eager, £1 8s. 1381 Vidal (E. C.) Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, 24 coloured plates, half calf, 1820, 4to. (309) Quaritch, £1 175.

1382 Williamson (T.) Oriental Field Sports, coloured plates, 2 vol., half calf, m. e., 1819, 4to. (286) G. Brown, £3 3s. 1383 Wills (J.) Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, numerous portraits, 6 vol., half calf gilt, m. e., 1847, 8vo. G. Brown, £1 6s.

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(B) Other Properties.

1384 Allen (T.) New and General History of the County of York, plates on India paper, 3 vol., half morocco, g. t., 1828, 4to. (804) Sotheran, 1 125. 1385 Alpine Journal. A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation by Members of the Alpine Club, maps and plates from the commencement in 1863 to 1897, with index to vol. i. to xviii., together 19 vol., original cloth, and two numbers, 1864-97, 8vo. (791) Young, £18 5s. 1386 Anti-Jacobin. Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, illustrated copy containing 106 portraits, views of places, caricatures, etc., referred to in the text, inserted, some coloured, morocco extra, panelled sides, uncut, t. e. g., 1801, 4to. (82)

Leighton, £4 18s. 1387 Arabian Nights. Lady Burton's Edition of her Husband's Arabian Nights, translated and edited by J. H. McCarthy, 6 vol., portraits, white cloth gilt, uncut, t. e. g., 1886, 8vo. (539) Roche, £1 5s.

1390 Barham (R. H.)

1388 [Arnold (Matthew)]. The Strayed Reveller, and other poems, by A., first edition, original green cloth, B. Fellowes, 1849, 8vo. (874) Spencer, £1 15s. 1389 [Arnold (Matthew)]. Empedocles on Etna, and other poems, by A., first edition, original green cloth, B. Fellowes, 1852, 8vo. (875) Dobell, £1 10S. Ingoldsby Legends, tenth edition, illustrations by Leech, Cruikshank, etc., 3 vol., morocco extra, t. e. g., uncut, by Rivière, Bentley, 1855, 8vo. (488) Maggs, £2 15s. 1391 Bell (Malcolm). Edward Burne-Jones, a Record and Review, illustrations, one of 390 copies, uncut, t. e. g., 1892, 4to. (612) Maggs, £3 10S. 1392 Bible (Holie), Bishop's Version, black letter, double columns, portraits of Earl of Leicester and Lord Burleigh, numerous wood engravings and ornamental initial letters, wanted all before 1st chapter of Genesis, also sig. A 3, sig. K 2 (in Acts) defective at corner, sig. T 4 had hole in it, wanted sig. U 1, 2, 5 (Revelation), and 2 leaves frayed, old rough calf, R. Jugge, 1568, folio (175) Tregaskis, £1 IOS. 1393 Biblia Sacra Latina, printed in a bold gothic letter, in double columns, 51 lines to a full page, initials painted in blue and red, imperfect at beginning, and marginal references cut into, but a large and sound copy, old oak boards, covered in leather, with all faults, Nurnberg, per Ant. Coburger, 1478, folio (472) Andrews, £1 175. 1394 Bouchet (Jean). Les Anciennes et modernes Genealogies des roys de France, et mesmement du roy Pharamond, avec leurs Épitaphes et effigies, gothic letter, 60 woodcut portraits, title in red and black, morocco, g. e., by Bedford, Paris, 1539, 8vo. (866) Quaritch, £1 18s.

1395 Browne (J. D. H.) Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc, including five Views from the Summit, plates, half morocco, 1853, folio (835) F. Hutt, £2 1396 Browning (Robert). Poems with Introduction by Dr. Garnett, illustrations by B. Shaw, 1897-Keats (J.) Poems, Introduction by Raleigh, illustrations by Bell, 1897, together 2 vol., Japanese vellum paper, Endymion Series, 1897, 8vo. (654) Edwards, £2 5s.

1397 Buckmaster (T.) A Newe Almanacke and Prognostication for the yere of Lord God, 1571, exactly made for the Meridian of London and all Englande, black letter, woodcut titles and curious wood engraving, calf extra, gilt edges, by Rivière, R. Watkins, 1571, 8vo. (854) Catton, £4

1398 Burnet (Bp.) History of his Own Time, second edition, enlarged, 6 vol., calf gilt, m. e., Oxford, 1823, 8vo. (728) Maggs, £1 18s. 1399 Burns (R.) Poetry of, edited by W. E. Henley and T. F. Henderson, 4 vol., portraits, etc., Edinburgh, 1896-7, 8vo. (650) Bain, £2 1400 Calliat (Victor) et A. Lance. Encyclopédie d'Architecture:

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