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in 1 vol., half morocco, Printed Anno Domini 1865, 8vo.
(271)
Pearson, £5 10S.
[Only ten copies of Sir Hugh Clopton's will survived.-
Catalogue.]

1602 Fitzgerald (Edward). Cobbold (Richard). Valentine Verses,
or Lines of Truth, Love and Virtue, first edition, with 1OI
very curious plates by the author, half calf, Ipswich, 1827,
8vo. (272)
Shore, £2 5s.
[Edward Fitzgerald's copy, with his autograph in full on
the fly-leaf, and under the author's name on the title he had
added in ink, "Author of Margaret Catchpole and other
Works."-Catalogue.}
1603 Ford (Thomas). Virtus Rediviva. A Panegyrick on our late
King Charles I. Attended with severall other pieces from
the same pen.
Concluding with a Panegyrick on His
Sacred Majesties most happy return, first edition, calf gilt,
g.e., with the general and five separate titles and the
errata, London, 1661, 8vo. (274)
Maggs, £2 8s.
1604 Fox (George). To all that would know the way to the
Kingdome, n. d.-Lamentacion over the Ruines of this
Oppressed Nacion, 1653-Saul's Errand to Damascus, 1654
-The Vials of the wrath of God poured forth upon the Seat
of the Man of Sin, 1654-The Doctrins and Principles of
the Priests of Scotland, 1657-Concerning Good-Morrow
and Good-Even, 1657-To the Protector and Parliament of
England, 1658-A Primer for our Schollers and Doctors of
Europe, 1659-An Epistle General to them who are of the
Royal Priest-Hood and chosen generation, 1660-For the
Pope, Cardinals and Jesuites, and all the rest of his Family
of Papists, 1661-Old Simon the Sorcerer, 1663-The
Arraignment of Popery, 1669-An Epistle to all Professors
in New England, etc., 1673, and other Tracts by the same
author, in 4 vol., old calf, 4to. (203) H. Stevens, £10 155.
1605 Francesco (S.) Tavola de Fioretti del seraphico sancto
Francesco, 8vo., roman letter, long lines, with 2 outline
woodcuts on the title within ornamental border, the other
on the last page, also ornamental border to the first page of
text, white on black, and numerous initials of similar work,
margins of last leaves repaired and small portion of printer's
mark in facsimile, oak boards, backed with leather stamped
in diagonals with roses between and outside, dentelle
border, with clasp, Impresso in Firenze per Ser Laurenzo
Morgiani ad instantia di Sero Piero Pacini da Pescia,
1497, 4to. (204)
Quaritch, £40

[One of the rarest of the Florentine woodcut books, and sought for owing to the great beauty of the cuts with which it was adorned. Two copies known-one in the Vatican and the other in the National Library at the Hague.Catalogue.]

1606 Froissart (Jean). Croniques de france, dangleterre, descoce, despaigne, de bretaigne, de gascongne, de flandres et lieux

circonuosins, gothic letter, double columns, 4 vol. in 3, old calf gilt, Paris, Jean Petit, 1518, folio (511)

Leighton, £9 15s. 1607 Galerie de Rubens dit du Luxembourge, plates (No. 7, "Education de la Reine," missing), the other 24 printed in colours, without binding, Paris, 1809, folio (617)

Isaacs, £10 155. 1608 Giovanni Fiorentino. Il Pecorone, nel quale si contengono cinquanta novelle antiche, a remarkable copy, being uncut, Milan, 1554, 4to. (363) Hudson, £8 5s. 1609 Glapthorne (Henry). The Hollander, a Comedy written 1635, and now printed as it was then acted at the Cock-pit in Drury Lane, first edition, on the title was written "Garrick's copy," few blank corners mended, large copy with rough leaves, morocco extra, edges rough gilt, 1640, 4to. (364) Shore, £115s.

1610 Goldsmith (O.) The Vicar of Wakefield, a Tale supposed to be written by himself, 2 vol., first edition, in their original bindings, Salisbury, 1766, 8vo. (281) Kenneth, £55

[Volume i. was in its original half binding (soiled) and entirely uncut (needed rebinding); it measured 7% inches by 44 inches. Volume i was in original calf, and measured 6% inches by 4 inches. Catalogue.]

1611 Goldsmith (O.) A Survey of Experimental Philosophy considered in its present state of improvement, first edition, with plates, 2 vol., uncut, 1776, 8vo. (285)

B. F. Stevens, £2 18s. 1612 [Goldsmith (O.)] Little Goody Two-shoes. The History of Little Goody Twoshoes, otherwise called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes, quaint woodcuts, original boards, y. e., first American edition, Worcester, Mass., Isaiah Thomas, 1787, 8vo. (286) Shore, £1 8s.

1613 Googe (Barnaby). The Zodiake of Life, wherein are conteyned twelve Bookes disclosing the haynous Crymes & wicked vices of our corrupt nature, newly translated into Englishe verse by Barnabe Googe, black letter, old morocco, the sides and back richly tooled in gold, g.e., H. Denham, 1565, 8vo. (287) Hudson, £5 5s.

[First complete edition. The "Zodiac of Life" was long a favourite book, and there is in Warton's "English Poetry," 1871, iv., 323-30, an elaborate review of it, with extracts and a reference to Pope's obligations to the work. (See, too, Collier's "Rarest Books in the English Language.")-Catalogue.]

1614 Googe (Barnaby). Foure Bookes of Husbandry, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, Councellour to the high and mightie Prince, the Duke of Cleve, woodcut title, black letter, half calf, Printed by Tho. Wight, 1601, 4to. (367) Barton, £4 2s.

1615 Gray (T.) Linnæus (C.) Species Plantarum, portrait, 2 vol., half calf, uncut, Holmiæ, 1762, 8vo. (290) Shore, £2 155.

[A most interesting relic of the poet Gray, the margins being full of annotations in his autograph.-Catalogue.] 1616 Gray (T.) Poems by Mr. Gray, first edition, with the halftitle marked A, calf gilt, y. e., by Zaehnsdorf, London, J. Dodsley, 1768, 8vo. (291) Maggs, £2 4s. 1617 Great Eater (The) of Grayes-Inne, or the Life of Mr. Marriot the Cormorant, Wherein is set forth all the Exploits and Actions by him performed, with many pleasant Stories of his Travells into Kent and other places. Also a rare Physicall Dispensatory, being the manner how he makes his Cordiall Broaths, Pills, Purgations, Julips and Vomits to keep his Body in temper and free from Surfeits, by G. F. Gent., frontispiece containing portrait of Marriot, old calf, 1652, 4to. (368) B. F. Stevens, £10 1618 [Greene (Rob.)] A Pleasant conceited Comedie, wherein is shewed how a man may choose a good wife from a bad. As it hath beene sundry times acted by the Earle of Worcester's servants, half bound (some headlines cut), Printed for Mathew Law, 1608, 4to. (372) Pearson, £13 1619 Gregorius Magnus (S.) Moralia in Job, gothic letter, double columns, 56 lines to the page, painted capitals, 2 vol., vellum, Roma, 1475, 4to. (374) Leighton, £5 1620 Hall (John, of Cambridge). Poems, two parts in one vol., first edition, calf extra, g. e., by Bedford, Cambridge, Roger Daniel, 1646, 8vo. (297) B. F. Stevens, £3 35. [A portrait by Marshall is occasionally inserted, but it does not belong to this book, being taken out of another of Hall's works. The title to the second part has for imprint London, E. G. for J. Rothwell, 1647.-Catalogue.]

1621 Harrison (John). A Short Relation of the departure of the high and mightie Prince Frederick King Elect of Bohemia, with his royall and vertuous Ladie Elizabeth, and the thryse hopefull yong Prince Henrie, from Heydelberg towards Prague, to receive the Crowne of that Kingdome, etc., At Dort, printed by George Waters, 1619, 4to. (381)

Pearson, £3 155. 1622 Hawkwood (Sir John). The Honour of the Taylors, or the Famous and Renowned History of Sir John Hawkwood, Knight, containing his many rare and singular adventures, witty exploits, etc. relating to Love and Arms, with Verses and Songs, woodcut frontispiece and curious woodcuts in the text, uncut copy, half calf, 1687, 4to. (383) Shore, £3 35. 1623 Haywarde (Sir John). The first part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie the IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, first edition, large copy, old boards, backed with calf, John Wolfe, 1599, 4to. (386)

Young, I IOS. 1624 Hepplewhite (A., Cabinet-Maker). The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, or Repository of Designs for every article of Household Furniture, in the newest and most approved taste, third edition, improved, 127 plates (wanted

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plate 74), backs of a few of the engravings written on, original calf, sold not subject to return, 1794, folio (956) Andrews, £8 1625 Herodianus. Herodiani Historiæ sui Temporis Libri viii. ex Græce quondam in Linguam Latinam conversæ ab Angelo Politiano, Studio & Operâ Danielis Purei, Philip Filii, Dav. Nepotis, morocco, g. e., bound for Antonius Druot, with his device, "Ex dono. D. Antonii. Druot, 1658," surrounded by a wreath, impressed on the sides, above which the three fleurs-de-lis of France figure within an escutcheon and his arms are impressed beneath, Londini, excudebat Thom. Harper, impensis Samuelis Browne, 1639, 8vo. (302) Hudson, £3 1OS. 1626 Heywood (John). The Spider and the Flie, a Parable of the Spider and the Flie, title within woodcut border, portrait of the author on back of title repeated on c 4, and full-page and smaller wood engravings, morocco extra, covered with gold tooling of leafy scrolls with the initials "E. T." in centre, g. e., Imprinted at London in Flete Strete by Tho. Powell, 1556, 4to. Sabin, £61 1627 Historia del Valorosissimo Cavallier de la Croce tratta nuovament da l'idioma Spagnuolo in Lingua Italiana, old morocco, Canevari's device in centre, g.e., Venet., 1544, 8vo. (304) Lutworth, £6 1628 Holyday (Barten). A Survey of the World in Ten Books, with the leaf of Emendations, old calf, Oxford, printed by W. Hall for the Authour, 1661, 8vo. (306) Maggs, £4 6s. 1629 Homerus. Iliades et Odyssea Græce diligenti opera Jacobi Micylli et Joachim Camerarii recognitum, Philip Melanchton's copy, with annotations throughout in his autograph, small hole in title, in a contemporary binding of stamped pigskin, with clasps, Basilea, 1541, folio (962)

Shore, £2 15s. 1630 Horace. A Medicinable Morall, that is, the two Bookes of Horace His Satyres, Englyshed accordyng to the Prescription of Saint Hierome. The Wailings of the Prophet Hieremiah, done into Englyshe Verse. Also Epigrammes, T. Drant, first edition, black letter, margins cut, otherwise good, morocco, g. e., the first edition of any part of Horace in English, Imprinted in Fletestrete by Thos. Marshe, 1566, 4to. (399) Pearson, £7 IOS. 1631 Horæ. Heures à l'usage de Romme au long sans requerir, printed on vellum in semi-gothic characters, Pigouchet's mark on title, full-page woodcuts and woodcut borders round each page, painted capitals and initials, temporary calf, gilt ornaments on the sides, g. e., Paris, S. Vostre, 1502, 8vo. (309) Lutworth, £11 15s. 1632 Horæ Deipare Virginis Maria Secundum Usum Romanum, pleris q. bibliæ figuris atqz. Chorea lethi Circummunitie Novisqz. Effigiebus Adornatæ (cum Calendario, etc.), lit. rom., printed upon vellum, in red and black, long lines, 26 to a full page, within borders of Biblical subjects and

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other decorations, woodcuts in the Calendar, Kerver's device on title, with astrological man on reverse, 41 large woodcuts in the text, many initial figures of saints, etc., all untouched by colour, except the small initials and details (wanted first two leaves of Calendar, D7, E 6, N 7, O 1, margin of last leaf defective, sold not subject to return), old morocco, with the Duke of Sussex's ex-libris, Parisiis opera et impensis Viduæ defuncti Viri Thielmanni Kerver, etc., 1523, die Martii xxx., 8vo. (310) Greene, £11 1633 Horæ in laudem Beatissime Virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum, printed within woodcut borders of fruit, flowers, birds, animals, etc., Venetian morocco, gold tooled sides with Canevari's device in centre, g. e., in morocco case, Parisiis, O. Mallard, 1542, 8vo. (312) Leighton, £21 1634 Horæ in laudem Beatissime Virginis Marie, ad usum Romanum, large gothic letter, printed in red and black, title-page with printer's mark, within woodcut border, woodcuts of the occupations of the Months and full-page outline woodcuts in the text, morocco, gilt and tooled edges, Parisiis, T. Kerver, 1546, 8vo. (313) Lulworth, £12 1635 Howard (Sir Robert). Poems, viz., a Panegyrick to the King -Songs and Sonnets-The Blind Lady, a Comedy, etc., first edition, blank corner torn off last leaf, original sheep, 1660, 8vo. (319) Cotton, £2 1636 Howell (J.) Londinopolis, or Perlustration of the City of London, full-length portrait of the author and folding view of London, old calf, 1657, folio (968)

Aston, £2

[The folding view of London (by Hollar) showed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Bear-Garden.-ED.] 1637 Humphrey (Laurence). Ad Illustrissimam R. Elizabetham L. H. Vicecan. Oxon. Oratio Woodstockiæ habita, An. 1572, August 31, first edition, large copy, calf extra, g. e., Londini, apud Johannem Dayum, 1575, 4to. (410)

Pearson, £4 1638 Itinerarium Portugallensium e Lusitania in Indiam et inde in Occidentum et demum ad Aquilonem [A. Madrignano interprete], woodcut map, damaged, stained and mended, lower margin of index (two leaves) shaved, morocco super extra, inside borders, g. e., Mediolani, 1508, folio (675)

Leighton, £5 5s.

[This was a Latin translation of the Italian Collection of Voyages, edited by Montalboddo Fracan at Vicenza in 1507, and contained the voyages of Columbus, Negro and Pinzone. -Catalogue.]

1639 Jacobs (Joseph). English (and More English) Fairy TalesCeltic (and More Celtic) Fairy Tales-and Indian Fairy Tales, Japanese vellum paper edition, 150 copies printed for sale, with double set of the illustrations by J. D. Batten, 5 vol., uncut, t. e. g., 1890-94, 8vo. (325)

B. F. Stevens, £4 18s. 1640 Jacquemart (A.) Histoire Artistique Industrielle et Commerciale de la Porcelaine, accompagnée de recherches sur

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