763 Egan (Pierce). Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn and Corinthian Tom, coloured plates by Cruikshank, calf, 1821, 8vo. (185) Roche, £5 12s. 6d. 764 European Magazine, vol. i.-lviii. (wanted vol. xxiii.), has vol. xlix. in duplicate), portraits and plates, half russia, 1782-1810, 8vo. (384) A. Jackson, £3 15s. 765 E[velyn] (J[ohn].) Acetaria, a Discourse of Sallets, by J. E., auther of the Kalendarium, first edition, original calf, 1699, 8vo. (401) Maggs, £7 10S. [Presentation copy from the author, with the following inscription in his handwriting on the leaf facing title: "For my most worthy Friend" (name erased) "from his most humble Servant J. Evelyn.”—Catalogue.]

£1 4s.

766 Fielding (Henry). Works, 12 vol., portrait, calf, 1766, 8vo. (334) 767 Freer (M. W.) The last Decade of a Glorious Reign, first edition, 2 vol., 1863, 8vo. (385)

Hornstein, £4

768 Hardy (T.) Far from the Madding Crowd, first edition, 2 vol., illustrated, 1874, 8vo. (392) Shepherd, 2 IS. 769 Milton (John). Paradise Lost, a Poem in XII. Books, vellum, The Doves Press, 1902, 8vo. (184) Edwards, £5 12s. 6d. 770 Milton (John). Paradise Regain'd, a Poem, in IV. Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes, first edition, original calf, with the license dated 1670 and leaf of errata, Printed by J. M. for John Starkey, 1671, 8vo. (181) Rogers, £12 1OS. 771 Moore (Thomas). Poetical Works, 10 vol., frontispieces and vignettes, morocco gilt, g. e., 1841, 8vo. (475)

Quaritch, £2 4s.

772 Scott (Sir W.) Tales of my Landlord, first edition, first series, 4 vol., calf, 1816, 8vo. (387)

773 Scott (Sir W.) Waverley, first edition, 3 vol., half bound, 1814,

8vo. (388)

Hornstein, £2 10S.

Shepherd, £15 5s.

774 Scott (Sir W.) Guy Mannering, first edition, 3 vol., half bound, 1815, 8vo. (389)

[This was a very inferior copy.- ED.]

Maggs, £2 18s.

Braun, £2 16s.

775 Scott (Sir W.) Waverley Novels, 48 vol., frontispieces and vignettes, cloth, 1829-33, 8vo. (470) 776 Scrope (William). The Art of Deer Stalking, plates by Landseer Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing, first editions, plates by Landseer, etc., 2 vol., original gilt cloth, uncut, 1838-1843, 8vo. (180) Hornstein, 14 15s. 777 Sterne (Lawrence). A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick, first edition, 2 vol., original wrappers, entirely uncut (last leaf of vol. i. mounted), Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1768 (408) Sabin, £28

[This copy had both half-titles and the list of subscribers, but the wrappers were not in good condition.-ED.] 778 Surtees (R. S.) Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, third edition, 15 coloured plates by Henry Alken, original gilt cloth, g.e., 1843, 8vo. (172) Sabin, £39

779 Surtees (R. S.) Hawbuck Grange, or the Sporting Adventures

of Thomas Scott, Esq., first edition, plates by "Phiz," original cloth, uncut, 1847, 8vo. (173) Shepherd, £8 12s. 6d. [Another copy, in the original cloth (soiled), sold for £3 7s. 6d. ED.]

780 Surtees (R. S.) Handley Cross, or Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt, first edition, coloured plates by Leech, original cloth, uncut, 1854, 8vo. (174) Hornstein, £7 781 Surtees (R. S.) Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, first edition, coloured plates by Leech, original cloth, uncut, 1860, 8vo. (175) Pascoe, I IOS. 782 Surtees (R. S.) Plain or Ringlets, first edition, coloured plates by Leech, original cloth, uncut, 1860, 8vo. (176)

Hornstein, £3 17s. 6d. 783 Surtees (R. S.) Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, first edition, coloured plates by Leech, original cloth, uncut, 1865, 8vo. (177) Pascoe, £3 15s. 784 Surtees (R. S.) Analysis of the Hunting Field, coloured plates by Alken, original cloth, g. e., 1846, 8vo. (179) Edwards, 10 55.

785 Symonds (J. A.) Renaissance in Italy, 7 vol., cloth, 1880-6, 8vo. (391) Maggs, £11 7s. 6d. 786 Wilde (O.) The Importance of being Earnest, first edition, cloth, uncut, 1899, 8vo. (207)

£1 12s.

787 Wilde (O.) An Ideal Husband, first edition, cloth, uncut, 1899, 8vo. (208)

£1 145.

[NOVEMBER 10TH AND 11TH, 1903.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. WILLIAM MITCHELL, OF EASTBOURNE, AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 664; amount realised, £1,269 1s.)

(a) Mr. Mitchell's Library.

788 Agassiz (L.) Nomenclator Zoologicus, continens Nomina Systematica Generum Animalium, tam Viventium quam Fossilium, half calf, Soloduri, 1842-46, 4to. (88) Wesley, £125. 789 Auk (The), a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, edited by J. A. Allen, E. Cones, R. Ridgway, etc., vol. i. to xix., and Nos. 1 and 2 of vol. xx. (vol. i. to xix. in half morocco, remainder in numbers), coloured and other illustrations, Published for the American Ornithologists' Union, Boston, Mass., 1884-1903, 8vo. (3) Quaritch, £8 5s. 790 Baird, Brewer and Ridgway. History of North American Birds. Land Birds, 3 vol., plates and woodcuts, Boston,

1874-Water Birds, 2 vol., numerous engravings, ib., 1884, together 5 vol., 4to. (89) Friedlander, £4 2s. 6d. 791 Bree (C. R.) History of the Birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles, second edition, enlarged, 5 vol., coloured plates, 1875, 8vo. (8) E. Parsons, £1 165. 792 Buller (Sir W. L.) History of the Birds of New Zealand, second edition, 2 vol. in 1, coloured plates, half morocco, m. e., Published (for the subscribers) by the Author, 1888, 4to. (98) Bain, £7 15s. 793 Butler (A. G.) British Birds' Eggs, a Handbook of British Oölogy, frontispiece and 37 coloured plates, half morocco, t. e. g., E. W. Janson, n. d., 8vo. (13) Young, £ Is. 794 Cassin (John). Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America, 50 coloured plates, with Text, Philadelphia, 1865, 8vo. (15) Sotheran, 4 8s. 795 Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company, 2 vol., 1854—Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, vol. i. to xxvii., coloured plates (vol. i. to ix. interleaved and bound in half morocco, vol. x. to xxvii. in cloth, as issued), Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1874-95, 8vo. (16-17) Wesley, £32 796 Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum, by R. Lydekker, 1891-Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, 2 vol., coloured plates, 1901, 8vo. (18) E. G. Allen, £I 125. 797 Cory (C. B.) The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo, map and 23 coloured plates, half morocco gilt, g. e., Boston, 1885, 4to. (103) Hiersmann, £2 798 Dresser (H. E.) Monograph of the Coracüdae, or Family of the Rollers, 27 large coloured plates, uncut, Published by the Author, 1893, imperial 4to. (143) Wesley, £3 799 Elliott (D. G.) Monograph of the Bucerotidæ, or Family of the Hornbills, 59 large coloured plates, half morocco gilt, Published for the subscribers by the Author, 1882, folio (144) E. Parsons, £4 2s. 6d. 800 Gätke (Heinrich). Heligoland as an Ornithological Observatory, the result of fifty years' experience, translated by R. Rosenstock, portrait and engravings, Edinburgh, 1895, 8vo. (25) Young, £1 6s. 801 Giebel (Dr. C. G.) Thesaurus Ornithologiae. Repertorium der gesammten Ornithologischen Literatur, 3 vol., half morocco, Leipzig, 1872-77, 8vo. (26) Young, £135.

802 Gould (John). Handbook to the Birds of Australia, 2 vol., Published by the Author, 1865, 8vo. (28) Hill, £175. 803 Ibis (The), a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. First series, edited by P. L. Sclater, 6 vol., 1859-64-New series, edited by Alfred Newton, 6 vol., 1865-70-Third series, edited by O. Salvin and P. L. Sclater, 6 vol., 1871-76-Fourth series, edited by Salvin and Sclater, 6 vol., 1877-82-Fifth series, edited by Sclater and E. Saunders, 6 vol., 1883-88-Sixth series, edited by P. L. Sclater, 6 vol., 1889-94-Seventh series, edited by Sclater and H. Saunders, 6 vol., 1895-1900

-Eighth series, vol. i. and ii. and first two parts of vol. iii., 1901-3-Indexes to first to sixth series [1859-94], with a Duplicate of the Index to first, second aud third series, interleaved with MS. annotations, coloured plates and woodcuts (all, with the exception of six numbers and General Index [1877-94]), bound in half calf gilt, nearly uniform, 1859-1903, 8vo. (32) Quaritch, £60 804 Irby (Lieut.-Col.) The Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar, second edition, revised and enlarged, with an appendix, coloured plates and other illustrations, uncut, 1895, 4to. (110) Walford, £1 [Another copy, also in the original cloth, realised £135. (Lot 167).-ED.]

805 Layard (E. L.) The Birds of South Africa, new edition, revised and augmented by R. Bowdler Sharpe, Quaritch, 1875-84, 8vo. (36) Quaritch, LI IIS. 806 Legge (Captain W. V.) History of the Birds of Ceylon, map and large coloured plates, half morocco gilt, Published by the Author, 1880, 4to. (112) Young, £4 14s. 807 Lloyd (L.) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway, map, chromo. plates and woodcuts, 1867, 8vo. (38) Hill, £1 11S. 808 Marshall (C. and G.) Monograph of the Capitonidæ, or Scansorial Barbets, with 73 coloured plates, half morocco, Published by the Authors, 1871, 4to. (116) Maggs, £5 5s.

809 Morris (F. O.) History of British Birds, second edition, 6 vol., coloured plates, 1870, 8vo. (44) Murray, £3 7s.

810 Oates (E. W.) and W. T. Blanford. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, 4 vol., engravings, 1889-98, 8vo. (50) Quaritch, £2 4s. 811 Ootheca Wolleyana, an Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs formed by John Wolley, Junr., part i., Accipitres, coloured and other plates, Van Voorst, 1864, 8vo. (51) Porter, £125. 812 Poynting (Frank). Eggs of British Birds, with an account of their Breeding Habits. Limicolæ, with 54 coloured plates, half calf gilt, m. e., 1895-96, 4to. (122)

Porter, £4 [Another and similar copy realised £3 18s. (Lot 171).— ED.] 813 Rothschild (Walter). The Avifauna of Lysan and the neighbouring Islands, with a complete History to date of the Birds of the Hawaiian Possessions, coloured and other illustrations, half calf gilt, m.e., 1893-1900, 4to. (124) Young, £6 814 Sclater (P. L.) and W. H. Hudson. Argentine Ornithology, a Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic, with Notes on their Habits, coloured plates, original boards, uncut, 1888, 8vo. (68) Young, £2 25.

815 Seebohm (H.) The Eggs of British Birds, with Descriptive Notices, edited by R. B. Sharpe, portrait and coloured plates, Sheffield, 1896, 8vo. (70) Crosse, £15s.

816 Seebohm (H.) The Geographical Distribution of the Family

XVIII.

5

Charadriidæ, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes and their allies, illustrations, uncut, n. d., 4to. (127) Hiersmann, LI 817 Sharpe (R. B.) and C. W. Wyatt. Monograph of the Hirundinidæ, or Family of Swallows, 2 vol. in 1, coloured plates, half morocco gilt, g.e., 1885-94, 4to. (131) Young, £5 7s. 6d. [Another copy, in the original cloth, realised £1 195. (Lot 170).-ED.] 818 Sharpe (R. B.) Monograph of the Alcedinidæ, or Family of Kingfishers, coloured plates, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., Published by the Author, 1868-71, 4to. (128)

Young, £5 17s. 6d. 819 Shelley (G. E.) Handbook to the Birds of Egypt, 14 coloured plates, Van Voorst, 1872, 8vo. (74) J. Bumpus, £3 14s. 820 Shelley (G. E.) The Birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian Region, 3 vol. in 2, coloured plates (vol. i. and ii. in 1 vol. half calf, vol. iii. in cloth, as published), 1896-1902, 4to. (133) Porter, £2 145. 821 Shelley (G. E.) Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-Birds, with 121 large coloured plates, half morocco, g.e., Published by the Author, 1876-80, 4to. (132)

Porter, 4 17s. 6d. 822 Stevenson (Henry). The Birds of Norfolk, with Remarks on their Habits, Migration and Local Distribution, portrait and tinted and coloured plates, Van Voorst, 1866-90, 8vo. (78) Maggs, £3 14s. 823 Taczanowski (W.) Oologia Ptaków Polskich, with atlas of 170 coloured plates, 2 vol., half calf, Warszawa, 1862, 8vo. (82) Quaritch, £2 6s. 824 Turnbull (W. P.) The Birds of East Pennsylvania and New Jersey, illustrated, half bound, t. e. g., Glasgow, printed for private circulation, 1869, 8vo. (83) Watkins, LI 825 Wilson and Bonaparte. American Ornithology, or Natural History of the Birds of the United States, with Notes and a Life of Wilson by Sir Wm. Jardine, 3 vol., coloured plates, half bound, t. e. g., 1876, 8vo. (87) 826 Wyatt (C. W.) British Birds, being coloured illustrations of all the species of Passerine Birds resident in the British Isles, half calf gilt, 1894, 4to. (139) Maggs, £1 11S.

Edwards, £1 16s.

(B) The Property of a Gentleman.

827 Bewick (T.) A General History of Quadrupeds, first edition, figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick, morocco extra, g.e., Newcastle, 1790, 8vo. (161) Young, £2 2s. 828 Bewick (T.) A General History of Quadrupeds, fourth edition, the figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick, imperial paper, morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g., 230 copies printed on paper of this size, Newcastle, 1800, 8vo. (162) B. F. Stevens, £3 16s. 829 Bewick (T.) A General History of Quadrupeds, fifth edition, the woodcuts engraved by T. Bewick, imperial paper, morocco extra, g. e., Newcastle, 1807, 8vo. (163) Young, £1 12s.