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The book was known to Brunet only through the Sale Catalogues of Sykes and Hanrott, so that he expresses a doubt as to whether the engraving by Marc Antonio forms part of the volume or not.

BERTAUDUS, JOANNES. Encomium trium Mariarum cũ earundē cultus defensione adversus Lutheranos. Solennique missa & officio canonico, in quibus omnibus desideres nihil. [Parisiis.] Iodocus Badius Ascensius. 1529. 4to. Woodcuts. G. M.

A very full and accurate collation of this beautiful volume is given by Brunet.

BERTRAM THE PRIEST. Bertram or Ratram concerning the Body and Blood of the Lord. . . . . The Second Edition, corrected, and enlarged with an Appendix. London, Printed by H. Clark for Thomas Boomer, at the Chirurgeons-Arms in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar. 1688. 8vo. Large paper. BL. M.

A-S 3 in eights; the appendix (with a fresh title); T-Kk in eights.

BERWICK. Mémoires du Maréchal de Berwik, Généralissime des armées de sa Majesté. Londres. 1758. 2 vols. Sm. 8vo. R.M.

BESCHREIBUNG von der Eroberung der Spanischen Sylber Flotta, wie solche von dem General Peter Peters Hein in Nova Hispania, in der Insul Cuba, im Baia Mantanckha ist erobert worden, anno, 1628. Gedruckt im Jahr. 1629. 4to.

BESCHRIJVINGHE van Virginia, Nieuw Nederlandt, Nieuw Englelandt, en d'Eylanden Bermudes, Berbados, en S. Christoffel. Amsterdam by Foost Hartgers. 1651. 4to. With engravings in the letterpress in the manner of De Bry. BR. M.

Title and pp. 3-88. A folding map after the title.

BESCHRYVINGE van eenige voorname Kusten in Oost en West Indiën: Als Zueriname, Nieuw-Nederland, Florida, van 't Eyland Kuba, Brazil, Suratte, Madagascar, Batavia, Peru en Mexico. Te Leeuwarden. 1716. 4to. BL. M.

BESSARIO. Bessarionis Cardinalis Sabini & Patriarche Constantinopolitani capitula libri pmi aduersus calúniatore Platōis incipiūt feliciter.

[Colophon]. Aspicis illustris lector quicunq libellos

Si cupis artificum nomina nosse: lege.

Aspera ridebis cognomina teutona: forsan

Mitiget ars musis inscia uerba uirum.

Coradus suueynheym: Arnoldus panartzą magistri

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BETTE-BEVERLEY.

Rome impresserunt talia multa simul.

Petrus cum fratre Francisco Maximus ambo
Huic operi aptatam contribuere domum.

[Anno 1469]. Folio. BR. M.

Editio princeps. Brunet remarks that the date of this volume is fixed by a letter which is printed in the correspondence of Marsilius Ficinus. It is a letter addressed to him by Cardinal Bessarion to accompany this volume, and it is dated “idibus septembris anno 1469." Among the Epistles of Philelphus, also, is one addressed by him to Cardinal Bessarion, thanking him for the book, and this is dated "Mediolani III non. octobris, 1469."

BETTE, THOMAS. A Newe Ballade intitvled, agaynst Rebellious and false Rumours. To the newe tune of the Blacke Almaine vpon Scissillia. Imprinted at London in Fletestreat at the signe of the Faucon by Wylliam Gryffith, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Sainct Dunstones Churchyarde. 1570. A Broadside. Black letter.

Nine stanzas of twelve lines, printed in two columns, divided by a band, consisting of three wood blocks. Below the imprint is a woodcut in two pieces which has not any relation to the ballad. Reprinted in "Anc. Ballads" in 1867. No other copy is known, nor any other production by the same writer.

BETTIE, W. The Historie of Titana, and Thesevs. Very pleasant for age to avoide drowsie thoughts: profitable for youth to avoide wanton pastimes: so that to both it brings the mindes content. Written by W. Bettie. London Printed for Robert Bird, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Laurence Lane, at the Signe of the Bible. 1636. 4to. Black letter.

R.

A, 2 leaves; B-G 2 in fours.

This romance is dedicated in an euphuistic style "To the right worshipfull Humphrie Conisbye." The present was George Steevens's copy. See Hazlitt's "Handbook," p. 37.

Although no earlier edition of this work is at present known, Thomas Pavier entered on the 13th August, 1608, "A booke beinge A history of Titana and Theseus." See Arber's "Transcript," iii. 172. It may have been a different work on the same subject.

BEVERLEY, R. The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts. I. The History of the First Settlement of Virginia, and the Government thereof, to the present time. II. The Natural Productions and Conveniences of the Country, suited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws and Customs, in War and Peace. IV. The present state of the Country, as to the Polity of the Government, and the Improvements of the Land. By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. London.... MDCCV. 8vo. A, 4 leaves; a, 2 leaves; B-H 4, in eights; Aa-Cc 4 in eights; A D*** in eights; Aaaa-Ffff 2 in eights; a folding leaf, and tables, pp. 20. With a frontispiece and 14 plates, by S. Gribelin.

BEVERLEY-BEZA.

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BEVERLEY, R. The History of Virginia, in four Parts ... The Second Edition, revis'd and enlarged by the Author. London· 1722. 8vo.

A-U 6 in eights, besides the frontispiece, with the same plates as the edition of 1705.

BEVIS OF HAMPTON. The Historie of Sir Bevis of SouthHampton. Printed in Aberdene by Edward Raban, for David Melvill 1630. Sm. 8vo. Black letter. BL. M.

A-I in eights. The only copy known.

"An edition of extraordinary rarity of this ancient metrical Romance. I cannot trace another copy in any catalogue, nor have I found a collector or bookseller, who ever saw one..... This copy was purchased by a Stationer's Traveller in Aberdeen, and sold to me."-MS. note by Mr. Daniel (1838).

The History of the famous and renowned Knight Sir Bevis of Hampton. London, Printed by G. D. for Andrew Crook, and are to be sold at the sign of the Green Dragon in Pauls Church-yard. 1662. 4to. Black letter. BL. M.

A-H in fours. With woodcuts.

"Excessively rare, and, I believe, the only copy known. It has belonged to the following celebrated collectors D'Orville, with his autograph ['Aug. 27, 1725.'] Hearne, with his autograph ‘Suum Cuiq; Tho. Hearne. [Sept. 1, 1725.'] Steevens, Duke of Roxburghe, Sir Mark Sykes, Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Hanrott. Mr. Hibbert purchased it at the sale of the Sledmere Library (Sir M. Sykes's) and I purchased it at Mr. Hanrott's sale."-MS. note by Mr. Daniel. Lowndes erroneously gives the date as 1622. Another copy is in the Douce Collection.

"Roger Gale, Esq. hath got a 4to. MS. in wch is part of the story of Bevis in old English verse. The MS. is in paper. See my MS. Coll. vol. 59, p. 50.”—MS. note by Hearne.

BEWICK, THOMAS. Illustrated Works. Newcastle, 1790-1821. Royal 8vo. Large paper. Woodcuts. G. M.

An uniform series 1. British Birds, 1797-1821, with both supplements, 2 vols. ; 2. Quadrupeds, 1790; 3. Fables of Æsop and others, 1818; 4. Select Fables, 1820. Of the three papers printed the present is the middle or royal size, having (it is said) the best impressions of the engravings.

BEZA, THEODORUS. Poemata. Lutetiæ, Roberto Stephano Regio typographo, et sibi Conradus Badius excudebat. 1548. Sm. 8vo. R. M.

-Icones, id est, veræ imagines virorum doctrina simul et pietate illustrium . . . . adiecta sunt nonnullæ picturæ quas Emblemata vocant. [Geneva.] 1580. 4to. Woodcuts.

The Ivdgement of a most Reverend and Learned Man from beyond the Seas, concerning a threefold Order of Bishops. With a

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BHAGAVAD-GÍTÁ-BIBLE.

declaration of certaine other waightie points, concerning the Discipline and Governement of the Chvrch. [No place, printer's name, or date.] Sm. 8vo.

23 leaves. Probably printed at London about 1550.

BHAGAVAD-GÍTÁ. A philosophical poem in Sanskrit. A MS. on paper written on a narrow roll. It contains the BhagavadGítá in duplicate, each parallel strip bearing a complete copy of the text. No date is given, but it appears to have been written about the middle of the 18th century. It is preserved in a cylindrical silver box.

BIBLES. Biblia Polyglotta; Hebraicè, Chaldaicè, Græcè et Latinè de mandato ac sumptibus Francisci Ximenez de Cisneros, curis Demetrii Cretensis, Antonii Nebrissensis &c. [Colophon to vol. v.]. Ad perpetuam laudem et gloriam dei.... felici fine absolutu est in hac preclarissima Coplutensi vniuersitate: de mãdato sumptibus Reuerendissimi in christo patris illustrissimi dñi domini fratris Frăcisci Ximenez de Cisneros... industria solertia honorabilis viri Arnaldi guilielmi de Brocario artis impressorie magistri. 1514-17. 6 vols. Folio.

This is one of the copies with the arms printed in red on the titles of vols. i.-iv., and with seven lines of letterpress beneath.

Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, complectentia Textus Originales, Hebraicum, cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Chaldaicum, Græcum. Versionumque antiquarum, Samaritanæ, Græcæ LXXII Interp. Chaldaicæ, Syriacæ, Arabicæ, Æthiopicæ, Persicæ, Vulg. Lat. quicquid comparari poterat. Cum Textuum, & Versionum Orientalium Translationibus Latinis. Ex vetustissimis MSS. undique conquisitis, optimisque Exemplaribus impressis, summâ fide collatis. Quæ in prioribus Editionibus deerant suppleta. Multa antehac inedita, de novo adjecta. Omnia eo ordine disposita, ut Textus cum Versionibus uno intuitu conferri possint. Cum Apparatu, Appendicibus, Tabulis, Variis Lectionibus, Annotationibus, Indicibus, &c. Opus totum in sex Tomos tributum. Edidit Brianus Waltonus, S.T.D. Londini, Imprimebat Thomas Roycroft, 1657. 6 vols.-Lexicon Heptaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Samaritanum, Æthiopicum, Arabicum, Conjunctim; Et Persicum, Separatim. In quo, omnes voces Hebrææ, Chaldææ, Syræ, Samaritanæ, Æthiopicæ, Arabicæ, & Persicæ, tam in MSS. quàm Impressis libris, cumprimis autem in Bibliis Polyglottis, adjectis hinc inde Armenis, Turcicis, Indis, Japonicis, &c ordine Alphabetico, sub singulis Radicibus digestæ, continentur. . . . . . . . . Authore Edmundo Castello. Londini, Imprimebat Thomas Roycroft, LL. Orientalium Typographus Regius. 1686. 2 vols. Folio. BL. M.

This copy has the Royal preface and the original dedication to Charles II. At p. 48 (vol. i.), in the Idiotismi, is the reprint noticed in the Grenville Catalogue.

BIBLES IN ENGLISH.

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BIBLES IN ENGLISH. Biblia The Bible, that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe. M. D. XXXV. S. Paul II. Tessa. III. Praie for vs, that the worde of God maie haue fre passage, and be glorified, &c. S. Paul Col. III. Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyssdome &c. Josue I. Let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth, but exercyse thyselfe therin daye and nighte &c. [Colophon:] Prynted in the yeare of oure Lorde M.D. XXXV. and fynished the fourth daye of October. Folio. Black letter. Woodcuts. BR. M.

First edition of Coverdale's translation of the Bible, and first appearance of the Holy Scriptures in a collected form in English. No entirely perfect copy is known. The present has the title-page, map, most of the preliminary leaves, and two leaves at the end in facsimile, but the condition is sound and clean. A very careful collation is given in Mr. Lea Wilson's Catalogue of Bibles.

The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the content of all the holy scrypture, bothe of ye olde and newe testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by y dylygent studye of dyuerse excellent learned men, expert in the forsayde tonges. Prynted by Rychard Grafton & Edward Whitchurch. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. 1539. Folio. Woodcuts. Black letter. BL. M.

From Mr. Lea Wilson's collection. Dr. Cotton, in his "Editions of the English Bible," says: "It is extremely difficult to meet with a copy, like Mr. Lea Wilson's, entirely perfect."

This is one of the uniform unmixed copies of the great Bible of 1539, which is so carefully described in the Grenville catalogue, in Mr. Lea Wilson's catalogue (No. 6), and at much greater length by Mr. F. Fry, who has devoted a whole volume to the subject. Very few copies are quite complete, and though the Grenville copy is described as being so, the first title and one other leaf are in facsimile. The woodcut border to the title has usually been described as designed by Holbein, but competent authorities of late years have declared that such is not the case. There are two copies known upon vellum, one of which is in the library of St. John's College, Cambridge, and the other in the possession of Mr. Wynne of Peniarth.

The Byble, whych is all the holy Scripture: In whych are contayned the Olde and Newe Testament, truelye and purely translated into Englishe By Thomas Matthewe. 1537. And now Imprinted in the Yeare of oure Lorde. M. D. XLIX. Esaye. i. Hearcken to, ye heauens, and thou earth geue eare: For the Lord speaketh. Imprinted at London By Thomas Raynalde, and William Hyll dwelling in Paules Churche yeard. Folio. Black letter. BR. M.

No. 14 in Mr. Lea Wilson's catalogue, where a very full collation is given. He says: "The volume is barbarously printed with a worn out type. The paging is so incorrect that it is useless to attempt to say what the preceding numbers should

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