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Voyages,” part xiii., p. 136. Appended to this is another engraving, which was not copied by De Bry, inscribed "Afbeeldinge in wat manier de silver vloot vanden Generael Pieter Pietersen Heyn veroovert is Anno 1628."

CUCKOO. The Cuckoo's-nest at Westminster, Or the Parliament between the two Lady-Birds, Quean Fairfax and Lady Cromwell, concerning Negotiations of Estate and their severall Interests in the Kingdom; sadly bemoaning the fate of their Deer and ab-hored Husbands . . . . . By Mercurius Melancholicus: Printed in Cuckootime, in a Hollow-tree. 1648. 4to.

Four leaves.

CUDMORE, DANIEL. 'Euxodia. Or, a Prayer-Song; being Sacred Poems on the history of the birth and passion of our Blessed Saviour, And several other choice texts of Scripture. In two Parts. By Daniel Cudmore, Gent. London, Printed by F. C. for William Ley in Paul's Chain. 1655. Sm. 8vo. R. M.

Engraved frontispiece, title, and preliminaries, 5 leaves; B-I 4 in eights. The author appears to have been a Devonshire man, as he dedicates the book “To his honoured Friend Henry Worth Esqr." "From my Study in Tiverton."

CUESTA, JUAN DE LA. Libro y Tratado para enseñar leer y escriuir breuemente y con gran facilidad cō reta pronunciacion y verdadera ortographia todo Romance Castellano, y de la distincion y diferencia que ay en las letras consonātes de vna a otras en su sonido y pronunciacion. En Alcala. 1589. 4to.

CULLODEN. A Particular Account of the Battle of Culloden. April 16, 1746. In a Letter from an Officer of the Highland Army to his Friend at London. London: Printed for T. Warner, near St. Paul's. 1749. 8vo.

A-D in fours, besides the title-page and half-title, but sig. C omitted.

It is said, in a prefatory advertisement to this tract, that it was written in the Highlands in the summer of 1746, and not intended for publication, but that its appearance in print was due to the absence of any other particular account of the battle.

CULPEPPER, NICHOLAS. Catastrophe Magnatum: Or, The Fall of Monarchie. A Caveat to Magistrates, deduced from the Eclipse of the Sunne, March 29, 1652. With a Probable conjecture of the Determination of the Effects. By Nich: Culpeper Gent. Stud. in Astrol. and Phys: . . . . London. Printed for T. Vere and Nath: Brooke, in the Old Bailey, and at the Angel in Cornhil. 1652. 4to. Woodcuts.

A-L 2 in fours, title on A 2.

Dedicated to the writer's kinsman, Sir William Culpepper, knight and baronet, from the author's study in Spitalfields, next door to the Red Lion.

CULPEPPER-CURIO.

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CULPEPPER, SIR THOMAS. Morall Discourses and Essayes upon Severall Select Subjects. Written by T. C. Esquire. [Quotations from Seneca.] London, Printed by S. G. for Charles Adams. . . . 1655. Sm. 8vo.

A, 4 leaves, the first blank; B, 2 leaves; B (repeated)-H in twelves, last leaf blank.

CULY, DAVID. The Works of Mr. David Culy in Three Parts. I. The Glory of the two Crown'd Heads, Adam and Christ, unveil'd; or the Mystery of the New Testament opened. II. Letters and Answers to and from several Ministers of Divers Perswasions on various Subjects. III. Above forty Hymns compos'd on weighty Subjects. London, Printed for J. T. and sold by John Marshall, at the Bible in GracechurchStreet. 1726. Sm. 8vo.

A, 8 leaves; B-S in sixes.

The author of this curious volume, which is unmentioned by Lowndes, was minister at Guyborn, near Wisbeach, in the Isle of Ely.

CURIO, CÆLIUS SECUNDUS. Pasquillus Ecstaticus, unà cum aliis etiam aliquot sanctis pariter & lepidis Dialogis, quibus præcipua religionis nostræ Capita elegantissime explicantur. [Sine loco aut anno.] Sm. 8vo.

In this volume Curio gives an account of his escape from prison in Turin, where he was confined on account of his Evangelical opinions. The book was printed at Basle about 1550.

Pasquine in a Traunce. A Christian and learned Dialogue (contayning wonderfull and most strange newes out of Heauen, Purgatory, and Hell) Wherein besydes Christes truth playnely set forth, ye shall also finde a numbre of pleasaunt hystories, discouering all the crafty conueyaunces of Antechrist. Wherunto are added certayne Questions, then put forth by Pasquine, to haue bene disputed in the Councell of Trent. Turned but lately out of the Italian into this tongue, by W. P. Seene [and] allowed according to the order appointed in the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions. Luke 19. Verily I tell you, that if these should holde their peace, the stones would cry. Imprinted at London by Wylliam Seres dwelling at the Weast ende of Paules at the signe of the Hedgehogge. [1566.] 4to. Black letter. O. M. Title, "To the Reader," commendatory verses by Bernard Garter, and errata, 6 leaves; A (repeated)—Dd i in fours.

This is a translation of the preceding volume, and is the first edition in English. The date is ascertained from the entry in the register at Stationers' Hall. A second edition was printed by W. Seres, also undated, and a third by Thomas Este, 1584.

Julius. Dialogus viri cuiuspiam eruditissimi, festiuus sane ac elegans, quomodo Julius. 11. P. M. post mortem, cœli fores pulsando,

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ab ianitore illo D. Petro intromitti nequiverit: quanq dum uiueret, sanctissimi, atq, adeo sanctitatis noie appellatus, totą bellis feliciter gestis prælarus, uel dominum cœli futuru se esse sperarit. [s. I. et a.] Sm. 8vo.

A—D iii. in eights. Printed at Basle about 1550.

CURIO, CELIUS SECUNDUS. Selectarum Epistolarum Libri duo. Basilea. 1553. Sm. 8vo.

CURTIS, JOHN. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. Printed for the author, 1823-40. 8 vols. Royal 8vo.

CURTIUS RUFUS, QUINTUS. [De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni.] [Colophon.] Venetiis in Edibus Aldi et Andrea Soceri. 1520. 8vo. BR. M.

De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni Libri Superstites, cum notis variorum, curâ H. Snakenburg. Delphis et Lugd. Bat. 1724. 2 vols. 4to. Map and plates. Large paper. O. M.

De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni Libri X. Parisiis. Typis F. Barbou. 1757. Sm. 8vo.

En nom de nostre senyor deu. Aço es la taula o registre del present libre apellat la hystoria de Alexandre scrita de Quinto curcio ruffo. [Colophon.] La present elegantissima e molt ornada obra dela hystoria de Alexandre, per Quinto curcio ruffo hystorial fon de grec en lati, e per Petro candido de lati en tosca, e per Luis de fenollet en la present lengua valenciana trăsferida, e ara ab lo dit lati tosca e encara castella e al tres lengues diligentmet corregida emprēptada enla noble ciutat de Barcelona, p nosaltres Pere posa preuere catala, e Pere bru sauoyench cōpanyons, a setze del mes de Juliol, del any Mil quatre cēts vytäta hu feelmēt. deo gratias ame. [1481.] Folio. R. M.

Table of chapters, 10 leaves; sig. a, 9 leaves (the tenth was a blank leaf); sig. a, repeated, 10 leaves; b-t, 10 leaves each.

Of this volume, Brunet says, the National Library at Paris was able to procure only an inferior copy. Señor Salvá gives the title in a note; but the book was not in his collection.

CUSANUS, JOANNES. Tractatulus artificiose memorie omnibus cuiuscunq, etatis studiosis admodum vtilis et necessarius. [Colophon.] Tractatulus artificiose memorie finit feliciter. Impressus Vienne per Hieronymu Victore & Joanne Singreniu. Impēsis vero venerabilis Magistri Johannis Cusani, eiusdem artis pfessoris. 1514. 4to. R. M.

CUSANUS-CUTTS.

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This curious treatise consists of 8 leaves of title and text, 10 leaves of woodcuts, and I leaf of Latin verses at the end. The fourth page of the woodcuts is printed upside down, and a cancel leaf is inserted to remedy this, printed on one side only. The book is not mentioned by Brunet, and Graesse knew of no earlier edition than that of Leipzig, 1519.

CUSANUS, JOANNES. Algorithmus linealis Proiectiliu: de ītegris perpulchris Arithmetice artis regulis: earundeq, probationibus claris exornatus: studiosis admodū vtilis & necessarius. [Colophon.] Algorithmus proiectiliu de integris: diligenti opera per Magistrum Joannem Cusanum in hanc forma collectus. Finit feliciter. Vienne impressus per Hieronymu Victore: & Joannem Singrenium. 1514 4to. R. M.

Four leaves.

CUSTOS, DOM. Atrium Heroicum Cæsarum, Regū, aliarumque Svmmatum, ac Procerum, qui intra proximum seculum vixere, aut hodie supersunt. Imaginib. LXXII. Illustre Chalcographo et editore Dominic. Custode Cive Aug. Vindel. Cum pröem. et epigram. M.H.A.V. Augusta Vindelicorum. 1600-2. Folio. R.

Part 1, engraved title, letterpress dedication, engraving of arms, index eiconum, together 4 leaves; sigs. C-Rr in twos (including sig. W). The last leaf has the colophon. Part 2, title and dedication, 2 leaves; sigs. A-Q in twos, colophon on last leaf. Part 3, A-Y, including title, &c., in twos, the colophon on a separate leaf. Part 4, A-T in twos, the colophon on the last leaf.

Clarissimorum aliquot litteris, ingenio, fama virorum Effigies. Cælante et venumdante Dominico Custode eiconogr. et bibliopola. Augusta Vindel. 1605. Folio. R.

Title and dedication, 2 leaves. Eighteen portraits. Colophon, I leaf.

CUSTOS, RAPHAEL. Patriciarum stirpium in S. Rom. Imp. Urbe Augusta Vindelicor. quarum quædam, à IV. et ultra, seculis hucusque superstites. Augspurg. 1613. 4to. G. M.

Letterpress and engraved titles and preliminaries, 23 leaves. Folios and pages 1-136.

Emblemata Amoris, consecrata Philippo Heinhofero. Aug. Vind. 1622. 4to.

Title and preliminaries, 6 leaves; folios 1-50.

CUTTS, JOHN, LORD. Poetical Exercises written upon Several Occasions. Presented, and Dedicated to Her Royal Highness, Mary Princess of Orange. London, Printed for R. Bentley, and S. Magnes, 1687. Sm. 8vo.

A-E in eights. A portrait of the author is inserted. In a long address to the princess, Lord Cutts speaks of his residence at her court, of his present acquaintance with her, and of his object in dedicating the book being merely as a mark of his duty and admiration.

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CUVIER, BARON. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition accompagnée de planches gravées représentant les types de tous les genres, les caractères distinctifs des divers groupes, et les modifications de structure sur lesquelles repose cette classification; par une réunion de disciples de Cuvier M.M. Audoin, Blanchard Deshayes, Alcide d'Orbigny &c. Paris. 1836-49. 22 vols. bound in 18. Imperial 8vo. Large paper. The plates coloured. R. M.

Cuvier et Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des Poissons. Paris. 1828-48. 22 vols. 4to. Large paper. Coloured plates.

CYRILLUS, EPISC. HIEROSOLYMIT. Speculū Sapientie beati Cirilli episcopi alias quadripertitus (sic) apologieticus (sic) vocat? In cuius quidē puerbiis omnis et totius sapientie speculum claret. Feliciter incipit. [Sine loco aut anno.] Folio. G. M.

This is the edition of forty-two leaves, with forty and forty-one lines to the page. It is attributed by Hain to the press of Henry Eggesteyn, of Strasburg. See Hain, No. 5904.

- Buch der Natürlichen weiszheit. [Colophon.] Hie endet sich das buch der Natürlichen weissheyt Darinn mă vindet aygenschafte vnd gut sitten durch hüpsch geleichnuss, ebenpildung vnnd figuren, genommen vnnd gezogen auss den exemplen der lerer. Getrucket vnd vollendet in . . . Augspurg von Anthonio Sorg. 1490. Folio. Woodcuts.

BR. M.

a-q in eights; r, 6 leaves (one blank); s (Register), 4 leaves.

This is a translation of the “Speculum Sapientiæ,” which was afterwards published under the title of "Apologi Morales." It is a totally different book from the "Buch der Weisshait der alten Weisen," which is a translation of Bidpai's Fables, though it is not unfrequently confounded with it.

CYUILE AND VNCYUILE LIFE. A discourse very profitable, pleasant, and fit to bee read of all Nobilitie and Gentlemen. Where, in forme of a Dialoge is disputed, what order of lyfe best beseemeth a Gentleman in all ages and times: aswel for educatiō, as the course of his whole life: to make him a parson fit for the publique seruice of his prince and Countrey, and for the quiet and cumlynesse of his owne priuate estate and callinge. Imprinted at London by Richard Jones, and are to bee solde at his shop ouer agaynst Sainct Sepulchers Church, 1579. 4to. BR. M.

A-N in fours.

Dedicated by the printer to Sir Francis Walsingham. The only other copies known are that in the Douce collection, and an imperfect one which was sold among Mr. Corser's books.