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BEWICK (T. AND J.)—continued. 22453 GOLDSMITH (O.) TOMMY TRIP: a Pretty Book of Pictures for Little Masters and Misses, or Tommy Trip's History of Beasts and Birds, sm. 4to. PRINTED ON VELLUM (of which only two copies were struck off), from the unique copy, with the 77 WOODCUTS by Bewick on INDIA PAPER, and a DUPLICATE SET ON VELLUM, which were only printed for this copy, olive morocco extra, the sides richly tooled, with joints, gilt edges, by Rivière, from Mr. Jupp's collection, £15. 1867 22454 Fox (G. T.) Synopsis of the Newcastle Museum, late the Allan, formerly the Tunstall or Wycliffe Museum, with Memoirs of Mr. Tunstall and Mr. Allan, 8vo. woodcuts by T. Bewick and engravings by R. E. Bewick, half russia, uncut, 32s

Bibliography, Typography, Xylography:
ALLIBONE-
E-see ante No. 22387.

Newcastle, 1827

22455 AMES (J.) TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES, considerably augmented by W. Herbert, 3 vols. 4to. LARGE PAPER, woodcut facsimiles, with a portrait of the author, Dutch vellum, fine copy, £5. 58 1785 22456 BIGMORE (É. C.) and WYMAN (Charles) BIBLIOGRAPHY of PrintING, with notes and illustrations; Vols. I, II (A-S), foolscap 4to. with portraits, colophons, facsimiles of Printers' marks, etc. hf. morocco, uncut, £5. 5s

1880-84

Only 250 copies printed. A work of sterling value, indispensable for reference.

22457 BLADES (William) List of Medals, Jettons, Tokens, etc. in connection with Printers and the Art of Printing, sm. 4to. 96 plates, cloth, only 100 copies printed, £2. 28

1869 22458 BRITISH MUSEUM. CATALOGUE of Books in the British Museum printed in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of books in English printed abroad, to the year 1640, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 258

1884

In English Bibliography this great work must now rank as the first and most indispensable book of reference. Collations are given of all the articles which require it.

22459 CATALOGUE of five hundred celebrated authors of Great Britain now living, 8vo. 2s 6d

22460 CATALOGUES OF LIBRARIES. Chatsworth.

1788 Catalogue of the

[Duke of Devonshire's] library at Chatsworth [by Sir James P. Lacaita], 4 vols. royal 8vo. with 27 beautiful vignettes on India paper, cloth, Mr. Beedham's copy, £8. 8s Privately printed, 1879 22461 Grenville. Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, or biographical notices of rare and curious books forming part of the library of the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, by John Thomas Payne and Henry Foss [with Part the Third, completing the catalogue of the library and general index, by W. H. Rye], 4 vols. impl. 8vo. LARGE PAPER, hf. bd. the Duke of Hamilton's copy, £18. 18s

22462

1842-72

Huth. The Huth Library. Catalogue of the printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, collected by HENRY HUTH, with collations and bibliographical

descriptions, 5 vols. imperial 8vo. portrait, hf. morocco, top edges gilt, £7. 10s 1880 This Catalogue is made with so much bibliographical accuracy and fulness of detail that it cannot fail to be useful to students and amateurs throughout Europe and America.

22463 CATALOGUS librorum impressorum BIBLIOTHECA BODLEIANÆ in Academia Oxoniensi [cum Supplemento], 4 vols, folio. cloth, £2. 16s Oxonii, 1843-51 22464 CAXTON Celebration, 1877, Catalogue of the Loan Collection, edited by George Bullen, square 12mo. hf. calf, 4s

22465

22466

1877 the same, sm. 4to. edition on hand-made paper (only 157 copies), cloth, 12s 6d 1877 THE BIBLES in the Caxton Exhibition, 1877, a bibliographical description by Henry Stevens, 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d 1878 22467 CLAVEL (Rob.) the General Catalogue of Books printed in England, 1666-1674, with an account of the names of all the books of Law, Navigation, Music, etc. with 3 nos. of a continuation of the Catalogue, small folio, a little stained and mended, calf, 10s 1675 22468 COLLIER (J. Payne) Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language, 4 vols. 8vo. cloth, £3. 3s New York, 1866 A MS. note of Mr. Collier indicates his preference for the American issue.

22469

Catalogue of early English Literature at Bridgewater House, in the possession of Lord Francis Egerton, 4to. woodcuts, cloth, 20s

1837 Only 100 copies printed. Laing's copy sold for £5, and on August 7th of this year Collier's copy fetched £4. 10s.

History of English Dramatic Poetry-see post in alphabet. 22470 CORSER (Rev. Thomas) Catalogue of his library dispersed by auction, 9 parts in 1 vol. imp. 8vo. ruled, with the purchasers' names and the prices, hf. morocco, uncut, £2. 16s

London 1868-73, Manchester, 1876

Eight successive sales at Sotheby's, between 1868 and 1873, were supposed to have exhausted the library; but a concluding portion was sold after Mr. Corser's death at Manchester in 1876.

22471 COTTON (Rev. H.) Typographical Gazetteer, 8vo. bds. 2s 6d

Oxford, 1825 22472 DE VINNE (Theo. L.) the Invention of Printing, a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing-cards, the blockbooks of the fifteenth century, etc. large 8vo. numerous engravings in facsimile after old engravings, books, types, etc. cloth, £2.2s New York, 1877 22473 DIBDIN (Rev. Thomas Frognall) TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES; or the History of Printing in ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND, begun by Joseph AMES, augmented by William Herbert, and now greatly enlarged, 4 vols. 4to. portraits, facsimiles, and numerous engravings on wood, a few leaves and plates foxed, hf. vellum neat, £12.

1810-19

BIBLIOGRAPHY, TYPOGRAPHY, XYLOGRAPHY-continued.

22474 DIBDIN, Typographical Antiquities, 4 vols. 4to. calf gilt, gilt edges, £14.

22475

22476

1810-19

The Bibliomania; or Book-Madness, 8vo. hf. calf, uncut, 7s 6d

1809

Bibliographical Decameron, or Ten Days' pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. numerous plates and woodcuts, olive morocco extra, gilt edges, by Lewis, 1817 Bibliophobia, remarks on the depressed state of literature and the book trade, 8vo. bds. 10s 6d 1832 22478 Dulwich. CATALOGUE of the Manuscripts and Muniments of Alleyn's College of God's Gift at Dulwich, by G. F. Warner, 8vo. cloth, 78 6d

22477

1881 Interesting for the History of the Drama in the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. 22479 FRY (Francis) Bibliographical Description of the editions of the New Testament, Tyndale's version in English (1525-1566), 4to. with portraits and 73 plates in facsimile from titles, colophons, pages, and capitals, of the early editions, the text beautifully printed within red lines, cloth, gilt top, uncut, £3. 3s

22480 HAMILTON PALACE LIBRARIES (The)

1878

The BECKFORD LIBRARY, portion I, A-Fuseli, sold June 30 -July 13, 1882, 8vo. 5s

22481

22482

22483

1882 part II, G—M, sold December 11-23, 8vo. 5s 1882 part III, N-T, sold July 2--14, 8vo. 58 1883 part IV, U-Z and Supplement, sold November 27

30, 8vo. 2s 6d

22484

5s

22485

2s 6d

22486

1883 the HAMILTON LIBRARY, A-Z, sold 1-9 May, 1884, 8vo. 1884 List of PRICES and PURCHASERS' Names, each sale, 1882-84 the same, 5 parts, imp. 8vo. complete, LARGE PAPER, including List of Prices and Purchasers' Names, £2. 12s 6d 1882-84 22487 HERRING (Richard) Paper and Paper Making, ancient and modern, with introduction by George Croly, 8vo. plates, and 30 specimen-leaves of various kinds of paper, cloth, 10s

1856

22488 SOTHEBY (S. Leigh) Specimen of the Principia Typographica, on the Block-books, their connexion with Printing, and on water-marks, folio, numerous plates and woodcuts, cloth, 25s Privately printed, 1858 Memoranda relating to the Block-books preserved in the Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris, folio, woodcuts of paper-marks, sd. 7s 6d Not for sale, 1859

22489

22490 STEVENS (Henry) Catalogue of my English library, 12mo. cloth,

3s 6d

1853

BIBLIOGRAPHY, TYPOGRAPHY, XYLOGRAPHY-continued.

22491 SUNDERLAND LIBRARY: Sale Catalogues of the Sunderland or Blenheim Library (sold by order of the late owner, His Grace the DUKE of MARLBOROUGH), portions, 5 parts, A-Z, 8vo. with the printed prices, hf. calf, £2. 178 6d

22492

22493

22494

22495

5s

22496

2s 6d

22497

Separately:

1881-3

part II, Chardin-Germanus, sold April 17-27, 5s 1882 part III, Germon-Martialis, sold July 17-27, 58 1882 part IV, Martinez-Saint-Andiol, sold Nov. 6-16, 5s

1882

part V, Saint Evremond-Zeter, sold March 19-22, 1883 List of PRICES and PURCHASERS' Names, each sale, 1881-83 the same, LARGE PAPER, 5 parts, impl. 8vo. with the prices, £4. 48 1881-83 22498 TIMPERLEY (C. H.) Dictionary of Printers and Printing; with the Printer's Manual, 2 vols. in 1, royal 8vo. pp. 996 and 116, woodcuts, cloth, 20s 1838-39 22499 TREDWELL (Daniel) Monograph on privately-illustrated books, a plea for bibliomania, sm. 8vo. cloth, 6s 6d Brooklyn, 1882 22500 WOOD'S ATHENE OXONIENSES, new edition with additions, and a CONTINUATION by Dr. Bliss, 4 vols. royal 4to. with a letter of Dr. Bliss inserted, vellum gilt, gilt edges, £18. 188 22501 ZAEHNSDORF (Joseph W.) the Art of Bookbinding, 8vo. plates and woodcuts, cloth, 10s

1813-20

1880

22502 BLAKE (William) Life of, with selections from his poems and other writings, by Alexander Gilchrist, 2 vols. 8vo. numerous plates and woodcuts, including some impressions from Blake's original coppers, cloth gilt, 15s

1863

22503 BLITH (W.) English Improver Improved, discovering the improveableness of all Lands, sm. 4to. plates, frontispiece and title slightly cut into, hf. calf, 10s

1653

22504 BLOME (R.) The Gentleman's Recreation in two parts. The first being an Encyclopedy of the Arts and Sciences; the second part treats of Horsemanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, and Agriculture, folio, 86 fine plates, including 10 plates of Arms of " Benefactors of this work," russia extra, gilt edges, very fine copy, £15. 1686 the same, "second edition corrected with near one-half of Additions, and with a third part," A Compleat Body of all our Forest, Chace and Game Laws, folio, 82 plates, calf neat, fine copy, £10.

22505

1710 This edition does not contain the plates of the Arms of the Benefactors to the work, but it has more plates of Sports.

22506 BLUNDELL. A Cavalier's Note Book, being notes, anecdotes, etc. of William Blundell of Crosby, Lancashire, Capt. of Dragoons in the Royalist Army of 1642, with introduction by Rev. T. Ellison Gibson, sm. 4to. facsimile of autograph, cloth, 8s 6d 1880

22507 BOCCACCIO. THE DECAMERON Containing an hundred pleasant Nouels. Wittily discoursed betweene seauen honourable Ladies, and three noble Gentlemen, 2 vols. folio, First Edition of the English translation, woodcuts, Cambridge calf, gilt edges, £21. Isaac Taggard, 1620

22508

22509

22510

the same, second edition, 2 vols. in 1, folio, in the seventeenth-century calf binding, £16. 1625-20 In the second edition, the title of Vol. I is changed to "The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conversation, framed in ten dayes."

Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation framed in ten days, 2 vols. in 1, 12mo. fourth edition, woodcuts, with double title to Vol. I, MS. notes by J. P. Collier, a used copy, hf. bd. £3. 38

1657-55 the Decameron, with remarks on his Life and writings and an advertisement by (E. Dubois), 2 vols. 8vo. portrait, calf, 7s 6d 1804 22511 BOLINGBROKE (Henry St. John, Viscount) Philosophical Works, published by D. Mallet, 5 vols. 8vo.-Remarks on the History of England, etc.-together 11 vols. 8vo. calf, £2. 1754-7 22512 BOND (J. J.) Handy-Book of Rules and Tables for verifying dates of historical events and of public and private documents, post 8vo. cloth, 3s 6d

1866 22513 BORROW (George) Romantic Ballads, translated from the Danish, and miscellaneous Pieces, 8vo. bds. £2. 2s Norwich, 1826 Dr. Burnell's copy, with some interesting memoranda by him. Lavengro; the Scholar-the Gypsy-the Priest, 3 vols. sm. 8vo. portrait, cloth, 21s 1851

22514 22515

Botany:

the Zincali, an account of the Gypsies of Spain, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. bds. 15s 1841 22516 BENTHAM (G.) Handbook of the British Flora, 2 vols. 8vo. with several hundred figures of plants on wood, from drawings by Fitch, cloth, £2. 8s 1865 22517 HARVEY (W. H.) Phycologia Britannica; or, History of British Seaweeds, containing Coloured Figures, Generic and Specific Characters, Synonyms and Descriptions of all the Species of Algae inhabiting the Shores of the British Islands, original and best edition, 4 vols. royal 8vo. 360 hand-coloured plates, cloth, £5. 158

22518

1870

1846-51 the same, 4 vols. royal 8vo. 360 plates, with MS. Indices, half russia, £5. 5s 1846-51 22518* PRIOR (R. C. A.) Popular Names of British Plants, the origin and meaning of the names, sm. 8vo. cloth, 5s 22519 SOWERBY (James) ENGLISH BOTANY: or Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their essential Characters, Synonymes, and Places of Growth, described by Sir JAMES E. SMITH, With GENERAL INDEX, complete, ORIGINAL AND BEST EDITION, 2592 COLOURED plates, 37 vols. in 18, boards, uncut, £16.

22520

1790-1814

the same, 37 vols. in 36, 2592 coloured plates, 17901814-the Supplement, by (Sir) W. JACKSON HOOKER, and other

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