containing the Ancient and Present state of it, Civil and Ecclesiastical, from Public Records and other Authorities, MS. and printed, best edition, 4 vol., containing 167 maps and plates of antiquities, etc., portraits and plans, old calf gilt, Canterbury, 1778-99, folio (427) Walford, £19 10s. 3960 Heppelwhite (A. and Co., Cabinet-Makers). The CabinetMaker and Upholsterer's Guide, or Repository of Designs. for every article of Household Furniture, in the newest and most approved taste, 127 plates (plates 1 to 125 and 9* and 78*), original calf, I. and J. Taylor, 1789, folio (428)

Lightouler, £11 105. 3961 Herodotus. A World of Wonders, or an Introduction to a Treatise touching the Conformitie of Ancient and Moderne Wonders, or a Preparative Treatise to the Apologie for Herodotus, written in Latin by Henrie Stephen and continued here by the Author himself, first edition, calf, with list of errata, often missing, Imprinted for John Norton, 1607, folio (430)

Pout, £2 16s.

3962 [Lamb (Charles).] Prince Dorus, or Flattery put out of Countenance, a Poetical Version of an Ancient Tale, 9 coloured plates, inscription on title, “This little book was read by the Prince Regent and Sir E. Horne at Carlton House, 1818," original red roan, Printed for M. J. Godwin, 1818, square 12mo. (433) Robson, £22 3963 Lilford (Lord). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, first edition, coloured plates, complete in 36 parts, part i. wanted the back wrapper, 1885-97, 8vo. (443) Maggs, £49 3964 Milton (John). A Treatise of the Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes, shewing that it is not lawful for any Power on earth to compell in matters of Religion, the Author J. M. (dedication to Parliament with name in full), first edition, original calf, Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1659, 12mo. (451) Pickering, £6 15s. 3965 Montesquieu (Ch. Secondat de). Le Temple de Gnide, engraved title, frontispiece and 9 plates by Eisen, text engraved throughout, old morocco, g. e., with the arms of George the Third and his Queen within ornamental wreath on each side, an example of Derome's best work, in a fine fresh state of preservation, in a case, Paris, 1772, 8vo. (456) Quaritch, £100

[The dedication copy to George III., specially bound for him by Derome. What was probably the dedication inscription erased from the title.-Catalogue.] 3966 Oldmixon (John). Poems on Several Occasions, written in imitation of the manner of Anacreon, with other Poems, Letters and Translations, first edition, original calf, 1696, 8vo. (462) B. F. Stevens, £4

3967 Ovid. Publii Ovidii Nasonis Heroidum Epistolæ, old Venetian stamped calf, Venetiis in ædibus Aldi, mdii. (1502), 8vo. (463) Pearson, £3 105.

3968 Pastissier François (Le). Ou est enseigné la maniere de faire toute sorte de Pastisseerie, tres-utile à toute sorte de personnes. Ensemble de moyen d'aprester toutes sortes d'Eufs pour les jours maigres, et autres, en plus de soixante façons, ruled in red throughout, engraved frontispiece, morocco super extra, g. on m. e., by TrautzBauzonnet (5% by 23⁄4 inches), Amst., chez L. & D. Elzevier, A. mdclv. (464) Quaritch, £50

[See Mr. Andrew Lang's "Books and Bookmen,” 1887, 8vo., page 11; BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, Vol. ix., No. 4784. --ED.] 3969 Phillips (S.) Orestes and other Poems (written at 15, 16 and 19), in the original yellow cover, Printed for private circulation, 1884, 8vo. (470) B. F. Stevens, £10 105. 3970 Prymer (The) in English and Latine, after Salisbury use, set out at length wyth many prayers and goodly Pictures, newelye imprynted this present yere, 1558, printed in red and black, double columns, the English in black letter, title and a few of the preliminary leaves defective, woodcuts (Queen Mary's book), original vellum, Imprynted at London by the assignes of Jhon Wayland, forbidding all other Persones to Prynt or cause to be prynted this Prymer, or any other in Englyshe or in Latyne, 8vo. (473) Lyle, £17 5s. 3971 Rowlandson (T.) World in Miniature, first edition, the complete set of 40 coloured etchings by T. Rowlandson, many of them being views of English towns and villages in the early years of last century, with the wrapper, morocco extra, g. e., by Broca, Ackermann, 1816, 8vo. (478)

Robson, £6 5s.

3972 Sackville (Thomas, Lord Buckhurst and Earl of Dorset) and Thomas Norton. The Tragedie of Ferrex and Porrex, set forth without addition or alteration, altogether as the same was shewed on the stage before the Queenes Majestie, about nine years past, viz., the xviii. day of Januarie, 1561, by the Gentlemen of the Inner Temple, first genuine edition (signatures A-3 in 4's), margins cut close, morocco extra, g.e., by F. Bedford, Imprinted at London by John Daye dwelling over Aldersgate (1571), 8vo. (481)

Toplis, £14

[The edition of 1565, 4to., London, for William Griffith, was published without the consent of the authors.-ED.] 3973 Sannazaro (Jacomo). Arcadia, in the original Italian stamped binding, Vinegia, Aldus Manutius, 1514, 8vo. (482) Pearson, £3 155. [Shakespeare found the name of Hamlet in this volume. (See Dr. Furness' edition of "Hamlet."-Catalogue.]

The Property of a Gentleman.

3974 Wilde (Oscar). Lady Windermere's Fan, a Play about a Good Woman, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1893, 8vo. Harmer, 4 125.

(503)

[Autograph letter inserted, wherein the author writes of the play by its original title of "Lady Lancing." Another copy sold for £4 10s. (Lot 746).—Ed.]

3975 Wilde (Oscar). The Priest and the Acolyte, No. 30, original paper wrappers, Privately printed for presentation only, 1894, 8vo. (504) Luttrell, £210S.

Other Properties.

3976 Hollar (Wenc.) A Collection of Original Engraved English Title-Pages, Vignettes, Head-Pieces, etc. by W. Hollar, 40 pieces, mounted in a vol., russia gilt, xvii. Cent.-Sale Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Prints, engraved by W. Hollar, formed by John Towneley, Esq., with prices, calf, 1818, small 4to. (518-19) Maggs, £8 5s. 3977 Horsemanship. The Horsemanship of England, most particularly relating to the Breeding and Training of the Running Horse, a Poem dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Monmouth, calf, 1682, 4to. (520) Croston, £8 5s. 3978 James I. His Majesties Speach in this last Session of Parliament, as neere his very words as could be gathered at the instant, together with a discourse of the Maner of the discovery of this late intended Treason, joyned with the Examination of some of the prisoners, with the rare blank leaf A 1, 1605, 4to. (523) Pearson, L2 15s.

3979 James I. Workes, first edition, portrait by Pass and engraved title-page, original calf, 1616, folio (820) B. F. Stevens, £10 5s. [The poem, "Crownes have their compasse, length of dayes their date," underneath the portrait of the king, have been ascribed to Shakespeare.-ED.]

3980 Lavender (Theophilus). The Travels of Foure Engleish Men and a Preacher into Africa, Asia, Troy, Bythinia, Thracia and the Black Sea, etc., begunn in the yeere of Jubile 1600, and by some of them finished in the yeere 1611, etc., first edition, unbound, good copy, F. Kyngston for W. Aspley, 1612, small 4to. (528) Cotton, 3 35.

3981 Loddiges (C. and Sons). Botanical Cabinet, consisting of

Coloured Delineations of Plants from all Countries, with a Short Account of each, Directions for Management, etc., 20 vol., LARGE PAPER, coloured plates by George Cooke, morocco gilt, g. e., 1818-33, 4to. (529) Bain, £36 3982 Lodge (Thomas). The Divel Conjured, black letter. first edition, dedicated to Sir John Fortescue, top margins neatly mended, some words being slightly defective, A. Islip for William Mats, in Fleet-street, at the Sign of the Hand and Plough, 1596-Wit's Miserie, and the World's Madnesse, discovering the Devils Incarnat of this Age, black letter. first edition, dedicated to the Brothers Hare, title and following leaf defective and mended, A. Islip, and to be sold by Cuthbert Burley at his shop by the Roiall Exchange, 1596, morocco extra, g. e., 4to. (530) Knott, £12

3983 Marlow (C.) and G. Chapman. Hero and Leander, begun by Christopher Marloe and finished by George Chapman, Vt Nectar, Ingenium, large copy, old morocco, Printed by N. Okes for William Leake, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancery-lane neere the Roules, 1637, 4to. (532)

Pout, £18 10s. 3984 Martorell (Johan). Tirante il Bianco Valorosissimo Cavalieri, nel quale contiensi del principio della cavaleria; del stato, & ufficio suo; dell' essamine, che debbe essa fatto al gentile, e generoso huomo, etc., woodcut title, original vellum, Vinegia, 1538, 4to. (533) Barry, £5 15s. 3985 Maupassant (Guy de). Pierre et Jean, with 36 photogravures by Ernest Duez and Albert Lynch, one of 50 copies printed on papier du Japon, containing 4 sets of proofs before letters, the first printed en camaieu on cream satin, the second en camaieu on Whatman paper, the third in bistre on Japanese paper, and the fourth in sepia tint on the paper of the book, also original water-colour drawing of a poppy, by Duez, signed, morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., by Rivière, Paris, 1888, 4to. (535) Robson, £6 1OS.

3986 Milton (J.) The History of Britain, that part especially now called England, from the first traditional beginning, continu'd to the Norman Conquest, first edition, portrait of Milton, by Faithorne, with the excessively rare list of Errata, calf extra, g. e., by F. Bedford, 1670, 4to. (536)

Kingsley, £5 2s. 6d. 3987 Missale ad Usum Sarisburiensis (cum Calendario) diligentissime revisum ad (sic) correctum cum Multis annotatiunculis, ac literis alphabeticis Evangeliorum atque Epistolarum originem indicantibus, lit. goth.. red and black, with musical notes, cut on title and before the Canon and ornamental initials (a few slight wormholes and stains in inner plain margins), otherwise perfect, contemporary English binding, oaken boards, leather, stamped ornamental border (back damaged), Londinii Impressum þer Jo. Kyngston et Henr. Sutton, 1555, 4to. (537) Quaritch, £21 10S. 3988 Montagu (Hon. Walter). Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essays, first edition, engraved title by W. Marshall, calf extra, g. e., by Bedford, 1648, 4to. (538)

B. F. Stevens, £2 125. [From the library of Mildmay Fane, Earl of Westmoreland, the adherent of Charles I., with his well-known autograph and motto, "Solus Deus protector meus," on fly-leaf. Catalogue.]

3989 More (John). A Table from the beginning of the World to this day, wherein is declared in what year of the world everything was done both in the Scriptures mentioned and also in Prophane matters, original vellum, Cambridge, 1593, 4to. (539) Gascoigne, £18 10s. [Manuscript commonplace book, formed from an interleaved copy of a rare Elizabethan volume, comprising

memoranda between the years 1492 and 1621. The catalogue contains a long list of the contents.-ED.]

3990 Muffat (T.) The Silkwormes and their Flies, lively described in verse, woodcut on title (inlaid), morocco, g. e., 1599, 4to. (541) Osler, £5 3991 Musset (A. de). ŒŒuvres Complètes, avec Lettres inédites, Variantes, Notes, Index, Facsimile, Notice biographique par son frère, 10 vol., grand papier de Hollande (a limited number printed), portrait after Landelle and 28 plates from designs by Bida, India proofs before letters, half morocco extra, t. e. g., uncut, Paris, 1866, 4to. (542) Robson, £6 10s. [This was the "édition dédiée aux amis du Poëte"; out of print and scarce.--Catalogue.]

3992 Ovide. Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, en Latin et en François, de la Traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier, frontispiece, engraved dedication and plates after Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Leprince, Monnet, etc., first issue, 4 vol., contemporary French calf gilt, g. e. (vol. i. water-stained), Paris, 1767-71, 4to. (543) Rimell, £6 2s. 6d.

3993 Percy (John). Select Songs, No. xvii., "I know a Bank,” words from "Midsummer Night's Dream," with music, n. d. (circa 1780), folio (821) Pearson, £8 8s. 3994 Plimer (Andrew and Nathaniel). Miniature Painters, their Lives and Works, by G. C. Williamson, one of 75 numbered copies containing 30 hand-coloured plates, in addition to numerous other facsimile illustrations, bound in Lady M. Crichton-Stuart's hand-loom woven linen, uncut, t. e. g., 1903, 4to. (549) Hatton, £20

3995 Portraits des Grands Hommes, Femmes Illustres et Sujets Mémorables de France, dédiés au Roi-Mémorial Pittoresque de la France, 3 vol., containing 189 plates, comprising portraits of Royalties and famous French men and women, and plates of the most memorable actions. in the history of France, from the time of Clovis to the pre-revolutionary days, after Benard, Desfontaines, Duplessis-Bertaux, Gérard, Jouvenet, Le Barbier, Neiglon, Poussin and Sergent, engraved by Cornel, Le Cœur, Morret, Ridé and Roger, the whole printed in colours, brilliant original impressions, old half calf, v. y., 4to. (551) Maggs, £30 10s. 3996 Roxburghe Club. Seynt Graal, or the Sank Ryal. The History of the Holy Graal, partly in English Verse by Henry Lonelich (Skynner, 1422-61), and wholly in French Prose by Sires Robiers de Borron, edited by F. J. Furnivall, 2 vol., Club binding, 1861-63, 4to. (554) Quaritch, £4 10s. 3997 Roxburghe Club. Partenope of Blois. The old English Version, edited by Rev. W. E. Buckley, with the Fragment

from Lord Delamere's Manuscript, 2 vol., Club binding, 1862-73, 4to. (556) Loveday, £2 10s.

3998 Roxburghe Club. Queste del Saint Graal in the French Prose, as is supposed by Walter Map, edited by F. J. Furnivall, Club binding, 1864, 4to. (557) Quaritch, £2 105.