5129 Wafer (L.) A new Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America (Darien), map and 3 folding plates, old calf, 1699, 8vo. (803) Harding, 1 145. 5130 Wafer (L.) A new Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, second edition, with Davis's Expedition to the Gold Mines in 1702, map and folding plates, old calf, 1704, 8vo. (804) Harding, £2 5131 The humble Representation and Petition of the CouncilGeneral of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies, 4 pages, half calf, 1700, folio-Proclamation discharging the Export and allowing the Import of Victual (except what is necessary for the Use of the Darien Company), one leaf, half calf, 1699, folio (805)

Goldsmith's Company, £3 5s. 5132 A just and modest Vindication of the Scots Colony at Darien, 1699-[Hodges (J.)] A Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien, half bound, 1700-A short Vindication of Phil Scot's Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien, calf, 1700, 8vo. (806) Pickering & Chatto, £2 8s. 5133 Collection of Addresses, Memorials, Petitions, etc. relating to the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies (margins cut), and Original Papers relating to the Scots Company, 2 vol., calf extra, 1700, 8vo. (807) Allen, £1 11s. 5134 Donaldson (J.) The undoubted Art of Thriving, or how the Indian and African Company may propagate their Trade, Edinburgh, 1700-[Borland (F.)] Memoirs of Darien, morocco, t. e. g., uncut, Glasgow, 1715, 8vo. (808)

Tiffany, £2 15s. 5135 Paterson (William). The Case of Mr. William Paterson in relation to his Claim on the Equivalent, 14 pages (margins cut), half calf, 1708, folio (809) Foxwell, £ 8s. 5136 Paterson (William). A State of Mr. Paterson's Claim on the Equivalent, calf, 1712, small 4to.-and The Report on Mr. Paterson's Petition, July 10, 1713, half calf (810) £2 7s. 6d. 5137 Houstoun (J.) Works, giving an Account of the Scotch Expedition to Darien, engraved coat-of-arms, the Preface signed by the author, old calf, 1753, 8vo. (811)

Harding, £1 35. 5138 The Darien Papers. Letters and Documents relating to the Colony at Darien (1695-1700), cloth, Bannatyne Club, 1849, 4to. (813) Tiffany, £1 15s.

Tobacco.

5139 Monardes (Doctor). Historia Medicinal (del Tabaco y de sus grandes Virtudes, etc.), woodcuts (a few leaves repaired), vellum, Sevilla, 1580, small 4to. (814) Maggs, £I IS. 5140 Everard (Dr.) Panacea, or the Wonderfull Vertues of Tobacco taken in a Pipe, portrait of the author smoking, calf, 1659, 16mo. (816) Stevens & Brown, £2 8s. 5141 Work for Chimney-sweepers, or A warning for Tabacconists, describing the pernicious use of Tabacco, no lesse pleasant

than profitable for all sorts to reade (ink-stain on title), calf extra, Imprinted by T. Este, 1602, small 4to. (818)

Maggs, £4 5142 A Defence of Tobacco, with a friendly Answer to the late printed Booke called Worke for Chimny-Sweepers, etc. (top margin shaved), calf, Printed by Richard Field, 1602, small 4to. (819) Maggs, £3 175. 6d. 5143 Black-Letter Broadside. Proclamation prohibiting the Planting of Tobacco in England, mounted, 1661, 8vo. (820) Foxwell, £135. 5144 Venner (T.) A briefe and accurate Treatise concerning the taking of the fume of Tobacco, which very many in these dayes doe too licentiously use, calf, 1621, small 4to. (821) Leon, £3 5145 Neander (J.) Tabacologia, engravings, vellum, Lugduni, I. Elzevir, 1622, small 4to. (822) Stevens & Brown, £1 5146 Thorius (R.) Hymnus Tabaci, engraved title, calf (some leaves stained), Lugd. Bat., 1625, small 4to.-Another edition, J. Waterson, 1626, 16m0. (825)

Stevens & Brown, £1 15s. 5147 Thorius (R.) Hymnus Tabaci, a Poem in honour of Tabaco, made English by Peter Hausted, calf, 1651, 16m0. (826) Stevens & Brown, £2 2s. 5148 Broadside. Lobspruch dessedlen hochberühmten Krauts Petum oder Taback von dessen Ankunfft und garlöblichen Gebrauch bey manchen teutschen Helden sampt desselben waaren Krafft und Wirckung, engraving in six compartments by Paulus Fürst and Poem of eight verses, one leaf, folded, half calf, Nürnberg, 1652, folio (828) Maggs, £1 Is. 5149 Tappius (J.) Oratio de Tabaco, Helmestadii, 1660-Arnoldus (J.) Tabakologia, Jenæ, 1667—Albinus (B.) De Tabaco, Francof., 1695-Kestner (H. E.) De Jure Tabaci, 1700, calf, small 4to. (831) LI IS. 5150 Two Broad-Sides against Tobacco, the first given by King James, his Counterblast to Tobacco, the second transcribed out of Dr. Everard Maynwaringe his Treatise of the Scurvy, with two Poems against Tobacco and Coffee, engraved portrait of King James and folding woodcut, calf extra, 1672, small 4to. (832) £3 10s. 5151 The Women's Complaint against Tobacco, 1675, small 4to.— A Looking-Glass for Smoakers, a Poem, by Law, Spooner, 1703-An Oration upon Tobacco, by Mynheer Van Reekhard, 1732, 3 vol., calf, 8vo. (836) Stevens & Brown, £3 3s. 5152 Tobacco. French Acts and Declarations relating to Tobacco, II vol., half calf, Paris, 1703-91, small 4to. (1002)

Goldsmith's Company, £3 10s.

Old English Literature.

5153 Newcastle (Duchess of). Orations of Divers Sorts, with inscription on fly-leaf, "Ex dono Authoris," and a Poem of eight lines, in the handwriting of her husband, William Cavendish, signed “W.,” calf, 1662, folio (947)

Pickering & Chatto, £1 19s.

5154 Dryden (J.) Absalom and Achitophel, a Poem, part i., first edition, 1681-Poetical Reflections on the Poem, by a Person of Honour, 1682, together 2 vol., half calf, folio (949) £175. 5155 Dryden (J.) Satyr to his Muse, by the author of Absalom and Achitophel, first edition, calf extra, 1682-The Medall, first edition, morocco, 1682, together 2 vol., small 4to. (950) LI 5s. 5156 Dryden (J.) Threnodia Augustalis, first edition, half morocco, 1685-Religio Laici, first edition, half calf, 1682-[Prior and Montagu.] The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd, first edition, uncut, 1687, together 3 vol., small 4to. (951) £175. 5157 Defoe (D.) Collection of Writings, portrait, 2 vol., 1705Memoirs of a Cavalier, 1720-Capt. Carleton, first edition, 1728-Capt. Singleton, first edition, 1720-Duncan Campbell, first edition, 1720, together 6 vol., 8vo. (960) LI IS. 5158 Ascham (Roger). The Scholemaster, or plaine and perfite way of teaching children to understand, write and speake the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate bringing up of Youth in Ientlemen and Noble men's houses, etc., title within border, woodcut capitals, and the printer's device at end, black letter. morocco extra, g. e., At London, printed by John Daye, dwelling over Aldersgate, 1571, small 4to. (973) Quaritch, £6 10s. 5159 Holme (Wilfride). The fall and euill successe of Rebellion from time to time, wherein is contained matter moste meete for all estates to vewe, written in old English verse by Wilfride Holme, title within woodcut border, black letter. morocco extra, g. e., Imprinted at London by Henry Binneman, dwelling in Knightriders Streate at the Signe of the Mermaide [1573], 8vo. (974) £20 5160 Kempe (William). The Education of Children in Learning, declared by the Dignitie, Utilite and Method thereof, meete to be knowne and practised as well of Parents as Schoolemaisters, first edition, title within woodcut border, black letter, morocco extra, g. e., Imprinted at London by Thomas Orwin for John Potrer and Thomas Gubbin, 1588, small 4to. (975) £8 5161 Homer. Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homere, Prince of Poets, translated according to the Greeke, in iudgement of his best Commentaries by George Chapman Gent., first edition, London, Printed by John Windet, and are to be solde at the signe of the Crosse-keyes, near Paules wharffe, 1598- Achilles Shield, translated as the other seuen Bookes of Homer, out of his eighteenth booke of Iliades, by George Chapman Gent., first edition, London (same imprint), 1598, in 1 vol., levant morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, small 4to. (976) Quaritch, £230

[The above was a clean and perfect copy of this rare book, no example of which has appeared for sale for many Both works the first part of which had the blank

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leaf “A”—are first editions of Chapman's earliest translations of Homer, which were subsequently published together in about 1611 as "Homer, Prince of Poets."-Catalogue.] 5162 [Newman (Arthur).] The Bible-bearer, by A. N., sometime of Trinity Colledge, in Oxford, black letter. with woodcut device on title, half calf, Printed at London by W. I. for I. C., 1607, 8vo. (977) £2 155. 5163 Willis (Edmond). An Abreuiation of Writing by Character, wherein is summarily conteyned a Table which is an Abstract of ye whole Art, with plaine and easie Rules for the speedie performance thereof without any other Tutor, first edition, engraved title, morocco extra, Printed by George Purstow, 1618, 8vo. (978) Quaritch, £7 5164 Philpot (John). The Cities Advocate in this case or Question of Honour and Armes, whether Apprentiship extinguisheth Gentry? woodcut capitals and plate of the Badges of the City of London, half morocco, g. e., London, Printed for William Lee, 1629, small 4to. (979)

Goldsmith's Company, £3 5s. 5165 [Donne (J.)] Poems by J. D., with Elegies on the Author's Death, first edition, portrait by Lombart inserted, half morocco, g. e., the first collected edition, with the two rare leaves "The Printer to the Understanders," London, printed by M. F. for John Marriot, 1633, 8vo. (980) Dobell, £2 25. 5166 Cotton (Sir Rowland). Parentalia, Spectatissimo Rolando Cottono Equiti Aurato Salopiensi [Latin and English Poems on the Death of Sir Rowland Cotton, of Bellaport, in Shropshire], first edition, half morocco, 1635, small 4to. (981) Dobell, 119s. 5167 Dekker (Thomas). The Wonder of a Kingdome, first edition (a few headlines cut into), half morocco, g.e., London, printed by Robert Raworth for Nicholas Vavasour, 1636, small 4to. (982) Pearson & Co., £3 5168 Fox (George), John Stubs and Benjamin Furley. A BattleDoor for Teachers and Professors to learn Singular and Plural You to Many and Thou to One, with Examples of the Singular and Plural in English, Latine, Welch, Cornish, Irish, East Indian and other Tongues, morocco extra, g. e., R. Wilson, 1660, small folio (983) Maggs, £14 5169 [Flatman (T.)] Heraclitus Ridens, or A Discourse between Jest and Earnest where many a true word is spoken in opposition to all Libellers against the Government, 82 weekly numbers, half morocco extra, g. e., London, printed for B. Tooke, 1682, folio (984) Quaritch, £4 155. 5170 Marvel (A.) Miscellaneous Poems, by Andrew Marvell, Esq., late Member of the Honourable House of Commons, first edition, with the rare portrait, printed on thick paper, half morocco extra, g.e., London, printed for Robert Boulter at the Turk's Head in Cornhill, 1681, folio (985) Pickering & Chatto, £9 15s. 5171 Moxon (Joseph). Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handy-Works applied to the Arts of Smithing, House

Carpentry, Turning and Printing, plates, 2 vol. in I, morocco extra, g. e., 1677-83, small 4to. (986) Quaritch, £9 [The above treatise is Moxon's principal work. It was begun in January, 1677-8, and continued monthly, the second volume entirely relating to the Art of Printing, and containing portraits of Gutenberg and Coster.-Catalogue.]

Drinking.

5172 A Solemne Joviall Disputation, Theoreticke and Practicke, briefly Shadowing the Law of Drinking-also The Smoaking Age, or the Man in the Mist, with the Life and Death of Tobacco, engraved titles by Marshall, 2 vol. in 1, old morocco, g. e., At the Signe of Red Eyes and Teare-Nose, 1617, 8vo. (1020) Pickering, £16 10s. 5173 The Vinter's Answer to a Scandalous Pamphlet, by Richard Kilvert, 1642-A True Discovery of the Projectors of the Wine project, 1641-[Tryon.] Art of Brewing, 1690, 8vo. (1026) LI IIS. 5174 Worlidge (J.) Treatise of Cider, plates, 1676-Charleton. Discourses on the Wits of Men and Mysterie of Vinters, 1675, and others, calf and half calf, 8vo. (1027) £1 25. Tithes, Surveying, Insurance, etc.

5175 Norden (J.) The Surveyors Dialogue, for surveying of Mannors Lands, Tenements, etc., partly black letter (a few leaves ink scored), calf extra, H. Astley, 1607, small 4to. (1037) Allen, £110s. 5176 Folkingham (W.) Feudigraphia. The Synopsis, or Epitome of Surveying Methodized for all Under-takers in

the Plantations of Ireland or Virginia, black letter, calf, 1610, small 4to. (1038) Quaritch, £1 19s. 5177 Act for Preventing of the Multiplicity of Buildings in and about the Suburbs of London, black letter (24 pages), sewed, 1657-An Apology for the Builder, calf, 1685, small 4to.The Reading of John Herne upon the Statute of 23 H. 8, cap. 3, concerning Commissions of Sewers, calf, 1659, small 4to. (1039) Goldsmith's Company, £3 35. 5178 Sales. Some Considerations in behalf of the many thousand Persons interested in publique Sales, calf extra, 1660, small 4to.-The Case of the Purchasers of Publick Lands, FeeFarms, etc. stated, calf, 1650, small 4to. (1040)

Goldsmith's Company, £2 25. 5179 Life Insurance. Proposals for Subscriptions of Money, etc. reported to Sir William Hooker, Lord Mayor of London, calf extra, 1674, small 4to. (1043) Allen, £2 [The above was one of the earliest schemes for a system of Life Insurance, and is of interest on that account. The author was a Mr. Wagstaffe.-Catalogue.]

5180 Fire Insurance. A Table of the Insurance Öffice at the Backside of the Royal Exchange, showing the Premium or Rate of Insurance for Brick-Houses, one leaf, half calf, 1682, folio (1044) Pickering & Chatto, £1