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Wales, 410 views, original drawings of Rothbury House, half bound, in 3 vol., sold not subject to return, 1729, etc., oblong folio-Large Views of Cities, 80 oblong views, original impressions, no text, half bound, 1732, etc., oblong folio (65-66) Daniell, £20 5737 Butler (Charles, M.A.) The Principles of Musik in Singing and Setting, musical notes, original limp vellum, John Haviland for the Author, 1636, small 4to. (68)

Quaritch, £10 5738 Castilio (Count Baldesar). The Courtier, done into English by Thomas Hobby, printed in three columns, Italian, French and English, the last in black letter, woodcut title, original limp vellum, gilt and gauffred edges, Printed by John Wolfe, 1588, small 4to. (72) Maggs, £8 15s. 5739 Cervantes (Michael de). El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, title defective, leaf 64 split, inner margin of leaf 57 mended, plain margins of leaves 69 and 70 burnt, margin of leaf of Tassa frayed, small wormhole through many leaves and a few headlines cut close, some old MS. notes in margins, contemporary vellum, with a shield of arms in centres, Madrid, Juan de la Cuesta, 1605, small 4to. (75) Sabin, £94

[The first edition of the first part of "Don Quixote."

ED.] 5740 Chapman (George). The Whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poetts, original collected edition, engraved title by Hole, with portrait of Chapman on reverse and engraved dedication leaf to Henry Prince of Wales, woodcut ornaments and initials, printed title to the Odysses, original calf, Printed for Nath. Butter, n. d. (1615), small folio (76)

Quaritch, £20

[On June 28th Messrs. Hodgson sold a copy of this edition for £61 (Leighton). With the exception of two small rustholes, it was in good condition, and came from the Royal Library of Charles II., old morocco.-ED.] 5741 Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes newlie printed, with divers additions, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, etc., Stowe's first edition, black letter, a few leaves at end wormed, old calf, with large old ex-libris, J. Kyngston for J. Wight, 1561, folio (78) Quaritch, £20

5742 Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet newly printed, with additions, black letter. Speght's second edition, frontispiece, fly-leaves, with 4 pages of MS., headed "Partus Chauceri Posthumus Gulielmi Nelson," genealogical portrait of Chaucer inserted, old calf, A. Islip, 1602, folio (79) Peach, £6 10s. 5743 Chauncy (Sir Henry). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, first edition, portrait, map and plates, including the three often wanting, and directions for placing the cuts, old panelled calf, B. Griffin and others, 1700, folio (80) Sotheran, £11

5744 Cogan (Thomas). The Haven of Health, black letter, original

limp vellum, T. Orwin for Wm. Norton, 1589, small 4to. (88) Quaritch, £10 5745 Crashaw (Richard). Steps to the Temple, Sacred Poems, first edition, original paper covers, quite uncut (blank for Aj defective), T. W. for H. Moseley, 1646, small 8vo. (92) Quaritch, £29 10s. 5746 Crescentiis (Petrus de). In Commodum Ruralium cum figuris libri duodecim, lit. goth.. numerous woodcuts, some names of subjects written in English (a few leaves wormed and stained), old calf, Absque ulla nota [15–], small folio (93) Leighton, £3 15s.

5747 Curtius (Quintus). The Historie of the Great Alexander, translated out of Latin by John Brende, black letter, cut on title, fly-leaf with an autograph note signed with the author's initials, J. B., original vellum gilt, g. e., A. Jeffes, 1592, small 8vo. (96) Maggs, £5 12s. 6d. 5748 Daniel (Sam.) The First Four Bookes of the Civill Warres betweene the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke [with the Fift Booke], plain margins of a few leaves defective, unbound, P. Short for S. Waterson, 1595, small 4to. (99) Quaritch, L13 10s.

[The first edition, with a new title and the addition of the Fifth Book. It contained title and leaves figured to 108, after which comes an unpaged leaf of "faults escaped in the printing." This last large leaf is not mentioned by Hazlitt. -Catalogue.]

5749 De la Main. The Making, description and use of a Small Portable Instrument called a Horizontall Quadrant, etc., written and delivered by Dalamain, Student and teacher of the Mathematickes, engraved title, frontispiece and diagrams, and a loose engraved slip of the Altitude, original limp vellum, with ties, R. Hawkins in Chancery Lane, 1632, 8vo. (100) Quaritch, £4 45.

5750 Digby (Sir K.) A Discourse concerning the Vegetation of Plants, original edition, old calf, with John Dakins, 1661, 12m0. (105) 5751 Donne (John, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's).

ex-libris, J. G. for Pickering, £2 25. Ignatius his Con

clave, or his Inthronization in a late Election in Hell, etc., original sheep, J. Marriott and W. Sheares, 1635, 12mo. (107) Osler, £1 6s. 5752 Drayton (Michael). Poems, engraved general title and printed title to the Heroical Epistles and Legends, unbound, W. Stansby for John Smethwick (n. d.), 1630, small Svo. (110) Leighton, £2 19s. 5753 Drayton (Michael). Poems, engraved title, containing head by William Marshall and 2 printed titles, original calf, with ex-libris, Printed for J. Smethwick, 1637, small 8vo. (112) Pearson, £5 5s.

5754 Dryden (John). Annus Mirabilis, the Year of Wonders, 1666, an Historical Poem, first edition, original calf, with old exlibris, Printed for H. Herringman, 1667, 8vo. (113) Maggs, £2 145.

5755 Dugdale (Sir William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire, second edition, by William Thomas, D.D., portrait, maps and views, pedigrees, etc., 2 vol., old panelled calf, Osborn and Longman, 1730, folio (116) Sotheran, £14 10s.

5756 Eden (Richard). The Decades of the Newe Worlde or West India, etc., translated from the Latin of Peter Martyr of Angleria, black letter, first edition, title within woodcut border, ornamental initials (some leaves stained, apparently wanted 8 leaves at end, not subject to return), limp vellum, In ædibus Guilhelmi Powell, 1555, small 4to. (117)

H. Stevens, £4 12s. 6d. 5757 Florio (John). A Worlde of Wordes, title within woodcut border (hole in last leaf), original limp vellum, untrimmed edges, Standard Italian and English Dictionary of the period, A. Hatfield for Edw. Blount, 1598, small folio (127) Quaritch, £4 15s. 5758 Froissart (Jehan). Chroniques de France, de l'Angleterre, etc. par Denis Sauvage, woodcut initials, 4 vol. in 1, doeskin, Lyon, Jan de Tournes, 1559-61, folio (131)

Dobell, £25s. 5759 Googe (Barnaby). Four Bookes of Husbandry, black letter, J. Wight, 1578-Hyll (Thomas). The Profitable Art of Gardening, black letter. H. Bynnemann, 1579-Mascall (Leonard). A Booke of the Arte and maner how to Plant and Graffe all sortes of trees, black letter, woodcuts, John Wight, 1575-Scot (Reynolde). A Perfite Platforme of a Hoppe Garden, black letter, woodcuts (H iiii. defective), H. Denham, 1576, in 1 vol., contemporary calf, small 4to. (141) Quaritch, £20 5760 Googe (Barnaby). Foure Bookes of Husbandry, black letter. woodcut title, original limp vellum, Thos. Wight, 1601, small 4to. (142) Pickering, £1 138. 5761 Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry, the sixth edition, engraved portraits, coats-of-arms, etc., original calf, R. and J. Bonwicke, 1724, folio (145) Quaritch, £5 5762 Hastings (Sir Fr.) A Watch-word to all religious and true hearted English-men, original edition, limp vellum, Fr. Kingston for Ralph Bacon, 1598, small 8vo. (152) Maggs, £110s. 5763 Herbert (George). The Temple, third edition, old russia gilt, g.e., Cambridge, Buck and Daniell, 1634, small 8vo. (160) Sotheran, £3 5s. 5764 Hester (John). The First (and the Second) Part of the Key of Philosophie, black letter, 2 parts (title to each), the blank for Aj defective, unbound, Imprinted by Valentine Sims, 1596, small 8vo. (162) Pickering, £ 35. 5765 Heyrick (Thomas, M.A., of Peterhouse College, Cambridge). Miscellany Poems, original morocco gilt, g. e., presentation copy, with inscription on fly-leaf, Cambridge, printed by John Hayes for the Author, 1691, small 4to. (164) Quaritch, £2 25. 5766 Hexham (Captain Henry). The First Part of the Principles

of the Art Military, second edition, folding and other plates of gun exercise, evolutions, etc. and some detached slips, vellum, Printed at Delf in Holland [Anno 1633], folio (167) Pickering, £4 IOS.

5767 Holland (H.) Herwologia Anglica, engraved title, with view of Old London below, and 66 portraits by Crispin de Pas, etc. (some in part ii. stained, wanted tomb of Queen Elizabeth), 2 vol. in old calf, Arnhemi impensis Crispini Passæi et Jansonii, 1620, small folio (173) Ellis, £9 5s. 5768 Hollyband (or Desainliens) (Claudius). The Italian Schoolemaister, first edition, title within ornamental border, device of Lucretia on last leaf, original limp vellum, with ties, Printed by Thos. Purfoot, 1597, small 8vo. (174)

Quaritch, £4 18s. 5769 Horsley (John). Britannia Romana, 100 copperplates, old calf, Osborn and Longman, 1732, folio (178) Bull, £3 5770 Huarte (John). The Examination of Men's Wits, translated out of the Spanish tongue by Camillo Camilli, Englished out of his Italian by R. C(arew), black letter. a few plain margins wormed, contemporary marginal notes throughout, signature of John Brinsley, author of "Ludus Litterarius," 1636, on title, limp vellum, A. Islip, 1596, small 4to. (180) Pearson, £3 5771 Instructions sur la faict de la Guerre, LARGE PAPER, original calf binding, sides tooled blind in geometrical scrolls, painted in colours, g. e., a genuine specimen of contemporary Grolieresque binding (back damaged), Paris, Mich. Vascosan, 1548 (185) Pickering, £20

5772 James I. An Apologie for the Oath of Allegiance, original limp vellum (loose), edges untrimmed, R. Barker, 1609, small 4to. (189) Perkins, £2 18s. 5773 Jonson (Ben). Savonarola (Hieron.) Triumphus Crucis, sive de Veritate Fidei, lib. iv., recens in lucem editus, original calf, Lugd. Bat., Jo. Maire, 1633, 12mo. (190) Quaritch, £28 [Ben Jonson's copy, with his motto, 'tanquam Explorator," and inscription, "Sum Ben. Jonsonii ex dono per illustr. Equitis D. Ken. Digbaei” (all in his autograph), on title.-Catalogue.]

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5774 Jonson (Ben). Q. Horatius Flaccus, his Art of Poetry, first edition, frontispiece by W. Marshall (leaf of imprimatur marked A 2, wanted blank for A 1), original calf, Printed by J. Okes for John Benson, 1640, small 8vo. (191)

Quaritch, ₤19 5775 Jovius (Paulus). Vitæ duodecim Vicecomitum Mediolani principum, ex Bibliotheca Regia, 10 woodcut portraits, 4 of which have Geoffroy Tory's device of the Lorraine Cross, contemporary calf, with crowned rose in centres, Lutet., R. Stephanus, 1549, 4to. (192) Leighton, £10

5776 Junius (Fr.) The Painting of the Ancients, velvet binding, g. e., R. Hodgkinsonne, 1638, 4to. (193)

Leighton, £3

[Perhaps on large paper (11 inches by 74 inches). Large paper copies appear, however, to have been hitherto unknown.-ED.] 5777 Justinus. Thabridgment of the Histories of Trogus Pompeius, translated into English by Arthur Goldyng, first edition, black letter, ornamental woodcut initials, several contemporary signatures in fly-leaves, limp vellum, Thos. Marshe, 1564, small 4to. (195) Maggs, £6 10S. 5778 Lentulo (Scipio, a Neapolitane). An Italian Grammer written in Latin, and turned into Englishe by Henry Granthan, covers of an ancient MS., Thos. Vautrollier for W. Norton, 1587, small 8vo. (205) Quaritch, £2 5s. 5779 Linschoten (John Huighen van). His Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies, black letter, engraved title and 12 maps, original calf, in good condition, John Wolfe (1598), folio (209) Pickering, £21 5780 Lloyd (Humphrey). The Treasury of Health, translated into English by H. Lloyd, black letter, original limp vellum, with ties, Thos. East, 1585, small 8vo. (211)

Maggs, £5 155. 5781 Lodge (Thomas). Rosalynde. Euphues Golden Legacie found after his death in his Cell at Silexedra, Bequeathed to Philatus Sonnes, noursed up with their Father in England, Fetcht from the Canaries by T. L. Gent, black letter. unbound, Printed for N. Lyng and T. Gubbins, 1596, small 4to. (212) A. Jackson, £295 [Said to be the original of Shakespeare's "As You Like It."-ED.] 5782 Loggan (David). Oxonia Illustrata, original issue, engraved throughout on 45 plates, old English morocco, g. e., Oxon. e Theat. Sheld, 1675, folio (213) W. Daniell, £9 5783 Loggan (David). Cantabrigia Illustrata, original issue, engraved throughout on 36 plates (margins of one plate defective), old calf, Cantab., s. a. (1688), folio (214) W. Daniell, £7 55. 5784 Lupton (Thomas). A Thousand Notable Things of Sundrie Sorts, black letter, original limp vellum, J. Haviland for John Field, 1631, 8vo. (218) Pearson, £4 1OS. 5785 Lyly (John). Euphues. The Anatomy of Wit, black letter, title within woodcut ornamental border, J. Roberts for Gabriell Cawood, n. d.-Euphues and his England, black letter. title within ornamental woodcut border, J. R. for Gabriell Cawood, 1597, unbound, small 4to. (219) Ellis, £8 15s. 5786 Magnus (Olaus). Histoire des Pays Septentrionaux, woodcuts, contemporary inscription on title, “Ce Livre cy est de Edward Stafford, fils du fils du Duq Buckingham [Ambassador of Queen Elizabeth at Paris, 1583-90], original calf, Anvers, C. Plantin, 1561, 8vo. (226) Quaritch, £3 35. 5787 Markham (Gervase). Markham's Masterpeece, fourth impression, frontispiece in 10 compartments, fly-leaf filled

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