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leather, worn, sold not subject to return, Impressum Londini [Jhon Kyngston and H. Sutton ?], 1555-6, small 4to. (449) Quaritch, £16 5835 Testament (The New) of Jesus Christ, title within woodcut border, ornamental woodcut initials, "Ex dono Revdi Johannis Littlejohn Jun. de Hulcote in Com. Bedf.," with stamp on title, vellum, Printed at Rhemes by J. Fogny, 1582, 4to. (450) Pickering, £3 6s. 5836 Dives and Pauper ["A compendiouse treatise dyalogue of Dives and Pauper, that is to saye the riche and the pore fructuously tretyng upon the X. Commandements"], black letter, double columns, 36 lines [contained 238 leaves only, should have 241, wanted end, 16 leaves at end defective and mended, wanted blanks, etc., sold not subject to return], vellum [Imprinted by R. Pynson at Temple Barre, 1493], small folio (452) Quaritch, £15 5837 Missale ad Consuetudinem insignis Ecclesiæ Sarum, lit. goth., red and black, double columns, 42 lines, title in red and black with large woodcut device of Hopyl, large woodcut of a Celebration within an ornamental woodcut border to first page of text, other pages with full ornamental borders, numerous spirited cuts and ornamental initials, Canon on 2 leaves of vellum, with full-page outline cut of the Crucifixion, large cut of St. George and Dragon with English Royal Arms on reverse of last leaf, title loose and written on, plain lower margin of one leaf cut off, a few wormholes in some plain margins, contemporary oaken boards, under cover torn and back mostly gone, In alma Parisiorum Academia opera Wolfgangi Hopylii impensis vero Francisi Byrckmanni 1510 kl., Aprilis (at end, 1511, 7 Februarii), folio (453) Quaritch, £97

The following were catalogued with a Miscellaneous Collection of Books sold by Messrs. Hodgson on June 21st and three following days :—

5838 Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, numerous plates, from No. 58 of the Third Series to No. 72 of the Seventh Series, in 457 numbers, and 1 vol. half calf (33 numbers wanting), 18621904, 8vo. (522) £20 5839 [Cockayne (G. E.)] Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, alphabetically arranged and edited by G. E. C., 8 vol., first 2 half morocco, remainder boards, 1887-98, royal 8vo. (660) £26 5840 Daniell (W.) A Voyage round Great Britain, upwards of 400 coloured plates, 8 vol. in 4, half levant morocco, t. e. g., fine copy, 1814-25, folio (277) £21 10s.

[JUNE 20TH, 21ST AND 22ND, 1904.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION.

(No. of Lots, 708; amount realised, £7,826 4s. 6d.)

[This sale is reported in the order of the Catalogue.-ED.]

See

5841 Shakespeare (W.) The Works of Shakespeare, in 8 vol., collated and corrected by the former editions by M. Pope, each vol. containing the book-plate of the original purchaser, Robert Lovett, Esq., Liscombe, Com. Bucks, a small hole in the text of pages 347-8, vol. 1, otherwise a good copy, Dublin, 1725-26, small 8vo. (38) Pearson, £5 [The first collected edition published in Ireland. ante No. 4036.-ED.] 5842 Holbein (Hans). Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, published by John Chamberlaine, portraits by Bartolozzi, including Holbein and his wife, and the miniatures of the Dukes of Suffolk, original impressions, russia gilt, m. e., Bulmer, 1792, folio (76)

Quaritch, £32 105. 5843 Shirley (Evelyn P.) History of the County of Monaghan, pedigrees, coats-of-arms and vignettes, with inscription, "From the Author," half parchment, uncut, Pickering, 1879, folio (84) Cameron, £4 5844 Tennyson (Alfred Lord). Poems, first collective edition, 2 vol., original boards, uncut, 1842, 8vo. (104) Cox, £8 15s.

Other Properties.

5845 Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition, coloured illustrations by H. Alken, in the orignial cloth, g. e., R. Ackermann, 1846, 8vo. (107) Spencer, £8 10S. 5846 Bacon (Francis). The Historie of Life and Death, first edition, engraved title by Glover prefixed, with the "imprimatur" leaf, original calf, J. Okes for H. Mosley, 1638, 8vo. (111) Abraham, £6 15s. 5847 Beaumont (Francis). Poems, viz., The Hermaphrodite-The Remedy of Love-Elegies-Sonnets, with other Poems, calf, blind tooled, Laurence Blaiklock, 1653, 8vo. (112) Pickering, £20

5848 Boccaccio (G.) The Modell of Wit, now translated into English, 2 vol. in 1, wood engravings, in the original sheepskin, T. Cotes for B. Allen, 1634, 8vo. (116)

Pearson, £18 [This copy had the autograph of Narcissus Luttrell, dated 1678, on the fly-leaf, and his initials in gold on covers.— Catalogue.]

5849 Boccaccio (G.) The Modell of Wit, now translated into English, wood engravings, 2 vol., original calf gilt, 1657, 8vo. (117) Lewis, £7 5s. [This copy contained an extra title-page, "Boccace's Tales," also dated 1657.-Catalogue.]

5850 Braithwait (Richard). Natures Embassie, or the Wildemans Measures, first edition, Robert Whitaker, 1621Time's Curtaine Drawne, first edition, 3 or 4 leaves shaved on outer margins, 1621, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary English calf, with clasps, and the initials "R. B." (perhaps Braithwait's own copies) on each side, 1621, 8vo. (119) Pickering, £20 5851 Braithwait (Richard). The Shepherds Tales, revised and revived by R. B. Esquire, title soiled and a little worn at top, small corner off page 41, but no text gone except catchword (?), a few pages stained, original vellum gilt (covers soiled), initials "P. C." on each side, Robert Bostocke, 1626, 8vo. (120) Pickering, £9 15s.

[A hitherto unrecorded edition of Braithwait's scarcest book, perhaps unique. It consisted of the first edition of "The Shepheards' Tales," 1621, and the continuation of the same work, as it appeared in Braithwait's "Nature's Embassie," 1621, page 175 to 236, with a general title as set out above and some preliminary matter added.-Catalogue.] 5852 Braithwait (Richard). A Strange Metamorphosis of Man, first edition, bound up with Healey's Epictetus' Manual, 1616, dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke by T. Th., For T. Harper, sold by L. Chapman, 1634, 8vo. (122)

Pickering, £2 18s. 5853 Burney (Frances). Evelina, original impressions of the coloured engravings by W. Heath, uncut, 1821-22, 8vo. (124) Hornstein, £11 5854 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, the First Part, first genuine edition, with imprimatur Nov. 11, 1662, with the errata at foot of last page, J. G. for R. Marriot, 1663-The Second Part, first edition, errata on last page, T. R. for J. Martin and James Allestry, 1664-The Third Part, first edition, and first issue, with errata on separate leaf at end, S. Miller, 1678, all genuine editions, 3 vol., in the original sheepskin as issued, 1663-64-1678, 8vo. (125) Pickering, £60 5855 Byron (Lord) Hours of Idleness, first edition, presentation copy, with inscription on half-title, "From your attached friend Byron, Oct., 1810" (title and other leaves scribbled on and soiled), half bound, Newark, S. and J. Ridge, 1807, 8vo. (127) Maggs, £20 10s. 5856 Carew (Thomas). Poems (with a Masque "Cœlum Britannicum "), first edition, page 93-4 had a binder's cancel cut, original calf, with the errata leaf, J. D. for T. Walkley, 1640, 8vo. (129) Pickering, £22 5857 Cowper (William). Vol. i., Poems, Printed for J. Johnson, 1782-Vol. ii., The Task, a Poem, John Gilpin, etc., with

the half-title, ib., 1785, first editions of both volumes, fine copies, in the original calf, 1782-85, 8vo. (144)

Pickering, 19 10s.

[Vol. i. contained the suppressed preface (8 pages) subscribed, "John Newton, Charles Square, Hoxton, Feb. 18, 1782." It had also the misprint page 344, and the Errata. -Catalogue.]

5858 Daniel (Samuel).

The Tragedie of Philotas, Printed by Melch. Bradwood for Edw. Blount, 1687—A Panegyricke Congratulatorie Delivered to the Kings most Excellent Majestie at Burleigh Harrington in Rutlandshire, ib., 1607 -A Defence of Ryme, against a Pamphlet entitled "Observations in the Art of English Poesie," etc., ib., 1607, in 1 vol., morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière and Son, 8vo. (149) Pickering, £30 5859 Daniel Press. The Garland of Rachel, by divers kindly hands, one of 30 copies, Printed at the private press of H. Daniel, morocco super extra, t. e. g., by Morley, enclosed in a linen case, Oxford, 1881, 8vo. (150) Parker, £10 105. 5860 Daniel Press. Dixon (R. W.) The Story of Eudocia and her Brothers, one of 50 copies, Printed at the private press of H. Daniel, original wrapper, uncut, Oxford, 1888, 4to. (151) Quaritch, £5 105. 5861 Daniel Press. Our Memories, Shadows of Old Oxford, first and second series, edited by H. Daniel, and Printed at his private press, uncut (unbound), rare, Oxford, 1893, 4to. (152) Proctor, £7 10S. 5862 Daniel Press. Pater (Walter). An Imaginary Portrait, one of 250 copies, Printed at the private press of H. Daniel, original wrapper, uncut, Oxford, 1894, 8vo. (153)

Quaritch, £5 5s. 5863 Addison (Joseph). Cato, a Tragedy, first edition, in the original sewn condition as published, edges uncut, Printed for J. Tonson at Shakespeare's Head, 1713, 4to. (157) Sabin, £14 5s. 5864 Australasia. The Isle of Pines, or a late Discovery of a fourth Island in Terra Australis Incognita, London, printed by S. G. for Allen Banks & Charles Harper, at the FlowerDuluice, near Cripplegate Church, 1668-A New and Further Discovery of the Isle of Pines, ib., 1668, 2 vol., with the very scarce frontispiece to the former volume, morocco extra, by Rivière and Son, 4to. (159)

Sabin, £24 55. 5865 Bacon (Lord). The Two Bookes of The Proficience and Advancement of Learning, first edition, LARGE PAPER, title written on, some marginal notes in an old hand, and the last blank leaf had a note relative to the introduction of "tobacco" into England, damage to blank portion of title and a tear on page 45, 81⁄2 inches by 6 inches, Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605, 4to. (160) Sabin, £29 10S. 5866 Bret Harte. A Client of Colonel Harbottle, the original

signed Autograph Manuscript, on upwards of 40 pages, 1890, 4to. (171) Harris, £15 10S. 5867 Bret Harte. Through the Santa Clara Wheat, the original signed Autograph Manuscript, 60 pages, 1890, 4to. (172) Harris, £22 5868 Coryat (Thomas). Crudities, engraved and printed titles, the former cut into, and plates, including the "Heidelberg tun," one of the engravings cut into, calf gilt, not subject to return, 1611, 4to. (175) Maggs, £9 15s. 5869 Daniel (Samuel). The Civille Wares betweene the Howses of Lancaster and Yorke, first complete edition, engraved title, 2 or 3 leaves wormed, with the blank leaf A 4, in its original calf binding, S. Watersonne, 1609, 4to. (176)

Martin, £25 5870 Davies (Sir John). Nosce teipsum, whereunto is added Hymnes of Astrae in Acrosticke Verses, morocco extra, g.e., G. P. for Richard Hawkins, 1619, 8vo. (243)

J. Paul, £10 5s. [The 8vo. edition of 1619 is rarer than those of 1599 or 1622. This copy contained the blank leaves A 1 and F 4. -Catalogue.] 5871 Erasmus. The Flowers of Sen(ten)cies, gathered out of sundry wryters by Erasmus in Latine, and Englished by Richard Taverner, black and roman letter, morocco extra, g.e., Imprynted at London by William Myddylton, 1547, 8vo. (250) Quaritch, £15 5872 Evelyn (John). The French Gardiner. How to cultivate all sorts of Fruit Trees and Herbs for the Garden, transplanted into English by Philocepos (ie., John Evelyn), first edition, frontispiece by Hertochs, and the plates at pages 1, 38, 135 (ornamental gardens) and 263, original sheep, with the errata leaf, John Crooke, 1658, 12mo. (252) B. F. Stevens, £5 5873 Evelyn (John). A Character of England, first edition, in the original sewn condition, edges uncut, unbound, Printed for J. Crooke, 1659, 12mo. (253) Pickering, £3 IS. 5874 Ferrand (James). EPOTOMANIA, or a Treatise Discoursing of the Essence, Causes, Symptomes, Prognosticks and Cure of Love, or Erotique Melancholy, one leaf damaged, original sheep, Oxford, printed by L. Lichfield, 1640, 8vo. (254) Quaritch, £5 2s. 6d. 5875 Goldsmith (Oliver). The Vicar of Wakefield, first edition, 2 vol., old calf, Salisbury, printed by B. Collins for F. Newbery, 1766, 8vo. (262) Jacobs, £87 5876 Goldsmith (Oliver). The Vicar of Wakefield, illustrated with 24 coloured designs by Thomas Rowlandson, in the original salmon-coloured cloth, uncut, t. e. g., R. Ackermann, 1823, 8vo. (263) Shepherd, £ 12s. 6d. 5877 Goldsmith (Oliver). The Vicar of Wakefield, a Tale, with 24 coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson, nearly uncut copy in half morocco gilt, t. e. g., R. Ackermann, 1823, 8vo. (264) B. F. Stevens, £8 5s.

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