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5183 Romance of Chivalry. Ysaie le Triste, filz Tristan de Leonois iadis chevalier de la Table ronde et de la royne Yzeut de Cornouaille. Ensemble ses nobles prouesses de chevallerie faictes par Marc exille filz du dit Ysaye. Histoyre moult plaisante et delectable, etc., lit. goth., original edition, frontispiece and numerous head letters, half calf, Paris, Pierre Vidoue pour Gallio! dupre, s. d. (1522), folio (736) Clarkson, £3 10s.

[Very rare; the Solar copy, without the frontispiece, was sold for 2,000 frs. One or two leaves defective; sold not subject to return.-Catalogue.]

5184 Rossetti (C.) Sing-Song, a Nursery Rhyme Book, illustrations by A. Hughes, first edition, presentation copy to "Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with love," Routledge, 1872, 8vo. (975) Sabin, £3 125. 5185 Rossetti (Maria F.) A Shadow of Dante, first edition, frontispiece and plates, original cloth gilt, presentation copy "to my dear brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 14 October, 1871," Rivingtons, 1871, Svo. (976) Maggs, £65s. 5186 Rousseau (J. J.) Oeuvres Complètes, avec des éclaircissements et des notes historiques par P. R. Anguis, 27 vol., portraits and plates, uncut, Paris, 1825, royal Svo. (682) Mason, I 10S.

[Large paper copy, of which only a very few copies were printed (vide Brunet), with the portraits and plates in India proof state.--Catalogue.]

5187 Ruskin (John). The Crown of Wild Olive, first edition, half morocco, presentation copy "à Madame Mad. Fauconpret de Chalus, J. Ruskin, 1869," Smith and Co., 1866, 8vo. (979) Pickering, £5 5188 Ruskin (John). Seven Lamps of Architecture, first edition, with illustrations by the author, presentation copy "to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with affectionate and respectful regards, John Ruskin, April, 1855," original cloth, 1849, imperial 8vo. (974) Tregaskis, £20 5189 Ruskin (John). The Stones of Venice, vol. ii., the Sea Stories, with illustrations drawn by the author, original cloth, presentation copy "to Dante G. Rossetti, J. Ruskin, 1855, 1853, imperial 8vo. (973) R. Ward, £4 16s. 5190 Saint-Pierre (B. de). Paul et Virginie, original edition, with the plates after Moreau, old French morocco, gilt borders, gilt edges, Paris, 1789, 16mo. (649) Fontaine, £1 125. [There are three plates, by Girardet, Halbou, and De Longueil, after Moreau, and one by De Longueil after J. Vernet.-ED.]

5191 Shakespeare (W.) Poems, first edition (wanted all before A 2, plain half of last leaf torn off, with all faults), original calf, T. Cotes, 1640, 8vo. (1022) Sotheran, £7 105. 5192 Shakespeare. Complete Set of facsimile Quartos, edited by Dr. Furnivall, 43 vol., half morocco, 4to.

(241) Tregaskis, £10 5s.

5193 Shakespeare's Works. The Cambridge Shakespeare, edited by W. Aldis Wright, 9 vol., 1891, 8vo. (374) Maggs, £2 175.

5194 Shakespeare's Works. Knight's Pictorial Edition, 8 vol., half calf, gilt backs, n. d., royal 8vo. (90) Maggs, £I 145. 5195 Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse, by C. M. Ingleby, first edition, half morocco, 1874-Also the Second Edition, revised, with many additions, by Lucy Toulmin Smith, LARGE PAPER, of which only 26 copies were issued, roxburghe, autograph letters from Dr. Ingleby inserted, 4to. (306) Maggs, LI 10S. 5196 Shakespeare. Halliwell (J. O.) A Descriptive Calendar of the Ancient MSS. and Records in the possession of the Corporation of Stratford-on-Avon, including Notices of Shakespeare and his Family, and of several persons connected with the poet, half calf, 1863, folio (340)

Maggs, £3 5s. 5197 Shakespeare. Halliwell-Phillipps (J. O.) Facsimile of Henslowe's Diary, 1591-1603, 109 pages carefully mounted on thick paper and bound in half mor., folio (343) Maggs, £6 5198 Shakespeare. Halliwell-Phillipps (J. O.) The Comedies of William Shakespeare, edited, with Introductions and Notes, Critical and Explanatory, illustrated by the insertion of many engravings, newspaper cuttings, etc., only 20 copies issued in this form, For private circulation only, 1854 (305) Sotheran, £2 16s. 5199 Shakespeare. Halliwell-Phillipps (J. O.) Privately Printed Works: The Probate copy of the Will of Shakespeare, 1872-The Stratford Records, 1862-The Pleasant Conceits of Old Hobson, the Merry Londoner, 1607-Shakespeare Rarities at Hollingbury Copse, 1886-Regnal Years, List of Law Terms, etc, during the Shakespearean Period, 1883, and 2 others, 8vo. (25) Sotheran, £3 35. 5200 Shakespeare. Halliwell-Phillipps (J. O.) Privately Printed Works: The Fool and the Ice-Shakespearian and Dramatic Collections-Notes on Shakespeare's Grave-Hand List of Drawings and Engravings illustrative of the Life of Shakespeare, autograph of G. A. Sala-The Restoration of the Stratford Church-The Halliwell-Phillipps Shakespearian Rarities, and 2 others, 8vo. (26) Maggs, £3 12s. 5201 Shakespeare. The Tragicall History of Hamlet, facsimile reprint, presentation copy from J. Payne Collier to Octave Delepierre, with 4 autograph letters and some cuttings, half morocco-Ancient Documents respecting the Office of Master of the Revels, and other Papers relating to the Early English Theatre [by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps], I of II copies, half morocco, 1870-Halliwell [Phillipps] (J. O.) An Introduction to Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, 1841—Observations on the Charlecote Traditions, 1887-Hall (Spencer). A Letter to John Murray upon an Esthetic Edition of the Works of Shakespeare, 1841, 8vo. (27) Tregaskis, £8 5s. 5202 Shakespeare. Halliwell-Phillipps (J. O.) Privately Printed Works Presentation Copies. The Stratford Records and Shakespeare Autotypes-Ancient Records of StratfordThe Present State of the Birth-place Trust-Shakespeare's

Grave-Catalogue of the Shakespeare-Study Books in the Phillipps' Library-The Warehouse Catalogue--Selected Parcels in the Shakesperian and Dramatic Collections, 8vo. (106) Tregaskis, £3 8s. 5203 Shakespeare. Halliwell-Phillipps (J. O.) A Facsimile of an indenture executed by Sir John and Lady Barnard, in Oct., 1652, Brighton, 1883-Two old Theatres, views of the Globe and the Bear Garden, ib., 1884-A Facsimile of the Deed of Bargain and Sale on Shakespeare's Blackfriars Estate, ib., 1884-A Letter from Mr. J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps to the members of the New Shakespeare Society, ib., 1881, all privately printed, folio (341) Sotheran, £3

5204 Slater (J. H.) Book-Prices Current, vol. i.-xi., first 9 vol. in cloth, rest in parts, 1887-97, 8vo. (18) Maggs, £7_15s. 5205 Smith (W.) Old Yorkshire, with Introduction by the Rev. R. Collyer, 6 vol., illustrations, 1881-89, 8vo. (785)

5206 Spenser Society.

Lewine, £1 145. Drayton's Polyolbion, 3 parts-Muses Elysium and Poemes, and The Shehearde's Calendar, 4to. and folio (287) Walford, £1 18s. 5207 Surtees Society Publications, 1838, 1839, 1841, and 1877 to 1890, together 24 vol., 1838-90, 8vo. (885) Harding £5 15s. 5208 Swinburne (A. C.) The Queen Mother, Rosamond, two Plays, first edition (Pickering's title page), original cloth, uncut, presentation copy, "D. G. Rossetti, from his friend A. C. Swinburne," B. M. Pickering, 1860, 8vo. (985)

Pickering, £14

[Some copies have Moxon's title and others Hotten's. These are of much less value. See Slater's "Early Editions," 1894, p. 290.-ED.]

5209 Swinburne (A. C.) Siena, first edition,

Hotten, 1868, 8vo. (990)

yellow wrapper,

Sabin, £5 10s.

[Only six copies printed, and only one sold to secure copyright.-ED.]

5210 Swinburne (A. C.) Studies in Song, first edition, uncut, presentation copy, "Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with affectionate remembrances from A. C. Swinburne," 1880, 8vo. (992) Maggs, £5 10s. 5211 Taboreau (Jacques), Les Poésies de, plain margin of 7 leaves defective, half calf, Paris, 1574, 8vo. (657) Maggs, £1 15s. 5212 Thomas. Un An à Rome et dans ses Environs, 72 lithographs coloured by hand, morocco extra, gilt edges, Paris, F. Didot, 1823, folio (1126) Lewine, £3 35. 5213 Virgilius. Bucolica, Georgica et Æneis, Didot's finely printed large type edition, with the engravings after Gerard and Girodet before the letters, of which only 100 copies were taken (No. 26), morocco extra, gilt edges (Syston Park copy), Paris, Didot, 1798, imp. folio (1128) Maggs, £1 185. 5214 Voltaire. Romans et Contes, 3 vol., frontispieces, vignettes and numerous unlettered proof plates," avant les numéros," old French calf, full gilt backs, à Bouillon, 1778, 8vo. (618) Roberts, £9 5215 Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler, with original

Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harry Nicholas, second edition, green morocco, gilt edges by Rivière, 2 vol., from the library of J. Walter K. Eyton, with his book-plate and autograph, Nattali and Bond, 1860, imp. 8vo. (452) Downing, £4 5216 Walton and Cotton Club. Rules and Regulations, revised 8th April, 1840, frontispiece and cuts (Eyton's copy), morocco super extra, 1840, 8vo. (239) Roberts, 1 Is. 5217 Warwickshire Antiquarian Magazine (The), parts i.-viii. ; and The Churches of Warwickshire, plates, 2 vol., half morocco, t. e. g., imperial 8vo., Warwick, H. T. Cooke, 1847-77, 8vo. (381) Bowen, £2 5218 Watson (Bp.) Holsome and Catholyke Doctryne concerninge the Seven Sacramentes of Chrystes Church, black letter, (title stained), old calf, R. Caly, 1558, 4to. (903) Tregaskis, £145. 5219 Watt (Robert). Bibliotheca Britannica, or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature, 4 vol., half vellum, 1824, 4to. (291) Harding, £1 6s. 5220 World of Fashion (The) and Continental Feuilletons, a monthly publication, from Jan., 1825, to Dec., 1835, inclusive, profusely illustrated with full-page coloured plates of costumes, 11 vol., 1825-35, 4to. (256) Lewine, £18s.

A Collection of Early Newspapers, the Property of the late
Mr. William Rayner.

Quaritch, £2

5221 The Continuation of our Weekly Avisoes, 1632, the first news. paper printed in Great Britain, very rare (562) Philips, £10 5222 Perfect Occurances of Parliament, 1644, 3 numbers (563) Philips, £1 16s. 5223 The Moderate Intelligencer, 1649; The Armies modest Intelligencer, 1649; Early Illustrated Newspapers, 6 numbers (564) Philips, £5 5224 The Parliament Scout, 1644; The Weekly Account, 1644. 7 numbers (565) 5225 Some Speciall Passages from Westminster, London, York and other Parts, 1642 ; A Continuation of Certain Speciall and Remarkable Passages, 1642, etc., 6 numbers (567) Philips, £110s. 5226 The Kingdom's Weekly Intelligencer, 1644: A Journal of Parliament, 1648, etc., 6 numbers (568) Philips, £3 12s. 5227 Mercurius Diatinus, 1646; Mercurius Melancholicus, 1647; The Compleate Intelligencer and Resolver, 1643, etc., 6 numbers (569)

5228 The Scotish Dove, 1643, 5 numbers (570) 5229 The Scotch Intelligencer, 1643; Mercurius and others. 4 numbers (571)

5230 The True Diurnal Occurances, or the heads ings of Both Houses in Parliament, 1641 5 numbers (572)

Philips, £2 16s.
Robson, £1 6s.
Publicus, 1660;
Philips, £2

of the Proceed-
and 1642, etc.,
Philips, £2 8s.

5231 Mercurius Britannicus, 1643 to 1646, 7 numbers (573)

Philips, £38s5232 The Court Mercurie, 1644, 6 numbers (574) Philips, £2 4s. 5233 Mercurius Aulicus, 1643 and 1644, 8 numbers (575) Philips, £7 5234 Mercurius Politicus, 1659, 6 numbers (576) Philips, £ 5235 Mercurius Britannicus, 1643 and 1644; The True Informer. 1644, etc., 8 numbers (577) Roberts, £3 38.

5236 Mercurius Aulicus, 1642; Mercurius Civilus, 1643, 2 numbers (578) Philips, LI 10S. 5237 A Perfect Relation or Summarie . . . of Ireland, 1642 ; Printed News Letter, 1684; Mercurius Britannicus, 1645, etc., 4 numbers (579) Philips, 1 18s. 5238 Occurances from Foreign Parts, with An Exact Accompt of the Daily Proceedings in Parliament, 1659; The Public Intelligencer, 1659, etc., 8 numbers (580) Philips, £3 5239 The Spie communicating Intelligence from Oxford, 1644; Mercurius Pragmaticus, 1647, etc., 9 numbers (581)

Philips, £3 5240 The Impartiall Intelligencer, 1649; The Newes Published for Satisfaction and Information cf the People, 1664, etc, 8 numbers (582) C. Lindsay, £2 4s. 5241 The Kingdome's Weekly Post; The Moderate, 1648; Parliamentary Reports, etc., 14 numbers (583) Philips, £3 5s. 5242 London Gazette, 1667 (14); Ladies Mercury, 1693 (2), etc., 25 numbers (585) Robson, £145. 5243 Dublin Gazette, 1750 (16); Johnson's British Gazette, 1788 (13); General Evening Post, 1797 (12); The Argus, 1791 (29); London Courant, 1781 (52), 122 numbers (597) Sotheran, £195.

Books from the Baskerville Press and other Memorials of John Baskerville, the Birmingham Printer.

5244 Milton (John). Poetical Works, from the Text of Dr. Newton. with Life, 2 vol., in the original folded sheets, uncut, collated and perfect, 16 pages torn half-way up the centre, to be cancelled, with the 16 revised pages to supply them, very rare if not unique in this state, 1758, royal 8vo. (198)

B. F. Stevens, £5 55.

5245 Milton (John). Poetical Works, from the Text of Dr. Newton, with Life, vol., old morocco gilt, gilt edges, prize copy from Trinity College, Dublin, 1758, royal 8vo. (199)

Downing, £1 9s. 5246 Congreve (Wm.) Works, consisting of his Plays and Poems, portrait and plates, 3 vol., old calf, 1761, royal 8vo. (202) Downing, £1 128. 5247 Prayer. Book of Common Prayer, copy of Baskerville's letter to Horace Walpole inserted, old blue morocco gilt, gilt edges, Camb., 1760, royal 8vo. (203) Downing, 1 125. 5248 Prayer. Book of Common Prayer, old red morocco gilt, gilt

edges, Cam., 1762, royal 8vo. (205) Hatchard, I IOS. 5249 Prayer. Book of Common Prayer, small edition, old red morocco, Cam., 1762-Another edition, old red morocco,

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