margins, old calf (rebacked), Thos. East, 1582, small folio 72 Godfridus. Here begynneth the Boke of Knowledge of thynges unknowen aparteynynge to Astronomye, with certayne necessarye Rules, etc., compyled by Godfridus super Palladum de Agricultura Anglicatum, black letter, woodcuts, calf gilt, Robert Wyer at the Sygne of S. John Evangelyst in S. Martyns Paryishe besyde Charynge Crosse, n. d., 16mo. (1757) Sotheran, £2 12s. 73 Good Newes to Christendom; sent to a Venetian in Ligorne from a Merchant in Alexandria, of a Wonderfull and Strange Apparition seen in Arabia over the Tomb of Mahomet; with the miraculous rayning of Bloud about Rome, cut on title, half bound, scarce, N. Butter, 1620, small 4to. (1762) Pickering, 1 175. 74 Good Newes to Christendome, sent to a Venetian in Ligorne from a Merchant in Alexandria, discovering a Wonderfull and Strange Apparition over the Tomb of Mahomet; and the miraculous rayning of bloud about Rome, done out of the Italian, cut on title, N. Butter, 1620-Velata quædam Revelata; some certaine, hidden, or vailed Spiritual Verities revealed, by Geo. Foxe, John Perrott, Sam. Fisher (margins cut into), R. Wilson, 1661-Petto (Sam.) A Faithful Narrative of the Wonderful and extraordinary Fits which Mr. Tho. Spatchet (late of Dunwich and Cookly) was under by Witchcraft (title slightly defective), J. Harris, 1693, in 1 vol., half calf, small 4to. (1763) Pickering, £3 18s. 75 Gorion (Joseph Ben). A Compendious and most marvelous Historie of the latter tymes of the Jewes Commonweale, translated into Englyshe by Peter Morwyng, black letter, title slightly defective, lower half of colophon torn off, inscription on end fly-leaf, "To his loving ffrende John Mc Hailes, of Oundle, deliver this boke," half morocco gilt, m. e., R. Jugge, 1567, 12mo. (1766) Sotheran, 1 195. 76 Gorius (Ant. Fr.) Thesaurus Veterum Diptychorum Consularium et Ecclesiasticorum, LARGE PAPER, numerous plates, 4 vol. in 2, uncut, Florent., 1759, folio (1767) Quaritch, £1 1IS. 77 Gosson (Stephen), of Gt. Wigborow, Essex. The Trumpet of Warre, A Sermon at Paules Cross, Maie 7, 1598, black letter (leaf defective), V. S. for J. O. (1598)-Gibson (A.) The Lands Mourning for Vaine Swearing; or the downe-fall of Oathes, T. S. for R. Mab, 1613-A Survey of the Booke of Common Prayer by way of 197 queries, grounded upon 58 places, with a View of London Ministers exceptions (dedicated to K. James I.), n. p., Anno Dmi. 1606-Maxey (Anth.) The Goulden Chaine of Mans' Salvation, and the feareful point of Hardening, etc. (wanted end, several leaves defective), T. E. for C. Knight, 1607-Whether it be mortall sinne to transgresse civil lawes, which be the Commandementes of Civill Magistrates. The Judgement of Philip Melancthon in his Epitome of Morall Philosophie. The Resolution of D. Hen. Bullinger (and others) concernyng the apparel of Ministers, and other indifferent things, black letter, rare, R. Jugge, n. d. (1566), in 1 vol., old calf, 12mo. (1769) Bain, £4 16s. 78 Goulart (I.) Admirable and Memorable Histories containing the Wonders of our Time, collected out of the best Authors, out of French into English by Ed. Grimeston, woodcut initials, G. Eld, 1607-Fortesque (Thos.) The Foreste, or Collection of Histories, no less profitable than pleasant and necessarie, dooen out of Frenche into Englishe, black letter, title within woodcut border, woodcut initials, J. Kyngston for Wm. Jones, 1571, in 1 vol., old calf, small 4to. (1772) Quaritch, £14 15s. 79 Gould (John). Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, 80 coloured plates, original issue, text and plates bound separately, in 2 vol., half calf, 1832, imperial folio (1773) Maine, £85s. 80 Gould (John). The Birds of Europe, 449 coloured plates, original subscribers' copy, 5 vol., morocco extra, gilt edges by Hering, 1837, imperial folio (1774) W. Brown, £60 81 Gould (John). Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, 36 coloured plates, original issue, half calf, 1838, imperial folio (1775) W. Brown, £4 4s. 82 Gouvea (R. P. Ant. de). Innocentia Victrix, sive sententia comitiorum Imperii Sinici pro Innocentia Christianæ Religionis lata juridicè per annum 1669 (Latin and Chinese)-Book of the Incarnation of the Lord of Heaven (in Chinese), with numerous woodcuts of the Life of Christ and the Virgin, etc., 1638, in I vol., old morocco, with gilt crucifix in centres, small folio (1776) £4 8s. 83 Gower (John). Confessio Amantis, black letter, double columns, with signatures and numbered folios, oaken boards, plain brown morocco (Enprinted at Westmester by me Willyam Caxton, 1493 [for 1483]), folio (1777) Pickering, £188 [The excessively rare first edition of Gower's Confessio, printed by Wm. Caxton. A perfect copy, according to Blades, should contain 222 leaves, 4 of which are blank. This copy had 191 leaves only, and ended on reverse of folio clxxxix with the beginning of liber octavus. It had four of the preliminary leaves, and the pagination commenced with the Prologus on folio 3; a few leaves mended and inlaid, but generally sound and good. It was printed in the first year of the reign of Richard III. Sold not subject to return. 11 in. by 8 in.-Catalogue.] 84 Gower (John). Confessio Amantis, black letter, double columns, title within ornamental woodcut border, russia extra, gilt edges, large copy, Th. Berthelette, 1532, small folio (1778) Pearson, £20 [Second edition of Gower's poem in English. Extremely rare. Contains 8 preliminary leaves and 191 numbered leaves. Contemporary autographs of "John Smyth," "Edward Hertford," etc., occur on some of the leaves. Catalogue.] 85 Grafton (Richard). A Chronicle at Large, and meere History of the affayres of Englande and Kynges of the same, from the Creation of the World unto the first yere of Our Ladye Q. Elizabeth, black letter, first title within border, containing portraits, second within ornamental border, woodcuts and woodcut initials (title and one leaf of "T. N. to the Reader " inlaid, bottom margin of first leaf of dedication mended), 2 vol. in 1, russia gilt, H. Denham for R. Tottle and H. Toy, 1568-69, thick folio (1782) Wickham, £11 [The first edition of Grafton's Chronicle, and, notwithstanding the defects noted above, a large and sound copy, measuring 11 in. by 7 in. At the end of the last leaf was a signature"Mary," which the late Mr. Holmes, of the British Museum, conjectured to be that of the sister of Lady Jane Grey.-Catalogue.] 86 Grafton (R.) Grafton's Abridgement of the Chronicles of Englande. Newly and diligently corrected and finished the last of October, 1570, black letter, new velvet binding, with massive gold corner ornaments having the Norfolk Crest, and clasp, gilt edges, in new morocco case, fine copy, Rich. Tottyl, 1570, small 8vo. (1783) Quaritch, £70 [A very interesting copy, having formerly belonged to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, who was beheaded (June 2, 1572) on Tower Hill, for supposed complicity in plots against Queen Elizabeth in connection with Mary Queen of Scots. It had the following Autograph Letter written on the blank space of the reverse of the last leaf, "To the Reader," and on the margin of the next, "Good frynd George, fare well; I have no other tokens to send my frynde but my booke, and I know how soryfull you are amongst them for my hard hape; wheroff I thanke God because I hope hys mercyfull chastisement will prepare me for a better world. Looke well thowrowe thys boke and you schall fynde the name of a duke verye unhappy. I pray God ytt may ende wt. me and others maye spede better hereafter. But yff I myght have my wysch, and weare in as good state as ever you knewe me, yeat I wold wysche for a lower degre. Be kynd I praye you to myne, and do my hartye commendatyons to your good wyfe and to gentle M. Dennye. I dye in the faythe that you have ever known me to be off. farewell, good frynd. Yours dying as he was lyving T. NORFOLKE. God blesse my god sone Amen. 1572."-Catalogue.] 87 Grammar. Exact Rules of Grammar, composed and published for the Instruction of all in the Rudiments of the Latine Tongue, black letter, frontispiece and woodcut title with Old London beneath, half calf, scarce, For J. Streater, 1656, 12mo. (1787) Sotheran, LI 16s. 88 Granger and Caulfield. The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine, numerous plates, 4 vol., half calf, M. Allen, 1803, 8vo. (1791) Pickering, £2 95. 89 Grassi (Giacomo di). Ragione di adoprar sicuramente l'Arme si da offessa come da difesa, con un modo di essercitarsi per acquistare forza, etc., edizione originale, portrait and copperplate engravings, old calf, with crowned initials H. L. (Duke of Sussex's copy), Venetia, G. Ziletti, 1570, small 4to. (1792) & Quaritch, £3 18s. 90 Grassi (Giacomo di). His true Art of Defence . . . with treatise of Disceit or Falsinge, and a waie to obtaine strength, judgement and activitie, englished by J. G. (dedication to Lord Borrow, by Thomas Churchyard), (title defective and mounted, some leaves soiled, with all faults), signature of Erasmus Wakerly on title, and MS. notes in margins, old calf, Printed for I. I. at Temple Barre, 1594, small 4to. (1793) Pickering, £2 125. 91 Gratia Dei de Esculo, Ord. Predicatorum. Questiones (XVI.) (in libros Physicorum Aristotelis), lit. goth., double columns (43 leaves), sigs. a, 8 leaves, b-g 5 in 6's (aj blank), capitals painted in blue and red, brown morocco plain, broad inside morocco borders with vellum panels, line tooled, gilt edges, with Dr. T. Williams's arms on sides, by Clarke, Venet. ad instantiam Antonii de Regio anno, 1484, small folio (1794) Pickering, £68 [Printed upon vellum; only one other copy known. The first page had a fine illuminated initial with decorated margins, and miniature of the author reading below. It was sold in Dr. Williams's sale for £13 25.—Catalogue.] 92 Gratianus. Decreta Patru sive Concordia discordantiū Canonū cũ suis apparatibus (Bartholomaei Brixiensis), lit. goth., red and black, double columns, the text surrounded by the Commentary in a smaller type, oaken boards, stamped pigskin, clasps, Feliciter est Argentine cōsummatus Anno Christi, 1489, IX Sept. (s. nom. impressoris), folio (1795) Tregaskis, £1 [Printed upon vellum; extremely rare. Contains a-y in 8's, c, f, g, l, n, q, t, having 6 leaves each; A-M in 8's; B and L 6 leaves only.-Catalogue.] 93 Gray (Geo. Rob.) The Genera of Birds, comprising their Generic Characters, a Notice of the habits of each Genus, etc., illustrated by D. W. Mitchell, 186 coloured figures, and 186 plain plates of detail, 3 vol., morocco extra, with gilt backs and broad borders of ornamental tooling, gilt edges, finely bound by J. Clyde, Longman, 1849, royal 4to. (1796) W. Brown, £16 155. 94 Greatrakes (Valentine). The Miraculous Conformist, an Account of severall marvaillous cures performed by the Stroaking of the Hands of Mr. Valentine Greatrick, by Dr. Henry Stubbe, portrait of Greatrakes stroking a boy (backed), Oxford, H. Hall, 1666-Wonders no Miracle, or Mr. Val. Greatrak's Gift of Healing examined, London, S. Speed, 1666 -A Brief Account of Mr. Valentine Greatrak's and divers of the Strange Cures by him performed, J. Starkey, 1666The Great Cures and Strange Miracles of Mr. Valentine Gertrux (sic), 1666, in 1 vol., half bound, small 4to. (1799) Pickering, £3 35. 95 Greatrakes (Valentine). A Brief Account, and divers of the Strange Cures by him lately performed, written by himself in a letter to the Hon. Rob. Boyle, etc., half bound, Dubl., S. Dancer, 1668, small 4to. (1800) Pickering, £1 IOS. 96 Greeks (The). A Poem, dedicated to all the Legs, humorous coloured plates, Stockdale, 1817-The Pigeons, dedicated to all the Flats, humorous coloured plates, ib., 1817; in 1 vol. half bound, small 8vo. (1802) Maggs, £1. 97 Greek Coins in the British Museum (Catalogue of the), edited by R. S. Poole (Italy and Sicily), woodcuts, 2 vol., 1873-76, 8vo. (1803) Maggs, £145. 98 Gregorius Magnus. Expositio Beati Gregorii Papæ super Cantica Canticorum. În sole aureo Vici Sorbonici Parisiis nuper impressa, rubricated, device on title, modern purple morocco, plain. by Wright, large copy with uncut edges, Paris, Udalricus Gering et B. Renbolt, 1498, small 4to. (1807) Ellis, £9 5s. 99 Gregorius Epis. Turon. Opera Omnia, opera et studio Th. Ruinart, old calf, Lut. Par., 1699, folio (1808) W. Flower, £I IS. 100 Gregorius Turonici. Historiæ Francorum, Lib. X.; Adonis Viennensis Chronica, old morocco gilt, g. e., arms of Cardinal Charles de Bourbon on back, Paris, G. Morelius, 1561, small 8vo. (1809) W. Flower, £8 5s. IOI Grillandus (Paulus). Tractatus de Hereticis, et Sortelegiis omnifarium coitu; eorumque penis; item de Questionibus et Tortura, etc.; ultima hac impressione summa cura castigatus, etc., lit. goth., title in red and black within woodcut border, and ornamental woodcut initials, morocco, line tooled, g. e., by Thompson (Paris), Lugd., Jac. Giuncti, 1545, 12mo. (1813) Bull, £1 5s. 102 Gringore (Pierre). Les Abuz du Monde . . . comment sy dessus par figure voyes ou jour dhuy de vises ou fait Vertuz et Visses sont enleves et bonnes verteus sont myses en bas et leses comme par figure sy dessus voyes, lit. goth., woodcut of Vice triumphant on title, and several small woodcuts in the text, old calf gilt, r. e., Imprime a lyon par Anthoine Du Ry (with device on last leaf), s. d., 12mo. (1815) B. F. Stevens, £26 [A rare satirical work in ten-syllable rhymed lines. The author's name is formed from the first letter of the last eight lines.-ED.] 103 Gringore (Pierre). Les Folles entreprises; qui en veult avoir se transporte/ sans deshonneur et sans diffame/ pres du bout du pont nostre dame a lenseigne de mere sotte, lit. goth., (lettres bâtardes), 60 leaves, sigs. a-h 4 (h 4 blank), device on title, cut of author in his study on reverse, and 18 spirited woodcuts, original limp vellum, with flap, in new half morocco case; an extremely large and fine copy, the lower margins of 4 leaves in each sheet quite uncut, Imprime à Paris par Pierre le Dru imprimeur pour iceluy Gringore, 1505, xxiii. Dec., 8vo. (1816) C. Clarke, 106 [This copy of this exceedingly rare edition is probably in a unique state. Every leaf is as clean as when first printed, and the impressions of the woodcuts are very brilliant. Brunet has reproduced the device. The author's name in this, as in his other writings, is formed of the first letter of an eight-line stanza at the end.-Catalogue.] |