coloured plates and woodcuts by Leech, complete in original parts, as issued, fine copy, Bradbury, n. d., 8vo. Russell, £5 10s. (2) 2404 Ægidius. Egidii de Roma, questiones, gothic letter, in double columns, with initials painted in red and blue, first page illuminated in gold and colours, half bound, Bononiæ, 1481, Leighton, 18s. folio (7) 2405 Æsop. Esopus cum bono comento, gothic letter, s. 1., 1489, Robson, £135. small 4to. (11) 2406 Esop. Fables, paraphras'd in verse, with annotations, etc., by J. Ogilby, 2 vol., plates, half russia, 1675, 8vo. (13)

Leighton, L2 6s.

ejus2407 Agricola (Georgius). De Re Metallica, Libri XII. . . . dem de Animantibus Subterraneis Liber, many curious Quaritch, LI IS. woodcuts, calf, Basilea, 1621, folio (16) 2408 Ainsworth (W. H.) Guy Fawkes, first edition, 3 vol., plates by G. Cruikshank, cloth, 1841, 8vo. (18) Robson, £12 15s. 2409 Ainsworth (W. H.) Jack Sheppard, portrait and plates by G. Cruikshank, panelled calf gilt, gilt edges, 1840, 8vo. (19) Maggs, £1 2410 Ainsworth (W. H.) Tower of London, plates by G. CruikHornstein, £1 IOS. shank, half morocco, 1840, 8vo. (24)

2411 Albertus de Padua.

Opus Expositionis Evangeliorum, gothic letter, in double columns, a few leaves wormed, morocco extra, gilt panelled sides, gilt edges, from the Syston Park Library, Venetiis per Adam de Rotuuil, 1476, Leighton, £1 18s. small 4to. (29) 2412 Albertus Magnus. Opus de laudibus Virginis Maria-Opusculum de laudibus Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, gothic letter, in double columns, initial letter illuminated and capitals painted in red, in 1 vol., half calf, fine copy, Sine nota Leighton, £2 18s. J. Mentelin, circa 1474), folio (30)

2416 Almanacks.

2413 Albertus Magnus. Opus de laudibus Virginis Mariæ, gothic letter, in double columns, calf, Sine nota (circa 1474), large Maggs, LI 10S. folio (31) 2414 Allibone (S. A.) Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, 3 vol., half morocco, 1881, Edwards, £2 IOS. 8vo. (40) A Collection of old Almanacks for 1652, by 2415 Almanacks. Rowley, Herbert. Sliter, Daniell, Partridge, White, Vaux, Neve, Swallow, Smith, etc., in 1 vol., vellum, 12mo. (43) Maggs, Li 6s. Ladies' Diary, Gentleman's Diary, Parker's Ephemeris, Partridge, Moore, Andrews, Saunders, Pearse, Coley, Season, White, Poor Robin, etc., in 2 vol., 1762-63, Arnold, £1 25. morocco, 8vo. (45) 2417 Almanacks. Rider's British Merlin, 1773-Court and City Register, in 1 vol., old morocco, elaborately tooled sides, Arnold, £1 6s. gilt edges, 1773, 8vo. (46) 2418 Alphabeta Litteræ Caracteres et Habitus variorum popuforum, a large quantity of manuscript tracings, with descriptions in German, 4 vol., half calf, n. d., folio (47) Tregaskis, £2 5s.

2419 Ambrosius (S.)

Hexahemeri libri sex, roman letter with signatures, half russia, s. a. et l. (sed Mediolani, circa 1475, folio (48) Leighton, £2 125. [Rare edition, unknown to Hain. Blank spaces left for the Greek words supplied in MS. This book was probably printed by Valdarfer with the same type as the first edition of the "De Officiis," 1474.—Catalogue.]

2420 Ambrosius (S.) Expositio seu Explanatio in corpus Evangelii Sancti Luce, August, 1476-Incipit liber Augustini Episcopi qui vocatur quinquaginta, s. a. et l., gothic letter, in 1 vol., vellum, folio (50) Robson, L1 Is. 2421 America. Acts of Assembly passed in the Colony of Virginia, from 1662 to 1715, vol. i., calf, 1727, 8vo. (52)

Maggs, £2 25. [Although styled "vol. i.," this collection is complete, bringing the compilation down to 1715.-Catalogue.]

2422 America. Acts and Laws passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the Province of the MassachusettsBay in New England, from 1692 to 1719, calf, J. Baskett, 1724, folio (53) Sabin, £2 14s.

2423 America. The Gentleman's Political Almanac for 1796, by C. Smith, coloured portrait of Washington, New York, 1796, 12mo. (58) Pickering, £6 6s. 2424 Angelus de Clavasio. Summa angelica de Casibus Conscientiæ, gothic letter, in double columns, capitals painted, calf, Argent., M. Flach, 1489, folio (66) Young, £I 4s. 2425 Annales du Musée et de l'Ecole Moderne des Beaux-Arts, 18 vol., outline plates, boards, uncut, Paris, 1801-5, 8vo. (66A) Leighton, E1 IS. 2426 Annals of Love (The), containing select Histories of the Amours of divers Princes Courts, old calf, with arms on sides, 1672, 8vo. (67) £1 25. 2427 Antiphonale. Sæc. XV., Manuscript on vellum, 1 page surrounded by an elaborate ornamental border in gold and colours, containing animals, birds, etc., the initial enclosing miniature of Christ, and upwards of 130 capital letters, similarly enriched, old oak boards, covered with leather, massive brass bosses and corners (71) Leighton, £18 10s. 2428 Antiphonale. Manuscript on vellum, painted capitals, with arms of, and dedication to Isabella Aguilar, oaken boards, massive brass bosses and clasps, 1520, folio (72).

Tregaskis, £1 15s. 2429 Antonius. Incipit confessionis pater Antonius archiepiscopus flore ordinis fratrum predicatorum, gothic letter, in double columns, morocco extra, gilt edges, from the Syston Park Library, Mediolani, 1484, sm. 4to. (74) Clements, £1 6s. 2430 Apperley (C. J.) Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq., 18 coloured plates by Alken and Rawlins, morocco, 1837, 8vo. (1589) Johnson, £5 10S. 2431 Appianus. Alexandrinæ Romanæ Historiæ, ornamental initial letters, calf, Venet. per B. Pictorem et E. Ratdolt, 1477, folio (74A) Leighton, £2 2432 Appianus. De bellis civilibus Romanorum, interprete P. 15

XII.

Candido, 2 vol., first page of each vol. surrounded by ornamental border, vellum (last leaf of vol. i. repaired), Venet. per B. Pictorem et E. Ratdolt, 1477, small folio (75)

Leighton, £3 15s. 2433 Apuleius. A Series of Copper Plates illustrating the story of Cupid and Psyche, half bound, In Roma, s. d., oblong 4to.

(75A) LI 55. 2434 Ascham (Roger). The Scholemaster, or plaine and perfite way of teaching children, black letter, half calf, John Daye, 1571, small 4to. (87) Robson, £1 8s. 2435 Asconius Pedianus. Commentarii in Ciceronis orationes, red morocco extra, with Wodhull arms, Venet., J. de Colonia, 1477, folio (88) Maggs, £2 8s. 2436 Astexanus de Ast (Joan). Summa de casibus, gothic letter, rubricated capitals, old morocco, gilt edges, Sine nota, folio (90) Maggs, £4 4s. 2437 Audsley (G. A.) The Ornamental Arts of Japan, 2 vol., numerous plates in gold and colours, black morocco, with armorial badges of the Mikado, and elaborately inlaid and gilt sides and backs, preserved in cloth boxes, 1882, folio (91) Batsford, £10 15s. [This work was published at twenty-two guineas.-ED.] 2438 Augustini de Ancona. Summa de Potestate Ecclesiastica, gothic letter, with rubricated capitals, calf, Augustæ, 1473, folio (96) Tregaskis, 1 5s. 2439 Augustinus. De doctrina Christiana, old boards covered with leather, Sine nota, small 4to. (97) Quaritch, £1 35. 2440 Aureoli (Petride Verberga). Tractatus de Conceptione Mariæ Virginis, Sine nota (Moguntiæ, P. Schoeffer, circa 1470), small 4to. (99) Chadwick, £35s.

[Bound up in the same volume were the following MSS. of the fifteenth century: De Castitate-Speculum MariæSermo beati Augustini-Septem privilegia B. Mariæ-Sermo beati Ambrosii.--Catalogue.]

2441 Baillie (Captain). Engraved Works, after Paintings and Drawings by the greatest Masters, 2 vol. in 1, consisting of 113 fine etchings, mostly early proofs, neatly inlaid or mounted, of portraits, fancy pieces, landscapes, with the tables of contents to each volume (wanted plate 36 in vol i.), Boydell, 1792, folio (107) F. Rennar, £5.

[Captain William Baillie, amateur engraver and etcher, was born at Kilbride, in Ireland, in 1723, and died at Paddington in 1810. His most admired plates are those in the style of Rembrandt.-ED.]

2442 Baker (Geo., Chirurgian). The newe Jewell of Health, wherein is contayned the most excellent Secretes of Phisicke and Philosophie . . . Gathered out of the best and most approved Authors, black letter, with woodcuts (title slightly repaired), old morocco, borders of gold, gilt edges, 1576, small 4to. (109) Pickering, £2 18s.

2443 Bale (J.) Illustrium Maioris Britanniæ Scriptorum, Catalogus, woodcut on title, brown morocco extra, gilt edges by Pratt,

the first book printed in Ipswich, Gippeswici in Anglia per Joannem Overton, 1548, small 4to. (111) Maggs, £2 16s. 2444 Bale (J.) The first two partes of the Actes or unchaste examples of the Englyshe Votaryes, gathered out of theyr owne legendes and Chronycles (with 4 leaves of authors' names at end), morocco, gilt edges, J. Tisdale, 1560-50, 12m0. (112) Leighton, £1 6s. 2445 [Barker.] Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, by an Old Sailor, coloured plates by George Cruikshank, half morocco, 1826, 4to. (123) Dobell, £1 6s. 2446 [Barker.] Greenwich Hospital, coloured plates by George Cruikshank, morocco, 1826, 4to. (124) G. H. Brown, £3 3s. 2447 Beaumont and Fletcher's Dramatick Works, 10 vol., portrait and plates, calf, 1778, 8vo. (138) Maggs, £1 11s.

2448 Behn (Mrs.) Plays, second edition, 2 vol., portrait, calf, 1716, 8vo. (141) Dobell, 1 25. 2449 Behn (Mrs.) Novels and Plays, with Life and Memoirs, 6 vol., LARGE PAPER, boards, uncut, Pearson, 1871, 8vo. (143) Young, £2 5s. 2450 Bergeron (L. E.) Manuel du Tourneur, with Supplement and Atlas of plates, 4 vol., half morocco, Paris, 1816, 4to. (150) Batsford, 14s. 2451 Bergomensis (J. P.) Supplementum chronicarum, Vulgo appelatu; in omnimoda historia congesta fratris Jacobi Philippi Bergomensis, gothic letter, first two pages surrounded by ornamental borders, numerous woodcuts in text, old stamped calf, introducing the portcullis as used for the arms of the City of Westminster, Venetiis, 1492, folio (151) Robson, £4 18s. 2452 Bernardus. Sermones in Duytssche, black letter, woodcuts, rubricated initials, calf, Zwolle, 1495, folio (154) Robson, £9 2453 Berthorius (Petrus). Moralizationes biblie, gothic letter, in double columns, 2 pages having illuminated borders, old boards covered with leather (2 leaves repaired), Sine nota (circa 1474), folio (157) Dr. Gunsburg, £1 10s. 2454 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, woodcuts by Bewick, calf, Newcastle. 1805, royal 8vo. (160) Maggs, £1 17s.

2455 Bewick (T.) British Birds, 2 vol., woodcuts, morocco, t. e. g., Newcastle, 1821, 8vo. (161) Young, £1 8s. 2456 Bewick (T.) British Birds, both supplements, woodcuts by Bewick, calf gilt, 1821, royal 8vo. (162) Maggs, £1 9s. 2457 Bible. Biblia Sacra Latina, cum prologis, Sæc. XIII., manuscript on vellum, written in double columns, with numerous initial letters illuminated in gold and colours, some with miniatures, morocco (last 2 leaves damaged and repaired), 8vo. (173) Leighton, £39 10s.

2458 Bible. Biblia Latina, metrice, Sæc. XIII., manuscript on vellum, old oak boards covered with stamped leather, small folio (174) Ellis and Elvey, £8 75. 6d. [On the fly-leaf appears the following in ancient handwriting: "Mag'. Petrus Yspanus Manducator qui Specu

lum composuit hunc librum metricum compilavit Aurora vocatum."-Catalogue.]

2459 Bible. Biblia Sacra Latina, Sæc. XIV., manuscript on vellum, of English workmanship, closely written in double columns on 530 leaves, with initials illuminated in colours, velvet binding, 8vo. (175) Maggs, £25 10S.

2460 Bible.

Biblia Sacra Latina, Sæc. XV., manuscript on vellum, the initial letter to each book containing a miniature, that on the verso of folio 5 being the height of the page, and having 8 compartments, with representations of the Crucifixion, etc., illuminated in gold and colours, in the New Testament the initial letter to Matthew has the Tree of Jesse, bound in 2 vol., vellum, folio (176) Leighton, £65 2461 Bible. Biblia Sacra Latina, Sæc. XV., very closely written MS., on thin vellum, in double columns, with painted and ornamented capitals, calf, 8vo. (177) Tregaskis, £3 12s. 6d. 2462 Bible. Biblia Sacra Germanica, gothic letter, in double columns, 57 lines to the full page, capitals painted red, and 57 of the initial letters adorned with miniatures, that on the first page being heightened with gold, 2 vol., morocco extra, gilt sides and centre ornaments, gilt edges by F. Bedford, Augsburg (G. Zainer), 1473-75, folio (178)

Sotheran, £49 Ios.

[This edition very rarely occurs for sale. A copy brought £44 in November, 1892. See BOOK-PRICes Current, vol. vi., No. 6670.-ED.]

2463 Bible. Biblia Sacra Latina, Editionis Vulgatæ, cum Interpretat. Hebr. Nom., gothic letter, capitals painted in red and blue (first leaf mended), oaken boards covered with pigskin, Venet., Fr. de Hailbrun et N. de Francfordia, 1475, small folio (179) Tregaskis, £4 6s. 2464 Bible. Biblia Sacra Latina cum prologis S. Hieronymi, gothic letter, in double columns of 57 lines, capitals painted, initial letter to the book of Genesis, and part of border illuminated in gold and colours (plain margins of a few leaves repaired, and four pages slightly stained), 2 vol., vellum gilt (wrongly lettered), Sine nota (Basil., B. Richel, 1476), folio (180) Robson, £2 12s. 6d.

2465 Biblia Sacra Latina, gothic letter, in double columns, the capitals painted and ornamented, 2 vol. in 1, cloth, fine copy, rare, Venet., F. de Hailbrun et N. de Francfordia, 1476, folio (181) Leighton, £375. 6d. [The second edition of the Bible printed at Venice.— Catalogue.]

2466 Bible.

Biblia Sacra Latina cum prologis S. Hieronymi, gothic letter, in double columns, the first page surrounded by a painted border, and initial letters illuminated in gold and colours, some with miniatures, calf, Nuremberg, A. Coburger, 1477, folio (182) Young, £9 IOS.

[On the verso of last leaf but two is the following inscription in early handwriting: "Thys ye first letter of ye craft gav my polychronicon wyth wrytens of Ranulf Higden to