Ends (3), 1868-70- Antidote against Melancholy (Blue [For the titles of many of the pieces belonging to the different series see BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 3419.-ED.] 3436 Combe (W.) Wars of Wellington, a Narrative Poem in 15 Cantos by Dr. Syntax, with 6 coloured etchings by W. Heath, representing the Battle of Assaye, Wellington entering Salamanca, Storming of St. Sebastian, Halting in the Pyrenees, Reconnoitring after crossing the Bidassoa, and Intelligence of the Battle of Ligny, fine copy, original half morocco, gilt edges, 1821, 4to. (464) Robson, £2 6s. [Copies containing 25 coloured etchings by W. Heath are sometimes met with-ED.] 3437 Constable (John, R.A.) Various Subjects of Landscape characteristic of English Scenery, 22 mezzotint plates engraved by David Lucas, proofs, nearly all signed by the artist himself, original cloth boards, 1830, folio (835) Pearson, £20 3438 Coverdale (Myles). A Christian exhortacion unto customable swearers, fine copy, black letter, red morocco, at the end is "A short instruction to the world" in verse, John Awdeley, 1575, 8vo. (342) Redford, £3 45. 3439 Creuzer et Guigniaut. Religions de l'Antiquité, 10 vol., numerous plates, half russia gilt, uncut, t. e. r., 1825-41, 8vo. (344) Quaritch, £2 5s. 3440 Cruikshank (G.) The Queen's Alphabet, Horrida Bella, Pains and Penalties versus Truth and Justice, LARGE PAPER, engraved title, and 28 coloured plates by George Cruikshank relating to Queen Caroline and George IV., half red morocco, g. t., suppressed, G. Humphrey, 8vo. (345) Roche, £3 125. 3441 Cruikshank (G.) Fairy Library: Hop-o'-my-Thumb, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, 4 vol., etchings by G. Cruikshank, first editions, original wrappers, in remarkably fine condition, being as clean and fresh as when issued, Bogue, Routledge and Arnold, n. d., 8vo. (350) White, £14 IOS. 3442 Cruikshank (G.) Fairy Library: Puss in Boots, Hop-o'-myThumb, Jack and the Bean Stalk, and Cinderella, 4 vol., etchings by Geo. Cruikshank, with duplicate set in colours, uniform, half morocco, t. e. g. by Mansell, n. d., 8vo. (351) Hornstein, £3 95. 3443 Dante. Divine Comedy, translated by H. W. Longfellow, 3 vol., tree-calf extra, m. e. by Rivière, Boston, 1867, imperial 8vo. (354) Sotheran, £1 6s. 3444 Darley (J.) The Glory of Chelsey Colledge revived, fine and very interesting frontispiece, showing the college as it was intended to be built, morocco extra, gilt edges by Mackenzie. 1662, 8vo. (355) Leighton, £2 6s. 3445 D'Auvigny (Castres). Vies des Hommes Illustres de la France, depuis le commencement de la Monarchie jusqu'à présent, avec la Continuation, par l'Abbé Pérau et Turpin, 27 vol., fine set in old French citron morocco extra, g. m. e., Amsterdam and Paris, 1739-57 (356) Leighton, £135. [The last two volumes belonged to Napoleon I., bore his stamp on the titles, and had been bound to match the rest of the set. Catalogue.] 3446 Defoe (D.) Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, map and plates, 3 vol., second edition of vol. i., and first editions of vol. ii. and iii., morocco extra, gilt edges, 1719-20, 8vo. (359) Potter, £6 5s. 3447 Dekker (Thos.), Mrs. Centlivre, and Rich. Brome. Dramatic Works, with Notes and Memoirs, Pearson's reprints on LARGE PAPER, portraits, 10 vol., uncut, J. Pearson, 1872-73, royal 8vo. (363) Edwards, 1 175. 3448 Dibdin (Dr. T. F.) Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and Scotland, LARGE PAPER, with double set of most of the illustrations, India proofs and before letters (only a small number of copies so taken), 3 vol., morocco super extra, gilt edges by F. Bedford, J. Bohn, etc., 1838, imperial 8vo. (365) Sotheran, £18 5s. 3449 Dickens (C.) Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by " Boz," first edition, portrait and illustrations by Geo. Cruikshank, 2 vol., original cloth, uncut, R. Bentley, 1838, 8vo. (367) Tregaskis, 1 15s. 3450 Dickens (C.) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition, with illustrations by H. K. Browne, presentation copy, with inscription on title, "Charles Dickens to Kate Macready, December, 1859," half morocco gilt, gilt edges, 1859, 8vo. (371) Robson. £6 5s. 3451 Diderot (Dennis). Les Bijoux Indiscrets, brilliant impressions of the frontispiece "figures originales" (see Cohen) and fleurons, 2 vol., fine copy, original wrappers, uncut, au Monomotapa (Paris, 1748), 8vo. (372) Potter, £2 125. 3452 [D'Imray (Comte).] Bibliographie des Ouvrages relatifs à l'Amour, aux Femmes, au Mariage, etc., 6 vol., full half mor. gilt, t. e. g., Turin, 1871-73, 8vo. (373) Dobell, £2 5s. 3453 Diodori Siculi historiarum priscarum a Poggio in latinum traducti (Lib. I. to V.), liber primus incipit, in quo hac continentur totius operis prohemium, fine copy, handsomely bound in brown morocco, sides tooled with an intricate geometrical design, gilt edges by Marius-Michel, Bononiæ, 1472, folio (929) Potter, £12 [Editio Princeps of the Latin version with a date, at the end of which is probably the first edition of Tacitus, " De Situ, Moribus, et Populis Germaniæ," it being called "Libellus Aureus." Although no name of printer is subjoined, the type is precisely conformable to the smaller character of Azoguidi.-Catalogue.] 3454 Dorat (C. J.) Les Baisers, avec l'Imitation des Auteurs Latins, brilliant impressions of the engravings by Eisen and Marillier, LARGE HOLLAND PAPER, with the title in red and black, very fine copy, contemporary calf, 1770, 8vo. (377) Potter, £14 55. 3455 Drollery. Wit's Labyrinth, Wise and Ingenious Sayings and Phrases for the English Ncbility and Gentry, by J. S. Gent, first edition, half morocco, 1648, small 4to. (378) Sotheran, 17 5s. 3456 Dryden (John). Works, now first collected, with notes and life by Sir W. Scott, portrait, 18 vol., morocco, plain, inside dentelles, gilt edges (Hering), W. Miller, 1808, 8vo. (379) Young, £4 8s. 3457 Dyer (G.) History of the University of Cambridge, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, plates, and illustrated with an extensive series of portraits, red morocco extra, border of gold on sides, gilt edges, 1814, 8vo. (385) Young, £2 3458 Egan (P.) Real Life in London, complete in the original parts, coloured plates by Alken, Dighton, Rowlandson, etc., with the two extra plates, 1821-22, 8vo. (386) Sabin, £15 5s. 3459 [Egan (P.)] Real Life in Ireland; or, Day and Night Scenes of Brian Boru, Esq., and his elegant friend Sir Shawn O'Dogherty, a picture of high and low life in Dublin and various parts of Ireland, by a real Paddy, first edition, with original impressions of the frontispiece, and 18 humorous plates by Henry Alken, W. Heath, etc., fine uncut copy, red morocco extra, t. e. g. by Rivière, 1821, 8vo. (387) 3461 Elyot (Sir Thomas). Maggs, £10 5s. 3460 Eliot (George). Works, first editions, consisting of Scenes of Clerical Life, 2 vol., 1858-Adam Bede, 3 vol., 1859Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., 1860-Silas Marner, 1851Romola, 3 vol., 1863-Felix Holt, 3 vol., 1866-The Spanish Gypsy, 1868-Middlemarch, 4 vol., 1871-72—Jubal, and other Poems, 1874-Daniel Deronda, 4 vol., 1876-Impressions of Theophrastus Such, 1879-Essays and Leaves from a Note Book, 1884- Life, by J. W. Cross, 3 vol., 1885, 30 vol., fine uncut set, calf extra, t. e. g. by Rivière, 1858-85, 8vo. (388) Robson, £13 10S. The Boke named the Governour, W. Herbert's copy, with his autograph, corners off page 1, otherwise good copy, black letter, In aedibus Thomae Marshi, 1565, 8vo. (389) Leighton, L1 5s. 3462 Eon de Beaumont (Chev. d'). Les Loisirs, pendant son séjour en Angleterre, 13 vol., old French morocco, full gilt backs, line sides, gilt edges by Derome, Amsterdam, 1774, 8vo. (393) B. F. Stevens, £3 35. 3463 Erasmus (D.) Enchiridion Militis Christiani, the Handsome Weapon of a Chrysten Knight, black letter, fine copy, red morocco extra, gilt edges, W. Powell, 1548, 8vo. (396) Leighton, £3 10s. 3464 Estienne (H.) Art of Making Devises, with a Catalogue of Cornet Devises on both the King and Parliament sides in the late Civil War, 1642, frontispiece by Marshall, and plates, calf, g. e., 1650, small 4to. (397) Leighton, £1 IOS. 3465 Fielding (Henry). Miscellanies (Poems, Essays, Theatrical Pieces, Life of Jonathan Wild the Great), first edition, LARGE PAPER, 3 vol., fine copy, polished calf_extra, gilt edges by Bedford, 1743, 8vo. (401) Russell, £5 3466 Fielding (Henry). Works, with Life by Arthur Murphy, 12 vol., portrait after Hogarth, contemporary calf gilt, 1783, 8vo. (402) Young, £I 4s. [In this edition was first printed "The Fathers, or the Good Natured Man," and the names of the performers of the plays are given.-Catalogue.] 3467 Flecknoe (Rich.) Sixty-Nine Characters, all very exactly drawn to the life, pleasant and full of delight, second edition, morocco extra, gilt edges, W. Crook at the Three Bibles on London Bridge, 1665, 8vo. (406) Sotheran, £1 25. 3468 Fletcher (R.) __ Martial his Epigrams, translated with sundry Poems and Fancies, portrait of Martial by Vaughan (shaved on fore margin), title in red and black, tall copy, half morocco, gilt edges, 1656, 8vo. (407) Edwards, £3 3469 Français (Les) Peints par Eux-Mêmes. Encyclopédie Morale du 19 Siècle, avec Province et le Prisme, many hundred illustrations, 9 vol., calf extra, gilt edges. Paris, Curmer, 1841-42, imperial 8vo. (412) Edwards, 1 75. Frasers of Philorth, 3470 Fraser, Lord Saltoun (Alex.) The numerous illustrations, 150 copies privately printed, 3 vol., Edinburgh, 1879, 4to. (505) Sotheran, £9 5s. 3471 Gilbert (Sir Humphrey). A Discourse of a Discoverie for a New Passage to Cataia, black letter (title and 'George Gascoigne to the Reader," inlaid, plain corners of leaves neatly mended, wanted map), half calf, H. Middleton for R. Jhones, 1576, 4to. (512) Quaritch, £3 18s. 3472 Guido (Papa). Perutilia ac summe in practica necessaria, etc., guidonis pape grationopolitani, lit. goth.. 2 columns of 42 lines, MS. notes, large copy, with the blank leaf at the end, old binding, s. 1. et n. t (Valence, Dauphiné), 1496, 4to. (908) Robson, £12 [The first book printed at Valence, in Dauphiné, and of excessive rarity. The place of printing is only a recent discovery. Catalogue.] 3473 Hampole (Rich. Rolle of). Speculum Spiritualium et Opusculum de emendatione vite ac de regula bene vivendi, gothic letter, woodcuts (a portion of blank paper supplied to folio 208, probably a colophon cut out, sold with all faults), fine copy, morocco extra, gilt edges, Printed by Wolfgang Hopyl, at Paris, for that Honest Man, William Bretton, Citizen of London, 1510, 4to. (909) Ridler, £3 15s. [Very rare. One of the few books published by the Stationers at the Sign of the Trinity, in St. Paul's Churchyard, an early London publishing firm. A copy, with some leaves repaired, sold last May for £22 1OS. See BOOKPRICES CURRENT. vol. xi., No. 2998.—Catalogue.] 3474 Herrick (Robert). Hesperides, Poems, first edition, facsimile of Marshall's frontispiece, containing portrait, calf, m. e., rare (sold not returnable), 1648, 8vo. (563) Tregaskis, £2 105. 3475 Heures. Horæ beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Sæc. XV., Manuscript on vellum (214 leaves) of French execution, illuminated throughout, and illustrated with 18 large and finely painted and richly illuminated Miniatures within borders of elabo rate ornament, old French calf, covered with gold tooling, une oraison à la Vièrge en vers français. 666 Ah glorieuse Pucelle, Je te salue comme telle. . . .' à la suite, une autre oraison également en français. . . . Il est orné d'un grand nombre de lettres initiales en or et en couleur ; au recto de toutes les pages, se trouve une large bande également ornementée. Toutes les miniatures sont encadrées d'ornements en or et en couleurs représentant des fleurs, des oiseaux, des insectes, des animaux et figures fantastiques, ainsi que des personnages en costume du XVe Siècle. Dans l'ornementation de 6 de ces miniatures l'on voit au bas les armoiries de la famille Seguier. Très beau manuscrit d'une grande fraîcheur."-Catalogue.] 3476 Heures. Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Rome furentes ache/ vez le. xxi. iour de Nouèbre Lan mil. (the remainder of the date effaced)/ pour Simon vostre Libraire: demourant a Paris a la rue neuue nostre dame a lenseigne Saint Jehan leuangeliste, mark of Philippe Pigouchet on title (almanack 1488 à 1508), morocco extra, gilt edges, Paris (1488), 8vo. (565) Black, £50 [Printed upon vellum ; a unique issue. "Cette édition rarissime contient les quatorze grandes planches qui figurent dans les plus anciennes éditions de Simon Vostre, et une 15° nouvelle représentant la Trinité. Les bordures à fond crible presentent, outre de jolies arabesques, les vertus théologales et cardinales, la vie et la passion de Jésus, la Vie de la Vierge, l'Histoire de Susanne, celle de l'Enfant prodigue, les 15 signes et le Jugement dernier, et enfin la Danse des morts, en 78 sujets. Très bel exemplaire avec gravures en partie coloriées, le Seul Connu jusqu'à présent."-Note from Didot Catalogue.] 3477 Heures. Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Sens toutes au long sans requirir avec les figures de lapo/ calipse: la vie de Thobie et de Judie: les accidens de Lhōme: le triomphe de Cæsar et les miracles de Nostre Dame ont este faictes a Paris pour Simon Vo/stre libraire demourat en la rue neupve Nostre Dame a l'enseigne Sainct levangeliste (almanack 1513-30), morocco extra, gilt edges, Paris (1513), 8vo. (566) Potter, £25 10S. [Apparently a quite undescribed issue. It differs greatly from the Sens book described in the supplement to Brunet, p. 610. Illustrated with 14 large wood engravings, besides numerous small ones, and borders to every page.Catalogue.] |