2557 ADAMSON (John) ΤΑΤΩΝΜΟΥΕΩΝ ΕΙΣΟΔΙΑ. THE MUSES WEL. COME TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTIE PRINCE JAMES, by the Grace of God King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc., AT HIS HAPPIE RETURNE TO HIS OLD AND NATIVE KINGDOME OF SCOTLAND after XIIII Yeers absence in Anno 1617. Edinburgh, printed by Thomas Finlason, Printer to his most excellent majestie, 1618. FIRST EDITION, portrait of the King, and fine initials, etc., throughout, sm. folio, a very fine copy in the original vellum, very scarce in this fine state, £8 18s 6d 2558 ADDISON (Joseph) A POEM TO HIS MAJESTY, PRESENTED TO THE LORD KEEPER, BY MR. ADDISON, OF MAG. COLL., OXON. Jacob Tonson, 1695. FIRST EDITION, folio, sewn, I Is One of the earliest productions of this celebrated writer. 2559 ADDISON (Joseph) RosAMOND, AN OPERA, humbly inscribed to her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough. 1707. FIRST EDITION, 4to, sewn, 10s 2560 ADDISON (Joseph) THE CAMPAIGN, A POEM, to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, by Mr. Addison. Jacob Tonson, 1705. FIRST EDITION, wormholes in blank top margin, folio, fine copy, sewn. UNCUT (very rare thus), £2 2s 2561 Another Copy, not uncut, but a good one, sewn, 155 ADDISON (Joseph).-See also under CREECH (Thomas) 2562 AINSWORTH (William Harrison) THE TOWER OF LONDON, A HISTORICAL ROMANCE. R. Bentley, 1840. FIRST EDITION, with fine impressions of all the excellent etchings and woodcuts by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, 8vo, A REMARKABLY FINE COPY BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS, WITH ALL THE COVERS AND ADVERTISE MENTS PRESERVED, very scarce in this fine and interesting state, calf extra, top edges gilt, UNCUT, by RIVIERE, 10 IOS 2563 ALKEN (Henry) REAL LIFE IN IRELAND, or THE DAY AND NIGHT SCENES, ROVINGS, RAMBLES, AND SPREES, BULLS, BLUNDERS, BODDERATION AND BLARNEY OF BRIAN BORU, Esq., and his elegant friend SIR SHAWN O'DOGHERTY. EXHIBITING A REAL PICTURE OF CHARACTERS, MANNERS, IN HIGH AND LOW LIFE IN DUBLIN AND VARIOUS PARTS OF IRELAND, etc, BY A REAL PADDY. 1821. FIRST EDITION, with frontispiece and the series of eighteen AMUSING COLOURED plates by HENRY ALKEN, W. HEATH, etc., one torn but mended, 8vo, old half calf, £8 ̄18s 6d This, the original issue, must not be confounded with the reprint. 2564 ALKEN (Henry) SHAKESPEARE'S SEVEN AGES OF MAN. M'Lean, 1824. FIRST EDITION, with a series of seven large COLOURED PLATES by HENRY ALKEN, and the leaf of text, oblong folio, very fine copy in the original printed covers, UNCUT, £7 7s Very scarce thus. 2565 AMERICA.-A REVIEW OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA, from the Commencement of the French Hostilities on the FRONTIERS OF VIRGINIA in 1753, TO THE SURRENDER OF OSWEGO on the 14th of August, 1756, INTERSPERSED WITH VARIOUS OBSERVATIONS, CHARACTERS, AND ANECDOTES, NECESSARY TO GIVE LIGHT INTO THE CONDUCT OF THE AMERICAN TRANSACTIONS IN GENERAL, AND MORE ESPECIALLY INTO THE POLITICAL MANAGEMENT OF AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK. 1757. 4to, fine copy, sewn, £5 15s 2566 AMERICA.-History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, APPLIED TO THE PRESENT CONTEST BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND HER AMERICAN COLONIES, WITH REFLECTIONS CONCERNING THE FUTURE SETTLEMENT OF THESE COLONIES. 1777. 4to, sewn, 10s 6d 2567 AMERICA. JOURNAL OF the House of Assembly, of LOWER CANADA, From the 24th January to the 2nd May, 1797, both days inclusive, In the thirty-seventh year of the Reign of King George the Third, being the First Session of the Second Provincial Parliament of this Province. Quebec: Printed by Order of the House of Assembly and sold by John Neilson, 1797. 4to, old calf, £3 35 An interesting volume in English and French, 2568 AMERICA.-An Account of the Arraignments and Tryals of Col. Richard Kirkby, Capt. Cooper Wade, Capt. Samuel Vincent and Capt. Christopher Fogg, on a complaint exhibited by the Judge-Advocate, on behalf of Her Majesty, at a Court Martial held on board the Ship Breda, in PORT-ROYAL HARBOUR IN JAMAICA, in AMERICA, 8, 9, 10, and 12 days of October, 1702, for Cowardice, Neglect of Duty, Breach of Orders, and other Crimes, committed by them in a fight at sea, commenced the 19th of August, 1702, off of St. Martha, in the Latitude of ten degrees North, near the Main-Land of America between Hon. John Benbow, Esq., and Admiral Du Casse with four French Ships of War, for which Col. Kirkby and Capt. Wade were sentenced to be shot to death, transmitted from two Eminent Merchants at Port-Royal in Jamaica, to a Person of Quality in the City of London. 1703. Folio, sewn, 12s 6d 2569 AMERICA.-M. T. CICERO'S CATO MAJOR, or his DISCOURSE OF Old Age, with Explanatory NOTES. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by B. FRANKLIN, 1744- 8vo, a remarkable copy, THE EDGES BEING TOTALLY UNCUT AS ISSUED, in a specially designed binding, olive green morocco extra, the sides richly covered with artistic and appropriate tooling and inlaying, inside silk linings, top edges gilt, by RIVIERE AND SON (THIS EXCELLENT PIECE OF BINDING WAS EXPRESSLY DESIGNED FOR THIS COPY), £87 A fine example of this interesting volume, which Benjamin Franklin always took pride in, and looked upon it as the best production of his press. In concluding his address to the reader, Franklin says "I shall add to these few lines my hearty wish that THIS FIRST TRANSLATION OF A CLASSIC IN THE WESTERN WORLD may be followed with many others performed with equal judgment and success; and be a happy omen that PHILADELPHIA SHALL BECOME THE SEAT OF THE AMERICAN MUSES." The translation was the work of James Logan. The only other copy we know of being offered for sale in this country in recent years in uncut state like the above sold by auction last year for £87, unbound; the binding alone on the present copy cost over £17. : 2570 AMERICA.-NEW-ENGLAND JUDGED, not by Man's, but by the Spirit of the Lord and the Sum sealed up of NEW ENGLAND'S PERSECUTIONS being a relation of the Sufferings of the PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS IN THOSE PARTS OF AMERICA, from the beginning of the 5th month, 1656 (the time of their first arrival at Boston from England), to the latter end of the 10th month, 1660, wherein the Cruel Whipings and Scourgings Bonds and Imprisonments, Beatings and Chainings, Starvings and Huntings, Fines and Confiscation of Estates, Burning in the Hands and cutting off Ears, Orders of Sale for Bondmen and Bondwomen, Banishment upon pain of Death, and putting to Death of those people are shortly touched with a relation of the manner and some of the other most material proceedings, and a Judgement thereupon, In answer to a certain Printed Paper called A DECLARATION OF THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETS, HOLDEN AT BOSTON. 1658. Also a further relation of THE CRUEL AND BLOODY SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS IN NEW ENGLAND, continued from 1660 to 1665. An Answer to Cotton Mather's Abuses of the said People, etc., etc., by GEORGE BISHOP. 1703. Sm. thick 8vo, Cambridge panelled calf extra, by Tout, £5 5s 2571 AMERICA.-RECUEIL D'ESTAMPES REPRESENTANT LES DIFFERENTS EVENEMENS DE LA GUERRE QUI A PROCURE LINDEPENDENCE AUX ETATS UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE. à Paris, N.D. (circa 1783). Engraved throughout with 16 fine plates after Fauvel, Godefroy, Marillier, etc., 4to, original boards, UNCUT, £8 18s 6d These excellent plates represent the following:-1. Frontispiece et Precis de la Guerre. 2. Origine de la Revolution. 3. Journée Lexington. 4. Reddition de l'Armee du Gen. Burgoyne. 5. Prise de la Dominique. 6. Prise du Senegal 7. Prise de la Grenade. 8. Prise de Pensacola. 9. Prise de Tabago. 10. Reddition de 1 Armee de Cornwallis. 11. Surprise de St. Eustache. Siege du Fort St. Philippe. 13. Attaque de Brimstonhill. 14. Carte des Etats Unie. 15. Cartes Particulieres. 16. Precis du Traite de Paix. 12. 2572 AMERICA.-The Counterpart to the State Dunces, by A NATIVE OF NEW YORK. 1733. Folio, sewn, 10s 6d 2573 AMERICA.—TRAVELS INTO NORTH AMERICA, containing ITS NATURAL HISTORY, AND A CIRCUMSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF ITS PLANTATIONS AND AGRICULTURE IN GENERAL, with the CIVIL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND COMMERCIAL STATE OF THE COUNTRY, THE MANNERS OF THE INHABITANTS, and several Curious and Important Remarks on various subjects, by PETER KALM, translated into English by JOHN REINHOLD FORSTER. 1772. With map and several illustrations, 2 vols, 8vo very fine copy in old bright calf, full gilt back, etc., £3 3s 2574 ANGLING.-NORTH (THE HON. ROGER) A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISHPONDS, done by a Person of Honour. E. Curll, 1714. Small 8vo, original blue paper covers as issued, £I IS 2575 ANGLING -PULMAN (GEORGE P. R.) THE BOOK OF THE AXE: containing a PISCATORIAL Description of that Stream, and a History of all the Parishes and Re markable Spots upon its Banks. 1854. FIRST EDITION, with several illustrations and a map, 8vo, fine copy in the original cloth, as issued, UNCUT, £I IS 2576 ANGLING.-RONALDS (ALFRED) The Fly-fisher's Entomology, with coloured representations of the natural and artificial insects, and a few observations on Trout and Grayling Fishing. 1844. EXCELLENTLY COLOURED plates, a hole through some pages, 8vo, original cloth, 12s 6d 2577 ANGLING.-Salmonia, or Days of Fly-Fishing, in a Series of Conversations, with some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the Genus Salmo, by Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. 1851. Engravings, 12mo, neat half calf, 4s 6d 2578 ANGLING.-The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, EDITED BY JOHN MAJOR. 1844. Portraits and excellent engravings by John Absolon, sm. 8vo, half calf gilt, neat, 7s 6d 2579 ANGLING.-The Practical Angler, or The Art of Trout Fishing, more particularly applied to Clear Water, by W. C. Stewart. Edinburgh, 1857. Engravings, 12mo, cloth, 38 6d 2580 ANGLING.-Walton (Isaac) The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Elliot Stock, 1876. Sm. 8vo, cloth, 4s 6d Facsimile reprint of the scarce First Edition. 2581 ANGLING.-Walton (Isaac) and Cotton (Charles) The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing, with Lives of the Authors and Historical, Critical, and Explanatory Notes by SIR JOHN HAWKINS, KNT. 1792. Plates, 8vo, old calf, 7s 6d 2582 ANGLING.-Young (Andrew) The Angler and Tourist's Guide to the Rivers, Lakes, and Remarkable Places in the Northern Counties of Scotland, to which is added Instructions to Young Anglers. Edinburgh, 1857. Folding map, 12m0, cloth, 25 od 2583 ANGLING.- For an early illustration of a man fishing with a rod, see under COOKERY 2584 ANNE (Queen) The Humble Address of the Lords and Commons, presented to Her Majesty Dec. 18, 1705, and Her Majestie's most gracious Answer thereto. 1705. Sm. folio, 2 LEAVES, 4S 2585 ANNE (Queen) Thura Britannica, a Congratulatory Poem to Her Majesty Queen Anne and the whole Realm for the late Signal and Happy Success of Her Majesty's Forces, both by Sea and Land, by W. H. 1702. Folio, sewn, 4s 2586 ARCHER (Henry, of All Hallows, Lombart St.) The Personal Reign of Christ upon Earth, in a treatise wherein is fully and largely laid open and proved that Jesus Christ, together with the Saints, shall visibly possess a Monarchical State and Kingdome in this world, which sheweth: 1. That there shall be such a Kingdome; 2. The The manner of it; 3. The Duration of it; 4. The time when it is to begin. 1642. 4to, sewn, 5s This author is not mentioned by Allibone. 2587 ARCHERY.-WOOD (WILLIAM, Marshal to the Regiment of Archers) THE BOWMAN'S GLORY, or ARCHERY Revived, giving an Account of the many signal favours vouchsafed to Archers and Archery by those renowned Monarchs King Henry VIII and as by their several gracious commissions here recited may appear, with a brief relation of the manner of the Archers marching on several days of solemnity. 1682. Black Letter, small 8vo, VERY FINE COPY, in the original sheep, £3 3s At page 32 occurs another title-page, as follows: -"Remembrance of the Worthy Show and Shooting by the Duke of Shoreditch and his Associates the Worshipful Citizens of London upon Tuesday, the 17th of Sept., 1583, set forth according to the truth thereof, to the everlasting honour of the game of shooting in the Long Bow, by W. M., 1682." 2588 ARCHITECTURE.-A Brief Discourse concerning the Three Chief Principles of Magnificent Building, By Sr. Balthazar Gerbier D'Ouvilly, Knight. 1665. 12mo, original sheep, IOS 6d 2589 ARCHITECTURE.-A PLATFORM FOR PURCHASERS, A GUIDE FOR BUILDERS, A MATE FOR MEASURERS, by WILLIAM LEYBOURN. 1685. Frontispiece and plates, small 8vo, old calf, 10s 6d 2590 ARCHITECTURE.-A TREATISE OF ARCHITECTURE, with Remarks and Observations by that Excellent Master thereof, SEBASTIAN LE CLERC, Knight of the Empire, Designer and Engraver to the Cabinet of the Late French King and Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences Necessary for Young People who would apply to that Noble Art, Engraven in CLXXXI Copper plates, by JOHN STURT, Translated by MR. CHAMBERS. 1724. Portrait and excellently engraved throughout by John Sturt, 8vo, original calf, £1 158 Dedication plate to the FREEMASONS, with short account of the order. 2591 ARCHITECTURE.-DESIGNS OF INIGO JONES AND OTHERS published by J. WARE. 1743. Fifty-three beautiful engravings, 8vo, old calf, £2 10s 2592 ARCHITECTURE.-LANGLEY (BATTY) THE YOUNG BUILDERS RUDIMENTS: or The Principles of Geometry, Mechanicks, Mensuration, and Perspective, Geometrically demonstrated, together with the five orders of COLUMNS IN ARCHITECTURE, according to the Proportions of the CELEBRATED PALLADIO, Calculated for the Use of Workmen, Gentlemen and Others who delight in Designing. Drawing, Painting, Engraving, AND GARDENING, etc. 1730. Illustrated with excellent engravings by B. Cole, etc., 4to, fine copy in old calf, 18s 2593 ARCHITECTURE.-PRACTICAL ARCHITECTURE, or a Sure Guide to the True Working according to the Rules of that Science. Representing the Five Orders, with their several Doors and Windows taken from INIGO JONES and OTHER CELEBRATED ARCHITECTS; to each plate tables containing the exact proportions of the several parts are likewise fitted very useful to all lovers of Architecture, but particularly so to those who are engaged in ye noble art of Building, by WILLM. HALFPENNY. 1704. Engraved throughout on one side of the page only, small 8vo, very fine copy in original calf, 15s 2594 ARCHITECTURE.-THE MIRROUR OF ARCHITECTURE: or the GROUNDRULES OF THE ART OF BUILDING exactly laid down by VINCENT SCAMOZZI, Mr. Builder of Venice, Reviewed and Inlarged with additions by JOACHIM SCHUYM, of Amsterdam, Translated out of the Dutch by W. F., to which is added the description and use of an ordinary Joint Rule, etc., etc., by JOHN BROWNE 1669. Fine engraved frontispiece and numerous plates, wormhole in inner margin, small 4to, old sheep, 18s 2595 ARNOLD (Edwin) HERO AND LEANDER, from the Greek of Museus. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, 4to, sewn, 5s N.D. |