Titian's designs, russia, y. e., Venet., G. B. Sessa, 1598, 8vo. (1175) Sotheran, £2 25. 4249 Chapman (George). The Whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poets, in his Iliads and Odysses, translated according to the Greek, first collected edition, with the Batrachomyomachia and Hymnes (title wanted, 2 last leaves mended, the Iliad wanted leaf of faults escaped, had engraved title and plate to the memory of Henry Prince of Wales (remargined), printed and engraved title to the Odyssey, the latter from the first issue of the Odyssey (also re-margined), crushed morocco, g. e., by Larkins, N. Butter, etc., n. d. (circa 1616), small folio (1177) Edwards, £5 2s. 6d. 4250 Copinger (W. A.) Incunabula Biblica, or the First Half Century of the Latin Bible, 1450-1500, 54 facsimiles, cloth, uncut, Quaritch, 1892, folio (1178) Tregaskis, £2 8s. 4251 Bible (Holy). The Byble, that is to Say, al the Holy Scripture. faythfully set furth according to ye Coppy of Thomas Mathewes Translacio, whereunto are added certain learned Prologes, black letter, woodcut titles, cuts in the text and ornamental initials, first title backed and letterpress in MS. facsimile, 2 leaves in New Testament mended, several preliminary leaves, 2 leaves in Revelation and a leaf of Table at end wanted, short copy, several margins cut into, sold not subject to return, modern morocco gilt, J. Day, 1551, folio (1181) Sotheran, £4 5s.

The Property of a Gentleman.

4252 Shakespeare (William). The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie the fift, with the humours of Sir John Falstaffe and Swaggering Pistoll. As it hath been sundrie times publikely acted by the right honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his Servants, written by William Shakespeare (contained 43 leaves, including title, A-Lj in 4's, E having 6 leaves), title washed, last leaf washed and mended, headlines slightly shaved, morocco extra, inside dentelles, g. e., by F. Bedford, Printed by V. S. for Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, small 4to. (1182) B. F. Stevens, £1,035

[The first edition of the second part of King Henry the Fourth. The British Museum contains several copies.ED.]

Books selected from the Library of the late Mr. Charles

Longuet Higgins.

4253 Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury). A Defence of the True and Catholike Doctrine of the Sacrament of the body and bloud of our Saviour Christ, with a confutation of sundry errors, etc., first edition, black letter, title within woodcut border (wanted leaf with colophon at end), calf antique, r. e. [Raynald Wolfe, 1550], 4to. (1183)

J. L. White, 2 105.

4254 Henry VIII. A Necessary Doctrine and Erudition for any Christen Man, set furthe by the Kynges Majestie of Englande, etc., black letter, title within woodcut border, woodcut ornamental initials, morocco gilt, g. e., Thomas Berthelet in Flete Strete, 1543, small 4to. (1184) Quaritch, £6 4255 Henry VIII. Assertio Septem Sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, ædita ab invictissimo Angliæ et Franciæ Rege, et Do. Hyberniæ Henrico eius Nominis Octavo, editio prima, title within woodcut border by Holbein of Mutius and Porsenna, woodcut initials (a few leaves stained), in the original Pynson calf binding, with stamped ornamental panels, the outer borders stamped with large roses and fleurs-de-lis (re-backed and recornered), Apud Londinum in ædibus Pynsonianis, 1521, 4to. (1185) Quaritch, £90

[Archbishop Cranmer's copy, with his signature "Thomas Canturien " on title, and MS. notes by him in some margins. It was afterwards in the possession of John, the last Lord Lumley, whose signature is also on the title. Subsequently it was possessed successively by William Herbert and James Bindley.-Catalogue.]

4256 Caxton (William). The Ryal (or Royal) Book, or Book for a King [at end on 9): This book was compyled & made atte requeste of Kyng Phelyp of Fraunce in the yere mcclxxix. & translated or reduced out of Frensshe into Englysshe by me Wyllyam Caxton, atte requeste of a Worshipful Marchaunt a Mercer of London... whyche translacon or reducyng was achyeved fynysshed and accomplysshed the xiii. day of Septembre in the yere or thyncarnacyon of our lord mcccclxxxiiii., and in the Second Yere of the regne of Kyng Rychard the thyrd, black letter [Blades, type 5], long lines, 33 to a full page, with signatures a-9 in 8's, 6 woodcuts, 2 leaves in facsimile, margins of 5 leaves repaired, only in one case slightly injuring a letter or two, wide margins (measured close on II by 74 inches), morocco, with stamped blind antique ornaments, g. e., by Clarke and Bedford [Printed by Wm. Caxton at Westminster, 1487-8], small folio (1186)

Brooke, £295 4257 [Caxton (William).] Vitas Patrum, "Here foloweth the lyff of the Olde Auncyent holy faders hermytes, late translated out of Latyn into Frenshe and dylygently corrected in the Cyte of Lyon ye yere . . . mcccclxxxvi., upon that whiche hath be wryten and also translated out of Greke into Latyn by Saint Jerome," etc. ["translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by Wyllyam Caxton of Westmynstre late deed and fynysshed it at the laste daye of his lyff”], black letter, double columns of 41 lines, numerous woodcuts, old russia gilt, y. e., Emprynted in the sayd towne of Westmynstre be my Wynkyn de Worde the yere of our lorde mcccclxxxxv., small folio (1187)

Quaritch, £151

[The last leaf was defective, and some leaves at the end were stained. With these exceptions the book was in sound condition.-ED.]

4258 Dives and Pauper. ["Here endeth a compendiouse treetise dyalogue of Dives & Paup, that is to say, the riche & the pore fructuously tretyng upon the X. Commandements"], black letter. double columns, 37 lines, with signatures [wanted blank for a 1 of Table, had original blank for a of first sheet, wanted blank at end for T8], some margins mended (contained 242 leaves, including 1 blank), morocco super extra, g.e., Fynisshed the V. day of Juyl. the yere of our lord God mcccclxxxxiii., emprented by me Richarde Pynson, at the temple barre of london, Deo Gracias (1188) Ellis, £75 [The first edition, and the first English book with a date issued from Pynson's press.-Catalogue.].

[APRIL 19TH AND 20TH, 1904.]

PUTTICK & SIMPSON.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION.

(No. of Lots, 555; amount realised, £555 8s.)

4259 Annals of Sporting (The) and Fancy Gazette, a Magazine appropriated to Sporting Subjects, 13 vol., numerous portraits and plates, many being in colours, contemporary half calf, with emblematic tooling (1 plate torn and I slightly cut into, otherwise a sound and genuine set), 1822-1838, 8vo. (351) Williams, £20 4260 Arabian Nights. Burton (Sir R. F.) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with the Supplemental Nights, 16 vol., original cloth, gilt, Benares, 1885-88, 8vo. (96) Bumpus, £29 105. 4261 Astexanus de Ast. (Ord. Minor.) Summa de casibus con scientiæ, 2 vol., lit. goth.. double columns, woodcut border enclosing the first page, initials by hand in various colours, calf, stamped with antique ornaments, by J. Faulkner, Coloniæ, Henr. Quentell, 1479, folio (539) Winter, £5 [The first production of Quentell's press, and the first of the two issues under this date. (Vol. i. wanted sheet B, and vol. ii. had some leaves made up in MS. Sold not subject to return.)-Catalogue.]

4262 Barber (Mary). Drawings of Ancient Embroidery, coloured

Batsford, £1

4263 Beckford (William). Thoughts on Hunting, plates, morocco

plates, cloth gilt, 1880, 4to. (505)

gilt, 1810, 8vo. (316)

Willington, £1 58

4264 Challenger.

Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the Challenger, 50 vol., cloth, v. y., 4to. (243)

Quaritch, £43 4265 Chaucer (G.) The Workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed, with dyvers workes which were never in print before, black letter, calf, Imprynted at London by Thomas Petit dwellyng in Paules churche yarde at the sygne of the Maydens heed (circa 1538), folio (543) Ellis and Elvey, £9 10s. 4266 Cook (Colonel). Observations on Fox Hunting, lithographs, half bound, 1826, 8vo. (425) Fores, £2 5s. 4267 Costume. A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Ancient and Modern, particularly Old English Dresses, after the Designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, to which are added The Habits of the Principal Characters on the English Stage, 4 vol., copperplates, coloured by hand, text in French and English, Spanish calf gilt, g. e., Thomas Jefferys, 1757-72, 4to. (239) Taylor, £9

4268 Creighton (M.) A History of the Papacy during the Reformation, 5 vol., cloth, 1882, 8vo. (99) Hill, £5 4269 Curtius (Dr. E.) History of Greece, translated by A. W. Ward, 5 vol., cloth, 1868, 8vo. (100) Sotheran, £4 125.

4270 Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 vol., ninth edition, morocco, g.e., with specially made oak revolving bookcase, 1886, 4to. (474) Price, £7 5s. 4271 Fanin (Colonel). Royal Museum at Naples (Cabinet secret), plates, half morocco, 1871, 4to. (473) Jarvis, £145. 4272 Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. xiii. to xxiii.—also Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Society-Report of Research in Alexandria- and Supplementary Paper on Athenian Buildings, wrappers, 1892-1903, 4to. (445) Bramwell, £6

£4 55.

4273 Kelmscott Press. The Poems of William Shakespeare, vellum, with ties, 1893, 8vo. (87) 4274 Kelmscott Press. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, numerous full-page illustrations by Sir E. Burne-Jones and ornamental borders, original half binding, uncut, 1896, folio (283) Jebb, £55 4275 Lacroix (P.) Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages -Manners, Customs and Dress-Arts, Science and Literature The 18th Century Customs and Costumes, 5 vol., chromo-lithograph and woodcuts, half morocco gilt, v. y., 8vo. (103) Hopkins, £7 5S.

4276 Lecky (W. E. H.) Democracy and Liberty, 2 vol., cloth, 1896, 8vo. (301) Edwards, £2 4277 Leo (John). A Geographical Historie of Africa, translated by J. Pory, vellum (one leaf imperfect), 1600, folio (537)

Quaritch, £2 4278 Maund (B.) Botanic Garden, complete in 142 parts, coloured plates, n. d., 8vo. (104)

4279 Nayler (Sir George). The Coronation of George the Fourth, coloured portraits costume, half morocco, 1824, folio (534)

XVIII.

Bumpus, 1 95. His Majesty King of peers, etc. in

Fores, £8 10s. 28

4280 New Sporting Magazine (The), vol. i. to xix., plates, half calf, 1831-1840, 8vo. (101)

4281 Ormerod (George).

Spencer, £3 35. History of the County Palatine and the City of Chester, 3 vol., plates, etc., half morocco, t. e. g., 1882, folio (274)

Quaritch, £4 10s. 4282 Palliser (Mrs. Bury). History of Lace, illustrations, cloth, uncut, 1902, 8vo. (313)

Fores, £116s.

£125.

Edwards, £1 45. 4283 "Phiz." A Run with the Stag-Hounds, coloured plates, boards, 1863 (531) 4284 Picart (Bernard). Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde, 4 vol., plates, calf, 1789, folio (281) 4285 Rowley (G. D.) Ornithological Miscellany, 3 vol., coloured plates, cloth, 1876-78, 4to. (241) Edwards, LIS. 4286 Ruding (Rev. R.) Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain, 3 vol., plates, 1840, 4to. (483) Hadz, LA 4287 Scrope (William). Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing on the Tweed, first edition, lithographs and wood engravings by Haghe, Landseer and Williams, original cloth, uncut, 1843, 8vo. (77) Nunn, £7 105.

[APRIL 20TH, 1904.]

CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS.

THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE RIGHT HON. C. SEALE
HAYNE, M.P.

(No. of Lots, 300; amount realised, £655 5s. 6d.)

4288 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic Histories of England and Rome, 3 vol., first editions, with 30 coloured plates by Leech, and upwards of 300 woodcuts, cloth, 1847-8, 8vo. (i)

Rimell, £2 6s. 4289 Behn (Mrs. A.) Plays, Histories and Novels, with Life and Memoirs, portrait, 6 vol., boards, 1871, 8vo. (9)

Hollings, £255. 4290 Berquin (M.) Romances, with frontispiece and 4 plates after Marillier, morocco, gilt edges, with the Duke of Gloucester's monogram on sides, Paris, 1776, 8vo. (10)

Tregaskis, £110S. 4291 Bewick (T.) Fables of Esop, first edition, with numerous woodcuts by T. Bewick, LARGE PAPER, with the page containing the thumb-mark of Thomas Bewick, calf extra, top edges gilt, 1818, 8vo. (11) Tregaskis, £2 35. 4292 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds, first edition, the figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick, 2 vol., half russia, 1797-1804, 8vo. (13) Fisher, £2 105. 4293 Bewick (T. and J.) Select Fables, with Memoir and Descrip