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les Figures et Pourtraits des plus beaux Compartimens, Cabanes et Labyrinthes des Jardinages, tant à l'Allemande qu'à la François, descripts en Latin, François, Allemand et Anglois, woodcut title, woodcut designs for flower beds, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, A Genève, pas Estienne Gamonet, 1629, 4to. (416) Quaritch, £8 55. 4728 Macaulay (Rev. Mr. Kenneth). The History of St. Kilda, containing a description of this remarkable Island, the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, etc., folding map, calf extra, by Clarke and Bedford, 1764, 8vo. (317)

B. F. Stevens, £5 [The poet Gray's copy, with his autograph on the titlepage, and with several of his autograph notes on the birds. -Catalogue.] 4729 Manière (La) denter et planter en Jardins, gothic letter, woodcut on title and on last leaf, morocco extra, g. e., by Capé, s. 1. n. d., 8vo. (318) Leighton, £3 14s. 4730 [Markham (G.)] The Pleasures of Princes, or Good Men's Recreations, containing a Discourse of the generall Art of Fishing with the Angle or otherwise, and of all the hidden secrets belonging thereunto, half morocco, John Norton, 1635, 4to. (421) B. F. Stevens, £8 8s. 4731 Markham (G.) Hungers Prevention, or the Whole Art of Fowling by Water and Land, containing all the Secrets belonging to that Art, illustrations, original sheep, F. Grove, 1655, 8vo. (320) Pickering, £3 15s. 4732 Mascall (Leonard). A Booke of the Arte and maner howe to Plant and Grafte all sortes of trees, how to set stones and sowe Pepine to make wylde trees to graffe on, as also remedies and medicines, black letter. woodcuts, half morocco, r. e., Imprinted at London for John Wight, 1575, 4to. (572) Wesley, £6 15s. 4733 Mascall (Leonard). A Book of the Arte and Maner howe to plant and grafte all sortes of trees, howe to set stones and sowe Pepines to make wylde trees to graffe on, as also remedies and medicines, black letter, woodcuts, calf gilt, some headlines shaved, Imprinted by Henrie Denham for John Wright, n. d., 4to. (573) Wesley, £2 18s. 4734 Mascall (Leonard). The Government of Cattell, divided into three Bookes, the first entreating of Oxen, Kine and Calves, the second discoursing of the Government of Horses, the third discovering the ordering of Sheepe, Goetes, Hogges and Dogges, black letter, original vellum, T. Purfoot, 1627, 4to. (574) Quaritch, £3 4735 [Mason (George).] An Essay on Design in Gardening, half morocco, g. t., uncut, original blue wrappers preserved, 1768, 8vo. (322) Sabin, £7 5s.

[On the inside of the wrapper was note in the autograph of the poet Gray: "Mr. Gray will call on Mr. Barrett tomorrow, about nine, to go to Twickenham, and desires him to have a chaise ready; there will then be an opportunity of seeing the enamels, which he cannot easily have at

another time. If he is, anyhow, engaged, desires he will send him word to-day." Also with Mr. Barrett's bookplate. -Catalogue.] 4736 Maund (B.) The Botanic Garden, consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental Flowering Plants cultivated in Great Britain, 13 vol.-The Auctarium, 2 vol.-The Floral Register, 2 vol., together 17 vol., numerous coloured plates, half morocco gilt, no printed title to vol. i., 1825-50, 4to. (577) Quaritch, £7 12s. 6d. 4737 Maund (B.) and J. S. Henslow. The Botanist, consisting of highly finished representations of Tender and Hardy Ornamental Plants, coloured plates, 5 vol., half calf gilt, m. e., n. d., 4to. (578) Quaritch, £5 17s. 6d. 4738 Merry Devill (The) of Edmondton, as it hath been sundry times Acted by his Maiesties Servants at the Globe on the Bancke Side, half morocco, Mitford's copy, T. P. for Francis Walker, 1631, 4to. (580) Pearson, £25

[This comedy was attributed by Kirkman to Shakespeare and on the authority of Coxeter to Drayton.-Catalogue.] 4739 Mollet (André). Le Jardin de Plaisir contenant plusiers desseins de Jardinage tant Parterres en Broderies, Compartements de Gazon, que Bosquets et autres, title within woodcut border, portrait and plates, original vellum, Stockholme, chez Henry Kayser, 1651, folio (653)

Quaritch, £11 55.

4740 Montaigne (M. de). Essayes or Morall, Politike and Militarie Discourses, third edition, whereunto is now newly added an Index of the principall matters and personages mentioned in this Booke, engraved title, original calf, R. Royston, 1632, folio (654) Ellis, £3 158. 4741 Morgan (Sylvanus). The Sphere of Gentry, deduced from the Principles of Nature, an Historical and Genealogical Work of Arms and Blazon, in four Books, frontispiece with portrait of the author and numerous heraldic plates and woodcuts, original calf, with the ex-libris of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 1707, W. Leybourn, 1661, folio (655) Pickering, £3 [A fine copy, containing the Howard Pedigree and the two unpaged leaves, also in the fourth book pages (33) to (40), with the two plates of "The Atchievement of a Baron."-Catalogue.]

4742 Murrel (John). A Daily Exercise for Ladies and Gentlewomen whereby they may learne and practise the whole Art of making Pastes, Preserves, Marmalades, etc., as also to dry Lemonds, Orenges or other Fruits, mottled calf extra, g. e., by Rivière, Printed for the Widow Helme, 1617, 8vo. (332) Pickering, £10 55. 4743 Neale (T.) A Treatise of Direction how to travell safely and profitably into Forraigne Countries, portrait by Marshall, old morocco extra, doublé, covered with a richly gilt pattern of squares, full gilt back, g. e., by Hering, from the Hamilton Palace library, Humphrey Robinson, 1643, 8vo. (334) B. F. Stevens, £9 105.

4744 Parkinson (John). Paradisi in Sole, Paradisus Terrestris, first edition, original calf, 1629, folio (662) Bain, £20 [A reprint the size of the original, with all the full-page illustrations, was published by Methuen & Co. in May, 1904 at 42s. ED.]

4745 Pinæus (A.) Historia Plantarum, earum Imagines, Nomenclature Qualitates et Natale Solum, woodcuts, contemporary French calf gilt, with inscription, “Ludovicus, à Lilliis Lutetiæ, 26th Juni, anno 1566," on the sides, gilt gauffré edges, Lugduni, 1561, 8vo. (479) Pickering, £3 10s. 4746 Pope (Alexander). The Universal Prayer, by the author of the Essay on Man, first edition, unbound, R. Dodsley, 1738, folio (664) B. F. Stevens, £2 10s. 4747 [Pope (Alexander).] The Dunciad, an Heroic Poem, in three books, first edition, owl frontispiece, morocco extra, g.e., by F. Bedford, 7% by 43⁄4 inches, Dublin, printed; London, reprinted for A. Dodd, 1728, 8vo. (484) Simpson, £49 4748 Pope (Alexander). A Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden as it was left at his Death, with a Plan and Perspective View of the Grotto, all taken by J. Serle, his gardener, folding frontispiece and 2 plates, levant morocco, g. t., by Rivière, R. Dodsley, 1745, 4to. (606) B. F. Stevens, £10 10s.

[Bound at the end were eight original drawings in sepia and pencil of the grotto, an autograph letter (one page 4to.) from Pope to Mr. Richardson, and four extra plates.Catalogue.] 4749 Reid (John). The Scots Gardner, in two parts, the first contriving and planting Gardens, Orchards, Avenues, Groves, the second of the Propagation and Improvement of Forrest and Fruit Trees, etc., whereunto is annexed the Gard'ner's Kalendar, woodcuts, original sheep, Edinburgh, by David Lindsay, 1683, 4to. (611) Quaritch, £8 5s. 4750 Rocque (John). Plan of the Country near ten Miles round (London), 16 sheets, half morocco gilt, uncut, 1745, folio (668) Edwards, £2 25. 4751 Rocque (John). Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, with the contiguous Buildings engraved by John Pine, 24 sheets, with the Quarto Alphabetical Index, 2 vol., half morocco gilt, uncut, 1746-7, folio (669) Rimell, £2 6s. 4752 Romney (Rev. J.) Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Romney, also some particulars of the Life of Peter Romney his Brother, portrait, original boards, uncut, 1830, 4to. (612) Rimell, £2 4s. 4753 Rose (John). The English Vineyard Vindicated, with an Address, where the best Plants may be had at easie rates, folding plate, calf extra, Printed by J. Grismond for John Crook, 1666, 8vo. (495) Pickering, £ 12s.

[The possibly unique first edition. It was reprinted in 1675, 1676 and 1690. The preface is by Evelyn, and it was first reprinted at the end of Evelyn's "French Gardener" in 1672.-MS. note.-Catalogue.]

4754 Rushworth (John). Historical Collections of private Matters of State, weighty Matters in Law, remarkable Proceedings in five Parliaments from 1618 to 1648, also the Tryal of Thomas Earl of Stafford, portraits, 8 vol., LARGE PAPER, morocco extra, gilt panelled sides, full gilt backs, g. e., 1721, folio (670) Hopkins, £5 4755 Savile (George Lord, Marquess of Halifax). Ladys (The) New-Years Gift, or Advice to a Daughter, under these following heads, Religion, Husband, House and Family, etc., contemporary calf, g. e., 1688, 8vo. (614) Courcel, £3 4756 Scot (R.) A Perfite Platforme of a Hoppe Garden and necessarie Instructions for the making and maytenaunce thereof, with notes and rules for reformation of all abuses commonly practised therein, black letter. woodcuts, calf extra, joints, g. e., by Charles Lewis, Henrie Denham, 1578, 4to. (614) Quaritch, £5 4757 Scot (R.) A Perfite Platforme of a Hoppe Garden and necessarie Instructions for the making and maytenance thereof, with notes and rules for reformation of all abuses commonly practised therein, black letter. woodcuts, calf extra, g. e., by Rivière, wanted signature a i., being the leaf with signature only, preceding title, Henrie Denham, 1574, 4to. (613) Ellis, £4 55. 4758 Shaw (Rev. S.) History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, compiled from the Manuscripts of Huntbach, Loxdede, Bishop Lyttleton and other Collections, maps, views, plates of antiquities, pedigrees, etc., 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, russia extra, g.e., Sir Mark Masterman Sykes' copy, with his arms on the sides, 1798, folio (673) Edwards, £19 58. 4759 Shelley (G. E.) Handbook to the Birds of Egypt, coloured plates, original cloth, uncut, Van Voorst, 1872, 8vo. (504) Quaritch, £2 145. 4760 Smith (J. T.) Nollekens and his Times, comprehending a Life of that celebrated Sculptor and Memoirs of several contemporary Artists, portrait, 2 vol., extra illustrated and extended to 4 vol. by the insertion of upwards of 300 portraits, views and original drawings, including one by Angelica Kauffman, 18 autograph letters or signatures, russia extra, g. e., from W. Upcott's collection, 1829, 8vo. (506) Rimell, £7 158. 4761 Sowerby (James). British Mineralogy, or Coloured Figures intended to elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain, coloured plates, 5 vol., half morocco, 1804-17, 8vo. (509) Quaritch, £6 12s. 6d. 4762 Sowerby (James). Exotic Botany, consisting of Coloured Figures and Scientific Descriptions of such New, Beautiful or Rare Plants as are worthy of Cultivation in the Gardens of Britain, with remarks by J. E. Smith, coloured plates, 2 vol. in 1, calf, binding broken, 1804, 4to. (615) Quaritch, £2 4763 Sprigge (Joshua). Anglia Rediviva, England's Recovery, being the History of the Motions, Actions and Successes of the Army under the immediate Conduct of Sr. Thomas

Fairfax, Captain General of all the Parliaments Forces in England, equestrian portrait by Marshall, large folding plate and woodcut shield of arms, morocco extra, g. e., by F. Bedford, 1647, folio (675) Pickering, £5 4764 Sussex Archæological Collections, illustrating the History and Antiquities of the County, illustrations, vol. i. to xxxix. and index to vol. i. to xxv., original cloth, 1848-94, 8vo. (523) Harding, £8 5s. 4765 Swift (Jonathan). A Tale of a Tub, to which is added an Account of a Battel between the Ancient and Modern Books in St. James's Library, first edition, original calf, John Nutt, 1704, 8vo. (524) Spencer, £4 10s. 4766 Swift (Jonathan). Travels into several remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver, first edition, portrait and maps by Sturt (separate pagination), 2 vol., 1726--Travels into several remote Nations of the World, vol. iii. (not by Swift), 1727, together 3 vol., original calf gilt, 8vo. (525) Ellis, £15 4767 Tate (N.) and N. Brady. A New Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in Churches, first edition, contemporary morocco, gilt panelled sides, full gilt back, g. e., 1696, 8vo. (528) B. F. Stevens, £3 10s. 4768 Taverner (John). Certaine Experiments concerning Fish and Fruite, black letter, calf extra, g. e., Printed for William Ponsonby, 1600, 4to. (630) Pickering, £10 5s. 4769 Tijou (John). A New Booke of Drawings, containing severall sortes of Iron Worke, as Gates, Frontispieces, Balconies, Staircases, Pannells, etc., 20 plates, unbound, Sold by the author in London, 1693, folio (679) Quaritch, £16 16s. 4770 Torquemada (A. de). The Spanish Mandeville of Miracles, or the Garden of Curious Flowers, translated from the Spanish by Ferdinando Walker, calf, E. Matts, 1600, 4to. (633) B. F. Stevens, £3 35. 4771 Turberville (George). The Booke of Faulconerie, or Hauking for the onely delight and pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen, first edition, black letter. woodcuts, morocco extra, blind tooled, sides and back, g. e., by F. Bedford, one headline shaved, C. Barker, 1575, 4to. (634)

Sotheran, £40 4772 Turberville (George). The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, wherein is handled and set out the Vertues, Nature and Properties of fifteene sundry Chaces, together with the order and manner how to hunt and kill every one of them, black letter, woodcuts, T. Purfoot, 1611-The Book of Falconrie or Hawking, black letter, woodcuts, ib., 1611, in I vol., original vellum, 4to. (635) Bond, £11 15s. 4773 Turner (J. M. W.) Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England, 85 plates and vignettes, proofs, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, Morocco extra, g. e., by C. Smith, 1826, folio (680) Hopkins, £4 4774 Turner (W.) The Names of Herbes, in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duche and French, with the commune names that Herbaries and Apotecaries use, black letter, morocco

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