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5627 Drummond (William, of Hawthornden). Poems, with the portrait by Gaywood, some headlines cut into, russia, g.e., 1656, 8vo. (155) Sotheran, £335. 5628 Higgins (Godfrey). Anacalypsis, an attempt to draw aside the veil of the Saitic Isis, or an inquiry into the origin of Languages, Nations and Religions, 2 vol., plates, original cloth, uncut, 1836, 4to. (561) Macadam, £10 5629 Keats (John). Poems, first edition, title inlaid, in the original half binding, wanted half-title, C. and J. Ollier, 1817, 8vo. (193) Dobell, £57s. 6d. ["This book was given me by John Keats himself, when published in 1817, he living at the time in lodgings near the Poultry, of all places in the world for a descriptive poet ! [The house is now an assurance office.] I lent this book to some Scottish friends, and did not recover it for two years and more; and then it came back to me all over grease, and the title-page torn, or, rather, cut away. So much for lending of books."-MS. note on the fly-leaf.—Catalogue.] 5630 Keats (John). Lamia-Isabella -The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems, first edition, original calf, m. e., 1820, 8vo. (194) Dobell, £85s. 5631 Keats (John). Poetical Works and other Writings, now first brought together, and edited, with Notes, etc. by H. B. Forman, 4 vol., portraits, 1883-Poetry and Prose, by John Keats, edited by H. B. Forman (Supplement to the preceding), portrait, a letter of H. B. Forman's inserted, 1890, original cloth, uncut, 8vo. (195) Quaritch, £7 10s. 5632 Lamb (C.) John Woodvil, a Tragedy, to which are added Fragments of Burton, the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy, first edition, in the original boards, uncut, with inscription on fly-leaf, "Mr. Sugden, with C. Lamb's best regards," 1802, 8vo. (202) Sabin, £25

5633 Lamb (C.) Works, first collective edition, 2 vol., calf gilt, y. e., 1818, 8vo. (213) Bain, £18s. 5634 Lloyd (C.) Poems on the Death of Priscilla Farmer, by her Grandson, Charles Lloyd (in this volume, which is of the utmost rarity, first appeared Coleridge's “Sonnet,” addressed to Charles Lloyd), original wrapper, uncut, in a cloth cover, Bristol, 1796-Cruden. Concordance (imperfect), containing inside cover a Register of the birth of the children of Charles Lloyd, old calf, together 2 vol., 8vo. (468)

Maggs, £28 5635 Lloyd (C.) Edmund Oliver, 2 vol., first edition, inscribed to his friend Charles Lamb, half calf, uncut, Bristol, 1798, 8vo. (228) Spencer, £2 138. 5636 Meredith (George). The Shaving of Shagpat, an Arabian Entertainment, first edition, original cloth, 1856, 8vo. (237) Wise, £1 IS.

5637 Patmore (Coventry). Poems, first edition, original cloth, uncut, Moxon, 1844, 8vo. (246) B. F. Stevens, £2 15s.

[MS. note on fly-leaf, "Great part of this volume was written while printer's devil was waiting in the hall for copy.-C. P."-Catalogue.]

5638 Rowfant Library. Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Drawings, etc. collected by F. Locker-Lampson, frontispiece by George Cruikshank, and portrait, one of 150 copies, an autograph letter from Mr. Locker-Lampson to Mr. Campbell inserted, half bound, uncut, t. e. g., 1886, 8vo. (258) B. F. Stevens, £8 8s. 5639 Selden (John). Table-Talk, published by Ri: Milward, first edition, half calf, 1689, 4to. (423) Bain, £3 5640 Shelley (P. B.) Poetical Works, edited by H. B. Forman, re-issue, with the Notes of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 4 vol., portrait and frontispieces, with MS. notes and printed extracts inserted, original cloth, 1882, 8vo. (278)

Sotheran, £3 5s. 5641 Shelley (P. B.) Letters, with an Introductory Essay by Robert Browning, original cloth, uncut, Moxon, 1852, 8vo. West, £5 2s. 6d.

(280) 5642 Stevenson (R. L.) An Inland Voyage, first edition, original cloth, 1878, 8vo. (308) Spencer, £2 10s. 5643 Stevenson (R. L.) Virginibus Puerisque, and other papers, first edition, original cloth, 1881, 8vo. (310)

Shepherd, 1 16s. 5644 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). Poems, chiefly Lyrical, first edition (several of these poems have never been reprinted), E. Wilson, 1830-Poems (many of these poems have not been reprinted), E. Moxon, 1833, half bound, uncut, t. e. g., in 1 vol., 8vo. (320) B. F. Stevens, £12 5s.

5645 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). In Memoriam, first edition, original cloth, E. Moxon, 1850, 8vo. (327) Maggs, £3 5s. 5646 Wordsworth (William). Lyrical Ballads, with a few other Poems, 2 vol. in 1, first edition of both volumes, with numerous MS. corrections and alterations, by Mr. J. D. Campbell, also a collation of the Southey copy, in the British Museum, original half binding, 1798-1800, 8vo. (350) Maggs, £25s.

5647 Wordsworth (William). Concerning the Relations of Great Britain, Spain and Portugal to each other and to the common Enemy, at this Crisis, and specifically as affected by the Convention of Cintra, first edition, uncut (unbound), 1809, 8vo. (361) Mullings, 1 165. 5648 Wordsworth (William). Letter to a Friend of Robert Burns, occasioned by an intended republication of the Account of the Life of Burns by Dr. Currie, first edition, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g. (some printed extracts inserted at end), 1816, 8vo. (363) Spencer, £2 2s. 5649 Wordsworth (William). A Library Book (in Manuscript) kept by William Wordsworth, in which are entered the titles of the books lent out and the names of the borrowers, in several handwritings, with dates up to 1858, original limp cover, an autograph letter of Mrs. Alfred Hunt inserted, in a case with clasp, 8vo. (382) Sabin, £10 IOS.

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SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A SELECTION FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. FRANCIS DARBY, OF COALBROOKDALE, SHROPSHIRE.

(No. of Lots, 191; amount realised, £1,615 6s.)

5650 Ainsworth (W. H.) Jack Sheppard, a Romance, first edition, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, portrait, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, fine clean copy, R. Bentley, 1839, 8vo. (2) T. Wilson, £8 2s. 6d. 5651 Auerswald (Fabian von). Ringer Kunst, fünff und achtzig stücke zu ehren Kurfurstlichen Gnaden zu Sachssen, etc., arms of Saxony on title, portrait of Auerswald, and 86 woodcuts of wrestling positions, attributed to Lucas Cranach, Wirtemb., Hans Lufft, 1539-Wapen des heyligen römischen Reichs teütscher Nation, Itt. goth., German arms on title, 72 full-page woodcuts of standard bearers by Jacob Kerver, with mark I. K. Frankf. a. M. Cyriacus Jacob, 1545-Bericht und Antzaigen der loblichen Statt Augspurg aller Herren geschlecht so vor fünf hundert und mehr Jaren weder yemandt wissen oder erfaren kan daselbst gewont und bis auf Achte abgestorben, lit. goth., 160 fulllength woodcut figures of German knights with their armorial bearings, Ausgb., 1550, in 1 vol., morocco extra, g. e. (C. Lewis), small folio (4) Gutekunst, £44 5652 Baker (George). History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, LARGE PAPER, plates, etc., some on India paper, 2 vol. in the 5 parts, original boards, uncut, Nichols, 1822-41, folio (7) Maggs, £4 5653 Beaumont and Fletcher. Works, with Introductions and Miscellaneous Notes by H. Weber, portrait, 14 vol., morocco extra, g. e., contents lettered, by J. Wright, Edinburgh, 1812, 8vo. (11) Maggs, £9 5s. 5654 Behmen (Jacob, Teutonic Philosopher). Works, with Life, with figures illustrating his Principles by the Rev. William Law, portrait and plates, 4 vol., old calf, M. Richardson, 1764, 4to. (12) Quaritch, L8 10s. 5655 Boccaccio (John). The Decameron, first edition of the first English translation, both parts, woodcut title in compartments and cuts in the text (interleaved, with the series of vignettes by Romain de Hooghe for the edition of Amst., G. Gallet, 1697, mounted and inserted), first title mended, leaf of table and second title wanted, sold not subject to return, 2 vol., morocco extra, g. e., by C. Lewis, J. Jaggard, 1620, small folio (17) Leighton, £135s. 5656 Boys (T. S.) Picturesque Architecture in Paris, 26 coloured lithographs, half morocco, 1839, imperial folio (20) Parsons, £3 55. 5657 Brathwaite (R.) Barnabæ Itinerarium, or Barnabee's Journal,

edited from the first edition by Jos. Haslewood, 125 copies printed, 2 vol., morocco extra, doublé, a fine specimen of English binding (C. Lewis ?), 1820, small 8vo. (24)

Young, £5 12s. 6d. 5658 British Poets (The), including Translations, with Memoirs, Whittingham's edition, plates, many being in duplicate, with India proofs, 100 vol. in 50, morocco super extra, g. e., by J. Wright, Chiswick, C. Whittingham for J. Carpenter, etc., 1822 (25) Hornstein, £32 10s. 5659 Britton (John). Architectural Works, comprising Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain-Cathedral Cities (14)— Picturesque Antiquities of English Cities-Pugin and Le Keux. Normandy, LARGE PAPER, original editions, many hundred plates, uniformly bound in 14 vol., morocco, g. e., by J. Mackenzie, v. d., 4to. (26) Young, £16 10S.

5660 Britton (John). Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, LARGE PAPER, plates, 5 vol., russia extra, g.e., 1807-26, 4to. (27) Maggs, £5 2s. 6d. 5661 Byron (Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt, first edition, russia, 1812, (572)

£18

[Presentation copy to the Rev. Dr. Clarke from the author, with autograph letter pasted on fly-leaf, signed, "Byron, Mch. 8th, 1812." This copy was sold by Messrs. Puttick & Simpson on June 17th.—ED.]

5662 Carter (John). Specimens of Ancient Sculpture and Painting, etched plates, morocco super extra, g. e., by O. Sumner, of York, Published by J. Carter, Westminster, 1780, folio (30) Young, £5 15s.

5663 Cartwright (William). Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with other Poems, first edition, portrait by Lombart (stanzas omitted in sheet U), calf gilt, g. e., H. Moseley, 1651, 8vo. (31) Pickering, £4 15s. 5664 Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from the Earliest Records to the year 1825, frontispieces and portraits, 6 vol., calf gilt, g. e., Knight and Lacey, 1825, 8vo. (33) Bain, £6 5665 Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Canterbury Tales, with Essay on his Language, etc. by Tho. Tyrwhitt, frontispiece after Stothard, 5 vol., W. Pickering, 1830---Romaunt of the Rose -Troilus and Creseide, and the Minor Poems, with Life by Sir H. Nicholas, ib., 1846, together 8 vol., uniform morocco extra, g. e., by Hayday, 8vo. (36)

5666 Clarendon (Earl of).

J. Bumpus, £6 12s. 6d. History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, first edition, 3 vol., interleaved and extended to 6 vol. and illustrated with 245 portraits of English and foreign personages, specially printed title to each vol., russia gilt, g. e., Oxford, 1707, folio (37)

E. Parsons, £20 5667 Constable (John, R.A.) Memoirs of his Life, composed chiefly of his Letters, by C. R. Leslie, R.A., portrait and 22 engravings by D. Lucas, proofs on India paper (some

foxed), half morocco, fore and lower edges uncut, J. Carpenter, 1843, royal 4to. (42) J. Bumpus, Lio 5668 Dibdin (Dr. T. F.) The Bibliographical Decameron, LARGE PAPER (50 printed), 338 illustrations, with portrait of Tom Payne in spectacles, Diane de Poitiers barenecked, etc. and 100 extra portraits, views and other illustrations inserted, many proofs on India paper, 3 thick vol., half morocco extra, t. e. g., other edges uncut, Printed for the author by W. Bulmer, 1817, super imperial 8vo. (54) Maggs, £90 5669 Dibdin (Dr. T. F.) Typographical Antiquities, by Ames and Herbert, now greatly enlarged, etc., portraits and illustrations, 4 vol., roxburghe, uncut, W. Miller and Longman, 1810-19, 4to. (55) Hill, £6 5670 Drake (Fr.) Eboracum, or the History and Antiquities of the City of York, original edition, portrait, views, plates of antiquities, coats-of-arms, etc. (portrait mounted, title backed), morocco super extra, g. e., by Sumner, of York, W. Bowyer for the author, 1736, folio (60) Oliver, £5 105. 5671 Dugdale (Sir William). Monasticon Anglicanum, new edition, with large additions by Caley, Ellis and Bandinel, LARGE PAPER, with proof impressions of the engravings by Hollar and King from the original coppers (50 copies printed), 8 vol. extended to 12 vol. with a series of the original engravings by Hollar and King, various other additional plates and several original drawings by Coney inserted, morocco super extra, g. e., by C. Smith (bound from the original parts), Longman, etc., 1817-30, royal folio (62)

Daniell, £98

[A note in the fly-leaf of vol. i. of this unique copy shows the original cost of the set as extra illustrated, viz., £350 8s. -ED.] 5672 D'Urfey (Thomas). Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, original edition, portrait by Vertue, 6 vol., russia gilt, m.e., W. Pearson for J. Tonson, 1719-20, small 8vo. (63) Cohen, £5 7s. 6d. 5673 Fortunatus. The History of the Birth, Travels, Strange Adventures and Death of Fortunatus, black letter, woodcuts, half morocco, T. Haly, 1682, small 4to. (72) Cotton, £3 5674 Fox (John). Acts and Monuments of Matters happening in the Church, as newly recognized and perused by the Author, with Life, etc., ninth edition, folding plates and copperplate vignettes in the text, 3 vol., new thick boarded russia, g. e., Stat. Co., 1684, folio (73) Young, £2 8s. 5675 Fraser (J. B.) Views in the Himalaya Mountains, vignette title and 20 large coloured plates, Rodwell, 1820, atlas folio (74) Quaritch, £3 125. 5676 Galerie Royale de Dresde. Recueil d'Estampes d'après les plus célèbres Tableaux, original issue, 100 large plates, besides the portrait of the Elector of Saxony and 2 plans (text in French and Italian), 2 vol. in 1, morocco extra, g.e., Dresde, 1753-7, imperial atlas folio (78) Sotheran, £5 155.

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