SECOND DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH―continued. Marlborough, as a Prince of the Empire, quartering the Spencer arms and with elegant figures, ROSES AND BUTTERFLIES; FINE COPY, £20. 1737 Bound (about 1738); probably by Elliot and Chapman. The binding is a little worn, but is still a magnificent specimen of English art in that department. 13568 PARKER (Matthaei) de Antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae et privilegiis Ecclesiae Cantuariensis cum Archiepiscopis ejusdem LXX ... Historia, recensente Samuele Drake, roy. folio, LARGE PAPER, portrait and plates of monuments, armorial shields, etc. calf extra, gilt edges, with the arms of the fifth Lord Sunderland on the sides, £5. Londini, 1729 Bound in 1729 or 1730, immediately after the fifth Earl's accession to the title. 13569 PARKINSON (John) Theatrum Botanicum, the Theater of Plantes, or a universall and compleate Herball, large folio, the engraved title mended, bound in 2 vols. hundreds of woodcuts, gilt russia, the back elaborately gilt and borders of gold on the sides, £10. 10s London, 1640 This book was bound about 1750, and the russia leather is still in fine and sound condition-whilst all the books bound in russia fifty, forty, or thirty years ago are now broken and ruined. This shows that the little colony of Russian workmen established in England about a century and a half ago possessed a secret of which no Englishman has been able to make himself master since. 13570 PLAUTI COMOEDIÆ VIII. Plauti comici clariss. Ampitryo (Asmaria, Aulularia, Captivi, Curculio, Casina, Cistelaria, Epidicus), sm. folio, some ancient MS. notes on the margins, otherwise a fine and large copy in old calf, with the full arms of the second Duke of Marlborough, and the motto, "Fiel pero desdichado," £15. Sine nota This excessively rare edition was printed somewhere in the north of Italy about the year 1475. It looks even older, but as it has signatures it cannot be earlier than 1474. So far as I can learn, the vellum copy in the Paris National Library is the only other one recorded. Brunet copies Van Praet's account, and none of the other standard bibliographers have mentioned it. 13571 QUATUOR EVANGELIA GRÆCE, sm. 4to. Byzantine Manuscript on Vellum, written in cursive characters, in long lines, on 239 ll. with figures of Christ, of the Virgin, and of Mark, Luke, and John, old russia gilt, with Duke of Marlborough's Arms in gold on sides, £75. About A.D. 1200 The Gospels are followed by a Calendar, giving references to the Gospel Lessons for each day; and the book ends with a prayer for the scribe, "Michael," whose further designation is lost in consequence of a hole in the vellum. Bound for the Duke of Marlborough about 1730-40. SECOND DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH-continued. 13572 SCAPPI (Antonii) de Birreto Rubeo dando S. R. E. Cardinalibus Responsa prudentium juris, sm. 4to. four woodcut portraits on one page, calf, with arms of the Duke of Marlborough in gold on the sides, 188 Roma, 1592 13573 TORTELLII Aretini (Joannis) Commentaria grammatica de Orthographia dictionum e Graecis tractarum, sm. folio, old calf, with the Marlborough arms on the sides in gold, £2. 2s Vicentiae, Stephanus Koblinger, 1479 The book ends with some noteworthy verses by the editor," Hieronymus," on the happy invention of printing and the revolution effected by it. 13574 VEDRIANI (Lodovico) Catalogo de Vescovi Modonesi, sm. 4to. numerous engraved portraits, the autograph of Baluze on the title, old calf, with Marlborough arms on sides, from the Sunderland library, 188 Modona, 1669 13575 VEITIA LINAGE (D. Joseph de) Norte de la Contratacion de las Indias Occidentales, sm. folio, frontispiece, old calf, with the second Duke of Marlborough's arms on sides, £4. 4s Sevilla, 1672 13576 VULPE (Marcellus) Praxis Judicialis Fori Ecclesiastici, 4to. old calf, with the second Duke of Marlborough's arms on sides, 16s Venet. 1656 Scotch Bindings (about 1680-1720): 13577 KIRKWOOD (Ja.) Rhetorica compendium; de Analysis tractatiuncula authore Jacobo Kirkwodo, 18mo. bound in red morocco, gilt edges, the sides covered with gold tooling, £3. 38 Edinburgi, 1678 Probably bound for presentation to the Duke of Lauderdaile, to whom the dedication is addressed. 13578 [LIVINGSTON (Michael)] Patronus Redux; or our Protectour is return'd safe again, an historicall poem containing the Earl of Calander's departure, his stay in England, and the effects thereof upon the town of Falkirk, composed by M. L., sm. 4to. blue morocco, the sides and back elaborately ornamented with gold, £9.98 Edinburgh, 1682 Only two copies of this curious poem appear to be known. 13579 [GRECO] THE ROYAL GAME OF CHESS made easy, 12mo. beautifully written English or Scottish MS.; consisting of title, 13 pp. of text, and 97 leaves of Chess-games and problems filled in MS. into an equivalent number of engraved cadres; bound in old red morocco extra, gilt sides, backs, and edges, lettered "Gambets £4.88 About 1715 The binding is evidently Scotch, of about 1710-20, which makes it probable that some Scottish chess-player compiled this volume for Lord Sunderland, out of the French Jeu des Eschecs of Gioacchino Greco. The third Lord Sunderland took great interest in the game. 13580 THE HOLY BIBLE, containing the Old Testament and the New, sm. 8vo. engraved title, old crimson morocco, the sides covered with elaborate gold tooling, gilt edges, FINE COPY of an esteemed edition, £42. Edinb. printed by James Watson, 1715 One of the finest examples of old Scotch binding in existence. It is still so fresh that the lavish gold seems to stand out like real metal in relief from the rich crimson of the leather. The binding is no doubt contemporaneous with the book. SCOTCH BINDINGS-continued. 13581 THE HOLY BIBLE, containing the Old and New Testaments, 12mo. title within woodcut border, crimson morocco extra, gilt edges, the sides covered with brilliant gold ornamentation, £36. Edinburgh, James Watson, 1717 The binding of this volume is very much like that on the 1715 Bible, and is almost as splendidly beautiful. The same man bound both books. Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Bangor and Rochester (1690-1774) : Henrietta Louisa, Countess of Pomfret (**— 1761) : Imprinted for John Hunne, 1577 One of the finest copies ever offered for sale; it contains the two leaves of errata in the first volume, not mentioned by Lowndes, which are usually wanting. This FIRST EDITION is usually termed "THE SHAKESPEARE EDITION," because it is supposed to be the one the Dramatist used. In the subsequent edition the language was altered considerably, and the woodcuts omitted. The request for this valuable old chronicle is constantly increasing, and copies are now so rare that the book in any state is eagerly sought for. Bound for the Countess of Pomfret about 1740 (her bookplate engraved before 1737 appears in the first volume) by an excellent binder, who was in possession of some of the tools that Elliot and Chapman had used. After her death in 1761, the great Lord Shelburne, afterwards first Marquis of Lansdowne (whose bookplate is at the end of Vol. I) became the owner of the book. Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork and Burlington (1695-1753): 13584 CLARE (M.) the Motion of Fluids, natural and artificial, 8vo. plates, dedication copy to Richard Boyle Earl of Cork, old English red morocco extra, gilt edges, rich ornamental borders of gold on the sides, with Lord Burlington's bookplate, £4. 10s 1737 The same cipher of double C, which appears on the back of the Holinshed, also appears on this book, but it seems to denote merely that Elliot and Chapman were the binders (in 1737). Charles Liddell (of Lord Ravensworth's family, about 1730) : 13584 OPPIAN'S Halieuticks, or the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients, translated from the Greek [into English heroic verse, by John Jones], 8vo. red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Lord Sunderland's binder, £2. Oxford, 1722 The book-plate of "Charles Lyddell ” is the only token of ownership. Elliot and Chapman, binders (about 1710-40): 13586 HORATII Opera æneis Tabulis incidit JOHANNES PINE, 2 vols. large 8vo. text engraved throughout and illustrated with elegant plates, fine copy (Post-Est Edition), richly bound in red morocco extra, borders of gold, gilt edges, originally from the Meerman Collection and lately from the Beckford library, £21. 1733-37 This is a charming binding with dentelle-ornament forming the broad borders on the sides. It is a masterpiece of English decorative skill, and was bound about 1746, probably for the Baron van Meerman. 13587 HORATII Opera, æneis tabulis incidit Johannes Pine, 2 vols. large 8vo. entirely engraved, original issue of the book with the earliest impressions of the plates, red morocco super extra, gilt edges, a beautiful copy, £24. 1733-37 A rare folded leaf in English, giving a description of the antique gems engraved in Vol. I, is inserted in that volume here. 13588 SHAW (Thomas) Travels, or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant: with the Supplement; 2 vols. folio, LARGE PAPER, numerous maps and plates, with vignettes by Gravelot, beautifully bound in old English red morocco super extra, with broad borders of gold on the sides, the Supplement bound to match but not quite uniform, £4. Oxford, 1738-46 The first volume is a very fine example of old English binding, and was bound in 1738 or '9 by the same hand that did the large folio of Newcastle's Horsemanship, above. He was evidently no longer employable eight years later when the Supplement appeared. Other work by these excellent binders is also found under the names of the distinguished collectors of their time. Toison d'or bindings (about 1750): 13589 OCAMPO (Florian de) Los cinco libros primeros de la Coronica General de España-Coronica general de España que continuava Ambrosio de MORALES (libros vi-xvii) 4 vols.-Antiguedades de las Ciudades-together 5 vols. in 4, sm. folio, bound in old veau fauve, with the "Toison d'or in gold on the backs, £12. 12s Alcala de Henares, 1578-74-75 13590 SHERLEY (Sir Antony) His Relation of his Travels into Persia... small 4to. fine copy in old veau fauve, with the Device of the Golden Fleece on back, rare, £6. 6s 1613 13591 FABULARUM (De) Ludorum, Theatrorum, scenarum, ac scenicorum antiqua consuetudine, sm. 4to. veau fauve, with the device of the Toison d'or on the back, and also in one compartment the crown and dolphin, 21s Parisiis, 1540 The binder who did these volumes about 1750 must have imported his leather properly dressed from France. The veau fauvre and the ornament give the books all the appearance of veritable Longepierres. Sir Horace Mann (1701-86): 13592 OSSIAN'S FINGAL, an ancient epic poem translated from the Galic by Macpherson, roy. 4to. first edition, crimson morocco extra, gilt edges, and broad gold borders, £2. 1762 With autograph inscription of presentation to "Mary Foote" by her nephew Sir Horace Mann, and with the bookplate of Benjamin Hatley Foote. This is an excellent specimen of English ornamental binding done about 1765. Scotch and Irish Work (1760-70) : Buchanano ... 13593 BUCHANAN. Rerum Scoticarum Historia, auctore Georgio notas addidit Jacobus Man, 8vo. bound in old red morocco super extra, gilt edges, the sides and back richly ornamented with gold, the centrepiece on the sides being a large circular-fan-shaped design imitated apparently from some Le Gascon pattern, £30. Abredoniæ, 1762 Bound at the same time as the date of the book. 13594 SALLUST, the Catiline and Jugurthine Wars translated by Hugh Maffett, 8vo. old Irish red morocco inlaid with blue morocco on the sides, and richly decorated with gold, £5. Dublin, 1772 The excellence which the Irish achieved in early days as masters of decorative art, is not sustained here. However interesting as a specimen, and highly sumptuous in appearance, this volume is not ornamented with good taste, and the mere mechanical work is irregular and inartistic. On the back appears the name of Luke Gardiner, Esq." who was a gentleman of high social standing in the Irish capital in 1770-80. Thomas Hollis (1720-74): 13595 MOLESWORTH (Lord) Account of Denmark, and Account of Sweden by Bishop Robinson, etc. with MS. Notes by T. Hollis, 1738-Hottoman (F.) Franco-Gallia, translated into English [by Lord Molesworth], 1721-2 vols. in 1, 8vo. T. Hollis's copy, in red morocco extra, gilt edges, ornamented with his symbolical gold tooling, from the Beckford library, Hamilton Palace, £5. Probably bound about 1760. Hollis presented the volume to Andrew Lumisden the antiquary, through whom it afterwards passed to Sir Thomas Lumisden Strange. 13596 SHAKESPEARE'S Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, first folio Edition, the title and the verses supplied in beautiful fac simile, bound in smooth red morocco, gilt edges, with the symbolical tooling which marks the ownership of Thomas Hollis, £125. 1623 Gulston Library (about 1770-80) : 13597 [(HIGDEN (Ralph)] POLYCRONYCON, Sm. folio, the single word of intitulation printed in red between woodcuts containing portrait and arms of Henry VIII, and figure of St. George and the Dragon, large and fine copy in russia extra, with arms in gold on the back, £50. Southwerke, Peter Treveris, 1527 13598 FIELDING (Sir John) Extracts from the Penal Laws relating to the peace of the metropolis, 8vo. calf, with arms on back, 78 6d 13599 TRACTS. Life of Archibald McDonald who is to suffer for High Treason, 1754-Remarks on the Trial of William Sutton 1761-Lives of Capt. Cranston and Miss Blandy, 1753-Lives of Stephen McDaniel and other Thieftakers, 1755-Secret 1768 |