727. Ship of Fools. Wol-geschliffener Narren-Spiegel.

115 curious plates, with

description underneath in gothic letter. Russia extra, g. e. Rare. Freystadt,

1680.

¶ Mr. Bragge's copy sold for £6 65.

LI 185.

Sold not

728. Smith (Captaine John). THE GENERAL. Historie of Virginia, New EngLAND. Engraved title and maps in facsimile, a few leaves mended, etc. subject to return.

Calf. 1624.

£1 19s.

Russia,

£2

729. Taciti Opera. Illustrated. G. BROTIER. Large paper, maps, 2 vols. g. e., by Baumgarten. Fine copy. Paris, 1771. Very rare. Didot's copy sold for 900 francs, and Col. Stanley's for £57 15s.

THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM STUART, ESQ.

Sale at Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, March 6th, 1895.

730. Biblia Sacra Latina: Manuscript of the XIIIth Century, in a small distinct Gothic character, on 651 leaves of the purest and thinnest vellum (64 by 4 inches).__ There were seven Miniatures in the Initial of the Book of Genesis, and numerous Capitals containing Miniatures illuminated in gold and colours. The smaller Initials were in blue and red ink. The volume concludes with 47 leaves of Interpretations of Proper Names. Bound in old red morocco. From the Duke of Sussex's collection. £66 35. 731. Bradford (John). All the Examinacions of John Bradforde, whereunto are annexed his Private Talk and Conflicts in Prison after his Condemnation, and the Oryginal of his Lyfe. Portraits of Tindal and Bradford inserted. Black letter; fine copy, olive morocco, extra, gilt edges, by Mackenzie. 1561.

732. Bradford. GODLIE MEDITATIONS ON THE LORDE'S Prayer, the Beleef and TEN COMMANDMENTS, WITH OTHER COMFOrtable MediTATIONS, PRAIRES AND EXERCISES. Black letter. Olive morocco extra, gilt edges, by Mackenzie; rare. 1562. £2 IIS. 733. Brathwait (R.). BARNABEE'S JOURNAL (and BESSIE BELL) in Latin and English. Frontispiece by Marshall. First edition. Olive morocco extra, with borders of gold, joints, gilt edges, by Hering; very rare (title mounted, one or two leaves mended, and Bessie Bell a facsimile reprint); n. d. (circa 1648). £3

734. Breviarium Pars Estivalis secundum usum alme Ecclesie Ratisponensis, with woodcut initial letters and rubricated capitals; printed on vellum, purple morocco extra; unique. Augustæ, per Erhardum Radholt, 1488. £37 735. Broughton (Hugh). A Concent of SCRIPTURE. Engraved title and plates (the first copper plates engraved in England); old calf. (1596.) £2 25. 736. Calvine (John). SHORT INSTRUCTION FOR TO ARME ALL GOOD CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AGAINST THE PESTIFEROUS ERROURS OF THE COMMON SECte of ANABAPTISTES. Black letter. Olive morocco extra, gilt edges, by Mackenzie; rare. Jhon Daye, 1549.

737. Dibdin (Dr. T. F.). BIBLIOMANIA. The first and second editions and illustrated with 265 portraits and other engravings. In 4 vols. green morocco, uncut. 1809-11.

£2 6s. interleaved, Half bound

£5 55.

738. Dibdin. BOOK RARITIES (only 36 copies printed), 1811-SPECIMEN BIBLIOTHECA BRITANNICA (only 40 copies printed), 1808-SPECIMEN OF AN ENGLISH DE BURE (only 50 copies printed), 1810-BIBLIOGRAPHY: a Poem (only 50 copies printed), 1812-REYNOLDS (Sir J.), JOHNSON AND GARRICK, privately printed, 1816, 5 vols. £5 55.

739. Dibdin.

740. Dibdin.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON.

morocco, uncut.

741. Dibdin.

BIBLIOTHECA SPENCERIANA, with the Edes Althorpianæ, Cassano Catalogue and General Index. Plates and fac-similes. 7 vols. Calf gilt. 1814-23. £15 15s. Plates. 3 vols. Half-bound green 1817. £11 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, ANTIQUARIAN, AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. Plates. 2 vols. Halfbound green morocco, uncut. 1838. £4 742. Frobisher. DE MARTINI FROBISSERI ANGLI NAVIGATIONE IN REGIONES OCCIDENTIS ET SEPTENTRIONIS. Narratio Historica, ex Gallico Sermone in Latinum translata, per D. Joan. Tho. Freigium. With the rare folding woodcut of the natives catching wild fowl. Red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Mackenzie. Noribergæ, 1580. £3 35. 743. Gardiner (Bp. Stephen). THE RESCVYNGE OF THE ROMISHE FOX, otherwise called the Examination of the Hunter, devised by Steven Gardiner; and the Seconde Course of the Hunter at the Romishe Fox and his Advocate, by W. Turner. Black letter. Olive morocco extra, gilt edges, rare. Winchester, Hans Het. Prik., 1545. £5 55.

744. Hakluyt (R.). NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES AND TRAFFIQUES OF THE ENGLISH NATION. Edited by E. Goldsmid. 16 vols., in parts. Edinburgh, 1884.

£3 2s. 6d. 745. Heures a l'usaige de Reins. Printed on vellum, with woodcut borders, the 20 large woodcuts and all the small woodcuts and initial letters beautifully illuminated in gold and colours. Red morocco extra, gilt edges. Paris, Simon Vostre, 1515. £49 746. James I. BASILICON DORON. Fine copy, in contemporary calf binding, with arms on the sides. Edinburgh, 1603. £5 105. 747. Lutheri (M.). ENCHIRIDION. Der Kleine Catechismus für die gemeine Pfarrherr und Prediger. Printed on vellum, with the numerous woodcuts illuminated in gold and colours, bound in pigskin, the sides and back richly gilt, gilt edges, with clasps. From Dr. Hawtrey's Library. Nürnberg, V. Newber, 1579. £25 748. Mary, Queen of Scots. [BLACKWOOD (ADAM).] Histoire et Martyre de la Royne d'Escosse, contenant les Trahisons à elle faictes par Elizabet Angloise por où on cognoist les Mensonges, Calomnies et faulses Accusations envers ceste bonne Princesse innocente-La Mort de la Royne d'Escosse. 2 vols. in I. Olive morocco extra, gilt edges. Very rare. Paris, 1589. £3 17s. 6d.

749. Melancthon (P.). WHETHER IT BE MORTALL SINNE TO TRANSGRESSE CIVILL LAWES WHICH BE THE COMMANDEMENTES OF CIVILL MAGISTRATES. letter. Yellow morocco extra, gilt edges. R. Jugge (1566). 750. Sowerby (J.). ENGLISH BOTANY. Coloured plates. 36 vols. tree-marbled calf gilt.

1790-1814.

Black

£2 16s.

Fine copy. Old

£13 10s.

1804

£4 55.

751. Sowerby. BRITISH MINERALOGY. Coloured plates. 5 vols. Calf gilt. 17.

752. Sowerby. MINERAL CONCHOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN, with the Supplement. 648 coloured plates. 6 vols. and 2 parts of Vol. 7 in 7 vols. Half bound, calf gilt, uncut. 1812-46. £5 55.

753. Testamentum (Novum) Græcum. Londini, 1592.-Booke of David's Psalms, both in Prose and Meeter, with apte Notes to sing them withall. P. S. for the assignes of W. Seres and R. Day, 1601. 2 vols. in 1, ruled with red lines, in contemporary red morocco, covered with gold tooling, gilt edges. £5 175. 6d. 754. Vaudois. Histoire Memorable de la Persecution et Saccagement du Peuple de Merindol et Cabrieres et autres Circonvoisins applez Vaudois. Fine copy. Old French red morocco, with borders of gold, gilt edges. Rare. 1555. £4 155. 755. Zwinglius (H.). SHORT PATHWAYE TO THE RIGHTE And True UnderstandING OF THE HOLYE and Sacred Scriptures, translated by Jhon Veron. Black letter. Old calf gilt. Rare. Imprinted at Worcester by Jhon Oswen, 1550. £6 55. 756. Æsopi Fabulæ et Vita, Gr. et Lat. ex recensione Boni Accursii. 3 vols. in 1. Editio princeps. Brown morocco extra, gilt edges. Very rare. s. 1. et a. sed Mediolanii, circa 1480. £36 757. America. Las Casas Narratio Regionum Indicarum per Hispanos quosdam devastatarum Verissima. Engraved title and 17 plates of the cruelties inflicted on the Indians, by De Bry. First edition. Francof, 1598.-Hudsoni (Henrici). Descriptio et Delineatio Geographica Detectionis Freti sive Transitus ad Occasum supra Terras Americanas in Chinam atque Japonem ductori recens investigati; item Narratio facta super Tractu cui Austrialiæ incognitæ Nomen est, per P. F. de Quir, una cum Descriptione Siberia Samoiediæ. Maps. Amst., 1612. 2 vols. in I. Old calf. Very rare. Mr. Heber's copy, with a long note by him on the fly-leaf. £17 758. Arthur (King). History of the renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britaine, with the Deeds of his valiant Knights of the Round Table. Woodcut frontispiece. 3 vols. Black letter. Olive morocco. W. Stanesby, 1634. £5

in I.

759. Biblia Germanico-Latina, cum Præfatione Martini Lutheri. 10 vols. The dedication copy to the Duke of Saxony, with his Portrait and the woodcuts and initial letters, coloured, in contemporary German binding, richly painted in compartments, with full-length portraits of Luther and Melancthon painted on the covers of all the volumes. From the Hibbert Collection. Wittebergæ, 1574. £90 760. Bute (Earl of). BOTANICAL TABLES, containing the different Families of British Plants, with a Glossary. Coloured plates. 9 vols. Old calf gilt. Extremely rare, as only 12 copies were printed for presents at the expense of Lord Bute. Circa 1785.

£39 10s.

761. Camoes (Luis de) Os Lusiadas. library. Extremely rare. Lisboa, 1572. £13 10s. The second edition is quite as rare, if not rarer, than the first. This copy formerly belonged to the poet Waller, whose initials are on the title-page.

Second edition. Vellum. From Mr. Heber's

762. Caxton (William). A BOKE OF DIVERS FRUYTFUL, GHOOSTLY MATTERS. Half-bound calf (wants 42 leaves). Emprynted at Westmynstre by desiryng of many worshipfull persones. (Circa 1490.) £117 Of the five known copies only one is perfect-that in the Public Library, Cambridge.

763. Coryat (T.). CRUDITIES HASTILY GOBLed up in Five MONETH'S TRAVELLS in France, Savoy, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, etc. Frontispiece by Hole, and plates (with printed title, "Three Crude Veines, etc.") Olive morocco extra, gilt edges, by Hayday. 1611. £34 764. Dibdin (Dr. T. F.). TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES, OR HISTORY OF Printing IN GREAT BRITAIN, enlarged from Ames and Herbert. Plates, 4 vols., halfbound green morocco, uncut. 1810-19.

£6 17s. 6d. 765. Elizabeth's (Queen) Prayer Book. A Booke of Christian Prayers. Black letter, with woodcut borders composed of sacred and grotesque subjects (including the Dance of Death), and a woodcut portrait of Queen Elizabeth praying, fine copy, russia, blind tooled, gilt edges. 1590. LII 766. Frobisher (Martin). A TRUE DISCOURSE OF THE LATE VOYAGES OF DISCOVERIE FOR THE FINDING OF A PASSAGE TO CATHAYA BY THE NORTHWEAST. Woodcuts, olive morocco extra, gilt edges, by Mackenzie (wants the two maps), extremely rare. H. Bynnyman, 1578. £62 767. Gospels of the Fower Evangelists in the Vulgar Toung of the Saxons (with the English Text from the Bishop's Version, edited by John Foxe). First edition of the Anglo-Saxon Scriptures, published at the expense of Abp. Parker, with dedication to Queen Elizabeth, by John Foxe, old calf. 1571. £16 768. Granger (J.). BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 5 vols. bound in 11, and illustrated with 1,110 portraits. 1765. £18 10s. 769. Holbein (Hans). HISTORIARUM VETERIS INSTRUMENTI ICONES AD VIVUM EXPRESSÆ, 92 wood engravings, by Hans Lutzelberger, from Holbein's designs. First edition, half-bound morocco. Lugduni, 1539. £3 35. 770. Ireland. STORY (G.). Continuation of the History of the Wars in Ireland, maps, 1693; Address to King James by the Abp. of Dublin, 1690; List of the Names of Attainted Persons in Ireland, 1690: Sydney (Lord), Sessions of the Irish Parliament in 1692, in I vol. Old calf, from the Duke of Sussex's library. £3 771. Ireland. BURGI (THO. de). Hibernia Dominicana: sive Historia Provinciæ Hiberniæ; cum Supplemento et Appendice. Fine copy, green morocco extra, gilt edges, by Mackenzie. Coloniæ Agrippinæ, 1762-72. £5 155.

This copy contains the seven leaves of Castrations and the Supplement, which

are very rare.

772. Lavaterus (L.). OF GHOSTES AND SPIRITES WALKING BY NIGHT AND OF STRANGE NOISES, CRACKES AND SUNDRY FOREWARNINGS WHICH COMMONLY HAPPEN BEFore the DEATH OF MEN, etc. Translated by R. H. Black letter, half-bound russia. 1596. £285. 773. Liber Festivalis. QUATUOR SERMONES. Only 173 leaves, half-bound calf (in bad condition). In Westmonasterio. Wynkyn de Worde, 1496. £16 10s. 774. Milton (J.). PARADISE LOST. First edition, with the seventh title-page, calf gilt. Printed by S. Simmons, 1669. £9 155. 775. Molière. ŒUVRES. 6 vols. bound in 12, printed on vellum, red morocco, with joints, silk linings, gilt edges by Bozerian, unique. Paris, P. Didot, 1791-94. £105 776. Oratio Dominica Polyglotta singularum Linguarum Characteribus expressa et Delineationibus Alberti Dureri cincta, edita a F. X. Stoeger. Portrait of Albert Durer, and 43 beautiful borders (facsimiles of the original drawings by A. Durer in the Munich Library), printed on vellum, red morocco extra, silk linings, gilt edges. Monachii, 1838. £8

777. Palestine Exploration Fund, viz., Western Palestine; Memoirs, 3 vols. Name Lists, Special Papers, Flora and Fauna of Palestine, Jerusalem Volume with atlas of plates, Atlas to Western Palestine, Index. Hull (E.). Memoirs of the Geology and Geography of Arabia Petroa and Palestine. Conder (C. R.). Survey of Eastern Palestine, 1889. Hart (H. C.). Account of the Fauna and Flora of Sinai, Petra, and Wady Arabah, Quarterly Statements of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1871 to 1891, in 7 vols. Conder. Altaic Hieroglyphs, 1887. Conder. Tent Work in Palestine, 2 vols. 1878. Conder. Heth and Moab, 1883. Le Strange, Palestine under the Moslems, 1890. Hull. Mount Seir, 1885. In all, 13 vols. 8vo., 12 vols. 4to., and I vol. folio. £18 10s. 778. Quakers. A COLLECTION OF FORTY-THREE TRACTS BY AND RELATING TO QUAKERS. In 2 vols. Calf gilt. A curious and interesting collection. 1650-94. £7 155. 779. Strutt (J.). REGAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND. Edited by J. R. Planché. Plates, with a duplicate set. Illuminated in gold and colours. Half-bound morocco, uncut.

1842.

780. Turbervile (G.). NOBLE Art of VenERIE OR HUNTING. letter, half-bound russia (the date on the title cut off). 1611.

£4 45.

781. Turbervile. BOOK OF FAULCONRIE. Woodcuts. Black letter, russia extra, gilt edges, emblematically tooled, by Hering (wants title). 1641.

£6 10s. With the

£3 10s.

£2 25.

782. Turner (Dawson). NATURAL HISTORY OF FUCI OR SEA WEEDS. plates coloured. 4 vols. Calf, blind tooled. 1808-19. 783. Verstegan. THEATRUM CRUDELITATUM HÆRETICORUM NOSTRI TEMPORIS. Frontispiece and plates, russia extra, gilt edges. Antv., 1604. 784. Walpole (Horace). HISTORY OF THE ROYAL AND NOBLE AUTHORS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, enlarged by T. Park. 5 vols. Large paper, with proof impressions of the portraits. Very fine copy, green morocco extra, blind tooled, with joints, gilt edges, by Hering. 1806.

£16 785. Watt (R.). BIBLIOTHECA BRITANNICA, or Index of British and Foreign Literature. 4 vols. Half-bound green morocco, uncut. 1824. £3 10s. 786. Wiclefi (Joannis). DIALOGI. First edition. Old red morocco, from Count Bourtourlin's library. Rare, having been suppressed. (Basileæ.) 1525. £2 15s. 787. Andrews (H. C.). COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF HEATHS, with Descriptions. Coloured plates. 4 vols. Half-bound russia. 1802-5.

788. Ariosto. ORLANDO FURIOSO. Portraits and plates by Italian artists.

£10

4 vols.

Large paper, a splendid edition, published under the patronage and dedicated to the Marquis of Bute; the text printed within borders of elegant design. Old russia, gilt edges. Venezia, 1772. £2 105. 789. Atkinson and Walker. REPRESENTATION OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE RUSSIANS, with Descriptions. Coloured plates. 3 vols. in I. Old russia, gilt edges. 790. Audubon and Bachman.

1803. £2 25. QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 150 large Half bound red morocco, gilt edges, scarce.

New £43

791. Bellin. HYDROGRAPHIE FRANÇAISE; RECUEIL DES CARTES MARINES. 3 vols. French calf. Paris, s. d.

£3 35.

792. Berners (Dame Juliana). BOOK OF ST. ALBANS, as printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496, edited by Joseph Haslewood. The woodcuts, coats-of-arms, and

F