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LUSSAN, MARGUERITE DE. Histoire et règne de Louis XI. Par Mademoiselle de Lussan. A Paris, chez Pissot, Libraire, Quai de Conti, à la descente du Pont-neuf, 1755. 8vo. 6 vols.

With MS. notes, by M'. M. Wodhull, who purchased the work at "Baker and Leigh's sale, Feb. 9. 1769."

Old French calf, gilt.

LYCOPHRON. Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra siue Cassandra... Ioannis Tzetzæ Variarum Historiarum liber, versibus politicis ab eodem Græcè conscriptus. Basilea, 1546. fol.

LYSONS, DANIEL. An historical account of those parishes in the County of Middlesex which are not described in the Environs of London. Plates. London, 1800. 4to.

Large paper.

The Environs of London. Plates. Second edition. London, 1811. 4to. 2 vols.

LYTE, HENRY CHURCHILL MAXWELL. Dunster and its Lords, 10661881. By H. C. Maxwell Lyte, M. A., F.S.A. [Plates.] Printed for Private Circulation. 1882. 8vo.

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ABILLON, JEAN. Io. Mabillonii Iter Germanicum, et Io. Launoii de Scholis celebribus à Carolo M. et post Carolum M. instauratis liber. [Plates.] Hamburgi, 1717. 8vo.

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From the collection of the Prince de Soubise, with his badges in gold on the back.
French calf, gilt.

MABLY, GABRIEL BONNET de. Observations sur les Romains. Par M. l'Abbé de Mably. Seconde édition. Genève, 1767. 12mo.

From the Gibson-Craig Collection.
Old French red mor., gilt, g.e.

MACARIUS, JOANNES.

Ioannis Macarii Canonici Ariensis Abraxas, seu Apistopistus; quæ est antiquaria de gemmis Basilidianis disquisitio. Accedit Abraxas Proteus, seu multiformis gemmæ Basilidianæ portentosa varietas; exhibita & Commentario illustrata à Ioanne Chifletio, Canonico Tornacensi, &c. [Plates.] Antverpiæ, ex officina Plantinianâ Balthasaris Moreti, 1657. 4to.

The first part describes a series of Gnostic gems. The second part deals with the "Grylli," or grotesque figures used by the Romans as amulets. Bound in one volume with "Ioannis Chifletii Socrates, sive de gemmis eius imagine colatis indicium," issued at Antwerp in 1671 as an appendix to the "Gemmæ Abraxeæ." The face of Socrates, "backed by the head of a boar, a ram, or an elephant," appears on most of these composite figures.

Vellum, gilt.

MACCHIAVELLI, NICCOLÒ. Nicolai Machiavelli Florentini disputationum de Republicâ, quas Discursus nuncupavit, Libri III. Quo modo in rebusp. ad antiquorum Romanorum imitationem actiones omnes benè malève instituantur. Ex Italico Latinè facti. [Device: the Phoenix.] Lugduni Batavorum, apud Hieronymum de Vogel, 1643.

Red mor., g.e., by Chatelin.

MACCHIAVELLI-MADERUS.

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MACCHIAVELLI, NICCOLO. Nicolai Machiavelli Florentini Princeps, ex Sylvestri Telii Fulginatis traductione diligenter emendatus. Adjecta sunt ejusdem argumenti aliorum quorundam contrà Machiavellum scripta, De potestate & officio Principum contra Tyrannos. Quibus denuo accessit Antonii Possevini iudicium de Nicolai Machiavelli et Ioannis Bodini scriptis. [Device.] Lugduni Batavorum, ex officinâ Hieronymi de Vogel, 1643. 12mo.

This volume contains a reprint of the "Vindiciae contrà Tyrannos," by Stephanus Junius Brutus Celta, which has been attributed to Hotman, Beza, De Mornay, Buchanan, and others. Reasons are given in MS. notes on the fly-leaf for attributing “this rare piece' to Hubert Languet. "There is an English translation (1648), said to have been made by Walker, the executioner of Charles I."

Réflexions de Machiavel sur la première décade de Tite Live. Nouvelle traduction, précédée d'un discours préliminaire, par M. D. M. M. D. R. A Amsterdam et se trouve à Paris, chez Alex. Jambert Libraire, rue Dauphine, 1782. 4to. 2 vols.

Bound by Derome le Jeune, and having his engraved ticket: "Relié par DEROME le Jeune, rue St. Jâque audessus de St. Benoist." The principal ornament in the panels on the back is "l'oiseau de Derome," the bird on a heart, with extended wings, enclosed in a vase-like figure.

Olive mor., g.e.

MACPHERSON, JAMES. Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem. In six Books: together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, by James Macpherson. Dublin, 1763. 12mo.

The Poems of Ossian. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq.... A new edition. Containing Dr. Blair's three celebrated critical dissertations; and a preliminary discourse or review of the recent controversy relative to the authenticity of the poems, etc. London, 1806. 8vo. 8vo. 2 vols.

“D. Blair asked D❜. Johnson whether he thought any man of a modern age could have written such poems. Johnson replied, "Yes, sir, many men, many women, and many children."--Boswell.

Red mor., gilt, g.e.

MADELENETUS, GABRIEL. Gabrielis Madeleneti Carminum Libellus. Parisiis, apud Claudium Cramoisy, viâ Carmelitarum, sub sacrificio Abelis,

1662. I 2mo.

The firm of the Cramoisys had by this time changed their sign of "the Storks" for that of the "Sacrifice of Abel."

Old French red mor., g.c.

MADERUS, JOACHIM JOHANN. præsertim, sacris et profanis, libellus. 1678. 4to.

J. J. Maderi De Coronis, nuptiarum
Helmæstadi, apud G. W. Hammium,

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MADOX-MAGNUS.

MADOX, THOMAS. The History and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England, in two Periods, viz.; from the Norman Conquest to the end of the Reign of King John; and from the end of the Reign of King John to the end of the Reign of King Edward II. Taken from Records. Together with a correct Copy of the Ancient Dialogue concerning the Exchequer generally ascribed to Gervasius Tilburiensis. London, 1711. fol. Brown mor.

Firma Burgi, or an Historical Essay concerning the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs of England. Taken from Records. London, 1726. fol. Calf, gilt.

Baronia Anglica or an History of Land-Honours and Baronies, and of Tenures in Capite, verified by Records. London, 1741. fol. Published after the writer's death. Bound with the "Compleat Index to Madox's History of the Exchequer. London, 1741."

Brown mor,

MAFFEI, SCIPIONE AGNELLO.

Gli Annali di Mantova, scritti da

Scipione Maffei, vescovo di Casale. Tortona, 1675. fol.

With a dedication to Ferdinand Duke of Mantua, by the editor, Lepido Maria Agnello Maffei. From the Sunderland Collection.

Calf, gilt.

MAGIRUS, TOBIAS. Tobiæ Magiri Eponymologicum Criticum, complectens cognomina, descriptiones, elogia, et censuras Personarum ac Rerum. Nunc duplo quam olim auctius editum curâ Christiani Wilhelmi Eybenii. [Portrait.] Francofurti et Lipsia, 1687. 4to.

From the Sunderland Collection.

Vellum.

MAGNUS, OLAUS. Historia Olai Magni Archiepiscopi Upsalensis de gentium septentrionalium variis conditionibus statibusque, et de morum, rituum superstitionum, exercitiorum, regiminis, disciplinæ, victusque mirabili diversitate. Item de bellis, &c. [Device.] Basilea, ex officina Henric. Petrina, 1567. fol.

With woodcuts and map of Northern Europe.

The work contains many extracts from the Chronicle of Sweden and Gothland, published in 1534 by the author's brother Johann Magnus, his predecessor in the titular Archbishopric of Upsala. With the arms of Cardinal Perettini stamped in gold on the sides.

From the library of the Marquis of Hastings.

Vellum, gilt, g.e.

Olai Magni Gentium Septentrionaliu historia breviarium.
Lugd. Batavorum, ex officina Adriani Wijngaerdt,

[Engraved title.]

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MAGNUS-MAIORAGIUS.

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MAGNUS, OLAUS. Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, auctore Olao Magno, Gotho, Archiepiscopo Upsalensi, Suetiæ et Gothia Primate, à Cornelio Scribonio Graphæo in epitomen redactæ Libri 22, adjecto duplici capitum et materiarum indice. [Plates.] Antverpiæ, apud Ioannem Bellerum,

s.a. 8vo.

Brown mor., g.e., by Kaufmann.

MAHOMET THE SECOND. Lettres Turques, historiques et politiques, écrites tant par Méhémet II., Empereur Ottoman, que par ses généraux, ses Sultanes, un de ses Ambassadeurs, & Usum-Cassan, Roi de Perse, son contemporain. Traduites du Grec et de l'Arabe sur des Manuscrits trouvés à Constantinople; avec des notes intéressantes, et une Histoire de la vie de ce Conquérant. Par M. Belin de Monterzi. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, 1764. 12mo.

With the arms of Claude Antoine de Choiseul Beaupré in gold on the sides.
From the Gibson-Craig Collection.

Old French red mor., gilt, g.e.

MAIMBOURG, LOUIS. Histoire du Schisme des Grecs.

Par le

P. Louis Maimbourg, de la Compagnie de Jésus. [Device: the Sphere.] Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris. s.l. 1682. 12mo.

Two volumes bound in one. Maimbourg's "Histoire du Lutheranisme" had been published by the Elzeviers in 1681. His other works were printed in the same style by "some Dutch printer, probably Wetstein, who had purchased the plant of the Elzevier firm."-Goldsmid.

MAINE, HENRY SUMNER. Ancient Law: its connection with the early History of Society, and its relation to Modern Ideas. By Henry Sumner Maine. London, 1861. 8vo.

Vellum, gilt.

Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. By Sir Henry Sumner Maine, K.C.S.I. London, 1875. 8vo.

Presentation copy, from the author.

MAINTENON, FRANÇOISE D'AUBIGNÉ.

Lettres de Madame de

Maintenon ... Nouvelle édition. s.l. 1758. 8vo.

Nine volumes bound in five. With M'. M. Wodhull's MS. notes, dated 1760, 1763, and 1809.

Calf, gilt.

*MAIORAGIUS, MARCUS ANTONIUS. Luti Encomium. Magdalenæ comitis matris suæ mortuæ laudatio. Quæ duæ orationes nunc primùm in lucem proferuntur. [Device.] Mediolani, apud Franciscum Moschenium, 1566. 4to.

Attributed to Antonio Maria dei Conti.

Old stamped calf.

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