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9463 Testament (Le Nouveau), traduit en François selon la Vulgate par Charles Huré, old French morocco, inside dentelles, gilt on m. e. (Padeloup), an elaborate and wellpreserved specimen, Paris, L. Roulland, n. d., 12mo. (509) Leighton, £15 9464 Testamentum Novum Graecum. Ex Bibliotheca Regia, contemporary calf, the sides covered to a Grolieresque design, arms (nearly obliterated) of Edward VI. painted on both sides (much worn), Lutetiæ, R. Stephani, 1550, folio (650) Quaritch, £14 9465 Weever (John). An Agnus Dei (11⁄2 by 1% inches), woodcut of Queen Elizabeth's device on reverse of Dedication leaf and on last page, original binding of brown calf, with original brass clasp and fittings, Printed at London by Val. Sims for Nicholas Lyng, 1601 (542) Quaritch, £32

[The only known copy of the original edition, all the bibliographers and other authorities having hitherto described that of 1606 as the first. It is a Thumb Book of devotional verse in which is epitomised the Life of Christ, and His Passion more particularly. -Catalogue.]

9466 Welsh New Testament. The New Testament in Welsh, black letter (imperfect, beginning on A iiii. and ending on folio 396, sheet D dd, several foremargins defective and stained), old calf [H. Denham at the Costes of Humfrey Toy, 1567], small 4to. (585) Quaritch, £7 15s.

[The first edition of the New Testament in Welsh, translated by William Salesbury. Not more than 2 or 3 perfect copies known.-Catalogue.]

[JULY 29TH, 30TH AND 3IST, 1908.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION.

(No. of Lots, 1008; amount realised, £1,570 14s.)

9467 [Apperley (C. J.)] The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, 36 coloured illustrations by H. Alken (those at pages 12, 18 and 55 cut and remounted), original cloth, with all the advertisements, 1842, 8vo. (795) Bridges, £13 5s. 9468 Bacon (Francis Lord). Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, first edition, portrait by Payne, contemporary calf, 1622, folio (313) Andrews, £2 25. 9469 Bewick (T.) British Birds, first edition, imperial paper (24) copies only), 2 vol., original calf (defective), Newcastle, 1797-1804, imperial 8vo. (239) Power, 10 5s.

9470 Daniell (W.) Voyage Round Great Britain, upwards of 300 coloured plates, 8 vol. in 4, half calf, 1814-25, folio (188)

Maggs, £40 9471 Eliot (John). Massachusets Bible, second edition, original sheep (repaired), Cambridge (Mass.), S. Green, 1685-80, 4to. (305) Quaritch, £82 9472 Gray (J. E.) Illustrations of Indian Zoology, portrait and coloured plates, 2 vol., half calf, 1830-4, folio (612)

Quaritch, £3 17s. 6d. 9473 Halkett and Laing. A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature, 4 vol., original cloth, Edinburgh, 1882-8, 8vo. (668) Bain, £5 5s. 9474 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis ad Usum Parisiensem, lit. goth.. printed upon vellum, Kerver's device on title, 15 large woodcuts and numerous smaller ones, small initials and ornaments illuminated, contains 124 leaves, signatures a-q 4 in 8's, old French morocco (17th century), scroll floreate ornaments and monogram in centres (fatiguée), “Ces presentes heures a lusage de Paris furēt achevez le neufiesme jour davril la mil. iiii. CCCC. iiij. XX LXIX par Tilleman Kerver imprimeur demourat a Paris en la rue des maturins, ou sur le pont Sait Michiel a lenseigne de la licorne" (1499), 8vo. (575) Sabin, £49 Minutes of Proceedings, vol. i. to clxx. (wanted vol. xv. to xx., xxii. to xxv., and some numbers in vol. iv.), with Name-Index to vol. i. to lviii., plates, a few numbers damaged by damp, 1837-1907, 8vo. (561) Quaritch, £9 9s. 9476 Longfellow (H. W.) Ballads and other Poems, fourth edition, original boards, presentation copy to the Rev. J. Bosworth from the author, Cambridge (U.S.A.), 1842 (262)

9475 Institution of Civil Engineers.

Reid, £10 55.

[Two 4 and 5-page autograph letters of the author inserted, dated from Cambridge, March 30 and July 31, 1842. -Catalogue.]

9477 Longfellow (H. W.) Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, fifth edition, original boards, uncut, presentation copy to Rev. J. Bosworth (a few MS. notes and corrections in the handwriting of Longfellow inserted), Boston (U.S.A.), Ticknor and Co., 1848, 8vo. (263) Reid, £10 5s.

9478 Mudford (W.) Historical Account of the Battle of Waterloo, views of the battle and flight of Napoleon, by G. Cruikshank, plates by J. Rouse (some coloured), half bound, 1817, roy. 4to. (162) Spencer, £4 155. 9479 Napoleon. Relation de la Bataille de Marengo, redigée par le Général Alex. Berthier, folding coloured plans, morocco extra, g. e., with the arms of Napoleon I., Paris, de l'Imprimerie Impériale, 1806, 4to. (609)

Parsons, £3 10S. 9480 Pompadour. Suite d'Estampes, gravées par Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, d'après les Pierres gravées de Guay, Graveur du Roi, proof impression of the portrait of

Madame de Pompadour by J. Watson, frontispiece and 69 plates, an additional etching inserted, vellum gilt, flowered satin linings, g. e. (subscription copy on thick paper), Paris, Prault, 1782, 4to. (300) Rimell, £15 15s. 9481 Reynolds. Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 300 mezzotint plates, by S. W. Reynolds, 3 vol., half morocco, g. e., Hodgson and Graves (1833), folio (301) Wilson, £21

9482 Sander (F.) Reichenbachia, both series, 4 vol. complete in
the 48 original parts, 1888, folio (301*)
Wesley, £7
9483 Shakespeare (William). Plays and Poems, by Edmond
Malone, best edition, portrait, 21 vol., 1821-Notes upon
some of the obscure passages in Shakespeare's Plays, by
John Lord Chedworth, an autograph letter of the author
inserted, 1805, calf gilt, g. e., uniform, 8vo. (565)
Edwards, £8 15s.
9484 Taverner (Rycharde). The Epistles and Gospelles, first
edition, black letter, title by Hans Holbein (larger than the
text and folded in)-The same, "From after Easter tyll
Advent, which is the Somer parte," title-page as before,
lower margin cut to size of book, russia, Imprinted by
Rycharde Bankes (1540), 4to. (847)
Stones, £7 10S.

The following were sold by Messrs. Puttick & Simpson
on July 29th and 30th.

9485 Alken (Henry). Symptoms of being Amused, 40 coloured plates, each containing several humorous groups of figures, original issue (boards broken), McLean, 1822, folio (596)

Ellis, 2 15s.

9486 Alken (Henry). Notions, 36 coloured plates (no title), half morocco, g. t., McLean, 1832, folio (597) Perry, £8 9487 Badminton Library. Hunting, LARGE PAPER, original roxburgh, 1885, 8vo. (171) Mercer, £6 10S.

9488 Badminton Library. Fishing, by H. Cholmondeley Pennell, LARGE PAPER, 2 vol., roxburgh, 1885, 8vo. (172) Mercer, £2 9489 Borrow (George). Wild Wales, first edition, 3 vol., cloth, uncut, 1862, 8vo. (149) Edwards, £3 35. 9490 Borrow (George). The Zincali, or Gypsies of Spain, first edition, 2 vol., cloth, uncut, 1843, 8vo. (150) Maggs, £2 5s. 9491 Borrow (George). The Bible in Spain, first edition, 3 vol., cloth, uncut, 1843, 8vo. (151) Edwards, 1 14S. 9492 Eccentric (The), or Memoirs of No Common Characters, with Anecdotes, coloured portraits of the Duchess of Kingston, Garrick and others, half morocco, Washbourn, 1829, 8vo. (98) Spencer, 1 5s. 9493 Evelina, or Female Life in London, coloured engraved title and 6 coloured etchings (2 damaged), 1822, 8vo. (399) Spencer, £6

9494 Holmes (R. R.) Queen Victoria, Japanese vellum edition, with duplicate series of plates, in cloth box with silk ties, 1897, 4to. (242)

Burrell, £4

9465 Keane (Marcus). Towers and Temples of Ancient Ireland, cuts, Dublin, 1867, 4to. (216)

Jones, £1

6466 Lamb (Charles). Vol. i. of a collection of Poems (in MS.), containing a poem on the Prospect of Peace by Mr. Tickell, with autograph inscription by Charles Lamb:

"This motley piece to you I send

Who always was a faithful friend,

Who if disputes should happen hence

Can best explain the author's sense.”—Ch. Lamb, 1807. (503) Sabin, £115s. 9497 Lisle (Joe). Play upon Words, a collection of coloured etchings, within yellow borders, with title, oblong original half morocco, M'Lean, 1828, folio (253) Maggs, £4

9498 Nash's Mansions of England in the Olden time, first and second series, 52 coloured views, original issue, in 2 portfolios, 1839, atlas folio (592) Batsford, £10

9499 Opus Sadicum. A Philosophical Romance, now for the first time translated from the original French (Holland, 1791), frontispiece, Paris, 1889, 8vo. (16) Carpenter, £4 5s. 9500 Pigafetta (Felippo). Relatione del Reame di Congo, with the original maps, engraved title and plates, old calf, Rome, 1591, 4to. (551) Ellis, £55s. 9501 Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespear's / Comedies, / Histories and Tragedies, / fourth edition (wanted portrait, hole in folio 7-8, 2 leaves damaged at end), half calf, London, printed for H. Herringman, etc., 1685, folio (270) Cheesman, £22

9502 Sterne (Laurence). Sentimental Journey, first edition, 2 vol., calf extra, 1768, 8vo. (391)

9503 [Tennyson (A. Lord).] Helen's Tower, morocco, Privately printed (1861), 4to.

9504 [Westmacott (T.)] The English Spy, first etchings by Robert Cruikshank, 2 vol., 1825-6, 8vo. (439)

Spencer, £2 55. Clandeboye, limp

(573)

Dobell, £1 105. edition, coloured morocco extra, Rimell, £16

SUBJECT AND GENERAL INDEX

IN ONE ALPHABET.

NOTE.-An asterisk placed against any number indicates that the entry referred to is
annotated.-ED.

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