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10151 ADAM'S (R.) RUINS OF THE PALACE OF THE EMPEROR DIOCLETIAN AT SPALATRO, roy. folio, fine impressions of the 61 beautiful engravings by Bartolozzi, Zucchi, Cunego, etc. hf. bd. 2. 16s 1764

A copy of this splendid work fetched, North's, £7. 10s; 1862, Miss Currer's, mor. £8. 178 6d.

10152 ADAM'S (W.) VITRUVIUS SCOTICUS, a collection of Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Public Buildings, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Houses in Scotland, large folio, 187 fine plates, brilliant impressions, plain half brown morocco, uncut, very rare, £15. Edinburgh, n. d. (ca. 1750)

An extremely scarce book, which has been called perfect, when a copy had only 160 plates. However, according to the 'List of Plans,' there should be 193 plates.

America. 10153 AMERICAN ALMANAC (The) from the beginning in 1830 to 1851, 32 vols. 8vo. bds. 25s Boston, 1833-61 Contains statistical and other particulars respecting the United States, such as list of Presidents, Army and Navy Lists, with salaries, prices of various comestibles, reports of Censuses, etc. 10154 AMERICAN ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S TRANSACTIONS, Vols. I and II, 8vo. plates, sd. £3. 38 New York, 1845-48

10155

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the same, Vol. I, thick 8vo. pp. 491, plates and cuts, sewed, ib. 1845 Vol. I contains grammars of the Mexican, Tarasca, Otomi, Maya, Guatimala, and Huasteca languages, besides some important papers by Schoolcraft, Gallatin, Troost, Catherwood, and others. 10156 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY's Transactions, complete from the commencement in 1768 to 1853, being FIRST SERIES, 6 vols. -SECOND SERIES, Vols. I-X;-together 16 vols. large 4to. many fine plates of Mathematics and Natural History, maps, etc. bds. uncut, VERY RARE, £15. Philadelphia, 1771 (1789)-1853

The American Philosophical Society was the first Learned Institution of America. The early vols. contain original contributions from Franklin, Priestly, etc. In the later vols. will be found Lea's celebrated works on Conchology, the plates to which are most exquisitely coloured.

10157 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY'S Proceedings, from the commencement in 1831 to June 1872, being Vols. I-XI, and of XII, numbers 1-3, large 8vo. numerous plates and woodcuts, the first four vols. bound in two, half calf, the rest as issued, £10.

Philadelphia, 1840-72 Some of these volumes are excessively rare. Three numbers are wanting :number 45 in Vol. V, number 55 in Vol. VI, and number 62 in Vol. VII.

The above two lots are from the library of Sir W. Jardine.

10158 PROUD (Rob.) History of Pennsylvania from the settlement till after 1742, with an introduction respecting the Life of W. Penn, and the

rise of the neighbouring colonies, 2 vols. 8vo. portrait of Penn, and map, calf, 358 Philadelphia, 1797-98 10159 FISHER (Dr. R. S.) Complete Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of America, from Official, Federal and State Returns, etc. thick 8vo. nearly 1000 pp. bd. 58 New York, 1853 10160 PULSIFER (D.) Guide to Boston and Vicinity, 12mo. with maps and numerous woodcuts, 1871; Account of the Battle of Bunker Hill, with Burgoyne's Account of the Battle, 16mo. facsimile of an old map, 1872-2 vols. cloth, 58 Boston, U.S.A., 1871-2 10161 ANCIENT ANGLO-SAXON LAWS and Institutes of ENGLAND, comprising Laws of the Anglo-Saxon Kings, from Ethelbirht to Cnut, Saxon and English; the Laws of Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, and Henry the First; also Monumenta Ecclesiastica Anglicana, Anglo-Saxon and English, with the ancient Latin Version of the Anglo-Saxon Laws, and a compendious Glossary, edited by THORPE, 2 vols. royal Svo. cloth, 32s Record Commission, 1840 10162 ANNESLEY PEERAGE. Memoirs of an unfortunate young Nobleman, return'd from a Thirteen Years Slavery in America, where he had been sent by his cruel Uncle, Vols. 1 and 2, 12mo. fine copies in old calf, 32s

1743

"This is the case of James Annesley, who obtained the Annesley Peerage.” 10163 APULEIUS, the Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works, translated by Thos. Taylor, Svo. cloth, rare, 158 1822

10164 ART JOURNAL, a complete set, from the beginning (under the title of ART UNION) in 1839, to 1874 inclusive-Illustrated Catalogue of the Dublin Exhibition, 1 vol. 1853-Illustrated Catalogue of the Industry of all Nations, 1 vol. 1851;--together 38 vols. in 35, royal 4to. with upwards of one thousand beautiful plates, and numerous woodcuts, (published at £50.) two vols. hf. calf, the rest in cloth, VERY SCARCE, £36.

1839-74

Illustrated Catalogues of five other Exhibitions are bound at the end of various volumes of the Journal.

10165 ARUNDEL SOCIETY. A Set of its Publications, consisting of facsimile reproductions of Paintings in Fresco, by the old Italian and German Masters, from the commencement in 1849 to the end of 1875, including both the First and Second Annual Publications, since the division was made in 1867, as well as ALL the Extra Plates; the whole comprising about 120 superb Chromolithographs, 70 copper, line, outline and wood engravings, and 13 vols. of Memoirs on the Artists whose works have been reproduced, an absolutely perfect set, extremely rare, £125.

1849-75

A PICKED COPY, every plate clean and sound. The literary works are chiefly the rare editions illustrated with photographs Added to this set is "A Descriptive Notice of the Arundel Society, 1819-68, illustrated by photographs of all their publications one-fifth their original size," by F. Maynard, Secretary.

For a list of the Publications of the Arundel Society, see my Fine Art Catalogue, number 293, pp. 30-33. All are chromolithographs unless otherwise described. Almost any plate sold separately. The above set includes everything mentioned there, and, in addition, the following recently published :

Division No. 1: TEXT.

WORNUM (R.) Hans Holbein and the Meyer Madonna, 4s 6d

Division No. II: PLATES.

1875. First Publications.

MELOZZO DA FORLI.- Pope Sixtus IV among his Courtiers in the library of the Vatican,' from the fresco in the Vatican Gallery, 318 6d

PIETRO LORENZETTI.-'The Descent from the Cross,' from the fresco in the lower church at Assisi, 24s

1875. Second Publications.

JACOPO D'AVANZO.-- St. Lucy sentenced to Death by the Roman Prætor,' from the fresco in the Church of St. Anthony, at Padua, 27s 6d

STEPHEN LOTHENER.-The Annunciation,' two chromolithographs after the exterior of the triptych at Cologne

This completes the Triptych. For the other portions see Second Publications, 1874.

Division No. III: EXTRA PLATES.

28. MARIOTTO ALBERTINELLI.-The Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth,' from the picture in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, 328

29. THE SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS OF ITALY, No. 2: Monument of the Doge Vendramin, from the Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo at Venice, 288

For number 1 of this series of Sepulchral Monuments, see EXTRA PLATES, number 26.

30. FRA ANGELICO. The Marys at the Sepulchre,' from a fresco in the Convent of San Marco at Florence, 268

10166 WYATT (M. Digby) Notices of Sculpture in Ivory, the History, Method and Chief Productions of the Art, and Catalogue of Specimens of Ancient Ivory Carvings, by E. Oldfield, photographs, 4to. bds. very rare, £2. 28

1856

10167 AUTOGRAPHS of ROYAL, EMINENT, and LITERARY PERSONAGES from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, inserted with portraits of many of them in a folio volume, bound in maroon morocco gilt, £50. ·

The first document is a special Passport for the use of John Somer, sent on a mission to the Low Countries in 1582, with a fine bold signature of Queen Elizabeth; and is followed by a number of letters from Queen Charlotte, George III, George IV, William IV, Princes Charlotte, Queen Caroline, Queen Adelaide, the Dukes of York, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Kent, several of the Royal and kindred Princesses, Queen Victoria's autograph, and that of Charles X of France. We have a list of European States in the handwriting of Lord Castlereagh, perhaps referring to the Congress of Vienna; notes from the Duke of Wellington, Lord Nelson, Lord Eldon; letters of Sir Thos. Lawrence, Mrs. Siddons, Warren Hastings, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Thomas Picton, L. E. L. the poetess to Mrs. S. C. Hall, Flaxman the Sculptor, Sir Walter Scott, Sir David Wilkie, Sir Edwin Landseer, Chantrey, Lord Clarendon. There are also letters from many of the most distinguished members of the English nobility between 1810 and 1840.

Of the illustrative portraits, many plates are fine India proof impressions. They comprise Queen Elizabeth, Queen Charlotte, George IV, the Duke of York, the Duke of Cambridge, Queen Caroline, Princess Charlotte, William IV, Queen Adelaide, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Northumberland, the Duchess, Lord Eldon, Sir T. Lawrence, Mrs. Siddons, Warren Hastings, the Queen and Prince Albert, General Picton, L. E. L. A drawing by Corbould (with the engraving) of a splendid Vase, and a set of drawings of Gems in Geo. IV's collection at Windsor, are added. 10168 BANCROFT'S (H. H.) Native Races of the Pacific States of North America, Vols. I-IV, (all issued), thick 8vo. maps, (pub. at £5.) cloth, £3. 10s

1875

Contents: Wild Tribes-Civilized Nations-Myths and Languages-Antiquities. 10160 BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB: Proceedings, complete from the commencement in 1831 to Sept. 1872, being Vols. I-V, and of VI numbers 1-4, 8vo. plates of Views, Antiquities, Fossils, etc. three vols. in hf. calf neat, the rest in parts, rare, £7. 108

Edinburgh and Alnwick, 1834-72 The following eminent naturalists contributed to the above: Baird (Papers on Entomostraca, etc.), Sir W. Jardine, Selby (Ornithology of Berwickshire, etc.), Tate (Papers on Geology), Rupert Jones (on Entomostraca), etc. The set is from the library of Sir W. Jardine.