384 VILLIERS (George, Duke of Buckingham, and others) The Chances, a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, 4to, neatly half bound, one or two headlines shaved, 188 Printed for R. Bentley, 1692 The Chances, a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, 4to, neatly half bound, foxed, some catchwords cut, 12s

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Printed and sold by R. Wellington, 1705 386 WALKER (William) Victorious Love, a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, 4to, paper wrappers, title and a few leaves slightly foxed, £1 15s Printed for Ralph Smith, 1698 This play, which is an imitation of Southern's Oroonoko, was written in three weeks' time, when the author, who played a part in it himself, was 19 years old. There is a fulsome dedication to James Kendal, one of the Lords of the Admiralty. In the Preface the author says: "I am blamed for suffering my Play to be acted at the Theatre-Royal, accus'd of Foolish Presumption, in setting my weak Shoulders to Prop this Declining Fabric, and of affronting the Town in favouring whom they Discountenance.'

387 WALLACE (Malcolm William) The Birth of Hercules, with an introduction on the influence of Plautus on the dramatic literature of England in the sixteenth century, 8vo, bds., suede back, 10s 6d Chicago, 1903 388 WALLER (Edmond) Poems, etc., written upon Several Occasions and to several persons, sixth edition, with several additions, never before printed, 1693-The Second Part of Mr. Waller's Poems, containing his alteration of the Maid's Tragedy, &c., FIRST EDITION, Printed for Tho. Bennet, 1690-the two parts in one vol, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, 15s

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Poems, etc., written upon Several Occasions and to Several persons, SIXTH EDITION, with several additions, never before printed, 1694-The Maid's Tragedy, altered, with some other pieces, not before printed, Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1690-the 2 parts in one vol, 8vo, contemporary calf, bookplate of E. J. Holmyard, 158 Poems, etc., written upon Several Occasions and to Several persons, nine fine portraits and plate of a monument, LARGE paper, 8vo, old calf, broad gilt ornamental border round sides, gilt back, joints cracking, £1 Is J. Tonson, 1711 391 WARD (Ned) Apollo's Maggot in his Cups, or the Whimsical Creation of a little satyrical poet, FIRST EDITION, VERY RARE, 1729-Ward (Ned) The Wars of the Elements, or a description of a sea storm; to which are added the Contemplative Angler and the Republican Procession, &c., 1730—A Letter from Tom o' Bedlam to the BBr's, Jesuit, 1717-British Wonders: a poetical description of prodigies happen'd since the death of Queen Anne, 1717-in one vol, 8vo, calf, £3 10s

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The Republican Procession, or the Tumultuous Cavalcade, a merry poem, the second impression, with additional characters, 8vo, half calf, 7s 6d The Wars of the Elements, or a description of a Sea-Storm; to which is added the Contemplative Angler, &c., 4to, 8 pp., margins cut and last leaf a little damaged, scarce, 10s 6d 1709

394 WEBSTER (John) The Dutchess of Malfey, a tragedy, as it is now acted at the Dukes Theater, 4to, sewn, title and one or two leaves stained, £1 1s Printed for D. N. and T. C., 1678 - The Unfortunate Dutchess of Malfy, or the Unnatural Brothers, a tragedy, now acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market by Her Majesties Company of Comedians, 4to, sewn, stained, 15s Printed for H. N. and are to be sold by John Morphew, 1708 396 WEST (Mrs.) Miscellaneous Poems, and Edmund Ironside, a tragedy, 8vo, old sheep, joints cracked, 4s 6d York, 1791 397 WHITAKER (W.) The Conspiracy, or the Change of Government, a tragedy, acted at His Royal Highness the Duke of York's Theatre, FIRST EDITION, 4to, sewn, good copy, scarce, £2 2s Printed for William Cademan, 1680 The Epilogue was written by Edw. Ravenscroft. 398 WILSON (John) The Cheats, a comedy, a comedy, written in the year MDCLXII., the third edition, 4to, neatly half bound, slight tear in title, last leaf duststained, 188 Printed by James Rawlins for John Wright, and others, 1684 399 WOMAN TURN'D BULLY (The), a comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre, 4to, paper wrappers, very scarce, £2 10s Printed by J. C. for T. Dring, 1675

400 WYCHERLEY (William) The Plain-Dealer, a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, the fifth edition, 4to, sewn, tiny rust hole in last three leaves, but a good copy, 10s 6d Printed for R. Bentley, 1691 401 [ZOUCH (Dr.)] The Sophister, a comedy, ORIGINAL EDITION, sm. 4to, half calf, border of title cut as usual, short copy, last leaf stained, 15s

Printed by J. O. for Humphrey Mosley, 1639

End of Books from the Library of the late H. F. House, Esq.

404

RARE BOOKS FROM VARIOUS COLLECTIONS. 402 ADAMS (Thomas) The White Devil, or the Hypocrite Vncased, in a sermon preached at Pavls Crosse, 1612, third edition, reviewed and corrected by the Author, sm. 4to, sewn, title and last leaf soiled, 12s 6d T. Purfoot for W. Erondell, 1614 403 ADDISON (Joseph) Rosamond, an opera, humbly inscrib'd to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough, FIRST EDITION, FINE COPY, 4to, new mottled calf extra, gilt edges, bound by Riviere (half- title, title, B to F2 in fours), very scarce, £6 6s Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1707 CATO, A TRAGEDY, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in DruryLane by Her Majesty's Servants, FIRST EDITION, FINE COPY, 4to, new mottled calf extra, gilt edges, bound by Riviere (4 prel. ll. inc. the half- title, B to I in fours), scarce, £7 78 Printed for J. Tonson, 1713 405 ADDISON (Lancelot) The Primitive Institution, or a Seasonable discourse of catechizing; wherein is shewn the Antiquity, Benefits, and Necessity thereof, &c., 12mo, old calf, binding a little rubbed, 5s 6d I. C. for W. Crook, 1674 406 AMERICA.-Dawne (Darby, M.D.) Health, a poem, shewing how to procure, preserve, and restore it; to which is annex'd the Doctor's Decade, FOURTH EDITION, Corrected, PUBLISHED for the BENEFIT of the INHABITANTS of NEW ENGLAND, sm. 8vo, neatly half bound, stained copy, VERY RARE, £1 1s

407

Boston, reprinted by T. Fleet for Benjamin Eliot and John Phillips, 1714 De Insulis inuentis Epistola Christoferi Colom (cui etas nostra multu debet: de Insulis in mari Indico nup inuētis, &c., 8 ll., reprint of the edition of c. 1494, four curious woodcuts, 8vo, calf, 15s Reprinted [Paris, 1858]

Only two copies of Columbus's Letter on his first voyage, of which this is a facsimile, are known.

408 [AMHURST (Nicholas)] A Collection of Poems on several occasions, publish'd in The Craftsman, by Caleb D'Anvers, Esq., Printed for R. Francklin, 1731— The Case of Opposition Stated, between The Craftsman and The People, occasioned by his paper of Dec. 4th, 1731, Printed for J. Roberts, 1731-the 2 pamphlets, 8vo, unbound, 108 6d

409 ANNUITIES. — Scheme for providing an Annuity to Ministers'

Widows and a Stock to their Children, past and resolved by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1743, 4to, sewn, Edinburgh, 1743—Memorial concerning the Scheme for Providing an Annuity to Ministers' Widows, &c., 2 leaves, folio, sewn, Edinburgh, 1743-together 2 tracts, 5s 6d

410 ASHBURNHAM (John) A Narrative by, of his attendance on King Charles the First, from Oxford to the Scotch Army, and from Hampton-Court to the Isle of Wight, never before printed; to which is prefixed a Vindication of his Character and Conduct, fine portrait engraved by R. Graves, 2 vols, 8vo, calf extra, FINE COPY, 128 6d 1830 411 BACON (Sir Francis) The Two Bookes of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane, sm. 4to, original limp vellum, title and one or two margins slightly stained, upper cover unstitched, bookplate of H. S. Squance, a very large copy, £3 3s Oxford, I. L. for Thomas Huggins, 1633 412 BAIF (Jan Antoine de) Complainte sur le Trepas du feu Roy Charles IX., sm. 4to, bds. (six leaves), FINE COPY, RARE, £3 38

Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Federic Morel Imprimeur du Roy, 1574

413 BALLADS AND BROADSIDES CHIEFLY OF THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD, and printed by black letter, most of which were formerly in the Heber Collection, and now in the library at Britwell Court, edited, with notes and introduction, by H. L. Collmann, facsimiles, folio, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, very scarce, £12 1912

Only a few copies printed for presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club.

414 BECKFORD (Peter) Familiar Letters from Italy, to a Friend in England, 2 vols, 8vo, original calf gilt, bookplate of S. Squance, 10s 6d

1805 The author mentions visits to Voltaire, Rousseau, and other celebrities. Writing from Turin he mentions a meeting there with Sterne in 1765.

415 BEHN (Mrs. Aphra) The Rover, or the Banish't Cavaliers, FIRST EDITION, the numeration of a few leaves shaved, Printed for John Amery, 1677-The Second Part of the Rover, FIRST EDITION, Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1681-in one vol, 4to, calf neat, gilt edges, £4 10s

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416 BERNARD (Richard) Looke beyond Luther, or an Ansvvere to that question, so often and so insvltingly proposed by our aduersaries, asking us, Where this our Religion was before Luther's Time? whereto are added Sovnd Props to bear vp Honest-Hearted Protestants, sm. 4to, sewn, nice copy, with original blank leaf before tille, Felix Kyngston, 1623 417 BIBLIOGRAPHIES. — Williams (Iolo A.) Seven XVIIIth Century Bibliographies: John Armstrong, William Shenstone, Mark Akenside, Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, Charles Churchill, R. B. Sheridan, 8vo, cloth, new, 18s 1924 418 BINDING. - Lake (Edward, D.D.) Officium Eucharisticum: a pre

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paratory service to a devout and worthy reception of the Lord's Supper, portrait by Vander Gucht, sm. 8vo, contemporary crimson morocco, gilt panels on sides, with corner and other ornaments, gilt back, gilt edges, binding very slightly worn, 6s

1732

Lettre sur l'Homme et ses Rapports, sm. 8vo, contemporary smooth red morocco, broad gilt floreated border on sides, gilt back, gilt edges, fine copy, 15s Paris, 1772 Patrick (Symon) The Witnesses to Christianity, or the Certainty of our faith and hope, 8vo, old smooth crimson morocco, gilt panels on sides, with corner ornaments, gilt back, gilt edges, very slight defect in back, corner cut out of title, 58 Printed for R. Royston, 1675 The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, sm. 8vo, contemporary bright red morocco, gilt floreated border on sides, with corner ornaments, gilt back, gilt edges, bookplate of H. S. Squance, 10s 6d 1764

The Whole Duty of Man, laid down in a Plain and Familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader, with private devotions for several occasions, engraved title and front., 8vo, contemporary smooth crimson morocco, gilt panels, with corner and other ornaments on sides, gilt back, gilt edges, slightly worn at joints, bookplate of Lord Leigh, 7s 6d 1726

423 BOURNE (Vincent) Poems (in English and Latin), with memoir and notes by the Rev. John Mitford, engraved title, 12mo, panelled calf gilt, gilt edges, bookplate of H. S. Squance, nice copy, 4s 6d Pickering, 1840 424 BUCHANAN (George) De Ivre Regni apud Scotos, Dialogus, border round title, sm. 4to, sewn, top corner of one or two leaves badly scorched, last few leaves stained, old autograph signature on title, £2 2s Anno Domini, 1580 425 BUCKERIDGE (John) A Sermon preached at Hampton Court before the Kings Maiestie, on Tuesday the 23 of September, Anno 1606, sm. 4to, sewn, last leaf stained, 12s 6d Robert Barker [1606] 426 [BUTLER (Samuel)] Hudibras, the first part, written in the time of late wars, 1694-Hudibras, the second part, 1693-Hudibras, the third and last part, title torn, 1694-the three parts in one vol, sm. 8vo, contemporary calf, binding cracked at joint, 78 6d 427 CASTILLO (Don Alonso) The Spanish Pole-Cat, or the Adventures of Seniora Rufina: being a Detection of the artifices used by such of the fair sex as aim more at the purses than at the hearts of their admirers, begun to be translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, and finished by Mr. Ozell, front. by Lud Du Guernier, FIRST EDITION in English, sm. 8vo, original panelled calf, rebacked old calf, very scarce, bookplate of J. C. Deverell, £1 15s 1717

£3 38

428 CERVANTES. Les Principales Aventures de l'admirable Don Quichotte, représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maîtres, avec les Explications des XXXI. planches de cette magnifique collection tirées de l'original Espagnol de Miguel de Cervantes, fine impressions of the plates, 4to, red morocco, gilt top, Liège, J. F. Bassompierre, 1776 429 CHAPMAN (Geo.) The Hymns of Homer: the Batrachomyomachia, and two original poetical hymns, with an introductory preface by S. W. Singer, vignette portrait of Chapman by J. Swaine, 12mo, calf extra, neatly rebacked, bookplate of H. S. Squance, nice copy, 58 6d Chiswick, 1818 430 CHAUCER.-The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, in the original, from the most authentic manuscripts, and as they are turn'd into modern language by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Pope, and other Eminent Hands, with . . . various readings and explanatory notes (edited by T. Morel), 8vo, calf, 4s 6d 1737

Consists of two versions of the Prologue, and the Knight's Tale only.

Only 250 copies printed.

431 CHESS.-Vida (Mark Jerome) The Game of Chess, done into English from the Latin and printed by Richard Stanton Lambert, and introduced by Richard C. Lambert and decorated with woodcuts by Nell Lambert, 4to, bds., linen back, 12s 6d Stanton Press, 1921 432 CONSTITUTIONS AND CANONS Ecclesiasticall, treated upon by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, &c., and agreed upon with the Kings Majesties licence in their severall synods, 1640, sm. 4to, sewn, 10s 6d 1640 433 [COOKE (A.)] The Weather-Cocke of Romes Religion, with her severall changes, or the world tvrned topsie-tvrvie by Papists, sm. 4to, cloth wrappers, headlines cut, stained copy, 10s 6d George Purslowe for Iohn Marriott, 1625 434 COOKERY. The Queens Closet Opened: incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving and candying, &c., corrected and reviewed, with many additions, portrait engraved by Faithorne, 1662-The COMPLEAT COOK, expertly prescribing the most ready wayes for dressing of flesh and fish, ordering of sauces or making of pastry, 1662-in one vol, thk. sm. 8vo, original calf, a very clean copy, except for ten leaves in sheet P which are loose and soiled, £3 10s Nath. Brooke, 1662 435 CORNEILLE (Pierre) THEATRE DE, avec des commentaires, etc. (par Voltaire), front. engraved by Watelet after Pierre, and fine impressions of the plates engraved by Baquoy, Flipart, Lempereur, le Mire, de Longueil, &c., after Gravelot, 12 vols, 8vo, French mottled calf, gilt tooled backs, red edges, margins at beginning of Vol. 1 wormed, and margins of 2 ll. neatly mended, OTHERWISE A VERY FINE SET, £17 Genève, 1764 436 COURTLY POETS. — Poems by Sir Henry Wotton, Sir Walter Raleigh and others, edited by the Rev. John Hannah, 12mo, panelled calf gilt, gilt edges, bookplate of H. S. Squance, 5s Pickering, 1845 437 COURT OF WARDS AND LIVERIES.-A Commission with Instructions and Directions granted by His Maiestie to the Master and Counsceile of the Court of Wards and Liueries, for compounding for wards, ideots, and lunaticks, sin. 4to, sewn, bookplate of Robert Davies, of Llannerck, on back of title, 15s Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, 1618 438 COWPER (William) Poems, portrait and illustrations, 2 vols, 8vo, diced calf gilt, 58 6d 439 CRAIG (Sir Thomas, Edinburgenus) AD SERENISS ET POTENTISS. PRINCIPEM IACOBVM SEXTUM E SUA SCOTIA DECEDENTEM PARÆNETICON, typographical ornament and the royal arms of Scotland on title, sm. 4to, mottled calf extra, bound by Riviere, AN UNCUT COPY, EXTREMELY RARE, £10 10s

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Excudebat Robertus Waldegraue Sereniss. Reg. Majest. Typographus, 1603 440 CROWN (John) Sir Courtly Nice, or It cannot Be, a comedy, the second edition, 4to, sewn, slight tear in title and last leaf, 6s 441 DAVISON's (Francis and Walter) Poetical Rhapsody, with a preface by Sir Egerton Brydges, vignettes, title pages on India paper, 3 vols in one, roy. 8vo, calf, LARGE PAPER COPY, bookplates of W. Harrison and H. S. Squance, 15s Privately printed, Lee Priory Press, 1814-17 This edition, of which only 100 copies were printed, contains Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh, Mary Countess of Pembroke, Sir P. Sidney, Henry Constable and Sir H. Wotton.

442 DENISON (Stephen) The Monvment or Tombe-Stone, or a Sermon preached at Lavrence Povntnies Chvrch in London, Nouemh. 21, 1619, at the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Iuxon, the fifth impression, sm. 4to, sewn, UNCUT COPY, stained, 10s 6d George Miller, 1631

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The White Wolfe, or a Sermon preached at Pavls Crosse, Feb. 11, 1627 . . . wherein Faction is Vnmasked . . . especially the Hetheringtonian faction growne very impudent in this citie of late yeeres is here confuted, curious woodcut of the wolfe in sheepes skinne, and another of the wolfe in his owne skinne, sm. 4to, sewn, slight tear in last leaf, £1 10s Printed by George Miller, 1627 444 DENNIS (John) Original Letters, familiar, moral and critical, 2 vois in one, 8vo, original calf, two pages missed in the printing have been supplied in very next manuscript, very scarce, £2 2s Printed for W. Mears, 1721 Remarks upon Cato, a tragedy, 4to, neatly half bound, title slightly foxed, 158 Printed for B. Lintott, 1713 In the Introduction the author says that he was very reluctant to undertake the writing of. these Remarks, but one reason which made it necessary was "because the translating this Play into French being without Precedent or Example, will, together with the violent and general Applause it has met with, make it pass for our Nonparello among foreign Nations; which will expose our own to the Rallery of all Europe, unless we shew, at the same time, that we are not all so ignorant or mistaken."

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446 DOMINIS (Marc Antony de, Archb. of Spalato) A Sermon preached in Italian, in the Mercers Chappel in London to the Italians in that city, vpon the 12 verse of the 13 chapter to the Romanes, first published in Italian by the Author and thereout translated into English, sm. 4to, sewn, with leaf marked “A” before title, £1 18 Iohn Bill, 1617

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447 Another copy of the above, sm. 4to, sewn, wanting leaf marked A " before title, some leaves stained, 10s 6d Iohn Bill, 1617 448 DONNE (Dr. John) Devotions, with two sermons: I., On the Decease of Lady Danvers, mother of George Herbert; II., Death's Duel, his own funeral sermon ; to which is prefixed his Life, by Izaak Walton, engraved title, 12mo, panelled calf gilt, gilt edges, bookplate of H. S. Squance, 6s 6d Pickering, 1840 449 DRAMA.-The Stage Condemn'd, and the encouragement given to the immoralities and profaneness of the theatre by the English schools, universities and pulpits, censur'd, &c., 8vo, calf, rebacked, title soiled, 128

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Memoirs of that Celebrated Comedian, and very singular Genius, Thomas Weston, 8vo, neatly half bound, scarce, 128 6d 451 DRYDEN (John) Comedies, Tragedies and Operas, now first collected together and corrected from the originals, large folding portrait engraved by Edelinck from painting by Kneller, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 2 vols, folio, contemporary calf, joint slightly cracked, £4 4s

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Fables, Ancient and Modern, translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer, with original poems, FIRST EDITION, folio, original calf, gilt back, £2 2s 1700

Poems on Various Occasions and Translations from several Authors, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 1701-Fables, Ancient and Modern, translated into verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer, with original poems, FIRST EDITION, 1700-in one vol, folio, joints slightly cracked, but in fine clean condition, original panelled calf, £3 3s

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Love Triumphant, or Nature will prevail, a tragi-comedy, FIRST EDITION, 4to, sewn, outer pages soiled, margins of last two leaves defective, £1 15s 455 DUFFETT (Thomas) The Spanish Rogue, as it was acted by his. Majesties Servants, FIRST EDITION, 4to, half morocco, tear in the title-page repaired, margin of last leaf repaired, £3 10s Printed for William Cademan, 1674 A rare play, with an interesting dedication to Nell Gwynn.

456 [DURFEY (Thos.)] Butler's Ghost, or Hudibras, the fourth part, with reflections upon these times, sm. 8vo, contemporary sheep, small wormhole throughout, 10s 6d Printed for J. Hindmarsh, 1682