Books on the Drama-continued.

98 KING'S THEATRE, PANTHEON.-The Plan and Section of the Boxes, with an alphabetical list of the subscribers (and list of the singers, instrumentalists, &c.), engraved title, 2 folding plans, &c., 8vo, original sheep, joints cracked, 5s W. Lee, 1791 99 LINLEY (George) Musical Cynics of London, a satire (sketch the first),

8vo, sewn, 3s 6d

1862

100 LLOYD (Robert) The Actor, a poetical epistle to Bonnell Thornton, first edition, 4to, sewn, 10s 6d

1760

101 MACKLIN (Charles, Comedian) Authentic Memoirs of, in which is introduced a variety of particulars hitherto unknown to the public, &c., by Francis Aspry Congreve, 8vo, sewn, scarce, 88 6d 1798

102 MOORE's (F. Frankfort) The Impudent Comedian, and others, illustrated, cr. 8vo, cloth, fine clean copy, presentation copy, with Author's autograph inscription, 10s 6d Chicago, 1897

103 PIN BASKET (The) to the Children of Thespis, a satire, with notes, 4to, wrappers, 5s (1796) 104 PINDAR (Peter) The Cap, a satiric poem, including most of the dramatic writers of the day, 4to, sewn, 7s 6d

N.D.

105 QUIN (James) The Life of, portrait, 12mo, half green morocco neat,

£1 18s

1766

1698

106 QUERIES to be Answer'd by the Manager of Drury-Lane Theatre for the Satisfaction of the Publick, in regard to the present dispute between him and his Actors, 8vo, sewn, scarce, 15s 1743 107 STAGE (The) Condemned, and the encouragement given to the immoralities, &c., of the theatre censur'd, 8vo, half calf, a little soiled, 12s 108 "STAGE " (The), No. I., 1815-" Le Telescope Dramatique," Nos. XI. et XII., 1818-"Revue Generale des Théâtres," No. I., 1819-"The Theatre," No. I., 1819 "The Prompter," No. I., 1834-"The Dramatist," Nos. I. and II., 1855-and 2 others, 6s the lot 109 STEELE (Mrs. Elizabeth) The Memoirs of Mrs. Sophia Baddeley, late of Drury-Lane Theatre, 3 vols, sm. 8vo, original calf, portrait inserted, bookplates of W. Lane and L. A. Waldron, 10s 6d Dublin, 1787 110 VESTRIS (Madame) Memoirs of the Life, public and private adventures of, cr. 8vo, half morocco, 12s (1839), reprint N.D. III WILKINSON (Tate) Memoirs of his own Life, 4 vols, sm. 8vo, contemporary calf, very good copy, bookplate of L. A. Waldron in each vol, £1 15s

York, 1790 112 WILKS (Robert) The Life of that Eminent Comedian Robert Wilks, Esq., vignette portrait on title, very scarce, with the leaf of "Testimonials" before title and advertisements at end, 8vo, new half calf neat, £2 5s Printed for E. Curll, 1733 113 [WILLIAMS (Revd. D.)] A Letter to David Garrick, Esq., on his conduct as principal manager and actor at Drury-Lane, 8vo, bds., 10s 6d

1772

114 DRAYTON (Michael) The Battaile of Agincovrt, fought by Henry the Fift against the whole power of the French, 1415; The Miseries of Queene Margarite; Nimphidia; The Court of Fayrie; The Quest of Cinthia; The Shepheards Sirena; The Moone-Calfe; Elegies upon sundry Occasions; FIRST EDITION, sm. folio, old sheep, binding worn, some upper margins slightly wormed, wants portrait, £3 10s

Printed for William Lee, 1627 115 DRYDENIANA.-The Medal of John Bayes: a satyr against Folly and knavery, sm. 4to, neatly half bound, some headlines cut, one or two upper margins slightly wormed, slight tear in two or three margins, scarce, £1 5s Printed for Richard Janeway, 1682 116 DURHAM.-The Bishopric Garland, or Durham Minstrel: being a choice collection of excellent songs relating to the above county, full of agreeable variety and pleasant mirth, A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED, arms on title under a Bishop's mitre, sm. 8vo, paper wrappers, scarce, 10s 6d Newcastle, 1792

117 DYKE (Jer.) A Caveat for Archippvs: a sermon preached at a visitation at White-Chappel Church, in London, Septemb. 23, 1618, sm. 4to, neatly half bound, title and one or two leaves stained, 18s Printed for R. Mylbourne, 1619 118 EARLE (J., Chaplain to the Duke of Douglas) Sacred Poems, sm. 8vo, paper wrappers, 5s

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1726

EDUCATIONAL.-A Primer for the Schollers and Doctors of Europe, but especially to them in and about the (called) two famous universities in England, Oxford and Cambridge being a brief rehearsal of some of the words and terms contained in their seven liberal arts, stained, RARE, Thomas Simmons, 1659-Parnell (James) A Tryall of Faith, 4 11., last leaf slightly defective and mounted, Giles Calvert, 1656-2 in one vol, sm. 4to, half calf, £1 158

120 EFFIGIES POETICAE, or the Portraits of the British Poets, illustrated by notes, biographical, critical and poetical, cr. 8vo, calf gilt, 5s

Deals with well-known portraits of poets, from Chaucer to Charlotte Smith.

1824

121 ELLESMERE (Lord Chancellor) The Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, in the Exchequer Chamber, touching the Post-nati, sm. 4to, old half russia, wants leaf "A" before title, 12s Printed for the Society of Stationers, 1609 122 ETHEREGE (Sir George) The Man of Mode, or Sr. Fopling Flutter, a comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre, FIRST EDITION, 4to, half brown morocco, one or two leaves slightly stained, good large copy, £3 15s

Printed by J. Macock for Henry Herringman, 1676 With Epilogue by John Dryden.

123 EVELYN (John) Kalendarium Hortense, or the Gardner's Almanac, directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year, and what fruits and flowers are in prime, NINTH EDITION, with many useful additions, front., 1699—Acetaria, a discourse of sallets, folding leaf, FIRST EDITION, 1699-the two in one vol, sm. 8vo, contemporary calf, £1 15s

124 FARQUHAR (George) Works, containing all his letters, poems, essays and comedies publish'd in his life-time, plates, second edition, 8vo, original calf, binding cracked at joint, £1 5s Bernard Lintott, N.D. (1711) 125 FARQUHAR (George) Works, containing all his poems, letters, essays and comedies, publish'd in his life-time, sixth edition, corrected; to which are added Memoirs of the Author, never before publish'd, 2 vols, sm. 8vo, sheep, rebacked, 18s 1728 126 FENELON (M., Archbishop of Cambray) Dissertation on Pure Love, with an account of the life and writings of the Lady [Madame Guyon] for whose sake the Archbishop was banish'd from Court, and the grievous persecutions she suffer'd in France for her religion; also Two Letters in French and English, written by one of the Lady's Maids. together with an Apologetic Preface, &c., third edition, 8vo, blue smooth morocco gilt, gilt edges, bookplate of Viscount Granville, 10s 6d 1750

127 [FIELDING (Miss Sarah) and COLLIER (Miss Jane)] The Cry, a new dramatic fable, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, sm. 8vo, original calf, rebacked, bookplate of L. A. Waldron in each vol, 18s Dublin, 1754 128 [FLASKET (John)] Mans Arraignement and Gods Mercy in deliuer ing him, device and head-piece on title, sm. 4to, neatly half bound, £1 1s Imprinted at London by Felix Kyngston for Iohn Flasket, 1607 129 FRANCE.—A Discourse vpon the Present State of France, printer's device on title, sm. 4to, half morocco neat, corner of last leaf slightly defective, but a good large copy with leaf A" before title, has old autograph signature Francis Goode, 1592," Imprinted at London, 1588

£8 8s

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A very rare tract, without Printers or Publishers name. The device on title is that of J. Wolfe. Collation A to N1 in fours.

130 GARTH (Dr. Samuel) The Dispensary, a poem in six cantos, the fifth edition, front. by Vander Gucht, 8vo, original calf, front. shaved, bookplate of H. Mackworth, 10s 6d 1703

131 GAY (John) Fables, portrait engraved by T. Jameson, 2 parts in one vol, sm. 8vo, mottled calf, binding rubbed, 4s 6d

1754

132 GILDON (Charles) The Complete Art of Poetry, in six parts: Of the Nature, Use, Excellence, Rise and Progress of Poetry, &c. ; of the Use and Necessity of Rules in Poetry, &c., 2 vols, sm. 8vo, original calf, binding slightly rubbed, a few leaves in Vol. I. wormed, very scarce, £3 10s 1718

133 GOETHE (J. Wolfgang von) The Sorrows of Werter, a German story, 2 vols in one, old autograph signature on title, Dublin, 1786-Eleonora; to which is added a Poetic Epistle from Werter to Charlotte, old autograph signature on title, Dublin, 1786-in one vol, sm. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, very scarce, £1 1s

134 GOULD (Robert) Love given o're, or a satyr against the pride, lust and inconstancy, &c., of woman, sm. 4to, half calf neat, FINE COPY, rare, £3 3s

Printed for Andrew Green, 1683 135 GUICCIARDIN, The Historie of, containing the Warres of Italie and other partes, continued for manie yeares vnder sundrie Kings and Princes, &c., reduced into English by Geffray Fenton, sm. thk. folio, contemporary calf, binding broken, £2 2s Richard Field, 1599

136 GUICCIARDIN, The Historie of, containing the Warres of Italie and other parts, continued for manie yeares vnder sundrie Kings and Princes, &c., reduced into English by Geffray Fenton, THE THIRD EDITION, diligently reuised, with restitution of a digression towards the end of the fourth booke, folio, contemporary calf, bookplate of Arthur Onslow, scarce, £1 10s Richard Field, 1618

137 GWILT (C. P.) Notices relating to Thomas Smith, of Campden, and to Henry Smith, sometime Alderman of London, illustrations, roy. 8vo, cloth, 4s 6d 1836 With autograph inscription on title, " 'Thomas Duffus Hardy, Esq., with Mr. Joseph Gwilt's compliments." 138 HALE (Sir Matthew).-Burnett (Gilbert) The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Kings Bench, portrait, sm. 8vo, morocco, antique style, gilt edges, edges stained, 6s 6d Printed for William Shrowsbery, 1682 139 HAMMOND (William) Occasional Poems, first printed 1655, vignette on title, 4to, bds., UNCUT, very scarce, 18s 140 [HAYWOOD (Mrs. Eliza)] The Wife, by Mira, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, half calf, UNCUT, VERY RARE in this state, £1 12s

1816

1756

1756

141

Epistles for Ladies, by the Author of the Female Spectator, front. to each vol, 2 vols, sm. 8vo, original calf, binding cracked at joints, 15s

142

1905

The Fruitless Enquiry: being a collection of several entertaining histories and occurrences which fell under the observation of a lady in her search after happiness, second edition, sm. 8vo, old sheep, cracked at joints, scarce, 12s 6d 1767 143 HERBERT (Revd. George) The English Works of, newly arranged and annotated and considered in relation to his life, by George Herbert Palmer, portraits, reproductions of title-pages, and illustrations, 3 vols, 8vo, cloth, bookplate of Oscar Clark, £1 5s 144 HEYWOOD (John) Proverbs: being the "Proberbes" of that author, printed 1546, edited, with notes and introduction, by Julian Sharman, cr. 8vo, cloth, 78 6d 1874 145 HOUSEHOLD GOVERNMENT.-A Godly Form of Householde Government for the Ordering of Private Families, according to the direction of God's word, gathered by R. C., FIRST EDITION, RARE, sm. 8vo, original vellum, with leaf “A” before title, stained and a few margins slightly wormed, £4 4s

Thomas Creede for Thomas Man, 1598 146 HOWELL (James) Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters, domestick and foreign, divided into four books, partly historical, political, philosophical, upon emergent occasions, tenth edition, very much corrected, engraved title in compartments, 8vo, original calf, old autograph signature, Hon. Geo. Quin" on title, and inside cover, nice copy, 12s 6d 1737

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147 HUMOUROUS. — The Comic Magazine, edited by the Editor of Figaro in London," numerous cuts by Seymour, 4 vols, 12mo, original bds., roan backs, gilt edges, 10s 6d 1832-34

148 HUMOUROUS.-Mathew's New Budget of Fun, or Multum in Parvo, containing all the whim, frolic, and eccentricity in his mail-coach adventures . . . interspersed with a variety of humourous songs, folding coloured front., 12mo, cloth, scarce, 10s 6d

149

Derby, 1835

Valentine (Henry) The Comic Dictionary, or Multum in Parvo of fun and fact, front. and numerous cuts, 12mo, cloth, original wrappers bound in, 4s 6d

N.D.

150 INDIA.—The Bengal Annual: a literary keepsake for M.DCCCXXX., edited by David Lester Richardson, numerous illustrations, on India paper, 8vo, morocco gilt, lined watered silk, with inside gold borders, scarce, 7s 6d Calcutta, 1830

Rennell (James) A Description of the Roads in Bengal and Bahar, folding map, sm. 8vo, mottled calf gilt, 58

1778

151 152 JENNER (Thomas) A Narration of the most Material Parliamentary Proceedings of this Present Parliament, and their Armies, which Parliament began the third of November, 1640, border round title, engravings in text, sm. 4to, sewn, small worm-hole throughout, very scarce, 12s 6d 1651

153 JORDAN (John, of Stratford, Wheelwright) WELCOMBE HILLS, near Stratford-upon-Avon : a poem, historical and descriptive, 1777, portrait of the Author, 8vo, FINE COPY, IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, UNCUT, VERY RARE, with five leaves of advertisements at end, £1 15s Stratford-upon-Avon, 1827 154 JUVENILE.-The Toy-Shop, or Sentimental Preceptor, for the instruction and amusement of every little Miss and Master, 16mo, original Dutch paper bds., a charming little child's book, with quaint woodcuts, 10s 6d

Printed for E. Newbery, N.D. 155 KENILWORTH.-Gascoigne's (George) Princely Pleasures, with the masque, intended to have been presented before Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle in 1575, with an introductory memoir and notes, portrait, 1821-Laneham's Letter describing the Magnificent Pageants presented before Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle. referred to in the Romance of Kenilworth, portrait of Queen Elizabeth, 1821 -in one vol, cr. 8vo, half morocco, 6s 156 KENT.-Somner (William) Chartham News (or a brief relation of some strange bones there lately digged up in some grounds of Mr. John Somners, of Canterbury, plate at end, sm. 4to, sewn, one or two headlines cut, very scarce, 12s 6d Printed for T. Garthwait, 1669 157 LACY (John) The Old Troop, or Monsieur Raggou, as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal, FIRST EDITION, 4to, half brown morocco, title and some inner margins repaired, RARE, £2 15s Printed for William Crook and Thomas Dring, 1672 The Prologue contains some interesting lines referring to Dryden.

158 LA FONTAINE (Jean de) Fables and Tales from La Fontaine, in French and English, now first translated; to which is prefix'd the Author's Life, 8vo, contemporary calf, bookplate of Benj. De la Fontaine at end, and elaborate signature Thomas De la Fontaine" inside front cover, 12s 6d 1734

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159 L[ANDON] (Miss L. E.) The Easter Gift, a religious offering, numerous plates after famous painters, cr. 8vo, calf, coloured medallion inset on upper cover, inside dentelles, gilt edges, 5s 1832

160 LANDSEER.-Stephens (F. G.) Memoirs of Sir Edwin Landseer: a sketch of the life of the Artist, illustrated with reproductions of twenty-four of his most popular works, plates, roy. 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, 6s 1874

161 LANGBAIN (Gerard). The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatic Poets; also an Exact Account of all the Plays that were ever yet printed in the English Tongue, &c., first begun by Mr. Langbain, improv'd and continued down to this time by a Careful Hand [Charles Gildon], sm. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, scarce, £1 108 Printed for Tho. Leigh and William Turner, N.D. [1699] Contains matter relating to Shakespeare which is not given in Langbain's edition of 1691, notably the statement that he often visited the home of William Davenant's parents, p. 32; also that the Ghost scene in Hamlet was written by Shakespeare at his Stratford house which bordered on the Charnel House and Churchyard,

62 LAW.-Littleton's Tenures, in English, black letter, 12mo, original calf, stained, slightly wormed, binding worn, scarce, £1 10s Rycharde Tottill, 1586

163 LAW.-Powell (Thomas) Direction for Search of Records remaining in the Chancerie, Tower, Excheqver, with the Limnes thereof-viz., the Kings Remembrancer, the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, the Clarke of the Extracts, &c., for the clearing of all such titles and questions as the same may concerne, with the accustomed fees of search, sm. 4to, half bound, binding worn, portrait of Sir Thomas Coventry inserted, scarce, £1 18s B. A. for Paul Man, 1622

With the Author's dedicatory poems to King James, Prince Charles, and several others.

164 LEE (Nathaniel) Gloriana, or the Court of Augustus Cæsar, acted at the Theatre-Royal, by their Majesties Servants, FIRST EDITION, 4to, half brown morocco, a few leaves slightly stained, a large copy, with original blank leaf before title, £2 15s Printed for J. Magnes and R. Bentley, 1676

165

The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great, acted at the Theatre-Royal by their Majesties Servants, FIRST EDITION, 4to, half brown morocco, one leaf stained but a very good large copy, £3 10s

Printed for James Magnes and Richard Bentley, 1677 Contains a poem by Dryden, "To Mr Lee on his Alexander."

166 LETTERE DI XIII. Hvomini Illustri, nellequali sono dve libri di diversi altri avttori, et il fiore di qvante belle Lettere, che sin'hora si sono redute, con molte del Bembo, del Nauagero, del Fracastoro, del Manutio, et di altri famosi, Auttori non piu date in luce, thk. sm. 8vo, bds., rough calf back, a few leaves slightly stained, 10s 6d In Venetia, 1561 167 LEWIS (M. G., Author of The Monk, etc.) Tales of Wonder, the second edition, sm. 8vo, calf, rebacked, 4s 6d

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1904

168 LEYCESTERS COMMONWEALTH.-History of Queen Elizabeth, Amy Robsart, and the Earl of Leicester: being a reprint of Leycesters Commonwealth," edited by Frank J. Burgoyne, sm. 4to, cloth, 7s 6d 169 LILBURNS (John) A Letter written to Mr. John Price, of Coleman Street, London, 1651, about the harsh and unequal dealing that his unckle Mr. George Lilburn . . . findes from the hands of Sir Arthur Haslerigg; unto which is annexed Mr. John Price his answer thereunto, 6 ll., sm. 4to, sewn, last leaf soiled, 5s 6d

1651

170 LYCOSTHENEM (Conradum) Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon, quæ præter naturæ ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus et his inferioribus mundi regionibus, etc., illustrated with hundreds of extraordinary woodcuts depicting human and animal monstrosities of every conceivable nature, folio, calf neat, good sound copy, but a few leaves stained and wants one leaf, £3 3s Basileue, per Henricum Petri, 1557 171 [MANLEY (Mrs.)] Court Intrigues, in a collection of original letters, from the island of the New Atlantis, &c., FIRST EDITION, 8vo, contemporary calf, binding slightly cracked at joint, scarce, 15s 1711

172 MANLEY (Mrs.) The Power of Love, in seven novels, viz., I., The Fair Hypocrite; II., The Physician's Stratagem; III., The Wife's Resentment; IV.-V., The Husband's Resentment, in two examples; VI., The Happy Fugitives; VII., The Perjur'd Beauty, never before published, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original calf, roughly rebacked, scarce, £2 2s 1720

173 MARLOWE (Christopher) and NASH (Thomas) Dido, Queen of Carthage a tragedy, 8vo, half calf, a reprint of the 1594 edition, 4s 6d

1825

174 MARRIOTT (Thomas) Female Conduct: being an essay on the Art of pleasing to be practised by the fair sex before and after marriage, a poem in two books, 8vo, contemporary calf, 88 6d 1759

Contains a lengthy reference to Shakespeare, pages 95-98.

175 MASS. A Plaine and Godlye Treatise concernynge the Masse and the blessed sacrament of the aulter for the instruccion of the symple and vnlerned people, black letter, sm. 8vo, purple morocco, blind tooled, gilt edges, from the Huth Library, RARE, £2 2s [London, about 1554] Printed without title-page. That given above occurs at the head of A1.

176 MAY (Thomas) The Victorious Reigne of King Edward the Third, written in seven bookes (IN VERSE), portrait, FIRST EDITION, sm. 8vo, original calf, scarce, £6 6s Printed for T. Walkley and B. Fisher, 1635