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torn), orig. bds., Chapman & Hall, n.d., oblong folio (533), Nov. 3, Sotheby Spencer, I IOS. Browne (H. K.) A Series of Original Unpublished Drawings in Tints for William Wordsworth's "Hart-Leap Well," title and 12 beautifully executed pencil drawings tipped in and matted, each being hinged on linen, Explanation of Hart-Leap Well and original poem inlaid, tipped in is an A.L.s. by M. A. Browne, all bound into 1 vol. (15in. by 28in.), full green levant mor. gt., gt. lettering on obverse cover, gt. panelled back and inner gt. borders, g.e., by Rivière, oblong folio (72), Feb. 24, American Art Association £200 [Browne (T.)] The Parson's Horn-Book, plates, crushed black mor. ex., full gt. tooled inner doublures, sides and back, t.e.g., by Zaehnsdorf, in case, 1832 [767], May 13, Hodgson Henry, £2 5s. Browne (Sir Thomas). Hydriotaphia, Vrne-Buriall, first ed., with the leaf of errata which is only found in a few copies, plates, port. by Vanderbank inserted, a few 11. slightly water-stained, orig. cf., London, printed for Hen. Brome, 1658, 8vo. (132), Mar. 30, Sotheby Quaritch, £15 [Browne (Sir T.)] Religio Medici, engraved title by Marshall, the rare Surreptitious Ed., with 159 pp., hf. mor., t.e.g. (title backed), Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1642, 12m0. (552), May 28, Hodgson Maggs, £7 5s.

[See also Anderson Galleries, Dec. 8, $300; Dec. 8, $210.] Browne (Sir T.) Religio Medici, first authorised ed., engraved title, contemp. cf. (rebacked, title repaired, and slip of Errata wanting), Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1643, 12mo. (541), Mar. 11, Hodgson Barnard, £3 12s. 6d.

[See also Christie, ed. 1656, June 15, £2; Hodgson, Mar. 26, ed. 1902, on vell., £17; April 1, bds., £I 10s.] Browne (Sir T.) Religio Medici, Urn Burial, Christian Morals, and other Essays, edited by C. J. Holmes, woodcut border by Charles Ricketts, bds., cl. back, uncut [London, Vale Press, 1902], sm. folio (1665), Oct. 6, Anderson Galleries [One of 310 copies.]

$6

Browne (Sir T.) Works, port., plate and woodcut of the
quincunx, cf. (corners mended), 1686, 4to. (189), May 25,
Sotheby
David, £3 15s.

[See also June 22, £3 15s. and £3 3s.; Hodgson, June 25, £4 4s.; American Art Association, April 23, $37.50; Hodgson, June 17, ed. 1778, 4 vol., £1 1os.; ed. 1835, 4 vol., £3 15s.; Sotheby, Nov. 10, 4 vol., £3 3s.; American Art Association, Mar. 30, 4 vol., $25.]

Browne (William). Britannia's Pastorals, title-page engraved by W. Hole, Lond., print. for Geo. Norton, dwell. at Templebarr [1613-16]-Britannia's Pastorals, the second Booke, London, printed by Thomas Snodham for George Norton, and are to be sold at the signe of the Red Bull without Templebarre, 1616, first ed. of both parts, LARGE PAPER, 2 vol. in

I, gt. tooled, gt. inside borders, g.e. over red, by Rivière, sm. folio (53), Dec. 8, Anderson Galleries $310 Browning (Elizabeth Barrett). Original Autograph Manuscript of "Lessons from the Gorse," about 175 words, written in ink on 2 pp., signed at end "E. B. B.," enclosed in a maroon quarter levant mor. slip-case, gt., inner cl. wrapper, 12mo. (88), Jan. 20, American Art Association $325

[A poem consisting of four stanzas of seven lines each, the first part reading in facsimile.] Browning (E. B.) The Battle of Marathon, a poem, written in Early Youth by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, printed, for her father in 1820, and now reprinted in facsimile, with an Introduction by H. Buxton Forman, three-quarter brown levant mor., gt. panelled back, g.t., uncut, London for private distribution only, 1891, 8vo. (87), May 7, American Art Association $40

[Limited to 4 copies, printed throughout on pure vellum.] Browning (E. B.) Poems, first ed., 2 vol., cl., uncut, London, Edward Moxon, 1844, 12mo. (1125), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries

$625 [Autograph presentation copy, with inscription on flyleaf: "To William Wordsworth-from the author; in affectionate reverence, August, 1844." See also American Art Association, April 23, $8.]

Browning (E. B.) Poetical Works, port., 5 vol., straightgrained red mor., g.e., 1866, 8vo. (757), Feb. 2, Sotheby Hollings, I 15s.

[See also American Art Association, Jan. 20, ed. 1884, on vell., $275; Sotheby, Mar. 2, ed. 1889, 6 vol., £2 10s.; Nov. 3, 6 vol., £1 128.; June 29, 6 vol., £3 15s.] [Browning (E. B.)] Prometheus Bound, translated from the Greek of Æschylus, and Miscellaneous Poems by the Translator, first ed. (suppressed by the authoress), cl., paper label, uncut, London, A. J. Valpy, 1833, 12mo. (139), Mar. 30, American Art Association $82.50

[Tipped in on front end-leaf is an A.L.s., "Elizabeth B. Barrett," 4 PP., 24mo. [August 1, 1841]. Frederick Locker-Lampson's copy, with bookplate.] Browning (E. B.) Sonnets from the Portuguese, printed on vell., No. 5 of 12 copies, limp vell., with ties, Riccardi Press, 1914, sm. 4to. (568), April 6, Sotheby Todd, £3 Browning (Elizabeth Barrett and Robert). Two Poems, first ed., crushed light brown levant mor., Jansen style, orig. wrappers bound in, by the Club Bindery, with the H. W. Poor bookplate, London, 1854, 8vo. (13), Jan. 12, Anderson Galleries $13 Browning (Robert). The Agamemnon of Eschylus, first ed., inscribed "J. P. Mahaffy, from the Author or the Translator," orig. cl., 1877, 8vo. (530), May 18, Sotheby

Thorp, £2 5s. Browning (R.) Bells and Pomegranates, complete in the orig. 8 parts, first eds., fine copies, enclosed in cl. box-case,

London, 1841-46, 8vo. (45), Dec. 1, American Art Associa-
tion
$420

See

[Part v. is presentation copy, with inscription, in Browning's handwriting, at top of front cover: "W. Morgan, Esq., with R. B.'s best compliments." also Feb. 24, mor., $95; Mar. 30, orig. cl., $80; Anderson Galleries, Dec. 2, mor., $100; Sotheby, May 25, Pts. i.-v. only, Pt. i. inscribed, £20.]

Browning (R.) Dramatic Idyls, first ed., cl., uncut, in crimson silk protecting covers and a crushed crimson levant mor. solander case, London, 1879, 12mo. (89), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries

$525 Alfred Ten

[Autograph presentation copy, inscribed nyson from his affectionately ever R. B. April 26, '79." See also American Art Association, April 14, $75.] Browning (R.) Dramatis Personæ, first ed., cl., uncut, London, Chapman and Hall, 1864, 8vo. (82), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries

$60

[Autograph presentation copy from the author, inscribed on half-title "The Hon. Edward Twisleton with R. B.'s affectionate regards, June 4, '64." See also Hodgson, Mar. 26, ed. 1910, on vell., £20; April 22, £5 7s.; Sotheby, April 6, £3; July 20, £6 10S.] Browning (R.) Men and Women, proof copy of the first ed., with pencil corrections in "Opus Magistri Jocti," 2 vol. in 1, cl., London, 1855, 12mo. (81), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries $250

[See also Jan. 12, $37.50; American Art Association, Feb. 5, ed. 1908, $61; Hodgson, Oct. 15, £10 10s.; Feb. II, £10.] Browning (R.) Paracelsus, first ed., red crushed levant mor. gt., panelled back and sides, inside dentelles, g.e., by Rivière, label from the orig. back strip mounted on a flyleaf, fine copy, 1835, 16mo. (108), Nov. 10, Sotheby Heffer, £3 5s. Browning (R.) The Pied Piper of Hamelin, first ed., with 35 illustrations in colours by Kate Greenaway, pictorial bds., cl. back (one corner of front cover bent), London [1888], 4to. (485), Jan. 5, American Art Association [See also Anderson Galleries, Nov. 10, $75.] Browning (R.) Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, or Turf and Towers, first ed., cl., uncut, London, 1873, 12mo. (85), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries

$25

$275

[Autograph presentation copy, inscribed "Bryan W. Procter Esq. with the affectionate regards of his old admirer R. B. May 7, '73." With the Henry F. Redhead bookplate.]

Browning (R.) The Ring and the Book, first ed., 4 vol., orig. cl., uncut, London, 1868-69, 12mo. (27), April 23, American Art Association

$17.50

[See also Sotheby, Dec. 18, £4 10s.; Anderson Galleries, Nov. 10, ed. 1872, pres. copy, $150.]

Browning (R.) Sordello, first ed., with (at end) Edward Moxon's A List of Books," dated January 1, 1840, 16 pp., orig. bds., paper label, 1840, 8vo. (692), July 29, Sotheby Maggs, £17 [Presentation copy, inscribed "M. Conan Esqre. with R. B.'s best respects," in the handwriting of the author. See also Anderson Galleries, June 12, $11.]

Browning (R.) Poems, 2 vol., cl., uncut, London, 1849, 12mo. (80), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries $5

[With autograph of B. W. Procter on title-pages. See also Hodgson, Dec. 10, ed. 1897, mor., £2 10s.]

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Browning (R.) Poetical Works, set of the LARGE PAPER COPY of the Smith, Elder" ed., printed on handmade paper and limited to 250 sets, 17 vol., full polished cf., full gt. panelled backs, g.e., by Zaehnsdorf, 1909, London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1888-94, 8vo. (75), Feb. 24, American Art Association $230

[Inserted in Vol. i. is an A.L.s. by Robert Browning. See also April 14, $125; Sotheby, June 29, cl., £10; Hodgson, April 22, cl., £1 18s.; Dowell, April 21, cl. £2 4s.; Hodgson, Nov. 5, ed. 1910-11, 8 vol. in 4, cf., £1 138.]

Browning (R.) Some Poems, col. woodcut front., and initials
in red, bds., uncut, Eragny Press, 1904 (521), Mar. 26,
Hodgson
Roche, £1 19s.

[See also April 1, £2; American Art Association, May 4, $25.] Browning (R.) Complete Works, from the Author's revised text, with an Introductory Essay by William Lyon Phelps, Introductions and Notes by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke, with numerous plates in two states, one set on India paper, one set on Japan paper, one set of fronts. being col. by hand, with an extra set of decorative titles in red and green, 12 vol., three-quarter brown levant mor. gt., gt. backs with floral inlays, g.t., uncut, New York, Fred De Fau and Company [1910], 8vo. (86), Jan. 20, American Art Association

$90

[See also Anderson Galleries, Oct. 6, $8.50; Hodgson, June 11, ed. 1912, 10 vol., £3 48.]

Bruce (John Collingwood). The Roman Wall, third ed., plates and text illustrations, hf. mor., uncut, 1867, 4to. (559), Dec. 15, Sotheby

Thorp, £1 18s.

[See also Dowell, Mar. 23, £2 12s.] Bruel (F. L.) Histoire Aéronautique par les Monuments, Peints, Sculptés, Dessinés et Gravés, des Origines à 1830, numerous facs. and other reproductions from rare engravings, etc., many in colours (limited to 325 copies), hf. red levant mor., cl. sides, t.e.g., a fine copy, A. Marty, 1909, roy. 4to. (486), Dec. 10, Hodgson Maggs, £io Brunet (Jacques Charles). Manual du Libraire, 5 vol., cf. gt., Paris, 1842-4, 8vo. (439), May 25, Sotheby Thorp, £2 15S. [See also Nov. 3, £4; Hodgson, Nov. 5, ed. 1922, £2 10s.]

Bruni (Antonio). Le Veneri Poesie, 3 parts in 1 vol., printed on vell. (one of 4 copies known), 4 plates, several 11. defectively printed, contemp. red mor., line and ornamental border round sides with fan-shape decorations at corners, in the centre an elaborate circular ornament with small tools "a l'eventail" with spirals, dots, etc. above and below, panelled gt. back (slightly defective), g.e., In Roma, appresso Giacomo Mascara, 1633, 8vo. (113), Dec. 8, Sotheby McLeish, £5 Bruno (Giordano). Recens et completa ars reminiscendi et in Phantastico campo exarandi. Ad plurimas in triginta sigillis inquirendi, disponendi, atque retinendi implicitas nouas rationes & artes introductoria. [Philothei Iordani Brvni Nolani explicatio triginta sigillorum. Ad omnivm scientiarum et artium inventionem dispositionem et memoriam. Quibus adiectus est sigillus sigillorum], first ed., a special copy with a duplicate set of the 12 woodcuts and 2 additional cancelled ll., some 11. strengthened, foreedge of one woodcut shaved, old French red mor., 3-line fillet round sides, gt. back, g.e., Gardner copy, No place, printer or date [? London, c. 1583], 8vo. (133), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £50 Bryan (Michael). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, extra-illustrated by the insertion of about 340 engravings and ports., including 8 plates in red by Demarteau after Boucher, and a few in colours, 2 vol., extended to 6 vol., hf. crushed mor., t.e.g., 1816, 4to. (564), Jan. 14, Hodgson

Spencer, £12 Engravers, ed. by buckram, 1893-5, Edwards, £2 2s. Dec. 18, ed. 1899,

Bryan (M.) Dictionary of Painters and Graves and Armstrong, 2 vol., hf. imp. 8vo. (331), April 22, Hodgson [See also Sotheby, April 20, £1 10s.; £2 15s.; Nov. 10, ed. 1903, 5 vol., £6 10s.; Dowell, April 21, 5 vol., £4 15s.; Hodgson, June 17, 5 vol., £5 2s. 6d. ; April 29, ed. 1918, 5 vol., £9.]

Bryant (William Cullen). The Embargo, or Sketches of the Times, a Satire, together with The Spanish Revolution, and other Poems, second ed., hf. crimson crushed levant mor., gt. back, g.t., uncut at outer and lower edge, by Bradstreet's, Boston, printed for the Author by E. D. House, 1809, 8vo. (38), April 23, American Art Association $20 [Containing a number of poems now first published. The first edition contains "The Embargo" alone. Fine tall copy.]

Bryant (W. C.) Poems, first ed., orig. bds., entirely uncut (back skilfully repaired), Cambridge, 1821, 12mo. (39), April 23, American Art Association

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$10

[Containing the first publication in book form of his poem, "Thanatopsis. Laid in is an A.L.s., "W. C. Bryant," I p. 8vo., June 20, 1871, to Robt. Dodge, Esq. See also Anderson Galleries, Jan. 12, 2 vol., mor., $15.]

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