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and Manners of the Chinese, Turks, Austrians, and Russians, 224 col. plates, 4 vol., orig. hf. mor., uncut, n.d., sm. 4to. (499), May 25, Sotheby Treat, £4 10S. Alexandre (A.) and Cocteau (J.) The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst, 77 fine reproductions, including many in colours, hf. vell. gt., t.e.g., Fine Art Society, 1913, roy. folio (295), Feb. 11, Hodgson Stonor, £7 75.

[See also Sotheby, Mar. 2, £7; Christie, July 29, £2 15s.] Alexis of Piedmont. The secretes... containing excellent remedies against diuers diseases, woundes, and other accidentes. . . translated... by William Warde, black · letter, 3 parts in I vol., title to Part 1. stained and backed, corner of N I mended, Part III. wants title and last four 11., cf., Forster-Heber copy (V., 164), Prynted at London by Rowland Hall, for Nycolas England... 1562 [1563], 4to. (9), Mar. 30, Sotheby Dobell, £4 10S.

[See also Mar. 30, ed. 1595, £20.] Aleyn (Charles). The Historie of that Wise and Fortunate Prince, Henrie of that Name the Seventh, King of England, with that famed Battaile fought betweene the sayd King Henry and Richard the Third named Crookbacke, upon Redmoore neere Bosworth, first ed., brilliant engraved port. of King Henry, by William Marshall, facing title, orig. sprinkled cf., London, printed by Tho. Cotes for William Cooke, and are to be sold at his shop, neere Furnivalls-Inne gate in Holburne, 1638, 8vo. (3), Dec. 18, Anderson Galleries $47.50

[Crisp copy. The portrait is a reduced copy of that engraved by John Payne and appearing in Bacon's History of Henry VII., issued in 1622.] Alharizi (Judah ben Solomon ben Hophni). Takhemoni (title slightly defective, a few headlines cut into, water-stained, and a few ll. wormed), old vell., in a dark blue mor. drop case, Constantinople, Obadiah Sabbakh, 1578, sm. 4to. (560), Dec. 8, Sotheby Quaritch, £13 Alken (Henry). The Analysis of the Hunting Field, with col. illustrations by Alken, London, 1846, Mar. 23, Dowell

£12 Alken (H.) British Proverbs, first ed., with a series of 8 finely col. plates by Henry Alken, orig. printed wrappers, entirely uncut, neatly rebacked, enclosed in heavy red cl. portfolio, lettered in gt. on front cover, London, M'Lean, 1824, oblong 4to. (8), Nov. 20, American Art Association

$45

Alken (H.) Comparative Meltonians, as they are and as they were, by Ben Tally-Ho, first ed., a series of 6 plates, all finely col. and brilliant impressions, drawn by Henry Alken and engraved by G. Hunt, hf. brown mor., orig. printed wrappers and title-page bound in, London, published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823, oblong folio (427), Nov. 10, American Art Association $425

[Of great rarity. With the exception of a copy sold at

Sotheby's, April 24, 1899, there seems to be no record in
English Book-Prices CurreNT (1887-1923), or in American
Book-Prices Current (1895-1922), of another copy being
sold at public sale in England or America.]

Alken (H.) Illustrations to Popular Songs, col. plates, hf. cf., 1823, oblong folio (374), June 29, Sotheby

Hollings, £3 10S. [See also American Art Association, Nov. 20, $50; April 14, $40; Mar. 30, ed. 1825, $28; Nov. 10, ed. 1826, $55.] Alken (H.) The National Sports of Great Britain, 48 col. plates (should be 50, wants "A Prize Fight" and "Dog Fight"), red mor. gt., g.e. (a little rubbed), Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825, folio (302), Dec. 18, Sotheby

Spencer, £25 [See also July 16, ed. 1903, £5 5s.; Dowell, Jan. 26, £2 8s.] Alken (H.) Sporting Scrap-Book, containing 50 col. plates designed and engraved by himself (soiled, and binding defective), T. McLean, 1824, imp. 8vo. (213), Feb. 25, Hodgson Sotheran, £3 3s.

[See also Sotheby, Nov. 24, £4 15s.; American Art Association, Mar. 30, $21.] Alken (H.) Symptoms of Being Amused, first ed., a series of 42 col. plates (frontispiece included), with numerous figures on most of the plates by Henry Alken, hf. red mor., leather lettering-piece on front cover, g.e., London, 1822, oblong 4to. (425), Nov. 10, American Art Assoc. $37.50

[Although marked on the illustrated title-page “Vol. I,' no other vol. was ever completed. A second vol. was begun, but only about a dozen plates were issued for it.] Alken (H.) Specimens of Riding near London, 9 col. plates only (should be 18), inner margin of one plate repaired, hf. mor., upper cover bound in, T. M'Lean, 1821, oblong folio (318), July 20, Sotheby Spencer, £3

[See also Feb. 2, £3 5s.; American Art Association, April 14, ed. 1823, $110.] Alken (H.) A Touch at the Fine Arts, first ed., LARGE PAPER, illustrated by 12 plates, with descriptions, by Henry Alken, half Gobelin blue levant mor. gt., g.t., uncut, London, Thomas M'Lean, 1824, 4to. (8), Jan. 20, American Art Association

$65 Allard (Guy). Les Ayeules de son Altesse royal Marie Adelaide de Savoye, Duchesse de Bourgoyne, issuës du Sang roïal de France, folding pedigree, old red mor. gt., with the arms of Madame de Maintenon on sides, g.e., enclosed in a dark blue mor. drop case, lettered, sold as a binding, Paris, 1698, 12mo. (9), Dec. 8, Sotheby Dobell, £5 15s. Allen (J. Romilly). The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, with Introduction by J. Anderson, illustrations, half green mor., t.e.g., Edinburgh, 1903, thick 4to. (504), Nov. 12, Hodgson Heffer, £3 5s.

[See also April 22, £3 15s.; Dowell, Jan. 26, £3 17s. 6d.]

[Allen (J.)] The Yovnger Brother his Apologie, slight_repairs in a few margins, limp vell., Oxford, 1624 (colophon 1634), sm. 4to. (13), Mar. 23, Sotheby Rosenbach, £9 10s. [Allen (T.)] History of the County of Lincoln, maps and plates, interleaved, and numerous views, autograph letters, etc. inserted, 2 vol., Large PAPER (11ĝin. by 9in.), calf gilt, g.t., 1834 (203), Feb. 9, Sotheby Thorp, £4 Allen (T.) History of the County of York, plates, India proofs, 3 vol., LARGE PAPER, mor., g.e., 1829-31, 4to. (98), June 15, Sotheby Thorp, £1 10S. [Allestree (R.)] The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety, vignette on title, contemp. red mor., tooled sides, R. Norton, 1679 (181), April 22, Hodgson Quaritch, £4 4S. [Allestree (R.)] The Government of the Tongue, frontispiece, contemp. red mor., the sides covered with an elaborate geometrical design, delicate pointillé tooling, g.e., in fine state, Oxford, 1667 (179), April 22, Hodgson Quaritch, £5 [Allestree (R.)] The Whole Duty of Man, frontispiece, with MS. entries relating to the Bowyer Family, contemp. red mor., tooled sides, R. Norton, 1680 (180), April 22, Hodgson Quaritch, £3 Allibone (S. A.) Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, 3 vol., with Supplement, 2 vol., together 5 vol., cloth, Phil., 1902 (490), Mar. 26, Hodgson Deal, £2 2s. Allingham (W.) The Music Master, a love story, and two series of Day and Night Songs, first ed., woodcuts by Arthur Hughes, Millais, and Rossetti, orig. cloth, 1855, 8vo. (388), Feb. 2, Sotheby Maggs, 15s. [Presentation copy to F. G. Stephens, who has noted on the plate facing p. 202, "This was the first of Rossetti's book cuts." See also Hodgson, Dec. 17, £1 6s.] Almanac. An Almanacke for the yeare of oure Lorde God, 1559, composed by Mayster Mychael Nostradamus, Doctour of Phisike, printed in red and black, chiefly black letter, 8 11., blank corner of title mended, crushed brown mor. gt., g.e., by Rivière, Miller arms on sides, [colophon] Imprinted at London by Henry Sutton, for Lucas Haryson, dwellyng in Poules church-yarde, the xx. of February. 1559, 8vo. (11), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £130

[The only copy known. Bosanquet 48.] Almanacs. 1564, a new Almanach and Prognostication, seruynge the yere of Christ M.D.LX.IIII., faithfully calculated for the longitude of London, and pole articke of the same, by W. Cunyngham, Doctour in Physicke, printed in red and black, 24 11., woodcuts, corner of A 4 defective, inner margin damaged slightly affecting the text of the last leaf, Printed at London by Rouland Hall

...

1564, the only copy known, Bosanquet 60-An Almanacke and Prognositcation for . . . 1615. . . written most especially for... Colchester in Essex. . . by Iohn Iohnson, printed in red and black, black letter (A-B8, 4C,

last leaf a blank), cut of anatomical man, MS. notes in an old hand in the margin of several 11., Printed for the Company of Stationers, n.d., very rare-A New Almanacke and Prognostication for 1616... by Thomas Bretnor, in red and black, black letter, 24 ll., fore-edge of c 2-3 shaved, n.d., very rare-A Plaine Almanack or Prognostication, for... 1617 more specially, for . . . Chichester, by John Woodhouse, in red and black, black letter, 20 11., the rule on several pages cut into, Printed at London for the Company of Stationers, n.d., very rare— -Wharton (George) Calendarium Carolinum, or A New Almanack after the Old Fashion for . . . 1663 (A 4, B-F 8, including a portrait), sig. B 4 slightly shaved, London, printed for J. G. for the Company of Stationers, 1663; in 1 vol., old hf. sheep, sold as a collection, 8vo. (13), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £110 Almanac. ¶ A Newe Almanacke and Prognostication, collected for the yeare of our Lord God м.D.LIX., wherein is expressed the Chaunge and full of the Moone, with theyr quarters, the varietie of the Ayre, and also of the windes throughout the whole yeare, with infortunate times to bie and sell, take medycine, sowe, plante, and iourney in, both by lande and by water... made for the merydian of Gloucester, and Poole Articke, there mounted, LIII. Degrees, seruynge for all Englande, by Lewes Vaughan, printed in red and black, chiefly black letter, 16 11., woodcut of anatomical man, lower corner cut away in two or three cases slightly affecting the text, Imprinted at London, in Flete-strete... by Thomas Marshe-A Prognostication, for . . . M.D.LIX. . . . by Lewes Vaughan, black letter, 17 11., woodcut diagrams, ends imperfectly on c I verso, Imprinted at London... by Thomas Marshe; bound together in old green wrappers, Brand-Heber copy (XII. 13), 8vo. (12), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £110 [The only copies known. Bosanquet 50-51.] Almanacs. Gresham, 1603 [A-C 8], Imprinted at London by the assignes of James Roberts-Dove, for 1636, 1637, and 1640, Cambridge-Langley, 1637; in 1 vol., half russ., John Evelyn's copy, containing many interesting entries in his handwriting, including several records of events not in the published "Diary" (some passages obliterated), (345), June 22, Sotheby Barnard, £38 Almanac. [Almanac and Prognostication], second title: A Prognostication for the yeare of our redemption 1566, made for the Longitude and Pole of London by Vvilliam Cunyngham Doctor in Phisique, in red and black, black letter, 22 11., wants the title and the last leaf (? a blank), woodcuts and diagrams, fore-edge of c 2 verso cut into, a few marginal pen-markings by an old hand, old green wrappers (Heber XII., 13), sold not subject to return, [on second title] Imprinted at London by Richarde Serl for William Johnes, dwelling in Crede lane, and are to be sould

at his shope at the weste end of Poulles, 1566, 8vo. (14), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £20

Almanac. Allestree, 1628.

Bosanquet 63.]

[The only copy known. Almanac. White, 1628. A new Almanacke and Prognostication for . . . 1628 . . . Calculated for... London . . . by Iohn White, well-willer to the Mathematickes, in red and black, black letter (20 11.), title within border, two or three leaves slightly shaved at foot, head-line of c I just touched, hf. green mor., by Ramage, London, printed for the Companie of Stationers, n.d., 8vo. (16), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £6 A New Almanack and Prognostication for . . . 1628 . . . calculated and properly referred to the longitude and sublimity of the Pole Articke of 52 and 53 deg., in red and black, black letter (A-c 8), title within border, vell., g.e., by Rivière, Miller arms on sides, London, printed for the Company of Stationers, 8vo. (15), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £6 Almanac. Allestree, 1629. ¶ A New Almanack and Prognostication for ... 1629... by Richard Allestree, in red and black, black letter (A-B 8, c 6), wants the last two (?) 11., title within border, fore-edge of several 11. shaved, vell., g.e., by Rivière, Miller arms on sides, London, printed for the Company of Stationers, n.d., 8vo. (17), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £6 Almanac.

Browne, 1630.

A New Almanacke and Prognos

tication for . . . 1630. Composed and properly referred to the longitude and latitude of the Pole Artick of that Famous City of London . . . by Daniel Browne, in red and black, black letter (A-C8), cut of anatomical man, ornament on last leaf shaved, unbound, London, printed for the Company of Stationers, n.d., 8vo. (18), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £10 Almanac. Dade, 1633. A New Almanacke, and Prognostication with the forraigne Computation, in which you may behold the state of this yeare 1633... by Will. Dade, Gentleman, in red and black, chiefly black letter, 20 ll., title within border, cut of anatomical man, some old pen-marks on the last page, vell., g.e., by Rivière, Miller arms on sides, London, printed by Iohn Dawson for the Companie of Stationers, n.d., 8vo. (19), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, LIO Almanac. 1667. Poor Robin, 1667, an Almanack after a New Fashion written by Poor Robin Knight of the Burnt Island Calculated for the Meridian of SaffronWalden (A-C 8), last two ll. a little stained, hf. green mor., by Ramage, London, printed for the Company of Stationers, n.d., 8vo. (27), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £20 Almanach Royal, 1782, par Laurent D'Houry, contemp. red mor. gt., a 3-line fillet round sides, with corner ornaments and the arms of the Duchesse d'Orléans in the centre; sold as a binding [Paris], 1782, 8vo. (12), Dec. 8, Sotheby (19) Maggs, £6

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