by the Queenes Maiesties seruants, first ed., device on title, full brown cf., with blind stamped design on sides, gt. over red edges, in fine condition, London, E. P. for Henry Seyle, 1633, sm. 4to. (351), Mar. 3, Amer. Art Assoc. [See also Anderson Gall., May 20, $240.] Massinger (P.) The Vnnatvrall Combat, a Tragedie $165 as it was presented by the King's Majesties Servants at the Globe, first ed., small hole in L I destroying a few letters, boards, Printed by E. G. for Iohn Waterson, 1639, sm. 4to. (897), Dec. 7, Sotheby [See also Anderson Gall., May 20, Assoc., April 28, $95.) Massinger (P.) Plays, with Notes by W. Dobell, £4 15S. $40; Amer. Art Gifford, portrait, 4 vol., hf. cf., 1805, 8vo. (419), Dec. 9, Hodgson Dobell, £2 4s. [See also Nov. 4, £3 17s. 6d.; Nov. 25, £2 8s.] Massinger (P.) Dramatic Works, revised, corrected, etc. by Thomas Coxeter, portrait, 4 vol., cf. gt., 1761, 8vo. (53), Mar. 1, Sotheby Danielson, £2 158. [See also Puttick, May 12, £2 10s.] Massinger (P.), Middleton (Thomas) and Rowley (William). The Excellent Comedy, called The Old Law, or A New Way to Please You, acted before the King and Queene at Salisbury House, and at severall other places, with great Applause, together with an exact and perfect Catalogue of all the Playes, with the Authors Names, and what are Comedies, Tragedies, Histories, Pastoralls, Masks, Interludes, more exactly printed then ever before, first ed., modern vellum, gt. panelled sides, with the Robert Hoe and H. V. Jones bookplates, London, printed for Edward Archer, 1656, sm. 4to. (524), May 20, Anderson Gall. $260 Masson (Frederick). Life of Milton, 1608-74, 6 vol., and Index, library ed., 1881-94 (1003), June 28, Dowell Masson (F.) Napoléon et sa Famille, 6 vol., hf. blue mor., uncut, Paris, 1897-1903, 8vo. (344), April 12, Anderson Gall. $10 Masson (F.) Napoléon et son Fils, col. front. and plates, together with numerous photogravures in monotone, green levant mor., emblematic tooling on back and sides, uncut, by Durvand, in slip-case, choice copy, Paris, 1904, imp. 8vo. (544), Nov. 23, Anderson Gall. $20 Masters (Edgar Lee). Spoon River Anthology, first ed., orig. cloth, uncut, New York, 1915, 12mo. (563), April 28, Amer. Art Assoc. $57.50 [The author has inscribed and signed, on the verso of the fly-leaf and extending on to the half-title, his poem, "Elliott Hawkins." This poem comprises twenty-five lines, and is entirely in the autograph of the author and signed by him in full. The author has also placed his autograph signature and date on the recto of the fly-leaf, "Edgar Lee Masters, May 12th, 1924."] Masters (E. L.) A Book of Verses, orig. boards, uncut, Chicago, 1898, 12mo. (562), April 28, Amer. Art Assoc. $150 [Inscribed copy of the author's first work. Autograph presentation copy from the author to his parents, and with an autograph inscription added at a later date with his name signed in full.] Masuccio (S.) The Novellino, translated by W. G. Waters, plates by E. R. Hughes, 2 vol., watered silk, Lawrence & Bullen, 1895, 8vo. (814). July 5, Sotheby Thorp, £2 [See also April 19, 1 10s.; June 14, £2 2s.; Hodgson, Nov. 4, £2 6s.; Nov. 11, £2 8s.; Mar. 10, £1 18s.; Anderson Gall., Oct. 13, $11; Puttick, May 12, £1 15s. ; July 8, £2 1OS.] Mataratius (Franciscus). De componendis versibus, gothic letter, 28 11., the first blank, first page printed in red and black, woodcut initials, a few wormholes, hf. mor. [Redgrave 15, Hain *10889, Proctor *4376], Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, "M.cccclxviij" 25 Nov., 14[82], 4to. (172), May 8, Sotheby Maggs, £20 [From the Heber library. The date was formerly considered to stand for 1478, but the book is now assigned to 1482, mainly on typographic grounds. The type does not appear to have been in use (except for a few words in one book) after 1482, and is not found in this state before October of that year.] Mather (Cotton). Magnalia Christi Americana, or Ecclesiastical History of New-England, first ed., map of NewEngland and New York, in fine state, with 4 pp. list of books issued by Parkhurst, cf., 1702 (83), April 9, Puttick Maggs, £19 1OS. [See also Amer. Art Assoc., April 8, $300.] Mather (C.) The Wonders of the Invisible World, the first and only complete English ed., has the leaf of advts. at end, two or three head-lines and five or six signatures and catchwords cut into, blue levant mor. bands, g.e., by Rivière, Printed first at Boston, in New England, and Reprinted at London for John Dunton, at the Raven, in the Poultry, 1693, 4to. (444), Dec. 14, Sotheby H. Stevens, £8 Mather (Increase). A Further Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches, with Observations of a Person who was upon the Place several Days when the suspected Witches were first taken into Examination. To which is added, Cases of Conscience concerning Witchcrafts and Evil Spirits personating Men, written at the request of the Ministers of New-England, by Increase Mather, President of Harvard College, (2), 10, (4), 39, (5), (4) PP., full brown French levant mor., gt. design in centre of each cover, g.e., by Rivière, in the finest condition, London, printed for J. Dunton at the Raven in the Poultrey, 1693, sm. 4to. (209), Jan. 21, Amer. Art Assoc. $275 Mathews (Mrs.) Memoires of Charles Mathews, Comedian, 4 vol. extended to 8 vol. by the insertion of numerous portraits and views, a few coloured, including a Baxter print of Netley Abbey, together with a few Autograph Letters, hf. red mor., g.t., 1839, 8vo. (381), Mar. 25, Sotheby Sawyer, £8 15S. Mathieu (Pierre). History of Lewis XI., translated by E. Grimestone, cf., 1614, folio (320), Dec. 21, Dowell £1 25. Mathieu] (P[eter]). The Povverfvl Favorite, or The Life of Ælius Seianus, mottled cf. gt., g.e., by Rivière, Printed at Paris, 1628, sm. 4to. (378), Mar. 15, Sotheby Matthew (Sir Toby). A Collection of Letters Wells, £2 15S. with a Character of the most Excellent Lady, Lucy, Countesse of Carleile, first ed. [edited by John Donne the younger], portrait, orig. sheepskin, H. Herringman, 1660, sm. 8vo. (380), Mar. 15, Sotheby Pickering, £7 IOS. Mauclair (T.) Les Miniatures de l'Empire et de la Restauration, numerous reproductions, many being in colours, limited to 450 copies, light blue crushed levant mor. extra, with floral inlays on back, upper cover, and inner borders, watered-silk linings, choice copy, H. Piazza, 1913, 4to. (302), June 23, Hodgson Edwards, £5 10s. Maule (Hon. Harry, of Kelly). Registrum de Panmure : Records of the Families of Maule, de Valoniis, Brechin, and Brechin-Barclay, edited by John Stuart, plates (some in colours), one of 150 copies printed for private distribution, 2 vol., cloth, g.t., Edinburgh, 1874, 4to. (363), Mar. 8, Sotheby Ellis, £3 5s. Maund (Benjamin). The Botanic Garden, col. plates, 13 vol. -The Auctarium of the Botanic Garden, woodcuts, 2 vol. in 1—The Floral Register, woodcuts, 2 vol. in 1, together 17 vol. in 15, straight-grained green mor. gt., g.e. [1825-50], 4to. (267), Mar. 1, Sotheby Arthur, II IOS. [See also Amer. Art Assoc., April 14, 14 vol., $67.50.] Maupas (Charles). A French Grammar and Syntaxe . . . translated into English, with many Additions and Explications, peculiarly usefull to us English . . . by W. A[ufeild], first ed., engraved title by Glover, a few ll. slightly shaved, cf. gt., London, printed by B. A. and T. F., 1634, 8vo. (372), Mar. 22, Sotheby Rosenbach, £40 Maupassant (Guy de). Clair de Lune, LARGE JAPAN PAPER, limited to 100 copies, with duplicate set of illustrations in sanguine, of which this is No. 74, signed in ink by the Editors, illustrations by Argos, Boutet de Monvel, Gambard, Grasset, Jeanniot, and other French artists, all reproductions in two states, one set in sepia, etched portrait of the Author by H. Toussaint, rubricated title, full blue mor., obverse cover decorated with all-over design of moon and clouds in onlays of bluish-grey and cream mor., end-leaves of bluish-grey silk, gt. over uncut edges, orig. wrappers bound in, Paris, 1884, 4to. (459), April 14, Amer. Art Assoc. [See also Lot 460, ed. 1888, $75.] $70 Maupassant (G. de). Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life, with a Critical Preface by Paul Bourget, and an Introduction by Robert Arnot, set of the Beaux Arts Ed., limited issue, of which this is No. 54, illustrated with numerous full-page photogravures, title-pages printed within ornamental borders, 17 vol., full crimson mor., gt. backs, silk fly-leaves, g.t., uncut, New York, DingwallRock, Ltd., 1925, 8vo. (171), May 7, Amer. Art Assoc. $185 Maupassant (G. de), The Life Work of, embracing Romance, Travel, Comedy and Verse, for the first time complete in English, with a Critical Preface by Paul Bourget, and an Introduction by Robert Arnot, set of the Cambridge Ed., limited to 999 sets, of which this is No. 798, and with the certificate signed by Robert Arnot (managing editor), numerous illustrations, photogravure reproductions (plain and in colour) from original drawings by eminent American and French artists, titles within illuminated borders, all on Japan paper, 17 vol., three-quarter tobacco brown French levant mor., g.t., uncut, London and New York, M. Walter Dunne (1903], 8vo. (353), Mar. 3, Amer. Art Assoc. $130 [With 2 pp. A.L.s. "Guy Maupassant" tipped in Vol. i. See also Dec. 10, $140.] Mauregard (Jehan de). Liure de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or, par le Prince lason de Tessalie, faict par figures auec exposition d'icelles, 26 plates, finely bound in contemporary brown mor. for Cardinal Guise, broad border of leafy arabesques, corner-pieces of fleurs-de-lys on dotted grounds with spiral line decoration, in the centre of the upper cover within a large oval compartment the arms of Cardinal Guise, painted on a dotted ground, the compartment surrounded by spiral and line work, and small irregular compartments filled in with dots, corner-pieces stamped in blind on an azured ground, the lower cover with centre-piece of arabesque design stamped in blind on a gold ground, sold as a binding, Paris, 1563, oblong folio (243), June 28, Sotheby Quaritch, £110 [Another copy of the same book was magnificently bound for Henri Duc de Guise by the same binder, and in a very similar style, with the Duke's arms on the sides. It was sold in the Beckford sale for £405, and again in the Destailleur sale in Paris in 1891 (see Sale Catalogue, lot 1636, and plate.] Mawson (T. H.) Art and Craft of Garden Making, third ed., art linen, t.e.g., 1907, 4to. (627), Dec. 2, Hodgson [See also Lot 626, ed. 1912, £2 16s.] Maxwell (Marius). Stalking Big Game with Equatorial Africa, numerous reproductions, t.e.g., 1924, folio (208), Feb. 10, Hodgson [See also July 8, £1 10s.] Dallimore, £2 a Camera in buckram gt., Lowe, £7 Maxwell (Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace). Memories of the Months, Five Series, illustrations, cloth gt., Arnold, 190710 (644), Jan. 27, Hodgson Ellis, £4 158. Maxwell (Sir H. E.) The Story of the Tweed, limited ed., plates by D. Y. Cameron, buckram gt., 1905 (784), Dec. 2, Hodgson Walters, £3 5s. Maxwell (William Hamilton). History of the Rebellion in Ireland in the Year 1798, first ed., numerous plates by Geo. Cruikshank, complete in the orig. parts, with the pictorial wrappers, 1845, 8vo. (83), Dec. 7, Sotheby Chambers, £5 10s. [See also Dec. 7, £3; Feb. 8, £5; July 5, £1 6s.; Hodgson, Nov. 4, £2 IOS.; Amer. Art Assoc., Nov. 18, $25; Anderson Gall., Oct. 5, $10; Oct. 13, $20; April 28, $19.] May (Edward). A Most Certaine and True Relation of a Strange Monster or Serpent found in the left ventricle of the heart of Iohn Pennant, Gentleman, folding woodcut, and woodcut on a 4, narrow strip cut from top margin of title which is slightly soiled, hf. cf., London, printed by George Miller, 1639, 4to. (364), Mar. 8, Sotheby Ellis, £6 10s. May (Phil). Original Sketch Book, containing 50 Pen-andink and Pencil Sketches, one and two sketches to a page, including 2 sketches of himself, cloth, enclosed in a full blue levant mor. solander case, inner cloth protecting folder, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo. (483), April 14, Amer. Art Assoc. $52.50 [Probably an unpublished volume of drawings. The first page contains two bust sketches of Phil May by himself, and the leaf is signed by him "Yours truly, Phil May."] May (Thomas). A Continvation of Lucan's Historicall Poem till the death of Ivlivs Caesar, by T. M., first ed., engraved title-page by T. Cockson, name of early owner Will. Watts on title-page, orig. limp vellum, fine copy, with the H. Buxton Forman bookplate, London, printed for James Boler, 1630, sm. 8vo. (525), May 24, Anderson Gall. $280 May (T.) The Heire, a Comedy, as it was acted by the Company of the Revels, 1620, written by T. M., margin of title and 3 11. repaired, and a few 11. wormed slightly affecting the text, boards, cloth back, Printed by Augustine Mathewes for Thomas Iones, 1633, sm. 4to. (898), Dec. 7, Sotheby David, I 10S. May (T.) The Victorious Reigne of King Edward the Third [in verse], first ed., portrait cut round and mounted, a letter or two of imprint defective, cf., London, printed for T. Walkley and B. Fisher, 1635, 8vo. (31), June 14, Sotheby Last, £1 58. [See also Anderson Gall., May 24, $160.] M[ay] (T.) The Tragedy of Antigone, the Theban Princesse, first ed., title mended, head and lower lines trimmed into, cf., with the Bridgewater arms on sides, with the Bridge |