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into English metre, that ye may se verse for verse tourned as farre as the phrase of the English permitteth, by Jasper Heywood, studient in Oxford, first ed., Latin and English on opposite pages in roman and black letter respectively, a very good copy, [colophon] Imprinted at London by Henrye Sutton, 1561-The Seconde Tragedie of Seneca, entituled Thyestes, faithfully Englished by Jasper Heywood (in verse], first ed., black letter, a very good copy, London, T. Berthelet, 26 March, 1560, in 1 vol., contemporary limp vellum, 8vo. (33), July 26, Sotheby Maggs, £195 Seneca (L. A.) The Seconde Tragedie of Seneca, entituled Thyestes, faithfully Englished by Jasper Heywood, fellowe of Alsolne College in Oxforde [*8, 8, A-E8, E 7-8 blank), small black letter, title within woodcut border dated 1534, stained, lower margins wormed, some 11. only very slightly, and in no case affecting the text, B 3-4 slightly shaved just touching a few initials; Imprinted at London in Fletestrete in the hous late Thomas Berthelettes, Anno 1560. 26. die Martii-The Sixt Tragedie of the most graue and prudent author Lucius Anneus Seneca, entituled Troas, with diuers & sundrie addicions to the same, newly set foorth in Englishe by Jasper Heywood, studient in Oxenforde [A-E8, F4, F4 blank), dedication to Queen Elizabeth in roman letter, the text in black letter, title within woodcut border, stained, margins wormed but text not affected, early pen scribbling on blank leaf at end, and a few slight ink-stains on opposite text, ¶ Imprinted at London by Thomas Powell for George Bucke, n.d.-Hercules Furens, translated by Jasper Heywood (commencing on c I, wanting first 12 11., including title, etc.), Latin text in roman letter and translation in black letter on opposite pages, stained and wormed, affecting text of several ll., Imprinted at London by Henrye Sutton, M.D.LXI., in I vol., old sheepskin, sm. 8vo. (165), June 14, Sotheby Barnard, £42 Seneca (L. A.) Medea, a Tragedie... Englished by E[dward] Sherburne], Esq., with Annotations, rust-hole in one leaf, H. Moseley, 1648-Seneca's Answer to Lvcilivs his Qvære translated into English verse by E[dward] S[herburne], Esq., H. Moseley, 1648, in 1 vol., contemporary black mor., gt. tooled sides and back, g.e., Henry White's copy, sm. 8vo. (553), Mar. 15, Sotheby Pickering, £13 Seneca (L. A.) The ninth Tragedie of Lucius Anneus Seneca called Octauia, translated out of Latine into English by T. N., Student in Cambridge, title within woodcut border (border cut into), old dark green mor., gt. fillet borders, inside dentelles, g.e. [by C. Lewis], the Jolley-BrightCorser-Huth-Jones copy, with the Huth and H. V. Jones "Later Library" bookplates, Imprinted at London by Henry Denham [1566], sm. 4to. (707), May 24, Anderson Gall. $340

[First edition of the translation by Thomas Nuce.]

Seneca (L. A.) His Tenne Tragedies, translated into English, black letter, first ed. in English, translated by Jasper Haywood, Thomas Newton and others, title within elaborate woodcut border, with numerous woodcut initials, green mor., gt. fillet borders on back and sides, g.e., by Bedford, fine copy, with the Robert Hoe bookplate, Imprinted at London in Fletestreete by Thomas Marsh, 1581, 8vo. (352), Feb. 15, Anderson Gall. $150 Seneca (L. A.) Opera Omnia [Varia], [Hain 14594, Proctor 5221], some 1. stained and margins wormed, old cf., Venice, Bernardino di Cuori, 31 Oct., 1492, folio (194), June 14, Sotheby Bingham, £3 158. Seneca (L. A.) Opera, 4 vol., contemporary red mor. gt., g.e., Amsterdam, L. & D. Elzevir, 1658, 8vo. (136 by 77 mm.), (64), June 21, Sotheby Joseph, £3 5s. [See also Ed. 1640-Hodgson, June 10, 3 vol., £2 10s.] Seneca (L. A.) Workes . . . translated by T. Lodge, first ed., engraved title, slightly defective and some margins wormed, old cf. (worn), royal arms on sides, W. Stansby, 1614, folio (552), Mar. 15, Sotheby Pickering, £4 10S. [See also Ed. 1620-Hodgson, Jan. 13, £4 4s.] Senefelder (Alois). Vollstandiges Lehrbuch der Steindruckeren enthaltend eine richtige und deutliche Unwiesung with 18 lithographed plates, including portraits, titlepage torn, Munich, 1818—A Complete Course of Lithography, containing Clear and Explicit Instructions in all the different Branches and manners of the Art . . . with a Preface by Frederick von Schlichtegroll, translated from the original German, portrait of the author and a number of full-page lithographs, London, 1819, together 2 vol., full contemporary cf. and hf. roan, 4to. (252), Nov. 12, Amer. Art Assoc.

$40

[First work on lithography by its inventor. Comprising the original German edition and the first edition in English.]

Senex (J.) A New General Atlas, containing Account of the Empires of the World, maps, including six of America, col. in outline, old cf. (worn), 1721, roy. folio (631), June 30, Hodgson Edwards, £5 158. Sepp (J. C.) Beschouwing der Wonderen Gods, in de Minstgeachte Schepzelen of Nederlandsche Insecten [First Series only], col. plates, 8 vol., hf. mor., g.t., Amsterdam, n.d., 4to. (323), July 19, Sotheby

Wheldon, £15 10S. Papillons de Surinam, Amsterdam, c. 1848-52, Quaritch, £19

Sepp (J. C.) Surinaamsche Vlinders. col. plates, 3 vol., hf. mor., g.t., 4to. (322), July 19, Sotheby Serlio (Sebastiano). Die Gamaynen Reglen von der Architectur, woodcut title (slightly wormed and mended) and woodcuts, hf. vellum, Antwerp, 1542, folio (246), May 3, Sotheby Quaritch, £12 IOS.

[Flemish version (by Peter Coecke of Alost) of Serlio's fourth book. Brunet mentions only an edition of 1549.]

Serlio (S.) The first [second, third, fourth, fift] Booke of Architecture translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English (title, I leaf; B-HI in twos; A-N, N (repeated) in twos, last blank; A-0 in twos; P-Bb in fours; 2 11. unsigned; A-s in fours; A-D in fours), black letter, woodcuts, a few 11. loose, otherwise a fine copy, orig. cf., [colophon] Printed at London by Simon Stafford, 1611, folio (101), Dec. 14, Sotheby Quaritch, £26 [See also May 3, £3 158.; June 21, 5th book, £4.] Serres (John de). A Generall Historie of France

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tynued by Peter Mathew . . . and againe continued
by Edward Grimston, engraved title by Elstrack and
portrait of Louis XIII. by Pass, orig. cf., Imprinted by
G. Eld & M. Flesher, 1624, folio (494), Mar. 22, Sotheby
Leighton, £1 155.

Serviez (J. R. de). The Roman Empresses, 2 vol., orig.
buckram, uncut, The Walpole Press, 1899, 8vo. (154),
April 19, Sotheby
Walford, 1 2s.
Seton (George). History of the Family of Seton during Eight
Centuries, 2 vol., one of 212 copies, emblazoned coats-of-
arms and other illustrations, cloth, g.t., Edinburgh, 1896,
4to. (448), Mar. 8, Sotheby
Hopkins, £5 5S.
Sette of Odd Volumes (Year-Boke of the), No. 3 [containing
a Letter from Kipling], only 133 copies printed, boards,
uncut, 1892, 12mo. (151), Dec. 17, Hodgson Lee, £6 15S.
Settle (Elkanah). Carmen Irenicum. The Union of the Im-
perial Crowns of Great Britain, an Heroick Poem, black
mor., gt. stamped, "Settle" binding, 1707, sm. folio (555),
Mar. 15, Sotheby
Maggs, £6 158.

Settle (E.)

Carmen Natalitium, a Congratulatory Address to Lord Viscount Townshend on the Happy Birth of a Son, red mor., gt. stamped, "Settle" binding, 1715, sm. folio (557), Mar. 15, Sotheby Maggs, £6 158. Settle (E.) The Eucharist . . a Divine Poem, red mor., gt. stamped, “Settle" binding, 1717, sm. folio (558), Mar. 15, Sotheby Rosenbach, 12 IOS. Settle (E.) Eusebia Triumphans. The Hanover Succession to the Imperial Crown of England, an Heroick Poem, black mor., gt. stamped, "Settle" binding, 1702, sm. folio (554). Mar. 15, Sotheby Leighton, £6 Settle (E.) Honori Sacellum, a Funeral Poem to the Memory of the Honoured Clement Pettit, Esq., of the Isle of Thanet, with col. arms and genealogical tree of the Pettit family, brown leather, gt. stamped, "Settle" binding, 1717, sm. folio (559), Mar. 15, Sotheby Tregaskis, £6 10s. Settle (E.) Irene Triumphans. The Address of the British Muse to the Peace-Makers, an Heroick Poem, black mor., gt. stamped, "Settle" binding, 1713, sm. folio (556), Mar. 15, Sotheby Maggs, £6 15S. Settle (E.) Thalia Triumphans, a Congratulatory Poem on the Happy Marriage of the Right Honourable the Lord Dunkellin, each leaf inlaid in a thick paper mount and

surrounded by gt. borders in the style of a 'Settle" binding, contemporary mottled cf., gt. panel on sides, London, printed Anno 1714, folio (560), Mar. 15, Sotheby Outhwaite, £7

Seven Wise Masters. The History of Prince Erastus Son to the Emperour Dioclesian and those famous Philosophers called the Seven Wise Masters of Rome. . written originally in Italian, then translated into French, and now rendred English, by F[rancis] K[irkman], 24 plates (one defective), a few 11. of text very lightly printed, cf., with bookplate of Sir Francis Freeling, London, printed by Anne Johnson for Fra. Kirkman, 1674, sm. 8vo. (561), Mar. 15, Sotheby Barnard, £7 10S. Sévigné (Marie de Rabutin, Marchioness de). Lettres à sa Fille et à ses Amis, par P. A. Greuvelle, portraits and plates, 9 vol., cf., Paris, 1806-14 (456), Nov. 4, Hodgson Bumpus, £3 10S.

[See also Ed. 1823-Lot 455, £4 6s.; Ed. 1826-Oct. 21, £3.] Sévigné (Marchioness de). Recueil de Portraits, Villes, etc. pour servir aux lettres de la Marquise de Sévigné de l'édition de MDCCCI. This collection contains a very large number of fine line portraits by the best of the French engravers, and each portrait is described in MS. on the opposite page, the engravings are mounted in 6 vol., russia gt. [1801], folio (262A), June 28, Sotheby Markeson, £850 Sewall (Samuel). Proposals touching the Accomplishment of Prophesies Humbly Offered, by Samuel Sewall, M.A. and sometime Fellow of Harvard College at Cambridge in New-England, hf. mor., wholly untrimmed (margins repaired), Massachuset, Boston, printed by Bartholomew Green, 1713, 4to. (366), Jan. 21, Amer. Art Assoc. $190 Seyer (Samuel). Historical Memoirs of Bristol, plates, 2 vol., russia, g.e. (binding of Vol. 2 broken), 1821-23 (196), May 12, Puttick Thoday, 158.

[See also July 8, 15s.] Seymour (Edward, Duke of Somerset, Protector). Epistola Exhortatoria ad Pacem, missa ab Illustrissimo Principe, Domino Protectore Angliae, ac caeteris Regiae Maiestatis Consiliarijs, ad Nobilitatem ac plebem uniuersumq populum Regni Scotiae (A-D 4, last leaf with colophon and device only), title within fine architectural compartment, red mor., g.e., Bindley-Watson Taylor-Heber copy (IX. 1064), fine copy, [colophon] Excusum Londini, tertio Nonas Martias per Reginaldum Wolfium, 1548, 4to. (495), Mar. 22, Sotheby Rosenbach, £130 Seymour (Robert). Seymour's Christmas Box and New Year's Gift, 35 col. plates, three inscriptions cut into, blue mor., panel of interlacing fillets on sides, g.e., by Zaehnsdorf, n.d., 12mo. (474), Jan. 25, Sotheby Mathews, £5 10s. Seymour (R.) Sketches, original impressions of the 180 plates

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and 5 title-pages on various coloured papers, one or two cut into at top, 5 vol. in 1, red mor. gt., g.e., by Rivière, G. S. Tregear, n.d., 8vo. (428), Feb. 8, Sotheby Pickering, £3 Shackleton (E. H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., g.t., 1909, 4to. (910), April 26, Dowell [Shadwell (Thomas).] The Medal of John Bayes, a Satyr against Folly and Knavery, first ed., with orig. blank leaf before title, hf. cf., uncut, London, printed for Richard Janeway, 1682, sm. 4to. (563), Mar. 15, Sotheby Dobell, £5 IOS. Shadwell (T.) The Squire of Alsatia, a Comedy, first ed., small defect in title and one numeral cut into, wrapper, 1688 (233), June 17, Puttick Spencer, £4 Shadwell (T.) The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal, English and Latin, the English by Tho. Shadwell, with illustrations upon it (A−H 4), first ed., the blank margin of title slightly defective, a stain in lower margin of 3 or 4 ll. at end, unbnd., entirely uncut and very large copy, rare, London, printed by D. Mallet for Gabriel Collins, 1687, 4to. (9 × 7 in.), (867), May 17, Sotheby Spencer, £2 Shaftesbury (Anthony, Earl of). Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, engraved portrait and vignettes by Gribelin, 3 vol., straight-grained green mor. gt., g.e., tall copy, Birmingham, 1773, 8vo. (32), July 8, Maggs, £8 5s.

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[See also Sotheby, Mar. 1, £8 5s.; Hodgson, April 15, £5.] Shakespeare (William). Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the True Originall Copies, first folio ed., title in facsimile, the leaf of Verses genuine but inlaid (portions of two or three letters possibly restored in facsimile), and all other 11. genuine, but a few have been skilfully mended in the margins or at the corners, and occasionally a few letters or portions of the rule restored in facsimile, otherwise a sound and very tall copy, crimson levant mor. gt., g.e., in mor. case, by Rivière. London, printed by Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623, folio (13 by 8 in.), (311), Mar. 29, Sotheby Edwards, £3,500 Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the True Originall Copies, first folio ed., wants the first 5 and last 5 11. and one other leaf (sig. c 6), orig. cf. (back very defective), [London, printed by Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623], folio (12 by 8 in.), (200), July 26, Sotheby G. Wells, £1,800

[This copy probably belonged to Thomas Killigrew the elder (1612-83). On sig. Bb 4 recto is the name "T. Killig in a 17th century hand, and the following MS. notes occur of which the writing and spelling are remarkably similar to his. On sig. LI rector (end of "Much Ado"), "here is somthing very plesant farc of ye Constable and watch." On sig. v I recto (end of "Taming

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