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[An excellent copy, having the two "Erratas" and the Poem by S. Daniel. These are not found in all copies.Catalogue.] 8634 Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, etc., by Ben Tally Ho, col. plates, hf. bd., 1815, oblong folio (264) Spencer, £19 8635 Neptune François (Le), ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines, engravings of ships, col. plates of flags and col. maps, old cf., Paris, 1693, atlas folio (265) Johnson, £9 8636 Gray (G. R.) Genera of Birds, col. and other illustrations, 3 vol., hf. mor., t.e.g., 1844-9, folio (267) Edwards, £11 15s. 8637 Booth (E. T.) Rough Notes on the Birds observed, during Twenty-five Years' Shooting and Collecting, in the British Islands, plates in colours, 3 vol., hf. mor., t. e. g., R. H. Porter, 1881-87 (267) Sotheran, 11 15. 8638 Spitzer Collection. La Collection Spitzer, papier vélin, plates and illustrations, 6 vol., hf. mor., t. e. g., Paris, 1890, folio (274) Quaritch, £26 8639 Homerus. Opera Omnia, Graecè, editio princeps, 2 vol., the Iliad in old mor. (rebacked), the Odyssey in mor. gilt, g. e., backs uniform, Florentiae, sumpt. Bern. et Nerii Nerliorum, 1488, folio (275) Robson, £60

[The Iliad wanted the first two preliminary leaves, having only 40 instead of 42 (but these are at the end of the Odyssey), 2 leaves in sign. N and 1 in sign. V., thus having only 205 leaves in the body of the work instead of 208. Measurement, 124 in. by 8%in. The Odyssey contained 191 leaves (including the 2 belonging to the Iliad), and had a few wormholes filled in. Measurement, 12% in. by 7%in. -Catalogue.]

8640 Missale ad Usum insignis ac preclare Ecclesie Sarum, cum Calendario, lit. goth., 210 leaves (cxviii., Iiiii. and xxxviii.), double columns, 42 to 50 lines, printed on vell., large woodcuts and woodcut initials, old cf., Impressum Londini per Richardum Pynson, 1520, folio (278) Quaritch, £76

[This copy wanted last leaf (liv.) of the second part, and leaves xxxii. to xxvii. of the third, while leaves xxxi. and xxxviii. were defective.-Catalogue.] 8641 Shakespear (Wm.) Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies,

Histories and Tragedies, fourth ed., port. by Droeshout, cut and mounted, title and dedication to the Earl of Pembroke in fac. (last leaf cut and mounted, and signs. E 3, K6, G g 2, 14 and Fff 5 defective), cf. (rebacked), Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, 1685, folio (281) Reeves, 10 IOS. 8642 Mather (Cotton). Magnalia Christi Americana, orig. cf., T. Parkhurst, 1702, folio (282) Quaritch, £13 15s. 8643 Daniell (S.) African Scenery and Animals, 30 col. plates with descriptions, and 2 engraved titles, both parts in I vol., hf. bd. (broken), 1804-5, atlas folio (283) Quaritch, £35 8644 Goya y Lucientes (Franc.) Caprichos inventados y grabados al aqua forte por Francesco Goya, 80 plates (including port.), uncut, Madrid (c. 1799), folio (284) Quaritch, £74

[AUGUST IST AND THREE FOLLOWING DAYS, 1911.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION.

(No. of Lots, 1,169; amount realised, £2,486 4s. 6d.)

8645 Addison (Rt. Hon. Jos.) Works, port. and plates, 4 vol., mor., g. e., Birmingham, J. Baskerville, 1761, 4to. (574)

8646 America.

Barrett, £18

Bain, £9 The Remembrancer, or Impartial Repository of Public Events, maps, vol. i.-xiv., hf. cf., vol. xiii. and xiv. uncut, J. Almon, 1775-1782, 8vo. (610) 8647 Albertus Magnus. Summa de quatuor Coequavis et de homine, lit. goth., 2 vol. in 1 [Hain *569], original stamped pigskin on oak bds., Venetiis, S. de Luere, 1498, folio (282) Leighton, £3 105. 8648 Anderson (J.) A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery, mezzotint ports. by Faber, and plates, 2 vol., russ., g.e., Privately printed, 1742 (1019) Edwards, £9 155. [“This very rare and valuable book was given to me in May, 1806, by the Honble. Spencer Perceval, and contains several additional plates, all of which are picked impressions.-C. W. W. W." [MS. note on fly-leaf.]—Catalogue. 8649 Andrews (H. C.) Roses, or a Monograph of the Genus Rosa, col. figures of all the known species and varieties, hf. cf., 1805, 4to. (502) Maggs, £4 10s. 8650 Architecture à la Mode où sont les nouveaux dessins pour la Décoration des Batimens et Jardins, plates, vol. i. and iii., cf., Paris, N. Langlois, n. d. (c. 1660), folio (876)

Batsford, £23 8651 Ariosto (L.) Orlando Furioso, woodcuts, borders and initial letters, vell., g. e., Venetia, 1566, 8vo. (371) Belin, £5 5s. 8652 Baker (George). The newe Jewell of Health, orig. ed., black letter, woodcuts, cf., H. Denham, 1576, 4to. (506)

Sawyer, £4 7s. 6d. 8653 Bandello (Matteo). Novels, by John Payne, LARGE PAPER, 6 vol., gilt parchment, uncut, t. e. g., Villon Society, 1890, 4to. (519) Southwell, 44 155. 8654 Beddowe (Major R. H.) Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 300 plates, vol. i., hf. bd., Madras, 1874, 4to. (735) Skan, £3 8655 Beddowe (Major R. H.) Flora Sylvatica for Southern India, plates, 2 vol., hf. bd., n. d., 4to. (732) Wesley, £12 8656 Bewick. History of British Birds, first ed., imperial paper only 24 copies printed this size, 2 vol., orig. cf. (defective), 1797-1804 (797) Rimell, £5 2s. 6d. 8657 Bible (The Holy), containing the Old Testament and the New, with the Psalms, needlework binding with silver threads, birds, flowers and centre ornaments, gilt gauffered

edges (somewhat worn), B. Norton for J. Bill, 1619-20, 8vo. (363) Leighton, £17 8658 Blackmore (R. D.) Lorna Doone, first ed., 3 vol., hf. bd., 1869, 8vo. (3) J. Bumpus, £3 8659 Browning (Robert). Poetical Works, one of 250 copies printed on handmade paper, ports., etc., 17 vol., buckram, uncut, 1888-94, 8vo. (452) Quaritch, £21 IOS. 8660 Burton (Robert). Anatomy of Melancholy, ed. by A. R. Shilleto, LARGE PAPER, one of 110 copies, port., etc., 3 vol.,. hf. vell., uncut, 1893, 8vo. (100) Quaritch, LI 4s. 8661 Carlyle (Thos.) Translations from the German, 1858-Sartor Resartus, 1858-Chartism, Past and Present, 1858-Life of Schiller, and John Sterling, 1857-Latter Day Pamphlets, 1858, 5 vol., all presentation copies, with autograph inscription of Thomas Carlyle, 1857-8, etc., together 10 vol., 8vo. (974) J. Bumpus, £20 8662 Catlin (Geo.) North American Indian Chiefs, Wild Animals, Hunting Scenes, Buffalo Hunts, etc., 31 large lithographs, hf. bd., Day & Haghe, n. d., atlas folio (899) Maggs, £7 5s. 8663 Cervantes (M. de). Don Quixote, trans. by T. Shelton, first ed., 2 vol., engraved titles (mounted, and that to vol. i. defective) (a few lines shaved), old cf., W. Stansby for E. Blount and W. Barret, 1612, and printed for E. Blount, 1620, 4to. (994) Quaritch, £41 Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, first ed., 160 engravings, hf. mor., Printed for the author, 1754, folio (1159) Sotheran, £21 8665 Chronicon Nurembergense, lit. goth., ed. prima, German woodcuts by Wolgemuth and Pleydenwurff (title-page mended and defective), large capitals with decorations in red and blue, other initials rubricated, old cf., Nurembergae, Ant. Coburger, 1493, folio (1075) Parsons, £18

8664 Chippendale (Thomas).

8666 Confessions of an Oxonian, 36 col. plates by J. Findlay, 3 vol., cf., g. e., 1826, 8vo. (70)

Spencer, £3 155.

8667 Cornwallyes (Sir Wm.) Essayes, engraved title by T. Cecill, sheep, 1632, 8vo. (335) Bain, £125. 8668 Cotgrave (John). English Treasury of Wit and Language, with 16-page catalogue of Moseley's publications at end, 2 leaves unopened, orig. sheep, H. Moseley, 1655, 8vo. (313) Ellis, £6 5s. 8669 Daniell (T. and W.) Picturesque Voyage to India, 50 col. plates, hf. russ., 1810, oblong folio (595) Sawyer, £2 14s. 8670 Dante. La Divina Commedia, col Comento di C. Landino, painted initials, red and blue capitals with device in red, mor., g. e., Vinegia, per Octav. Scoto, 1484, folio (1154) Leighton, £26

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[This copy contains, on the margin of a page of Canto iiii., the following signature: ego Michael Angs. a dicto loco notavi." A letter from the British Museum on the signature is inserted.-Catalogue.]

3671 Dawkins (W. B.) Cave Hunting, col. plate and woodcuts,

1874, 8vo. (154)

Sotheran, 1 6s.

8672 Dawkins (W. B.) Early Man in Britain, woodcuts, 1880, 8vo. (155) Harding, 1 18s. 8673 De Rosset (Fr.) et Louys Doüet, l'Admirable Histoire du Chevalier du Soleil, traduict de l'Espagnol, première éd., 8 vol., orig. vell., Paris, Jean Jouet, 1620-8, S. Thiboust, 1626, 8vo. (74) Belin, £125. 8674 Drayton (Michael). Poems, port. by Hole, engraved title and separate printed title to each of the separate works, old cf., John Smethwick, 1619, folio (581) Quaritch, £6 5s. 8675 Fabliaux ou Contes, Fables et Romans du XII. et du XIII. Siècle, par Legrand d'Aussy, troisième éd., LARGE PAPER, plates by Moreau le jeune, in two states, one set India proofs before the letters, 5 vol., mor. super ex., Paris, J. Renouard, 1829, 8vo. (961) Southwell, 21 10s. 8676 Fox (G.), Stubs (J.) and Furley (B.) A Battle Door for Teachers and Professors to learn Singular and Plural ; You to Many, and Thou to One; Singular One, Thou; Plural Many, You (last leaf defective, with pasted slip at end, commencing "The Pope set up you to one in his pride," etc., orig. sheep, 1660, folio (298) Street, £6 8677 Frankau (Julia). John Raphael Smith, his Life and Works, 30 photogravures, imp. 8vo., and separate folio vol. containing 50 examples in colours, in case and portfolio, 1902 (918) Edwards, £ 158. 8678 Galatinus. Opus de arcanis catholicae veritatis, 13 woodcut borders and woodcut initials, vell., Orthonae Maris, per Hier Soncinum, 1518, folio (281) Maggs, £3 7s. 6d. 8679 Gedde (W.) A Booke of Sundry Draughtes, plates, 3 extra woodcuts inserted (headlines shaved), russ. gt., W. Dight, 1615, 4to. (540) Parsons, 11 55. Bartolomeus de Proprietati

8680 Glanville (Bartholomeus_de).

bus Rerum (trans. by John of Treves), black letter, double columns, woodcuts and ornamental initials (title inlaid, several marginal mendings, signs. A iii. and B viii. in fac. by Harris junior, and a few minor defects), mor. ex., in box, Lond., Wynkyn de Worde, n. d., folio (1133)

Marten, £105 8681 Greenwell and Rolleston. British Barrows, woodcuts, Oxford, 1877, 8vo. (156) B. L. Carr, 1 4s. 8682 Harris (Captain W. Cornwallis). Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, col. plates, with descriptive text, hf. mor., g. e. (damaged), 1840, folio (1135) Quaritch, £16 10s. 8683 Herrera (Ant. de). Historia General de los hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas i terra firme del Mar Oceano, first ed., 8 vol. in 4, old cf., Madrid, J. Flamenco, 1601-15, folio (596) Lange, £6 15s. 8684 Higden (R.) Polychronicon, ed. by C. Babington, facs., 9 vol., 1865-86, roy. 8vo. (212) Edwards, £2 135.

8685 Histoire des quatre fils Aymon, one of 100 copies on China paper, illustrations in colours by C. Gillot, hf. mor., g. e., Paris, 1883, 4to. (751)

Bodoy, £3

8686 Holcroft (Thos.)

The Theatrical Recorder, col. character ports., plates, etc., 2 vol., hf. cf., 1805-6, 8vo. (375)

Hornstein, £ 135. 8687 Hood (Robert). Narrative of the Proceedings of an Expedition of discovery in North America, under the Command of Lieut. Franklin (1819-21), manuscript on 177 leaves, russ. gt., 8vo. (926) Kastmor, £10 8688 Horae B. V. M. cum Calendario, lit. goth., printed upon vell., wanted signs. E i., E. iii.-viii. and Fi., astrological man on reverse, with 14 large woodcuts and 29 smaller cuts (illuminated), illuminated initials and rubrics, mor., g. e. (loose), Paris, Anthoine Chappiel pour Germ. Hardouyn [Almanack, 1497-1520] (925) Leighton, 15 10S. 8689 Horatius. Opera [ed. J. Locher], lit. goth. et rom. triple columns, German woodcuts, first ed. of Horace with these woodcuts (2 or 3 headlines shaved), russ., g. e., Argent., Jo. Reinhardus cognomento Güminger (sic pro Gruninger), 1498, folio (1074) Leighton, 10 IOS.

8690 Horsley (John). Britannia Romana, or the Roman Antiquities of Britain, in three books, maps 1732, folio (230)

and plates, old cf., Harding, 1 18s. The Angler's Manual, ports. of Walton and Cotton (proofs) and plates, mor., g.e., Liverpool, 1808, oblong 8vo. (72) Rimell, £145.

8691 Howitt (S.)

8692 Iolo Manuscripts. Selection of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts from the Collection made by Edward Williams, front., facs., etc., Welsh MSS. Society, Liverpool, 1888, imp. 8vo. (165) Hill, 18s. 8693 Jeffreys (J. G.) British Conchology, col. plates, 5 vol., Van Voorst, 1862-69, 8vo. (172) Dulau, £2 12s. 8694 Jerdon (T. C.) Illustrations of Indian Ornithology, 50 col. plates, hf. cf., Madras, 1847, imp. 8vo. (111)

Edwards, £3 12s. 6d. 8695 Jonson (Ben). Workes, engraved title by W. Hole (defective and mounted), wanted port., 2 vol., old cf., R. Meighen, 1616-40, folio (1072) Maggs, £29 1OS. 8696 Keith (W.) The History of the British Plantations in America, part i. (all published), 2 large maps, orig. cf., 1738, 4to. (541) Edwards, £6 7s. 6d. 8697 [Kennedy (A.)] The Importance of Gaining and Preserving the Friendship of the Indians to the British Interest considered, E. Cave, 1752, 8vo. (311) Bulkley, £3 155. 8698 Kinloch (Col.) Large Game Shooting in Thibet, map and plates, Calcutta, 1885, 4to. (240) J. Bumpus, 1 35. 8699 Kit-Kat Club, orig. ed. (without letterpress), 46 (should be 48) ports., fine impressions, orig. cf., 1735, folio (1156)

Maggs, £18 55.

8700 Knight (T. A.) Pomona Herefordiensis, 30 col. plates of fruits, hf. cf., 1811, 4to. (721) Wesley, £2 25. 8701 Lartet and Christy. Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ, ed. by T. R. Jones, maps, plates and woodcuts, 2 vol., 1875, 4to. (215) Hill, £135.

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