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Binding. Rider's British Merlin: For the year 1774, Adorned with
many delightful and useful Verities fitting all Capacities in the
Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy, with Notes on Husbandry,
Fairs, etc. old red morocco, the back and sides elegantly tooled in
gold with birds, insects, etc. to a cottage roof pattern, g. e. silver
clasps, well preserved, A VERY FINE SPECIMEN
12mo. 1774

Binding. Highmore (G. R.) Disputatio Medica Inauguralis de Fri-
goris in Corpus Humanum Potestate, etc. beautifully bound in light
green morocco, the sides decorated with elegant gilt tooling to a
CHIPPENDALE DESIGN, with birds, basket, wreaths, etc. a most
unusual specimen, the author's own copy, with his ex-libris
8vo. Edinburgi, 1778
Binding. Constitucion de la Monarquia Española promulgada en
Madrid a 18 de Junio de 1837, Impresa de Orden de S. M. la
Reina Gobernadora, frontispiece, morocco extra, blind and gilt
tooling, with the Royal arms in gold on each side, g. e.

folio. Madrid en la Imprenta Nacional, 1837

Binding. Cornelii Maximiani Etrusci Galli elegiae sex ex recensione et cum notis Wernsdorfii, J. A. Giles, blue morocco extra, elegant and richly gilt dentelle borders on the sides, g. e. 8vo. 1838

BION ET MOSCHUS. Idylles traduites en francais par J. B. Gale,
VELLUM PAPER, portrait and plates by Le Barbier, in two states,
PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS and the ETCHINGS (the plate at p. 86
DECOUVERTE), red levant morocco extra, g. e. by F. Bedford

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sm. 8vo. Paris, Didot, l'an III (1795)

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BLACK ACTS OF SCOTLAND. The Actis and Constitutionnis of the Realme of Scotland maid in Parliamentis haldin by the rycht excellent hie and mychtie Princeis, Kingis James the first, secund, thrid, feird, fyft, and in tyme of Marie now Quene of Scottis . . . . anno Do. 1566, black letter, curious woodcut coat-of-arms on title (slightly defective as usual, being too large for the paper, and three or four margins repaired), brown morocco, g. e. GOOD COPY

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folio. Imprentit at Edinburgh be Robert Lekpreuik, 1566 *This volume contains very interesting matter relating to SALMON FISHING, THE SLAUCHER OF RED FISCHE, FISCHING OF HERING, The making of SCHIPPIS FOR FISCHING, Hunting, etc.

BLAKE (WILLIAM) ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE BOOK OF JOB, 21 en-
gravings within emblematic borders with suited words of illustration,
selected by Blake, ORIGINAL COPY, brown morocco, g. t. UNCUT, by
F. Bedford
roy. folio. 1825

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JOHN FLAXMAN'S COPY, with his autograph on the fly-leaf, also the large paper label, with the initials of J. Linnell. Purchased at Flaxman's sale at Christie's.

Blake (W.) Wollstonecraft (Mary) Original Stories from real Life;
with conversations calculated to regulate the affections and form
the mind to truth and Goodness, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and
plates by W. BLAKE, fine copy, calf extra, g. t. UNCUT, by F. Bed-
ford, RARE IN THIS STATE
8vo. 1791
BLAKE (W.) DESIGNS TO A SERIES OF BALLADS, written by Wm. Hay-
ley, Esq. and founded on Anecdotes relating to Animals, 11 plates
and vignettes, drawn, engraved and published by William Blake,
with the Ballads annexed, by the author's permission, FINE COPY,
green morocco extra, g. e. by F. Bedford

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roy. 4to. Chichester, printed by J. Seagrave, &c. for W. Blake, Felpham, 1802

** VERY RARE. As usual, it does not contain the fourth part which was issued afterwards, but in a smaller number, and is wanting in nearly all copies. CLEVER SEPIA DRAWING INSERTED. BOCCACCIO (G.) DE MULIERIBUS CLARIS, large woodcut of the Triumph of Fame on title, and 106 woodcuts of full-length figures, including Pope Joan, brown levant morocco extra, panelled sides, g. e. by F. Bedford, VERY FINE COPY

4to. Venetia, per Zuanne de Trino, 1506 BOCCACCIO (G.) IL DECAMERON di come lo diedero alle stampe gli Giunti, 1527, red and black title, VERY FINE TALL COPY (146 mill.) red morocco extra, tooled sides, with elegant gold borders, silk linings, g. e. by Bisiaux, with his ticket

sm. 8vo. Amst. [Elzevir], 1665 Boccaccio (G.) Fiammetta Amorosa, with colophon on the last leaf, woodcut initial letters (that at p. 40 very curious), the first initial letter drawn in colours, elegantly bound in green morocco extra, the back and sides elaborately gilt all over to a beautiful Grolier pattern, g. e. by Capé, fine copy

8vo. Vineggia, per Giovanni Padovano, 1540 Boccaccio (G.) Laberinto d' Amore, con una Epistola à Messer Pino de Rossi confortatoria, old French citron morocco extra, g. e. a fine copy sm. 8vo. Firenze nell āno del Signore, 1525 BOCHAS (JOHN) THE TRAGEDIES, gathered by John Bochas, of all such Princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of Fortune since the Creation of Adam . . . . Translated into Englysh by John Lidgate, Monke of Burye (IN VERSE), black letter, VERY FINE LARGE CLEAN COPY, brown levant morocco extra, g. e. by F. Bedford folio. Imprinted at London by John Wayland, n. d. [1559] BODENHAM (J.) WITS THEATRE OF THE LITTLE WORLD, supposed to have been compiled by Allot, Author of England's Parnassus, Fine COPY, last leaf restored, green levant morocco extra, gilt back and sides, in the style of Roger Payne, g. e. by F. Bedford

12mo. I. R. for N. L. and are to be sold at the West doore of Paules, 1599

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BOETIUS (A. M. S.) DUO LIBRI DE ARITHMETICA, beautiful woodcut
initial letters, and diagrams of MULTIPLICATION TABLE, etc. FINE
LARGE CLEAN COPY, brown levant morocco extra, tooled sides, g. e.
by Riviere
4to. Venet. E. Ratdolt, 1488
*** FIRST EDITION; works on Arithmetic of this early date are of
excessive rarity.

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very scarce

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Book-Plates. Chippendale and Kindred Designs, including many
(168)
Book-Plates. Jacobean (a Collection of Forty-seven), neatly mounted on
cartridge paper, including many of great rarity, viz.: the large
Jodrell Plate, Towneley, Hwy Pery, Holbech, dated 1702, Robert
Harley, Ed. Harley, Francis Gwyn, dated 1698; etc. 4to. (47)
Book-Plates. English, all dated from 1662 to 1901, including many
VERY RARE, each mounted on a sheet of cartridge paper, A VALU-
ABLE COLLECTION OF 123 PLATES
4to. (123)

Book-Plates. Foreign, dated from 1529 to 1786, a small Collection of
Twenty-four Plates, each mounted on a sheet of cartridge paper,

SOME VERY RARE

4to. (24)

Book-Plates. Picturesque Book Piles, etc. including many rare plates,
Earl of Warwick, R. H. A. Bennet, C. Townley, Henrietta
Cavendish Holles, etc. unmounted

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(56)

(182)

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Book-Plates. Hamilton (W.) Dated Book-Plates (ex-libris), 100
illustrations, original cloth
4to. 1895
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, STURT'S FINE EDITION, engraved through-
out with illustrations within borders, BEAUTIFUL COPY, elegantly
bound in old purple morocco, the sides tooled all over in gold to a
very beautiful design, g. e.
8vo. J. Sturt, 1717

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MAGNIFICENT SPECIMEN OF OLD ENGLISH BINDING IN SPLENDID
PRESERVATION. This copy has the Dial often wanting, but not the
Pointer. It is supposed that the Pointer was never supplied with
the book when published.

[See ILLUSTRATION.]

Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meeter by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins and others (with the music), black letter, in the original calf binding, A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE VOLUME

32mo. For the Company of Stationers, 1613 VERY RARE EDITION, few copies having escaped destruction on account of its diminutive size, which is 3 in. by 13 in., with colophon on last leaf. It does not contain any table of contents at the end, as is usual with larger editions.

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BOURNE (V.) Poematia (Poems in English and Latin), FINE COPY, green morocco extra, g. e.

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Svo. Londini: Typis J. Bettenham, 1764 ** W. CowPER'S COPY (an ardent admirer of Vinny Bourne), with his autograph on the title "W. Cowper, 1779." Cowper thinks Bourne a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him."-Lowndes.

BRANDT (SEBASTIAN) NAVIS STULTIFERA, cum Badio Ascensio
familiari explanatione illustrata, numerous curious woodcuts, VERY
FINE LARGE CLEAN COPY, brown levant morocco extra, tooled sides,
g.e. by Riviere
4to. Argent. 1502
BRANT (S.) STULTIFERA NAVIS ab Jacobo Lochero Latinitate donata
et ab J. Badio Ascensio vario Carminum Genere illustrata, 115
very curious and spirited woodcuts, FINE COPY, brown morocco
extra, g. e. by W. Pratt sm. 4to. Basilea, N. Lamparter, 1507
BRATHWAIT (RICH.) THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN: containing Sundry
excellent Rules or exquisite observations, tending to Direction of
Every Gentleman, of selecter ranke and qualitie; How to demeane
or accommodate himself in the manage of publike or private
affaires, FIRST EDITION, brilliant impression of the frontispiece in
compartments, by Vaughan, and folding leaf, a Draft of the
frontispiece," original calf, FINE COPY

sm. 4to. J. Haviland, 1630 ***Collation: Printed title, Dedication to Visct. Wentworth to the Knowing Reader, Table (6 leaves); in all 10 leaves, besides frontispiece and folding leaf, B-N N N in fours, last leaf blank. Contains a reference to Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis, see p. 24. BRAITHWAITE (R.) AR'T ASLEEPE HUSBAND? A Boulster Lecture ; stored with all variety of Witty Jeasts, Merry Tales, and other pleasant passages, FINE COPY (no frontispiece), red levant morocco extra, g.e. by F. Bedford 8vo. R. Bishop, 1640 British Poets (Portraits of), A Series of One Hundred and Thirtyeight Portraits by Pye, Engleheart, Edwards, etc. after drawings by Thurston, Clint, etc. OPEN-LETTER IMPRESSIONS, 2 vol. in 1, engraved titles and list of names, half morocco, g. t. roy. 8vo. 1824

Brome (Alex.) Songs and other Poems, the third edition enlarged, portrait by Loggan, red levant morocco extra, g. e. fine copy

sm. 8vo. Printed for Henry Brome, at the Star in Little Brittain, 1668 With Commendatory Verses by Charles Cotton, Iz. Walton, and others. BROWNE (EDWARD) A DESCRIPTION OF AN ANNUALL WORLD, or, Brief Meditations upon all the Holy-daies in the yeere. (Second title) SACRED POEMS, or Briefe Meditations, of the day in generall and of all the dayes in the weeke, 2 vol. in 1, frontispiece and two

LOT 88-continued.

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plates, one by J. Droeshout, FINE COPY, hand dyed calf extra, g. e. by F. Bedford sm. 8vo. Printed by E. G. 1641 **For an elaborate description of this rare book, see Corser's Collectanea, part III, pp. 133-6.

BROWNE (SIR THOMAS) [RELIGIO MEDICI] A true and full coppy of that which was most imperfectly and Surreptitiously printed before under the name of Religio Medici, engraved title, 7 prel. leaves and pp. 174, one side-note on p. 156 shaved, half blue morocco, VERY sm. 8vo. Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1645

RARE EDITION

BROWNE (SIR T.) HYDRIOTAPHIA, URNE-BURIALL, or A Discourse of
the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk; together with the
Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincunciall, Lozenze, or Net-work
Plantations of the Ancients, etc. plates, FIRST EDITION, FINE
COPY, red morocco extra, g. e.
sm. 8vo. H. Brome, 1658

Browne (Sir T.) Certain Miscellaneous Tracts, portrait by Vandre-
banc, and two titles, fine copy, calf extra, g. e. very rare

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8vo. London, printed for Charles Mearn, Bookseller to his most Sacred Majesty, 1683 FIRST PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION. The title from the ordinary FIRST EDITION, dated 1684, has been added.

Browning (Robert) Poems, 2 vol. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, with half-
titles, clean copy, in the original cloth, UNCUT, with the ex-libris of
Sir Frederic Leighton in each volume 8vo. Chapman & Hall, 1849
*** PRESENTATION COPY from the author, with autograph inscription
on half-title of vol. I: "Frederic Leighton from his affectionate
friend R. B. Aug. 2, '56."

Browning (R.) Dramatic Idyls, FIRST EDITION, 1879; Dramatic Idyls,
Second Series, FIRST EDITION, 1880; both with half-titles in the
original cloth, UNCUT, with ex-libris of Sir Frederic Leighton in
each volume
8vo. 1879-80

*** PRESENTATION COPIES, with autograph_inscriptions by the author
on half-titles of each volume, viz.: "Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A.
from his old friend R. B. Apl. 26, "79," and "Sir Frederick
Leighton, P.R.A. from his old friend R. B. June 28, '80."

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Browning (Elizabeth Barrett) An Essay on Mind and other Poems,
FIRST EDITION, fine tall copy in contemporary grained calf, gilt
back
Svo. J. Duncan, 1826

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* On the fly-leaf are the following MS. signature and notes: "H. S. Boyd 1827. This beautiful Poem was written by Miss Barrett of Hope End at the age of eighteen. She did me the honour of paying me a first visit on Wednesday April 16th, 1828. A second visit on Friday May 16th and read the opening of Edipus Tyranus."