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2805 Terentiani de Literis Syllabus Pedibus et metris tractatus, old French morocco extra, De Thou's copy, with his first arms on the sides, Paris, 1531, 4to. (823) Leighton, £1 125. 2806 Terentii Comœdiæ multo, quam antea, diligentius emendatæ, original brown morocco, the sides covered with Grolier tooling in gold, having "Terentius" in the centre of the front cover, gilt edges (see facsimile), Venetiis, Aldus, 1541, (824) F. Murray, £31 [This volume was a "Grolier," but did not bear his name. A similar vol. of "Lucanus," dated 1545, sold in the Beckford sale for £135.—ED.]

2807 Terentii Comœdiæ, engraved title, fine copy (130 mill.), with autograph of Racine on title, morocco extra, with crest of the Marquis of Blandford on the sides. gilt edges, first genuine Elzevir edition, Lugd. Bat., Elzevir, 1635, 8vo. (825) B. F. Stevens, £5 5s.

2808 Testament (New). The First New Testament printed in the English Language (1525 or 1526), translated from the Greek by William Tyndale, reproduced in facsimile, with an introduction by Francis Fry, F.S.A., LARGE PAPER, printed on old paper, the initial letters and woodcuts illuminated, black letter, morocco extra, the sides inlaid with variegated leather and elaborately tooled all over, joints tooled, silk linings, gilt edges, Bristol, 1862, 4to. (846) Young, 11 5s. 2809 Testamentum Novum, old morocco extra, the sides tooled with gold, with monogram on the back, gilt edges, Antv., 1574, 8vo. (829) 2 45. 2810 Testamentum Novum Græce, morocco extra, gilt edges by Roger Payne, Lugd. Bat., Elzevir, 1624, 8vo. (830)

[The very rare "Editio recepta." for 12, Lord Crawford's for £11 for 12.-ED.]

Pickering,

B. F. Stevens, £2

Mr. Russell's copy sold 10s., and the Wodhull

2811 Testamentum Novum Græce, Forma minima, old morocco, gilt edges, Sedani, 1628, 64m0. (831) Quaritch, £2 2812 Testamentum Novum Græce, morocco extra, gilt edges by Roger Payne, Lugd. Bat., Elzevir, 1633 (832)

Leighton, 1 5s. [Best Elzevir edition. The Syston Park copy sold for £7 15s.-ED.]

2813 Testamentum Novum Græce, old morocco extra, tooled sides all over gold, gilt edges by Le Gascon, in a case, Amsterdam, 1633, 18mo. (833) Tregaskis, £1 6s. 2814 Thackeray (W. M.) Irish Sketch Book, by M. A. Titmarsh, 2 vol., illustrated by the author, first edition, in cloth, 1843, 8vo. (850) Maggs, £3 18s. [Vol. i. consists of pp. vi.-311, with full page frontispiece; Vol. ii. of pp. vi-327, with full page frontispiece. Both volumes are post 8vo. The price realised was considerably under that usually obtained for a good copy in cloth.-ED.] 2815 Theramo (Jacobus de). Belial, in Dutch, black letter, curious

rude woodcuts, wanted one leaf, with all faults, old calf, Antv., 1552, folio (853) Leighton, 5s.

[A Religious Romance, composed about the end of the fourteenth century in Latin, and since translated into nearly every European language. The plot of the story is that Belial pleads before King Solomon in an action against Christ (represented by Moses) for having cheated Lucifer out of certain souls.--ED.]

2816 Tomlin (T. E.) Perambulation of Islington, map, plates, and numerous additional ones inserted, including some coloured, half morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, 1858, 8vo. (863)

Lamplough, L1 155. 2817 Tory (Geofroy). Summaire de Chroniques contenans les gestes et cas fortuitz de tous les Empereurs d'Europe depuis Jules Cesar, jusques à Maximilian, par I. B. Egnace, woodcuts, including portraits within borders, morocco extra, gilt edges by Petit, Paris, 1544, 8vo. (865) Young, LI IS. 2818 Tphilla. Daily Prayers according to the use of the Roman Synagogue, in Hebrew, with the vowel points, printed on vellum, with initials in gold, morocco extra, gilt edges by C. Lewis, Boloniya (Bologna), Rafael Talmin, 297 (1537), (866) Lewin, £7 10S. [Excessively rare. Van Praet only knew of this copy, formerly in the possession of Di Rossi.-ED.] 2819 Trial of the Hon. Mrs. C. Newton upon a Libel and Allegation charging her with Adultery, 2 vol. in 1, frontispiece, morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, 1782, 8vo. (868)

Pickering, £1 128. 2820 Trissino. La Italia Liberata da Gotthi, old morocco, the sides covered with elaborate Grolier tooling in gold, gilt gaufré edges, Roma, 1547, 8vo. (871) F. Murray, £10 2821 Turner (W.) The Hunting and fyndyng out of the Romyshe foxe, which more than seven yeares hath bene hyd among the bishoppes of Englonde, black letter, Basyll, 1543-The Rescuynge of the Romishe fox, otherwyse called the examination of the hunter, devised by Stephen Gardiner, lit. goth., Winchester, 1545, in 1 vol., morocco extra, tooled sides, g. e. by F. Bedford, 1543-45, 8vo. (873) Stone, £8 10s. 2822 Tyndale (W.) The Obedience of a Chrysten Man and How Christian Rulers ought to governe, black letter, morocco extra in the style of Roger Payne, gilt edges, W. Coplande (1549), 8vo. (874) Webster, 1 25.

2823 Tyndale (W.) A Briefe Declaration of the Sacraments, black letter, morocco extra, gilt edges by F. Bedford, R. Stoughton, n. d., 8vo. (875) Quaritch, £2 18s. 2824 Tyndale, Frith, and Barnes. The whole Workes of, 3 vol. in I, woodcut title and large woodcut on last leaf, slightly shaved, black letter, morocco extra, gilt edges, J. Daye, 1573, folio (876) Maggs, £2 2s. 2825 Varignon (M.) Nouvelles Conjectures sur la Pesanteur, old French morocco extra, with the arms of Guillaume de Lamoignon on the sides, gilt edges, Paris, 1690, 8vo. (882) Leighton, 1 IIS.

2826 Vegetius de re Militari, large woodcuts, old olive morocco, the sides tooled, with the large device and motto of "Demetrio Canevari " in the centre of sides, gilt edges, badly repaired by an unskilful restorer, Paris, 1535, folio (884)

F. Murray, £24 10s. 2827 Vegii (M.) Philalethes, gothic letter, curious woodcut, half morocco extra, gilt edges, Nuremberg (1475), 4to. (885)

F. Murray, £2 6s. 2828 Velleii Paterculi que supersunt N. Heinsius recens, tall copy (138 mill.), morocco extra, gilt edges by Roger Payne, Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1678, 8vo. (886) B. F. Stevens, £1 125. 2829 Verdizotti (G. M.) Cento Favole Morali, woodcuts after designs by Titian, old morocco extra, arms of Nicolas Moreau on the sides, gilt edges by Clovis Eve, Venetia, 1577, 4to. (890) Leighton, £4 2830 Verstegan (R.) Theatre des Cruautez des Hereticques de nostre Temps, plates, including that of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, old French calf, gilt edges, Heber's copy, Anvers, 1588, 4to. (891)

This French translation has an additional chapter on the cruelties inflicted in the reign of Henry VIII. The Syston Park copy sold for £12 10s.—ED.]

2831 Vies de la très-Illustre Duchesse de Bretagne Françoyse d'Amboise et de la bien heureuse Marie Magdeleine de Pazzi Religieuses Carmelites, 2 vol. in 1, engraved title and portraits, morocco extra, gilt edges by C. Lewis, Paris, 1634, 8vo. (895) B. F. Stevens, £2 2832 Vigenere (B. de). Traicte des Chiffres ou secretes manieres d'escrire, numerous plates of monograms, etc., old French morocco extra, with the device of Fabry de Peiresc on sides by Le Gascon, Paris, 1586, 4to. (896) Quaritch, £3 2833 Villa Nova (Arnoldi de). Herbolarium de virtutibus herbarum, woodcuts, original Venetian morocco, the sides tooled in gold to a Grolier pattern, gilt gaufré edges, Venetiis, 1509, 4to. (897) F. Murray, £5 2834 Virgilii Opera (ex recens. A. Naugerii), original Venetian morocco binding, the sides tooled in blind and gold with the title of the book in the centre, gilt gaufré edges, Venet., Aldus, 1514, 8vo. (898) F. Murray, £26

[Original edition of this date, with the errata at the end, which were omitted in the reprint. Sir J. Thorold's copy sold for £19 10S.-ED.]

2835 Virgilii Opera, cum Notis T. Pulmanni, fine copy, ruled, the sides ornamented with scroll tooling in blind and fleurs delys in gold, gilt edges, Antv., 1564, 8vo. (899) Toovey, £2 2836 Virgilii Opera nunc emendatiora, the rare Elzevir edition, with the two pages in red, old morocco extra, borders on sides, gilt edges, Lugd. Bat., Elzevir, 1636, 8vo. (900) B. F. Stevens, £2 6s. 2837 Virgilius. L'Eneide di Virgilio del Commendatore Annibal Caro, 2 vol., engraved titles, portraits, plates, vignettes and culs-de-lampe by Zocchi, old French morocco extra, gilt edges, Parigi, 1760, 8vo. (903) Bickers, £8

2838 Virgilii (Polydori). De Rerum Inventoribus, Libri VIII., etc., fine copy, morocco extra, tooled sides, gilt edges by Du Seuil, Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1671, 8vo. (904) B. F. Stevens, £4 [Renouard's copy, measuring 134 mill., with the rare preface to the Duke of Urbino, dated London, 1526, not found in most copies.-ED.]

2839 Voltaire. La Pucelle D'Orléans, Moreau's plates, proofs before letters, with some additional inserted, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, Paris, Renouard, 1819, 8vo. (907)

Young, LI IS. 2840 Voltaire. La Pucelle D'Orléans, LARGE PAPER, 2 vol., printed on India paper, portrait and vignettes, morocco extra, the sides and back inlaid with variegated leather and tooled with gold, doublé, tooled borders, gilt tops, uncut, by Chatelin, Rouen, Lemonnyer, 1880, 8vo. (908) Young, £26s. 2841 Voltaire. Romans et Contes, 3 vol., portrait and plates by Monnet, calf gilt, Bouillon, 1778, 8vo. (909) Young, £3 16s. 2842 Ward (Ned). Nuptial Dialogues and Debates, 2 vol., portrait, morocco, gilt edges, 1710, 8vo. (914) Denham, L1 IOS. 2843 Watreman (W.) The Fardle of Facions. Conteining the Auntiente Maners, Customes and Lawes of the Peoples enhabiting the two partes of the Earth, called Affrike and Asie, black letter, original calf, I. Kingstone, 1555, 8vo. (916) Quaritch, £10

[Queen Mary's copy, having her crown stamped on sides. -ED.] 2844 Weever (J.) Ancient Funeral Monuments, portrait, engraved title and woodcuts, LARGE PAPER (the index inlaid as is usual with large-paper copies), old English morocco, gilt edges, 1631, folio (920) B. F. Stevens, £10 5s. 2845 Whore-Master's Pocket Companion, interspersed with many Humorous Intrigues and Comical Adventures, plate, calf, Paris, 1743, 8vo. (924) Pickering, 14s. 2846 Wicklieffe's Wicket faythfully overseene and corrected after the original and first Copie . . . with the Protestation of Jhon Lassels late burned in Smythfelde, and the Testament of Wm. Tracie Esquire, expounded by Wm. Tyndall and John Frythe. black litter, morocco extra, tooled sides, gilt edges by F. Bedford (1548), 8vo. (925) Quaritch, £3

2847 Wicleti (Jo.) Dialogorum, Libri IV., woodcut title, old calf, in a case, s. 1. (sed Basileae), 1525, small 4to. (926)

Leighton, L 5s. 2848 Wilson (Lea). Bibles, Testaments, Psalms and other Books of the Holy Scriptures in English, pigskin, gilt top, uncut, 1845, 4to. (927) Sotheran, £4 4s. 2849 Witt's Recreations augmented with ingenious Conceites for the Witte and Merrie Medicines for the Melancholie, engraved title and woodcuts (wanted Z 1, with all faults), morocco extra, gilt edge, 1641, 8vo. (928) Pickering, £2 15s. 2850 Wolf (J. C.) Bibliotheca Hebræa, old French morocco extra, with the arms of Prince Eugene of Savoy on sides and his monogram on the back, gilt edges, Hamburgi, 1715, 4to. (929) Quaritch, L1 IS.

2851 Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle, vol. ii.-v., portraits and curious plates, including many additional in serted, half calf, Hogg, n. d., 8vo. (931) Quaritch, £I IS. 2852 Ysaie le Triste. Sensuit Lhistoire de Ysaie le Triste filz Tristan de leonnois jadis Chevalier de la Table Ronde, etc., gothic letter, woodcut (wanted folio 245), old gilt calf, gilt edges, Paris, s. d., 4to. (933) Leighton, £3 15s. 2853 Zwicker (D.) Irenicum Irenicorum, 4 ff.+pp. 5-143, verso blank, s. 1. 1658 Irenicomastix seu nova Confirmatio Irenici, 2 ff.+572 pp., 1661-Irenicomastix iterato victus, 16 pp., 1662, morocco, gilt edges by Derome, in 1 vol., small 8vo. (934) Quaritch, Li

[MARCH 30TH, 1896.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR HUXLEY (THE PORTion BEQUEATHED TO HIM BY THE LATE ANTHONY RICH).

(No. of Lots, 283; amount realised, £167 5s.)

2854 Aretino (P.) Ragionamenti, 3 vol. in 1, morocco extra, tooled sides, gilt edges by Riviere, 1584, 8vo. (2)

Ridler, £2

2855 Aventures de L'Abbé de Choisy habillé en femme, morocco extra, gilt edges, Paris, Gay, 1862, 8vo. (9) Leighton, £1 35. Le Peintre Graveur, 21 vol. (wanted vol. xxi.), plates of monograms and the extra etchings, fine copy, calf, gilt edges, Vienne, 1803-21, 8vo (13)

2856 Bartsch (Adam).

Leighton, £5 17s. 6d. 2857 Boccaccio. Il Decameron, tall copy, morocco extra, gilt edges by Rivière, Amsterdam (Elzevir), 1665, 8vo. (27)

Leighton, £1 15s. 2858 Brunet (J. C.) Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres, 6 vol., Supplement 2 vol., together 8 vol., best edition, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, Paris, 1860-80, 8vo. (30) Leighton, £10 155. 2859 Burton (J. H.) The Book-Hunter, morocco extra, back and sides tooled in the style of Roger Payne, gilt edges by De Coverly, 1862, 8vo. (33)

Dobell, LI IS. Gaules, 3 vol., Paris, 1856, 8vo. Hunt, £1 25.

2860 Bussy-Rabutin. Histoire Amoureuse des morocco extra, gilt edges by De Coverly, (34) 2861 Darwin (C.) The Variations of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol., illustrations, half morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, 1868, 8vo. (51) Leighton, £1

2862 Darwin (C.) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., illustrations, 1871 -The Formation of Vegetable Mould, illustrations, 1881Krause (E.) Erasmus Darwin with a Notice by Charles

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