3918 Wordsworth (Wm.) Peter Bell, a Tale in Verse, first edition, frontispiece, vellum gilt, very scarce, 1819, 8vo. (1529) Bain, £1 6s. [Contains a stanza on page 39, afterwards omitted.-ED.] 3919 Wordsworth (Wm.) The Prelude, first edition, E. Moxon, 1850-The Excursion, second edition, 1820-Prose Works, edited by the Rev. A. B. Grosart, portrait, 3 vol., 1876Memoirs by Bp. Christopher Wordsworth, portrait, 2 vol., 1851, together 7 vol., uniform vellum gilt, t. e. g., 8vo. (1531) E. Coleridge, L1 5s. 3920 Wordsworth (Wm.) Sonnets, with a few Additional Ones, now first published, russia, E. Moxon, 1838-Earlier Poems, with Preface by W. Johnston, russia, ib., 1857 The Recluse, russia, 1888 - Wordsworthiana, edited by Wm. Knight, 1889-Transactions of the Wordsworth Society, Nos. 4 to 8, 8vo. (1532) Bain, LI IS. [MAY 4TH, 1896.] PUTTICK & SIMPSON. THE LIBRARY OF A GENTLEMAN. (No. of Lots, 303; amount realised, £658 2s. 6d.) 3921 Alken (H.) Symptoms of Being Amused, 47 coloured plates, including title- Popular Songs, 36 coloured plates, including title-British Proverbs, 4 coloured plates—Ideas, 2 coloured plates-The Cover, Full Cry, Check and The Death-Involuntary Thoughts, 3 coloured plates-Tutor's Assistant, 5 coloured plates, mounted in a volume, morocco extra, gilt edges, folio (522) Edwards, 13 15s. [Sold on May 6th.-ED.] 3922 America. Constitution of the several Independent States of America, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Treaties with his most Christian Majesty, etc., old calf, Philadelphia, J. Bailey, 1781, 8vo. (1) H. Stevens, LI 8s. 3923 Armstrong (J.) History of King's-Lyn and Cambridge, maps, half calf, 1766, 4to. (215) 3924 Bale (J.) The First two Partes of the Examples of the Englyshe Votaryes, J. Tisdale, 1560-50, 12mo. (5) I2S. Actes or Unchast black letter, London, Denham, £1 13S. 3925 Bartolozzi (F.) Prints, from the original drawings of Guercino in the Collection of His Majesty, 2 vol. in 1, plates, half bound, imperial folio (217) Putick, £5 3926 Bartolozzi (F.) Seven-Three Prints, from the original Pictures and Drawings of Michael Angelo, etc., in the Collection of his Majesty, 2 vol., plates (binding broken), Boydell, n. d., folio (216) Parsons, £4 4s. 3927 Bellarmine (Card.) A most learned and pious Treatise, full of Divine and Humane Philosophy, framing a ladder, whereby our Mindes may ascend to God, translated out of Latine by T. B., Printed at Doway, A.D. 1616, 8vo. (7) Weldeck, £1 3928 Bible. The Bible in Englyshe of the Largest and Greatest Volume, black letter, russia gilt, at Rouen, at the cost and charges of Richard Carmarden, first title cut and mounted and two leaves repaired, 1566, folio (249) Bull, £11 [This is the last folio edition of the "Great Bible." The last edition of all is Cawoode's quarto of 1569.-ED.] 3929 Blomefield (F.) History of Norfolk, with continuation by C. Parkin, 5 vol., first and best edition, plates and pedigrees (vol. i. wanted list of subscribers and pedigrees of the family of Blomefield; vol. ii., dedication to John Nuthall, and Monument of Bp. Hall at p. 414; vol. iii., Monument of T. Marsham), half bound, Fersfield and Lynn, 1739-75, folio (221) Noons, £11 3930 Binding. Office de la Semaine Sainte, Latin et François, old morocco covered with gilt tooling, Cardinal's arms on sides, gilt edges, Paris, 1715, 8vo. (13) Hogan, £1 4s. 3931 Boccaccio. 11 Decameron, the Rare Uncastrated Elzevir Edition, morocco, gilt edges by Roger Payne, Amsterdam, 1665, 8vo. (16) Ridler, £15s. 3932 Breton (Nicholas). The Workes of a Young Wyt, trust up with a fardell of pretie fancies, prejudiciall to no man and pleasant to every man, etc., original edition, black letter, new half mor., t. e. g., T. Dawson and T. Gardyner (1577) (134*) Quaritch, £81 [This is one of the rarest of Breton's writings, and no other copy has occurred for sale in London for more than ten years. Nicholas Breton was born in 1542-43, and died, most probably, in 1626.-ED.] 3933 Browning (R.) Balaustion's Adventure-Prince HohensteilSchwangau Red Cotton Night Cap Country-The Inn Album-Pacchiarotto-Agamemnon-Dramatic IdyllsLa Saisiaz-Parleyings with certain People-Asolando and Pauline Jocoseria-and Aristophanes' Apology, 13 vol. in 12, all first editions, half morocco, 1871-90, 8vo. (17) Howell, £2 18s. 3934 The Booke of Common Prayer and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, black letter, with woodcut initials (a few of the preliminary leaves damaged by fire, and some wanted), London, by B. Norton and J. Bill, 1622 - The Whole Booke of Psalmes by Sternhold and Hopkins, with apt Notes to sing them withal, black letter, engraved title, fine copy, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1623, in one vol., old gilt calf, with metal corners, the arms of James I., and initials "J. R." in gold on sides, folio (220) Quaritch, £10 3935 Bull Fighting. Colleccion de los Principales Suertes de Una Corrida de Toros, por Antonio Carnicero, 13 coloured plates (including title) of Spanish Bull-fights, unbound, Madrid, 1690, oblong 4to. (137) Maggs, 1 35. 3936 Burnyeat (John). The truth exalted in the Writings of that Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ. John Burnyeat 1691, 4to. (122) Ellis and Elvey, £1 12s. [Preface by William Penn, and "Testimony" by George Fox.-ED.] 3937 Cabinet de Poullain. Collection de Cent Vingt Estampes gravées d'apres les Tableaux et Dessins qui composoient le Cabinet de M. Poullain, sous la direction du Sieur Basan, plates, morocco extra, gilt edges, Paris, 1781, 4to. (138) Parsons, £35s. 3938 Cock Fighting. Rural Chivalry, a series in Six plates of Fighting Cocks, engraved by J. Parey from drawings by C. Weigall, coloured wrapper, Ackermann, 4to. (143) Spencer, £2 10S. 3939 Common Prayer. The booke of Common Prayer, black letter, title and a few leaves wormed, C. Barker, 1581-The Whole Booke of Psalms, with the Notes, black letter, John Day, 1580, in one vol., old oaken boards covered with stamped leather, folio (230) Quaritch, £6 3940 Cook and King's Voyages, 1772-80, 5 vol., and folio atlas of plates, half bound, 1777-84, 4to. (145) J. Brown, £1 3941 Cook's Voyages, the three series complete, with folio atlas of plates, 9 vol., calf, and half calf, Atlas in boards, 1773-74-84, 4to. (144) Norris, £3 5s. 3942 Cooke (G.) Views of the Thames, with volume of Text, etchings, half bound, 1822, 4to. (146) Sotheran, LI 3943 Cranmer Bible. The Byble in Englishe, that is, the olde and new Testament, black letter, stamped calf with clasps, Imprynted at London in Flete-strete at the signe of the Sunne, by Edward Whitechurche (first title mounted), the xxix. of December, 1549, folio (231) Quaritch, £25 [This Bible was printed before the changes in the Book of Common Prayer had been finally settled for the passages marked in the text with crosses and half crosses for the beginnings and endings of the Gospels are more than double the number required by the new table, which was evidently printed after the Bible was finished. See Dore's "Old Bibles,” ed. 1888, p. 175.—ED.] 3944 Dibdin (T. F.) Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 3 vol., plates, half russia, Jackson, £7 10S. 1821, 8vo. (35) 3945 Dibdin (T. F.) Bibliotheca Spenceriana, 3 vol., facsimiles, half calf, 1814, 8vo. (36) Norris, £4 3946 [Dickens (Charles).] Sunday under Three Heads, As it is, As it was, and As Sabbath Bills would make it, by Timothy Sparks, original edition, with illustrations by H. K. Browne, illustrated wrapper, Chapman and Hall, 1836, 8vo. (37) Spencer, £8 15s. [This scarce pamphlet consists of pp. v, 49, and has three illustrations, and illustrated yellow-paper cover by H. K. Browne. Pearson's reprint is easily detected by turning to p. 7, 1. 15, where the word "air," instead of "hair appears. The other reprint-that by Jarvis-is correct in this respect, but curiously enough omits the words "Sunday Under Three Heads" at the commencement of Chapter III. on p. 35. The plates in the reprints are very inferior to those of the original.—ED.] 3947 Dryden (J.) Works, with Notes by Sir W. Scott, 18 vol., portrait, calf, rebacked, 1808, 8vo. (39) Patrick, £9 3948 Flatman's Poems and Songs, portrait by White (mounted), calf gilt, 1886, 8vo. (46) Bull, £1 25. 3949 Gaguin (R.) Ars Versificatoria, lit. goth., morocco (1483), small 4to. (164) Sotheran, £3 10s. 3950 Gillray's Weather Plates, set of 7, coloured, H. Humphrey, 1808, 4to. (165) Spencer, L1 4s. 3951 Grose (F.) Antiquities of England and Wales, 8 vol., plates (vol i. damaged by fire), Hooper, n. d., 4to. (170) Andrews, 1 45. 3952 Habits of New French Legislators, and other Public Functionaries, by Jas. Gillray, set of 12 coloured plates, H. Humphrey, 1798, 4to. (171) Denham, L1 IOS. 3953 Hamerton (P. G.) Etching and Etchers, third edition, plates, half mor. t. e. g., 1880, 4to. (173) Edwards, £2 135. 3954 Horæ Beatissime Virginis Marie ad Legitmu. Sarisburiensis Ecclesie ritum, printed in red and black within woodcut borders of Sacred and Grotesque Subjects, including the Dance of Death, full page woodcuts, Headings to many of the prayers and descriptions to the woodcuts in English, calf, a few leaves wormed, otherwise an exceptionally large and clean copy, Paris, F. Regnault (1529), 4to. (174) Leighton, £39 10S. [This copy commenced on signature x, and had seven leaves more than that in the British Museum, which is described as undated. The date in this copy appeared 4 times in the ornamental border, viz., " F. R., 1529," on pp. 132, 153, 165, and last leaf.-ED.] 3955 Houghton Gallery. A Set of Prints lately in the Possession of the Earl of Örford, fine impressions, 2 vol., half morocco, 1788, imperial folio (250) Parsons, 17 5s. 3956 Hunting. Indespensable Accomplishments, a Set of Six coloured Hunting Scenes, by R. J., Humphrey, 1811, 4to. (175) Pickering, £4 4s. 3957 La Belle Assemblée, portraits, coloured fashion plates, etc., vol. i. to viii., half russia, 1806-10, 8vo. (71) Hornstein, £2 11S. 3958 Lambard (W.) Perambulation of Kent, first edition, black letter, map mounted and coloured by hand, half bound, 1576, small 4to. (176) Carpenter, £2 25. 3959 Lavater (J. C.) Essays on Physiognomy, translated by Hunter, plates by Holloway, 3 vol., russia, 1789, royal 4to. (177) Howell, £2 4s. 3960 L'Institution de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or, illuminated Manuscript on vellum, embellished with 233 coats of arms of Knights of the Order, emblazoned in gold and colours, and 3 highly finished miniature portraits of Dukes of Burgundy, morocco, tooled borders, Sæc. XVI. (circa 1550), folio (264) Noons, £90 3961 Marlowe (Christopher). The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, etc., as it was publiquely acted by the Earle of Pembroke, his Servants, original edition, unbound, for R. Barnes, 1612, 8vo. (81) Pickering, £4 4s. 3962 Milton's Paradise Lost, second edition, portrait by W. Dolle, old calf, S. Simmons, 1674, 8vo. (84) Ellis and Elvey, £1 10s. 3963 Milton (J.) Paradise Lost, third edition, calf gilt, 1678, 8vo. (85) Agnew, £1 2s. 3964 Northampton. History and Topography of Northampton, to which is added the Biography of its Earls, by G. Baker (aged 13) (91) Bates, £1 15s. [The above was the original note-book by the Northampton Historian, G. Baker, and was presented by him to his Sister, Ann Baker.-ED.] 3965 Nyder (J.) Expositio preceptorum decalogi, illuminated and rubricated capitals, calf (slightly wormed), Paris, Gering, 1482, 4to. (187) Quaritch, £1 25. 3966 Ogilby (J.) Entertainment of H. M. Charles II., plates (mounted), russia, gilt edges, 1662, folio (268) Howell, £1 14s. 3967 Pamphlets. A Warning agaynst the dangerous practices of Papistes, and specially the parteners of the late Rebellion, black letter, London, J. Daye, n. d.-Sermons, etc., in a volume, half bound, 12mo. (92) Bull, £1 5s. 3968 Paris. Description des Festes données par la Ville de Paris au Mariage de Mme. Louis de France et de Dom Philippe d'Espagne, plates by Blondel, old morocco extra, with arms of the City of Paris in gold on sides, and fleurs-de-lys on back, by Derome, Paris, 1740, folio (270) Sabin, £3 5s. 3969 Planché (J. R.) Shakespearian Costume: King John, Hamlet, Othello and Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, and King Henry the Fourth, 97 plates of Costume by J. K. Meadows and G. Scharf, coloured and heightened in gold, in 1 vol., half bound, 1823-25, 8vo. (96) Sotheran, £1 12s. 3970 Prayer. Liber Precum Publicarum Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ Ritus, Græce et Latine, an early and rare edition, morocco gilt, London, R. Wolfius, 1569, 8vo. (97) Ridler, £2 3971 Preces Privatæ in Studiosorum gratium collectæ et Regia authoritate approbatæ, first edition, printed in red and black, morocco, g. e., G. Seres, 1564, 8vo. (99) Leighton, £3 6s. 3972 Ruano (Ferdinando). Scrittor della Bibliotheca Vaticana, Sette Alphabeti di Varie Lettere, nuovamenti posti in luce, numerous designs for Ornamental Alphabets, new half morocco, t. e. g., Roma, V. Dorico, 1554, 4to. (196*) Quaritch, £6 3973 Ruskin (J.) Stones of Venice, 3 vol., first edition, illustrated by the author, half morocco, t. e. g., 1851-53, 8vo. (106) H. Hopkins, £8 3974 Ruskin (J.) Seven Lamps of Architecture, first edition, illus |