Scholiis Graecis, editio princeps, old morocco gilt, r. e., Florent. (L. Fr. de Alopa), 1496, small 4to. (18) Maggs, £5 6437 Apophthegms. Witty Apophthegms delivered at several Times and upon several Occasions by King James, King Charles, the Marquess of Worcester, Lord Bacon and Sir Thomas More, collected and revised, frontispiece containing 5 portraits, old calf, for Matt. Smelt, 1671, 12mo. (19) Maggs, £1 125. 6438 Arthur of Little Britain (History of the Valiant Knight), a Romance of Chivalry, originally translated from the French by John Bourchier, new edition (by E. V. Utterson), illustrated with a series of coloured plates from illuminated drawings, morocco gilt, g. e., White and Co., 1814, 4to. (26) Lambert, £4 6439 Ashtead Estate (some Records of the) and of its Howard Possessors, with those of Elford, Castle Rising, etc., facsimiles, etc., morocco, not published, Lichfield, Lomax, 1873, 4to. (27) Quaritch, £3 6s. 6440 Astronomici Veteres. Julii Firmici Astronomicorum, Lib.VIII.; Marci Manilii Astronomicorum, Lib. V.; Arati Phoenomena cum imaginibus, etc., Procli Sphaera Gr. Thoma Linacro interprete, editio prima Aldina, woodcuts, russia gilt, gilt and gauffred edges, Venet., Aldus Rom., 1499, folio (28) Quaritch, £5

6441 Auctores Classici Graeci et Latini cum notis Variorum in usum Delphini, 106 vol. (the old edition), variously bound (7 vol. odd, with all faults), Paris, v. d., 4to. (30) Ridler, £1 5s. 6442 Barclay (John). His Argenis, or the Loves of Poliarchus and Argenis, faithfully translated out of Latine by Kingesmill Long, first edition, morocco, plain, inside gilt borders, g. on m. e. by Thompson (Paris), fine copy, for H. Seile, 1625, small folio (34) Ridler, £4

[Contemporary MS. inscription on flyleaf: "I began to reade this Booke to yor. Ladiship the XVIth day of January, 1625, and ended it the XXVth of the same month" (unsigned); and there were numerous pencil marks and notes in the margins.--ED.]

6443 Basilikōn. Opus Genealogicum Catholicum de Praecipuis Familiis Imperatorum, Regum, Principum, aliorumque, Procerum Orbis Christiani, editum studio et opera Eliae Reusneri Leorini, old style German morocco, stamped in elaborate mosaic ornaments in relief, and finely painted in various colours on a gold groundwork; within a large oval frame the extremities of which extend to the edges of the upper cover, is the portrait, armorial bearings, and mottoes of the Emperor Charles V.; and on the under cover within straight compartments and a diamond-shaped frame the Emperor's large coat of arms; the edges gauffred and gilt, and painted in colours with the Imperial Eagle and other ornaments, the back nearly plain; a most elaborate piece of old German binding, but mended in some places, from the Double library, at the sale of which it produced 1,050 fr. Francof., N. Bassaeus, 1592, folio (36) Leighton, £100

Ridler, £1 75.

6444 Bayley (John). History and Antiquities of the Tower of London, LARGE PAPER, India proof plates, morocco, line and ornamental tooling in frames, broad inside gilt ornamental borders, joints, gilt edges, fine copy, T. Cadell, 1821, royal 4to. (37) Ridler, £2 8s. 6445 Beaumont and Fletcher. Dramatick Works, with notes by various Commentators, portraits and plates, 10 vol., old calf, T. Evans, 1778, 8vo. (38) 6446 Behn (Mrs.) Plays, third edition, portrait, 4 vol., old calf, for Mary Poulson, 1724, 8vo. (40) Ridler, £2 2s. 6447 Belleforest (F. de). Le Cinquiesme Tome des Histoires Tragiques, ruled in red, contemporary vellum, elaborately tooled in line and leafy scrolls. with initials D. B. C. in a monogram, and arms (chevron and 3 martlets) on sides, gilt edges (Clovis Eve), Paris, G. Buon, 1582 8vo. (41) Maggs, £2 6448 Bembus (Card. P.) Historiae Venetiae, Lib. XII., thick paper, morocco, full gilt back, line sides, gilt anchor in centres, gilt edges, Venet., Aldi Filii, 1551, small folio (43)

Sotheran, 1 16s. 6449 Bergers. Le Grand Calendrier et Compost des Bergers composé par le Berger de la Grande Montaigne, printed in red and black, numerous bizarre woodcuts (title and next leaf mended), calf gilt, gilt edges, Paris, N. Bonfons, s. d. (Almanach, 1589-1626), small 4to. (45) Leighton, £3 6450 Beza (Theod.) Icones, id est Verae Imagines Virorum Doctrina simul et pietate illustrium; accedunt Emblemata, editio prima, woodcut portraits, old morocco, back tooled in acorns and oak-leaves, side borders of tulips, and inner frames of scroll ornaments, gilt edges, fine copy, Genevae, Jo. Laonius, 1580, small 4to. (48) Quaritch, LII IOS. 6451 Biblia cum Concordantiis Veteris et Novi Testamenti, cum additionibus in marginibus varietatis textuum, summa cum diligentia, revisa, correcta et nuperrime emendata, lit. goth., red and black, woodcut title, and numerous historiated woodcut initials, oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin, clasps, Lugd., Nic. de Benedictis, 1512, small folio (49) Ellis, £2 12s. 6452 Blades (Wm.) Life and Typography of William Caxton, first edition, numerous facsimiles, 2 vol., half bound, Lilly, 1861, 4to. (57) Rimell, 3 6453 Blake (Wm.) Jerusalem, the Emanation of the Giant Albion, 100 plates, facsimile reproduction of 100 copies (No. 12), morocco, line tooled, gilt edges by F. Bedford (1804), n. d., 4to. (59) £2 6454 Blake (Wm.) Marriage of Heaven and Hell, facsimile reproduction on 27 plates by J. Muir, uncut (1790), 4to. (60) Sotheran, 1 6s. 6455 Blake (Wm.) Visions of the Daughters of Albion, I plates, reproduction on one side of the page only, coloured from the copy in the British Museum, reprint of 1793, 4to. (61) Ellis, 1 8s.

6456 Blake (Wm.) Visions of the Daughters of Albion, 7 coloured plates, crushed morocco, full gilt back, line sides, inside gilt

borders, g. e. by Rivière, 1793 (early reproduction), 4to. (62) Parsons, £3 6s. 6457 Blake (Wm.) Night Thoughts by Edw. Young, illustrated with broad marginal designs by Wm. Blake, uncut, Edwards, 1797, imperial 4to. (63) Ridler, £6 10s. 6458 Blake (Wm.) The Grave, a Poem, by Robert Blair, illustrated by 12 etchings executed by Louis Schiavonetti, from the original inventions of Wm. Blake, with portrait, original edition, uncut, "Subscriber's copy," 1808, 4to. (64)

Sotheran, LI IOS. 6459 Blake (Wm.) The Grave, a Poem, by Robert Blair, portrait, engraved title and 12 etchings by Wm. Blake, after designs by Schiavonetti, LARGE PAPER, proofs, the portrait on India paper, uncut, 1813, imperial 4to. (65) Kidler, £2 18s. 6460 Blake (Wm.) Works, reproduced in facsimile from the Original Editions, 143 plates (100 copies privately printed), half morocco, t. e. g., 1876, royal 4to. (68) Parsons, £3 6s. 6461 Blake (Wm.) Facsimile of the Last Replica of the Songs of Innocence and Experience, executed by Wm. Blake, edited by E. J. Ellis, 50 copies in water colours touched with gold, half morocco, Quaritch, 1893, 4to. (70) Ellis, £3 7s. 6d. 6462 Boccaccio (Giov.) Il Decamerone, Nuovamente Coretto, con tre Novelle aggiunte, editio prima Aldina, morocco, fleurons on back, line sides with corner fleurons and anchor in centres, inside dentelle borders, gilt edges by Capé, l'inegia in æd. Aldi, 1522, 8vo. (73) Leighton, £9 17s. 6d. 6463 Boccaccio (Giov.) Il Decamerone, di nuovo riformato da L. Groto Cieco d' Adria, con le Dichiarationi da G. Ruscelli, woodcut initials, morocco, antique style, stamped blind and gilt ornaments, g. on r. e. by Rivière, Venet., Zoppini, 1590, small 4to. (74) Sotheran, £1 IIS. 6464 Bonifacius Papa VIII., Liber Sextus Decretalium (cum Glossis Joannis Andreæ), lit. goth., in double columns, without marks, headings in red (162 leaves), printed upon vellum, old English morocco gilt, gilt edges (Roger Payne), Mogunt., P. Schoyffer de Gernsheim, 1476, large folio (84) Quaritch, £64

[This vellum copy of the third edition of the Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII., from the press of Peter Schoiffer, was possibly unique, since the only one known to Brunet was that in Edwards's catalogue in 1796, which is most likely this one. The lower margin of one leaf in the centre of the volume cut off; and the leaf with the printer's colophon, in red, with the device beneath, though complete, cut down to a slip measuring 7 in. by 5 in.-ED.] 6465 Boyd (Zacharie). The last Battell of the Soule in Death, divided into eight conferences, the first complete edition, with two titles to vol. i. (both dated 1629), one with the arms of King Charles I. on reverse, margins slightly mended, wanted leaf of errata, 2 vol., calf (with arms), very rare, Edinburgh, Heires of Andro Hart, 1629, 8vo. (87)

Leighton, £9 6466 Bradly (Dr. R.) Complete History of England, LARGE

PAPER, portrait of James II., Dedication Copy to King James II., bound in old English morocco, full gilt back, line frame sides with corner fleurons, and the king's arms in centres, gilt edges, In the Savoy, 1685, thick folio (89) Ridler, £9 6467 Breviarium Sarisburiensis. Portiforium seu Breviarium ad Usum Ecclesiæ Sarisburiensis castigatum, etc. (Partes Hyemalis et Estivalis), lit. goth., red and black, 2 vol. (pars Hyemalis, wanted title, wormed, and some leaves mended), Lond., J. Kyngston and H. Sutton, 1556; pars Estivalis in excellent condition, Londini, 1555, and at end Paris, F. Regnault Millesimo quingentesimo trigesimo (sic) quinto (1535) (with all faults), half bound, rare edition, small 4to. (91) Ridler, £10 IOS. 6468 Breydenbach (Bernard de). Sanctarum Peregrinationum in Montem Syon, ad Venerandum Christo Sepulchrum in Jherusalem, etc., lit. goth., editio princeps, folding woodcut views and other woodcuts, including the large woodcut in front, the folding views neatly backed with linen, and in some places slightly repaired, otherwise perfect, morocco, line tooled, gilt edges, in Civitate Moguntiæ, E. Reüwich, 1486, folio (92) Ellis, £54

[A desirable copy of a book very rarely found complete, and with all the woodcuts genuine originals.-ED.] 6469 Brunet (J. Ch.) Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres, 4o Édition, 5 vol. bound in 10, morocco, plain, inside ornamental borders, gilt edges, fine copy, Paris, 1842-44, royal 8vo. (94) Ridler, LI 15s. 6470 Buchanan (Geo.) A Detection of the Actions of Mary Queen of Scots, concerning the Murder of her Husband, and her Conspiracy, Adultery and Pretended Marriage with Bothwell, now made English, morocco, full gilt back, line sides, with corner and centre fleurons, g. on r. e. by Rivière, R. Janeway, 1689, small thin 4to. (97) Leighton, £3 3s. 6471 Burney (Frances). Camilla, or a Picture of Youth, first edition, 5 vol., original blue wrappers, uncut, T. Payne, 1796, 8vo. (99) Sotheran, £4 6472 Burney (Frances). The Wanderer, first edition, 5 vol., boards, uncut, Longmans, 1814, 8vo. (100) Sotheran, £4 6s. 6473 Cæsar (Julius). Commentariorum de Bello Gallico, Lib. VIII., de Bello Civili Pompeiano, Lib. IV., Pictura totius Galliæ et Hispaniæ secundum C. Cæsaris Commentarios, etc., Editio Aldina secunda, woodcuts, old French morocco doublé, back covered with pointillé and floreate tooling, sides tooled blind and gilt, inside ornamental borders, joints, gilt edges by Bozerian Jeune, the Renouard and Gosford copy, with crest, tall copy, with some lower rough edges, Venet. in æd. Aldi, 1519 (103) Sotheran, £3 6474 Callot (Jacques). Miseries of War (Dutch title), 18 plates, engraved by Israel Sylvestre, mounted in a vol., half morocco, n. d., oblong 8vo. (105) Ridler, £175. 6475 Camden (Wm.) Annals, or the Historie of the most renowned Princesse Elizabeth, translated by R. N., with several

Additions never before published, third edition, portrait (mended) and engraved title, morocco, tooled in blind lines with fleurons, inside ornamental borders, gilt edges by Thompson (Paris), for B. Fisher, 1635, folio (106)

Maggs, £1 19s. 6476 Carione (Giov.) Chronica con mirabile artificio composta, nuovamente tradotta per Pietro Lauro, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester's copy, in contemporary calf, with semis of gilt stars and corner fleurs-de-lis, device of bear and ragged staff, and initials R. D. in centre, gilt edges, Vinegia, M. Tramezino, 1544, 8vo. (111) Leighton, £49 6477 Castruccio. Le Attioni di Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli, Signore di Lucca, con la Genealogia della famiglia, estratte dalla Nuova discrittione d'Italia di Aldo Manucci, head on title, morocco, tooled in four-line intersected frame ornaments, with a fleur-de-lis at each corner and device of a lion in centre, inside gilt borders, g. on m. e. by Niedrée (the Turner copy), Roma, Heredi di Gigliotti, 1590, small 4to. (114) Ridler, £3 10S. 6478 Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles, suivent les Cent Nouvelles contenant les Cent Histoires Nouveaux, etc.. copperplate vignettes by Romain de Hooghe, first edition, with the vignettes on the text, 2 vol., old French red morocco, full gilt backs, line sides, gilt edges, fine copy, Cologne (Amsterdam), P. Gaillard, 1701, 8vo. (117) Quaritch, £2 18s. 6479 Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles, suivent les Cent Nouvelles contenant les Cent Histoires Nouveaux, vignettes by Romain de Hooghe, 2 vol., calf, Cologne, P. Gaillard, 1701, 8v0. (118) Ridler, £1 13s. 6480 Cervantes. Don Quixote; with a Continuation by A. Fernandez de Avellaneda, never before printed in English, translated by Capt. John Stevens, copperplate engravings, 3 vol., old calf, 1706-5, 8vo. (119) Maggs, £1 18s. 6481 Chippendale (Thomas). The Gentleman and Cabinet Makers' Director, 200 plates (wanted title, otherwise perfect and sound copy), morocco extra, gilt edges, 1762, royal folio (128) Quaritch, 18 IOS. 6482 Choiseul-Cabinet. Recueil d'Estampes gravées d'après les Tableaux du Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul, par les soins du Sr. Basan, portrait and 128 plates (No. 57 missing), the price realised for each picture noted in MS., old French calf gilt, gilt edges, Paris, chez l'Auteur, 1771, 4to. (129) Parsons, £2 6s. 6483 Cicero. Opera; Orationes, Epistolæ, de Officiis, de Philosophia et Fragmenta, editio Elzeviriana, 10 vol., morocco, gilt tooled back, line sides, gilt edges, Lugd. Bat., Elzevir, 1642, 12mo. (135) Ridler, £2 8s. 6484 Cicero. Rhetorica; Orationes, Epistolæ Familiares et ad Atticum, et de Philosophia ex Castigatione Jo. Boulierii, ruled in red, 8 vol., contemporary Lyonnese calf, gilt backs, the sides elaborately tooled in geometrical scrolls, gilt edges, Lugd., A. Vincentius, 1560, 12mo. (136) Ellis, £10 10S. 6485 Clarendon (Earl of). History of the Rebellion and Civil