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709 Rabelais (Fr.) Euvres, port., and plates by B. Picart and others, 3 vol., cf. (broken), Amst., 1741, 4to. (39)

Sotheran, £7 710 Ramusio (Gio. Battista). Navigationi et Viaggi, engravings and maps, 3 vol. in 2, contemp. russ., y. e., Venetia, 1563-54-65, folio (131) Warren, £8 12s. 6d. 711 Roberts (Lewes). The Merchant's Mappe of Commerce, port. by Glover, map of the world and maps of America, orig. cf., Ralphe Mabb, 1638, folio (132) Martin, £6 5s. 712 Rolt (R.) Lives of the Principal Reformers, 21 mezzo. ports. by R. Houston, old cf., 1759 (224) Rawston, £2 25. 713 Ronsard (Pierre de). Euvres, large copy, ruled throughout, contemp. mor., g. e., with "marque" on the back of binding of Philippe Des Portes, Paris, Ġ. Buon, 1584, folio (134)

Quaritch, £20

714 Rooth (David). Analecta Sacra Nova et Mira, de Rebus Catholicorum in Hibernia, Coloniae, 1617-19, 8vo. (15) Cox, LI IS. 715 Sallustius. Bellum Catalinarium et Jugurthinum (ed. Ph. Beroaldus), capitals rubricated (wanted sign. a i., blank), cf., Impress. Parisiis per Udalricum cognomento Gering, s. a. (circa 1478), 4to. (162) Leighton, £5 12s. 6d. 716 Sarum Primer. [At end] "Thus endeth the Prymer in Englysshe after the use of Salysbury . . . imprynted at Rowen, by Nycholas le Roux for Franchoys Regnault, 1538," gothic letter, in black and red, with numerous woodcuts"Here begynneth the Pystles and Gospels of every Sonday and holy Daye in the yere,” gothic letter, historiated initial letters, 1538 (both imperfect, wormed and many leaves stained), in 1 vol., hf. bd., 8vo. (16) Barnard, £5 158. 717 Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, Published according to the True Originall Copies, first ed., port. by Droeshout (imperfect and mounted), (wanted the leaf opposite, containing verses "To the Reader," signed B. I. [Ben Jonson]; the Prologue to Troylus and Cressida wanted, but the play completed by the insertion of a leaf from a later edition; Romeo and Juliet 3 leaves misplaced; the last leaf, Cymbeline, imperfect and mounted ;·6 leaves imperfect or torn), (1234 in. by 84 in.,) old cf. (broken), arms of the Earl of Limerick, 17th century, [colophon] Printed at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke and W. Aspley, 1623, folio (137) Sabin, £1,190 718 Smith (Charles). Antient and Present State of Waterford, folding maps and plates, uncut copy, in the orig. hf. binding, Dublin, 1746, 8vo. (17) Quaritch, JOS. 719 Smith (C.) Antient and Present State of Cork, folding map and plates, 2 vol., orig. cf. gt., Dublin, 1750, 8vo. (18)

Cox, 145.

720 Tarleton (Lieut. Col.) History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, Dublin, 1787—Journals of Major Robert Rogers, 1765 -Pownall (T.) The Administration of the Colonies, 1766, orig. cf., 8vo. (20) Kashnor, £7 5s.

721 Topsell (Edward). History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents, by T. Muffet, woodcuts (margins of several leaves stained, hf.-title defective), orig. cf. (broken), 1658, folio (144)

Tregaskis, £5 5s. 722 Virgilius. The XIII. Bukes of Eneados, first ed., black letter, commencing on fol. lxxx. (the fourth Booke), and last 2 leaves defective, sheep, Imprinted at Londo (per W. Copland), 1553, 4to. (160) Verey, £2 5s. 723 Walsh (Father Peter). History and Vindication of the Loyal Formulary, or Irish Remonstrance, 1661, against all Calumnies and Censures, with three Appendixes, orig. cf. (broken), arms of the Earl of Limerick, 1674, folio (145) Cox, £1 185. 724 Wimphelingius (Jacobus). Adolescentia, 3 large woodcuts, russ., g. e., Argent., M. Flach, 1500, 4to. (166) Maggs, £4

[NOVEMBER 16TH AND 17TH, 1911.]

PUTTICK & SIMPSON.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION.

(No. of Lots, 655; amount realised, £708 13s. 6d.)

725 Anthologie Satyrique. Répertoire des meilleures poésies et chansons joyeuses, 8 vol., hf. mor., g. t., 1876-78, 8vo. (162) Macevon, £25s. 726 Bentley's Miscellany, complete set, etchings by G. Cruikshank and others, orig. cl., uncut, fine set, 1837-68, 8vo. (205)

Dobell, £13 10S. 727 Bowyer (R.) Important Events in the Annals of Europe, col. views-The Campaign of Waterloo, col. engravings and large double-page views of the Battle of Waterloo, hf. cf., 1816, folio (645) Abbot, £4 4s. 728 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Poetical Works, port., 6 vol., cl., uncut, with labels, Pickering, 1845, 8vo. (520) Quaritch, £10 10s. 729 Churchill (Charles). Poetical Works, 3 vol., cl., uncut, with labels, Pickering, 1844, 8vo. (519) Spencer, £12 730 Constable (John). Various subjects of Landscape Characteristic of English Scenery, 22 plates, open letter proofs with 5 additional proof plates before any letters, with titles written on the margins (by Constable ?), cl., wrapper bound in, on which is written: "Mr. Vaughan, from Mr. Constable, May 5, 1836," and A.L.S. of Constable: "The book is one of the best set of proofs Lucas could find. John Constable, 1836," 1833, folio (623) Vaughan, £37 of Sex, 6 vol., Hector, £35s.

731 Ellis (Havelock). Studies in the Psychology

732 Gould (J.) Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., in the orig. 25 parts,

cl., 1910, 8vo. (61)

1862-73, folio (304)

Sutton, £25

733 Gray (T.) Poetical Works, port., cl., uncut, with label, Pickering, 1851, 8vo. (521) Hornstein, £1 8s.

734 Hervey (T. K.) The Book of Christmas, illustrations by R. Seymour, orig. cl., 1836, 8vo. (200) Hornstein, £ 16s. 735 King Arthur. Birth, Life and Acts of His Knights of the Round Table, by Sir Thomas Malory, now spelled in modern style, with Intro. by Rhys, designs by Aubrey Beardsley, one of 300 copies on handmade paper, 3 vol., cl. ex., 1893-94, 4to. (530A) Bumpus, £7 10s.

Hill, £1 165.

736 Lang (A.) Ballads and Lyrics of Old France, first ed., cl., 1872, 8vo. (206) Edwards, £ 125. 737 Malory (Sir T.) La Morte Darthur, ed. by Dr. Sommer, 3 vol., wrappers, 1889-91, 8vo. (85) 738 Meares (J.) Voyages made from China to N.W. America, port. by Beechy, and map, 1790, 4to. (238) Leon, £3 739 Natalibus (Petri de). Catalogus Sanctorum et Gestorum eorum, roman letter, double columns, old oak, covered with stamped leather, Irish interlaced rope pattern (the same only seen on Irish stone crosses), centre panel Moresque pattern, bronze bosses, from Bective Abbey, Impressus Vincentiae per Henrie de Sancto Ursio, 1493, folio (629) Maggs, £7

740 Nicolas (N. H.) Siege of Carlaverock, arms emblazoned, cf., 1828, 4to. (236) Quaritch, 1 IOS. 741 Overstone (Lord). Select Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts on Currency, National Debt, Metallic and Paper Currency, presentation copies, 3 vol., 1857, 8vo. (459) Harding, 4 17s. 6d.

742 Pinkerton (John). Collection of Voyages and Travels, plates, 17 vol., hf. cf., 1808-14, 4to. (570) Thorpe, £2 2s. 743 Select Collection of Early English Tracts on Commerce and Money, 2 vol., cl., Printed for the Political Economy Club, 1856, 8vo. (458) Quaritch, £6 15s. 744 Stevenson (R. L.) A Child's Garden of Verses, first ed., orig. cl., 1885, 8vo. (204) Maggs, £2 8s. [Another copy, in the orig. cl., sold for £3 15s. (Lot 482). -ED.] 745 Swift (Dean). Gulliver's Travels, first ed., large copy, port., 2 vol. (continuous pagination), cf., 1726, 8vo. (489)

Dobell, £5 10s.

746 Swift (Jonathan). A Tale of a Tub, first ed., LARGE PAPER, cf., 1704, 8vo. (137) Sutton, £9

747 Tennyson (A., Lord). In Memoriam, first ed., cl., uncut, 1850, 8vo. (46) Bumpus, £3 12s. 6d. 748 Tennyson (A., Lord). Enoch Arden, first ed., presentation copy, with autograph inscription, “From A. Tennyson,” cl., 1864, 8vo. (518) Spencer, £8 749 Vestris. Memoirs of the Life and Private Adventures of Madame Vestris, port. and col. plates, printed bds., Duncombe-Secret Memoirs of Harriott Pumpkin, printed bds., Duncombe, together 2 vol., 8vo. (160) Dobell, £7 155.

750 White (J.) Memoirs of the Professional Life of the Rt. Hon.

Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, port., bds., uncut, Lady
Hamilton's autograph signature on fly-leaf, 1806, 8vo. (210)
Richmond, £6

751 Wilde (Oscar). Poems, first ed., orig. vell., bds., uncut, 1881,
8vo. (207)
Dobell, £3 12s. 6d.

[NOVEMBER 17TH, 1911.]

HODGSON & CO.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION.

(No. of Lots, 294; amount realised, about £800.)

752 Adair (J.) History of the American Indians, folding map (margin of the hf.-title defective), orig. bds., uncut, with H. Stevens, £6 2s. 6d.

label, 1775, 4to. (91)

753 Agricola (G.) De Re Metallica, woodcuts, old cf., Basilea, H. Froben, 1550, folio (129) Quaritch, £4 2s. 6d. 754 Agrippa (H. C.) Vanitie and uncertaintie of Artes and Sciences, by James Sanford, black letter, old cf., Henrie Bynneman, 1575, sm. 4to. (115) £3 155. 755 Annual Register, from 1758 to 1760 and from 1762 to 1764, with MS. annotations in the handwriting of Thomas Gray, 6 vol., hf. cf., m. e., 8vo. (206) Tregaskis, £13

[The annotations in five of the volumes consist chiefly of notes on Zoology, and the insertion of names which in the text are indicated by initials only or-as in the case of the poetry are not given at all. To the review on "Rasselas " (1759, p. 477) Gray has inserted the name "Samuel Johnson," and the first volume has the poet's autograph on title.-Catalogue.] 756 Chrysostomi Homeliæ interprete Petro Balbo, gothic letter, 27 lines to a page, 240 leaves, first blank (Hain No. 5038), initials in blue and red [Bruxellis, apud Fratres Vita Communis, 1479]—Batista Guarinus . de Ordine Docendi ac Studendi, 22 leaves, last blank, roman letter, with Greek types [Ferrara, A. Beaufort, c. 1474]-Guillermi Tarvidi Aniciensis in ividiosam detractionem ubicunque gentium lateat defensio, gothic letter, 7 leaves, in 1 vol., contemp. cf. over oak boards, lettered on fore-edge, 8vo. (179) 757 Dee (Dr. J.) A true and faithful relation of what passed for many years between Dr. John Dee and some Spirits, front. and 2 plates, old cf., T. Garthwait, 1659, folio (123)

£16

Shepherd, £275. 758 Feyrabend (Sig.) Theatrum Diabolorum, vell., Franckfurt, 1575, folio (118) Polyglot Library, £2 2s. 759 Grant (F.) True Narrative of the Sufferings of a Young Girle strangely molested by Evil Spirits, autograph of Sir Walter

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Scott (?) on title, also 4 leaves in MS. concerning witches, by C. Kirkpatrick Sharpe, hf. russ., Edin., 1698, 12mo. (92) Dobell, £2 14s. 760 Gray (Thomas). Poems, with Account of his Life and Writings, LARGE PAPER (9in. by 51⁄2 in.), plates after Fuseli and others, contemp. mor. gt., with a view of Stoke Poges Church painted on the fore-edge, g. e., T. Bensley, 1800, 8vo. (84) Spencer, £16 761 Homer. Iliad and Odyssey, trans. by W. Cowper, first ed., the poet's own copy, with his autograph on title of vol. i., and dedication of vol. ii., 2 vol., old cf., poet's crest on backs, g.e., 1791, 8vo. (64) Tregaskis, £14

[These volumes were apparently given by the poet to his friend John Johnson, familiarly known as "Johnny of Norfolk." An inscription in the first volume, dated Yoxham Rectory, Norfolk, Oct. 10th, 1833, relates that they were subsequently presented by Johnson's widow to George Samuel Kett.-Catalogue.)

762 Khunrath (H.) Amphitheatrum Sapientiæ Æternae, port., engraved title and plates, vell., Hanoviæ, 1609, folio (119) Polyglot Library, £2 5s. 763 Palissy (Bernard). Discours admirables de la Nature des Eaux et Fonteines . . . des Metaux, etc., first ed., vell., Paris, M. le Jeune, 1580, 12mo. (127) Shepherd, £5 5s. 764 Paris. A Tour through Paris, 21 col. plates of Military and Civil Costume, Itinerant Traders, Processions, etc., with letterpress, hf. bd., g. e., London, W. Sams, 1822, folio (261)

Lio 765 [Pennant (T.)] British Zoology, orig. ed., 132 col. plates, with text, old russ. gt., 1766, roy. folio (263) Wheldon, £10 15s. 766 Ramelli (Agostino). Le Diverse et Artificiose Machine, port. and engravings of pumps, water wheels, etc., text in French and Italian, old French mor., g. e., Parigi, 1588, folio (130) Quaritch, £8 767 Schopper (H.) HANOIAIA Omnium Illiberalium Mechanicarum aut Sedentariarum Artium Genera continens, woodcuts by Jost Amman, old French mor., g. e., Francof., 1568, 12mo. (178)

£9 768 [Thackeray (W. M.)] Flore et Zephyr, Ballet Mythologique, par Théophile Wagstaff, 8 humorous plates by Thackeray, bearing his monogram, lithographed by Edward Morton, printed on India paper, touched up with colours, with the original buff wrapper, containing representation of "Flora," also coloured, making 9 plates in all (wrapper and first plate slightly torn), London, published March 1st, 1836, by J. Mitchell, Library, 33, Óld Bond St., à Paris chez Rittner & Goupil, Boulevard Montmartre (printed by Graf & Soret), folio (81) Quaritch, £226

[During the last twenty-five years only nine copies of this scarce work have appeared in the auction rooms, and in two instances the plates had been cut out and mounted, and in another the title and one of the plates were missing. The

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