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PRESENTATION COPY OF BLACKMORE'S POEMS

WITH AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT

BLACKMORE, R. D. Poems by Melanter. 8vo, cloth. London: Saunders and Otley, 1854.

$350.00 PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to Shirley Woolner; with the manuscript of a song; and the corrected proof of another; all in the author's hand writing. One of the finest Blackmore items in existence. The volume is of great rarity, while manuscripts of the author of "Lorna Doone" are of very infrequent occurrence.

BLAIR, ROBERT. The Grave. A Poem. 4to, green crushed levant morocco extra, inside dentelles, gilt edges, by Bedford. London: Cooper, 1743.

$35.00

The First Edition.

Very rare.

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THE SUPERB ORIGINAL COLORED DRAWINGS FOR
MILTON'S HYMN TO THE NATIVITY

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

BLAKE, WILLIAM. SIX ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS ILLUSTRATING MILTON'S "HYMN TO THE NATIVITY.” Arranged and bound in large 4to, green morocco, gilt, album.

THE APOTHEOSIS OF BLAKE ITEMS!

$9,500.00

"In a high style, analogous to the 'Job' series"-Gilchrist. Extremely beautiful as well as interesting, and considered among the finest Blake drawings in existence.

BLAKE, WILLIAM. The Wits Magazine; or, Library of Momus. Being a Compleat Repository of Mirth, Humour, and Entertainment. [From January, 1784; to May, 1785. (Complete.)] 8vo, full polished calf gilt, uncut, by Francis Bedford. London: Printed for Harrison and Co., 1784-5.

$77.50 A Perfect Copy of the complete issue bound in one volume; WITH MANY PLATES ENGRAVED BY BLAKE.

ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS IN ENGLISH
ON ARCHITECTURE

BLOOME, HANS. The Booke of Five Collumnes of Architecture, called TUSCAN, DORICA, IONICA, CORINTHIA, and COMPOSITA, Drawne and counterfeited after the right Symmetry and cunning measure of FREE-MASONS. Gathered with great diligence by Hans Bloome, out of Antiquities. Translated out of Latine into English by J. T. Woodcut border round title, and numerous large and fine architectural cuts, folio, brown calf gilt, by Riviere & Son. Printed for William and Robert Peake, 1635. $150.00

An extremely rare book.

64 BLOW, JOHN, DR. Amphion Anglicus, a work of many Compositions, for one, two, three, and four Voices, with several Accompagnements of Instrumental Musick, and a thorow-bass to each song, figured for an Organ, Harpsichord, or TheorboeLute, by Dr. John Blow. HANDSOME PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR BY R. WHITE. Folio, very fine copy in sprinkled calf extra, gilt leaves. London: For the Author, 1700. $80.00

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BORDE'S BREVIARE OF HEALTH, 1575

BORDE, ANDREWE. The Breviare of Health: wherein doth folow, remedies for all maner of sicknesses and diseases, the which may be in man or woman, expressing the obscure termes of Greke, Araby, Latin, Barbary, and English, concerning Phisicke, and Chirurgerie, compyled by Andrewe Borde, Doctor of Physicke: an English man. (BLACK LETTER.) 2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to, brown morocco extra, gilt edges, by Riviere & Son. London, 1575. $175.00

Excessively rare.

BORNE'S VERY RARE "REGIMENT FOR THE SEA"

BORNE, WILLIAM. A Regiment for the Sea, Containing verie necessarie matters for all sorts of men and trauailers, whereunto is added an Hydrographicall discourse touching the five severall passages to Cattay. Written by William Borne. New corrected and amended by Thomas Hood, who hath added a new Regiment, and Table of declination. Woodcut of Galleon on title, which is rubricated. (BLACK LETTER.) 4to, vellum covers. Imprinted at London by T. Est for Thomas Wight, 1592. $250.00

This very interesting book is of great rarity. We cannot trace the sale of another copy. It gives the various routes to America, and is one of the earliest books in English that relate to the Northwest Passage. He speaks of the various attempts that had been made to find this famous route, particularly of "Captain Forbisher, who hath begun to enter into, and hath discouvered it as far as a place now called Meta Incognita, which he himselfe did call Forbisher's Straights," etc. He adds, "It is possible that there may be a passage thereabout, betweene the Norther part of America, as betweene Labradore and Gronland, and such lands as lye toward the North Pole." This precious volume is a desirable item in any collection of Americana. It is in the best possible condition.

TWO UNUSUAL BOOKS BY GEORGE BORROW BORROW, GEORGE. Faustus: His Life, Death, and Descent into Hell. Translated from the German (by Borrow). WITH COLORED FRONTISPIECE, "THE CORPORATION FEAST. 8vo, original red cloth, entirely uncut. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1825. $65.00

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[BORROW, GEORGE.] Celebrated Trials and Remarkable cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from the Earliest Records to the year 1825. (WITH ENGRAVED İLLUSTRATIONS.) 6 vols. 8vo, half calf, uncut. London: Knight and Lacey, 1825. $70.00 Very scarce, and remarkable for its historical value.

BOSWELL, JAMES. An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour in that Island; and Memoirs of Pascol Paoli. FOLDING MAP. With the very rare half-title. 8vo, crushed green morocco extra, floreated back, inside dentelles, uncut, by Riviere. Glasgow: Foulis, 1768. $67.50

The First Edition; very rare in uncut state. This is a remarkably tall copy, being almost large-paper.

See also under Johnson, Dr. Samuel.

London: R.

BOYLE, CHARLES (Earl of Orrery). As You Find It. A Comedy. Small 4to, half calf by Riviere. Parker. MDCIII. (for 1703).

$15.00

The First Edition. SHAKESPEARE'S "Measure for Measure" is mentioned with other plays on A4.

BRADFORD'S RARE LITTLE BOOK OF 1569

BRADFORD, JOHN. A Frutefull treatise and ful of heauenly consolation against the feare of death (BLACK LETTER.) 24mo, levant morocco. London: William Powell, n. d. (1569).

$240.00

Extremely rare; we cannot trace the sale of a copy of this edition.

BRATHWAIT, RICHARD. The English Gentleman: Containing Sundry excellent Rules or exquisite Observations, tending to Direction of every Gentleman, of selecter ranks and and qualitie. (FRONTISPIECE.) Small 4to, original limp vellum. Printed by Iohn Haviland, and are to be sold by Robert Bostock, 1630. $150.00

A brilliant impression of the frontispiece, engraved in ten compartments, by R. Vaughan; the centre is occupied by a small portrait of the author. A fine crisp copy in the original binding. On page 139 there is a reference to SHAKESPEARE'S Venus and Adonis.

THREE VERY RARE NICHOLAS BRETON BOOKS

BRETON, NICHOLAS. England's Selected Characters, Describing the Good and Bad Worthies of this age, where the best may see their graces, and the worst discerne their basenesse. The Particulars are these: 1, A Worthy King. 2, An unworthy King. 3, A worthy Queen. 4, An unworthy Woman

28, A malignant knave, a hatcher of plots. 4to, 16pp., sewn. London: Printed for J. S., 1643. $250.00

There is a reference to SHAKESPEARE'S play of "Richard the Third" on page 9, in the Character of "An Unworthy Lawyer."

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BRETON, NICHOLAS. A Dialogue full of Pithe and Pleasure, between three Phylosophers: Antonio, Meandro and Dinarco, Vpon the Dignitie or Indignitie of man (BLACK LETTER.) Small 4to, red levant morocco, g. e., by Riviere. London T. C. for John Browne, 1603.

$375.00

Extremely rare; only a few copies being known. One of the rarest Breton tracts. Not in the Hoe or Huth collections.

BRETON, NICHOLAS. A Merrie Dialogue betwixt the Taker and Mistaker. (WOODCUT.) Small 4to, full calf, g. e., by Riviere. Imprinted at London for James Shaw, 1603.

$550.00

The First Edition, dedicated to John Florio. We cannot trace the sale of this, THE RAREST OF ALL BRETON books. It was not in the remarkable collections of Henry Huth or Robert Hoe, and does not appear in the auction records.

IN A BEAUTIFUL EMBLEMATIC BINDING BRINSLEY, JOHN. Virgils Eclogves, with his Booke de Apibus, concerning the Governement and ordering of bees: Translated grammatically, and also according to the proprietie of our English tongue, so farre as Grammar and the verse will well permit. Quarto, purple morocco extra, the sides tooled to a design symbolic of bees, in the centre is a fine sided panel the shape of a cell of honeycomb, upon this is tooled a beehive in gilt pointille from which small bees, in gilt, are issuing; from the five points of panel stream pointille lines which form a design and terminate at each outside corner in gilt clover leaves, the portion of sides not treated by tooling are inlaid in dark green, a very original binding by Riviere & Son. London: Thomas Man, Paul Man and Jonah Man, 1633.

One of the rarest works of its kind in the English Language.

$135.00

CATNACH'S OWN COLLECTION OF OLD BALLAD

LITERATURE

BRITISH MUSE, THE. Being a Rare Selection of Poems, Songs, Music, Copperplates, Tales, Biography, History, Letters, extracts from Operas, Masques, Oratorios, Anecdotes, etc. Collected by J. Catnach, Printer. This unique and remarkable collection is bound in seven volumes, with a printed title to each and the pages numbered. 7 vols., 8vo, full polished calf, gilt. $250.00

Catnach collected these clippings with the idea of afterwards publishing them as a "Collection of Old Ballad Literature."

A REMARKABLE BRONTE MANUSCRIPT BRONTE, CHARLOTTE, THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "JOHN HENRY." 36 pp., 8vo, written in lead pencil, full red levant morocco. $750.00

An unusually brilliant specimen; we believe the manuscript to be unpublished. It contains some interesting poems in the text of the novel, which is quite complete.

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THE FIRST EDITION OF RELIGIO MEDICI [BROWNE, SIR THOMAS.] Religio Medici. (TITLE ENGRAVED BY WILL MARSHALL.) 16mo, sprinkled calf, g. e., by Bedford. (London:) Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1642.

The First Edition. Very rare, as this issue was unauthorized.

$185.00

BROWNE, THOMAS. Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received Tenants, and commonly presumed Truths. Small folio, preserved in the original calf binding. London: Printed by T. H. for Edward Dod, 1646. $35.00

The First Edition.

WITH A WONDERFUL BROWNING INSCRIPTION

BROWNING, ROBERT. The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, Pippa Passes, King Victor and King Charles, The Return of the Druses, A Soul's Tragedy. 8vo, original olive cloth, uncut, enclosed in a green levant morocco solander case. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1888.

$350.00

PRESENTATION COPY, with the following remarkable inscription in the Poet's hand: "This volume should by rights have been presented by the Author to his friend and brother-poet, Charles Kent-whose kind wish is a memorial of our connection in both capacities may appear on the present fly-leaf. Let it bear witness, though inadequately, to my sense of his talents and value of the sympathy he has so long bestowed on myself and my endeavours: Robert Browning, Aug, 28, '89. (Just about to once again visit Pippa's Asolo.)"

PRESENTED BY BROWNING TO LORD LEIGHTON

$175.00

BROWNING, ROBERT. The Poetical Works of 3 vols., 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London: 1863. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed: "Frederick Leighton-from his affectionately ever, R. B., London, July '63."

Mr. Leighton's book-plate is in all 3 vols.

"WITH THE KIND REGARDS OF R. BROWNING" BROWNING, ROBERT. Aristophanes' Apology, Including a Transcript from Euripides, being the Last Adventure of Balaustion. 8vo, green cloth. London: 1875. $165.00

First Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed: "The Rev. James Rumsey, with the kind regards of R. Browning, Apr. 23rd, '75."

BROWNING, ROBERT. Strafford: an Historical Tragedy. 8vo, original drab wrappers with printed label on cover, uncut and unopened. London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1837. $60.00

The First Edition; a remarkable copy.

BROWNING, ROBERT. Cleon. By Robert Browning. 12mo, in the original sheets, uncut. London: Edward Moxon, 1855.

$45.00

Privately printed.