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ONE OF THE FINEST XIX CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS,

IN A SUPERB BINDING BY CHARLES LEWIS

FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD, THE. An Account of Meeting of Henry VIII. and Francis I. near Guisnes in Picardy in the year 1520. With a particular detail of all the Magnificent Ceremonies from the contemporary Chroniclers. MANUSCRIPT BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, EACH PAGE WITHIN BORDERS RULED IN GOLD. TITLE IN GOLD AND COLORS BY WILLEMENT. ILLUSTRATED WITH 20 LARGE, AND 23 SMALL ORIGINAL DRAWINGS PAINTED IN OIL AND WATER COLORS, BY R. T. BONE, STEPHANOFF, KENNY MEADOWS, AND COOPER; A CRAYON OF FRANCIS I. BY HARLOWE, AND 39 HERALDIC COMPOSITIONS, ETC. 138 leaves, 4to, blue straight grained morocco, gilt borders doublure of vellum richly tooled in gilt vellum fly leaves gauffred, gilt edges, by Charles Lewis. Executed in England about 1825. $3500.00

The Large Paintings in this volume include "The Field of the Cloth of Gold," "Henry VIII and Queen Caroline Sailing from Dover," "The Procession of Cardinal Wolsey to the Court of Francis I," "The Meeting of the Two Kings,” etc. The binding by Charles Lewis is one of the finest he ever executed. The Illuminated arms of John Tobin are prefixed to the manuscript.

A "CURIOUS” EUGENE FIELD MANUSCRIPT

FIELD, EUGENE. Author's Original Manuscript of AN EPISODE IN JOCONDE: OR THE QUEEN AND THE DWARF. A Poem of 136 lines relating the amorous adventures of a king and his squire, and a young lady of twelve, whom they thought was a maid. Written on 5 pp., 4to, with green, red and black ink. Enclosed in a handsome red levant morocco portfolio, with morocco flaps and lined throughout with white watered silk.

This little poem is a classic of its kind!

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[FIELDING, HENRY.] The Covent-Garden Tragedy.

8vo, calf, uncut. London: J. Watts, 1732.

The First Edition; very rare.

$47.50

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FIELDING, HENRY. Plutus, the God of Riches. A Comedy. Translated from the Greek of Aristophanes, by Henry Fielding, Esq., and the Rev'd Mr. Young. 8vo, full polished calf, gilt, uncut, by Larkins. London: T. Waller, 1742. $47.50

The First Edition.

FIELDING, HENRY. A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez, Who suffered on Account of the late Riot in the Strand. 8vo, mottled calf, uncut. London: Millar, 1749.

The First Edition.

$45.00

227 FIELDING, HENRY. An Enquiry into the Causes of the late Increase of Robbers, &c. With some Proposals for Remedying this Growing Evil. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt, uncut, by the Club Bindery. London: A. Millar, 1751. The First Edition.

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FIELDING, HENRY. A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning. 8vo, sewed, uncut in cloth case. London: A. Millar, 1753.

The First Edition.

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FIELDING, HENRY. The Fathers: or, The GoodNatur'd Man. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane. 8vo, crimson levant morocco, gilt, uncut, by Riviere. London: T. Cadell, 1778. $85.00

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ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS PRINTED BY WYNKYN
DE WORDE

FISHER, JOHN (Bishop of Rochester). HERE AFTER FOLLOWETH A MORNYNGE REMEMBRAUCE HAD AT THE MONETH MYNDE OF THE NOBLE PRYNCES MARGARETE COUNTESSE OF RYCHEMONDE & DARBYE moder vnto kynge Henry the . VII. & grandame to oure souerayne lorde that nowe is vppon whose soule almyghty god haue mercy. FIRST EDITION. BLACK LETTER. Sm. 4to, purple morocco extra, with antique gilt ornaments, by F. Bedford. (Colophon.) Thus ended this lamentable mornynge. Enprynted in Fletestrete at the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de Worde. (C. 1509). $875.00

Twelve leaves, or A-B in sixes. Wynkyn's Caxton device is below the colophon. EXCESSIVELY RARE; ONE OF THREE KNOWN

COPIES.

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There after foloweth a moznynge remembzañce had at the moneth mynde of the noble pynces Margarete countelle of Kychemonde Darbye moder vnto kynge Henry the.vii. grandame to oure Louerayne lozde that nowe is öppon whole Loule almyghty god haue mercy.

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AN IMMACULATE FIRST EDITION OF THE RUBAIYAT

FITZGERALD, EDWARD. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Translated into English Verse. Small 4to, original light brown wrappers enclosed in a morocco solander case. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1859. $325.00 THE FIRST EDITION. CLEAN AS THE DAY IT WAS ISSUED; A FINER COPY COULD NOT BE DESIRED.

LETTERS AND DRAWINGS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD

FITZGERALD, EDWARD. Original (Water Color) Drawings and Autograph Letters of Edward FitzGerald, arranged in an album and bound. 4to, full black levant morocco. $475.00 I. Water Color, with the following note in FitzGerald's handwriting: "A very fine Drawing by E. F. G. Lowestoft: 1841. (Rare Specimen)."

II. Water Color. Signed "E. F. G."

III. 3 Autograph Letters, signed; 2 Post Cards addressed and signed; and 7 autograph Notes, all in FitzGerald's handwriting.

FITZGERALD'S OWN COPY WITH MS. CORRECTIONS FITZGERALD, EDWARD. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, London, 1872. And Saláman & Absál. An Allegory. From the Persian of Jámi. Ipswich: 1871. The two bound together in one volume 8vo, cloth, with morocco back. $250.00 On page 42 of "Salaman and Absal" FitzGerald has drawn his pen through two lines and part of a third, and has written new lines in their stead at the foot of the page.

FITZGERALD, EDWARD. Six Dramas of Calderon. 12mo, original salmon cloth, uncut. London: William Pickering, 1853.

THE RARE FIRST EDITION, clean as when issued.

$65.00

TWO RARE PLAYS BY JOHN FLETCHER FLETCHER, JOHN. The Night-Walker, or the Little Theife. A Comedy as it was presented by her Majesties Servants, at the Private House in Drury Lane. Written by John Fletcher, Gent. Small 4to, new vellum. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, and William Cooke, 1640.

THE FIRST EDITION.

$85.00

FLETCHER, JOHN. Rvle a Wife and have a Wife. A Comedy. Acted by His Majesties Servants. Written by John Fletcher, Gent. Small 4to, new vellum. Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield, Printer to the University, 1640. $75.00

THE FIRST EDITION.

A beautiful copy from the Huth Collection. The Hoe copy fetched $95.00.

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FULLER, THOMAS. The Historie of the Holy Warre. (ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE, AND MAP, BY WILL MARSHALL.) Small folio, full polished calf gilt, g. e., by Riviere. Cambridge: Printed by Thomas Buck, 1639.

A tall, perfect copy of THE FIRST EDITION.

FITZGERALD'S COPY

$45.00

FULLER, THOMAS. The Holy (and the Profane) State. (ENGRAVED TITLE AND PORTRAITS.) 4to, half morocco. Cambridge: 1648. $250.00

EDWARD FITZGERALD'S OWN COPY with his autograph: "E. FitzGerald, 1833" and his BOOK PLATE DESIGNED AND CUT BY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.

Many pages of the book have been mutilated by FitzGerald, who cut out many passages.

FOULIS, OLIVER. Cabala: or, the Mystery of Conventicles Unvail'd: in an Historical Account of the Principles and Practices of the Nonconformists against Church and State. (ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE.) Small 4to, full calf, gilt, g. e., by Zaehnsdorf. London: Thomas Holmwood, 1664. $50.00

SHAKESPEARE'S LAW BOOK

FRAUNCE, ABRAHAM. The Lawiers Logicke, exemplifying the præcepts of Logike by the practice of the common Lawe (WITH FOLDING TABLE). BLACK LETTER. Small 4to, old panelled calf, g. e. London: Imprinted by William How, for Thomas Gubbin and T. Newman, 1588. $180.00

A book of great interest to the collector of Shakespeareana, as from the study of it the poet is supposed to have gained his legal knowledge.

FRENEAU, PHILIP. Poems written between the years 1768 & 1794, by Philip Freneau of New Jersey. 8vo, full crimson levant morocco, gilt, g. e., by Francis Bedford. Monmouth (N. J.): Printed at the Press of the Author, 1795. $37.50

The Rare Edition preserved in a beautiful binding by Bedford.

SOME VERY RARE BOOKS BY JOHN GAY

GAY, JOHN. Fables by Mr. Gay. London: J. Tonson and
J. Watts, 1727. Fables by the late Mr. Gay. London: J and
P. Knapton, 1738. WITH BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS OF THE
CHARMING ENGRAVINGS AFTER GRAVELOT, WOOTON, KENT,
ETC. 2 volumes, 4to, polished original calf.
$250.00

The First Edition of both volumes. Only a few copies are known in the original binding. The Robert Hoe copy brought $310.00. Only twenty-five copies of the first volume were printed.

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