470 Harington, Sir John. 471 VLYSSES VPON AIAX, written by Misodiaboles to his friend Philaretes. First edition, 12mo. mor. gilt back, sides and edges, bound by Murton. London, 1596 This may be considered as a third part to the Metamorphosis. This is also equally rare. The Bibl. Angl. Poet. is without a copy. EPIGRAMS, both Pleasant and Serious, and neuer before Printed. 4to. half mor. London, 1615 Extremely rare. 472 Harris, W. T. Cambridge. Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in 12mo. Cambridge, 1845 473 HARTSHORNE, REV. CHARLES H. BOOK RARITIES, in the University of Cambridge, Illustrated by Original Letters and Notes, Biographical, Literary and Antiquarian. 8vo. treemarbled, calf. London, 1829 474 SCOTTISH METRICAL TALES, Printed Chiefly from Original Sources. 8vo. red mor. Pickering, London, 1829 475 Haslewood, Joseph. Catalogue of his Curious and Valuable Library. Beautiful interleaved copy, large paper, prices and names, 4to. turkey, mor. gilt edges. London, 1833 476 HEARNE THOMAS. ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER'S CHRONICLE, transcribed and now first published from a Manuscript in the Harleyan Library, with Glossary aud other Improvements, a Continuation (by the Author himself) of this Chronicle, from a ms. in the Cottonian Library. 2 vols. royal 8vo. large paper, elegant red mor. gilt, tooled edges. Oxford, 1824 477 PETER LANGTOFT'S CHRONICLE, as Illustrated and Improved by Robert of Brunne, from the Death of Cadwallader to the End of King Edward the First's Reign, from a ms. in the Inner Temple Library. 2 vols. royal 8vo. large paper, elegant red mor. gilt, uniform. Oxford, 1825 Fine large paper copies of this, the last and best, edition of Robert of Gloucester and Peter Langtoft's Chronicles. Sold in Hibbert's Sale for £8.10.6 and £8.8 respectively, or £16.18.6 for the set. 478 HEATH ROBERT. CLARASTELLA, together with Occasional Poems, Elegies, Epigrams and Satyrs. 24mo. London, 1650 Alexander Dyce's Copy. Collated and perfect. The parts (the dedication) supplied in Manuscript, are by Octavius Gilchrist. The copy in the British Museum is imperfect. The Stationer's Address and the Commendatory Verses here supplied are found in very few copies. 479 The copy in the Bibl. Angl. Poet. is priced at £3.13.6. Catalogue of Books, Containing all the Rare, Useful and Valuable Publications in every Department of Literature, from the Invention of Printing, with marked prices and names. 8vo. half calf. London, 1810 480 Heathcote, Robert. Catalogue of the Collection of Books of that Distinguished Amateur, containing an unequalled Assemblage of Rare and Curious, Greek, Latin, French and Italian Books, etc. 8vo. half Russia, prices and names. London, 1803 With autograph letter of Heathcote. 481 HEBER, RICHARD. BIBLIOTHECA HEBERIANA, Catalogue of This copy was marked for the owner by Mr. Thomas Rodd, and is probably the The Library sold for the immense sum of $259,288.40. 482 HEEREN, A. H. L. HISTORICAL RESEARCHES into the Politics, Intercourse and Trade of the Principal Nations of Antiquity, translated. 6 vols. 8vo. tree marbled calf. London, 1833-4 A MANUAL OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF EUROPE AND ITS COLONIES. 2 vols. 8vo. tree-marbled, calf. Oxford, 1834 483 484 485 HISTORICAL TREATISES. The Political Consequences of the Reformation; the Rise, Progress and Practical Influence of Political Theories; and the Rise and Growth of the Continental Influence of Great Britain. 8vo. tree marbled, calf. Oxford, 1836 A MANUAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY, particularly with regard to the Constitutions, Commerce, and the Colonies of the States of Antiquity, translated. 8vo. tree-marbled, calf. Oxford, 1829 486 Heliconia. COMPRISING A SELECTION OF ENGLISH POETRY OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. Written or Published between 1575 and 1604, edited by Thomas Park. Fine frontispieces, 3 vols. 4to. russia, gilt. London, 1815 Two hundred copies only were printed. The original publication price was In this Vol. are the reprints of several very rare Works by Proctor, Allot, Storer, 487 Henderson, John. Catalogue of his Library. 8vo. half calf. London, 1786 Rich in dramatic literature. 488 HERBERT, George. THE TEMPLE, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. First edition, 12mo. green mor. Priced in the Bibl. Angl. Poet. at £2.2. Cambridge, 1633 489 HERCULANEUM ET POMPEII. RECUEIL GENERAL DES PEINTURES, BRONZES, MOSAIQUES, ETC. Decouverts jusqu'a ce jour, et Reproduits d' apres le "Antichita di Ercolano et Museo Borbonico," et tous les ouvrages analogues. Gravés au trait sur cuivre, par H. Roux, Ainè; et Accompagné d'un texte explicatif par M. L. Barré. 11 tom. royal 8vo. Paris, 1840 LARGE PAPER. The eleventh vol. is rarely found with the work. 490 HERODOTUS. HISTORIE, GRECE. Folio, russia, gilt. In Domo Aldi. Venetiis, 1502 EDITIO PRINCEPS.-In the opinion of Wesseling, this is a very faithful and accurate edition. Bergler, in the Acta Eruditorum, ranks it with the very best productions of the Aldine Press. Renouard well observes, "des morceaux extremement precieux quand ils se recontrent bien conservés."Dibdin. "A very beautiful and valuable edition, and one of the most correct ever printed by Aldus."-Moss. F. Didot's copy sold in Paris for 159 francs. 491 HERRICK, ROBERT. HESPERIDES, or the Works, Humane and Divine. Original and rare portrait by Marshall, first edition, 8vo. turkey, mor. gilt. London, 1648 "This first edition of Herrick is of extremely rare occurrence, and cost me calf. 492 HESYCHIUS. DICTIONARIUM GRÆCUM. First edition, folio, Apud. Aldum, Venetiis, 1513 493 Heywood, John. Parable of the Spider and the Flie, Illustrated with engravings. Black Letter. 4to. crimson morocco, gilt, tooled back, sides and edges. 494 495 Imprinted in Fletestrete by Thomas Powell, London, Anno 1556 This Book was purchased for the present owner, at the Stowe Sale, by Mr. Rodd. It is of rare occurrence, and the following prices are noticed by Lowndes:-Sir M. M. Sykes, £9 9; White Knights, £10.5; Townley, £16.16; Roxburghe, £21; and in the Bibl. Angl. Poet. £21. At the Stowe Sale Mr. Rodd paid £11.15 for this copy. A DIALOGUE CONTEYNINGE THE NUMBER OF EFFECTUALL PROUERBES IN THE ENGLISHE TOUNGE, compact in a matter concernynge the maner of Maryages. With one hundred Epigrammes; and three hundred of Epigrammes vpon three hundred Prouerbes, etc. First edition. Black Letter. 4to. calf, gilt. London, 1562 Some leaves loose, and made perfect from a later edition. Sold in Allen's Sale for £5. The present is marked at £7.17.6. An edition not noticed by Lowndes. The Workes of John Heiwood, NEWLY IMPRINTED, viz: A DIALOGUE CONTEYNING THE NUMBER OF THE EFFECTUALL PROUERBES IN THE ENGLISH TONGE, compact in a matter concerning the manner of mariages, with one hundred of Epigrammes; and three hundred of Epigrammes vpon three hundred of Prouerbes; and a fifth hundred of Epigrammes. Whereunto are now newly added a syxt hundred of Epigrammes by the sayd John Heywood. Black Letter. 4to. mor. gilt, bound by Bedford. Imprinted at London, in Fleetestrete, near vnto Saint Dunston's Church, by Thomas Marshe, London, 1587 A very choice copy. Bishop Tanner was the only writer who had noticed the present edition of Heywood's Works in 1587, previous to its being communicated to Ritson's "Bibl. Poet." in 1802, by Mr. Park. The volume is of extreme rarity, and priced in the Bibl. Angl. Poet. at £25. John Heywood, one of the very first dramatic writers that England produced, drew," says Warton, "the Bible from the Stage, and introduced familiar life and popular manners." He was a favorite with Henry VIII., and lived through the Reigns of Edward VI. and Queen Mary, into that of Elizabeth. 十 1 496 HEYWOOD, JOHN. A MERY PLAYE, betweene the Pardoner and Frere. Folio. Black Letter. Reprinted from the ed. of 1533. George Smeeton, London, 1819-20 Only one copy of the original edition known-a limited number of the facsimile printed. 497 Heywood, Thomas. IF YOU KNOW NOT MEE, YOU KNOW NOBODY, or the Troubles of Queene Elizabeth. Fifth edition, 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1639 THE SECOND PART of If you Know not Mee, you Know Nobody. First edition, 8vo. mor. gilt. 498 499 500 501 London, 1606 Heywood was an actor as well as author. He is said to have been one of the most voluminous writers of any age or nation. Notices of him and his works may be found in the Censura and Retro. Rev. All of his pieces are now rare. They are also of much value as illustrations of the life and manners of the period. Those now enumerated are fine, clean copies, nearly all in elegant mor. bindings by Murton. TROIA BRITANNICA, or Great Britaines Troy. A Poem Deuided into XVII. seuerall Cantons, intermixed with many pleasant Poeticall Tales, concluding with a Uniuersall Chronicle from the Creation Vntill these present Times. Frontispiece, folio, red mor. gilt. William Jaggard, London, 1609 Sold in Hibbert's Sale for £3. 5. and priced in Bohn's Cat. at £5. 15. 6. THE SILVER AGE, including the Love of Jupiter to Alcmena, the Birth of Hercules, and the Rape of Proserpine. 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1613 THE BRAZEN AGE, containing the Death of the Centaure Nessus, the Tragedy of Meleager, the Tragedy of Jason and Medea, Vulcan's Net, and the Labours and Death of Hercules. 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1613 A WOMAN KILDE WITH KINDNESSE. 4to. London, 1617 TUNAKEION, or Nine Bookes of Various History, concerninge Women, Inscribed by the Names of the Nine Muses. Frontispiece, folio, red mor. gilt. 502 mor. gilt. Adam Islip, London, 1624 A most amusing work, displaying much research and learning. The Townley copy sold for £3 5. THE FAYRE MAIDE OF THE EXCHANGE, together with the Merry Hvmovrs and Pleasant Passages of the Cripple of Fanchvrch. Second edition, 4to. half mor. London, 1625 THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST, or a Girle 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1631 THE FOURE PRENTISES OF LONDON, with the Conquest of Jerusalem. Second edition, 4to. russia. Worth Gold. Very rare, two or three leaves slightly defective. London, 1632 507 Heywood, Thomas. THE IRON AGE, Containing the Rape of 508 1 509 510 511 512 The last work alone, sold in the Nassau sale for £2. 12. 6. A PLEASANT COMEDY, called A Mayden-Head 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1634 Well Lost. PHILOCOTHONISTA, or the Drunkard opened, dissected and anatomized. 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1635 A very curious work. At the White Knights' sale £3. 7. 6. THE HIERARCHIE OF THE BLESSED ANGELLS, their Names, Orders and Offices; The Fall of Lucifer with his Angells. Frontispiece by Cecill and plates by Mainwaringe, Christmas and Glover, folio, mor. gilt. Plates in finest possible state. Adam Islip, London, 1635 "Milton was much indebted to this very curious and extraordinary work of Heywood. The prose annotations are full of most singular narratives and stories, relative to witchcraft, witches, etc." 513 514 515 A CHALLENGE FOR BEAVTIE. 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1636 THE ROYALL KING, AND THE LOYALL SUBJECT. 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1637 PLEASANT DIALOGUES AND DRAMMAS, Selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ouid and others, with sundry Emblems from Jac. Catsius, etc. 16mo. mor. gilt. In the Bibl. Angl. Poet. £2. 12. 6. London, 1637 THE WISE WOMAN OF HOGSDON, a Comedy. 4to. mor. gilt. THE RAPE OF LUCRECE, a True Roman Tragedy. THE EXEMPLARY LIVES, and Memorable Acts of Nine the most Worthy Women of the World. Portraits, 4to. mor. gilt. Imperfect, wants title, and a few leaves at the end. London, 1640 THE LIFE OF MERLIN, Surnamed Ambrosius; His Prophisies and Predictions Interpreted, and their Truth made good by our English Annals; being a Chronographicall History of all the Kings, and Memorable Passages of this Kingdom, from Brute to the Reigne of our Royall Soveraigne King Charles. First edition, frontispiece by Hollar, 4to. mor. gilt. London, 1641 An elegant copy, and rare volume. |