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Rota (And.) Il Secondo Libro de Madrigali a cinque Voci, 5 parts in I vol., woodcut borders to titles, vell. ex., by F. Bedford, Miller arms on sides, Venetia, Angelo Gardano, 1589, sm. 4to. (136), Dec. 15, Sotheby Quaritch, £30 Rote (The) or myrour of consolacyon and comforte, black letter, 64 11. (A-E in eights, F-I in sixes), long lines, 29 to a full page, with signatures, below the title is a large woodcut representing two angels, and on the verso of the same leaf a woodcut of the Crucifixion, repeated on the verso of the last leaf, on the recto of the last leaf, beneath the colophon, is the small Caxton device of Wynkyn de Worde, small woodcut initials, a few margins repaired, two blank spaces on C 5 in MS., six words on Dii verso crossed through in ink, the only known copy of this ed., mor., blind tooled, g.e., [colophon] Here endeth the Rote or myrour of consolacyon and comforte. Emprynted at Westminster by Wynken de Worde, n.d., 4to. (406), May 5, Sotheby Ellis, £200 Rothschild (A. de). Description of the Works of Art forming the collection of Alfred de Rothschild, photographs by J. Thomson, compiled by Charles Davis, 2 vol., mor. gt., g.e., by F. Bedford, 1884, folio (184), Feb. 10, Sotheby Edwards, 20 Rothschild (W.) Extinct Birds, 300 copies printed, 45 col. plates and other illustrations, hf. mor., t.e.g., 1907, folio (174), April 29, Sotheby Heffer, £27 Round of Beef Parson (The). Fairburn's Edition of the Trial of James Sharpe . . . and the Rev. Thos. Vialls (a Rich Clergyman), with the Speech of Mr. Chas. Phillips, first ed., col. front. by G. Cruikshank, orig. wrapper, as issued, J. Fairburn, etc., 8vo. (617), July 5, Sotheby Caird, £2 5s. Rous (Fr.) Thule, or Vertues Historie. To the Honorable and Vertuous Mistris Amy Audely, by F. R. The first Booke (and the Second), first ed., title in fac., wants I 3 (second title) and N 4, old cf. gt., Printed by Felix Kingston for Humfrey Lownes, 1598, sm. 4to. (206), Dec. 17, Sotheby G. D. Smith, £4 10s. Rousseau (J. J.) Émile, ou de l'Education, first ed., port., plates after Eisen, 4 vol., mor. ex., g.e., La Haye, 1762, 8vo. (21), March 4, Sotheby Sotheran, £13 10S.

[£4, bds., uncut, four leaves damaged, Dec. 1, Sotheby, Lot 597.] Rousseau (J. J.) Julie, on La Nouvelle Heloise, first ed., plates after Gravelot, 6 vol., mor. ex., g.e., silk linings, Amsterdam, 1761, 8vo. (106), Feb. 18, Sotheby Heffer, £8 [£4 3s., old cf. gt., Dec. 1, Sotheby, Lot 528.]

Rousseau (J. J.) Les Confessions, Preface par Marc-Monnier, éd. Jouaust, on Whatman paper (limited to 20 copies), port. and etchings by Hédouin, 4 vol., hf. mor. ex., uncut, t.e.g., by David, 1881, 8vo. (661), Oct. 29, Hodgson Hatchard, £7 2s. 6d.

Rousseau (J. J.) Euvres choisies, plates by Picart (some loose), bds., Rotterdam, 1714, 8vo. (487), Nov. 5, Puttick Hales, Ss. Rousseau (J. J.) Oeuvres, plates after Moreau, 12 vol., cf. (stained), 1774-83, 4to. (483), July 28, Puttick Hoare, 10 IOS. Rousseau (J. J.) Euvres, port., music, 38 vol., contemp. mor. gt., g.e. (2 vol. slightly damaged), Paris, 1793-98, 8vo. (340), Feb. 18, Sotheby Maggs, £67 Rowlands (Saml.) Famous Historie of Guy Earle of Warwick (62 11.), equestrian figure of Guy on title and cuts in the text (margins cut into, stained, and some wormholes), new hf. cf. (Imprint cut off, 1609), sm. 4to. (207), Dec. 17, Sotheby G. D. Smith, £10 Rowlandson (Mary). Narrative of the Captivity, Sufferings and Removes of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, who was taken Prisoner by the Indians, pp. 64, sewed, in case, reproduction of title-page in catalogue, Haverhill (New Hampshire), Printed and Sold by Nathaniel Coverly and Son, near the Court-House. Price One Shilling, circa 1792, 8vo. (32), Feb. 17, American Art Association $155 Rowlandson (T.) Compendious Treatise on Modern Education . . . by the late Joel McCringer, 8 col. plates (some 11. stained by set-off from plates), hf. mor. (rubbed), J. Smeeton, 1802, oblong folio (52), March 4, Sotheby

Spencer, £58 Rowlandson (T.) Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs, Infantry and Cavalry, 91 plates, col. and illuminated, mor. gt., by Rivière, R. Ackermann, n.d. (1799), 4to. (132), July 1, Sotheby Maggs, £41

[Plates 1, 6, 7 and 19 duplicated, and show variations in the engraving. All the plates are dated 1798. £45, russ., g.e., col. title and 88 col. plates, March 4, Sotheby, Lot 41.] Rowley (S.) The Noble Sovldier, a Tragedy, first ed., inlaid throughout, hf. mor., Printed for Nicholas Vavasour, 1634, 8vo. (390), March 4, Sotheby Dobell, £4 Rowley (Wm.) The Birth of Merlin, or The Child hath found his Father. As it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. Written by William Shakspear and William Rowley (two letters damaged and some headlines cut into, stamp on title), Printed by Tho. Johnson for Francis Kirkman and Henry Marsh (344), April 29, Sotheby

1662, 4to. Dobell, £29

[A-S in fours. The only ed. Probably the unassisted production of Rowley. It was written long before the date at which it was printed.]

Roy (Bart.) Madrigali a cinque voci, titles within woodcut borders, 5 parts in 1 vol., vell. ex., Miller arms in gold on sides, by F. Bedford, Roma, ad instanza di Ascanio e Gierolamo Donangeli, 1591, sm. 4to. (137), Dec. 15, Sotheby Quaritch, £25

[Royal Book.]

The boke named the royall, black letter, 186 11. (4 11., without sign. A-Ff in sixes, G4g, H4h), long lines, 32 to a full page, xylographic title, above a large woodcut, woodcuts in text, woodcut initials, Wynkyn de Worde's Caxton device at end (wormed throughout, a few 11. stained), cf., [colophon] Here endeth the boke called the ryoall. Enprynted at London in fletestrete at the sygne of ye Sonne by Wynkyn de Worde (1507), 4to. (414), May 5, Sotheby Quaritch, £200 [Second ed. The first ed. was printed by Caxton, 1484.] [Royal Book.] The boke named the royall (wanted several 11., hole in F4f, stained at end), cf. gt., [colophon] Here endeth the boke called the royall. Emprynted at London in fletestrete at the sygne of saynt George by Rycharde Pynson, n.d. (1507), 4to. (415), May 5, Sotheby Quaritch, £21 Royal Gallery of British Art (Finden's), 48 plates after Reynolds, Turner, etc., mor., g.e., J. Hogarth, n.d., folio (682), June 9, Puttick Fricker, £1 Roye (Guy de). Doctrinal of Sapyence (trans. from the French by W. Caxton), black letter, 33 long lines to a page, 92 l., with signatures, two woodcuts and Caxton's large device on last page, leaf G iij and last leaf in fac. (some II. wormed, hole in BI, word in first line of verso of A 8 damaged), MS. inscription in lower margin of first page, "Francis Cunninge ex Dono Gulielmi Croft," modern mor. ex., with the orig. covers of oak bds. covered stamped leather, in box, [colophon] Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence. whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by Willyam Caxton at Westmestter (sic) the vii. day of may the vere of our lord M cccc lxxx ix. Caxton me fieri fecit. 7 May, 1489], folio (10) by 72in.) (80), Dec. 16, Sotheby Maggs, £1,400

[De Ricci's Census of Caxtons, No. 40 (13). The decoration of the orig. covers consists of inner borders of floral ornaments, with a dragon repeated five times, and a monogram which appears to be composed of the initials W. C., which occurs also five times. It is possible that this is the only signed binding by Caxton known.] Royle (J. F.) Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains and of the Flora of Cashmere, col. plates, 2 vol., orig. cl., 1839, folio (601), Oct. 21, Hodgson

Quaritch, £5 7s. 6d Ruiz (H.) y Pavon (Jos.) Flora Peruvianæ et Chilensis Prodomus, text in Latin and Spanish, 37 plates, 1794-Flora Peruviana et Chilensis, 325 plates, 3 vol., 1798-1802, together 4 vol., hf. russ., uniform, Madrid, 1794-1802, folio (480), Feb. 18, Sotheby Edwards, £18 IOS. Rumphius (G. E.) Herbarium Amboinense, complectens Arbores, Frutices, Herbas, Plantas terrestres et aquaticas, quæ in Amboyna et adjacentibus reperiuntur Insulis, etc., Belgice et Latine, ed. Burmann, 695 ports. and plates (plate 70 in Vol. v. not published), (a few margins dis

coloured), 7 vol. in 6, old mor. gt., g.e., Amsterdam, 1750-5, folio (481), Feb. 18, Sotheby Quaritch, £38 Rump-Songs. An exact collection of ye choicest Poems and Songs relating to the late times, first ed., with genuine blank leaf at end (A I missing, two letters of headline on MI shaved), engraved title in compartments and front. of roasting the rump, also the printed title, both parts in I vol., mor. ex., g.e., by F. Bedford, Printed for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy Lane, etc., 1662, 8vo. (71), March 4, Sotheby Sotheran, £13

[£2 10s., cf., cut close, April 14, Puttick, Lot 96; 10s., bds., Large Paper, the reprint, Nov. 5, Puttick, Lot 438.] Ruskin (J.) Examples of the Architecture of Venice, LARGE PAPER, India proofs, in portfolio, 1887, folio (215), Jan. 1, Puttick Cubitt, 14s.

Ruskin (J.) Lectures on Landscape, plates, India proofs, one of 150 copies, hf. parchment, t.e.g., 1897, folio (213), Jan. 1, Puttick Cubitt, 1 5S. Ruskin (J.) Modern Painters, 4th ed., Vol. i., 1848-Vol. ii. to v., first issues, port., 1846-60, A.L.s. of Ruskin and 3 extra India proof plates prepared for this ed., but not issued until 1888, inserted-Stones of Venice, first issues, 1851-3, port. and A.L.s. of Ruskin inserted, 3 vol., mor. ex., g.e., together 8 vol., 4to. (468), Jan. 1, Puttick

Cubitt, £27 Ruskin (J.) Modern Painters, plates, 5 vol., orig. cl., 1873, 4to. (257), Nov. 25, Puttick David, 10s. Ruskin (J.) Modern Painters, and Index, illustrations, 6 vol., cl., 1888, 4to. (533), Nov. 5, Puttick Halliday, £1 4S. Ruskin (J.) Poems, ed. by W. G. Collingwood, 25 plates, India proofs, one of 750 LARGE PAPER Copies, 2 vol., hf. vell., 1891, 4to. (127), Jan. 1, Puttick

I IOS.

[8s., hf. vell., small paper, Nov. 25, Puttick, Lot 259.] Ruskin (J.) Poetry of Architecture, plates, India proofs, one of 300 LARGE PAPER copies, hf. vell., 1893, 4to. (130), Jan. 1, Puttick Cubitt, LI 12s. 6d. Ruskin (J.) Sesame and Lilies, mor., a lily in centre of four panels, with corner inlays, silk linings, g.e., 1901 (277), Dec. 17, Sotheby Sergent, £3

Ruskin (J.) Seven Lamps of Architecture, first ed., illustra-
tions, port. inserted, orig. cl., 1849, 4to. (123), Jan. 1,
Puttick
Cubitt, £1 10S.

Ruskin (J.) Seven Lamps, illustrations, orig. cl., 1889, 4to. (534), Nov. 5, Puttick Hales. 6s.

Ruskin (J.) Stones of Venice, plates, 3 vol., orig. cl., 1874, 4to. (258), Nov. 25, Puttick David, 14S. Ruskin (J.) Stones of Venice, and Index, Illustrations, 4 vol., orig. cl., 1886, 4to. (532), Nov. 5, Puttick David, £1 Ruskin (J.) Studies in Both Arts, 10 plates, India proofs, one of 150 copies, cl. gt., t.e.g., 1895, folio (212), Jan. 1, Puttick Cubitt, 18s. Ruskin (J.) Unto this Last: Four Essays on the First Prin

ciples of Political Economy, printed on vell. (12 copies so done), limp vell., Doves Press, 1907, sm. 4to. (331), Dec. 17, Sotheby G. D. Smith, £31 Ruskin (J.) Unto this Last, printed on paper, limp vell., Doves Press, 1907, sm. 4to. (332), Dec. 17, Sotheby Maggs, £7 Ruskin (J.) Verona and other Lectures, plates, India proofs, one of 250 LARGE PAPER copies, hf. vell., 1894, 4to. (128), Jan. 1, Puttick Cubitt, LI Ruskin (J.) [Works.] Modern Painters, 5 vol. (Vol. i. sixth ed., Vol. ii. fourth ed., and Vol. iii. to v. first eds), 1851-60—— The Stones of Venice, first ed., 3 vol., 1851-3-Seven Lamps of Architecture, first and second eds., 2 vol., 1849-55, and Index, Printed for Private Circulation only, 1891, illustrations by the author, together II vol., mor. ex., by Rivière, fine set, 8vo. (800), March 3, Hodgson £31 Ruskin (J.) [Works.] Modern Painters, complete ed., with Index, plates, 6 vol., 1888-Stones of Venice, fourth ed., 3 vol., 1886—Seven Lamps of Architecture, plates, 1886—— Poetry of Architecture, plates, some col., 1893-Fors Clavigera, 8 vol., 1874-84-On the Old Road, 2 vol. in 3, 1885, and his other Minor Works, including first eds. of Elements of Drawing and Perspective, 2 vol., 1857-9, together 53 vol., uniform mor. ex., t.e.g., by Rivière, fine set, 8vo. (139), Nov. 12, Hodgson Maggs, £44 Ruskin (J.) [Works.] Life and Work, illustrations, one of 320 LARGE PAPER copies, 2 vol., hf. vell., 1893, 4to. (131), Jan. 1, Puttick Cubitt, 1 7s. 6d. Ruskin (J.) Works, ed. by E. T. Cook and A. Wedderburn, photogravure and other illustrations, some in col., fac., etc., 39 vol., buckram gt., 1903-12, 8vo. (1131), June 8, Hodgson

£19

[17 10s., same state, Feb. 10, Sotheby, Lot 476.] Rustica, de re. See Liber: Scriptores Ruvigny (Marquis of). Blood Royal of Britain, plates, orig. cl., 1903, 4to. (283), May 5, Puttick Harding, 1 IOS. Ruvigny (Marquis of). Jacobite Peerage, buckram, t.e.g., 1904, 4to. (300). May 5, Puttick Harding, 10S. Ruvigny (Marquis of). Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, plates Clarence Volume, cl., t.e.g., 1905, 4to. (274), May 5, Puttick Houston, £2 1OS.

The following prices were also realised at this sale, Lots 275-277-Anne of Exeter, 1907, 4to., £1; Isabel of Essex, 1908, 4to, 1 15s.; Mortimer-Percy, Part i., with Matheson descent leaf, 1911, 4to., 16s.]

Rycaut (Sir P.) Histoire de l'Empire Ottoman, par Briot, engravings by Le Clerc, old cf., arms of Guillaume de La Moignon on sides, Paris, 1670, 4to. (209), March 3, HodgBethel, £2 16S.

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Rylands (J. P.) Notes on Book-Plates (ex-libris), plates, one of 50 LARGE PAPER copies, hf. vell., Liverpool, privately printed, 1889, 4to. (416), Jan. 1, Puttick Cubitt, £2 5s.

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