Catalogue of the ... Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, of the Late Sir William Tite ...

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE,

Auctioneers of Literary Property and Works illustrative of the Fine Arts,

AT THEIR HOUSE, No. 13, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, W. C.
On MONDAY, the 18th of MAY, 1874, and FIVE following Days, and
on WEDNESDAY, the 27th of MAY, and NINE following Days,

AT ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY.

MAY BE VIEWED TWO DAYS PRIOR, AND CATALOGUES HAD.

DRYDEN PRESS: J. Davy and Sons, 137, Long Acre.

Y. M. C. A. Library

July CA

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

I. The highest bidder to be the buyer; and if any dispute arise between bidders, the lot so disputed shall be immediately put up again, provided the seller cannot decide the said dispute.

II. No person to advance less than 6d.; above ten shillings, 1s.; above five pounds, 2s. 6d.; and so on.

III. The purchasers to give in their names and places of abode, and to pay down 10s. in the pound, if required, in part payment of the purchasemoney; in default of which the lot or lots purchased to be immediately put up again and resold.

IV. The lots to be taken away, at the buyer's expense, immediately after the conclusion of the sale; in default of which Messrs. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE will not hold themselves responsible if lost, stolen, damaged, or otherwise destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser. If, at the expiration of ONE WEEK after the conclusion of the sale, the books or other property are not cleared or paid for, they will then be catalogued for immediate sale, and the expense, the same as if re-sold, will be added to the amount at which the books were bought. Messrs. SOTHEBY, WILKINSON and HODGE will have the option of reselling the lots uncleared either by public or private sale, without any notice being given to the defaulter.

V. All the books are presumed to be perfect, unless otherwise expressed; but if upon collating, any should prove defective, the purchaser will be at liberty to take or reject them, provided they are returned within One WEEK after the conclusion of the sale, when the purchase-money will be returned.

VI. The sale of any book or books is not to be set aside on account of any stained or short leaves of text or plates, want of list of plates, or on account of the publication of any subsequent volume, supplement, appendix, or plates. All the manuscripts, autographs, all magazines and reviews, all books in lots, and all tracts in lots or volumes, will be sold with all faults, imperfections, and errors of description. The sale of any illustrated book, lot of prints or drawings is not to be set aside on account of any error in the enumeration of the numbers stated, or errors of description.

VII. NO IMPERFECT BOOK will be taken back, unless a note accompanies each book, stating its imperfections, with the number of lot and date of the sale at which the same was purchased.

VIII. To prevent inaccuracy in the delivery, and inconvenience in the settle. ment of the purchases, no lot can on any account be removed during the time of sale.

IX. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the money required and deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; and if any loss is sustained in the reselling of such lots as are not cleared or paid for, al! charges on such re-sale shall be made good by the defaulters at this sale.

Gentlemen who cannot attend the Sale may have their Commissions faithfully executed by their humble servants,

SOTHEBY WILKINSON & HODGE,
Wellington Street, Strand.

VEM AOBK

1 Aberdeen (G. Earl of) on Grecian Architecture, 1822-Burgess (R.) on the Circus on the Via Appia, plates, 1828 calf extra

post Svo. in one vol. 2 Accords (G. Tabourot, Seigneur des) Ses Bigarrures et Touches, avec les Apophtegmes du Sieur Gaulard et les Escraignes Dijonnoises, morocco extra, g. e. by Trautz-Bauzonnet 12mo. Paris, 1662 From this scarce and curious book of drolleries Swift took many of his puns, and from the same source Sterne drew several of his best hits in Tristram Shandy.

3 ACKERMANN (R.) MICROCOSM OF LONDON, 3 vol. proof and coloured plates by Rowlandson and Pugin, with the ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY A. PUGIN added,

half red morocco extra, g. e. A. Pugin's own copy, roy. 4to. 1808-9

4 ACTES OF THE DISPUTACION IN THE COWNCELL OF THE EMPYRE HOLDEN AT REGENSPURG (Ratisbon), &c. Translated owt of Latyne into Englissh by Mylys Couerdale,

black letter, morocco extra, by F. Bedford, VERY SCARCE, 16mo. M.D.XLII 5 ACUNA (C. DE) NUEVO DESCUBRIMIENTO DEL GRAN RIO DE LAS AMAZONAS, fine copy in red morocco, super extra, g. e. by F. Bedford, small 4to. Madrid, 1641

EXCESSIVELY RARE

This work was rigidly suppressed as soon as published, in order to prevent any copy falling into the hands of the enemy, who had just wrested the province from Spain, and probably not a dozen copies escaped destruction. Col. Stanley's sold for £16 and this copy for £14 at these Rooms in March, 1864.

6 Adam (R.) Ruins of the Emperor Diocletian's Palace at Spalatro, plates
atlas folio. 1764

7 Adams (J.) Analysis of Horsemanship, 3 vol. portrait and plates,

half bound

Svo. 1805

Adams (J.) Anatomy and Diseases of the Prostrate Gland 8vo. 1853

Adams (J. W. Writing Master, Deptford) Opus Præcipuum, or Com-

plete Set of Alphabets, ancient and modern, 2 vol.

MANUSCRIPT, a curious specimen of caligraphy, calf gilt, 8vo. SEc. xix

10 Addison (J.) Evidences of the Christian Religion, 1730-Remarks on

Italy, russia, 1736-Miscellaneous Works, 3 vol. calf, 1753—

Dictionary of the Bible, 1796-Towgood (M.) on Dissent, portrait,

1811
12mo. (5)